Audiovisual Materials

Oral History Interviews
Thanks to an over 30-year effort by Dr. Sanford Gifford, the BPSI Archives has a large collection of Oral History Interviews conducted throughout 1961-2004.  The oral history archive features interviews with many noted psychoanalysts and their family members, such as Grete Bibring, Helene Deutsch, Suzanne and Martin Deutsch, Marie Briehl, Mrs. Martin Peck, Maria Piers, Renee Spitz, and many others.

BPSI Event Recordings
This collection consists of video and audio recordings of selected conferences, symposia, scientific meetings, Meet the Author sessions, anniversary celebrations, and other events held by the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute.

Other Audiovisual Materials
Other materials in the audiovisual archive feature miscellaneous topics of psychoanalysis,
documentaries, Classics Revisited series, as well as historic events and interviews with analysts recorded and produced by other organizations.

There is an undergoing effort to reorganize BPSI audiovisual collections and create a digital archive of audio recordings.  Meanwhile, please consult this list of video recordings (viewing it requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) or search catalog as advised below.

Search Tips
Most of the audiovisual materials could be found in the Library Catalog. Make sure you are in the 
EHNANCED SEARCH mode first. To retrieve a certain media type, select Call Number from the Browse pull-down menu, and enter "reel to reel" or "audio cassette" or "video tape" in the search line. Combine this search with any other query using AND operator to narrow your results to certain words in the title, subject, author name, or anywhere in the record.


Related BPSI Collections
Oral History Transcripts, 1961-2004
BPSI History Collections

Related Archives
The Archives of The New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
The Carter-Jenkins Center
NLM Archives: American Child Clinic and Child Psychiatry Movement Interview Collection, 1975-1978 (tapes and transcripts)
Psychoanalytic Movement: Columbia University Oral History Research Office Project
The Oral History of Gestalt Therapy
The British Library Oral History Collections
Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonials

Related Sites
Oral History Association

Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute
15 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA 02116
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