Jessie Taft papers, 1888-1961, bulk 1920-1961

Summary Information

Description

Scope and Content

Correspondence with friends and patients, manuscripts and printed copies of Taft's many scholarly articles, notes for the courses which she taught, and case histories of some of her patients. Correspondents include James R. Angell, Ruth Benedict, and Karen Horney.

Arrangement

Arranged in five series.

Using the Collection

Restrictions on Access

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Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

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Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Jessie Taft papers; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Related Rank Collections at the Rare Book and Manuscript Library:

Otto Rank Papers

Otto Rank Association Records

Saul Hofstein Papers

Virginia P. Robinson Papers

E. James Lieberman Papers

Accruals

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Ownership and Custodial History

Gift of the Otto Rank Association, 1984.

Gift of Anita J. Faatz, 1990.

Gift of E. James Lieberman, 1990.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Papers: Source of acquisition--Otto Rank Association. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1984.

Papers: Source of acquisition--Faatz, Anita J. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--11/07/90. Accession number--M-90-11-07.

Letters: Source of acquisition--Lieberman, E.J. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--12/26/90. Accession number--M-90-12-26.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers Processed HR 08/--/84.

Papers Processed HR 04/10/91.

Letters Processed HR 04/15/91.

Revision Description

2009-06-26 File created.

2013-10-14 Ead file created by Patrick lawlor.

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Biographical sketch

Psychotherapist, professor of social casework at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, and translator of several psychoanalytic works by Otto Rank.

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