Finding aid for the Jerry W. Carter, Jr. papers

Biography of Jerry W. Carter, Jr.

Jerry W. Carter, was born in 1908. Carter attended the University of Florida, earning a BA in 1932. Under J.R. Kantor, Carter earned an MA in 1934 and a PhD in 1938. In 1937 he became the senior clinical psychologist in the psychology clinic of the Department of Nervous and Mental Diseases at Riley Hospital, part of the Indiana University Medical Center in Indianapolis, as well as a consulting clinical psychologist for the Indianapolis Public Schools.

After a period as director of the Wichita Guidance Center from 1940-1945, Carter accepted a position at the National Institute of Mental Health. From 1946 to 1949 he held a position in the Veterans Administration in Washington, D.C. In 1949 Carter became a senior scientist and director there. He was the author and implementer of President John F. Kennedy's National Mental Health Program. In 1955 Carter was promoted to scientific director of the United States Public Health Service.

Carter's research led to his 1968 book Research Contributions from Psychology to Community Mental Health. In 1968 he was presented with the APA Division 12 Distinguished Award for Profession of Clinical Psychology and the APA Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) Harold M. Hildreth Award for Distinguished Public Service in 1970. Carter was also a fellow of the APA as well as the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Scope and Content

The Jerry W. Carter, Jr. papers largely consist of correspondence, minutes, memoranda, and reports relating to the 1952 through 1968 conferences of the State Chief Psychologists in Mental Health Programs. This collection also contains correspondence between Carter and other APA members.

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There are no access restrictions on the materials for research purposes, and the collection is open to the public.

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Preferred Citation

Cite as: [identification of item], [folder number, box number], Archives of the History of American Psychology, The Drs. Nicholas and Dorothy Cummings Center for the History of Psychology - The University of Akron

Acquisition Information

The Jerry W. Carter Jr. papers were donated to the Center for the History of Psychology by Jerry W. Carter, Jr. in two separate deposits in 1969 and 1970.