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Kaufman, M. Ralph (1900-1977)
Biographical Note: Moses
Ralph Kaufman was born in Beltz, Russia in 1900. His family
emigrated to Canada in 1905. Kaufman received his M.D. from
McGill
University in 1925.
After an internship
at Manhattan State Hospital, he decided to study neurology, training at
Montefiore Hospital from 1926-1927. He continued his training
at the Boston Psychopathic Hospital before leaving for
Vienna in 1929, where he studied at the University of Vienna Anatomy
and
Psychiatric Institutes and the Vienna Psychoanalytic
Institute. His personal analysis was begun with Dr. Paul
Schilder and finished with Dr. Wilhelm Reich. Dr. Kaufman was
a
founding member of BPSI, serving as president from 1937-1939 and as
chairman of
the educational committee from 1934-1942. He
volunteered
for the US Army during World War II and was awarded two Bronze Stars.
After his service with
the Sixth Army in the Philippines Dr.
Kaufman was
appointed director of the department of Psychiatry at The Mount Sinai
Hospital
in New York, a post he held until his retirement in 1971.
He also served as president of the American Psychoanalytic Association
from 1949-1951.
Summary: the collection consists primarily of reprints of
articles by
Dr. Kaufman. There is a smaller amount of correspondence between Dr.
Kaufman
and numerous colleagues, including Felix and Helene Deutsch, Martin
Peck,
Wilhelm Reich, A.A. Brill, and Isador Coriat.
Included in the correspondence is a letter
from Ernest Jones to Hanns
Sach and a letter to Kaufman from Anna Freud (1968).
Please note the related collections below, all of which
contain additional Kaufman's materials.
Finding
Aid for
this collection is available
here (viewing it requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Related BPSI Collections
Assorted
Correspondence, 1872-1996
BPSI
History Collections: 25th Anniversary
BPSI
History Collections: Scientific Meetings
Hendrick, Ives
(1898-1972)
Vertical File
(contains essays in honor of M. Ralph Kaufman)
Related Sites
M. Ralph Kaufman "Ill Health" As An Expression of
Anxiety In A Combat Unit (excerpt from
Psychosomatic Medicine 1947 9: 104-109. Viewing requires Adobe Acrobat Reader) |
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