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Title: Norman Papers
Identifier/Call Number: SFCP.MSS.008
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
3.5 Linear feet
10 cartons
Date (inclusive): 1933-1985
Abstract: The Norman papers include a collection of papers organized by subject, patient files by both Norman and Weiss, committee meetings
and reports, the HFN Medical Corporation, correspondence, gifts to the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and a miscellaneous
series. The collection spans the dates 1933 to 1985.
creator:
Norman, Haskell, 1915-1996
creator:
Weiss, Jules, 1928-2013
The collection has been arranged in the following series: Papers collected by subject, Norman patient files, Weiss patient
files, Committee meetings and reports, HFN medical corp., Personal correspondence, Gifts to San Francisco Psychoanalytic Inst.,
and Miscellaneous.
Haskell Norman was born July 24, 1915, in Lynn, Massachusetts and was educated at Boston Latin School and Johns Hopkins University.
After doing graduate work at Harvard University and working for several years in the shoe industry, he entered medical school
at St. Louis University, graduating first in his class. He was drafted into the Army medical corps, and completed his psychiatric
residency at the Langley Porter Clinic and Letterman General Hospital in San Francisco. Norman established a private practice
in San Francisco in the 1950s and was a training analyst at the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute until his retirement
from medicine at the age of 75. Passionate about books and wine, Norman founded the Marin County Branch of the International
Wine and Food Society in 1976, which grew to a membership of more than 600 and created a private library of rare scientific
and medical first editions, including a collection of first-edition works by Sigmund Freud. Excited about sharing his collection,
Norman made donations to numerous libraries including the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institution, where he taught, and also
authored the book "One Hundred Books Famous in Medicine" in 1995. Haskell Norman died December 11, 1996 at Marin General Hospital
after a brief illness.
For use by researchers and students of psychoanalysis subject to archive rules and regulations.
Subject to copyright restrictions.
The San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis Archives' Record Unit/Accession # and/or Collection Title.
The Norman papers include a collection of papers organized by subject, patient files by both Norman and Weiss, committee meetings
and reports, the HFN Medical Corporation, correspondence, gifts to the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute and a miscellaneous
series spanning the dates 1933 to 1985. The wide selection of papers in a variety of psychoanalytic subjects contain a mix
of correspondence and manuscripts and give insight into the topics Norman held interest in. Patient files from both Dr. Norman
and Dr. Weiss are presented in separate series. Wiess patient files belong to a single unnamed patient over several years
of therapy while Norman’s patient files are much small files for a much larger group of patients. Committee meetings and reports
cover work done by Norman in groups both within the psychology field and without, but predominantly cover his work with the
Committee of Affiliate Societies. Gifts to the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Institute contain lists of book donations over
several years.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Analysands
Committee
Correspondence
Gifts
Neurology
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis--Study and teaching