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Schoenberg, Mollie
Biographical
Note:
Mollie Schoenberg was the BPSI Administrative Director from 1959 to
1982. She was born in Montreal to a family of Jewish immigrants from
Lithuania. They moved to Vermont, where she attended
University of
Vermont pursuing classical studies, editing the school paper, leading
the French Club, and performing plays at the Greek Society. Proficient
in French, Latin, and German, she had prepared for a career in
teaching, but when she graduated in 1929, the country was in the depth
of Great Depression. She accepted a position of a secretary of
Dr.
Abraham Myerson, a well-known neurologist, psychiatrist, and public
figure in Boston. What meant to be a temporary job proved so
fascinating that she worked with Dr. Myerson for over 20 year, keeping
shorthand notes during his many teaching rounds, and typing and editing
many of his famous books. In 1959 she was invited to take the
administrative position at the Boston Psychoanalytic Society and
Institute, where she stayed until her retirement in 1982. She is fondly
remembered at the Institute for her role in establishing the order and
efficiency, and her deep knowledge and appreciation of the BPSI history.
Summary: the
collection comprises two boxes of newspaper clippings and biographies
of Grete Bibring, Elvin Semrad, and Helen Tartakoff, as well as
Schoenberg's biography written by Sanford Gifford. BPSI
Audio Archive holds a series of interviews with Molly
Schoenberg recorded in 1982 and 1983 (see Audiovisual Materials,
audio cassettes 457-461). Additional correspondence 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
Assorted
Correspondence, 1872-1996
Audiovisual
Materials
BPSI Historic Files
Related Sites
The Face of Experience: Ralph Kahana
The Nervous Housewife by Abraham Myerson
(free e-book from Project Gutenberg)
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