Collection Summary
Ruth Mack Brunswick
Papers
1921-1943
(bulk 1926-1938)
1921-1943
(bulk 1926-1938)
MSS62037
Brunswick, Ruth Mack,
1897-1946
200 items
2 containers
.6 linear feet
English
German
Collection material in
English and
German
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Psychoanalyst.
Correspondence, patient files, writings, a student training certificate, a
concert program, and a newspaper clipping documenting Brunswick’s
contributions to psychoanalytic theory including her treatment of Sergius
Pankejeff, a former patient of Sigmund Freud referred to as the “Wolf Man”
in Freud’s case study, and her work on the pre-Oedipal phase of libido
development.
Selected Search Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the LC Catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically.
People
Brunswick, Ruth Mack.
Freud family--Correspondence.
Freud, Anna, 1895-1982--Correspondence.
Freud, Martha, 1861-1951--Correspondence.
Hendrick, Ives, 1898-1972--Correspondence.
Pankejeff, Sergius, 1887-1979--Correspondence.
Pankejeff, Sergius, 1887-1979.
Pankejeff, Sergius, 1887-1979. Sergius Pankejeff papers.
Subjects
Dreams.
Oedipus complex.
Psychoanalysis.
Provenance
The papers of Ruth Mack Brunswick, psychoanalyst, were given to the
Library of Congress by the Sigmund Freud Archives between 1960 and 1987.
Related Material
Sigmund Freud’s correspondence with Brunswick spanning the years
1921-1930 is located in the
[Sigmund
Freud Papers] in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Ruth Mack
Brunswick is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Ruth Mack Brunswick are open to research. Researchers
are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. 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, Ruth Mack Brunswick Papers, Sigmund
Freud Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Date
Event
1897, Feb. 17
Born, Chicago, Ill.
1918
Graduated, Radcliffe College, Cambridge, Mass.
Married Hermann Blumgart (divorced 1926)
1922
M.D., Tufts University, Medford, Mass.
Began analysis with Sigmund Freud in Vienna,
Austria
1925
Established psychoanalytic practice, Vienna, Austria
Member, Vienna Psychoanalytic Society, Vienna,
Austria
1926
1927
Treated Sergius Pankejeff, a former analysand of Sigmund Freud
and the subject of Freud’s “Wolf Man” case study
1928
Married Mark Brunswick (divorced 1937; remarried six months
later; divorced 1940)
Published “A Supplement to ‘History of an Infantile
Neurosis,’”
The International Journal of Psycho-Analysis
(9:439-476)
1929
1938
Resumed analysis of Sergius Pankejeff on an irregular
basis
1932
Became an editor of the
Psychoanalytic Quarterly
1938
Left Vienna, Austria, and established a private practice in
New York, N.Y.
Joined New York Psychoanalytic Society, New York,
N.Y.
1940
Published “The Preoedipal Phase of the Libido
Development,”
Psychoanalytic Quarterly
(9:293-319)
1946, Jan. 24
Died, New York, N.Y.
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Ruth Mack Brunswick (1897-1946) span the years
1921-1943, with the bulk of material dating from 1926 to 1938. The collection,
written in English and German, documents Brunswick’s contributions to
psychoanalytic theory expanding the work of her mentor, Sigmund Freud. Featured
in the papers are Brunswick’s notes and writings related to her analysis of
Sergius Pankejeff, a former analysand of Sigmund Freud and the subject of
Freud’s “Wolf Man” case study. In addition to Brunswick’s own notes are
notes and writings by Pankejeff including an extensive file of notes recording
his dreams. Writings by Brunswick contained in the collection include “A
Supplement to ‘History of an Infantile Neurosis,’” which explores her
analysis of Pankejeff between 1926 and 1927, and numerous drafts of her 1940
article “The Preoedipal Phase of the Libido Development.” Brunswick first
outlined her theories of a developmental phase preceding the Oedipal complex in
an untitled work written in 1930. The collection includes a typescript of this
early work annotated by Freud.
Correspondence includes letters from members of the Freud family
including Sigmund Freud’s wife and daughter, Martha Freud and Anna Freud,
letters from psychiatrist Ives Hendrick commenting on Brunswick’s pre-Oedipal
article, and two letters from Sergius Pankejeff.
Arrangement of the Papers
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of material
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm87062037]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Correspondence
1
Freud, Alexander,
1928
1928
1
Freud, Anna,
1938
1938
1
Freud, Martha, and Minna Bernays,
1926-1928, 1938, undated
1926-1928, 1938, undated
1
Hendrick, Ives,
1940
1940
1
Johnson, Fred Bates,
1932, 1939
1932, 1939
1
Mack, Julian W. and Jessie
(parents),
undated
undated
1
Pankejeff, Sergius,
1938
1938
1
Unidentified
1
Cable to “F. F.” (possibly
Felix Frankfurter) from Brunswick regarding conditions in Vienna, Austria,
1933
1933
1
Carbon copy of letter to
“Herr Professor,”
undated
undated
1
Fragment of third-party letter
containing reference to Brunswick,
undated
undated
1
Miscellany
1
Brunswick, Mark, concert program
featuring work composed by him,
1933
1933
1
Freud, Sigmund, clipping
concerning his eightieth birthday,
1936
1936
1
Society of the Lying-In Hospital,
New York, N.Y., student training certificate,
1921
1921
1
Patient files
1
“Caroline J.,”
1927
1927
1
Miscellaneous notes,
1926-1933, 1943, undated
1926-1933, 1943, undated
1
Pankejeff, Sergius
1
Notes and writings by
Pankejeff
1
Dreams,
1932-1938, undated
[
For additional material see same container, Notes by
Brunswick, “Der Wolfsmann”](der1)
1932-1938, undated
(3
folders)
1
“Ergänzung zur Kranken,”
1933
1933
1
“Lida,”
undated
undated
1
“Lisa,”
undated
undated
1
“Meine Schwester,”
undated
undated
1
“Zur Hypochondrie,”
undated
undated
1
Notes by Brunswick
1
Miscellaneous,
undated
undated
1
“Der
Wolfsmann,”
1923-1936, undated
1923-1936, undated
(2
folders)
1
“Wolfsmann Nachtrag,”
undated
undated
1
Writings
1
Bibliographic notes,
undated
undated
1
“Ein Fussfetisch und Seine
Beziehung zum Masochismus,”
undated
undated
1
“Kastration und Entschädigung
in drei Nacheinanderfolgenden Träumen,”
undated
undated
2
“The Preoedipal Phase of the
Libido Development,”
undated
undated
(2
folders)
2
“A Supplement to ‘History of
an Infantile Neurosis’”
2
Printed copy,
1928
1928
2
Typescript,
undated
undated
2
Untitled work with handwritten
comments by Sigmund Freud,
1930
1930
2
Unidentified
fragments
2
In English,
1932, undated
1932, undated
2
In German,
undated
undated