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

Creator:: Taft, Jessie, 1882-1960
Extent:: 1.5 linear feet 3 boxes
Language:: English .
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.
Biographical / historical:: Psychotherapist, professor of social casework at the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work, and translator of several psychoanalytic works by Otto Rank.

Acquisition information:

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.

Custodial history:

Gift of the Otto Rank Association, 1984.

Gift of Anita J. Faatz, 1990.

Gift of E. James Lieberman, 1990.

Processing information:

Papers Processed HR 08/--/84.

Papers Processed HR 04/10/91.

Letters Processed HR 04/15/91.

Arrangement:

Arranged in five series.

Accruals:

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Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related material:

Otto Rank Papers

Otto Rank Association Records

Saul Hofstein Papers

Virginia P. Robinson Papers

E. James Lieberman Papers

Access and use

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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.

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