Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Collection Summary
| Title | Elizabeth Severn and Margaret Severn papers, 1880-1994 |
|---|---|
| Span Dates | 1880-1994 |
| Bulk Dates | (bulk 1910-1992) |
| ID No. | MSS85409 |
| Creator | Severn, Elizabeth |
| Creator | Severn, Margaret |
| Extent | 5,600 items |
| Extent | 16 containers plus 1 oversize; 209 digital files (6.34 GB) |
| Extent | 6.8 linear feet |
| Language | Collection material in English |
| Location | Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. |
| Finding Aid Permalink | Cite or bookmark this finding aid as: https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms013142 |
| LCCN Permalink | LC Catalog record: https://lccn.loc.gov/mm2008085409 |
| Summary | Elizabeth Severn, psychotherapist, author, and psychoanalytic patient of Sándor Ferenczi; and her daughter, Margaret Severn, ballet dancer and vaudeville performer. Correspondence, writings, printed matter, and photographs concerning Elizabeth Severn's private life and her career as a psychotherapist. Correspondence, writings, art work, printed matter, photographs, and digital files relating to Margaret Severn's life as a dancer in New York theaters, in traveling vaudeville shows in the 1920s, and with European ballet companies in the 1930s. |