Selma Horwitz Fraiberg papers, 1940-1981

Summary

Abstract:

Selma Fraiberg was born in Detroit, Michigan, where she received her education, graduating from Wayne State University with a B.A. Ms. Fraiberg's papers have received preliminary sorting and boxing. Bulk dates, 1971-81. Included are manuscripts and typescripts of books and articles, photographs, reprints, correspondence, audio tapes and office appointment books and calendars.

Extent:

27.5 Linear Feet 22 cartons

Language:

English .

Background

Scope and content:

Includes correspondence, teaching files, typescripts, mss drafts, project materials, interviews, meeting notes, lecture notes, case studies, articles, grants.

Biographical / historical:

Selma Fraiberg was born in Detroit, Michigan, where she received her education, graduating from Wayne State University with a B.A. in 1940. In 1945 she received her M.S.W. from the same institution, and married Louis Fraiberg, professor of literature. Ms. Fraiberg did her psychoanalytic training at the Detroit Psychoanalytic Institute.

In 1945 Ms. Fraiberg became lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School at Ann Arbor. By 1968 she was professor of child psychoanalysis, becoming professor emeritus on her retirement in 1979. She was also professor of social casework at Tulane University, 1958-61, and lecturer and supervising child analyst at the Baltimore Psychoanalytic Institute, 1961-63. In 1967-69 Ms. Fraiberg was lecturer and supervisor of the Child Psychoanalytic Program, of the Michigan Psychoanalytic Institute. In 1979 she cam to the University of California, San Francisco, as professor of child psychoanalysis, a position she held at her death in 1981.

Ms. Fraiberg was the author of four major books, including The Magic Years (1959) and Insights from the Blind (1977), both written with her husband, and Every Child's Birthright: In Defense of Mothering (1977). She also wrote some 56 scholarly articles and many articles for the lay public which appeared in popular periodicals. She lectured widely and received many grants for her training and research. She was a member of numerous professional organizations and received recognition from them for her work.

Acquisition information:

This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections.

Arrangement:

The finding aid includes a summarization for each carton.

Accruals:

No future additions are expected.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Psychiatry
Women psychoanalysts

Restrictions:

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. Restrictions are noted at the carton level. This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to restricted files.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and 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 and 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.

Location of this collection:

UC San Francisco, Special Collections

UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue

San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US

Contact:

libraryasc@ucsf.edu

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