Otto Isakower and Salomea Isakower
A Register of Their Papers in the Sigmund Freud Collection in
the Library of Congress
Prepared by David Mathisen
Revised by Brian McGuire and
Allan Teichroew
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2008
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Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms008055
Title: Otto Isakower and Salomea
Isakower Papers
Span Dates: 1880-1975
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1900-1975)
ID No.: MSS57315
Creator:
Isakower, Otto,
1899-1972
Creator:
Isakower, Salomea, b.
1888
Extent: 3,000
items;
6 containers;
2.6 linear feet
Language: Collection material in
English and
German
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Psychoanalyst and
writer, Otto Isakower. Physician, Salomea Isakower. Correspondence, writings,
biographical data, and other material pertaining primarily to the work of Otto
Isakower and to the history of psychoanalysis during his lifetime.
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
Federn,
Paul--Correspondence.
Freud,
Anna, 1895-1982--Correspondence.
Freud,
Sigmund, 1856-1939--Correspondence.
Isakower,
Otto, 1899-1972.
Jones,
Ernest, 1879-1958--Correspondence.
Koller,
Carl, 1857-1944--Correspondence.
Lewin,
Bertram David, 1896---Correspondence.
Nunberg,
Herman, 1884-1970--Correspondence.
Schaeffer,
Albrecht, 1885-1950--Correspondence.
Organizations
Allgemeines Krankenhaus (Vienna, Austria)
Wiener
Psychoanalytische Vereinigung.
Subjects
Dreams.
Psychoanalysis--Austria--Societies, etc.
Psychoanalysis.
Related Names
Isakower, Salomea, b.
1888. Otto Isakower and Salomea Isakower papers (1880-1975)
Occupations
Authors.
Physicians.
Psychoanalysts.
Provenance:The papers of Otto Isakower, psychoanalyst and writer, and Salomea
Isakower, physician, were given to the Library of Congress by Mrs. Abraham
Tulin, Hadassah, the Sigmund Freud Archives, Inc., and the estates of Otto
Isakower and Salomea Isakower, 1977-1982. An additional item was given by the
Sigmund Freud Archives in 1984 and was originally processed as part of the
Sigmund Freud Papers, from which it was transferred in 1990.
Processing History:The papers of Otto Isakower and Salomea Isakower were arranged and
described in 1985. The collection was expanded and revised in 1991, and the
finding aid was revised in 2008.
Transfers:Photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs
Division where they are identified as part of the Isakower Papers.
Copyright Status:The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Otto and
Salomea Isakower 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, Otto Isakower and Salomea Isakower
Papers, Sigmund Freud Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Otto Isakower
| Date |
Event |
| 1899, June 2 |
Born Vienna, Austria |
| 1923 |
M.D., University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
| 1923-1929 |
Resident physician, Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna
Austria
|
| 1924-1938 |
Member, Vienna Psychoanalytic Society |
| 1932-1938 |
Lecturer, Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute (vice-director,
1934-1938)
|
| 1938 |
Married Salomea Rettych Gutman
Immigrated to England
|
| 1938-1940 |
Psychoanalytic practice, Liverpool, England
Editor,
Gesammelte Werke Sigmund Freuds |
| 1940 |
Immigrated to the United States |
| 1942 |
Licensed to practice medicine, State of New York |
| 1972, May 10 |
Died New York, N.Y. |
Salomea Isakower
| Date |
Event |
| 1888, Nov. 3 |
Born Oswiecim, Poland |
| 1914 |
M.D., University of Cracow, Cracow, Poland |
| 1914-1918 |
Resident physician, Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus, Vienna,
Austria
|
| 1916 |
Red Cross service, World War I |
| 1919-1924 |
Voluntary physician, psychiatric and neurological institute,
University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
|
| 1921 |
Divorced Felix Gutman (marriage date unknown) |
| 1924-1926 |
Psychoanalytic study, Berlin, Germany |
| 1938 |
Immigrated to England
Married Otto Isakower
|
| 1940 |
Immigrated to United States |
| 1949 |
Member, New York Psychoanalytic Society
Licensed to practice medicine and surgery, State of New
York
|
The papers of Otto Isakower (1899-1972) and Salomea Isakower
(1888-1949) span the years 1880-1975, with the bulk of the items concentrated
in the period 1900-1975. The collection focuses on the work of Otto Isakower, a
Freudian psychoanalyst who studied and practiced in Vienna, Austria, until
immigrating to England and then the United States between 1938 and 1940.
Included in the papers are correspondence, writings, miscellaneous biographical
data, and other material pertaining to the work of Otto Isakower and to the
history of psychoanalysis during his lifetime.
Among the prominent correspondents in the collection are Paul Federn,
Anna Freud, Ernest Jones, Bertram David Lewin, and Herman Nunberg. Notable also
are photocopies of Sigmund Freud letters to Carl Koller, 1880-1887, and to
Albrecht Schaeffer, 1939. An item of special significance is a notebook
containing minutes of meetings of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society for the
years 1923-1924. Other topics of interest include papers relating to the
Isakowers' immigration and resettlement, a patient case file from the Wiener
Allgemeines Krankenhaus, and dream material collected by Otto Isakower.
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material.
| Container |
Contents |
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| BOX 1
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Correspondence |
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| BOX 1
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"A-E" miscellaneous,
1931-1975, n.d.
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(5
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Freud, Sigmund |
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| BOX 1
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To Koller, Carl,
1880-1887, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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To Schaeffer, Albrecht,
1939
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| BOX 1
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"F-G" miscellaneous,
1938-1958, n.d.
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Hill, Carlton B.,
1939-1940, n.d.
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| BOX 1
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"H" miscellaneous,
1942-1954
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| BOX 1
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Isakower, Salomea, to Otto
Isakower,
1953
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| BOX 1
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Isakower, Sigmund and Edith,
1912, 1938-1939
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| BOX 1
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"I" miscellaneous,
1940-1954
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| BOX 1
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James, B.,
1940-1954
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| BOX 1
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"J" miscellaneous,
1938-1967
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| BOX 1
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Kris, Ernst,
1953
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| BOX 1
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"K" miscellaneous,
1938-1971
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| BOX 1
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Lewin, Bertram D. and David,
1939-1972
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| BOX 1
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"M" miscellaneous,
1940-1971
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| BOX 1
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New York Psychoanalytic Society
and New York Psychoanalytic Institute,
1943-1968
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| BOX 1
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Newman, Richard,
1954
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| BOX 1
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Nunberg, Herman,
1937-1940
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| BOX 1
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"O-W" miscellaneous,
1918-1967
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 1
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Young, Nicholas,
1953
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| BOX 1
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Unidentified to Otto and Salomea
Isakower,
1932-1974, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Subject file |
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| BOX 2
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Address book, Otto Isakower,
n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Biographical material,
1933-1944
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 2
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Cards and addresses |
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| BOX 2
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Certificates and
appointments
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| BOX 2
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Isakower, Otto,
1923-1971
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| BOX 2
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Isakower, Salomea,
1949-1974
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| BOX 2
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Dream material,
1932-1967, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Dreams of patients,
1929-1961
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| BOX 2
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Financial,
1938, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Freud, Sigmund, regarding
collected works and letters on lay analysis,
1944, 1968, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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Funeral orations and obituaries
by Otto Isakower and others,
1950-1971
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| BOX 2
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Legal documents |
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| BOX 2
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Isakower, Otto,
1905-1967
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(2
folders)
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Isakower, Salomea,
1922-1965
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 2
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Library call slips,
1926, n.d.
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| BOX 2
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New York Psychoanalytic
Institute, minutes,
1972
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| BOX 2
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Notes |
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| BOX 2
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Analytic instruments and
supervision
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Analyzing instruments and
communication
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| BOX 3
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Auditory, superego, visual
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| BOX 3
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Hypnology, dreaming
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 3
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"Psychoanalysis Applies Itself
to Studies on Neuropsychology"
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Theory of symbolism, the
spider
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| BOX 3
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Untitled and
miscellaneous
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(3
folders)
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| BOX 4
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(6
folders)
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| BOX 4
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Publication lists,
1945-1965, n.d.
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| BOX 4
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Record of consultation with Dr.
Gross,
1938
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| BOX 4
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School records |
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| BOX 4
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Isakower, Otto,
1905-1940
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| BOX 4
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Isakower, Salomea,
1910-1916
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| BOX 4
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Student comments on courses,
1970
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| BOX 4
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Training analyst seminar,
1958
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| BOX 4
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Vienna Psychoanalytic Society,
minutes of meetings and other material,
1923-1930
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| BOX 5
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Wiener Allgemeines Krankenhaus
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| BOX 5
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General,
1916-1929
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| BOX 5
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Patient records,
1924-1929
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| BOX 5
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Writings |
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| BOX 5
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By Otto Isakower |
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| BOX 5
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Articles |
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| BOX 5
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"Beitrag zur Pathopsychologie
der Einschlafphänomene,"
1936
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| BOX 5
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"Bemerkungen zu Ein Fall von
Anosognosie,"
[1929]
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| BOX 5
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"A Contribution to the
Pathopsychology of Phenomena Associated with Falling Asleep,"
1938
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| BOX 5
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"Erläuterungen zum
Kostenvoranschlag,"
n.d.
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| BOX 5
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"Gutes Wollen ist Nicht zu
Lernen,"
1929
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| BOX 5
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"On the Exceptional Position
of the Auditory Sphere,"
1939
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| BOX 5
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"Spoken Words in Dreams,"
1954
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| BOX 5
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"Trauma and Dreams,"
1961
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| BOX 5
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"Zur Sonderstellung der
Hösphäre,"
n.d.
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| BOX 5
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Untitled,
1952, n.d.
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| BOX 5
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Poetry,
1955-1960
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| BOX 5
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By others |
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| BOX 5
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Lewin, Bertram D. |
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| BOX 5
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Articles,
1955-1970
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| BOX 5
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Poetry,
1954-1960
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| BOX 5
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Schur, Max,
1964-1968
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| BOX 5
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Miscellaneous |
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| BOX 5
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Articles,
1937-1970
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| BOX 6
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Poetry,
1929-1968, n.d.
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| BOX 6
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Printed matter |
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| BOX 6
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Imago, vol. 10,
1924
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| BOX 6
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Kielholz, A.,
Jakob Boehme. Leipzig and Vienna: Franz Deuticke,
1919
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| BOX 6
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Langer, Walter A., "Psychological
Analysis of Hitler,"
circa 1946 (declassified 1968)
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(2
folders)
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| BOX 6
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Miscellaneous,
1926-1972
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(3
folders)
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