exhibits


Audiovisual Materials

Oral History Interview Records, 1953-2008, bulk 1973-2008
Thanks to an over 50-year effort by Dr. Sanford Gifford, the BPSI Archives has a large collection 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. First recorded on reel-to-reel tapes and audio cassettes, many of these interviews have now been converted to digital files and could be published on CD's by request.  Finding Aid for this collection is available here


BPSI Event Records
, 1946, bulk 1971-2010
This collection consists of 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.
While the majority of historic events was originally recorded and preserved on analog audio cassettes, the BPSI Archives can convert archival records into digital audio files and produce audio CD's per request. Please email library@bostonpsychoanalytic.org for more information. Finding Aid for this collection is available here

Oral History Workshops of the American Psychoanalytic Association, 1975-2003
This collection consists of sound recordings and transcripts of the Oral History Workshops conducted by the American Psychoanalytic Association at their bi-annual meetings. Materials are collected and annotated by Dr. Sanford Gifford. Finding aid for this collection is available here

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" or "DVD" or "CD" 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
Video of the 14th IPA Congress (from InternationalPsychoanalysis.net)

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