Otto Rank Association records, 1934-1993

Creator:: Otto Rank Association
Abstract:: The Records of the Otto Rank Association, founded by Virginia P. Robinson in 1965 and disolved in 1983.
Extent:: 24 linear feet 56 boxes
Language:: English .
Scope and content:: Correspondence, manuscripts, minutes, lists, and legal documents, financial records, publicity materials, and printed items. Among the correspondents are: Anna Freud, Ernst L. Freud, Erich Fromm, Ernest Jones, Rollo May, Karl Menninger, Henry Miller, and Anaïs Nin, a frequent lecturer at meetings. There are 117 letters from Nin discussing her lecture tours and the publication of her diaries.
Biographical / historical:: The Otto Rank Association was planned by J. Jessie Taft and founded by Virginia P. Robinson in 1965 to foster and develop interest in the writings of Otto Rank, the psychoanaylyst, to promote further exploration of his concepts and their meaning for art, literature, psychology, psychotherapy, and the history of culture through publication, translation, discussion, and research; and to establish an information center regarding these and related writings. Otto Rank was an early associate and later opponent of Sigmund Freud. The Association was disolved in 1983.

Acquisition information:

Papers: Source of acquisition--The 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--11/07/1990. Accession number--M-90-11-07.

ANAIS (Journal): Source of acquisition--Stuhlmann, Gunther. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--1993. Accession number--M-1993.

Papers re. E. Salomon: Source of acquisition--Lieberman, E.J. Method of acquisition--Gift; Date of acquisition--05/08/1997. Accession number--M-97-05-08.

Custodial history:

Gift of the Association, 1984-1986.

Gift of Anita J. Faatz, 1990.

Gift of Gunther Stuhlmann, 1993.

Processing information:

Papers Processed HR 09/--/1984.

Papers Processed HR 04/05/1991.

ANAIS (Journal) Added to collection HR 04/13/1993.

Papers re. E. Salomon Processed HR 01/05/2000.

Arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 4 series.

Accruals:

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Related material:

Otto Rank Papers

Saul Hofstein Papers

Virginia P. Robinson Papers

Jessie Taft Papers

E. James Lieberman Papers

Access and use

Restrictions:

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Terms of access:

Reproductions may be made for research purposes. The RBML maintains ownership of the physical material only. Copyright remains with the creator and his/her heirs. The responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred citation:: Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Otto Rank Association records; Box and Folder; Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

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