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Berta Bornstein Papers A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2008 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012091 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82065549 Prepared by T. Michael Womack with the assistance of Paul Colton Revised by Margaret McAleer with the assistance of Carolyn Ray Collection Summary Title: Berta Bornstein Papers Span Dates: 1933-1971 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1945-1970) ID No.: MSS65549 Creator: Bornstein, Berta, 1898-1971 Extent: 21,000 items ; 64 containers plus 4 oversize ; 34 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Psychoanalyst, author, and educator. Correspondence, patient case files, writings, teaching and training files, bulletins, memoranda, minutes, and reports pertaining to Bornstein's career as one of the first Freudian child psychoanalysts practicing in the United States. Selected Search Terms 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. People Bibring, Edward, 1894-1959--Correspondence. Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977--Correspondence. Blos, Peter--Correspondence. Bornstein, Berta, 1898-1971. Bornstein, Joseph--Correspondence. Brody, Sylvia, 1914- --Correspondence. Burlingham, Dorothy T.--Correspondence. Eissler, K. R. (Kurt Robert), 1908-1999--Correspondence. Eissler, Ruth Selke, 1906- --Correspondence. Fenichel, Otto--Correspondence. Freud, Anna, 1895-1982--Correspondence. Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939. Gardiner, Muriel, 1901-1985--Correspondence. Geleerd, Elisabeth R. (Elisabeth Rozetta), 1909-1969--Correspondence. Green, Sidney L.--Correspondence. Harley, Marjorie--Correspondence. Hoffer, Willi--Correspondence. Honig, Charlotte--Correspondence. Honig, Edwin--Correspondence. Katan, Anny, 1898-1992--Correspondence. Katan, Maurits, 1897-1977--Correspondence. Knight, Robert P. (Robert Palmer), 1902-1966--Correspondence. Kohut, Heinz--Correspondence. Kris, Ernst, 1900-1957--Correspondence. Kris, Marianne, 1900-1980--Correspondence. Kubie, Lawrence S. (Lawrence Schlesinger), 1896-1973--Correspondence. Loewenstein, Rudolph Maurice--Correspondence. Mahler, Margaret S.--Correspondence. Pearson, Gerald H. J. (Gerald Hamilton Jeffrey), 1893-1969--Correspondence. Ritvo, Samuel--Correspondence. Senn, Milton J. E., 1902- --Correspondence. Solnit, Albert J.--Correspondence. Spitz, René A. (René Arpad), 1887-1974--Correspondence. Waelder, Robert--Correspondence. Berta Bornstein Papers 2 Weil, Annemarie P.--Correspondence. Weinard, Bernard--Correspondence. Organizations American Orthopsychiatric Association--Correspondence. Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute--Correspondence. Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute--Correspondence. Community Service Society of New York. Council Child Development Center. Group for Applied Freudian Psychology--Correspondence. Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis--Correspondence. Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis. Jewish Board of Guardians. New York Psychoanalytic Institute. New York State Psychological Association--Correspondence. Walden School. Washington Psychoanalytic Institute (Washington, D.C.)--Correspondence. Subjects Child psychiatry. Child psychology. Psychiatry--United States--Societies, etc. Psychoanalysis--Maryland--Baltimore--Societies, etc. Psychoanalysis--Massachusetts--Boston--Societies, etc. Psychoanalysis--New York (State)--New York--Societies, etc. Psychoanalysis--Pennsylvania--Philadelphia--Societies, etc. Psychoanalysis--Washington (D.C.)--Societies, etc. Psychological tests for children. Psychology--Societies, etc.--New York (State) Women psychoanalysts. Occupations Authors. Educators. Psychoanalysts. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of Berta Borstein, psychoanalyst, author, and educator, were given to the Library of Congress in 1975 by William Kallir, executor of the Bornstein estate. Processing History The papers of Berta Bornstein were arranged and described in 1996. The papers were rearranged and the finding aid was revised when portions of the collection were opened to research use in 2008. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of Berta Bornstein in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions. Berta Bornstein Papers 3 Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Berta Bornstein Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1898, Sept. 12 Born, Kraków, Poland; raised from early childhood in Berlin, Germany Circa 1919 Began analytic training with Edward Bibring and Hans Lampl 1924-1939 Participated in a child seminar directed by Otto Fenichel at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute, Berlin, Germany Circa 1929 Began working with Anna Freud in developing psychoanalytic therapy for children, Vienna, Austria Circa 1938 Immigrated to the United States, where she established a psychoanalytic practice in New York, N.Y. 1971, Sept. 5 Died, Vinalhaven, Maine Scope and Content Note The papers of Berta Bornstein (1898-1971) span the years 1933-1971, with the bulk of the material dating from 1945 to 1970. The collection consists of correspondence, patient case files, drawings and stories by patients, teaching and training files, lecture notes, writings, annual bulletins, memoranda, minutes, reports, and other material relating to Bornstein's private practice as one of the first Freudian child psychoanalysts in the United States. The papers also document her affiliation with the New York Psychoanalytic Institute and the Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis where she taught, trained, and supervised prospective analysts. The collection is arranged in seven series: General Correspondence, Case File, New York Psychoanalytic Institute, Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis, Writings, Restricted, and Oversize. The General Correspondence series is composed primarily of letters to and from colleagues and institutions in the field of psychoanalysis. Prominent correspondents include Edward Bibring and Grete L. Bibring, Peter Blos, Sylvia Brody, Dorthy T. Burlingham, K. R. Eissler and Ruth Selke Eissler, Otto Fenichel, Anna Freud, Muriel Gardiner, Elisabeth R. Geleerd, Marjorie Harley, Willi Hoffer, Anny Katan and Mauritz Katan, Robert P. Knight, Heinz Kohut, Ernst Kris and Marianne Kris, Lawrence S. Kubie, Rudolph Maurice Loewenstein, Margaret S. Mahler, Gerald H. J. Pearson, Samuel Ritvo, Milton J. E. Senn, Albert J. Solnit, René A. Spitz, Robert Waelder, and Annemarie P. Weil. Institutions include the American Orthopsychiatric Association, the Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute, the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, the Group for Applied Freudian Psychology, the Institute of the Philadelphia Association for Psychoanalysis, the New York State Psychological Association, and the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. Letters of a more personal nature may be found in the correspondence of Bornstein's two brothers, Joseph Bornstein and Bernard Weinard, and of her friends Sidney L. Green and Charlotte Honig and Edwin Honig, neighbors at her summer home in Vinalhaven, Maine. The Case File, which is restricted, constitutes the largest series in the collection, amounting to over eight hundred individual psychiatric case files. Although Bornstein's practice did include some adult patients, it was for the most part devoted to child psychoanalysis. She was frequently asked by colleagues to perform consultations, and most of her patient files reflect consultations of from one to three visits. Most of these case files are small and consist primarily of clinical observations correlating to Bornstein's standard interview format. They also frequently contain psychological test results usually performed by a separate testing agency as well as additional clinical observations and diagnoses. A small percentage of her patients, however, were in long-term psychoanalysis. The files on these patients are frequently sizable. Berta Bornstein Papers 4 Bornstein also did consultative work for various local New York agencies such as the Community Service Society, Council Child Development Center, Jewish Board of Guardians, and Walden School. The New York Psychoanalytic Institute series includes annual bulletins, memoranda, minutes of meetings, material on committees and faculty activities, and other institutional records. Bornstein served as a teacher and trainer of psychoanalysts and was particularly involved with the training program in the Child Analysis Division. The series contains lecture notes, evaluations of courses and students, seminar discussion cases, student training analysis, and patient case files from supervised clinical work. For many years Bornstein commuted to Philadelphia to teach courses and train prospective psychoanalysts at the Institute