Herbert Weiner papers
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Title: Herbert Weiner Papers
Manuscript Collection number: 469
Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections for Medicine and the Sciences
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
6.4 linear ft.
(11 document boxes, 2 half-size document boxes, 1 record carton box, and 1 flat box)
Date (inclusive): 1934-2002
Abstract: Herbert Weiner, M.D. (1921-2002) was a pioneer in psychosomatic medicine who revolutionized scientific understanding of how
the brain and body interact during illness. He served as chief of behavioral medicine at UCLA (1982-2002) and was a researcher
at UCLA’s Neuropsychiatric and Brain Research Institutes. His research was vital to the development of psychoneuroimmunology,
a field examining the brain's influence over the immune system. The collection contains his publications, several unpublished
book manuscripts, extensive notes and lectures, and material documenting his efforts to develop research and training programs
at UCLA. It also includes Weiner’s interactions with professional medical organizations and outside institutions such as the
MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
Language of Materials: Materials are primarily in English, some materials in German.
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Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Herbert Weiner Papers (Manuscript Collection 469). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History
and Special Collections Division, University of California, Los Angeles.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Gift of Dora B. Weiner, 2003.
Processing Information
Processed by Jessica Cook in 2016 under the supervision of Jillian Cuellar in the Center for Primary Research and Training
(CFPRT).
Biography/History
Herbert Weiner, M.D. (1921-2002), a pioneer of psychosomatic medicine, revolutionized scientific understanding of how the
brain and body interact during hypertension, asthma, ulcers, anorexia nervosa, rheumatoid arthritis, and other illnesses.
Weiner was born in Vienna and grew up in London. He came to the United States with his family in 1939, graduating magna cum
laude from Harvard in 1943 and receiving his medical degree from Columbia University in 1946. During the 1950s and 1960s he
was a researcher at Walter Reed Medical School Hospital in Bethesda, Maryland, studying the impact stress has on the development
of gastric ulcers and other diseases.
From 1966-1982 he was a professor of psychiatry at Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York. Beginning in
1969 he was also chairman of the Psychiatry Department at Montefiore Medical Center (1969-1982). In the 1970s he performed
foundational research on the behavioral effects of hydrocortisone, a drug used to treat asthma and other autoimmune disorders.
He moved to Los Angeles in 1982 to join the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCLA’s David Geffen School
of Medicine, where he taught until his retirement in 2001. At UCLA he was chief of behavioral medicine (later Professor Emeritus)
and a researcher at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric and Brain Research Institutes.
In addition to serving as the editor for
Psychosomatic Medicine (the leading journal in the field) from 1972-1982, Weiner published two books,
Psychobiology and Human Disease (Elsevier, 1977) and
Perturbing the Organism: The Biology of Stressful Experience (University of Chicago Press, 1992). He also co-authored over 20 books, and wrote more than 200 papers during his lifetime.
Overall his research was vital to the development of psychoneuroimmunology, a field examining the brain’s influence over the
immune system. His study charting the negative effects of stress on women whose spouses died of lung cancer is considered
seminal. Weiner passed away in 2002 in Encino, California of lung cancer.
Scope and Content
Herbert Weiner's papers are organized into three series. They contain a six volume series of his collected article publications,
as well as copies of his two books. It also includes extensive notes and lectures on the history of physiology as a discipline,
evidence of his research on anorexia nervosa and stress, notes on Nobel Prize winner Dickinson W. Richards, and collected
information on other related psychosomatic topics. There are materials relating to the development of research and training
programs at Montefiore Medical Center and UCLA, where Weiner served as chief of behavioral medicine from 1982 to his retirement
in 2001, as well as Weiner’s interactions with outside institutions like the MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation,
and Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. Materials relating to Weiner's education at
Harvard, an in-depth curricula vitae, and autographed photographs of notable scientists can also be found in the collection.
Organization and Arrangement
This collection has been arranged in the following series:
- Series 1: Lectures and Publications, 1959-2002
- Series 2: Professional Organizations, Research, and Grants, 1955-2002
- Series 3: Biographical Information, Correspondence, and Photographs, 1934-2002
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Coll. # 1795, UCLA Library Special Collections Louis Jolyon West papers, 1890-1998, Coll. #590, UCLA Library Special Collections
Sidney Cohen collection, 1910-1987, Coll. # 1845, UCLA Library Special Collections Society for Psychophysiological Research
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UCLA Catalog Record ID
Series 1: Lectures and Publications.
1959-2002.
Language of Materials: This series contains some material in German.
Scope and Content
Weiner wrote over 200 articles in his lifetime; this series includes a non-commercially published, bound six volume series
of Weiner's collected article publications. It also includes copies of his two books,
Psychobiology and Human Disease and
Perturbing the Organism: The Biology of Stressful Experience, a manuscript for an unpublished book entitled, “The Behavioral Basis of Medical Practice,” as well as several other unpublished,
less complete book manuscripts on various psychosomatic topics. There are extensive notes and lectures (for courses at UCLA
and conference talks elsewhere) on the history of physiology as a discipline, his research on anorexia nervosa and stress,
related psychosomatic research he was engaged in, and the necessity of reforming medical school curricula. Of particular note
are his notes for his 1990 Thomas Salmon lecture, a prestigious award and lecture series given to experts in the field of
psychiatry.
Organization and Arrangement
Material in this series is arranged first alphabetically by document type, then alphabetically by author and subject.
Box 1, Folder 1
Articles, Published: Weiner.
1987-2001.
Box 1, Folder 2
Articles: Published about Weiner, Misc. Authors.
1969-1989.
Box 1, Folder 3
Articles, Unpublished: Melnechuk, "New Models of Health, Illness, and Disease".
1989.
Box 1, Folder 4
Articles, Unpublished: Shore and Stone, Weiner et. al, and Weiner.
1986-1993.
Box 1, Folder 5
Articles, Unpublished: Weiner, Letters to the Editor.
1997.
Box 1, Folder 6
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "The Behavioral Basis of Medical Practice," Chapter 1.
1959.
Box 1, Folder 7
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "The Behavioral Basis of Medical Practice," Chapter 2.
1959.
Box 1, Folder 8
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "The Behavioral Basis of Medical Practice," Chapter 3.
1959.
Box 1, Folder 9
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "The Behavioral Basis of Medical Practice," Chapter 5, parts 1-3.
1959.
Box 1, Folder 10
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "The Behavioral Basis of Medical Practice," Chapter 5 part 4.
1959.
Box 2, Folder 1
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "The Concept of Psychosomatic Medicine".
2002.
Box 2, Folder 2
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "Frontiers of Stress Research".
1986.
Box 2, Folder 3
Book Manuscript: Weiner, "The Present Status of Research in Psychosomatic Medicine".
circa 1970.
Box 2, Folder 4
Book Review: Weiner and other Misc. Authors (A-Z).
1994-1995.
Box 2, Folder 5
Courses: "Psychobiology of Behavior Disorders" at UCLA.
1983.
Box 2, Folder 6
Course Proposals: Weiner, Misc. Courses.
1970-1992.
Box 2, Folder 7
Conference: University of Utrecht Workshop on Cardiovascular Health.
1994.
Box 2, Folder 8
Lecture: Weiner, Dora and Herbert Weiner, "Philippe Pinel".
2001.
Box 2, Folder 9
Lectures: Weiner, Anorexia Nervosa Lectures.
1982-circa 1991.
Box 2, Folder 10
Lectures: Weiner, Arrowhead Conferences.
1987-1991.
Box 2, Folder 11
Lectures: Weiner, "Dickinson W. Richards Final Draft".
1997-1998.
Box 3, Folder 1
Lectures: Weiner, "Dickinson W. Richards First Draft".
undated.
Box 3, Folder 2
Lectures: "Dickinson W. Richards Second Draft".
circa 1997.
Box 3, Folder 3
Lectures: Weiner, "Dickinson W. Richards" Extra Slides.
undated.
Box 3, Folder 4
Lecture: Weiner, "Introduction" at the Arnold Scheibel Symposium.
23 May 1996.
Box 3, Folder 5
Lectures: "Introduction to Dr. Rey," Clark Library Series.
1994.
Box 3, Folder 6
Lectures: Weiner, Misc. Topics.
1981-1989.
Box 3, Folder 7
Lectures: Weiner, "Nurses Lectures 1952-1953".
1952-1953.
Box 3, Folder 8
Lectures: Weiner, "The Psychobiology of Anxiety and Fear".
1993.
Box 3, Folder 9
Lectures: Weiner, "Psychosocial and Other Facts in Health, Illness, and Disease".
1995.
Box 3, Folder 10
Lectures: Weiner, "Psychosomatic and Mental Disorders".
undated.
Box 4, Folder 1
Lectures: Weiner, Psychosomatic Conference Talks.
1982-1994.
Language of Materials: This folder contains materials in German.
Box 4, Folder 2
Lectures: Weiner, Salmon Lectures.
1981-1999.
Box 4, Folder 3
Lectures: Weiner, "Schools of Physiology" Notes.
after 1995.
Box 4, Folder 4
Lectures: Weiner, "Somatoform Disorder".
undated.
Box 4, Folder 5
Lectures: Weiner, Stress Conference Talks.
1987-1989.
Box 4, Folder 6
Lectures: Weiner, UCLA Physiology Course Slides.
undated.
Box 4, Folder 7
Lectures: Weiner, "Why is Illness With Patients With Functional Disorders Spurious?".
1995.
Language of Materials: This folder contains some materials in German.
Box 4, Folder 8
Obituaries: Weiner, Herbert.
1997-1999.
Box 4, Folder 9
References: General References used by Herbert Weiner.
circa 1989.
Box 4, Folder 10
Student Information: Psychobiology Trainee List.
1983-1998.
Boxes 5-6
Collected Papers of Herbert Weiner, Volumes 1-6.
Box 7
Books Owned by Herbert Weiner.
Series 2: Professional Organizations and Grants.
1955-2002.
Language of Materials: This series contains some material in German.
Scope and Content
This series contains Weiner’s grant applications to outside institutions like the MacArthur Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation,
and Stanford University’s Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences. It also includes documentation of his involvement
with various professional organizations including the Academy of Behavioral Research Medicine, the American Psychiatric Association,
the American and New York Psychoanalytic Associations, and the American Psychosomatic Society. Lastly, this series includes
material relating to the development of research and training programs at Montefiore Medical Center and UCLA (including the
NPI and BRI), which Weiner helped spearhead.
Organization and Arrangement
Material in this series is arranged first alphabetically by document type, then alphabetically by author and subject.
Box 8, Folder 1
Grants: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Award.
1990-1992.
Language of Materials: This folder contains some materials in German.
Box 8, Folder 2
Grants: Max, Martha, and Alfred M. Stern Fellowship.
1959-1961.
Box 8, Folder 3
Grant: NIH Grant for HIV-AIDS Trainee Program.
1989-1994.
Box 8, Folder 4
Grant: "Postdoctoral Interdisciplinary--HIV-AIDS" Grant.
1990-1999.
Box 8, Folders 5-6
Grants: Postgraduate Training Program in Psychoneuroimmunology.
1996.
Box 8, Folder 7
Grants: Research Career Award.
1961-1964.
Box 8, Folder 8
Grants: "Research Training: Psychobiological Sciences".
1991-1996.
Box 9, Folders 1-2
Grants: Research Training, Psychobiological Sciences.
1991-1996.
Box 9, Folder 3
Institutions: Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research.
1978.
Box 9, Folder 4
Institutions: American Psychiatric Association.
1971-1972, 1987.
Box 9, Folder 5
Institutions: American Psychoanalytic Association and the New York Psychoanalytic Association.
1955-1970.
Box 9, Folder 6
Institution: American Psychosomatic Society Annual Meeting Programs.
1963-1987.
Box 9, Folder 7
Institutions: Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
1972-1989.
Box 9, Folder 8
Institutions: MacArthur Foundation.
1986-1993.
Box 9, Folder 9
Institutions: RAND Corporation.
1997-1998.
Box 9, Folder 10
Institutions: The Rockefeller Foundation.
1986-1990.
Box 9, Folder 11
Institutions: Stanford Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
1971-1973.
Box 10, Folders 1-2
Institutions: Stanford Center for Advanced Studies in the Behavioral Sciences.
1971-1991.
Box 10, Folders 3
Institutions: UCLA Behavioral Medicine Treatment and Research Center.
1979-1982.
Box 10, Folders 4
Proposal: "Effecting Change in Medical Education".
1990-1992.
Box 10, Folders 5
Proposal: Proposed Change for the Early Detection, Prevention, and Treatment of HIV (UCLA).
1996.
Box 10, Folders 6
Report: "A Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission fn the Neurosciences".
1988-1989.
Box 10, Folders 7
UCLA Program: Brain Research Institute Annual Report Questionnaires.
1983-1995.
Box 10, Folders 8
UCLA Program: Brain Research Institute Papers.
1982-2002.
Box 10, Folders 9
UCLA Program: Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences.
1985-1993.
Box 10, Folders 10
UCLA Program: Geriatrics at UCLA.
circa 1990.
Box 10, Folders 11
UCLA Program: Mind/Brain Initiative.
1997.
Box 10, Folders 12
UCLA Program: Neuropsychiatric Institute Review Committee Reports.
1983, 1992.
Box 10, Folders 13
UCLA Program: Proposals for UCLA Institutes.
1979-1982.
Box 10, Folders 14
UCLA Program: The UCLA Program in Mind-Body Studies.
1987.
Series 3: Biographical Information, Correspondence, and Photographs.
1934-2002.
Language of Materials: This series contains some materials in German.
Scope and Content
This series contains educational material relating to Weiner's secondary education at the Harrow School in London and his
undergraduate years Harvard (1939-1943), where he participated in drama and sports. It also contains in-depth curricula vitae
from throughout his career, as well as autographed photographs of famous scientists, including ego psychology founder Heinz
Hartmann and Nobel Prize winner André Frédéric Cournand, whose cardiopulmonary laboratory Weiner worked in at Bellevue Hospital
while a medical student at Columbia University.
Organization and Arrangement
Material in this series is arranged first alphabetically by document type, then alphabetically by author and subject.
Box 11, Folder 1
Correspondence: Ackerman, Sigurd.
1982-1988.
Box 11, Folder 2
Correspondence: Amassian, Vahe.
1986-2002.
Box 11, Folder 3
Correspondence: American Psychosomatic Society.
1970-2001.
Box 11, Folder 4
Correspondence: Fulbright Commission.
1990-1991.
Language of Materials: This folder contains some materials in German.
Box 11, Folder 5
Correspondence: Freedman, David.
1978-1992.
Box 11, Folder 6
Correspondence: Hofer, Myron.
1982-2002.
Box 11, Folder 7
Correspondence: Misc. Correspondents, A-R.
1951-2000.
Box 11, Folder 8
Correspondence: Misc. Correspondents, S-Z.
1951-2000.
Box 11, Folder 9
Correspondence: Nemiah, John.
1963-1981.
Box 12, Folder 1
Correspondence: Nemiah, John.
1982-2001.
Box 12, Folder 2
Correspondence: Paulley, John.
1983-2000.
Box 12, Folder 3
Correspondence: Romano, John.
1954-1994.
Box 12, Folder 4
Correspondence: von Rad, Michael.
1983-2002.
Language of Materials: This folder contains some materials in German.
Box 12, Folders 5-6
Correspondence: von Uexull, Thure.
1976-2001.
Language of Materials: These folders contain some materials in German.
Box 12, Folders 7
CVs: Weiner.
circa 1965, circa 1997.
Box 12, Folders 8
Diplomas and Certificates: Weiner.
1942-1994.
Box 12, Folders 9
Diplomas and Certificates: Weiner, Schweitzer Academy.
1998.
Box 13, Folders 1
Education: Weiner, Harrow School.
1934-1939.
Box 13, Folders 2
Education: Weiner, Harvard and Columbia.
1939-1943, 1992.
Box 13, Folders 3
Education and Academic Appointments: Weiner, Herbert.
1943-1993.
Box 13, Folders 4
Events: Parties in Honor of H. Weiner.
1982-1997.
