Ralph Greenson Papers, 1934-1979
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Finding Aid for the Ralph Greenson papers, 1934-1979 http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7779r8tg Descriptive Summary Title: Ralph Greenson papers Date (inclusive): 1934-1979 Collection number: 1497 Creator: Greenson, Ralph, 1911-1979 Extent: 38 boxes (19.0 lin. ft.)3 oversize boxes. Abstract: The Ralph Greenson papers includes correspondence, writings (including lectures and published papers), tape recordings, and materials relating to teaching. In 1953, Greenson started teaching at UCLA. He is best known for writing The technique and practice of psychoanalysis. He also wrote Explorations in psychoanalysis, as well as 53 scientific papers. Language: Finding aid is written in English Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections. Los Angeles, California 90095-1575 Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Access Some materials restricted until 2039. COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information. Restrictions on Use and Reproduction Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright. Provenance/Source of Acquisition Gift of Mrs. Ralph Greenson, 1986. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Ralph Greenson papers (Collection Number 1497). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA. Biography Ralph Greenson was born in Bern, Switzerland in 1913. He came to the United States in 1924, and after high school in New York attended Columbia University, from where he graduated in 1930. He then completed his MD at The University of Bern in 1934 before doing further postgraduate work at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles, Allgemeines Krankenhaus in Vienna, Austria, the Topeka Psychoanalytic Institute, and the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. He started a private practice in psychiatry and psychoanalysis in Los Angeles in 1934, which he continued in Beverly Hills after four years in the U.S. Army Air force Medical Corps from 1942 to 1946. In 1953 he started teaching at UCLA. He is best known for writing The technique and practice of psychoanalysis. He also wrote Explorations in psychoanalysis, as well as 53 scientific papers. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and a life member of the American Psychoanalytic Association. Greenson died November 24, 1979. Scope and Content The collection includes correspondence, writings (including lectures and published papers), tape recordings, and materials relating to teaching. Organization and Arrangement Arranged in the following series: Ralph Greenson papers 1497 1 1. U.S. Army service 2. Articles (translations) 3. Biographical material 4. Captain Newman, M.D. 5. Colleagues 6. Correspondence 7. Discussions of papers by 8. Dream seminars 9. Early lecture-seminars 10. Ernst Simmel 11. Greenson seminars 12. Lectures and broadcast by Ralph Greenson 13. Lectures and patient notes 14. Medical aspects of human sexuality 15. Miscellaneous papers 16. Notes and articles 17. Otto Fenichel 18. Panels 19. Patient sessions 20. Private practice 21. Professional organizations 22. Psychoanalytic associations and institutes 23. Psychoanalytic process 24. Public lectures 25. Publication of books 26. Published articles 27. Published papers 28. Short stories 29. Technique and Practice of Psychoanalysis Volume II 30. Technique 31. Unpublished papers 32. West Los Angeles Mental Health Center 33. Wilhelm Stekel. Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog. Subjects Greenson, Ralph R. (Ralph Romeo)---1911-1979. Psychoanalysis. Ralph Greenson papers 1497 2 Army - WWII Army - WWII Box 8, Folder 10 Seminar: Yuma, AZ - Air Corps Gunnery School - Army lectures no date Box 8, Folder 11 Fort Logan, Denver, CO - convalescent hospital - Army lectures no date Box 8, Folder 12 Practical approach to the War neuroses - paper no date Box 8, Folder 13 Sodium pentathol interviews - typed case histories & progress reports no date Box 8, Folder 14 Sodium pentathol interviews (folder 1 of 2) 1944 - 1945 Scope and Content Note Progress reports - holograph notes. Box 9, Folder 1 Sodium pentathol interviews (folder 2 of 2) 1944 - 1945 Scope and Content Note Progress reports - holograph notes. Box 9, Folder 2 Army transfer records 1944 - 1946 Box 9, Folder 3 201 file, Scott Field - injury report - commendation medal 1944 - 1946 Box 9, Folder 4 Letters from soldiers 1945 Box 9, Folder 5 Magazines - 4 items 1945 Box 9, Folder 6 RRG cash book 1939 - 1942 Box 9, Folder 7 War neuroses in North Africa - by Roy R. Grinker & John P. Spiegel 1943 Box 9, Folder 8 Psychiatric experiences of the Eighth Air Force by Donald W. Hastings, David G. Wright, Bernard C. Glueck 1943 Box 9, Folder 9 Army & Air Force instructional & propaganda publications - 7 items no date Ralph Greenson papers 1497 3 Articles - translations Articles - translations Box 19, Folder 3 L'empathie et ses phases diverses - Revue Francaise de Psychanalyse 1961 Box 19, Folder 4 Homosexualite et identite sexuelle - Revue Francaise de Psychanalyse 1965 Box 19, Folder 5 Das Arbeitsbuendnis unde die Uebertragungsneurose - Psyche: Eine Zeitschrift fuer Psychologische unde Medizinische Menschenkunde 1966 Box 19, Folder 6 Il rapporto non transferenziale nella situazione analitica - Estratto dall Rivista di Psycoanalisi 1969 Box 19, Folder 7 Die Uebertragungsfreie Beziehung in der Psychoanalytischen Situation - Psyche ... 1971 Box 19, Folder 8 Au-dela du transfert et de l'interpretation - Le Coq Heron 1972 Box 19, Folder 9 Alem da Transferencia e da Interpretacao - Revista brasiliera de Psicanalise 1976 Box 19, Folder 10 Transferencia: Freud o Klein - Psicologia Medica 1976 Box 19, Folder 11 Zum Problem der Empathie - Psyche: Eine Zeitschrift ... no date Ralph Greenson papers 1497 4 Biographical material Biographical material Box 28, Folder 25 CV's - RRG 1960 - 1976 Box 33, Folder Ralph Greenson scrapbook 1942 - 1961 Ralph Greenson papers 1497 5 Captain Newman, M.D. Captain Newman, M.D. Box 32, Folder 2 Press 1964 Box 32, Folder 3 Correspondence - Rosten, Rudin & RRG 1961 - 1964 Ralph Greenson papers 1497 6 Colleagues Colleagues Box 32, Folder 6 Party of the month - constitution 1952 Box 32, Folder 7 Mortgage is not for burning by Joshua Sizzle [Hanna Fenichel & Margaret Monk] 1952 Scope and Content Note 28 Dec. Ralph Greenson papers 1497 7 Correspondence Correspondence Box 19, Folder 39 Telegram 1934 Box 19, Folder 40 Melvin Levine 1936 Box 19, Folder 41 William Stekel 1936 - 1938 Box 19, Folder 42 William Stekel 1945 Box 19, Folder 43 1946 Box 19, Folder 44 1947 Note Box 19, folder 44 is closed until January 1, 2039. Stored in Box 39. Box 19, Folder 45 1948 Box 19, Folder 46 1949 Box 20, Folder 1 1950 Box 20, Folder 2 1951 Note Box 20, folder 2 is closed until January 1, 2039. Stored in Box 39. Box 20, Folder 3 1952 Note Box 20, folder 3 is closed until January 1, 2039. Stored in Box 39. Box 20, Folder 4 1953 Box 20, Folder 5 1953 Note Box 20, folder 5 is closed until January 1, 2039. Stored in Box 39. With Lawrence S. Kubie. Box 20, Folder 6 1954 Note Box 20, folder 6 is closed until January 1, 2039. Stored in Box 39. Box 20, Folder 7 1955 Box 20, Folder 8 Hospital mail 1955 Scope and Content Note 9 April - 19 May. Box 20, Folder 9 1956 Box 20, Folder 10 1957 Box 20, Folder 11 1958 Box 20, Folder 12 1959 Box 20, Folder 13 1960 Box 20, Folder 14 1961 Box 21, Folder 1 Letters for 50th birthday 1961 Box 21, Folder 2 1962 Box 21, Folder 3 Patients - general 1963 Box 21, Folder 4 Friends 1963 Box 21, Folder 5 Colleagues 1963 Box 21, Folder 6 Other 1963 Box 21, Folder 7 Colleagues 1964 Ralph Greenson papers 1497 8 Correspondence Box 21, Folder 8 PSA & institute 1964 Box 21, Folder 9 General 1964 Box 21, Folder 10 Friends 1964 Box 21, Folder 11 Friends 1965 Box 21, Folder 12 Colleagues 1965 Box 21, Folder 13 General 1965 Box 22, Folder 1 PSA, UCLA, etc. 1965 Box 22, Folder 2 General 1966 Box 22, Folder 3 Colleagues 1966 Box 22, Folder 4 Friends 1966 Box 22, Folder 5 PSA, UCLA, etc. 1966 Box 22, Folder 6 Regarding scientific papers 1967 Box 22, Folder 7 Mental health 1967 Box 22, Folder 8 PSA & institutes 1967 Box 22, Folder 9 Patients 1967 Box 22, Folder 10 Colleagues & friends 1967 Box 22, Folder 11 Foundation for Research in Preventive Psychiatry 1967 Box 22, Folder 12 Psychiatric 1967 Box 23, Folder 1 PSA, institute, society & mental health 1968 Box 23, Folder 2 Miscellaneous 1968 Box 23, Folder 3 Psychiatric 1968 Box 23, Folder 4 Scientific papers 1968 Box 23, Folder 5 Patients 1968 Box 23, Folder 6 Colleagues & friends 1968 Box 23, Folder 7 Colleagues & friends 1969 Box 23, Folder 8 PSA & psychiatric 1969 Box 23, Folder 9 Public 1969 Box 23, Folder 10 Patients 1969 Box 23, Folder 11 PSA & psychiatric 1970 Box 23, Folder 12 Trip & miscellaneous 1970 Box 23, Folder 13 Re: scientific papers 1970 Box 23, Folder 14 Public