Josef Breuer
A Register of His Papers in the Sigmund Freud Collection in
the Library of Congress
Prepared by David Mathisen, Allan Teichroew, and Margaret
McAleer with the assistance of Patrick Holyfield and Brian McGuire
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2007
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2007
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms007127
Title: Josef Breuer Papers in
the Sigmund Freud Collection
Span Dates: 1859-1970
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1859-1925)
ID No.: MSS60392
Creator:
Breuer, Josef,
1842-1925
Extent: 425 items;
2 containers plus 1 in vault;
1.4 linear feet;
1 microfilm reel
Language: Collection material in
German and
English
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Physician and
physiologist. Chiefly photocopies and transcripts of correspondence,
biographical material, legal documents, certificates, a eulogy, printed matter,
photographs, and an oil portrait of Breuer documenting his career as a
physiologist and his collaboration with Sigmund Freud on the study of
hysteria.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Billroth,
Theodor, 1829-1894--Correspondence.
Brentano,
Franz Clemens, 1838-1917--Correspondence.
Breuer,
Josef, 1842-1925.
Brewer
family--Correspondence.
Ebner-Eschenbach, Marie von,
1830-1916--Correspondence.
Exner,
Siegmund, 1846-1926--Correspondence.
Freud,
Sigmund, 1856-1939--Correspondence.
Gomperz,
Theodor, 1832-1912--Correspondence.
Jodl,
Friedrich, 1849-1914--Correspondence.
Subjects
Hysteria.
Medicine--Practice--Austria--Vienna.
Physiology.
Psychoanalysis.
Occupations
Physicians.
Physiologists.
Provenance:The papers of Josef Breuer, physician, physiologist, and colleague of
Sigmund Freud, were given to the Library of Congress by his granddaughters
Maria Kann and Mrs. Felix Ungar, by Mrs. Erich Schiff, and by the Sigmund Freud
Archives between 1952 and 1993.
Processing History:The papers of Josef Breuer were arranged and described in 1985. The
collection was expanded and revised in 1991 and 1995. The finding aid was
revised in 2007.
Copyright Status:It is the researcher's responsibility to determine requirements of
domesstic copyright laws and international treaties and conventions.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number or reel number, Josef Breuer Papers,
Sigmund Freud Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C.
| Date |
Event |
| 1842, Jan. 15 |
Born, Vienna, Austria |
| 1859 |
Entered medical school, University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria
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| 1867 |
Completed medical studies |
| 1868 |
Married Mathilde Altmann |
| 1875-1885 |
Privatdozent in internal medicine |
| 1880 |
Began observation and treatment of "Anna O." |
| 1894 |
Elected to the Viennese Academy of Science, Vienna,
Austria
|
| 1895 |
Published with Sigmund Freud
Studien über Hysterie. Leipzig: F. Deuticke
|
| 1925, June 20 |
Died, Vienna, Austria |
The papers of Josef Breuer (1842-1925) span the years 1859-1970 with
the bulk of material dating from 1859 to 1925. The collection consists of
correspondence, biographical material, legal documents, certificates, a eulogy,
printed matter, photographs, and an oil portrait of Breuer. Most of the items
are photocopies or transcripts. The location of the original documents is
unknown.
Correspondents include Theodor Billroth, Franz Brentano, Siegmund
Exner, Sigmund Freud, Theodor Gomperz, Friedrich Jodl, Maria von
Ebner-Eschenbach, and various members of Breuer's family.
Typed transcripts of correspondence, only some of which can also be
found among the photocopied manuscripts, are reproduced on microfilm received
as part of the collection.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material and
alphabetically thereunder by name of person or type of material.
| Container |
Contents |
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Correspondence |
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Originals, transcripts, and
photocopies
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| BOX 1
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Billroth, Theodor,
1891-1892
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| BOX 1
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Brentano, Franz,
1895-1905
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Breuer, Georg,
1894-1925
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| BOX 1
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Breuer, Hans,
1903-1924
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| BOX 1
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Breuer, Káthel,
1906
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| BOX 1
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Breuer, Mathilde (wife),
1859-1877, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Bryant, George (grandson), with
cover letter from Bryant to K. R. Eissler,
1924-1925, 1969
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| BOX 1
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Chrobak, Rudolf,
1909-1910
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| BOX 1
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Exner, Adolf,
1894
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| BOX 1
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Exner, Siegmund,
1892-1912
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| BOX 1
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Brüll, Ignaz,
1866, 1908-1911, 1923
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| BOX 1
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Fleischl, Otto von,
1912-1922
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| BOX 1
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Forel, August,
1907
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| BOX 1
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Freud, Sigmund,
1886
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| BOX 1
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Frisch, Anton von,
1908
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| BOX 1
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Gomperz, Theodor,
circa 1901-1908
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| BOX 1
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Jodl, Friedrich,
1904-1917
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| BOX 1
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Lichtheim, Prof.,
1922-1923
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| BOX 1
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Lichtheim, Else,
circa 1925
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| BOX 1
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Meyer, H. H.,
1925
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| BOX 1
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Quix, G. H.,
1911
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| BOX 1
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Salten, Felix,
1924
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| BOX 1
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University of Vienna, Vienna,
Austria, dean, medical faculty,
1885
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| BOX 1
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Wenckback, [?],
1918
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| BOX 1
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Wolf, Hugh,
1882
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| BOX 1
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Unidentified,
1909, 1923
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| REEL 1
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Microfilm of typewritten
transcripts, including items not in Breuer Papers (Microfilm shelf no. 20,441).
Correspondents include:
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| REEL 1
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Breuer, Georg, including an
attached account of a long discussion "mit zwei 'Alteren' jüdischen
Studentenverbindung 'Kadimah,'"
1894, 1924
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| REEL 1
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Breuer, Mathilde (wife),
1877
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| REEL 1
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Ebner-Eschenbach, Maria von,
1883-1915
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| REEL 1
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Exner, Siegmund,
1893
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| REEL 1
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Fleischl, Ida von,
1894
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| REEL 1
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Fleischl, Otto von,
1916
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| REEL 1
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Frisch, Anton von,
1908
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| REEL 1
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Jodl, Friedrich, and Margarete,
1905-1917
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| REEL 1
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Paoli, Betty, poem,
1891
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| REEL 1
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Wolf, Hugo,
1882
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| BOX 2
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Miscellany |
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| BOX 2
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Articles and obituaries regarding
associates of Breuer,
1935-1958, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Biographical file,
1891-1970, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Hartmann, Bertha, eulogy by
Breuer,
1916
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| BOX 2
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Legal documents, certificates,
and other material,
1859
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| BOX 2
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Photographs,
circa 1900-1920, n.d.
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| BOX VA 1
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Oil portrait of Breuer,
n.d.
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