Hilde Bruch, MD Papers (MS 007)
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McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Finding Aid - Hilde Bruch, MD papers (MS 007) Generated by McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library on July 09, 2021 Language of description: English McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library 1133 John Freeman Blvd. Houston, Texas 77030 United States Telephone: 713-799-7899 Email: [email protected] https://library.tmc.edu/mcgovern/ http://archives.library.tmc.edu/ms-007 Hilde Bruch, MD papers Table of contents Summary information ...................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative history / Biographical sketch .................................................................................................. 3 Scope and content ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Notes ................................................................................................................................................................ 4 Access points ................................................................................................................................................... 5 Physical condition ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Series descriptions ........................................................................................................................................... 6 MS007-S1, Series I: Photographs, Biographical Information, and Education, 1905-1982 .......................... 6 MS007-S2, Series II: Teaching Career, 1948-1980 ................................................................................... 14 MS007-S3, Series III: Unpublished Papers, 1939-1984 ............................................................................ 19 MS007-S4, Series IV: Publications, 1928-1983 ........................................................................................ 44 MS007-S5, Series V: General Office Files, 1931-1984 ............................................................................ 90 MS007-S6, Series VI: Patient Files (Restricted), 1920-1983 .................................................................. 127 MS007-S7, Series VII: Letters, 1940-1983 .............................................................................................. 390 MS007-S8, Series VIII: Anorexia and Obesity, 1915-1990 .................................................................... 400 MS007-S9, Series IX: Interviews, Appointment Books, and other materials, 1970-1985 ....................... 448 MS007-S10, Series X: Harry Stack Sullivan, 1924-1975 ........................................................................ 451 MS007-S11, Series XI: Oversize and Video, 1949-1980 ........................................................................ 459 - Page 2 - MS 007 Hilde Bruch, MD papers Summary information Repository: McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Title: Hilde Bruch, MD papers Reference code: MS 007 TARO [alternative]: 00142 Date: 1928-1984 (date of creation) Physical description: 56 cubic feet (92 boxes) Language: English Language: German Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Administrative history / Biographical sketch Note Hilde Bruch was born in Dulken, Germany on March 11, 1904; her family was Jewish. An uncle encouraged her to study medicine and she graduated from Albert Ludwig University with a doctorate in 1929. She took academic and research positions with the University of Kiel and then the University of Leipzig, but left academia for private pediatric practice in 1932 because of rising anti-Semitism. She had already begun a career in pediatric physiology before she left Germany in 1933 after Hitler came into power. She then spent a year in England, where she worked at the East End Maternity Hospital, which served a Jewish community in an impoverished part of London. She moved to the United States in 1934 and worked at the Babies’ Hospital at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City. She obtained her American medical license in 1935 and, in 1937, began research on childhood obesity, the beginning of her career studying eating disorders. She became an American citizen in 1940. From 1941 to 1943 Bruch studied psychiatry at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore before returning to New York to open her own psychiatric practice and teach at Columbia University. She took a position in psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 1964 and remained in Houston for the rest of her life. She died on December 15, 1984. Scope and content The Hilde Bruch, MD papers contains reprints, books, office files, patient records. The early gift of books and reprints, and the posthumous donation of books and papers have been integrated into the larger group McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 3 MS 007 Hilde Bruch, MD papers of office records, making the total size of the collection 56 cubic feet. The processor of the papers has for the most part left Dr. Bruch's own arrangement intact. The arrangement includes office files, patient records dating from the 1940's, correspondence from colleagues as well as hundreds of letters from lay persons acquainted with Dr. Bruch's work on eating disorders. There are reprints from colleagues, correspondence with publishers, family and friends. Also included is same correspondence from Dr. Bruch's family in Germany and the Netherlands, and memorabilia from her long career in America. Dr. Bruch's papers offer important insights into psychiatric trends in the second half of the twentieth century, particularly into the treatment of psycho-social illness. They also detail in the life history of an individual, the personal and cultural crises precipitated by exile from Nazi Germany, and the struggle of women for greater participation in science and medicine, both significant phenomena in the history of this century. The collection equals 56 cubic feet consisting of 84 boxes. Notes Title notes Physical condition Materials are in good condition. Immediate source of acquisition Dr. Hilde Bruch presented her papers to the McGovern Historical Collections and Research Center over a period of years; one portion, 213 reprints and nine books arrived in 1978. This collection was greatly augmented and expanded in 1983 when Dr. Bruch closed her office and gave her office files and patient records to the HRC. After her death in December 1984, her family completed the collection with their donation of some of books, reprints and journals from, her home. Arrangement The series which comprise the collection are listed below. Separate descriptions for each follow. I. BIOGRAPHY II. TEACHING CAREER III. UNPUBLISHED PAPERS IV. PUBLICATIONS V. GENERAL OFFICE FILES VI. PATIENT FILES VII. LETTERS VIII. ANOREXIA AND OBESITY IX. MISCELLANEOUS X. HARRY STACK SULLIVAN McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 4 MS 007 Hilde Bruch, MD papers Restrictions on access Open for research. Patient files are restricted, and consultation with an archivist is required. Conditions governing use Copyright restrictions may apply. Permission to publish from this material must be facilitated through the repository, McGovern Historical Center. Finding aids A finding aid for this collection is available. Accruals No accruals are expected for this collection. Other notes • Publication status: Published Access points • Sullivan, Harry Stack (subject) • Baylor College of Medicine • Texas Medical Center • Bruch, Hilde (subject) • Books (documentary form) • Reprints (documentary form) • Paper (documentary form) • Correspondence (documentary form) • Photographs (documentary form) • Drawings (documentary form) • Memorabilia (documentary form) • Audiovisual materials (documentary form) • appointment books (documentary form) • medical records (documentary form) • Audio recordings (documentary form) • Eating disorders (subject) • Pediatrics (subject) • Psychiatry (subject) • Physiology (subject) • Social psychology (subject) • Houston, Texas (place) McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 5 MS 007 Hilde Bruch, MD papers Series descriptions Series MS007-S1: Series I: Photographs, Biographical Information, and Education Date: 1905-1982 (date of creation) Physical description: 2 cubic feet (4 boxes) Publication status: Published File / item list Reference code Title Dates Physical description gi203420621 File - Photographs, 1962-1978 1962-1978 9 envelopes Physical location: MS 007 Physical location: MS 007 P-3402 File - Drs. Robert P. Williams, Hilde Bruch 1978 5 photographs and Michael E. DeBakey [B&W, negative - 5] Physical location: MS 007 Physical location: MS 007 P-3410 File - Baboons in their cages [B&W - 1971 3 photographs 3] Physical location: MS 007 Physical location: MS 007 P-3422 File - Photographs of Dr. Masao Sakamoto 1966 3 photographs [Color - 3] Physical location: MS 007 Physical location: MS 007 P-3423 File - Photographs of Dr. Masao 1960s 2 photographs Sakamoto's Family. Photographer: F. Ishida Photo Studio [B&W - 2] Physical location: McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library Page 6 MS 007 Hilde Bruch, MD papers MS 007 Physical location: MS 007 P-3424 File - Photographs of Takako Sakamoto 1963 4 photographs with her Children [Color - 4] Physical