Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Arthur S. Kling Collection,
- Dates:
- 1964-1998
- Creators:
- Kling, Arthur S. 1929-1997
- Abstract:
- This small collection contains Dr. Arthur S. Kling's basic biographical and professional information in a few textual documents. However, a visual history of his scientific work is well represented in photographs and over one thousand 35 mm slides. Contained are presentations of experimental data, materials for teaching and lectures, and many pictures of non-human primates, who were his main experimental subjects. There are also many slides from Dr. Kling's extensive travels in Africa and Europe, unfortunately not identified for place.
- Extent:
- 2 boxes (1.0 linear ft.)
- Language:
- Collection materials in English
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Arthur S. Kling collection (Manuscript collection 438). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences , University of California, Los Angeles.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection is organized into the following series:
- Series 1. Printed Material. 5 folders
- Series 2. Photographs. 5 folders
- Series 3. Slides. 15 folders (circa 1000 slides)
- Biographical / historical:
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Arthur (Art) S. Kling, M.D., was born in Chicago, IL, received a B.S. from Brookfield Zoo in Biology, and the M.D. degree from the University of Utrecht, Holland. He interned and did his residency at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. After positions at Michael Reese and the University of Illinois, Chicago, he moved to Rutgers Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, in 1968 and remained there for twelve years.
In 1980 Dr. Kling became Chief, Psychiatry Services, at the Veterans Service Administration Medical Center, Sepulveda, CA, served as Chief of Staff there from 1984 to 1986, and subsequently as Chief of Psychiatry Service until his death in 1997. He was also appointed Professor in Residence in the Department of Psychiatry, UCLA School of Medicine, and served as the Department's Vice Chairman in 1980 and Assistant Dean of the School of Medicine, 1984-1986. Dr. Kling was also a member of the UCLA Brain Research Institute.
In addition to his ongoing teaching and administrative duties, Dr. Kling always maintained an active research program, focused on the interaction of brain activity and social behavior. His subjects were mainly nonhuman primates, and much of the work was performed in the field in Africa and other locations. He was lauded for contributions to the fields of psychiatry, neuroscience, and primatology.
- Acquisition information:
- The collection was donated to the UCLA Neuroscience History Archives by Dr. Kling's home department in 1997, which subsequently transferred it to the UCLA Biomedical Library; obituaries were added in 1998.
- Physical location:
- Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF)
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: A Content Standard
About this collection guide
- Date Prepared:
- ©2013
- Date Encoded:
- Machine-readable finding aid derived from ColdFusion web application and SQLServer relational database. Date of source: 2013
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research.
- Terms of access:
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Property rights in the physical objects belong to the UCLA Biomedical Library. 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 if the Biomedical Library does not hold the copyright.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Arthur S. Kling collection (Manuscript collection 438). Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences , University of California, Los Angeles.
- Location of this collection:
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Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-6940