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Descriptive Summary

Historical Note

Scope and Content

Series Arrangement

Restrictions

Administrative Information

Related BPSI Collections

Description of the Collection

Martin Grotjahn Papers, 1971-1991



Descriptive Summary

Repository: The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute Archives
Creator: Martin Grotjahn
Title: Martin Grotjahn Papers
Dates: 1971-1991
Quantity: 2 manuscript boxes
Abstract: Martin 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. This collection consists of Grotjahn's professional and personal correspondence with Sanford Gifford, photographs, hand-drawn cartoons and cards, reprints and books reviews, as well as a transcript of an interview by Sanford Gifford of Dr. Grotjahn and his wife from 1982.
Identification: MS-N059
Languages: Description is in English

Historical Note

Martin 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.

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Scope and Content

The 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.

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Series Arrangement

The bulk of the collection, correspondence between Dr. Grotjahn and Dr. Gifford, is arranged chronologically. All other materials are arranged by material type and chronologically.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

If you wish to access any records in the BPSI Archives, please email archives@bostonpsychoanalytic.org or call 617-266-0953.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], in the Martin Grotjahn Papers, The Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Boston, MA, USA.

Acquisition Information

Donated by Sanford Gifford, Director of the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, to the repository, 2010.

Processing Information

Processed and encoded by Terra Bianchi, 2010

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Related BPSI Collections

Oral 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

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Description of the Collection

Photographs of Martin and Etelka Grotjahn, n.d.
Reprint of ‘The Rundbriefe’.
Correspondence with Sanford Gifford, 1979-1982.
Correspondence with Sanford Gifford, includes hand-drawn card, 1983-1984.
Correspondence with Sanford Gifford, includes hand-drawn card, 1985-1986.
Correspondence with Sanford Gifford, includes hand-drawn cartoon, 1987.
Correspondence with Sanford Gifford, includes hand-drawn cartoon, 1988-1989.
Correspondence with Sanford Gifford, includes hand-drawn cartoons, 1990.
Reprints and manuscripts by Dr. Grotjahn, 1984-1987.
Book reviews, 1983-1991, and ‘The Analytic Dilemma of Helene Deutsch, 1985.
Transcript of ‘Conversation with Martin and Etelka Grotjahn by Sanford Gifford. Audio tape # 396 and two mp3 files also available, 18 August 1982.
Manuscript of Chapter II from Grotjahn’s memoir ‘My Favorite Patient’, including editing notes, and correspondence relating to publication, 1984.