Collection Summary
Otto Fenichel and Hanna
Fenichel Papers
1934-1953
(bulk 1938-1945)
1934-1953
(bulk 1938-1945)
MSS62100
Fenichel,
Otto
Fenichel,
Hanna
1,500
items
3 containers
1 linear foot
English
German
Collection material in
English and
German.
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress
Washington, D.C.
Psychoanalysts.
Correspondence, circular letters, minutes, reports, and writings primarily
concerning Otto Fenichel’s work as a psychoanalyst and his involvement in
psychoanalytic organizations following his immigration to the United States in
1938. Fenichel’s work as a training analyst in Oslo, Norway, and Prague,
Czechoslovakia, is explored in circular letters written by him between 1934 and
1938.
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
Fenichel, Hanna. Otto Fenichel and Hanna Heilborn Fenichel papers. 1934-1953.
Fenichel, Otto.
Jones, Ernest, 1879-1958--Correspondence.
Maenchen, Anna--Correspondence.
Menninger, Karl A. (Karl Augustus), 1893-1990--Correspondence.
Reik, Theodor, 1888-1969--Correspondence.
Simmel, Ernst, 1882-1947--Correspondence.
Organizations
American Psychoanalytic Association.
Subjects
Psychoanalysis--California--Societies, etc.
Psychoanalysis--Czech Republic--Prague.
Psychoanalysis--Middle West--Societies, etc.
Psychoanalysis--Norway--Oslo.
Psychoanalysis--United States--Societies, etc.
Psychoanalysis--United States.
Occupations
Authors.
Lay analysts.
Psychoanalysts.
Provenance
The papers of Otto and Hanna Fenichel, psychoanalysts, were given to
the Library of Congress by the Sigmund Freud Archives in 1987.
Processing History
The papers of Otto and Hanna Fenichel were arranged and described in
1991. An article by Otto Fenichel entitled “Frühe Entwicklungsstadien des
Ichs” was transferred from the Sigmund Freud Papers in 2002.
Copyright Status
The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Otto and Hanna
Fenichel is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17,
U.S.C.).
Access and Restrictions
The papers of Otto Fenichel and Hanna Fenichel 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, Otto Fenichel and Hanna Fenichel
Papers, Sigmund Freud Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Biographical Note
Otto Fenichel
Date
Event
1897, Dec. 2
Born, Vienna, Austria
1921
M.D., University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
1922
Moved to Berlin, Germany, to complete training at the Berlin
Psychoanalytic Institute
1923
1925
Assistant and training analyst at Berlin Psychoanalytic
Clinic, Berlin, Germany
1926
Married Clare Nathansohn (divorced 1940)
1929
Traveled to the Soviet Union (also in 1932 and 1934)
1933
Left Berlin, Germany, because of political climate
Moved to Oslo, Norway, to train psychoanalysts
1934
Published
The Outline of Clinical Psychoanalysis
(New York:
Psychoanalytic Quarterly Press and W. W. Norton Co. 492 pp.)
1935
Moved to Prague, Czechoslovakia, to train
psychoanalysts
1938
Immigrated to Los Angeles, Calif.
1939
Published
Problems of Psychoanalytic Technique
(Albany, New
York: Psychoanalytic Quarterly Press. 130 pp.)
1940
Married Hanna Heilborn
1945
Published
The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis
(New York: W.
W. Norton & Co. 703 pp.)
1946, Jan. 22
Died, Los Angeles, Calif.
1953
1954
Posthumous publication of
Collected Papers of Otto Fenichel
(New York: W. W.
Norton & Co. 2 vols.)
Scope and Content Note
The papers of Otto Fenichel (1877-1946), psychoanalyst and author, and
Hanna Heilborn Fenichel (1895-1975), lay analyst, span the years 1934-1953.
They consist largely of correspondence and writings by Otto Fenichel after his
emigration from Central Europe to the United States in 1938. Prominent among
the materials are copies of Otto Fenichel's "Rundbriefe," or circular letters
sent to a small group of associates from 1934 until 1945. While incomplete
(approximately 30 letters appear to be missing from the span of 119 which
Fenichel enumerated), the Rundbriefe are legible in typed or carbon form, with
the first 70 or so in German and the remainder in English.
Important correspondents include Ernest Jones, Anna Maenchen, Karl A.
Menninger, Theodor Reik, and Ernst Simmel. Much of the correspondence and other
material relates to the American Psychoanalytic Association and to various
smaller psychoanalytic groups, especially in the American Midwest and in
California.
Catalog Record: [https://lccn.loc.gov/mm87062100]
Container List
Container
Contents
1
Correspondence
1
Aichhorn, August,
1938
1938
1
Alexander, Franz
1937
1937
1
Authors of the Symposium on Sleep
Disturbances,
1942
1942
1
Bally, Gustav,
1940
1940
1
Barrett, William,
1942
1942
1
Bartemeier, Leo H.,
1942-1943
1942-1943
1
Bernfeld, Siegfried,
1940-1941
1940-1941
1
Bibring, Edward,
1938-1939
1938-1939
1
Blisten, N. Lionel,
1942
1942
1
Deri, Frances,
1936
1936
1
Dozuskov, Theodor,
1944-1945
1944-1945
1
Eissler, K. R.,
1944-1953
1944-1953
1
Evans, Dick,
1944
1944
1
Fleischer, Elizabeth,
1942
1942
1
French, Thomas,
1942
1942
1
Freud, Anna,
1945
1945
1
Freud, Martin,
1938
1938
1
Friedländer, Käthe,
1938
1938
1
Garma, Angel,
1942-1945
1942-1945
1
Gero, George,
1942-1944
1942-1944
1
Glover, Edward,
1944
1944
1
Hadley, Ernest,
1945
1945
1
Hoffer, Willi,
1941
1941
1
Jacobsen, Edith,
1938
1938
1
Jones, Ernest,
1938
1938
1
Kamm, Bernard,
1941
1941
1
Kardiner, Abram,
1938-1940
1938-1940
1
Katan, Anny Rosenberg,
1939
1939
1
Knight, Robert P.,
1938-1945
1938-1945
1
Koch, Adelheid,
1943-1945
1943-1945
1
Kris, Ernst,
1939
1939
1
Lowenfeld, Henry,
1942
1942
1
Maenchen, Anna,
1939-1945
1939-1945
1
Meier, Alfons,
1938
1938
1
Menninger, Karl A.,
1941-1942
1941-1942
1
Nacht, Sacha,
1938
1938
1
Reider, Norman,
1944
1944
1
Reik, Theodor,
1940
1940
1
Rubinstein, Thomas,
1939
1939
1
Schwarz, Hedy,
1943
1943
1
Simmel, Ernst, correspondence to
Otto Fenichel by Simmel and between Simmel and others forwarded to Fenichel by
Simmel,
1938-1942
1938-1942
1
Waelder, Robert,
1938-1939
1938-1939
1
Windholz, Emmanuel,
1941-1942
1941-1942
1
Winnik, Heinrich,
1945
1945
1
Zeifert, Mark, re: Fenichel,
1941
1941
1
Zilboorg, Gregory,
1942
1942
1
Zullinger, Hans,
1941
1941
1
Unidentified,
1938
1938
1
Organizational files
1
American Psychoanalytic
Association
1
Committees
1
Committee on the Relations
between the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International
Psychoanalytic Association,
circa 1938
circa 1938
1
Emergency Committee on Relief
and Immigration,
1938-1941
1938-1941
1
Reports
1
Certification in
psychoanalysis,
1938-1941
1938-1941
1
Circular reports to the
members of the American Psychoanalytic Association,
1942-1943
1942-1943
1
Meetings,
1941-1942
1941-1942
1
Association for the Advancement
of Psychoanalysis,
undated
undated
1
Bay Area Psychoanalysts Technical
Seminar, Berkeley, Calif.,
1941
1941
1
Miscellany,
1938-1944
1938-1944
1
New York Psychoanalytic
Institute, New York, N.Y.,
1941-1944
1941-1944
1
Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los
Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.,
1938-1940
1938-1940
1
San Francisco Psychoanalytic
Society, San Francisco, Calif.,
1941-1943
1941-1943
1
Santa Barbara Socialization
Institute, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
1940
1940
1
Society for Psychoanalytical
Psychology, New York, N.Y.,
1941
1941
1
Topeka Psychoanalytic Society,
Topeka, Kansas,
1943
1943
1
Traite de Psychanalyse.
[
See same container, Nacht, Sacha ](nacht1)
2
Writings
2
Articles
2
"Freud, Die endliche und
unendliche Analyse,"
circa 1940
circa 1940
2
“Frühe Entwicklungsstadien
des Ichs,”
1937
1937
2
Circular letters ("Rundbriefe")
2
Nos. 1-11, 13-31, 36-53, and 72
(in German),
1934-1940
1934-1940
(8
folders)
3
Nos. 87-98, 101-108, and
116-119 (in English),
1942-1945
1942-1945
(4
folders)