Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Mosse, Hilde L
2. Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981
3. Bishop, Shelton Hale, 1889-1962

Description

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

Summary

1. 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.

Subject

1. Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.)
2. St. Philip's Church (Harlem, New York, N.Y.)
3. African Americans -- Health and hygiene -- New York (State) -- New York
4. Child psychiatry -- New York (State) -- New York
5. Psychiatric clinics -- New York (State) -- New York
6. Community mental health services -- New York (State) -- New York
7. Mental health -- New York (State) -- New York
8. Mental health counseling -- New York (State) -- New York
9. Mental health facilities -- New York (State) -- New York
10. Harlem (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions

Genre/Form

1. Interviews.

Call number

1. Sc MG 141

Note

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

Access (note)

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

Source (note)

1. Hilde Mosse Estate

Biography (note)

1. 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.

Author

1. Lafargue Clinic (New York, N.Y.)

Title

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

Access

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

Biography

1. 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

1. Hilde Mosse Estate Gift 19820326 SCM 82-8.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections
2. Finding aid

Added author

1. Mosse, Hilde L.
2. Wertham, Fredric, 1895-1981.
3. Bishop, Shelton Hale, 1889-1962.