The Jack B. Tatarinsky Papers consist of one file box, which holds his research for his master’s thesis, “A Study of the Mentally Ill Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing Male Patients at the St. Elizabeth Hospital, Washington, D.C.”

There are three folders, dated 1951-1961, which deal with Tatarinsky’s research on psychiatry and deafness. They are comprised of five handbooks titled “Patients in Mental Institutes” and anonymous patient information sheets from St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. His goal was “to interest workers with the deaf in the problems of this multiple handicap.”

Little research was done on psychiatry, mental institutions, and deafness during the 1950s. Tatarinsky’s study could provide insight into the philosophy of mental illness and deafness at the time. Copies of his thesis are found in the Deaf Collection at the Gallaudet University library.