Eric L. Berne Papers MSS.89.12

Kate Tasker
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
2014-02-24
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
libraryarchives@ucsf.edu


Contributing Institution: University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Eric L. Berne Papers
Creator: International Transactional Analysis Association
Creator: Berne, Eric L., Dr. (Eric Lennard Berne)
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.89.12
Identifier/Call Number: 19
Physical Description: 10.0 Linear Feet (24 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1931-1970
Abstract: The materials in this collection were created by Eric L. Berne (1910-1970), a San Francisco-based psychiatrist and author, and by the International Transactional Analysis Assocation (ITAA). Records document Berne's writings on psychiatry and psychoanalysis, his development of the Transactional Analysis approach to group therapy, and his formation of the ITAA. Formats include correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, publishers' proofs, administrative records, patient records, photographs, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and videotapes. Materials in the collection date from 1931-1970.
Language of Material: English

Biography

Eric L. Berne (1910-1970) was a practicing psychiatrist, lecturer and author. Best known for his development of the theory of Transactional Analysis, Berne published dozens of scholarly articles in the field of psychoanalysis and was the author of eight major books, including the bestseller Games People Play. He was a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, a Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association, a Corresponding Member of the Indian Psychiatric Society, and a member of the American Medical Association and the American Group Psychotherapy Association. He served as a consultant in psychiatry at Mt. Zion Hospital and at the McAuley Neuropsychiatric Institute (St. Mary's Hospital) in San Francisco, and was an Associate Psychiatrist and Lecturer in Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center.
Berne founded the International Transactional Analysis Association in 1964 to advance his teachings and to organize a community of fellow practitioners. The ITAA currently has approximately 1,000 members worldwide.
Eric Lennard Bernstein was born May 10, 1910 in Montreal, Quebec, to parents David Hillel Bernstein, M.D., and Sara Gordon Bernstein. His father was a general practitioner and worked from an office in the family's home on Sainte Famille Street. Sara Bernstein was a professional writer and editor. Both parents graduated from McGill University, which Berne later attended. He had one sister, Grace, born in 1915. Dr. Bernstein died in 1920 of tuberculosis when Berne was only 9 years old; his mother never remarried, and worked as a teacher and newspaper reporter to support the family.
Berne enrolled at McGill University to study English, and worked at the Royal Montreal Golf Club to help pay his tuition. Known as "Lennie" to his classmates, he earned scholarships in mathematics and psychology and wrote for the college literary magazine under fanciful nom de plumes such as Ramsbottom Horseley, Lennard Gandalac, Cynical St. Cyr, Peter Pinto, and Count Gandalac. He earned his B.A. in 1931 and continued at McGill to earn his M.D. and C.M. (Master of Surgery) degrees in 1935.
Berne came to the United States in 1935 for a one-year internship at Englewood Hospital in New Jersey, followed by a two-year residency program in psychiatry at the Psychiatric Clinic of Yale University School of Medicine. After completing his residency in 1938 he traveled to Syria, Lebanon, and Turkey to study psychiatric illnesses and mental hospital facilities in different parts of the world. This research continued throughout his professional life, and he published studies including "Psychiatry in Syria" (1939), "Some Oriental Mental Hospitals" (1949), "Difficulties of Comparative Psychiatry: The Fiji Islands" (1959), "The Cultural Problem: Psychopathology in Tahiti" (1960) and "A Psychiatric Census of the South Pacific" (1960).
In 1938-1939 Berne became an American citizen and shortened his name to Eric Berne. He began practicing psychiatry at the Wadsworth Sanitarium and at a private practice in Norwalk, Connecticut. He continued training at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute under Dr. Paul Federn, an Austrian psychoanalyst whose research in "ego psychology" influenced Berne's development of Transactional Analysis. Berne married Ruth Harvey in 1942, with whom he had two children. The marriage ended in divorce in 1946.
In 1943 he enlisted in the U.S. Army Medical Corps as a 1st Lieutenant and was assigned to Baxter General Hospital in Spokane, WA and later to Fort Ord Regional Hospital near Monterey, CA. He advanced to the rank of Major before leaving the service in 1946. After World War II Berne settled in nearby Carmel-by-the-Sea, a small community of artists and free-thinkers. He began working on his first book, The Mind in Action, which was published by Simon and Schuster in 1947. Berne continued his formal training as a psychoanalyst at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute, under the tutelage of prominent psychologist Erik Erikson.
In 1947 Berne met Dorothy de Mass Way, a recently divorced young woman with three children, at one of the intellectual salons he hosted at his home in Carmel. They married on Christmas Eve, 1948. Berne and Dorothy had two sons, Eric Jr. and Terence. Berne continued to write and publish articles, spending hours in his separate study. He accepted an appointment as Assistant Psychiatrist at Mt. Zion Hospital in San Francisco while simultaneously serving as a Consultant to the Surgeon General of the U.S. Army. He also worked as Adjunct and Attending Psychiatrist at the Veterans Administration and Mental Hygiene Clinic in San Francisco in addition to his private practices in San Francisco and Carmel.
By 1950 his approach to psychotherapy and analysis had diverged from more traditional practices, and he terminated his study at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute. He began developing his own school of thought which eventually became Transactional Analysis. Berne viewed social interactions as basic exchanges, or "transactions" between people, who acted from one of three ego-states (Parent, Adult, or Child) in order to get what they want. Berne termed these common transactions "games" and analyzed them using frank and often humorous titles like "Why Does This Always Happen to Me" (WAHM) and "Let's You and Him Fight" (LYAHF). By 1958 he had published three seminal articles outlining the theory of Transactional Analysis: "Intuition V: The Ego Image" (1957); "Ego States in Psychotherapy" (1957); and "Transactional Analysis: A New and Effective Method of Group Therapy" (1958).
Beginning in 1950-1951 Berne led evening seminars in Carmel to bring friends and followers together to discuss and test his new methods. In San Francisco he formalized this practice and organized the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (SFSPS), which incorporated in 1962 and began publishing the Transactional Analysis Bulletin with Berne as editor. Two years later the organization became the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA) to include practitioners from around the country and around the world.
In 1964 Berne published Games People Play to share his theories and methods with psychiatrists and other mental health professionals. It achieved spectacular success as a popular self-help book, selling over 2 million copies and spending 111 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Berne's professional success took a toll on his personal life, and he divorced his second wife Dorothy in 1964. He continued writing and publishing articles and books, including Principles of Group Treatment (1966) and Sex in Human Loving (1970), based on a lecture he presented at the Jake Gimbel Sex Lecture Series at the Langley-Porter Psychiatric Clinic at the University of California, San Francisco. He married a third time in 1967, to Torre Peterson Rosenkranz, but divorced in 1970. Berne was completing the manuscript for his final book, What Do You Say After You Say Hello? when he was hospitalized with chest pains. Eric Berne died from a massive heart attack on July 15, 1970. He is buried in the El Carmelo Cemetery in Pacific Grove, California.

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in the following series: Series I. Correspondence (1932-1970), Series II. Writings (1931-1970), Series III. Galley Proofs of Books (1966-1968), Series IV. San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (1947-1967), Series V. International Transactional Analysis Association (1957-1970 and undated), Series VI. Patient Notes and Group Therapy (1941-1967), Series VII. Military Psychiatry (1940-1956), Series VIII. Audio-Visual Material (1961-1968 and undated) and Series IX. Restricted Material (1941-1969).

Availability

Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Access to records that contain personal and confidential information about an individual or individuals is restricted for 75 years from date of creation or until the death of the individual mentioned in the records, whichever is longer. 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. Access restrictions are noted at the file level. Please contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to these files.

Provenance

This collection was donated to the UCSF Library on February 7, 1989 by Susan Sevilla, Executive Director of the International Transactional Analysis Association.

Preferred Citation

Eric L. Berne Papers, 1931-1970, MSS 89-12. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco

Related Archival Materials

Related materials documenting Berne's development of Transactional Analysis and his work with the International Transactional Analysis Association may be found in the following collections in this repository: MSS 82-0 (Eric L. Berne Papers, 1939-1973); MSS 2003-12 (Eric L. Berne Papers, 1933-1971); MSS 2005-08 (Eric L. Berne Papers, 1929-1970); MSS 2013-18 (Eric L. Berne Papers [International Transactional Analysis Association Audio Recordings], 1963-1970); and 2013-19 (Eric L. Berne Papers, 1904-2007).

Processing Information

The collection was processed by Kate Tasker in 2013-2014. Detailed processing and digitization for these materials were made possible by generous support from 17 TA Associations worldwide and many individual donors through the International Transactional Analysis Association.

Scope and Contents

The materials in this collection were created by Eric L. Berne (1910-1970), a San Francisco-based psychiatrist and author, and by the International Transactional Analysis Assocation (ITAA). Records document Berne's writings on psychiatry and psychoanalysis, his development of the Transactional Analysis approach to group therapy, and his formation of the ITAA. Formats include correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts, publishers' proofs, administrative records, patient records, photographs, reel-to-reel audio recordings, and videotapes. Materials in the collection date from 1931-1970.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library & Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Psychiatry -- Study and teaching -- United States.
Psychiatry
Psychotherapy
Transactional analysis

boxes 1-2

Correspondence, Series I.3003 1932-1970

Related Archival Materials

See "Eric L. Berne Correspondents List" for an alphabetical list of Berne's significant correspondents, with cross-references to locations of materials in all Berne collections.

Scope and Contents

Contains intermingled personal and professional correspondence, mostly relating to publications, lectures, and professional activities. Drafts, copies, and original letters to and from Eric Berne are included.

Arrangement

Correspondence is roughly divided into two chronological periods: 1932-1949 and 1950-1970.
box 1, folders 1-6

Correspondence, 3004 1932-1949

Access Restrictions

Some materials in folders 1-3 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.
box 2, folders 1-5, box 1, folders 7-13

Correspondence, 3005 1950-1970

Access Restrictions

Some materials in folders 8 and 10 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.
box 2, folder 6

Atascadero State Hospital, 3180 1958-1961

box 2, folder 7

Postcards, 3006 1958-1959

box 2, folder 8

University of Redlands lecture, 3181 1969-1970

box 2, folder 9

Notes, membership cards, licenses, 3182 1951-1966

box 2, folder 10

Immigration and naturalization brochures, 3183 1954

boxes 2-6

Writings, Series II.3007 1931-1970

Related Archival Materials

See "Eric L. Berne Publications List" for an alphabetical list of writings by Berne, with cross-references to locations in all Berne collections.

Scope and Contents

Contains draft manuscripts and typescripts of Berne's creative writings and professional publications, including related correspondence and notes.

Arrangement

Writings are arranged alphabetically by title. Draft manuscripts with working titles are filed under the title of the published version of the work.
box 2, folder 11

Account of Berne's move to Spokane, WA, 3184 undated

box 2, folder 12

American Journal of Psychotherapy articles and correspondence, 3185 1960

box 2, folder 13

Assorted manuscripts, 3186 1939-1959

box 2, folder 14

Assorted writings, 3187 undated

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. A redacted copy is available. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.
box 2, folder 15

AVWS lectures, 3188 1945

box 2, folder 16

"Baxter Bugle," 3189 1943

box 2, folder 17

"A Beautiful Yug Blonde" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3190 1933

box 2, folder 18

"Bilious in Bulgaria," 3191 undated

box 2, folder 19

"Black in Venice" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3192 1931

box 2, folder 20

"A Bleak House," 3193 undated

box 2, folder 21

"A Carmel Nature Diary," 3194 1944

box 3, folder 1

"Characterological Aspects of Marital Interaction," The Psychoanalytic Forum, Vol. 2, No. 1, 3195 1967

box 3, folder 2

"Comparative Psychiatry and Tropical Psychiatry," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 113, No. 3, 3196 1956

box 3, folders 3-4

"Concerning the Nature of Communication," The Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 27, 3197 1953

box 3, folder 5

"Concerning the Nature of Diagnosis," reprinted in Pan American Medical Woman's Journal, Vol. 59, No. 5, originally in International Record of Medicine, Vol. 165, 3198 1952

box 3, folder 6

"Cultural Aspects of a Multiple Murder," The Psychiatric Quarterly Supplement, Vol. 24, 3199 1950

box 3, folder 7

"Cultural Factors in Group Therapy," International Mental Health Research Newsletter, Vol. 3, Nos. 1-2, 3200 1961

box 3, folder 8

"The Curious Adventures Both Tragical and Comical of Ramsbottom Horseley" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3201 1936-1938

box 3, folder 9

"The Curious Contemplations of Cyprian St. Cyr," 3202 1952

box 3, folder 10

"Dear Dr. Hip Pocrates," The New York Times Book Review, 3203 1967-1968

box 3, folder 11

"Diagnosis of Acute Porphyria," Northwest Medicine, Vol. 45, No. 3, 3204 1946

box 3, folder 12

"Diagnosis of 'Neurosis' by Inspection," 3205 1951

box 3, folder 13

"Difficulties of Comparative Psychiatry: The Fiji Islands," The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 116, No. 2, 3206 1959

box 3, folder 14

"Dimensions of Encounter," 3207 undated

box 3, folder 15

"Doreen" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3208 1932

box 3, folder 16

"Ego States in Psychotherapy," American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 11, No. 2, 3209 1957

box 3, folders 17-18

Fiction manuscripts [by Lennard Gandalac and R. Horseley], 3210 undated

box 3, folder 19

"The Flower Garden" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3211 undated

box 3, folder 20

"Group Attendance: Clinical and Theoretical Considerations," The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, No. 4, 3212 1955

box 3, folder 21

"Human Nature in Peace and War," 3213 undated

box 3, folder 22

"The Hunting of the Cooch" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3214 undated

box 3, folder 23

"Introduction" [to The Theory and Practice of Gamesmanship by Stephen Potter], 3337 1965

box 3, folder 24

"Intuition IV. Primal Images and Primal Judgment," The Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 29, 3215 1955

box 3, folder 25

"Intuition V. The Ego Image," The Psychiatric Quarterly, 3216 1957

box 3, folder 26

"Intuition VI. The Psychodynamics of Intuition," The Psychiatric Quarterly, Vol. 36, 3217 1962

box 3, folder 27

"Leadership Hunger in a Therapy Group," AMA Archives of General Psychiatry, Vol. 2, 3218 1960

box 4, folders 1-5, box 3, folders 28-29

"Maisie" edits, 3219 undated

box 4, folder 6

"Man as an Object on Earth" and "Maisie" drafts, 3220 undated

box 4, folder 7

The Mind in Action, 3221 1945

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. A redacted copy is available. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.
box 4, folder 8

"A Primer of the Psyche" drafts, 3222 1945

General

Early version of work eventually published under the title The Mind in Action and later revised as A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis.
box 4, folder 9

[ The Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis] Chapter 8, Allied Professions, 3223 1970

box 4, folder 10

"My South Africa," Critique - Arts Faculty Quarterly, Vol. 3, No. 4, 3224 1968

box 4, folder 11

"The Mythology of Dark and Fair: Psychiatric Use of Folklore," Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 72, No. 283, 3225 1959

box 4, folder 12

"Narcotics," 3226 undated

box 4, folder 13

"The Natural History of a Spontaneous Therapy Group," The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 4, No. 1, 3227 1954

box 4, folder 14

Newspaper clippings about Berne's work, 3228 1959-1963

box 4, folder 15

"No Money For Love" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3229 1933

box 4, folders 16-17

Notes, 3230 undated

box 4, folder 18

Notes on onanism, 3231 undated

box 4, folder 19

"An Old Man" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3232 1932

box 4, folder 20

"The Organization of a Neuropsychiatric Service in a Regional Hospital," 3233 undated

box 4, folder 21

"Patient-Patient Staff Conferences," 3234 1970

box 4, folder 22

"The Pink Willow and Poor Billy Birchmore" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3235 1934

box 4, folder 23

"The Power Tactics of Jesus Christ" [book review], 3236 1969

box 4, folder 24

"Principles of Group Psychotherapy" draft, introduction, chapters 3-4, 3237 undated

General

Early version of work eventually published under the title Principles of Group Treatment.
box 4, folder 25

"Principles of Transactional Analysis," The Indian Journal of Psychiatry, 3238 1959

box 4, folder 26

"The Problem of Masturbation," Diseases of the Nervous System, Vol. 5, No. 10, 3239 1944

box 4, folder 27

"Psychiatric Aspects of Porencephaly," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 96, No. 3, 3240 1939

box 4, folder 28

"A Psychiatric Census of the South Pacific," The American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 117, No. 1, 3241 1960

box 4, folder 29

"Psychiatric Epidemiology of the Fiji Islands," Progress in Psychotherapy, Vol. 4, 3242 1959

box 4, folder 30

"Psychiatry Among the Mohammedans," 3243 1938-1939

box 4, folder 31

"Psychiatry in Syria," 3244 1939

box 5, folder 1

"'Psychoanalytic' Versus 'Dynamic' Group Therapy," The International Journal of Group Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, No. 1, 3245 1960

box 5, folder 2

"The Psychological Structure of Space With Some Remarks on Robinson Crusoe," The Psychoanalytic Quarterly, Vol. 25, 3246 1956

box 5, folder 3

"Ramsbottom Horseley," 3247 1936-1943

box 5, folder 4

"Review: Four Books on Group Therapy," The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, Vol. 34, No. 3, 3248 1964

box 5, folders 5-6

Reviews of Berne's works, 3249 1964-1968

box 5, folder 7

Manuscript drafts - Sex in Human Loving and assorted writings, 3250 undated

General

On original folder: "6-29-67".
box 5, folder 8

"Sex in Human Living" [chapters 1-3], 3251 undated

General

Early version of work eventually published under the title Sex in Human Loving.
box 5, folder 9

Sex in Human Loving [chapter 3 draft], 3252 1968

box 5, folder 10

Sex in Human Loving [chapter 4 draft], 3253 1968

box 5, folder 11

Sex in Human Loving [chapter 4 drafts], 3254 1969

box 5, folder 12

Sex in Human Loving [Section D through Bibliography], 3255 undated

box 5, folder 13

Sex in Human Loving drafts, 3256 undated

box 5, folder 14

Simon and Schuster correspondence and royalties, 3257 1949-1968

box 6, folder 1

"Some Adventures of Ramsbottom Horseley and Other Tales of Count St. Cyr," 3258 undated

box 6, folder 2

"Spielverhalten hindert sozialen Fortschritt" ["Gaming Behavior Hinders Social Progress"], 3259 undated

Language of Material: German.
box 6, folder 3

"Staff-Patient Staff Conferences," American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 125, No. 3, 3260 1968

box 6, folder 4

"Stamboul," 3261 undated

box 6, folder 5

"Tankas on the Plum-Tree" [by Lennard Gandalac], 3262 1933

box 6, folder 6

"Transactional Analysis: A New and Effective Method of Group Therapy," American Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 12, No. 4, 3263 1958

box 6, folder 7

"Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy: A Systematic Individual & Social Psychiatry," 3264 1959

box 6, folder 8

Untitled manuscript, "Chapter 2: Sister" and "Chapter 3: Grandpa," 3265 undated

box 6, folder 9

Untitled manuscript, 3266 undated

box 6, folder 10

Untitled drafts and edits, 3267 1965

box 6, folder 11

Veteran psychology lecture, 3268 undated

box 6, folder 12

"A Primer of Veteranology," 3269 undated

box 6, folder 13

"Who Was Cundum?" 3270 ca. 1940

box 6, folder 14

"Why Canadians Leave Home," 3271 undated

boxes 7-8

Galley Proofs of Books, Series III.3272 1966-1968

Scope and Contents

Contains edited publishers' proofs of Berne's books The Mind in Action and A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis.
box 7, folders 1-2

A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis revisions, 3273 1966

box 7, folders 3-5, box 8, folder 1

A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis [1 of 3 versions], 3274 1967

box 8, folders 2-3

The Mind in Action: Being a Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis 3rd edition [2 of 3 versions] 3275 1967

box 8, folders 4-6

The Mind in Action / A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis 3rd edition [3 of 3 versions] 3276 1967

box 8, folder 7

The Mind in Action / A Layman's Guide to Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis 3rd edition, 3277 1968

box 9

San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (SFSPS), Series IV.3278 1947-1967

Scope and Contents

Contains files relating to the formation, administration, and activities of the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (SFSPS), officially established by Berne in 1962. The organization published the Transactional Analysis Bulletin from 1962-1964. The majority of SFSPS meetings were recorded on open-reel audio tape (content currently restricted); see Series VII. Audio-Visual Material. SFSPS evolved into the International Transactional Analysis Association in 1964. Materials created under both organizational names are present in this series.
box 9, folder 1

Correspondence, 3279 1959-1963

box 9, folder 2

Articles of Incorporation, 3280 1947

box 9, folders 3-4

Financial records, 3281 1959-1967

box 9, folder 5

Receipts, 3282 1963-1966

box 9, folder 6

Seller's permit, 3283 1964-1965

box 9, folders 7-9

Membership and course participant lists, 3284 1961-1966

box 9, folder 10

Party invitation and summer program agenda, 3285 1960, 1963

boxes 9-17

International Transactional Analysis Association, Series V.3286 1957-1970 and undated

Scope and Contents

Contains files relating to the formation, administration, and activities of the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA), officially established in 1964. The organization took over publication of The Transactional Analysis Bulletin (under the new title Transactional Analysis Journal from 1971) from its predecessor organization, the San Francisco Social Psychiatry Seminars (SFSPS). Materials created under both organizational names are present in this series.

Arrangement

Materials are organized by topic, including: correspondence; administrative files; financial records, bills, and invoices; membership records; files relating to the Transactional Analysis Bulletin; seminars; summer conference material; work by Transactional Analysis practitioners; newsletters of related psychiatry organizations; and publicity files.
box 9, folder 11

APA correspondence, 3287 1967-1968

box 10, folders 1-2, box 9, folders 12-15

Correspondence, 3288 1958-1964

box 10, folder 3

Correspondence regarding tapes, 3289 1962-1966

box 10, folder 4

Correspondence, A-J, 3290 1965

box 10, folder 5

Correspondence, K-Z, 3291 1965

box 10, folder 6

Correspondence, 3292 1970

box 10, folder 7

Bylaws, 3293 undated

box 11, folder 1, box 10, folders 8-9

Administrative files, 3294 1957-1968

box 11, folders 2-4

Financial records, 3295 1965-1968

box 11, folders 5-6

Bills and invoices, 3296 1967-1968

box 11, folder 7

Examining Committee, 3297 1966

box 11, folder 8

Special membership applications, 3298 1968-1969

box 11, folder 9

Membership requirements, 3299 1969

box 12

Membership records [index cards] 3416 1967 and undated

Material Specific Details: Consists of 3"x5" index cards.

Arrangement

First set of cards arranged alphabetically by state, with the exception of California, which precedes the rest of the cards. Second set of cards organized chronologically by date of member's class participation or certification, and then alphabetically by place name.
box 13, folder 1

Transactional Analysis Bulletin, 3300 1962 Oct

box 13, folder 2

Transactional Analysis Bulletin correspondence, 3301 1963-1966

box 13, folder 3

Transactional Analysis Bulletin correspondence, 3302 1970

box 13, folder 4

Transactional Analysis Bulletin paste-up, 3303 1966 Oct

box 13, folders 5-6

Transactional Analysis Bulletin and supplements, 3304 1962-1970

box 13, folder 7

Transactional Analysis Bulletin publishing proof, 3305 1967 Jul

box 13, folder 8

Transactional Analysis Bulletin source material, 3306 1967-1968

box 13, folder 9

Transactional Analysis Bulletin source material, 3307 1968

box 13, folder 10

Transactional Analysis Bulletin submissions, 3309 1968 Jul

box 13, folder 11

Transactional Analysis Bulletin submission, 3308 1968 Dec

box 13, folder 12

Transactional Analysis Bulletin source material, 3310 1969

box 14, folder 1

The Script newsletter, 3311 1966-1968

box 14, folder 2

Lectures and articles, 3312 1966-1967

box 14, folder 3

Outline for An Introductory Course in Transactional Analysis and Social Dynamics, 3313 1964

box 14, folder 4

Classes and seminars, 3314 1964-1966

box 14, folder 5

Seminar 101, 3315 1965 Spring

box 14, folder 6

Seminar 202, 3316 1965

box 14, folder 7

Seminar 101, 3317 1965 Fall

box 14, folder 8

San Francisco 8-week intensive course correspondence, 3318 1965-1966

box 14, folder 9

Seminar master lists, 3319 1966-1968

box 14, folders 10-11

Summer Conference materials, 3320 1963

box 15, folders 1-2

Summer Conference materials, 3321 1964

box 15, folders 3-4

Summer Conference materials, 3322 1965

box 15, folder 5

Summer Conference materials, 3417 1966

box 15, folders 6-8

Summer Conference materials, 3323 1967

box 15, folder 9-10, box 16, folder 1

Summer Conference materials, 3324 1968

box 16, folder 2

Sacramento ITAA Executive Conference, 3325 1968

box 16, folder 3

Conference meetings, 3326 1968-1970

box 16, folder 4

Transactional Analysis and alcoholism treatment, 3328 1960

box 16, folder 5

"Casework Papers From the National Conference on Social Welfare," 3329 1959

box 16, folder 6

Dusay, J.M. "Chapter Nine: Transactional Analysis" [from The Mind in Action, 3rd edition], 3330 1967

box 16, folder 7

Ernst, F.H. "Use of Transactional Analysis in Prison Therapy Groups," 3331 undated

box 16, folder 8

Haiberg, Gordon. "A Primer to Know Me" Vol. I, 3332 1970

box 16, folder 9

Harris, Thomas. "Game Analysis," 3327 1966

box 16, folder 10

Jesness, Carl F. et al. "The Youth Center Research Project: Differential Treatment of Delinquents in Institutions," 3336 1969

box 16, folder 11

McCormick, Paul and Campos, Leonard. "Introduce Yourself to Transactional Analysis: A T.A. Handbook", 3333 1969

box 16, folder 12

Shaffer, Thomas L. "The Law and Order Game," 3334 undated

box 16, folder 13

Everett A. Gladman Youth Program, 3335 1967-1969

Access Restrictions

Some materials in this folder are 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 17, folder 1

Universal Life Church, 3338 1969

box 17, folder 2

Sims, David. "Pay Off: A Musical Farce in One Act," 3339 1967-1970

Separated Materials

7" reel-to-reel audio tape labeled "'Pay Off': A Musical Farce in One Act - David Sims" separated and housed with audio-visual material. See Series VIII: Audio-Visual Material, item 7.
box 17, folder 3

Steiner, Claude M. "Radical Psychiatry. Manifesto," 3340 1970

box 17, folder 4

Berkeley Transactional Analysis Institute 3341 1967-1968

box 17, folder 5

Transactional Analysis group, Marin, 3342 1969

box 17, folder 6

"The Encounterer" bulletin, Vol. I, No. 9 [Golden Gate Foundation for Group Treatment], 3344 1969

box 17, folder 7

"Western Society for Existential Psychology and Psychiatry" newsletter, Vol. I, No. O, 3343 undated

box 17, folder 8

Directory of Mental Health Clinics in California, 3345 1959

box 17, folder 9

Publicity 3346 1965-1967

box 17, folder 10

Mathison Electropsychometer brochure, 3347 undated

boxes 17-18

Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Series VI.3348 1941-1967

Scope and Contents

Contains patient records and group therapy session notes.

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. Restricted folders are noted at the file level. Redacted copies may be available. Please contact the Head of Archives and Special Collections for more information.
box 17, folder 11

Wadsworth Sanitarium patient records, 3383 1942

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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 17, folder 12

Wadsworth Sanitarium case histories, 3349 1941-1943

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 17, folder 13

Westport Sanitarium patient records, 3384 1941-1942

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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 17, folder 14

Patient sessions, 3350 1950

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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 17, folder 15

Group session narratives, 3385 1952-1954

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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 17, folder 16

Carmel group session narratives, 3386 1953-1954

Access Restrictions

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box 18, folder 1

San Francisco group session narratives, 3387 1953-1955

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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 18, folder 2

Group Counseling Newsletter, 3351 1958

box 18, folder 3

Patient notes, 3388 1966-1967

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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 18, folder 4

Anonymous patient correspondence, 3352 1967

box 18, folder 5

Oedipus [patient data] 3353 undated

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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.
boxes 18-21

Military Psychiatry, Series VII. 3354 1940-1956

Scope and Contents

Contains files relating to Berne's military service and psychiatric practice. The majority of this series is comprised of restricted patient records from Berne's posts at Baxter General Hospital (Spokane, WA), Fort Ord Regional Hospital (Monterey, CA) and Madigan General Hospital (Tacoma, WA).

Arrangement

Unrestricted records relating to general military psychiatry are arranged alphabetically by folder title. Restricted material follows in two sub-series, arranged alphabetically by hospital name and then alphabetically by patient last name.

Access Restrictions

Some folders in this series are 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 18, folder 6

"Awards," 3355 undated

box 18, folder 7

Articles, 3356 1941-1956

box 18, folder 8

Correspondence and memos, 3357 1940-1947

box 18, folders 9

Group psychotherapy notes, 3389 1946

box 18, folder 10

Patient case history, 3390 undated

Access Restrictions

This folder is 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 18, folders 11-12

Baxter General Hospital, 3358 1943-1944

 

Baxter General Hospital Patient Records, 3361 1943-1946 and undated

Access Restrictions

This sub-series is 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 19, folders 1-3

Patient records, 3359 1943-1946

box 19, folder 4

Psychotics, 3391 1944

box 19, folder 5

Patient evaluations - neurotics/psychotics, 3360 undated

 

Fort Ord Patient Records, 3362 1944-1945 and undated

Access Restrictions

This sub-series is 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 19, folder 6

Controls, 3363 undated

box 19, folder 7

Patient records, 3392 1944-1945

box 19, folders 8-9

Neurotics, 3393 1943-1946

box 19, folder 10

Psychotics, 3394 1944-1945

box 19, folder 11

Patient questionnaires [1-47], 3364 undated

box 19, folder 12

Patient questionnaires [A-W], 3365 undated

box 20, folder 1

Patient questionnaires [A-B], 3366 1945

box 20, folder 2

Patient questionnaires [C], 3367 1945

box 20, folder 3

Patient questionnaires - Cole, W.C., 3395 1945

General

Contains photographic material.
box 20, folder 4

Patient questionnaires [D], 3368 1945

box 20, folder 5

Patient questionnaires [E], 3369 1945

box 20, folder 6

Patient questionnaires [F], 3370 1944-1945

box 20, folder 7

Patient questionnaires [G], 3371 1944-1945

box 20, folder 8

Patient questionnaires [I-J], 3372 1944-1945

box 20, folder 9

Patient questionnaires [K], 3373 1944-1945

box 20, folder 10

Patient questionnaires [M], 3374 1944-1945

box 20, folder 11

Patient questionnaires [N], 3375 1944-1945

box 20, folder 12

Patient questionnaires [O], 3376 1944-1945

box 21, folder 1

Patient questionnaires [P], 3377 1944-1945

box 21, folder 2

Patient questionnaires [Q], 3378 1944-1945

box 21, folders 3-4

Patient questionnaires [S], 3379 1944-1945

box 21, folder 5

Patient questionnaires [T], 3380 1944-1945

box 21, folders 6-7

Patient questionnaires [W], 3381 1944-1945

box 21, folders 8-9

Patient evaluations, 3382 1944-1945

 

Madigan General Hospital, 3396 1944-1946

Access Restrictions

This sub-series is 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 21, folder 10

Patient records, 3397 1944-1946

boxes 21-22

Audio-Visual Material, Series VIII.3398 1961-1968 and undated

Scope and Contents

Contains 2 black-and-white photographs, 1 drawing, and 13 audio recordings.
 

Photographs and Prints 3399 1967-1968

box 22, folder 1

Photographs, 3401 1968

box 22, folder 2

M. Hirooka drawing, 3402 1967

 

Audio Recordings 3400 1961-1963 and undated

Arrangement

Dated recordings are arranged in chronological order. Undated material follows, arranged alphabetically by title.

Access Restrictions

Some audio recordings 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.
Audio recordings are on fragile reel-to-reel magnetic tape. Playback equipment not available.
box 23, item 1

01. Vocational Group #3 - Vocational Group #5, 3403 1961-1962

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "Vocational Group #3 12/1/61 (Save) - V.C.G. #5 4/12/62 - Return to B. Steffens [sp?] - Sequoia - From Cecille" [recorded at 3 3/4]".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 2

02. Women's Group - Men's Group, 3404 1962 Jun 8

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "Women's Group 1962 - 1) [female symbol] Gp 7 June 8 1962 - 2) [male symbol] Gp 5 June 8 1962".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 3

03. [Women's?] Group, 3405 1963

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "1963 - To Miss Betty Berzon, Western Behavioral Sciences Institute 1010 Torry Pines Road La Jolla, California - From Eric Berne, M.D. Carmel-by-the-Sea California - "Gp [female symbol] [illegible]".
box 23, item 4

04. San Francisco 3 + 2 [EMPTY] 3406 1963 May 15

General

On empty 7-inch reel: "5/15/63 SF 3 + 2".
box 23, item 5

05. St. Mary's Group, 3407 1963 May 15

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "St. Mary's Group E Berne 5/15/63 MVCAEV Silence".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 6

06. McCormick Senior Camp - Berzan Tape Discussion, 3408 1963 Jun 11-Jul 2

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "I McCormick 6/11/63 Senior Camp - II Berzan tape discussion 7/2/63 - Return to Eric Berne Box 2111 Carmel Cal".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 7

07. Sims, David. "Pay Off: A Musical Farce in One Act", 3667 1970

Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "LPTS May 1970, Speed 3 3/4".

Separated Materials

Separated from folder 17:2 (Sims, David. "Pay Off: A Musical Farce in One Act", 1967-1970) in Series V: International Transactional Analysis Association.
box 23, item 8

08. For Berne 3409 undated

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "For Berne - 2400 Ft. 1/2 MIL Mylar".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 9

09. SFSPS #1 3410 undated

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "SFSPS #1".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 10

10. SFSPS #2 3411 undated

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "SFSPS #2".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 11

11. SFSPS #7 3412 undated

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "SFSPS #7 - Much distortion in last 2 sessions - suggest you have someone check out recorder - seems to be overloading - 3-5-64 correct: Ch 2 overloading - will remedy." Note on slip inside box: "Frank Ernst's recap on the AGPA Conference Side # 1 3 3/4 Track 1 - Virginia Barclay S.F. Day Treatment Center Side # 1 Track 2 3 3/4 - Side # 2 empty".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 12

12. SFSPS #9 3413 undated

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

General

On container: "SFSPS #9".

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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 23, item 13

13. Spanish - Tahiti - African 3414 undated

General Physical Description: 7-inch reel.

Access Restrictions

This recording is 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.

General

On container: "Spanish - Tahiti - African - Eric Berne 165 Collins St SF".
box 24

Restricted Material, Series IX.3415 1941-1969

Scope and Contents

Contains documents with restricted Protected Health Information (PHI) separated from the following series in the main collection: Series I. Correspondence, Series II. Writings, Series VI. Patient Notes and Group Therapy, and Series VII. Military Psychiatry. 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 24, folder 1

Items removed from Series I: Correspondence, Box 1, Folder 1, 3418 1943

box 24, folder 2

Items removed from Series I: Correspondence, Box 1, Folder 2, 3419 1945

box 24, folder 3

Items removed from Series I: Correspondence, Box 1, Folder 3, 3420 1943-1944

box 24, folder 4

Items removed from Series I: Correspondence, Box 1, Folder 8, 3421 1950-1951

box 24, folder 5

Items removed from Series I: Correspondence, Box 1, Folder 10, 3912 1967

box 24, folder 6

Items removed from Series I: Correspondence, Box 2, Folder 3, 3422 1954

box 24, folder 7

Items removed from Series II: Writings, Box 2, Folder 14, 3423 1969

box 24, folder 8

Items removed from Series V: International Transactional Analysis, Box 11, Folder 8, 3424 1967

box 24, folder 9

Items removed from Series V: International Transactional Analysis Associaton, Box 16, Folder 13, 3425 undated

box 24, folder 10

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 17, Folder 11, 3426 1942 and undated

box 24, folder 11

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 17, Folder 12, 3427 1941-1943

box 24, folder 12

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 17, Folder 13, 3428 1941-1942

box 24, folder 13

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 17, Folder 14, 3429 1950

box 24, folder 14

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 17, Folder 15, 3430 1952-1954

box 24, folder 15

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 17, Folder 16, 3431 1953-1954

box 24, folder 16

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 18, Folder 1, 3432 1953-1955

box 24, folder 17

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 18, Folder 3, 3433 1966-1967

box 24, folder 18

Items removed from Series VI: Patient Notes and Group Therapy, Box 18, Folder 5, 3434 undated

box 24, folder 19

Items removed from Series VII: Military Psychiatry, Box 18, Folder 9, 3435 1946

box 24, folder 20

Items removed from Series VII: Military Psychiatry, Box 18, Folder 10, 3436 undated