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Mental health lecture series

Title
Mental health lecture series sound recordings, 1949.
Author
Town Hall, Inc.
Supplementary Content
Finding Aid

Details

Additional Authors
  • Allen, Frederick H., 1890-1964.
  • Appel, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ellmaker), 1896-
  • Bartemeier, Leo H. (Leo Henry), 1895-1982.
  • Binger, Carl (Carl Alfred Lanning), 1889-1976.
  • Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980.
  • Knight, Robert P., 1902-
  • Kubie, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Schlesinger), 1896-1973.
  • Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
  • Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming), 1904-1956.
  • Rusk, Howard A., 1901-
  • Senn, Milton J. E., 1902-1990.
  • Strecker, Edward Adam, 1886-
  • Town Hall, Inc.
Found In
c2pc Town Hall, Inc. records. (CStRLIN)NYPW93-a2
Description
104 sound discs : analog, aluminum-based acetate, 78 rpm; 12 in.
Summary
The collection consists of sound recordings of twelve lectures from Town Hall's short courses on mental heath. Present are the full eight lectures from the series "Psychiatry and You" given in the Spring of 1949 and four of the lectures from the Fall 1949 series, "Psychiatry and Personal Relations." Prominent lecturers included Erich Fromm, Lawrence Kubie, and Margaret Mead. Among the topics covered were alchoholism, mental illness, physical disabilities, male-female relations, and psychiatric services.
Subject
  • Alcoholism
  • People with disabilities > Psychology
  • Interpersonal relations
  • Mental health
  • Psychiatry
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Transcripts are available for lectures by Erich Fromm, Lawrence Kubie, Frederick H. Allen, and Leo H. Bartemeier.
Access (note)
  • Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Source (note)
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein Archive of Recorded Sound, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Biography (note)
  • The Town Hall, Inc. sponsored a full series of lectures, adult education courses, and musical performances in its auditorium in New York City. It also presented the popular weekly radio program, "America's Town Meeting of the Air."
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of the Town Hall, Inc. records.
Processing Action (note)
  • Cataloged
Call Number
MssCol 6210
OCLC
NYPW00-A192
Author
Town Hall, Inc.
Title
Mental health lecture series sound recordings, 1949.
Access
Advance notice required. Apply at http://www.nypl.org/mssref
Biography
The Town Hall, Inc. sponsored a full series of lectures, adult education courses, and musical performances in its auditorium in New York City. It also presented the popular weekly radio program, "America's Town Meeting of the Air."
Finding Aids
Collection guide available in repository and on internet.
Linking Entry
Forms part of the Town Hall, Inc. records.
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Finding Aid
Added Author
Allen, Frederick H., 1890-1964.
Appel, Kenneth E. (Kenneth Ellmaker), 1896-
Bartemeier, Leo H. (Leo Henry), 1895-1982.
Binger, Carl (Carl Alfred Lanning), 1889-1976.
Fromm, Erich, 1900-1980.
Knight, Robert P., 1902-
Kubie, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Schlesinger), 1896-1973.
Mead, Margaret, 1901-1978.
Rennie, Thomas A. C. (Thomas Alexander Cumming), 1904-1956.
Rusk, Howard A., 1901-
Senn, Milton J. E., 1902-1990.
Strecker, Edward Adam, 1886-
Town Hall, Inc.
Found In:
c2pc Town Hall, Inc. records. (CStRLIN)NYPW93-a2
Research Call Number
MssCol 6210
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