Register of the Selma Horwitz Fraiberg papers MSS.83.9
Seth Cotterell
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
2018
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
libraryarchives@ucsf.edu
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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Conditions Governing Access
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.
Publication Rights
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.
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.
Content Description
Includes correspondence, teaching files, typescripts, mss drafts, project materials, interviews, meeting notes, lecture notes,
case studies, articles, grants.
Acquisition Information
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections.
Additions
No future additions are expected.
Arrangement
The finding aid includes a summarization for each carton.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women psychoanalysts
Psychiatry
carton 1, folders 61 folders
Appointment books, UCSF correspondence
1980-1981
carton 2, folders 42 folders
University of Michigan correspondence; NIMH; mss. articles, symposia papers
carton 3, folders 51 folders
Teaching files; resident evaluations [RESTRICTED], patient records [RESTRICTED]
carton 4, folders 35 folders
Reprints, typescripts
1971-1979
carton 5, folders 35 folders
University of Michigan files; Endicott House; mss drafts, 1960s
carton 6, folders 48 folders
Mss of papers, clinical studies
carton 7, folders 83 folders
Mss of papers; CV, personal files; evaluation scales; coding information
carton 8, folders 31 folders
CDP (Child Development Project, NIMH) materials, 1975-81; sabbatical materials, 1971, 1978; Grant Foundation
carton 9, folders 53 folders
Interviews, meetings, notes and mss
1977-1979
carton 10, folders 90 folders
Early files (1940s); correspondence, Family Service case reports
carton 11, folders 59 folders
Correspondence from various psychoanalytical training centers; meeting notes; correspondence
1965-1981
carton 12, folders 79 folders
Personal correspondence (Blue Cross, etc.); presentations, notes for papers, 1979-80; office files inventory
carton 13, folders 66 folders
Drafts of papers, 1963-65; film interviews; case studies, Family Services cases, Child Analytic Study Project
carton 14, folders 59 folders
"Eagles" and "Gremlins"; drafts of papers, lecture notes
1953-1960
carton 15, folders 14 folders
Galley proofs, 1970-75; Insights from the Blind; gross motor development; development of human attachments
carton 16, folders 49 folders
Insights from the Blind, chapter drafts, 1963-76; office calendars, 1973-78
carton 17, folders 36 folders
Correspondence, A-G
1974-1979
carton 18, folders 25 folders
Correspondence, G-N
1975-1979
carton 19, folders 24 folders
Correspondence, N-W
1974-1979
carton 20, folders 29 folders
Correspondence, W-Z, 1974-79; Magic Years correspondence, personal files
carton 21, folders 64 folders
"Failure to thrive;" "Human attachment" and other articles
1978-1979
carton 22, folders 60 folders
NIMH, Grant Foundation applications, reports
1975-1979
