Fonds P13 - Hannah Ries collection

Identity area

Reference code

GB BPASA P13

Title

Hannah Ries collection

Date(s)

  • 1938-1959 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 box

Context area

Name of creator

(c 1886--c 1975)

Biographical history

Little is known about Mrs Hannah Ries, although she appears to have been one of the many European psychoanalysts who emigrated to the UK prior to the Second World War, with the assistance of colleagues from the British Psychoanalytical Society. She was elected to associate membership of the British Psychoanalytical Society in 1940 and to full membership in 1946. She moved to Los Angeles, USA, around 1964.

Her dates of birth and death are not known, but she was noted to be aged eighty or over in 1966 (minutes of the Council of the Institute of Psychoanalysis, 7 Feb 1966) and her death was reported in the proceedings of a business meeting of the International Psychoanalytical Association in 1975.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Typescript manuscripts on various psychoanalytic themes, as well as patient drawings and a single postcard received by Hannah Ries.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

The material is arranged into three series as follows:
P13-A - Psychoanalytic writings
P13-B - Patients' drawings
P13-C - Postcard to Hannah Ries from 'Eva' and 'Leo'

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Language of material

  • English
  • German

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The collection catalogue is published online.

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Related units of description

Correspondence related to Hannah Ries' emigration to the UK can be found amongst the records of the Society (ref. S). There is also one letter from Hannah Ries in the collection of letters to Marjorie Brierley (ref. P18).

Related descriptions

Publication note

No known publications based on this material.

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Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

  • Latin

Sources

Business Meeting: Comprehensive Summary of Proceedings. 'Bulletin of the International Psychoanalytical Association', 1976, 57:183-192. Minutes of the Council of the Institute of Psychoanalysis, various dates (ref. S-A-02).

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