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Martin Grotjahn Papers, 1971-1991
Historical NoteMartin Grotjahn was a pioneering psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, teacher and author, who established the first psychoanalytic training center in Los Angeles. He was born in Berlin on July 8, 1904, trained at the Berlin Psychoanalytic Society, and emigrated to the United States with his wife, Etelka, in 1936. Grotjahn worked in Topeka under Karl Menninger and in Chicago under Franz Alexander, and inevitably enlisted in the army in 1943 until 1946. Upon leaving the army, he moved to Los Angeles and began as a training analyst and, in 1951, established the first psychoanalytic institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Grotjahn also taught at the USC School of Medicine and maintained a private practice in Beverly Hills. He is most known for his expertise on groups and individual behaviors, and has published such books as “Beyond Laughter”, “Psychoanalysis and the Family Neurosis” and “Hess, the Man and His Machine”. Dr. Grotjahn died on September 30, 1990. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentThe collection consists of professional and personal correspondence between Martin Grotjahn and Sanford Gifford from 1979-1990, reprints and book reviews, and a transcript of an Oral History Interview. Return to the Table of Contents Series ArrangementThe bulk of the collection, correspondence between Dr. Grotjahn and Dr. Gifford, is arranged chronologically. All other materials are arranged by material type and chronologically. Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsAccess RestrictionsIf you wish to access any records in the BPSI Archives, please email archives@bostonpsychoanalytic.org or call 617-266-0953. Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred Citation[Identification of item], in the Martin Grotjahn Papers, The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA, USA. Acquisition InformationDonated by Sanford Gifford, Director of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, to the repository, 2010. Processing InformationProcessed and encoded by Terra Bianchi, 2010 Return to the Table of Contents Related BPSI CollectionsOral History Interview Records, 1953-2008, bulk 1973-2008: Grotjahn, Martin, August 18, 1982 Cassette #396 and two mp3 files Oral History Interview Records, 1953-2008, bulk 1973-2008: Sanford Gifford’s notes on Martin Grotjahn, 11 August 2010, one mp3 file Helene Deutsch (1884-1982) Papers, 1924-1990 Return to the Table of Contents Description of the Collection |