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Pavenstedt, Eleanor (1903-1993)
Biographical
Note: Born
in New York City to German parents, Pavenstedt received her medical
degree from the University of Geneva in 1929.
In 1934 she
became director of the child psychiatry outpatient clinic at Massachusetts
General Hospital in Boston. The
following year she began her analytic training at the Boston
Psychoanalytic
Institute with Hans Sachs and Helene Deutsch. Her book
"The Drifters: Children of Disorganized Lower Class Families" was
published in 1967. She
was a chairman of the education committee at BPSI and a chairman of
subcommittees
on early development and social problems at the American Psychoanalytic
Association.
Summary: the collection consists of one
manuscript box of
reprints, papers and related materials. BPSI Audiovisual Archive also
holds an interview with Eleanor Pavenstedt recorded in 1976
(audiocassette 440). Additional Pavenstedt's papers and biographical
materials could be found in the Related BPSI Collections listed below.
Finding
Aid for
this collection is available
here (viewing it requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
Related BPSI Collections
Audiovisual Materials
BPSI
History Collections: Scientific Meetings
Child Analysis
Materials, 1926-1989
Vertical File
(includes an article about Eleanor Pavenstedt by Frederick M. Ehrlich,
1994)
Related
Archives
Viola Wertheim Bernard Papers at Columbia
University Archives (include a reprint of Pavenstedt's "An
Intervention Program for Infants from High Risk Homes,” 1972)
Related Sites
Abstract of "The Drifters" from American
Academy of Pediatrics
Articles by Eleanor Pavenstedt
(PubMed citations)
Articles by Eleanor Pavenstedt
(Google Scholar citations)
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