Edith Jacobson
A Register of Her Papers in the Sigmund Freud Collection in
the Library of Congress
Prepared by Laura J. Kells with the assistance of Brian
McGuire
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2008
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2008
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008056
Title: Papers of Edith Jacobson
Span Dates: 1922-1977
ID No.: MSS59360
Creator:
Jacobson,
Edith
Extent: 2,800
items;
14 containers plus 1 oversize;
5.6 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English and
German
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Psychoanalyst.
Correspondence, writings, artwork, and other papers chiefly relating to
Jacobson's psychiatric practice, psychoanalysis, the study and treatment of
depression, and object relations theory.
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
Jacobson,
Edith.
Subjects
Depression,
Mental.
Imprisonment--Psychological
aspects.
Object relations
(Psychoanalysis)
Political
refugees--Germany.
Political refugees--United
States.
Psychiatry--Practice--Germany--Berlin.
Psychiatry--Practice--New
York (State)--New York.
Psychoanalysis.
Women political
prisoners--Germany.
Locations
Germany--History--1933-1945.
Related Names
Jacobson, Edith. An
American oak tree.
Occupations
Psychiatrists.
Psychoanalysts.
Provenance: The papers of Edith Jacobson, psychoanalyst, were donated to the
Library of Congress by the Sigmund Freud Archives in 1980.
Processing History:The papers of Edith Jacobson were arranged and described in 1999. The
finding aid was revised in 2008.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Edith Jacobson
is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Edith Jacobson Papers, Sigmund Freud
Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
| Date |
Event |
| 1897, Sept. 10 |
Born, Haynau, Germany |
| 1922 |
Received medical degree, University of Munich, Munich,
Germany
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| 1922-1925 |
Pediatric internship, University Hospital, Heidelberg,
Germany
Internship and residency in internal medicine, Munich
University Hospital, Munich, Germany
|
| 1925-1928 |
Residencies, Oppenheim Neurological Clinic and Department of
Psychiatry, Charité Hospital, Berlin, Germany
|
| 1925-1929 |
Psychoanalytical training, Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute,
Berlin, Germany
|
| 1929 |
Began practice of psychiatry and psychoanalysis, Berlin,
Germany
|
| 1934 |
Appointed training analyst, Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute,
Berlin, Germany
|
| 1935-1938 |
Imprisoned by Nazis for refusal to give information on
patients to the Gestapo
|
| 1938 |
Escaped from Germany and emigrated to the United
States
|
| 1940-1977 |
Private psychoanalytic practice, New York, N.Y. |
| 1942 |
Appointed training analyst, New York Psychoanalytic Institute,
New York, N.Y.; served as member of faculty and on educational
committee
|
| 1964 |
Published
The Self and the Object World. New York:
International University Press
|
| 1971 |
Published
Depression: Comparative Studies of Normal, Neurotic, and
Psychotic Conditions. New York: International University Press
|
| 1978, Dec. 8 |
Died, Rochester, N.Y. |
The papers of Edith Jacobson (1897-1978) span the years 1922 to 1977
and relate primarily to her career as a psychoanalyst. They include
correspondence,
writings,
artwork, and a small amount of other professional and personal items. Much of
the professional writing is in English, but most of the correspondence and
poetry is in German.
Writings by
Edith Jacobson and her colleagues in the field of psychoanalysis comprise the
major portion of the collection. Topics include the study and treatment of
depression and depressive conditions and object relations theory. One of
Jacobson's early papers examines the psychological effects of imprisonment on
female political prisoners and is based on her observations while being held as
a prisoner by the Nazis before World War II. A brief description of her own
experience as a prisoner can be found in a compilation of unpublished short
stories and essays entitled "The American Oak Tree."
This collection is arranged in four series:
| Container |
Series |
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| BOX 1-2
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Letters received and a few copies of letters sent, primarily of a
personal nature. Most in German.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and
chronologically therein.
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| BOX 3-14
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Drafts and typescripts of books, papers, reviews, critiques, and
poetry by Jacobson and papers and poetry written by others.
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Arranged by type of material, then alphabetically by name of
author and chronologically therein.
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| BOX 14
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Pencil sketches, charcoal drawings, watercolors, reports of
professional meetings, and a few personal items.
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
|
| BOX OV 1
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Drawings. |
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Described according to the series, folder, and container from
which the items were removed.
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| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1-2
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Correspondence,
1936-1977
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Letters received and a few copies of letters sent, primarily of a
personal nature. Most in German.
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Arranged alphabetically by name of correspondent and
chronologically therein.
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| BOX 1
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Faerber, Helene,
1937-1940, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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Jacobson, Pelagia,
1939-1943
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| BOX 1
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Jossmann, Paul B. |
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| BOX 1
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1939-1941, n.d.
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(8
folders)
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| BOX 2
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1942-1949, n.d.
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 2
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Miscellaneous,
1936-1950, 1957, 1972-1977, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3-14
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Writings,
1935-1977
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Drafts and typescripts of books, papers, reviews, critiques, and
poetry by Jacobson and papers and poetry written by others.
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Arranged by type of material, then alphabetically by name of
author and chronologically therein.
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| BOX 3
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By Jacobson |
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| BOX 3
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Books |
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| BOX 3
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"The American Oak Tree,"
n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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Depression: Comparative Studies of Normal, Neurotic,
and Psychotic Conditions,
1953-1957, 1966, n.d.
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 4
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 4
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The Self and the Object World,
n.d.
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 5
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 5
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Notebook,
1935-1938, n.d.
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| BOX 5
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Papers and
presentations
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| BOX 5
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1949-1953
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 6
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1954-1966
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(9
folders)
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| BOX 7
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1967-1975, n.d.
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(7
folders0
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| BOX 7
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Poetry
1940-1952, n.d.
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| BOX 8
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Reviews and critiques,
1951-1963, 1971-1973, n.d.
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 8
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Unidentified drafts and
fragments,
n.d.
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(4
folders)
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| BOX 9
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 9
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By others |
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| BOX 9
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Papers and
presentations
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| BOX 9
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Altschul, Sol,
1965
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| BOX 9
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Axelrod, Sidney,
n.d.
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| BOX 9
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Bach, Sheldon
See Container 13, Schwartz,
Lester, and Sheldon Bach |
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| BOX 9
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Badal, Daniel W.,
n.d.
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| BOX 9
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Bak, Robert C.,
n.d.
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| BOX 9
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Beres, David,
1957, 1965, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 9
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Bergmann, Martin S.,
circa 1977
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| BOX 9
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Blos, Peter,
1962-1967
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| BOX 9
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Brenner, Charles,
1957, n.d.
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| BOX 9
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Brodey, Warren M.,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Calder, Kenneth,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Cook, John A.,
1962
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| BOX 10
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Deutsch, Helene,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Engel, Eva H.,
1947
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| BOX 10
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Fisher, Charles,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Freud, Anna,
1952
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| BOX 10
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Frosch, John,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Gaddini, Eugenio,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Gill, Merton M.
See Container 11, Klein, George
S., and Merton M. Gill |
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| BOX 10
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Greenacre, Phyllis,
1952, n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Greenson, Ralph R.,
1951-1952, n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Gross, Alfred,
1954-1956, n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Grossman, William I.,
circa 1961, n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Guttman, Samuel A.,
1965
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| BOX 10
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Harrison, Irving,
1964
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| BOX 10
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Harvard
Symposium on Object Loss,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Heiman, Marcel,
n.d.
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| BOX 10
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Joffe, W. G.,
and Joseph Sandler, n.d.
See also Container 13, Sandler,
Joseph, and W. G. Joffe
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| BOX 10
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Joseph, Edward D.,
circa 1962
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| BOX 11
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Katan, M.,
n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Kernberg, Otto F.,
1977
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| BOX 11
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Kestenberg, Judith S.,
1965, n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Klein, George S.,
1965-1966
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| BOX 11
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Klein, George
S., and Merton M. Gill,
1961, n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Kramer, Edith,
n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Kris, Ernst,
1955
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| BOX 11
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Kronfeld, M. [?],
n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Krupp, George R.,
n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Lewis, Helen B.
See Container 13, Witkin, Herman
A., and Helen B. Lewis |
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| BOX 11
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Lichtenstein, H.,
n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Lipin, Theodore,
1963
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| BOX 11
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Loewenstein, Rudolph M.,
circa 1962
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| BOX 11
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Mahler, Margaret S., 1957
For additional information See
Container 10, Harvard Symposium on Object Loss |
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| BOX 11
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Meng, Heinrich,
1954
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| BOX 11
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Milrod, David,
n.d.
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| BOX 11
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Nagera, Humberto,
1964
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| BOX 12
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Natterson, Joseph M.,
1965
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| BOX 12
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Pao, Ping-Nie,
n.d.
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| BOX 12
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Peterfreund, Emanuel,
1964, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 12
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Post, Seymour C.,
1966
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| BOX 12
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Provence, Sally
See Container 10, Harvard
Symposium on Object Loss |
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| BOX 12
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Rapaport, David,
1950-1951, n.d.
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 12
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Reich, Annie,
n.d.
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| BOX 12
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Reider, Arthur E.,
1967
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| BOX 13
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Ritvo, Samuel
See Container 10, Harvard
Symposium on Object Loss
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| BOX 13
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Ritvo, Samuel,
and Albert J. Solnit,
n.d.
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| BOX 13
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Rochlin, Gregory
See Container 10, Harvard
Symposium on Object Loss |
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| BOX 13
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Rubinfine, David L.,
1961
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| BOX 13
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Sandler, Joseph,
1964
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| BOX 13
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Sandler,
Joseph, and W. G. Joffe,
1965
See also Container 10, Joffe, W.
G., and Joseph Sandler |
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| BOX 13
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Scharl, Adele E.,
n.d.
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| BOX 13
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Schecter, David E.,
1965
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| BOX 13
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Schur, Max,
n.d.
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| BOX 13
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Schwartz,
Lester, and Sheldon Bach,
n.d.
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| BOX 13
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Shambaugh, Benjamin
See Container 10, Harvard
Symposium on Object
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| BOX 13
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Loss Silving, Helen,
1965
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| BOX 13
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Solnit, Albert J.
See Container 13, Ritvo, Samuel,
and Albert J. Solnit |
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| BOX 13
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Sirota, Milton
See Container 13, Weisfogel, Jerry, and Milton
Sirota |
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| BOX 13
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Spitz, René A.,
1950
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| BOX 13
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Wallach, H. D.
See Container 10, Harvard
Symposium on Object Loss |
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| BOX 13
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Weisfogel, Jerry,
and Milton Sirota,
n.d.
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| BOX 13
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Witkin, Herman
A., and Helen B. Lewis,
1964
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| BOX 13
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Woodbury, Michael A.,
1965
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| BOX 13
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Poetry,
1939-1948, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 14
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Unidentified,
1954, 1964, n.d.
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 14
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Miscellany,
1922-circa 1970
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Pencil sketches, charcoal drawings, watercolors, reports of
professional meetings, and a few personal items.
|
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Arranged by type of material and chronologically therein. |
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| BOX 14
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Artwork,
n.d.
See also Oversize |
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 14
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Personal items,
1939, 1945, n.d.
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| BOX 14
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Study group meeting minutes and
other professional material,
1922, 1939, 1959-1964, circa 1970,
n.d.
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| BOX OV 1
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Oversize,
undated
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Drawings. |
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Described according to the series, folder, and container from
which the items were removed.
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| BOX OV 1
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Artwork,
n.d. (Container 14)
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