Ludwig Jekels papers, 1892-1985 (bulk 1930-1952).
- 1,500 items. 5 containers. 1.6 linear feet.
Open to research.
Correspondence, lectures, subject files, and writings relating to Jekels's work on dreams, sleep, and wakefulness. Includes Paul Federn's response to one of Jekels's writings; autograph book containing the signatures of Thomas Mann and others relating to Mann's lecture, "Freud und die Zukunft," given at a banquet honoring Sigmund Freud (May 1936); and correspondence and writings of Herbert Silberer (1919-1922). Correspondents include August Aichhorn, Princess Marie Bonaparte, K.R. Eissler, Thomas Mann, Otto Rank, and Gregory Zilboorg.
Psychoanalyst. Changed name from Jekeles in 1903; immigrated to the U.S. in 1938.
Collection material in German and English.
Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Manuscript Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms009020