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| BOX 1-3 | Personal and Family Papers, 1908-1984 | ||||||||||||
| Correspondence, interviews, certificates, publishing contracts, royalty
statements, reviews of Reik's books, publicity materials, a tribute on his
seventieth birthday, brochures, programs, a photograph, postcards, and news
clippings from the personal files of Reik as well as those of his son Arthur who
served as Reik's literary agent and later as the literary executor for his estate.
Most of the material in the series dates after Reik's immigration to the United
States and, although not extensive, sheds light on Reik's contributions to the
growing popularity of psychoanalysis in postwar America. A small general
correspondence file focuses largely on Reik's research and writing and includes
several letters from colleagues, among them psychoanalysts K. R. Eissler, Joost
Abraham Maurits Meerloo, and Jule Nydes. Also included are letters, some with
extensive commentary, from people who read Reik's books. Among these is a letter
from novelist Herbert Gold on Psychology of Sex Relations which Gold read in 1945 while serving in the army at Camp Albert C.
Ritchie, Maryland. Other correspondents include physicist Abraham Pais. Posthumous
correspondence is addressed to Arthur Reik and includes condolence letters on
Reik's death in 1969, letters from scholars about Reik's work, and correspondence
about Arthur's interest in Gustav Mahler which he shared with his father. The
reception of Reik's work can be traced through book contracts and correspondence
with publishers, royalty statements, book reviews, and news articles about him.
Reik's life in Europe before his immigration is documented through certificates from his studies at the University of Vienna; newspaper articles, 1913-1938, about or referring to him; and later interviews with Reik in which he discussed his family and childhood, studies at the University of Vienna, relationship with Sigmund Freud, analysis with Karl Abraham, controversies surrounding lay analysis, his research and writing on psychoanalysis, and other aspects of his life and work. A small amount of family papers includes his first wife Eleanore Oratsch Reik's residential certificate in 1915, a copy of Arthur Reik's 1936 marriage certificate, and letters from Reik to his son in 1939-1941 urging his immigration to the United States from Palestine. |
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| Arranged alphabetically by topic or type of material. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Audio recordings, information concerning, 1952, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Books by Reik | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Publicity and two dust jackets, 1935-1964 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Reviews, 1919-1976 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Certificates | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Reik, Arthur (son), marriage, 1936 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Reik, Eleanore Oratsch (wife), residential and passport, 1915, 1930 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Reik, Theodor | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Honors, 1960-1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | New York State psychologist certificate, 1959 See Container OV 1, Certificate | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 1908-1912 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | Correspondence | ||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | General, 1935-1979, undated | ||||||||||||
| (5 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 1 | With publishers, including contracts, 1940-1965 | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | With publishers, including contracts, 1966-1984 | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Executor of estate, release, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Interviews with Reik by | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Delafield, [?], 1945 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Eissler, K. R., 1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Freeman, Erika Padan, 1972 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Swerdloff, Bluma, Columbia University, New York, N.Y., 1965-1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Miscellany, 1932-1954 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysts | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | General, 1952-1962, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Theodor Reik Clinic for Mental Health and Research, New York, N.Y., 1955-1962 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | News clippings and other printed matter | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Annotated by Reik, "Die Zukunfteiner Illusion," by Sigmund Freud, pp. 81-91, 1927 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Mentioning Reik, 1913-1970 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 2 | Saved by Reik, 1908-1930s | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Saved by Reik, 1940s-1962, undated | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Photograph of a woman and a man, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Postcards, ancient Egyptian and medieval European art, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Programs, miscellaneous, 1956-1977, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Royalties | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Notes, 1969-1971 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Statements, 1951-1952, 1969-1982 | ||||||||||||
| (5 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Speaking engagement notices, 1939, 1958-1962 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Tribute on seventieth birthday, 1958 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3-7 | Gustav Mahler, 1905-1994 | ||||||||||||
| Drafts of writings, notes, photographs, and collected printed matter consisting of newspaper clippings, concert programs, journal articles, and booklets stemming from Reik's research and writings on Gustav Mahler. Reik's research on the composer stretched over many years, beginning before his immigration in 1938 and culminating in the publication of The Haunting Melody: Psychoanalytic Experiences in Life and Music in 1953. Included in the series is a set of five binders containing notes, drafts, printed matter, and photographs stored in topically labeled folders. The contents of Binder A focuses largely on Mahler's biography, commemorations of the seventy-fifth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of his death in 1935-1936, and writings about the composer by Guido Adler, Max Graf, Arnold Rosé, and Bruno Walter, among others. Binder B covers a wide variety of topics, including anecdotes about Mahler, his relationships with Hans von Bülow and Sigmund Freud, his religious and superstitious inclinations, his years in Vienna, and a planned memorial. Files on Mahler's symphonies and other compositions are housed in Binder C. Binders D and E contain Reik's notes on Mahler which he taped to numbered sheets. The tape has been removed, but the original order of the notes has been maintained. In addition to the binders, the series includes loose notes and drafts, largely in German, and additional printed matter including booklets, journals, reprints, catalogs, concert programs, news clippings, and a facsimile edition of Mahler's Symphony no. 10. | |||||||||||||
| Arranged alphabetically by type of material. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Binders See also Containers OV 1-OV 2, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 3 | Binder A, 1928-1963 | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Binder A, 1928-1963 | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Binder B, 1912-1954 | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Binder C, 1905-1955 | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 4 | Binder D, notes 1-12, undated | ||||||||||||
| (3 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | Binder D, notes 13-31, undated | ||||||||||||
| (5 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 5 | Binder E, notes 32-51, undated | ||||||||||||
| (5 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | Binder E, notes 52-70, undated | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | Loose handwritten notes and drafts, largely in German, undated See also Container OV 2, same heading | ||||||||||||
| (9 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | Miscellany, 1959-1981, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | Portrait drawings, bronze bust, and death mask, copies of, undated See also Container OV 2, Copy of a portrait | ||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | Printed matter | ||||||||||||
| BOX 6 | Booklets, journals, and reprints, 1905, 1920-1948, undated | ||||||||||||
| (2 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Catalogs and a directory, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Concert programs, New York Philharmonic, 1959-1960 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Facsimile edition of Mahler's Symphony no. 10, 1924 See Container OV 2, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | News clippings, 1936-1984 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7-18 | Writings File, 1911-1994 | ||||||||||||
| Handwritten notes, notebooks, and German and English manuscripts, handwritten and
typed drafts of books and articles, copies of articles published in journals and
magazines, two speeches, introductions to works by others, and a file of writings
by others. Like his mentor Sigmund Freud, Reik often wrote on large sheets of
paper so a significant portion of the series is stored in the Oversize series. Some of the oversize material is in fragile condition
and should be handled with care. The Writings File, with its collection of notes, early drafts, and, in some cases, near-complete book drafts, reflects Reik's writing process. Reik wrote notes on scraps of paper and grouped them into packets by topic, most numerously on Judaism and the relationship between men and women. These original groupings have been retained and are identified by the topical headings created by Reik. The notes consist largely of Reik's own reflections and observations as well as insights gleaned from psychoanalytic sessions and his readings. The topics discussed in the unidentified manuscript pages mirror those found in the note packets, with a majority of the pages focusing on the relationship between men and women. Many of these unidentified handwritten pages have no title, page number, or other identifying characteristics that might tie them to a particular article or book of Reik's, and so have been separated by language and then grouped into sets based on the original order as received. Identified manuscript drafts of books and articles are sorted by title; however, even when identified, a majority of the book drafts are incomplete and some contain only a few miscellaneous pages. While most of the material in the series was generated after Reik's immigration to the United States in 1938 and before his death in 1969, some newspapers, magazines, and journal articles as well as writings by others extend before and after those dates. Reik began writing literary and general articles for Viennese newspapers and magazines soon after completing his doctorate in 1912, and continued publishing in newspapers and magazines after his immigration. Included in the collection is a series of articles on “Men, Women and Love” published in the New York Herald Tribune in 1958. Other topics covered in his magazine and journal articles include couvade, gender relations, guilt, humor, masochism, and puberty rites. Some of the newspaper and magazine articles are in very poor physical condition and have been photocopied for ease of use. The file of writings by others includes article-length drafts and reprints, some of which pertain to Reik or topics of interest to him. Also included in the file are journal-like letters and manuscripts by two women who may have been Reik's analysands. Barbara Ivins' writings contain the reflections of a young woman living in wartime New York in 1944. Dorothy Jeffery's letters and manuscripts, written in 1954, discuss her thoughts on the relation between men and women, her marriage, and life in California. |
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| Arranged alphabetically by type of material and therein by title of topic. | |||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | By Reik | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Book drafts and notes | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Curiosities of the Self, miscellaneous pages, circa 1965 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Fragment of a Great Confession, "Roads of Destiny," circa 1949 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | From Thirty Years with Freud, "Das Echo des Sprichwörtes," circa 1940 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | The Haunting Melody, "Aria Without Words" ("Three Women in a Man's Life"), circa 1953 See Container OV 3, Handwritten and typed drafts | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Jewish Wit, circa 1962 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Handwritten drafts and notes on large sheets See Container OV 3, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | Typescript | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 7 | The Many Faces of Sex, circa 1966 | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | The Many Faces of Sex, circa 1966 | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | Masochism in Modern Man, miscellaneous pages, circa 1941 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | Myth and Guilt, preface and outline, circa 1957 See Container OV 3, Preface | ||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | The Need to Be Loved, circa 1963 | ||||||||||||
| (9 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | Of Love and Lust, circa 1957 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | Part III, chapter titled "The Chip on the Shoulder" See Container OV 4, Handwritten draft | ||||||||||||
| BOX 8 | Part IV: "The Emotional Differences of the Sexes" See also Container OV 4, Handwritten drafts and notes | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Part IV: "The Emotional Differences of the Sexes" | ||||||||||||
| (1 folder) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Pagan Rites in Judaism, 1963 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Handwritten draft | ||||||||||||
| (4 folders) | |||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Typescript | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Psychology of Sex Relations, introduction for a new edition, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | German manuscripts, handwritten on large sheets, 1938-1941, undated See Container OV 5, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Individual chapters or articles | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | "Comparative Psychology of the Sexes on the Street," undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | "The Courage of a Coward," undated See Container OV 6, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | "An Experimenter and His Audience," undated See Container OV 6, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Freud, Sigmund, letters to Reik, transcriptions and English translations, 1911-1938, 1952 See also Container OV 6, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | "Guilt Feelings," undated See Container OV 6, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | "A Holy Nation," undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Partial draft on Anatole France's The Juggler of Notre Dame, undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | "Sexual Psychology in an American Novel," undated See Container OV 6, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | "Some Traits of Feminine Sexuality," undated See Container OV 6, same heading | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Insertions ("einschub"), undated | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Introductions to works by others, 1958, 1966 | ||||||||||||
| BOX 9 | Newspaper and magazine articles, 1913-1961 | ||||||||||||
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