Arthur Frank Wertheim

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Arthur Frank Wertheim (December 22, 1935 – November 24, 2020) was a scholar in the United States.

Early life

Arthur Frank Wertheim was born in New York City on December 22, 1935, to Ruth (née Weisberg) and Albert Wertheim, a stockbroker. Wertheim attended the Webb School of California in Claremont, California.{{cite web |title=Arthur Wertheim Obituary (1935 - 2020) - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/arthur-wertheim-obituary?id=7223471 |website=Legacy.com}}

In 1957, Werthheim received a B.A. from Yale University. At New York University Werthheim received an M.A. in 1967 and a Ph.D. in 1970.

Career

From 1971 to 1978 Wertheim was an assistant professor of American Studies at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles. Werthheim went to the University of Indonesia, Jakarta where he was a Fulbright professor of American studies for one year, 1978–79. He then was Director of Development Communications within University Relations at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Personal life and death

Wertheim married Carol J. Youngberg, on February 4, 1972, later, a social science teacher at Roosevelt Junior High School in Glendale, and had a son, Jason Albert.[https://web.archive.org/web/20221019042338/http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/uoa/UAMS438.xml Arthur Frank Wertheim Papers, 1862-2005 (bulk 1895-1929) MS 438] Arizona Archives Online and lived in Silver Lake.{{cite news |title=HERO: Historian Is Selected as Editor of Will Rogers' Writings |url=https://latimes.newspapers.com/clip/59332456/the-los-angeles-times/ |access-date=24 March 2023 |work=Los Angeles Times |publisher=Newspapers.com |date=11 April 1991 |page=120 |language=en}}

Wertheim died ion Los Angeles, California on November 24, 2020, at the age of 84.{{cite web |title=Arthur Frank Wertheim |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/latimes/name/arthur-wertheim-obituary?id=7223471 |website=Legacy |access-date=18 January 2025}}

Works

{{cite book |last1=Wertheim |first1=Arthur Frank |title=The New York Little Renaissance: Iconoclasm, Modernism, and Nationalism in American Culture, 1908-1917 |date=1976 |publisher=New York University Press |isbn=978-0-8147-9164-6 |language=en}}
{{cite book |last1=Wertheim |first1=Arthur Frank |title=American Popular Culture: A Historical Bibliography |date=1984 |publisher=ABC-Clio Information Services |isbn=978-0-87436-049-3 |language=en}}
{{cite book|last1=Wertheim|first1= Arthur Frank|title=Radio Comedy|date=1992-10-22|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-502481-8 }}
{{cite book |last1=Rogers |first1=Will |editor1-last=Wertheim |editor1-first=Arthur Frank |title=Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies |date=1992 |publisher=University of Oklahoma Press |isbn=978-0-8061-2357-8 |language=en}}
Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: The early years, November 1879-April 1904
Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: Wild West and vaudeville, April 1904-September 1908
Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: From vaudeville to Broadway : September 1908-August 1915
Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: From the Broadway stage to the national stage, September 1915-July 1928
Arthur Frank Wertheim, Barbara Bair 1996 The Papers of Will Rogers: The final years, August 1928-August 1935
{{cite book |last1=Wertheim |first1=Arthur Frank |title=Vaudeville Wars: How the Keith-Albee and Orpheum Circuits Controlled the Big-Time and Its Performers |date=11 February 2009 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan US |isbn=978-0-230-61136-8 |language=en}}
{{cite book |last1=Wertheim |first1=Arthur Frank |title=W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian |date=9 November 2016 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-1-137-30067-6 |language=en}}
{{Cite book |title=W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian|first=Arthur Frank|last=Wertheim|date=January 16, 2017|publisher=Springer|isbn=9781349949861}}
{{cite book |last1=Wertheim |first1=Arthur Frank |title=The Silent Movies of W. C. Fields: How They Created The Basis for His Fame in Sound Films |date=2020 |publisher=BearManor Media |language=en|isbn=9781629335926}}
{{cite book |last1=Wertheim |first1=Arthur Frank |title=W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom: Becoming a Cultural Icon |date=21 January 2019 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |isbn=978-1-137-47329-5 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom: Becoming a Cultural Icon |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/arthur-frank-wertheim/wc-fields-from-sound-film-and-radio-comedy-to-star/ |access-date=24 March 2023 |work=Kirkus Reviews |language=en}}

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20221019042338/http://www.azarchivesonline.org/xtf/view?docId=ead/uoa/UAMS438.xml Arthur Frank Wertheim Papers, 1862-2005 (bulk 1895-1929) MS 438] Arizona Archives Online
{{cite web |title=Arthur Frank Wertheim Papers |url=https://speccoll.library.arizona.edu/collections/arthur-frank-wertheim-papers |website=Special Collections |publisher=University of Arizona}}
[https://www.library.ucsb.edu/sites/default/files/pamss165.pdf American Radio Archives] Arthur Frank Wertheim Collection University of California, Santa Barbara

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Category:New York University alumni

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Category:Yale University alumni