Alfred Adler Papers
A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress
Prepared by David Mathisen
Revised and expanded by
Margaret McAleer
Manuscript Division,
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
2009
Contact information:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/mss/address.html
Finding aid encoded by Library of Congress Manuscript Division,
2009
Finding aid URL: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009144
Title: Alfred Adler Papers
Span Dates: 1888-1975
Bulk Dates: (bulk 1928-1937)
ID No.: MSS82306
Creator:
Adler, Alfred,
1870-1937
Extent: 900 items;
5 containers plus 1 oversize;
2.15 linear feet;
4 microfilm reels
Language: Collection material in
English and
German
Repository:
Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress,
Washington, D.C.
Abstract: Psychologist. Chiefly
letters written by Adler to his wife and children, including also drafts of a
book, articles, lectures, an appointment book, notes, reports, certificates,
clippings, printed matter, and photographs relating to Adler's career as a
psychologist.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this
collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person
or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed
alphabetically therein.
Personal Names
Adler,
Alfred, 1870-1937.
Adler,
Raissa Epstein--Correspondence.
Allen, G.
Margery--Correspondence.
Einstein,
Albert, 1879-1955--Correspondence.
Freud,
Sigmund, 1856-1939.
Subjects
Psychology.
Occupations
Psychologists.
Provenance: The papers of Alfred Adler, psychologist, were given to the Library
of Congress by his son, Kurt A. Adler, and daughter, Alexandra Adler, between
1973 and 1995. Several items were purchased in 1974 and 1999.
Processing History:The papers of Alfred Adler were arranged and described in 1984. The
collection was expanded and revised in 1996 and 2001. The finding aid was
revised in 2009.
Transfers:Sigmund Freud's
Psychopathologie des Alltagslebens, inscribed by Freud to
Adler, has been transferred to the Rare Book and Special Collections Division
where it is identified as part of the Alfred Adler Papers.
Related Material:Related collections in the Manuscript Division include the Alfred
Adler Papers in the Sigmund Freud Collection.
Copyright Status:Copyright in the unpublished writings of Alfred Adler in these papers
and in other collections in the custody of the Library of Congress is reserved.
Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for further
information.
Access and Restrictions:The papers of Alfred Adler 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.
Microfilm:A microfilm edition of part of these papers is available on four
reels. Consult reference staff in the Manuscript Division concerning
availability for purchase or interlibrary loan. To promote preservation of the
originals, researchers are required to consult the microfilm edition as
available.
Preferred Citation:Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the
following information: Container number, Alfred Adler Papers, Manuscript
Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
| 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 |
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.
This collection is arranged by type of material.
Available on microfilm. Shelf no. 20,322
| Container |
Contents |
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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Appointment book,
1937
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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General correspondence,
1891-1970, undated
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(10
folders)
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BOX 1
REEL 1
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Lectures |
|
BOX 1
REEL 1
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1921
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BOX 1
REEL 2
|
1928-1930
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(2
folders)
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BOX 2
REEL 2
|
1931-1936, undated
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(4
folders)
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BOX 2
REEL 2
|
"Any Marriage Can Succeed: An
Interview with Dr. Alfred Adler," by Helena Huntington Smith,
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 2
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"Aerztekursus im
Urbankrankenhaus,"
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 2
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Writings file |
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BOX 2
REEL 2
|
Book,
The General System of Individual Psychology,
undated
|
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BOX 2
REEL 2
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Chapters 1-7 |
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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Chapters 8-13 |
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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Articles in English |
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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Bashfulness,
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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"A Brief Comparison of
Individual Psychology and Psycho-Analysis,"
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 3
|
Childhood and youth,
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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Courage,
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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"Fortunetelling,"
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 3
|
"Fortunetelling,"
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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"Homosexuality,"
undated
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BOX 2
REEL 3
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Neurosis,
undated
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BOX 3
REEL 3
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"Preface" for Waslaw Nijinsky's
autobiography,
undated (not used)
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BOX 3
REEL 3
|
"The Problem of Crime,"
undated
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BOX 3
REEL 3
|
"Psychiatric Aspects Regarding
Individual and Social Disorganization,"
1936
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BOX 3
REEL 3
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"The Technique of Treatment,"
undated
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BOX 3
REEL 3
|
"Psychological Aspects in a
Time of Economic Crisis,"
1934
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BOX 3
REEL 3
|
"Seven Men and a House, A Study
of the Inferiority Complex,"
undated
|
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BOX 3
REEL 3
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Articles and lectures in German,
undated
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(2
folders)
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BOX 3
REEL 3
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Patient case studies,
1928-1935, undated
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(2
folders)
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BOX 3
REEL 3
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Reports of medical meetings,
1928-1932, undated
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BOX 3
REEL 3
|
Miscellany |
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BOX 3
REEL 3
|
Certificates, passport,
photographs, naturalization papers, etc.,
1888-1937, 1950, undated
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BOX 3
REEL 3
|
Notes and memoranda,
1897-1938, 1975, undated
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BOX 3
REEL 3
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Printed matter,
1933-1937, undated
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BOX 3
REEL 4
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Clippings,
1930-1937, 1970, undated
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BOX 4
not filmed
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Patient record books,
1903-1907
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(2
vols.)
|
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BOX 5
not filmed
|
Addition |
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| BOX 5
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Allen, G. Margery,
1930-1937
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| BOX 5
|
Death of Adler,
1937
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| BOX 5
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General correspondence,
1930-1938, undated
|
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| BOX 5
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Lectures,
undated
|
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| BOX 5
|
"Advice to the
Teacher"
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| BOX 5
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"Children's Case-Histories and
Their Interpretation"
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| BOX 5
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"Compulsion
Neurosis"
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| BOX 5
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"Drunkards and
Drug-Addicts"
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| BOX 5
|
"How the Child Selects His
Symptoms"
|
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| BOX 5
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"The Structure of
Neurosis"
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| BOX 5
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Medical licenses,
1934-1937
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| BOX 5
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Note by Adler concerning a
patient,
undated
|
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| BOX 5
|
Photograph of Adler,
undated
|
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| BOX 5
|
Printed matter,
1966, undated
|
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| BOX 5
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Sixtieth birthday,
1930
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| BOX 5
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Certificate of honorary
citizenship, Vienna, Austria
See Oversize |
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| BOX 5
|
Congratulatory letters
(3 folders)
|
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| BOX 5
|
Stoker, Richard, String Quartet
No. 3, Op. 36 "Adlerian,"
1967-1970
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BOX OV 1
not filmed
|
Oversize
|
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| BOX OV 1
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Addition |
|
| BOX OV 1
|
Sixtieth birthday |
|
| BOX OV 1
|
Certificate of honorary
citizenship, Vienna, Austria,
1930 (Container 5)
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