Arthur Frank Wertheim

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

Arthur Frank Wertheim
Born	(1935-12-22)December 22, 1935 New York City
Alma mater	Yale University. New York University
Known for	Comedy history
Spouse	Ruth Weisberg

Early life

Arthur Frank Wertheim, born 22 December 1935 in New York, NY to Ruth (née Weisberg) and Albert Wertheim, a stockbroker. Wertheim attended the Webb School of California in Claremont, California.

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

Wertheim married Carol J. Youngberg, on 4 February 1972, later, a social science teacher at Roosevelt Junior High School in Glendale, and had a son, Jason Albert. and lived in Silver Lake.

Works

• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (1976). The New York Little Renaissance: Iconoclasm, Modernism, and Nationalism in American Culture, 1908-1917. New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-8147-9164-6.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (1984). American Popular Culture: A Historical Bibliography. ABC-Clio Information Services. ISBN 978-0-87436-049-3.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (1992-10-22). Radio Comedy. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-502481-8.
• Rogers, Will (1992). Wertheim, Arthur Frank (ed.). Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 978-0-8061-2357-8.
• 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
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (11 February 2009). Vaudeville Wars: How the Keith-Albee and Orpheum Circuits Controlled the Big-Time and Its Performers. Palgrave Macmillan US. ISBN 978-0-230-61136-8.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (9 November 2016). W. C. Fields from Burlesque and Vaudeville to Broadway: Becoming a Comedian. Springer. ISBN 978-1-137-30067-6.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (January 16, 2017). W.C. Fields from the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway Stage to the Screen: Becoming a Character Comedian. Springer. ISBN 9781349949861.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (2020). The Silent Movies of W. C. Fields: How They Created The Basis for His Fame in Sound Films. BearManor Media. ISBN 9781629335926.
• Wertheim, Arthur Frank (21 January 2019). W. C. Fields from Sound Film and Radio Comedy to Stardom: Becoming a Cultural Icon. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-1-137-47329-5.

Further reading

• "HERO: Historian Is Selected as Editor of Will Rogers' Writings". Los Angeles Times. Newspapers.com. 11 April 1991. p. 120. Retrieved 24 March 2023.
• Murray, Matthew (2000) Mae West and the Limits of Radio Censorship in the 1930s, Colby Quarterly: Vol. 36: Iss. 4, Article 4. Colby College

External links

• Arthur Frank Wertheim Papers, 1862-2005 (bulk 1895-1929) MS 438 Arizona Archives Online
• "Arthur Frank Wertheim Papers". Special Collections. University of Arizona.
• American Radio Archives Arthur Frank Wertheim Collection University of California, Santa Barbara