Our department has recently been befriended by Ms. Emily S. Baumann, who is a retired
music therapist living in Augusta. She practiced Music Therapy at the Cleckley Building
in the 1960s at University Hospital.
History of Dr. Cleckley:
Dr. Hervey M. Cleckley (1903-1984) graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in
1929 and later became the founding first Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry
and Health Behavior in 1955. Additionally, Dr. Cleckley was a psychiatric consultant
for the Veterans Administration Hospital and the U.S. Army Hospital (now known as
Eisenhower Hospital).
Dr. Cleckley is famous for his work on multiple personality disorders; once termed
as "mask of sanity". His work included a case study published in 1956 as a book and
later turned in to a movie, "The Three Faces of Eve" in 1957. Articles regarding Dr.
Cleckley and his partner in private practice, Dr. Corbett Thigpen have been displayed
in the Augusta Chronicle, Time Magazine (1957, February 18), and the Daytona Beach
Morning Journal (1979, June 12).
For information regarding the Cleckley Building (University Hospital, Augusta, Georgia)
and music therapy conducted at the Cleckley Building see the articles below, donated
by Emily Baumann, music therapist employed at the Cleckley Building.
Cleckley Building Article
The article above is from the Augusta Chronicle, circa 1962
Music therapy at Cleckley Building
The article above is from September, 1962 regarding music therapy at the Cleckley
building. The Department of Psychiatry’s present outpatient practice is housed in
the Stoney Building, which was previously the Lamar School of Nursing.
