Interview of child psychiatrist Robert Coles. [2017-06-19].

Robert Coles, noted child psychiatrist, author, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, talks about his personal correspondence, his work, education and his celebrity friends in a wide-ranging oral history interview. In particular, Coles highlights his letters to Harvard Dean of Arts and Scie...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Vincent Voice Library
Michigan State University. Libraries. Special Collections Division (current owner.)
Other Authors: Coles, Robert (Interviewee)
Cooper, David D. (Interviewer)
Language:English
Subjects:
Coles, Robert > Interviews.
Harvard University > Faculty > Interviews.
Coles, Robert > Correspondence.
Rosovsky, Henry > Correspondence.
Coles, Robert > Family.
Coles, Robert > political actvity.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Psychotherapy.
Coles, Robert > Friends and associates.
Williams, William Carlos, > 1883-1963.
Erikson, Erik H. > (Erik Homburger), > 1902-1994.
Springsteen, Bruce.
Day, Dorothy, > 1897-1980.
Kennedy family.
Oral histories.
Genre:
Interviews.
Correspondence.
Oral histories.
Physical Description:1 audio file (2 hr., 26 min., 5 sec.)
Format: Audio Software
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Summary:
Robert Coles, noted child psychiatrist, author, and professor emeritus at Harvard University, talks about his personal correspondence, his work, education and his celebrity friends in a wide-ranging oral history interview. In particular, Coles highlights his letters to Harvard Dean of Arts and Sciences Henry Rosovsky in December 1974, and a letter to Nancy Denis at the Ford Foundation in June 1973. He talks about people who have influenced him in his life, including poet William Carlos Williams, his parents and family life, his civil rights work, his therapy techniques, and the places he has lived. Coles says that he knows several U.S. Supreme Court Justices and also talks about his relationship with Harvard psychoanalyst Erik Erikson, rock singer Bruce Springsteen, social activist Dorothy Day and his long association with the Kennedy clan. Coles is interviewed by David Cooper, Michigan State University professor of Professor Writing, Rhetoric and American Cultures, in Concord, MA.
Note:Title supplied.
Electronic resource.
Recorded with a digital recording device and processed by the Vincent Voice Library at the Michigan State University Libraries.
Part of the David Cooper papers (MSS 617) held in Special Collections at the MSU Libraries.
Call Number:Voice 41407
MSS 617-11
Playing Time:02:26:05
Participant or Performer:
Interviewee, Robert Coles; interviewer, David Cooper.
Event Details:
Recorded 2017 June 19