The Works of the History Committee ,1960s, 1950-1960 | NCP-LA

By Dr. Vladimir Melamed

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Collection Overview

Title: The Works of the History Committee ,1960s, 1950-1960

Predominant Dates:Late 1950s -- mid- 1960s

ID: RG-10/RG-10

Primary Creator: The Committee for the History of Psychoanalytic Society (1950s -- 1960s)

Extent: 2.0 Boxes

Languages: English

Abstract

The History Committee for the Psychoanalytic Society and Institute of Los Angeles was an active group of professionals dedicated to recovering and reconstructing historical discourse related to Psychoanalytic Movement in Los Angles from the early 1930s. to the late 1950s.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Collection comprises narratives in form of essays, articles and oral histories authored by the group of professional scholars, such as Dr. Albert Kandelin, Dr. David Brunswick, Dr. Robert Stoller, Dr. Horowitz, Dr. Arthur Qurieff.

The History Committee researched and investigated entangled series of interrelations on individual and societal levels.

The Committee produced a series of narratives highly valuable to understanding the etiology of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles and the Psychoanalytic Society and Institute of Los Angeles.

The Committee established a chronicle of the Psychoanalytic Movement in Los Angeles de facto applying not only historic apparatus by Psychoanalytic apparatus and approach as well

The Committee established a chronicle of the Psychoanalytic Movement in Los Angeles de facto applying not only histoir aparatus by Psychoanalytic aparatus and approach as well

Collection Historical Note

This Collection comprises works of the Committee for the History of Society (this is how it was named) undertaken in the 1960s. Largely it reflects the activity of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles and co-related to this institution organizations. Principle attention was given to the founding figures of the Society, such as Dr. Ernst Simmel and Dr. Otto Fenichel as well as to the initial group of the members of this Society. Contributing authors to the works of this Committee were partially its members as well as the psychoanalysts who became active in the 1960s.

The History Committee for the History of Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society was established in early 1960s under the Chairmanship of Dr. Albert Kandelin.

The Committee concentrated on the principle discourses in the History of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles from 1935 to 1950, then on the Dissention (the Split) between the members of this Group and the ensuing development of the Psychoanalytic Society and Institute in Los Angeles.

The Committee also focused on the role of personalities in the Split and in the policy and regulations related to the theoretic and applied Psychoanalysis.

The History Committee researched and investigated entangled series of interrelations on individual and societal levels.

The Committee established a chronicle of the Psychoanalytic Movement in Los Angeles de facto applying not only historic apparatus by Psychoanalytic apparatus and approach as well

Biographical Note

The History Committee for the History of Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society was established in early 1960s under the Chairmanship of Dr. Albert Kandelin.

The Committee also focused on the role of personalities in the Split and in the policy and regulations related to the theoretic and applied Psychoanalysis.

Subject/Index Terms

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Item:

[Item 1: RG - 10.01, A History of Psychoanalytic movement in LA area by Dr. David Brunswick, 1957, 1957],
[Item 2: RG - 10.02, Psychoanalysis in Calfivornia, Historical Highlights, Dr. Brunswick, Dr. Kandelin, 1966, October 27, 1966],
[Item 3: RG - 10.03, About Dr. David Brunswick, Curriculum Vitae of him, 1940s],
[Item 4: RG - 10.04, Forerunners of the Split, Recollections of Dr. Brunswick, May 1962, May 22, 1962],
[Item 5: RG - 10.05, The Fenichel - Simmel Memorial Lectures by Dr. Brunswick, November 17, 1971, November 17, 1971],
[Item 6: RG - 10.06, Embryology of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society, Dr. Brunswick, 1971, March 26, 1971],
[All]

Item 1: RG - 10.01, A History of Psychoanalytic movement in LA area by Dr. David Brunswick, 1957, 1957

A History of Psychoanalytic movement in LA area by Dr. David Brunswick, 1957

Subject/Index Terms:: Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, history; History of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of LA by Dr. David Brunswick, 1957; The state of Psychoanalysis in Los Angeles before 1927, Dr. David Brunswick; Thomas and Margrit Libbin studied in Freudian Institute in Vienna 1924 -- 1927; Thomas Libbin, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; The first self proclaimed psychoanalysts in Southern California, 1920s; Thomas and Margrit Libbin arrived in Los Angeles in 1927 the first trained psychoanalysts, Brunswick; Vulgar and unprofessional psychoanalysis in Los Angeles before 1927, Brunswick; Mrs. Wilshire, an eclectic Jungian psychoanalyst in Los Angeles, 1920s, Dr. David Brunswick; History of Psychoanalytic movement in Los Angeles, Dr. David Brunswick; The Libbins practiced Freudian psychoanalysis in Los Angeles in earnest, Dr. David Brunswick; Dr. Simmel arrived in Los Angeles in April 1934, Dr. Brunswick; Dr. Ernest Simmel, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Dr. Ernest Simmel officially founded the Psychoanalytic Study Group in 1935 in Los Angeles Brunswick; Early or original members of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, Brunswick; Dr. Arthur Timme, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Dr. Glen Myers, early member of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, Brunswick; Professor Paul Epstein, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Paul Epstein, Professor of Theoretical Physics at California Institute of Technology, early member; Richard Tolman, Professor of Physics at California Institute of Technology, early member, Brunswick; Ruth Tolman, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Dr. Eugene Ziskind, early member of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, Brunswick; Dr. David Brunswick, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Marjorie Leonard, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Estelle Levy, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Dr. Ernest Simmel was invited to Los Angeles on May 8, 1933, Brunswick; Exodus of Jewish psychoanalysts from Nazi-controlled Germany after 1933, Brunswick; Dr. Ernest Simmel, vicissitudes for emigration to America, 1933, 1934, Brunswick; Dr. A.A. Brill, admonition to Dr. Simmel with regard to lay analysts in Los Angeles, Brunswick; Frances Deri, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Founders of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, Dr. David Brunswick; Dr. Simmel invited Frances Deri and Otto Fenichel, psychoanalysts from Europe; Frances Deri and Dr. Simmel invited Otto Fenichel who arrived in 1938 to Los Angeles, Brunswick; Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Study Group was an embryo of an Institute, Dr. David Brunswick; Psychoanalytic Study Group, seminars; Dr. Simmel consolidated psychoanalytic movement in California, Dr. David Brunswick; The role of Dr. Bernfeld in psychoanalytic movement in Northern California, Dr. David Brunswick; A nucleus for psychoanalysis was getting started in San Francisco in the 1930s, Brunswick; Dr. Simmel, Psychoanalytic Institute Foundation of Los Angeles, proto-Institute efforts to no avail; The School for Nursery Years, 512 N. Rossmore Ave, Los Angeles, a location for Psychoanalytic Study; Psychoanalytic Library was built by Psychoanalytic Study Group and by the Institute, Brunswick; Simmel trusted people and they did not appreciate his support, Brunswick; Gullibility of Dr. Ernest Simmel, by Dr. Brunswick; Robert Newhouse, trained in psychoanalysis by Dr. Simmel, Brunswick; Albert Kandelin trained in psychoanalysis by Dr. Ernest Simmel, Brunswick; Psychiatric education was rudimentary in Los Angeles in the 1930s, Brunswick; Dr. Simmel included in the new By-Laws provisions for the qualified non medical psychoanalysts 1942l; Qualified non medical psychoanalysts, resistance to include by APA, Brunswick; May Romm, a negative encounter with Dr. Simmel, ca 1943, Brunswick; Credentials of May Romm questioned by Dr. Simmel, Brunswick; Otto Fenichel and May Romm get together well, Brunswick; Documents from the NCP Archive, Dr. David Brunswick; Documents from the NCP-LA Archive

Creators:: Dr. David Brunswick, scholar, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist (1930s -- 1960s)

Item 2: RG - 10.02, Psychoanalysis in Calfivornia, Historical Highlights, Dr. Brunswick, Dr. Kandelin, 1966, October 27, 1966

Psychoanalysis in Calfivornia, Historical Highlights, Dr. Brunswick, Dr. Kandelin, 1966

Subject/Index Terms:: Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, 1950s, 1960s; Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (LAPSI), 1950s, 1960s; Los Angeles Institute for Psychoanalysis, Extension Division (LAPSI), 1960s; Works of History Committee, presentations, 1960s; Dr. Brunswick, Psychoanalysis in California, Historical Highlights, presentation, October 27, 1966; Dr. Kandelin, Psychoanalysis in California, Historical Highlights, presentation, October 27, 1966; History of Psychoanalytic movement in Los Angeles, Dr. David Brunswick; Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, history; Dr. Albert Kandelin, History of Psychoanalytic Movement in Los Angeles; LAPSI, 344 N. Bedford Drive, Beverly Hills, CA; William S. Horowitz, Director of Extension Division, LAPSI, 1960s; Documents from the NCP-LA Archive

Creators:: Dr. David Brunswick, scholar, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist (1930s -- 1960s); Dr. Albert Kandelin, Chairman of the History Committee (1961 - 1965)

Item 3: RG - 10.03, About Dr. David Brunswick, Curriculum Vitae of him, 1940s

About Dr. David Brunswick, Curriculum Vitae of him

Subject/Index Terms:: Dr. David Brunswick, Curriculum Vitae; Dr. David Brunswick, his education; Dr. David Brunswick, teaching and research; Dr. David Brunswick, psychoanalysis in Vienna, 1927 -- 1930; Dr. David Brunswick commenced psychoanalytic practice in Los Angeles, 1931; Documents from the NCP Archive, Dr. David Brunswick; Documents from the NCP-LA Archive

Creators:: Dr. David Brunswick, scholar, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist (1930s -- 1960s)

Item 4: RG - 10.04, Forerunners of the Split, Recollections of Dr. Brunswick, May 1962, May 22, 1962

Forerunners of the Split, Recollections of Dr. Brunswick, May 1962

Subject/Index Terms:: Forerunners of the Split, Recollections of Dr. Brunswick, May 1962; Dr. David Brunswick, Split related discourses and recollections, 1960s; Fateful annual business meeting in June 1947, the opposition removes Dr. Simmel from presidency; Fateful annual business meeting, May Romm is elected President of Psychoanalytic Society, Split; Dr. Simmel has been removed from the presidency contrary to his wishes, June 1947; Dr. Simmel is removed from Chairmanship of Education Committee, annual election meeting, July 7 1947; The opposition had carefully planned their moves, Split, Brunswick; Composition of Education Committee in 1946; Intrigues and manipulations, Society and Institute, the new coalition for Dissent, 1947; Passions in the Education Committee of the electing their President, July 1947, Brunswick; Despondency and despair of Dr. Simmel after he has been removed from presidency, July 1947; Dr. Tidd, behavior of aversion, disdain in the situation of Split, July 1947; Dishonorable behavior of Dr. Charles Tidd in the Time of Split and coup d'etat, July 1947; Brunswick seeking redemption for his inaction on July 7, 1947 when Simmel was deposed, July 1948; Dr. Charles Tidd elected vice president, June 1947, aversion; Milton Miller elected secretary treasurer, aversion, June 1947; Elections of June 1948, Tidd elected president displacing Romm, Brunswick; The creepy elections of June 1948, Brunswick; Dr. Ernest Simmel died on November 11, 1947; Dr. Ernst Lewy, Director of the Institute and the Dean of the Training School, 1948 and later; Election of 1949, May Romm versus Ernst Lewy, actualization of the Split; Dr. Brunswick initiated a re-vote for president and Dr. Ernst Lewy was elected, 1949; History of the Psychoanalytic Institute of Los Angeles after the Split, under May Romm guidance; History of Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, Brunswick; Documents from the NCP Archive, Dr. David Brunswick; Documents from the NCP-LA Archive

Creators:: Dr. David Brunswick, scholar, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist (1930s -- 1960s)

Item 5: RG - 10.05, The Fenichel - Simmel Memorial Lectures by Dr. Brunswick, November 17, 1971, November 17, 1971

The Fenichel - Simmel Memorial Lectures by Dr. Brunswick, November 17, 1971

Subject/Index Terms:: Dr. Brunswick, recollections and discourse of Simmel and Fenichel, memorial lecture November 17 1971; History of Psychoanalytic movement in Los Angeles, Dr. David Brunswick; History of the Psychoanalytic Study Group of LA by Dr. David Brunswick, 1957; Dr. Brunswick, comparative discourse of scholarly activities of Dr. Simmel and Dr. Fenichel, 1971; Dr. Fenichel, scholarly and publishing activity, Brunswick; Dr. Simmel, scholar and organizer, his human qualities, Brunswick; Dr. Simmel scholarly interests in applied Psychoanalysis, Brunswick; Simmel was more imaginative than Fenichel, observation of Dr. Brunswick; Dr. Simmel did not strive sufficiently to publish, by Dr. Brunswick; A collective effort to publish a series of his papers at a later time rendered no success, Brunswick; Dr. Simmel was a great organizer of psychoanalytic institutions in Germany and America, Brunswick; Dr. Simmel founded the Library of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Study Group, Brunswick; Library of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Study Group, organized by Simmel; Simmel Library became the nucleus for the Institute and Society Library, Brunswick; Simmel personal library bought from his widow enlarged the Institute Library, Brunswick, Deri; Simmel - Fenichel Memorial Library, LAPSI, NCA; Simmel - Fenichel Memorial Library, valuable collection of psychoanalytic literature, NCP; Dr. Simmel, contributor to the Library, Simmel - Fenichel Memorial Library, NCP; Simmel - Fenichel Memorial Library, collection of literature and bibliography of psychoanalysis, NCP; Simmel - Fenichel Memorial Library, documents in the NCP - LA Archive; Documents from the NCP Archive, Dr. David Brunswick

Creators:: Dr. David Brunswick, scholar, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist (1930s -- 1960s)

Item 6: RG - 10.06, Embryology of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society, Dr. Brunswick, 1971, March 26, 1971

Embryology of the Los Angeles Psychoanalytic Society, Dr. Brunswick, 1971

Subject/Index Terms:: Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, history; Initial period of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles, 1920s, 1930s, Brunswick; David Brunswick in Vienna, 1927 -- 1930, psychoanalytic training; Richard and Ruth Tolman introduced David Brunswick to a Psychoanalytic Study Group in Los Angeles; In the 1930s the Psychoanalytic Group held meeting at the house of Thomas and Margrit Libbin; Professor Paul Epstein, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Dr. David Brunswick commenced psychoanalytic practice in Los Angeles, 1931; Estelle Levy, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Marjorie Leonard, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Decision to invite Dr. Ernest Simmel to join Psychoanalytic Study Group, by group members, May 1933; Dr. Ernest Simmel was invited to Los Angeles on May 8, 1933, Brunswick; Dr. Brunswick acquainted with Dr.Simmel from Sanitarium Schloss Tegel at Berlin; Dr. Simmel arrived in Los Angeles in April 1934, Dr. Brunswick; Dr. A.A. Brill, admonition to Dr. Simmel with regard to lay analysts in Los Angeles, Brunswick; Meeting between Dr. Ernest Simmel and Dr. Abraham Brill on the theme of restraining lay analysis; Dr. Simmel invited Frances Deri and Otto Fenichel, psychoanalysts from Europe; Frances Deri, founder of Psychoanalytic Study Group of Los Angeles; Frances Deri and Dr. Simmel invited Otto Fenichel who arrived in 1938 to Los Angeles, Brunswick; Dr. Hanna Fenichel (Heilborn) arrived in Los Angeles in 1938; Brunswick opined that Dr. Simmel could misjudge personalities out of good intentions, mistakes; May Romm, a negative encounter with Dr. Simmel, ca 1943, Brunswick; Dr. Simmel had gone the long and thorny path to eventually created Society and Institute, 1946; Documents from the NCP Archive, Dr. David Brunswick

Creators:: Dr. David Brunswick, scholar, psychoanalyst, psychiatrist (1930s -- 1960s)