Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981

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Psychiatrist.

From the description of Fredric Wertham papers, 1818-1986 (bulk 1945-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70983190

Psychiatrist and author.

From the description of Papers, 1818-1986 (bulk 1945-1975). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 31816483

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  • 1895, Mar. 20: Born, Friedrich Ignatz Wertheimer to Sigmund and Mathilde Wertheimer, Nuremberg, Germany
  • 1914 - 1921 : Pursued medical studies, London University, the Universities of Erlangen, Munich, and Würzburg, Germany
  • 1921: M.D., University of Würzburg Postgraduate study, the universities of Paris, France, and Vienna, Austria
  • 1922: Appointed staff member, Kraepelin Clinic, Munich, Germany Visited Sigmund Freud at the request of Walter Lippmann to see if Freud would write an article on psychoanalysis for Saturday Review. Freud declined. Immigrated to the United States; accepted a position at Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.
  • 1926: Published with Florence Hesketh Significance of the Physical Constitution in Mental Illness. New York: Arno Press
  • 1927: Changed name to Fredric Wertham Married Florence Hesketh
  • 1932: Appointed senior psychiatrist at Bellevue Mental Hygiene Clinic, New York, N.Y.
  • 1934: Published Brain As an Organ. New York: MacMillan Co.
  • 1936: Appointed director of Bellevue Mental Hygiene Clinic (later Bellevue Hospital), New York, N.Y.
  • 1937: Developed theory of catathymic crisis
  • 1940: Appointed director of psychiatric services, Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, N.Y.
  • 1941: Published Dark Legend: A Study in Murder. New York: Duell, Sloan and Pearce
  • 1946: Opened Lafargue Clinic, a psychiatric clinic for African Americans, in Harlem, New York, N.Y.
  • 1947: Published World Within: Illuminating the Neuroses of Our Time. New York: McGraw-Hill (edited by Mary Louise Aswell, with introduction and analyses by Wertham) Opened Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center for sexually maladjusted individuals, New York, N.Y.
  • 1949: Published Show of Violence. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday and Co.
  • 1953: Developed theory of linear dyslexia
  • 1954: Published Seduction of the Innocent. New York: Rinehart and Co. Testified before Senate Subcommittee to Investigate Juvenile Delinquency regarding comic books and violence (Kefauver hearings)
  • 1955: Published Circle of Guilt. New York: Rinehart and Co.
  • 1963: Consulted with Alfred Hitchcock on violence depicted in the mass media
  • 1966: Published Sign for Cain. New York: MacMillan Co.
  • 1971: Received Sigmund Freud award from the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians
  • 1973: Published The World of Fanzines. Carbondale and Edwardsville, Ill.: Southern Illinois University Press
  • 1981, Nov. 18: Died, Bluehills Farm, Kempton, Pa.

From the guide to the Fredric Wertham Papers, 1818-1986, (bulk 1945-1975), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Paul Federn Papers, 1864-1975, (bulk 1895-1950) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Lafargue Clinic records, 1946-1981 (bulk 1946-1958). New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn Kluger, Richard. Brown vs. Board of Education collection, 1950-1975 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981. Papers, 1818-1986 (bulk 1945-1975). Library of Congress
referencedIn Weinerman, E. Richard (Edwin Richard), 1917-1970. Edwin Richard Weinerman papers, 1908-1970 (inclusive). Yale University Library
referencedIn Jules Feiffer Papers, 1919-1995, (bulk 1950-1990) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Harvard Law School Forums Records Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Fredric Wertham Papers, 1818-1986, (bulk 1945-1975) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). Houghton Library
referencedIn Lafargue Clinic records, 1946-1981, 1946-1958 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section
referencedIn New Directions Publishing records Houghton Library
referencedIn Abraham Aaron Roback papers, 1909-1965. Houghton Library
referencedIn Kluger, Richard. Brown vs. Board of Education collection, 1950-1975 (inclusive). Yale University Library
creatorOf Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981. Frederic Wertham and comic books : clipping file. Michigan State University Libraries, Main Library
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correspondedWith Caldwell, Taylor, 1900-1985 person
correspondedWith Federn, Paul. person
correspondedWith Feiffer, Jules. person
correspondedWith Feiffer, Jules. person
correspondedWith Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939 person
correspondedWith Frink, Horace Westlake, 1883-1936 person
correspondedWith Gutheil, Emil Arthur, 1899-1959 person
correspondedWith Harvard Law School Forum corporateBody
correspondedWith Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967 person
correspondedWith Jones, Ernest, 1879-1958 person
correspondedWith Kinsey, Alfred C. (Alfred Charles), 1894-1956 person
associatedWith Kluger, Richard. person
associatedWith Kluger, Richard. person
associatedWith Kraepelin, Emil, 1856-1926. person
associatedWith Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
associatedWith Lissitzky, El, 1890-1941. person
correspondedWith Macalpine, Ida person
correspondedWith Macalpine, Ida person
correspondedWith Mann, Thomas, 1875-1955 person
associatedWith Meyer, Adolf, 1866-1950. person
correspondedWith Miller, Arthur, 1915-2005 person
associatedWith Mosse, Hilde L. person
correspondedWith Nation (New York, N.Y. : 1865). corporateBody
associatedWith New Directions Publishing Corp. corporateBody
associatedWith Quaker Emergency Service Readjustment Center (New York, N.Y.) corporateBody
correspondedWith Roback, A. A. (Abraham Aaron), 1890-1965 person
associatedWith Russel B. Nye Popular Culture Collection. corporateBody
associatedWith Weinerman, E. Richard (Edwin Richard), 1917-1970. person
correspondedWith Winter, Ella person
correspondedWith Winter, Ella person
correspondedWith Wright, Richard, 1908-1960 person
Place Name Admin Code Country
New York (State)--New York
United States
United States
New York (State)--New York
Subject
Abused children
African Americans
African Americans
Art
Censorship
Civil rights
Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Comic books, strips, etc.
Drugs
Freedom of speech
Juvenile delinquency
Pornography
Psychiatric clinics
Psychiatric clinics
Race relations
Racism
Segregation
Sex crimes
Sex (Psychology)
Violence
Violence in mass media
Violence in motion pictures
Violence on television
Violent crimes
Occupation
Psychiatrists
Psychiatrists
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Birth 1895-03-20

Death 1981-11-18

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