Ekstein (Rudolf) collection of material about Sigmund Freud, the Freuds, and the Freudians, circa 1856-1995

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Summary

Title:
Rudolf Ekstein collection of material about Sigmund Freud, the Freuds, and the Freudians
Dates:
circa 1856-1995
Creators:
Tiano, Jean Ekstein and Ekstein, Rudolf
Extent:
6.4 Linear Feet (1 box, 6 cartons)
Language:
Materials are in English and German.

Background

Scope and content:

Eighteen binders (in six cartons) and one box of assembled (by psychoanalyst Rudolf Ekstein) correspondence, photographs, brochures, conference announcements and programs, newspaper and magazine clippings, photocopies, portraits, biographical notes and texts, journal articles, and other material about Sigmund and Anna Freud and the Freudians. Binders are labeled "Volume 1 (parts 1 and 2). Genesis, 1856-1938," "Volume 2. Exodus, 1938-1939," "Volume 3. Restoration, 1940-1962," "Volume 4. The Scope, 1963-1966," "Volume 5. The Return, 1967-1971", and "Volume 6. Fulfillment, 1972-1976". Additional binders of Ekstein's archives from 1977-1995. One box of materials from Ekstein's early life, 1922-1945, and a 1985 oral history interview in German by Dr. Andrea Schwabb. Correspondents include Sigmund Freud (photocopies of letters purchased by Ekstein and donated elsewhere), Anna Freud, Siegfried Bernfeld, August Eichhorn, Eduard Hitschmann, Theodor Reik, René Spitz, Max Schur, Donald Winnicott, Bertram Lewin, and Dora Hartmann.

Biographical / historical:

Rudolf Ekstein (9 February 1912-18 March 2005) studied in psychology in Vienna with Anna Freud, Willi Hoffer, and August Aichhorn and trained in analysis in Boston with Eduard Hitschmann. He practised, taught, and wrote on child psychology, psychotherapy, and psychoanalytic education while working at the Menninger Clinic (Topeka, KS) , the Reiss Davis Child Study Center (Los Angeles, CA), and UCLA. A long-time visiting lectureship at the University of Vienna culminated in the creation of the Rudolf Ekstein Zentrum (Rudolf Ekstein Center), a pediatric special education center for care, supervision, and consulting in the city of Vienna.

Acquisition information:
Gift of Jean Ekstein Tiano and Herman Tiano, 4 December 2014.
Processing information:

Collections are processed to a variety of levels depending on the work necessary to make them usable, their perceived user interest and research value, availability of staff and resources, and competing priorities. Library Special Collections provides a standard level of preservation and access for all collections and, when time and resources permit, conducts more intensive processing. These materials have been arranged and described according to national and local standards and best practices.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Names:
Tiano, Jean Ekstein

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Finding aid prepared by Courtney Dean, 2020.
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-11-25 13:56:54 -0800 .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Unprocessed collection. Material is unavailable for access. Please contact Special Collections reference (spec-coll@library.ucla.edu) for more information.

Terms of access:

Property rights to the physical objects belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. All other rights, including copyright, are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

Location of this collection:
Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library
12-077 Center for Health Sciences, Box 951798
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1798, US
Contact:
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