Berne (Eric L.) Papers (1904-2007)

box 1-4

Personal Files, Series I.3722 1904-1972

Scope and Contents

Contains materials relating to Eric Berne's personal and family life, his legal and financial activities, his education, and his travels abroad. Records include correspondence, diaries, newspaper clippings, banking records, immigration and naturalization forms, class notes and yearbooks, travel tickets and maps, and collected periodicals.

Arrangement

Materials in this series are arranged chronologically within the following sub-series: 1) Correspondence; 2) Diaries; 3) Family Records; 4) Legal and Financial Records; 5) Education; 6) Certificates and Diplomas; 7) Travel Ephemera; and 8) Periodicals.

Access Restrictions

Some materials in this series have been restricted to protect personal identifiable information or Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with federal regulations and UCSF Archives and Special Collections privacy policies. Redacted copies are available when possible. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.

Correspondence Subseries I.1.3726 1933-1970

box 1, folder 1-3

Correspondence, 3723 1933-1938

box 1, folder 4-7

Correspondence, 3724 1939-1970

Access Restrictions

Some materials in folders 5 and 6 have been restricted to protect personal identifiable information or Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with federal regulations and UCSF Archives and Special Collections privacy policies. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.

box 1, folder 8

Correspondence - Divorce, 3725 1942-1947

Diaries Subseries I.2.3727 1928-1969

box 1, folder 9

Diary, 3728 1928-1937

box 1, folder 10-11

Diary entries, "Her," 3729 ca. 1935

box 1, folder 12

Diary entries, 3730 1935, 1942, 1969

Family Records Subseries I.3.3731 1904-1947

box 2, folder 1

David H. Bernstein's Histological Sketching Book, 3732 1904

box 2, folder 2

David H. Bernstein, "Home Treatment of Tuberculosis," The Canadian Medical Association Journal, Vol. 8, No. 1, 3733 1918

box 2, folder 3

David H. Berstein obituary in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle - Sara G. Bernstein obituary in The Montreal Daily Star 3734 1922-02-24, 1947-10-21

Legal and Financial Records Subseries I.4.3735 1940-1972

box 2, folder 4

Income tax, 3736 1940, 1942

box 2, folder 5

Westport Bank & Trust Co., 3737 1941

box 2, folder 6

Miscellaneous, 3738 1941-1970

box 2, folder 7

Official Report of Proceedings Before the Veterans' Administration in the Matter of Eric Lennard Berne, 3739 1955-11-02

box 2, folder 8

Estate of Eric Berne, 3740 1970-1972

Education Subseries I.5.3741 1928-1936

box 2, folder 9

McGill University scrapbook, 3742 1928-1934

box 3, folder 1

McGill University yearbook, 3743 1931

box 3, folder 2

McGill Medical Undergraduate Journal, 3744 1931, 1933

General

Berne listed as literary editor in the 1931 issue.

box 3, folder 3-5

Class notes, 3745 1932-1934

box 3, folder 6

Papers and examinations, 3746 1933-1934

box 4, folder 1

University activities, 3747 1933-1935

box 4, folder 2

Notes and diary entries, 3748 1934

box 4, folder 3

Graduation, internships, job application letters, 3749 1934-1936

Access Restrictions

Some materials in this folder have been restricted to protect personal identifiable information or Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with federal regulations and UCSF Archives and Special Collections privacy policies. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.

Certificates and Diplomas Subseries I.6.3752 1923-1969

box 4, folder 4

Certificates and diplomas, 3750 1936-1945

box 18

Certificates and diplomas (oversized) 3751 1923-1969

Scope and Contents

Includes two framed items (City of Carmel-by-the-Sea Resolution No. 2387 expressing gratitude and appreciation to Eric Berne, 1966 and American Psychiatric Association Life Fellow certificate, 1969); seven rolled certificates with duplicate photocopies (Commissioners' Scholarship, Protestant Board of School Commissioners of the City of Montreal, 1923 and Certificate of Graduation, 1927; Certificate of Registration of Authority to Practice the Profession of Physician and Surgeon, County of New York, 1942; College of Physicians and Surgeons of the Province of Quebec, 1930 (in English) and 1953 (in Latin); Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Diploma, 1926; University of the State of New York License to Practice Medicine and Surgery, 1927); and two unframed certificates (Board of Medical Examiners of the State of California Physician's and Surgeon's Certificate, 1945, and International Transactional Analysis Association Certificate of Teaching Membership, 1960).

Travel Ephemera Subseries I.7.3753 1937

box 4, folder 5-7

Travel ephemera, 3754 1937

Periodicals Subseries I.8.3755 1941-1958

box 4, folder 8

In Fact newsletter, 3756 1941-1943

box 4, folder 9

Fort Ord Panorama, 3757 1945-01-12

box 4, folder 10

New Republic, 3758 1948-03-29

box 4, folder 11

Folklore Bulletin, No. 43, 3759 1953-09

box 4, folder 12

Adult Leadership, 3760 1954-06

box 4, folder 13

The Carmel Pine Cone, 3761 1956-1958

box 5-9

Writings, Series II. 3762 1927-1968

Scope and Contents

Contains drafts, typescripts, manuscripts, correspondence, and notes relating to Berne's publications and writings. Also included are creative fiction pieces written under the name "Lennard Gandalac," and drafts relating to Berne's military inventions.

Arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by title. Oversized materials are housed separately in Box 19.

box 5, folder 1

"Are You Nervous in the Service?..." Reconditioning Weekly, ASF Station Hospital Ford Ord newsletter, 3763 1945-09-01

box 5, folder 2

Assorted manuscripts and typescript drafts, 3827 undated

box 5, folder 3

Bibliography [of Berne's works], 3764 1964

box 5, folder 4

"Bishy's Corner," 3765 ca. 1935

box 5, folder 5

The Canadian Forum, articles by Lennard Gandalac, 3766 1932-1935

box 5, folder 6

"The Case for Intuition," Science Digest, Vol. 25, No. 6, 3767 1949-06

box 5, folder 7

"A Characteristic Masturbatory History," 3768 undated

box 5, folder 8

"Comparative Psychiatry and Tropical Psychiatry," The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 113, No. 3, 3769 1956

box 5, folder 9

"Clinical Significance of the Birth Certificate," 3770 undated

box 5, folder 10

"Concerning the Nature of Communication," The Psychiatry Quarterly, Vol. 27, 3771 1953

box 5, folder 11

"Concerning the Nature of Diagnosis," International Record of Medicine and General Practice Clinics, Vol. 165, No. 5, 3772 1952

box 5, folder 12

Cosmopolitan articles, 3773 1965-1966

box 5, folder 13

"Cultural Aspects of a Multiple Murder," Psychiatric Quarterly Supplement, Vol. 24, Part 2, 3774 1950

box 5, folder 14

"The Cultural Problem: Psychopathology in Tahiti," The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 116, No. 12, 3775 1960

box 5, folder 15

Cyprian St. Cyr, 3776 undated

box 5, folder 16

"Diagnosis of Acute Porphyria," Northwest Medicine, Vol. 45, No. 3, 3777 1946

box 5, folder 17

"Difficulties of Comparative Psychiatry: The Fiji Islands," The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 116, No. 2, 3778 1959

box 5, folder 18

"Editorial: Therapeutic Discomfort," 3779 undated

box 5, folder 19

"Ego States in Psychotherapy," American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 11, No. 2, 3780 1957

box 6, folder 1

"The Fundamental Questions of Psychology," drafts and notes, 3781 1939

box 6, folder 2

Games People Play, correspondence and drafts, 3782 1963-1965

box 19, folder 1

"Games People Play at Christmas," McCall's, 3896 1966-12

Physical Description: (oversized, 10 1/2" x 13 1/2")

box 6, folder 3-4

Gandalac drafts and notes, 3783 1929-1937

box 6, folder 5-11

Gandalac manuscripts, 3784 1927-1938

box 7, folder 1

Gandalac manuscripts, binder #1: "The Curious Adventures both Tragical and Comical of Ramsbottom Horseley..." 3785 undated

box 7, folder 2

Gandalac manuscripts, binder #2: ["The Curious Adventures both Tragical and Comical of Ramsbottom Horseley...] Book IV Humperdinck, 3786 undated

box 7, folder 3

Gandalac manuscripts, binder #3: "The Conversations and Adventures of Ramsbottom Horseley" [and other stories], 3787 undated

box 7, folder 4

"Group Attendance: Clinical and Theoretical Considerations," The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, No. 4, 3788 1955

box 7, folder 5

"Group Therapy Abroad," International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 8, No. 4, 3789 1958

box 19, folder 1

"Hoi Anthropoi Oikonomikoi," The New York Times Book Review, 3899 1968-05-26

Physical Description: (oversized, 11" x 13 1/4")

box 7, folder 6

"How Emotions Can Cause Disease and Pain," Life Can Be Beautiful, Vol. 2, No. 3, 3790 1949

box 7, folder 7

"How Gromadaza Selected a Son-in-Law" [by Lennard Gandalac], The Montrealer, 3791 1934-07-20

box 7, folder 8

"How Psychoanalysis Works," Everybody's Digest, Vol. 8, No. 2, 3792 1948

box 7, folder 9

"Human Nature in Peace and War," Fort Ord Panorama, 3793 1945

Physical Description: 2 scrapbooks.

box 7, folder 10

"Intuition V. The Ego Image," The Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 31, 3794 1957

box 7, folder 11

"Intuition VI. The Psychodynamics of Intuition," The Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 36, 3795 1962

box 7, folder 12

Inventions, 3796 1944

box 8, folder 1

"Judging Men by Their Looks," Journal of Living, Vol. 14, No. 7, 3797 1949

box 8, folder 2

[ A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis - early version?] 3798 undated

box 8, folder 3

"The Mythology of Dark and Fair: A Note on the Origins of Culture," 3799 ca. 1950

box 8, folder 4

"The Mythology of Dark and Fair: Psychiatric Use of Folklore," Journal of American Folklore, No. 72, Vol. 283, 3800 1959

box 8, folder 5

"A Note on 'Neurotic Interaction'", 3801 undated

box 8, folder 6

"A Note on the Significance of Certain 'Psychoneurotic Symptoms," 3802 ca. 1943

box 8, folder 7

Notes on Freud, 3803 1941

Processing Information

Binder and blank pages removed.

box 8, folder 8

Notes and memos, 3826 undated

box 8, folder 9

"The Organization of a Neuropsychiatric Service in a Regional Hospital," 3804 undated

box 8, folder 10

"A Primer for Peace" sources and correspondence, 3805 1944-1945

box 8, folder 11

"Principles of Group Psychotherapy," Indian Journal of Neurology and Psychiatry, Vol. 4, No. 3 & 4, 3806 1953

box 8, folder 12

"Principles of Transactional Analysis," 3807 1959

box 8, folder 13

"The Problem of Masturbation," Diseases of the Nervous System, Vol. 5, No. 10, 3808 1944

box 8, folder 14-15

"Psychiatric Aspects of Porencephaly," 3809 1939

Access Restrictions

Some materials in folder 14 have been restricted to protect personal identifiable information or Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with federal regulations and UCSF Archives and Special Collections privacy policies. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.

box 8, folder 16

"A Psychiatric Census of the South Pacific," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 117, No. 1, 3810 1960

box 8, folder 17

"Psychiatric Epidemiology of the Fiji Islands," Progress in Psychotherapy, Vol. 4, 3811 1959

box 8, folder 18

"Psychiatry in Syria," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 95, No. 6, 3812 1939

box 19, folder 1

"Psychoanalysis: 5 Questions Answered," Vogue, 3897 1947-07-15

Physical Description: (oversized, 9 1/4" x 12 1/4")

box 8, folder 19

"Psychoanalytic Group Therapy," 3813 undated

box 8, folder 20

"'Psychoanalytic' Versus 'Dynamic' Group Therapy," The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, No. 1, 3814 1960

box 9, folder 1

"The Psychological Structure of Space With Some Remarks on Robinson Crusoe," The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Vol. 25, 3815 1956

box 9, folder 2

Publisher correspondence, 3816 1937-1954

box 9, folder 3

"Recent Advances in Transactional Analysis," 3817 undated

box 9, folder 4

"Review: Four Books on Group Therapy," The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 34, No. 3, 3818 1964

box 9, folder 5

"Some Oriental Mental Hospitals," The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 106, No. 5, 3819 1949

box 19, folder 1

"Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On," The New York Times Book Review, 3898 1967-03-12

Physical Description: (oversized, 11" x 13 1/4")

box 9, folder 6

"The Structure of Marriage as Shown by Marital 'Games,'" 3820 1959

box 9, folder 7

"Talking About Sex": Lecture #1, Jake Gimbel Sex Lectures, University of California San Francisco Medical Center, 3821 1966

box 9, folder 8

"Tastes Differ" [by Lennard Gandalac], The Passing Show, Vol. 5, No. 10, 3822 1931

box 9, folder 9

"Who Was Condom?" Human Fertility, Vol. 5, No. 6, 3823 1940

box 9, folder 10

"Transactional Analysis: A New and Effective Method of Group Therapy," American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 12, No. 4, 3824 1958

box 9, folder 11

Typewriter and dictating machine brochures, 3825 undated

box 10, 19

Clippings and Reviews, Series III.3828 1941-1968

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically. Oversized materials are housed separately in box 19.

Scope and Contents

Contains newspaper clippings related to and collected by Berne (1941-1966); copies of published reviews of Berne's work (1942-1968); and a scrapbook of clippings relating to Berne's first book, The Mind in Action (1947-1948).

box 10, folder 1

Clippings, 3829 1941-1966

box 10, folder 2-5

Reviews, 3830 1942-1968

box 19, folder 2

Reviews, 3831 1965-1968

Physical Description: (oversized)

box 19

The Mind in Action: Being a Layman's Guide to Psychiatry scrapbook, 3900 1947-1948

Physical Description: (oversized, 11 1/2" x 16 1/4" x 1 1/2")

box 10-11

Professional Practice, Series IV.3832 1934-1959

Scope and Contents

Contains material relating to Berne's professional practice at the Ring Sanitarium in Arlington, MA and as a psychiatrist in the U.S. Army. Also includes records of patient sessions and correspondence (partially restricted).

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

Access Restrictions

Some materials in this series have been restricted to protect personal identifiable information or Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with federal regulations and UCSF Archives and Special Collections privacy policies. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.

box 10, folder 6

Psychiatric evaluation forms (blank), 3833 1934-1953

box 10, folder 7

Ring Sanitarium notebooks, 3834 ca. 1938-1939

box 10, folder 8

Patient records, 3835 1939-1941

Access Restrictions

This folder has been restricted to protect personal identifiable information or Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with federal regulations and UCSF Archives and Special Collections privacy policies. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.

box 10, folder 9

Patient correspondence, 3836 1939-1942

Access Restrictions

Some materials in this folder have been restricted to protect personal identifiable information or Protected Health Information (PHI) in accordance with federal regulations and UCSF Archives and Special Collections privacy policies. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.

box 11, folder 1

Military psychiatry scrapbook, 3837 1943-1946

box 11, folder 2

Cultural psychiatry correspondence and notes, 3838 1951-1959

box 11

Transactional Analysis, Series V. 3839 1962-2007

Scope and Contents

Contains records created by and relating to two psychiatry organizations founded by Berne: the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (SFSPS) and the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA).

Arrangement

Arranged chronologically.

box 11, folder 3

San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (SFSPS) guest book, 3840 1962-1970

box 11, folder 4

Transactional Analysis Bulletin, 3841 1962-1970

General

Additional issues of the Transactional Analysis Bulletin are held in the UCSF Library's Journals collection. Please check the Library catalog.

box 11, folder 5

[International Transactional Analysis Association] legal and business, 3842 1967-2007

box 12-18

Audio-Visual Material, Series VI.3843 1964-1989

Arrangement

Arranged by format (recordings, photographs) and then organized chronologically. Berne's travel photographs (ca. 1930s) are then arranged in their original order alphabetically by place name.

Scope and Contents

Contains 1 5-inch reel-to-reel audio recording and 2 1/2" videotape recordings of a ca. 1964-1965 television interview with Berne; two boxes of photographic prints; 7 photograph albums; and 1 framed photograph. Images are primarily from Berne's international travels and from ITAA conferences (after Berne's death, 1978-1999).

Recordings 3844 1964-1965

box 12, item 1

01. Eric Berne tape 2 from 2 different TV interviews re: T.A., 3845 ca. 1964-1965

Physical Description: 5-inch reel-ro-reel audio recording.

General

On container: "Eric Berne tape 2 from 2 different TV interviews re: T.A." Accompanying card: "Taped from TV circa 1964 or '65 in LA. Joseph C. Landrud, Ph.D."

box 12, item 2

02. Contemporary Psychotherapists in Action - Transactional Analysis - Eric Berne, M.D. Part 1, 3846 ca. 1964-1965?

Physical Description: 1/2" Scotch video tape. BW, running time 00:45:00.

General

On container: "Contemporary Psychotherapists in Action - Transactional Analysis - Eric Berne, M.D. Part 1 45 min. B/W 1/2" EIA-J."

box 12, item 3

03. Contemporary Psychotherapists in Action - Transactional Analysis - Eric Berne, M.D. Part 2, 3847 ca. 1964-1965?

Physical Description: 1/2" Scotch video tape. BW, running time 00:38:00.

General

On container: "Contemporary Psychotherapists in Action - Transactional Analysis - Eric Berne, M.D., Part 2 38 min. B/W 1/2" EIA-J."

Photographs 3848 ca. 1930-1989

Scope and Contents

Contains photographs of Berne's travels abroad and of ITAA conferences and meetings.

Processing Information

Berne's travel photographs are stapled to paper sheets and captioned. Sheets were removed from plastic covers and from accordion file folder. Original file folder labeled "Eric Lennard Gandalac Bernstein MD, 333 Cedar Street New Haven Conn USA."

Folder titles in quotes taken from file folder tab divider labels.

Travel File 3886 ca. 1930s

box 13, folder 1

"A - Algiers 33, Alp 11," 3849 undated

box 13, folder 2

"B - Bulgaria 8, Brindisi 15," 3850 undated

box 13, folder 3

"F - Florence 3," 3851 undated

box 13, folder 4

"G - Gibraltar 13, Greece 28," 3852 undated

box 13, folder 5

"H - Hungary 51," 3853 undated

box 13, folder 6

"I - Istanbul 121 pictures," 3854 undated

box 13, folder 7

"Italian Railroad," 3855 undated

box 13, folder 8

"London," 3856 undated

box 13, folder 9

"L - Lisbon 16" [EMPTY], 3857 undated

box 13, folder 10

"N - Naples, etc. 30," 3858 undated

box 13, folder 11

"Paris," 3859 undated

box 13, folder 12

"P - Ponta Delgada 27" [EMPTY], 3860 undated

box 13, folder 13

"R - Rome 28" [and Romania], 3861 undated

box 13, folder 14

"S - Sicily 15," 3862 undated

box 13, folder 15

"U-V - Venice 23, Vienna 23," 3863 undated

box 13, folder 16

"W - Vulcania 57," 3864 undated

box 13, folder 17

Assorted photographs and drawing, 3865 1959 and undated

ITAA Proof Sheets 3868 1978-1989

box 14, folder 1

"Montreal 78, San Diego 79, Staff 78, Spring & Summer 79," 3866 1978-1979

box 14, folder 2

"Snowmass Summer Conference," 3867 1979

General

On folder: "R. Fryer."

box 14, folder 3

"Oakland Sum Conf '80," 3869 1980

box 14, folder 4

"Sum Conf Boston '81," 3870 1981

box 14, folder 5

"Winter Congress '82 Monterey," 3871 1982

box 14, folder 6

"Snowmass 1982," 3872 1982

box 14, folder 7

"Oakland Sum Conf '83," 3873 1983

box 14, folder 8

"Lawson/Fawaz-Kamber 1/84," 3874 1984

box 14, folder 9

"Santo Domingo '84 by S. Sevilla," 3875 1984

box 14, folder 10

"USATAA Reception 8/84 Toronto Site 8/84," 3876 1984

box 14, folder 11

"Villars 1984 Proof Sheets," 3877 1984

box 14, folder 12

"San Antonio Wint. '85 Proof Sheets," 3878 1985

box 14, folder 13

"Toronto '85 Proof Sheets," 3879 1985

box 14, folder 14

"Orlando Wint. Congress 1/86 S. Sevilla," 3880 1986

box 14, folder 15

"San Francisco," 3881 1986

box 14, folder 16

"Chicago Sum Conf 87," 3882 1987

box 14, folder 17

"1989 Hawaii Winter Congress," 3883 1989

box 14, folder 18

"Staff ITAA," 3884 undated

box 14, folder 19

Unlabeled, 3885 undated

box 15, item 1

Eric Berne photograph album, 3887 1958-1970

Physical Description: (10" x 10 3/4" x 1 3/4")

box 15, item 2

ITAA photograph album, 3888 1967-1994

Physical Description: (9 3/4" x 11 3/4" x 1")

box 15, item 3

ITAA photograph album, 3889 ca. 1970s

Processing note

Photographs removed from unstable plastic album.

box 16, item 1

ITAA Summer Conference (San Francisco, Fairmont Hotel) photograph album, 3890 1975

Physical Description: (14 1/2" x 13" x 1 1/2")

box 16, item 2

ITAA Summer Conference (San Francisco, Hilton Hotel) photograph album, 3891 1976

Physical Description: (14 1/2" x 13" x 1 1/2")

box 16, item 3

ITAA Summer Conference (San Francisco, Sheraton-Palace) photograph album, 3892 1977

Physical Description: (14 1/2" x 13" x 1 1/2")

box 17, item 1

First Executive Congress of ITAA mounted photograph, 3893 1965

Physical Description: (12 3/4" x 11 1/8")

box 17, item 2

ITAA Summer Conference (San Francisco, Nikko Hotel) photograph album, 3894 1999

Physical Description: (13 1/2" x 13" x 1 3/4")

box 18

Eric Berne and Fritz Perls, 3895 ca. 1964-1965

Physical Description: (In frame, 15 1/4" x 18 3/4" x 3/4")

box 20

Artifacts, Series VII.3901 1967

box 20

The Games People Play game, 3902 1967

box 20

Eyeglasses in case 3903

box 21

Restricted Material, Series VIII.3904 1935-1942

Scope and Contents

Contains documents with restricted Protected Health Information (PHI) separated from the following series in the main collection: Series I. Personal Files, Series II. Writings, and Series IV. Professional Practice. Folder titles, dates, and restrictions are noted under each series.

Access Restrictions

Medical records are restricted for 50 years after an individual's date of death, if known. If the date of death is unknown, access is restricted for 100 years from the individual's date of birth or 100 years from the date of record creation, whichever occurs first.

box 21, folder 1

Items removed from Series I. Personal Files, Box 1, Folder 5, 3905 1939-1941

box 21, folder 2

Items removed from Series I. Personal Files, Box 1, Folder 6, 3906 1939

box 21, folder 3

Items removed from Series I. Personal Files, Box 4, Folder 3 3907 1935

box 21, folder 4

Items removed from Series II. Writings, Box 8, Folder 14, 3908 1938

box 21, folder 5

Items removed from Series IV. Professional Practice, Box 10, Folder 8, 3909 1938-1941

box 21, folder 6

Items removed from Series IV. Professional Practice, Box 10, Folder 9, 3910 1939-1942