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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78022905
Collection material in English
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.
The papers of Maxwell Gitelson, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Frances Hannett Gitelson, in 1965. Additional material was given by David Kairys of the Psychoanalytic Assistance Fund in 1965 and by the Sigmund Freud Archives in 1987.
The papers of Maxwell Gitelson were arranged and described in 1977. The finding aid was revised in 2002 to include descriptions of formerly closed material in Containers 57-62 and 83-84. Correspondence received in 1987 concerning the death of Princess Marie Bonaparte was added to the Correspondence series at this time. The finding aid was revised in 2012 and 2013.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Maxwell Gitelson in these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
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.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Maxwell Gitelson Papers, Sigmund Freud Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Maxwell Gitelson (1902-1965) span the years 1918-1965, with the bulk of material dating from 1930 to 1965. The collection includes appointment books, a diary, correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, programs, constitutions and bylaws, financial records, writings, notes and notebooks, biographical material, photographs, and printed matter chiefly relating to Gitelson's involvement in psychoanalytic organizations including the American Psychoanalytic Association and the International Psycho-Analytical Association. The papers are organized into in five series: Appointment Books and Diary, Correspondence, Subject File, Writings, Organizational File, and Restricted.
The Organizational File series comprises the bulk of the collection and documents Gitelson's leadership in the institutional development of psychoanalysis. Records relating to the American Psychoanalytic Association form the largest part of the series and reflect Gitelson's long association with the organization including his twenty-year membership on the executive council from 1945 to 1965 and his presidency in 1955-1956. Many of the files relate specifically to Gitelson's role in the development of psychoanalytic training and professional standards under the association's auspices. Also included in the series are records from Gitelson's involvement in the International Psycho-Analytical Association. A large portion of these files concerns the standing of affiliate American, Canadian, European, and South American societies in the international organization. Other psychoanalytic organizations featured in the series include the Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies, Chicago's Institute for Psychoanalysis, the Chicago Psychoanalytic Society, the Psychoanalytic Assistance Fund, and the Sigmund Freud Archives. Also represented are files from Gitelson's participation in psychiatric and medical organizations such as the American Medical Association, the Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry, and the Chicago-based Institute for Juvenile Research.
In addition to the Organizational File, the collection includes Gitelson's appointment books for the years 1941-1964 and an adolescent diary from 1918. The Correspondence series includes Gitelson's early correspondence from the 1920s and 1930s while a college and medical student in New York and during the early years of his medical practice in Chicago. The bulk of Gitelson's correspondence dates from 1946 to 1965 and reflects his prominence in the field of psychoanalysis. Among Gitelson's correspondents are Franz Alexander, Saul David Alinsky, William G. Barrett, Bruno Bettelheim, Princess Marie Bonaparte, Charles Brenner, K. R. Eissler, Anna Freud, André Godin, Ralph R. Greenson, Roy R. Grinker, Heinz Hartmann, Ives Hendrick, Willi Hoffer, Ernest Jones, Pearl King, Robert P. Knight, Heinz Kohut, Lawrence S. Kubie, Karl A. Menninger, Samuel Ritvo, Marshall D. Schechter, René A. Spitz, Louis Steinberg, Elizabeth Rosenberg Zetzel, and Gregory Zilboorg, among many other psychiatrists and psychoanalysts.
The Subject File contains teaching and research files, biographical material, college and medical school notes, and photographs largely from the 1920s. Included in the series is a record of Gitelson's psychoanalytic training at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and patient interviews and reports largely stemming from his work with the Division of Criminology in the Illinois Department of Public Welfare, with the Institute for Juvenile Research, and as a training analyst. The Writings series contains drafts and reprints of some of Gitelson's articles, book reviews, lectures, papers, and speeches.
The collection is arranged in six series:
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm78022905
Appointment books and diary.
Arranged alphabetically by type of material and chronologically therein.
Correspondence and related attachments.
Arranged into a chronological file and an alphabetical file.
Correspondence, patient case files, reports, research files, biographical material, will, certificates, commissions, photographs, lists, invitations, military records, notes, notebooks, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material.
Drafts and reprints of articles, papers, speeches, lectures, book reviews, commentary, and poetry.
Arranged into writings by Gitelson and by others and alphabetically thereunder by type of writing, topic, or author.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, conference papers, programs, bylaws, constitutions, financial records, rosters, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, programs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports, programs, and printed matter.
Arranged alphabetically by name of organization.
Case files, patient interviews and reports.
Arranged and described according to the series, containers, and folders from which the items were removed.