Alfred Adler Papers
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collection
Alfred Adler Papers 1888-1975 (bulk 1928-1937)
Adler, Alfred, 1870-1937
Biographical History for: Alfred Adler Papers 1888-1975 (bulk 1928-1937)
Biographical Note Date Event 1870, Feb. 7 Born, Vienna, Austria 1895 Graduated, University of Vienna Medical School, Vienna, Austria 1895-1897 Gained clinical experience working in the Polyclinic, Vienna, Austria 1897-1927 Private practice, Vienna, Austria 1897 Married Raissa Timofeivna Epstein 1902 Joined Sigmund Freud's Psychological Wednesday Society, Vienna, Austria 1907 Published Studie über die Minderwertigkeit von Organen. Berlin: Urban & Schwarzenber 1910 President, Vienna Psychoanalytic Society 1911 Resigned from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society Founded the Society for Free Psychoanalytic Study 1912 Published Über den Nervösen Charakter. Wiesbaden: J. F. Bergmann 1914 Founded the Society for Individual Psychology and its journal, Zeitschrift für Individualpsychologie Published with Carl Furtmüller Heilen und Bilden; Ärzlich-Pädagogische Arbeiten des Vereins für Individualpsychologie. Munich: Ernst Reinhardt 1916-1918 Served as a physician in the Austrian army 1920 Established a network of child guidance clinics attached to public schools, Vienna, Austria Appointed director, Individual Psychological Clinic for Problem Children, Franz-Josef Ambulatorium, Vienna, Austria 1924 Published Praxis und Theorie der Individualpsychologie. Munich: J. F. Bergmann 1926 First American lecture tour 1927 Published Menschenkenntnis. Leipzig: Hirzel 1928 Conducted a course on individual psychology, New School for Social Research, New York, N.Y. 1929 Published Problems of Neurosis: A Book of Case Histories. London: Kegan Paul, Trench Truebner & Co. 1929-1930 Visiting Professor, University Extension, and director of child-guidance clinic, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 1930 Resigned from Columbia University and opened the Advisory Council of Individual Psychology clinic at the Community Church, New York, N.Y. Published Guiding the Children on the Principles of Individual Psychology. New York: Greenberg 1932 Visiting Professor of Medical Psychology, Long Island College of Medicine, Brooklyn, N.Y. Established the Adler Medical Psychology Clinic, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1937, May 28 Died, Aberdeen, Scotland
Scope and Content Note The papers of Alfred Adler (1870-1937) span the years 1888-1975, with the bulk of material dating from 1928 to 1937. The papers contain correspondence, lectures, articles, manuscript of a book, an appointment book, patient case studies and record books, reports, notes, photographs, certificates, clippings, and printed matter. The major part of the collection consists of letters written by Adler to his wife and children between 1897 and 1937 and drafts of lectures and articles, many of which Adler wrote while residing in the United States. Correspondence with people outside the Adler family includes a letter written by Albert Einstein in 1937 comparing the theories of Sigmund Freud and Adler. A small amount of material was added to the collection in 1996 and 2001. The addition includes, among other items, letters from Adler to a former student, G. Margery Allen, a letter from John Haynes Holmes concerning the relocation of Adler's clinic to the Community Church in New York City, congratulatory letters on Adler's sixtieth birthday, drafts of six lectures, and correspondence concerning Adler's death. An undated note by Adler concerning a patient and a photograph of Adler were added in 2001. A microfilm edition of the first three containers is available. Patient record books and material added to the collection in 1996 and 2001 have not been filmed.
file
Appointment book, 1937
General correspondence, 1891-1970, undated
Lectures
1931-1936, undated
"Any Marriage Can Succeed: An Interview with Dr. Alfred Adler," by Helena Huntington Smith, undated
"Aerztekursus im Urbankrankenhaus," undated
Writings file
Book, The General System of Individual Psychology, undated
Chapters 1-7
Chapters 8-13
Articles in English
Bashfulness, undated
"A Brief Comparison of Individual Psychology and Psycho-Analysis," undated
Childhood and youth, undated
Courage, undated
"Fortunetelling," undated
"Homosexuality," undated
Neurosis, undated
"Preface" for Waslaw Nijinsky's autobiography, undated (not used)
"The Problem of Crime," undated
"Psychiatric Aspects Regarding Individual and Social Disorganization," 1936
"The Technique of Treatment," undated
"Psychological Aspects in a Time of Economic Crisis," 1934
"Seven Men and a House, A Study of the Inferiority Complex," undated
Articles and lectures in German, undated
Patient case studies, 1928-1935, undated
Reports of medical meetings, 1928-1932, undated
Miscellany
Certificates, passport, photographs, naturalization papers, etc., 1888-1937, 1950, undated
Notes and memoranda, 1897-1938, 1975, undated
Printed matter, 1933-1937, undated
Clippings, 1930-1937, 1970, undated
Patient record books, 1903-1907
Addition
Allen, G. Margery, 1930-1937
Death of Adler, 1937
General correspondence, 1930-1938, undated
Lectures, undated
"Advice to the Teacher"
"Children's Case-Histories and Their Interpretation"
"Compulsion Neurosis"
"Drunkards and Drug-Addicts"
"How the Child Selects His Symptoms"
"The Structure of Neurosis"
Medical licenses, 1934-1937
Note by Adler concerning a patient, undated
Photograph of Adler, undated
Printed matter, 1966, undated
Sixtieth birthday, 1930
Certificate of honorary citizenship, Vienna, Austria See Oversize
Congratulatory letters (3 folders)
Stoker, Richard, String Quartet No. 3, Op. 36 "Adlerian," 1967-1970
Oversize
Sixtieth birthday
Certificate of honorary citizenship, Vienna, Austria, 1930 (Container 5)