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Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: Selma Horwitz Fraiberg papers
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.83.9
Physical Description:
27.5 Linear Feet
22 cartons
Date (inclusive): 1940-1981
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.
Language of Material:
English
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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.
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.
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.
Includes correspondence, teaching files, typescripts, mss drafts, project materials, interviews, meeting notes, lecture notes,
case studies, articles, grants.
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections.
No future additions are expected.
The finding aid includes a summarization for each carton.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women psychoanalysts
Psychiatry