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Summary Information
William F. Lorenz, Sr. Papers 1914-1953
- Lorenz, William F., 1882-1958
Mss 556
3.6 c.f. (9 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)
Papers, mainly 1938-1952, of William F. Lorenz, a nationally-known neuropsychiatrist who was the first director of the Wisconsin Psychiatric Institute (1915-1952), a testing and research laboratory, and a professor at the University of Wisconsin (1915-1952). The collection chiefly consists of outgoing correspondence to Leo T. Crowley, Paul De Kruif, August Derleth, William T. Evjue, Walter Goodland, Ralph Immell, William Middleton, Hans Reese, Harry Sauthoff, A. G. Schmedeman, Frank Lloyd Wright, and other political, military, and medical associates and to his sons concerning their military service during World War II. One box of restricted correspondence concerns diagnosis and treatment of individual patients. The collection also contains correspondence and miscellaneous administrative material pertaining to activities with the Veterans Administration, the Wisconsin Board of Control, and the Wisconsin Board of Mental Hygiene; personal income tax forms and documents concerning his operation of Normandy Farm and other properties; and manuscripts and published versions of professional writing.
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