Records. Psychotherapy, 1906-1974.

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Records. Psychotherapy, 1906-1974.

Correspondence, clippings, advertisements, and promotional materials related to self-styled psychologists, therapists, self-improvement experts, and other healers of mental, emotional, and social disorders.

0.8 cubic ft. (23 folders)

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American Medical Association. Dept. of Investigation.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration originated as part of the Dept. of Agriculture. In 1940, it was transferred to the Federal Security Agency, where it remained until 1953, when it became part of the newly created Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare. When the educational functions of this Department were separated to form the Dept. of Education in 1976, the remaining agencies, including the FDA, became the Dept. of Health and Human Services. From the description of Records. Foo...

Loeb, Richard A., 1905-1936

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Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, 1904 or 5-1971

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Nathan Freudenthal Leopold, Jr. (1904-1971) is notorious for his partnership with Richard Loeb in the murder of a 14-year-old neighborhood boy, Bobby Franks, on May 24, 1924. Both from prominent Kenwood families and students at the University of Chicago (Leopold 1920-1924 and Loeb 1919-1924), they planned an intellectual exercise, "the perfect murder." They were discovered eight days later. With Clarence Darrow working for the defense, they were sentenced to life imprisonment. Paroled in 1958, N...