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Arthur S. Farber papers, 1956-1992
Overview of the Collection
- Creator
- Farber, Arthur S. (Arthur Sigmund), 1918-1980
- Title
- Arthur S. Farber papers
- Dates
- 1956-1992 (inclusive)19561992
- Quantity
- 1.05 cubic feet (3 boxes)
- Collection Number
- (Accession No. 4394-003)
- Summary
- Papers of a professor of social work and author focused on health, aging, death, and dying
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
speccoll@uw.edu - Access Restrictions
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The papers are open to all users.
- Languages
- English
- Sponsor
- Funding for encoding this finding aid was partially provided through a grant awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biographical NoteReturn to Top
Arthur S. Farber, born in 1918, was an author and professor of social work. A native of New York, New York, Farber received his masters degree from Columbia University and completed an Advanced Degree in social work curriculum at the University of Pennsylvania in 1951. He served as executive director of Seattle's Jewish Family and Child Service and executive director of the Caroline Kline Galland Home for the Aged in Seattle before joining the University Washington School of Social Work in 1963. Farber died in 1980.
Content DescriptionReturn to Top
The papers consist of correspondence, course material, reports, speeches and writings, ephemera, and clippings relating to Arthur S. Farber's research and teaching in the areas of health, aging, and death and dying, especially the "Peckham Experiment" at the Pioneer Health Center in Peckham, England. The papers also document Farber's work in wellness and health promotion as one of the initiators of the community-based Wallingford Wellness Project in Seattle, Washington. Correspondents include Janet D. Bunbury and Innes Hope Pearse.
Use of the CollectionReturn to Top
Restrictions on Use
The creator's literary rights have been transferred to the University of Washington Libraries.
Preferred Citation
Arthur S. Farber Papers. Special Collections, University of Washington Libraries, Seattle, Washington.
Administrative InformationReturn to Top
Detailed Description of the CollectionReturn to Top
Biographical information, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/1
General correspondence, 1956-1992, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 1/2
Subject filesReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
1/3 | Arthur Farber Wellness Fund |
undated |
1/4 |
Human Life Styling
|
undated |
1/5 | Nielsen, Aage - colloquium and University of Washington
visit |
1970-1971 |
Peckham Experiment |
||
General correspondence |
||
Box/Folder | ||
1/6 | Bunbury, Janet D. |
1975-1980 |
1/7 | Pearse, Innes Hope |
1973-1978 |
1/8 | Pepper, Allan D. |
1979-1980 |
1/9 | Miscellaneous |
1975 |
Box/Folder | ||
1/10 | Speeches and writings of others - Innes Hope
Pearse |
undated |
1/11 | Articles |
undated |
1/12 | Grant file |
undated |
1/13 | Reports - Pioneer Health Center, Ltd. |
1978-1979 |
1/14 | Bibliography |
1979 |
1/15 | Ephemera |
undated |
Box/Folder | ||
2/1-2 | Wallingford Wellness Project |
undated |
Course materialReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
Box/Folder | ||
2/3 | Aging |
undated |
2/4-5 | Cultivating health |
undated |
2/6 | Death and dying |
undated |
2/7 | Death and dying workshops |
undated |
2/8 | Wellness workshop |
circa 1979 |
2/9 | Miscellaneous courses |
undated |
Speeches and writingsReturn to Top
Container(s) | Description | Dates |
---|---|---|
of Farber |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/1 | "The Last of Life for Which the First Is
Made" |
undated |
3/2-3 | Miscellaneous |
undated |
of Others |
||
Box/Folder | ||
3/4 | Levine, Naomi |
undated |
Conferences and conventions, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 3/5
Clippings, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 3/6
Miscellany, undatedReturn to Top
Container(s): Box-folder 3/7
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- College teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Death--Social aspects
- Health promotion--England--London--Case studies
- Health promotion--Research--Washington (State)--Seattle
- Health promotion--Social aspects
- Sociologists--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Sociology teachers--Washington (State)--Seattle--Archives
- Sociology--Study and teaching (Higher)--Washington (State)--Seattle
Personal Names
- Bunbury, Janet D
- Farber, Arthur S. (Arthur Sigmund), 1918-1980--Archives
- Pearse, Innes Hope, 1889-
Corporate Names
- Pioneer Health Centre (Peckham, London, England)
- University of Washington--Faculty
Form or Genre Terms
- Speeches, addresses, etc
- correspondence
- curricula
- reports
- writings
Other Creators
-
Corporate Names
- University of Washington. University Archives
Names and SubjectsReturn to Top
Subject Terms
- University Archives/Faculty Papers (University of Washington)