Research Catalog

Title

Lafargue Clinic records, 1946-1981 (bulk 1946-1958).

Author

Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.)

Supplementary Content

Finding aid

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Details

Additional Authors

• Mosse, Hilde L.
• Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981.
• Bishop, Shelton Hale, 1889-1962.

Description

1.6 lin. ft. (3 archival boxes, 2 1/2 archival boxes)

Summary

Lafargue Clinic records consist of material regarding the founding and operation of the clinic, and includes correspondence, memoranda, statistics, articles, manuscripts and news clippings about the clinic, and news articles by or about the professional staff. Half of the collection consists of patient records and files on the professional staff. There is also a transcript of an interview with Reverend Shelton Hale Bishop that discusses the history of the Church and Clinic.

Subjects

• Community mental health services > New York (State) > New York
• Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.)
• Mental health counseling > New York (State) > New York
• Child psychiatry > New York (State) > New York
• Mental health facilities > New York (State) > New York
• Harlem (New York, N.Y.) > Social conditions
• St. Philip's Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
• Psychiatric clinics > New York (State) > New York
• African Americans > Health and hygiene > New York (State) > New York
• Mental health > New York (State) > New York
• Interviews

Genre/Form

Interviews.

Note

• Photographs transferred to the Photographs and Prints Division.
• Phonograph records transferred to the Moving Image and Recorded Sound Division.
• Books and magazines transferred to General Research and Reference Division.

Access (note)

• Readers must sign confidentiality form for access to patient case files and personnel records.

Source (note)

• Hilde Mosse Estate

Biography (note)

• 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.

Call Number

Sc MG 141

OCLC

122517443

Author

Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.)

Title

Lafargue Clinic records, 1946-1981 (bulk 1946-1958).

Access

Readers must sign confidentiality form for access to patient case files and personnel records.

Biography

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.

Source

Hilde Mosse Estate Gift 19820326 SCM 82-8.

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Finding aid

Added Author

Mosse, Hilde L.

Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981.

Bishop, Shelton Hale, 1889-1962.