Administrative Information
Acquisition Information
The papers of Maxwell Gitelson, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, were given to the Library of Congress by his wife, Frances Hannett Gitelson, in 1965. Additional material was given by David Kairys of the Psychoanalytic Assistance Fund in 1965 and by the Sigmund Freud Archives in 1987.
Processing History
The papers of Maxwell Gitelson were arranged and described in 1977. The finding aid was revised in 2002 to include descriptions of formerly closed material in Containers 57-62 and 83-84. Correspondence received in 1987 concerning the death of Princess Marie Bonaparte was added to the Correspondence series at this time. The finding aid was revised in 2012 and 2013.
Preferred Citation
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Maxwell Gitelson Papers, Sigmund Freud Collection, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.