Manuscript Division Lawrence S. Kubie Papers

Lawrence S. Kubie Papers

Collection

Identifier: MSS61720

Scope and Content Note

The papers of Lawrence Schlesinger Kubie (1896-1973) span the years 1916-1978 and consist of correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, reports, notes, financial and legal papers, family papers, printed material, photographs, and other material relating to Kubie's career in psychoanalysis. The collection is organized into six series: Family Papers (Restricted), Name File, Subject File, Research and Working Papers, Speeches and Writings File, and Miscellany

Individuals represented in the Name File include Catherine Drinker Bowen, Kitty Carlisle, Norman Cousins, Erik H. Erikson, Clifton Fadiman, Herbert Feis, Anna Freud, Edward Glover, Moss Hart, Ernest Hemingway, John Hersey, Jacob K. Javits, MacKinlay Kantor, Karl A. Menninger, Robert Nathan, Reinhold Niebuhr, Eleanor Roosevelt, Saint-John Perse, Jonas Salk, Arthur M. Schlesinger (1917-2007), and Robert Penn Warren. Although this series is comprised largely of general correspondence, the folders, as established by Kubie, also contain third-party correspondence and subject file material, with many files containing a variety of each.

Subjects of special interest include associations and societies, colleges and universities, conferences and meetings, government and military service, and Kubie's security clearance investigation, 1950-1952. Material concerning Kubie's speeches and lectures may also be found in the Subject File series among the folders in the conferences and meetings subseries.

Dates

Creation: 1916-1978

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access and Restrictions

Restrictions apply governing the use, photoduplication, or publication of items in this collection. Consult a reference librarian in the Manuscript Division for information concerning these restrictions.

Copyright Status

The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Lawrence S. Kubie is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).

Biographical Note

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1896, Mar. 17: Born, New York, N.Y.
1916: A.B., Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
1916 - 1917: Attended Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1921: M.D., Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md.; Married Susan Hoch (divorced 1935)
1921 - 1924: Assistant resident, Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.
1924 - 1926: Instructor in physiology, John Hopkins Medical School Baltimore, Md.
1926 - 1928: Research in neuropathology at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York, N.Y.
1928 - 1929: National Research Council Fellowship in neurology, London, England
1928 - 1930: Studied psychoanalysis
1930 - 1947: Associate in neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
1930 - 1959: Private practice of neurology, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis, New York, N.Y.
1938: Married Eleanor Benjamin (divorced 1948)
1939 - 1943: Associate in psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, N.Y.
1945: Civilian consultant, Office of Scientific Research and Development, European Theater of Operations
1947 - 1959: Clinical professor of psychiatry, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
1959 - 1964: Director of Training, Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital, Towson, Md.
1962: Married Eleanor Clark (divorced 1963)
1964: Visiting professor of psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, Pa.
1973, Oct. 26: Died, Towson, Md.

Extent

30,000 items
113 containers
45 linear feet

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Additional Description

Abstract

Physician, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst. Correspondence, memoranda, speeches and writings, reports, notes, financial and legal papers, family papers, printed matter, photographs, and other papers relating to Kubie's career in psychoanalysis.

Arrangement of the Papers

The collection is arranged in six series:

Catalog Record

https://lccn.loc.gov/mm84061720

Acquisition Information

The papers of Lawrence S. Kubie, physician, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst, were given to the Library of Congress in 1984 by his daughter, Ann Kubie Rabinowitz.

Transfers

Audiotapes have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division of the Library of Congress, where they are identified as part of these papers.