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Anna Freud Papers A Finding Aid to the Papers in the Sigmund Freud Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2014 Revised 2014 October Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009087 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm82049700 Prepared by T. Michael Womack with the assistance of Paul Colton, Kathleen Kelly, Lisa Madison, Brian McGuire, and John Monagle Revised and expanded by Margaret McAleer Collection Summary Title: Anna Freud Papers Span Dates: 1880-1995 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1946-1982) ID No.: MSS49700 Creator: Freud, Anna, 1895-1982 Extent: 60,000 items ; 171 containers ; 68.2 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Psychoanalyst, author, and daughter of Sigmund Freud. Correspondence, diaries, drafts of writings, speeches and lectures, biographical material, reports, subject files, patient case files, financial records, and other papers relating primarily to Freud's career as a psychoanalyst in the field of child analysis. 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 Aichhorn, August, 1878-1949--Correspondence. Andreas-Salomé, Lou, 1861-1937--Correspondence. Bibring, Grete L. (Grete Lehner), 1899-1977--Correspondence. Bonaparte, Marie, Princess, 1882-1962--Correspondence. Bunzl, G. G. (Gustav George), 1915-1981--Correspondence. Burlingham, Dorothy T. Burlingham, Dorothy T.--Correspondence. Deutsch, Helene, 1884-1982--Correspondence. Eissler, K. R. (Kurt Robert), 1908-1999--Correspondence. Eissler, Ruth Selke, 1906- --Correspondence. Eitingon, M. (Max), 1880-1943--Correspondence. Freud, Anna, 1895-1982. Freud, Anna, 1895-1982. Normality and pathology in childhood. 1965. Freud, Ernst L., 1892-1970--Correspondence. Geleerd, Elisabeth R. (Elisabeth Rozetta), 1909-1969--Correspondence. Goldstein, Joseph--Correspondence. Hartmann, Dora, 1902-1974--Correspondence. Hartmann, Heinz, 1894-1970--Correspondence. Hill, John C. (John Campbell), 1888- --Correspondence. Hoffer, Willi--Correspondence. Jackson, Edith Banfield, 1895-1977--Correspondence. Jones, Ernest, 1879-1958--Correspondence. Katan, Anny, 1898-1992--Correspondence. Khan, M. Masud R.--Correspondence. Kris, Ernst, 1900-1957--Correspondence. Kris, Marianne, 1900-1980--Correspondence. Loewenstein, Rudolph Maurice--Correspondence. Mandelstam, Charles L., 1927- --Correspondence. Masson, J. Moussaieff (Jeffrey Moussaieff), 1941- --Correspondence. Nagera, Humberto--Correspondence. Newman, Lottie M.--Correspondence. Nunberg, Herman, 1884-1970--Correspondence. Paterson, Mark--Correspondence. Robertson, James, 1911-1988--Correspondence. Anna Freud Papers 2 Sandler, Joseph--Correspondence. Schur, Max--Correspondence. Thomas, Ruth--Correspondence. Waelder, Robert--Correspondence. Organizations Hampstead Child-Therapy Clinic. Hampstead Nurseries. Subjects Adolescence. Aggressiveness. Child analysis. Child development. Child psychology. Child psychotherapy--Residential treatment--England--London. Child rearing. Children--Health and hygiene. Children--Nutrition--Psychological aspects. Defense mechanisms (Psychology) Developmental psychology. Emotions in children. Food habits--Psychological aspects. Holocaust survivors. Mental health. Neuroses. Nursery schools. Observation (Psychology) Personality development. Psychic trauma. Psychoanalysis. Psychology, Pathological. Psychology. Regression (Psychology) Social skills in children. Socialization. World War, 1939-1945--Children. Occupations Authors. Psychoanalysts. Administrative Information Provenance The papers of Anna Freud, psychoanalyst, author, and daughter of Sigmund Freud, were given to the Library of Congress by the Sigmund Freud Archives between 1972 and 2010. Bequests received on deposit from the estate of Anna Freud between 1985 and 1986 were converted to a gift by the Sigmund Freud Archives in 1988. Additional material was bequeathed by the estate of Jeanne Lampl-de Groot in 1988. K. R. Eissler gave material in 1989, and items were purchased by the Library in 1999. Anna Freud Papers 3 Processing History The papers of Anna Freud were arranged and described in 1993. Additional items received between 1996 and 1999 and letters by Marie Bonaparte transferred from the Sigmund Freud Papers were incorporated into the collection in 2002. Items received in 2010 and formerly closed material were added to the Additions series in 2014. Transfers Some photographs have been transferred to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of these papers. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of Anna Freud in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for further information. Access and Restrictions Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions. In addition, many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Anna Freud Papers, Sigmund Freud Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Note Date Event 1895, Dec. 3 Born, Vienna, Austria, to Sigmund and Martha Bernays Freud 1925 Joined executive board of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute and started work as a training analyst 1936 Published Das Ich und die Abwehrmechanismen (Vienna, Austria: International Psychoanalytischer Verlag. 206 pp.) (English translation, The Ego and the Mechanisms of Defense, published in 1937) 1937 Established the Jackson Nursery, Vienna, Austria 1938, June Emigrated to England with father and family to escape Nazi persecution 1939, Sept. 23 Death of Sigmund Freud 1940 Established Hampstead Wartime Nurseries, London, England, with Dorothy T. Burlingham 1943 Published with Dorothy T. Burlingham Infants without Families (London, England: George Allen & Unwin. 108 pp.) and War and Children (New York, N.Y.: Medical War Books. 191 pp.) 1947 Established Hampstead Child-Therapy Training Course and Clinic, London, England 1950 Received honorary degree from Clark University, Worcester, Mass. 1952 Appointed director, Hampstead Child-Therapy Clinic, London, England Anna Freud Papers 4 1965 Published Normality and Pathology in Childhood (New York, N.Y.: International Universities Press. 273 pp.) 1980 Received honorary degrees from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., and Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany 1982, Feb. 6 Received Goethe Prize from the Federal Republic of Germany 1982, Oct. 9 Died, London, England Scope and Content Note The papers of Anna Freud (1895-1982) span the years 1880-1995, with the bulk of the items concentrated in the period between 1946 and 1982. The collection focuses on the work of Anna Freud, psychoanalyst and early leader in the field of child analysis. Freud's education prepared her to teach elementary school, which she did for several years. She relinquished this position to become her father's assistant and train in psychoanalysis under him. In 1925, she joined the executive board of the Vienna Psychoanalytic Institute and started work as a training analyst. In that same year, Freud began her lifelong association with Dorothy T. Burlingham, who had come to Vienna to be analyzed by Sigmund Freud. Over the years, their collaboration included joint authorship of several books and articles as well as the operation of nursery schools and a child therapy clinic. In 1938, Freud emigrated to England with her father and family to escape persecution under the Nazis. She remained in England for the rest of her life, conducting research in the field of child psychoanalysis at the Hampstead Clinic, which she had established in 1947. She traveled widely in the furtherance of child analysis and continued writing and lecturing up until a few years before her death at the age of eighty-six. Included in her papers are correspondence, writings, reports, patient case files, miscellaneous biographical information, and other material pertaining to her career and the history of the Freud family as well as the history of child analysis during her lifetime. With the exception of some correspondence, poems, the Jackson Nursery files, and a few other personal files, the collection contains very little documentation of Freud's early life in Vienna. The papers primarily chronicle her life in London, particularly after 1946. Among the prominent correspondents are August Aichhorn, Lou Andreas-Salomé, Grete L. Bibring, Princess Marie Bonaparte, G. G. Bunzl, Dorothy T. Burlingham, Helene Deutsch, K. R. and Ruth Selke Eissler, M. Eitingon, Ernst L. Freud, Elisabeth R. Geleerd, Joseph Goldstein, Heinz and Dora Hartmann, John C. Hill, Willi Hoffer, Edith Banfield Jackson, Ernest Jones, Anny Katan, M. Masud R. Khan, Ernst and Marianne Kris, Jeanne Lampl-de Groot, Rudolph Maurice Loewenstein, Charles L. Mandelstam, J. Moussaieff Masson, Humberto Nagera, Lottie M. Newman, Herman Nunberg,