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Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2018086247
Collection material in English and German with some in French
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 Heinz Kohut were given to the Library of Congress by his son, Thomas Kohut, in 2018.
The papers of Heinz Kohut were arranged and described by Melinda K. Friend in 2018. The finding aid was revised by Melinda K. Friend in 2021.
Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division where they are identified as part of the Heinz Kohut Papers.
Other papers of Heinz Kohut can be found in the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, Illinois.
Copyright in the unpublished writings of Heinz Kohut in these papers and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public.
The papers of Heinz Kohut 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.
Kohut's correspondence has appeared in
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Heinz Kohut Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
The papers of Heinz Kohut span the years 1923-1994, with the bulk of the material dating from 1960 to 1981. The papers are in English and German with some in French and are arranged alphabetically by type of file or material and thereunder arranged largely as received. Excisions of information from some of the documents in the collection were carried out before their arrival at the Library of Congress.
The alphabetical file comprises the largest part of collection and spans the years 1923-1990. It may have served as a central file for Kohut. Contents include correspondence, memoranda, speeches, writings, an interview, photographs, clippings, professional appointments, itineraries, newsletters, minutes, drafts, contracts, invoices, and royalty statements. The correspondence consists of personal and professional correspondence to and from both Kohut and his wife Elizabeth ("Betty") Kohut. Although Kohut's outgoing correspondence consists mostly of carbon copies and photocopies, some exist only in his style of shorthand. His letters to Siegmund Levarie appear to be the signed originals. Topics discussed throughout the correspondence include the writings of Kohut and others, self psychology and narcissism, psychoanalysis, patients, the scheduling of meetings and conferences, requests for Kohut to review manuscripts, the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, and everyday information. Correspondents include August Aichhorn, Michael Franz Basch, K. R. Eissler, Ruth Selke Eissler, Anna Freud, John E. Gedo, Arnold Goldberg, Siegmund Levarie, Alexander Mitscherlich, Tilmann Moser, Paul H. Ornstein, Jacques Palaci, George H. Pollock, Lutz Rosenkötter, and Charles B. Strozier. In Kohut's alphabetical arrangement, the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis is filed under "Institute for Psychoanalysis" and some items related to the University of Cincinnati under are filed under "C" miscellaneous.
Kohut's speeches and writings consist mostly of published articles and book reviews and span the years 1934-1983. Topics include neurology, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychoanalysis and music, and self psychology. Other speeches and writings by Kohut are found in the alphabetical file. The scrapbooks cover events in Kohut's career. The first scrapbook contains material and photographs related to Kohut's appearance as the laudator at the awarding of the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade to Alexander Mitscherlich in 1969, Kohut's receipt of the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class, in 1977, and the reading of Kohut's "Introspection, Empathy, and Semi-Circle of Mental Health" by his son, Thomas Kohut, at the fiftieth anniversary celebration of the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute in Chicago, Illinois. The second scrapbook is devoted to the Symposium on History and Psychoanalysis that was held in Kohut's honor in 1973.
Of interest in the miscellany is correspondence between Geoffrey Cocks and Elizabeth and Thomas Kohut for Cocks's book
This collection is arranged alphabetically by type of file or material and thereunder arranged largely as received.
Catalog Record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2018086247