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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 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
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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
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(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
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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
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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
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 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
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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 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 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 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 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
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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
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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