Overholser, Winfred, 1892-1964
Variant namesPsychiatrist, educator, and superintendent of St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Washington, D.C.
From the description of Winfred Overholser papers, 1911-1965 (bulk 1950-1965). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71131219
Biographical Note
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1882, Apr. 21:
Born, Worcester, Mass. -
1912:
B.A., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. -
1916:
M.D., Boston University, Boston, Mass. -
1916 -1917 :Resident physician, Evans Memorial Hospital, Boston, Mass. -
1917 -1920 :Assistant physician, Westborough State Hospital, Westborough, Mass. -
1918 -1919 :Lieutenant, Neuropsychiatric Section, Medical Corps, United States Army -
1920 -1921 :Assistant superintendent, Gardner State Hospital, Mass. -
1924 -1925 :Assistant to commissioner, Massachusetts Department Mental Diseases -
1925 -1930 :Director, Division for Examination of Prisoners, Massachusetts Department Mental Diseases -
1930 -1934 :Assistant commissioner, Massachusetts Department Mental Diseases -
1934 -1936 :Commissioner, Massachusetts Department Mental Diseases -
1925 -1934 :Instructor (1925-1926), assistant professor (1926-1932), associate professor (1932-1934), and professor of psychiatry (1934), Boston University, Boston, Mass. -
1937 -1962 :Superintendent, St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C. -
1948:
Chairman, United States delegation, International Congress on Mental Health, London, England -
1948 -1954 :Member, National Board of Medical Examiners -
1950:
Vice-president, First World Congress of Psychiatry, Paris, France -
1964, Oct. 6:
Died, Washington, D. C.
From the guide to the Winfred Overholser Papers, 1911-1965, (bulk 1950-1965), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)
Archival Resources
| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | Papers of Ethel Sturges Dummer, 1689-1962 | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Dummer, Ethel Sturges, 1866-1954. Papers, 1766-1962 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
| referencedIn | Glueck, Sheldon, 1896-1980. Papers of Sheldon Glueck, 1916-1972 (inclusive). | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Learned Hand papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Sheldon Glueck papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Julien Cornell papers relating to Ezra Pound, 1945-1965 | Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Nicolas Slonimsky Collection, 1873-1997, (bulk 1920-1990) | Library of Congress. Music Division | |
| creatorOf | Winfred Overholser Papers, 1911-1965, (bulk 1950-1965) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Merrill Moore Papers, 1904-1979, (bulk 1928-1957) | Library of Congress. Manuscript Division | |
| referencedIn | Ronald H. Bayes correspondence concerning Ezra Pound, 1957-1959. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Stringfield, Lamar. Lamar Stringfield papers, 1917-1959. | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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Birth 1892
Death 1964-10-06
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