Lafargue Clinic records 1946-1981 1946-1958

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Lafargue Clinic records 1946-1981 1946-1958

Lafargue Clinic was founded in 1946 as the first mental health clinic in Harlem by the well-known psychiatrist Fredric Wertham (director of the mental hygiene clinic at Queens General Hospital), along with novelist Richard Wright and Earl Brown, a staff writer for Life.

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Bishop, Shelton Hale, 1889-1962.

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Shelton Hale Bishop's long church career culminated during the years he served as rector of St. Philip's Church in Harlem from 1933-1957. Born in 1889 in New York City, his parents were Estelle and Hutchens Chew Bishop, who was rector of St. Philip's Church from 1886 to 1933. When Shelton Bishop was seven years old he entered the service of St. Philip's as an acolyte. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1911 and graduating from General...

St. Philip's Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)

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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 Biographical Note 1895, Mar. 20 Born, Friedrich Ignatz Wertheimer to Sigmund and Mathilde We...

Mosse, Hilde L.

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Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.)

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The first mental health clinic in Harlem, Lafargue Clinic was founded in 1946 by the well-known psychiatrist Frederic Wertham and others, to provide low cost treatment to a primarily black population. The clinic was housed at St. Philip's Church until its closing in 1959. From the description of Lafargue Clinic records, 1946-1981 (bulk 1946-1958). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122517443 Lafargue Clinic was founded in 1946 by the well-known psychiatrist Fredric ...