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Title: Wallerstein papers
Identifier/Call Number: SFCP.MSS.001
Contributing Institution:
San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
1.3 Linear feet
3 cartons
Date (inclusive): 1942-2000
Abstract: The Wallerstein papers extensively cover his correspondence and some elements of his work spanning the years 1942-2000.
creator:
Wallerstein, Robert S.
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.
Doctor Robert Wallerstein (1921-2014) played a central role in the local, national, and international psychoanalytic communities.
He was president of the American Psychoanalytic Association (1971-1972) and the International Psychoanalytical Association
(1985-1989). Having received his training at Columbia College, then Columbia University College of Physicians (1941-1944)
and subsequently holding residency at Mount Sinai and the Menninger School of Physicians in the late 1940s, Wallerstein participated
in over half a century of history in the field of psychoanalysis. A leading figure in the San Francisco psychoanalytic community,
Wallerstein served as Chief of Psychiatry at the Mount Zion Hospital, Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the UCSF
School of Medicine, and Director of the Langley Porter Institute. He also wrote 20 books and over 400 scholarly articles.
His papers are of specific relevance to the San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis due to his role as a training and supervising
analyst there during the later part of the 20th century.
The Wallerstein Papers are in excellent condition, and organized alphabetically by author/sender besides several subject folders
accompanying the collection. Some unsigned letters are accompanied by brief descriptions (attached by paperclip) written by
Wallerstein himself. Obvious highlights include letters by Anna Freud, Erik Erikson, Karl Menninger and Jean Laplanche, although
a closer look into this archive reveals Wallerstein’s correspondence with a variety of influential intellectuals of the twentieth
century (including Yale professor of history Peter Gay). Wallerstein’s papers demonstrate both his deep regard for the history
of psychoanalysis and his lifetime of stunning professional achievement. On a local level, a significant part of the history
of the San Francisco psychoanalytic community is illuminated within this collection. Wallerstein’s correspondence with various
international figures is also of great intellectual value, including his correspondence with Soviet analysts during the Cold
War.
This collection is in its original order.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
American Psychoanalytic Association. Committee on Scientific Activities.
American Psychoanalytic Association.
Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.).
Erikson, Erik H. , (Erik Homburger), 1902-1994
International Psycho-Analytical Association.
Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation.
Correspondence
Psychoanalysis