Kato Van Leeuwen Papers and Correspondences, 1930s -- 1990s, 1930-1990 | NCP-LA

By Edward Melamed

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Collection Overview

Title: Kato Van Leeuwen Papers and Correspondences, 1930s -- 1990s, 1930-1990

Predominant Dates:1960s -- 1970s

ID: RG-27/RG-27

Primary Creator: Edward Melamed (2020 -- 2022)

Extent: 5.0 Boxes

Subjects: Child analysis, applied scholarship, Correspondences between a circle of psychiatrists, child analysis, Herbert Schlesinger, Progressive and Regressive Elements in the Making of Promises, essay, December, Hyman Weiland, A New Concept in Crisis Intervention, American annual meeting, March 1967, Institute for Psychoanalytic Medicine, Curriculum, 1961, 1962, Institute for Psychoanalytic Medicine of Southern California, Curriculum, 1961, 1962, Kato Van Leeuwen, American psychiatrist, Kato Van Leeuwen, child psychology, Kato Van Leeuwen, papers and correspondences, Kato Van Leeuwen, professional activity, Kato Van Leeuwen, Rosanoff Fund, Kato Van Leeuwen, scholarly biography, Kato Van Leeuwen, scholarly works, Leo Rangell, The Scope of Heinz Hartman, essay, ego psychology, 1964, Papers submitted for the Marie Briehl Prize, discourse, 1980s, Thomas Szasz, On the Theory of Psychoanalytic Treatment, Paper, 1957

Languages: English

Abstract

This Collection contains documents related to profesional activities of Kato van Leeuwen, American psychiatrist.

Leeuwen, Kato van was born on June 23, 1917 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Came to the United States, 1940. Daughter of Henry Bernard and Evalina (van Zwanenberg) van Leeuwen.

Student, University Leiden Medical School, 1935-1940; Doctor of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 1943.

Intern in pediatrics, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York, 1943-1944;intern in psychiatry, Bellevue Hospital, New York City, 1944;staff pediatrics, Permanente Hospital, Vancouver, Washington, 1944-1945;staff pediatrics, Permanente Hospital, Oakland, California, 1945;resident psychiatrist, Mount Zion Hospital, San Francisco, 1946-1948;mental health program organizer, Oakland City Health Department, 1948-1949;training and supervising analyst in adult and child analysis, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Los Angeles, since 1961;former chair child and adolescent analysis section, Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Los Angeles. Staff University of California at Los Angeles Medical School, since 1958.

Former board directors Little Village Nursery School, San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Clinic.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

RG -- 27, Kato Van Leeuwen Papers and Correspondences, 1930s -- 1990s.

The record group (collection) comprises scientific articles penned by Kato Van Leeuwen and her colleagues. There is a number of documents related to official correspondence.

A separate category of documents are papers and correspondences with regard to Kato Van Leeuwen activity in the Rosanoff Fund (Rosanoff fellowship).

Overall the main research topics in the works of Kato Van Leeuwen were correlated to the various facets of child psychology.

Collection Historical Note

This a multifaceted collection comprising scholarly article authored by Kato Van Leeuwen and her colleagues.

A number of documents relates to the various topics of child psychoanalysis in theoretical and practical sense.

Kato Van Leeuwen was active as a practicing child psychiatrist and as a theorist in the field of child psychiatry.

Her professional activity was related to medical and scientific institutions.

Since 1961, she devoted her career to the Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute, Los Angeles

RG -- 27, Kato Van Leeuwen Papers and Correspondences, 1930s -- 1990s

Kato van Leeuwen, American psychiatrist. Grantee National Institute of Mental Health, 1947-1948, 1960s. Former board directors Little Village Nursery School, San Fernando Valley Child Guidance Clinic.