Fonds Kenower W. Bash  Bern UB Medizingeschichte: Rorschach-Archiv ; Fonds Kenower W. Bash

Signatur: Rorsch KB

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1917-1955. - ca. 150 cm

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Biographische Notiz:   Kenower W. Bash was born on 21th August 1913 in Canada of Swiss parentage. He began his medical career in 1934 at the University of Toronto Medical School. From 1936 to 1937 he attended the University of Chigaco and obtained a master's degree in Psychology. In 1938 he entered the University of Zurich Medical School. In 1940 Bash stopped his medical because of the war and began employment at the Swiss Institute for Epileptics. He finished his medical degree at the University of Zurich in 1948. In 1949 he was appointed Chief at the Institute for Applied Psychology in Zurich. From 1950 to 1953 he was the Assistant Physician at the Swiss Institute for Epileptics. From 1953 to 1954 he hold the position of the Assistant Medical Director at the Rheinau Psychiatric Hospital and Winterthur Psychiatric Hospital. During the years 1954-1955 he was the Assistant Physician and Medical Director of the Swiss Institute for Epileptics.   From 1956 to 1958 Bash was the Assistant Medical Director for the Kantonale Heil- und Pflegeanstalt Wil/SG Psychiatric Clinic. From 1958 to 1960 he was the Medical Officer for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Egypt. In 1960 he was appointed Senior Advisor in Neuropsychiatry for the WHO in Tehran and helped reorganise the psychology services for Iran. In 1964 he assumed a lectureship in psychopathology, psychoanalysis, and psychological diagnosis at the University of Bern. He was appointed Associate Professor. From the years 1966 to 1969 he continued as the Director of Psychological Epidemiological Research for the WHO in Iran. During this period he spent three months of every year in Iran. From 1973 to 1984 Bash was appointed International Scholar at the Netherlands Institute of Advanced Study in Wassnaar, Netherlands. During this period his scientific research dealt with his psychiatric epidemiological studies of Iran. In 1978 he retired from the University of Bern and moved to Stäfa, a small town on the Lake Zurich. During his retirement he continued many activities, including teaching at the C.G. Jung Institute.   K. W. Bash was one of the original founders of the International Rorschach Society and was President of the Society at the time of his death. His training analyses by C. G. Jung and Carl Alfred Meier had a major impact on his intellectual and emotional development. He edited the Collected Works of Hermann Rorschach. (Text from D. W. Ellis in Journal of personality assessment vol. 50, 1986, p. 348-349)   Inhaltsangabe:   Almost one third of the files contain Rorschach test protocols with scorings and summaries. A substantial part of the fonds consists of papers relating to Bash's lectures and publications relating to the Rorschach test and his activities in the Rorschach Commission and the International Society of the Rorschach. There are also several psychiatric opinions including test protocols and correspondence.

https://swisscollections.ch/Record/991170539044205501 (Katalogeintrag in swisscollections) 

Akzession: Herkunft: Legacy of Prof. Dr. med. K. W. Bash. Received 23.02.1987.  Ordnungszustand: Organised in 3 series: 1) Scientific activities 2) Correspondence 3) Miscellaneous  

Angaben zur Herkunft:  Most of the records delivered in 1987 to the City and University Library of Berne had been filed and labeled in Latin by K. W. Bash. The first inventory was established according to Bash's arrangement adding only some files for the remaining records. The original arrangement was adopted also for the inventory made by archiva gmbh in 2009. Only a few extensive files were splitted into smaller ones.

CH-002121-2-991170539044205501, http://kalliope-verbund.info/CH-002121-2-991170539044205501

Modifikation: 02.07.2021

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