SIGMUND FREUD

A REGISTER OF HIS PAPERS

IN THE SIGMUND FREUD COLLECTION

IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

Prepared by

Allan Teichroew and Fred Bauman

with the assistance of Patrick Holyfield and Brian McGuire

Revised and expanded by

Margaret McAleer

Manuscript Division

Library of Congress

Washington, D.C.

2004

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Collection Summary

Title: Papers of Sigmund Freud

Span Dates: ca. 6th century B.C.-1998 (bulk 1871-1939)

ID No: MSS39990

Creator: Freud, Sigmund, 1856-1939

Size: 48,000 items; 135 containers plus 16 oversize plus 2 in vault; 68 linear feet;

23 microfilm reels

Repository: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

Abstract: Founder of psychoanalysis. Correspondence, holograph and typewritten drafts of

writings by Freud and others, family papers, patient case files, legal documents,

estate records, receipts, military and school records, certificates, notebooks,

pocket watch, Greek statue, genealogical data, interviews, research files, exhibit

material, bibliographies, lists, photographs and drawings, newspaper and

magazine clippings, and other printed matter. The collection documents many

facets of Freud’s life and writings; his associations with family, friends, mentors,

colleagues, students, and patients; and the evolution of psychoanalytic theory and

technique.

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Contents

Collection Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

Administrative Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Biographical Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Scope and Content Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Description of Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Container List

Family Papers

Correspondence with Sigmund Freud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Correspondence between Others . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Subject File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

General Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Subject File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Writings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Supplemental File

Subject File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Miscellany . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Interviews and Recollections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Artifacts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Restricted . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Closed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Oversize . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

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Appendix A: Reel List for Microfilm Edition of Freud-Ferenczi Correspondence . . . . . . . . . . 93

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Administrative Information

Provenance: The papers of Sigmund Freud, founder of psychoanalysis, were given to the

Library of Congress by the Sigmund Freud Archives between 1952 and 2001. Additional

material was given to the Library between 1970 and 1976 by Anna Freud who subsequently

bequeathed to the Sigmund Freud Archives the remainder of her father’s papers in her possession

at the time of her death in 1982. The archives deposited these papers in the Library of Congress

in 1986 and converted the deposit to a gift in 2000. Numerous other donors gave material

directly to the Library of Congress between 1942 and 2001. Further items were acquired by the

Library through purchase, transfer, and exchange between 1943 and 1999.

Processing History: The Sigmund Freud Papers were arranged and described in 1991 in seven

lettered series (A, B, C, D, E, F, and Z) in accordance with restrictions and conditions that

applied to the collection at that time. Material within each series was arranged in groupings of

family papers, general correspondence, subject file, writings, supplemental material, and

interviews and recollections. When the bulk of the restrictions were lifted in 2000, the lettered

series were abolished and the papers were rearranged. Ten new series (Family Papers, General

Correspondence, Subject File, Writings, Supplemental File, Interviews and Recollections,

Artifacts, Restricted, Closed, and Oversize) were created by consolidating subgroupings within

the lettered series. Although their series designations had been changed, most folder titles were

not altered during reprocessing.

Descriptions of the Sigmund Freud Papers appear in Library of Congress Acquisitions:

Manuscript Division, 1985, pp. 27-31, and Library of Congress Acquisitions: Manuscript

Division, 1986, pp. 33-36.

Transfers: Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial

divisions of the Library. Books have been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections

Division. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division.

Motion picture films and audio recordings of interviews have been transferred to the Motion

Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. All transfers are identified in these

divisions as part of the Sigmund Freud Papers.

Copyright Status: Copyright in the unpublished writings of Sigmund 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.

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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.

Microfilm: Microfilm editions of parts of these papers are available on twenty-three reels.

Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division concerning availability for purchase or

interlibrary loan.

Preferred Citation: Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following

information: Container number, Sigmund Freud Papers, Sigmund Freud Collection, Manuscript

Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.