Scope and Content Note
The papers of Beatrice Rose Waldinger (1896-1969) span the years 1918-1967, with the bulk of the material dating from 1938 to 1951. The collection includes correspondence and writings in German and English. Correspondence consists largely of letters from family members including her husband, poet Ernst Waldinger, and her cousin, Anna Freud. Also included are a letter from Hermann Broch, correspondence with psychoanalysts K. R. Eissler and Paul Federn, and a photocopy of a letter from Thornton Wilder to Ernst Waldinger. Beatrice Waldinger’s writings include articles, partial drafts of books, and poetry. Several of these works are autobiographical and provide information on the Freud family, Waldinger’s immigration to the United States in 1938, and her interest in psychoanalysis. Included is an account of her analysis by Paul Federn which began in Vienna, Austria, in 1938 and resumed in the United States following their immigration.