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Finding Aid for the Arthur Lerner Papers, 1977-1978
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  • Administrative Information
  • Biography
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  • Indexing Terms

  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Arthur Lerner Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1977-1978
    Collection number: 1285
    Creator: Lerner, Arthur
    Extent: 1 box (0.5 linear ft.)
    Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.
    Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
    Abstract: Arthur Lerner (1915- ) was a poet and professor of psychology at California State University, Los Angeles. The collection consists of manuscripts and proofs of the book Poetry in the therapeutic experience (1978), edited by Dr. Arthur Lerner.
    Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Restrictions on Use and Reproduction

    Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

    Restrictions on Access

    COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Advance notice required for access.

    Provenance/Source of Acquisition

    Gift of Professor Lerner, August 1981.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Arthur Lerner Papers (Collection 1285). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.

    UCLA Catalog Record ID

    UCLA Catalog Record ID: 4233295 

    Biography

    Lerner was born on January 10, 1915; AB, Roosevelt University, 1942; Ph.D, University of Southern California, 1968; in 1970 became a lecturer at UCLA Extension; became a poet and professor of psychology at California State University, Los Angeles; founded and became director of the Poetry Therapy Institute in 1972; published works include Rhymed and unrhymed (1965), Follow-up (1967), Psychoanalytically oriented criticism of three American poets: Poe, Whitman and Aiken (1970), and Starting points (1971).

    Scope and Content

    Collection consists of manuscripts and proofs of the book Poetry in the therapeutic experience (1978), edited by Dr. Arthur Lerner.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
    Lerner, Arthur--Archives.
    Psychologists--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
    Poets, American--California--Los Angeles--Archival resources.
    Manuscripts for publication.
    Lerner, Arthur-- Poetry in the therapeutic experience.