Arnold Cooper, MD Papers

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Identifier: US-NNCORMA-RGPPM-028

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Scope and Contents

These papers only offer a brief glimpse of Dr. Arnold Cooper's career. The collections have been divided into five series: correspondence (1972-1993), course materials (1964-1991), professional activities (1972-1993), speeches and reprints (1959-1988), and miscellaneous (1956-1975).

Dates

1956 - 1993

Conditions Governing Access

Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996), internal policies requiring protection and confidential handling of PHI (protected health information), FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act), or other institutional polices regarding internal or confidential records, and may require additional permissions prior to access. Some records in this collection are restricted and require additional permissions prior to access. View the container inventory for more information and visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding access to historical materials containing restrictions.

Conditions Governing Use

Materials from this collection cannot be reproduced outside the guidelines of United States Fair Use (17 U.S.C., Section 107) without the advance permission of the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine or the copyright holder. In the event that anything from the collection become a source for publication, a credit line indicating the Medical Center Archives of NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medicine is required.

Historical records in the Medical Center Archives are protected by HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996) and internal policies which require protection and confidential handling of all protected health information (PHI). Materials containing PHI, personally identifiable information (PII), and/or student information (protected under FERPA) have been restricted and require additional permissions prior to reproduction and use.

Please visit the Medical Center Archives website for the most updated policies and procedures regarding reproduction and use.

Biographical / Historical

Arnold Cooper was born on March 9, 1923. He earned an A. B. degree from Columbia University in 1943 and a M. D. degree from University of Utah, School of Medicine in 1947. He later received a certificate in psychoanalytic medicine from Columbia University in 1956.

After medical college, he received further training at Harvard University (Research Fellow), 1947-1948, Thorndike Memorial Laboratory, Boston City Hospital (Assistant in Medicine), 1947-1948, Presbyterian Hospital (Internship), 1948-1950, Bellevue Hospital (Psychiatric Residency), 1950-1953, and Psychoanalytic Clinic for Training and Research, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (Psychoanalytic training), 1952-1956. He held clinical appointments at Bellevue Hospital (1953-1959), Presbyterian Hospital (1959-1974) where he rose to attending psychiatrist. At this medical center and Westchester Division, he was attending psychiatrist from 1974-1993. He was also staff psychoanalyst at Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research and had a private practice.

His academic appointments included Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons (1956-1974), where he rose to clinical professor of psychiatry, Columbia University Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research (1961-?) where he was the supervisor and training psychoanalyst, and Cornell University Medical College (1974-1993) where he was a professor of psychiatry and associate chairman for education and director of training. In 1992, he was appointed the first Stephen P. Tobin and Dr. Arnold M. Cooper Professor in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry. He also taught at Barnard College, Columbia College, and Columbia University.

He was a gifted teacher as can be seen in his numerous lecture awards including Payne Whitney Resident Award for Teacher of the Year, 1983, Distinguished Lecturer, Virginia Psychoanalytic Society, 1983, Sandor Rado Lecturer, Columbia Psychoanalytic Center for Training and Research, 1985, Distinguished Psychiatrist Lecturer, American Psychoanalytic Association, 1986.

His research interests varied but included studies on narcissism, masochism, ego, psychoanalysis concepts and techniques, psychoanalytic training, and the relationship between psychoanalysis to psychiatry and applied analysis.

Extent

2.29 Linear Feet (6 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The papers were donated by the Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic on October 13, 1993.

Processing Information

This collection was processed and finding aid was written by Elizabeth Shepard in 2009. Minor modifications to the finding aid were made during migration to ArchivesSpace in 2024.