BOX 1:

1/1: Ruth Selke Eissler Biographical and Vital Documents, Obituary for Kuth Eissler

1/2: RSE, Gezeiten (Book hard and paperback editions)

1/3: RSE, Gezeiten (copies in in Memoriam)

1/4: RSE, Gezeiten (Manuscript) with fragments

1/5: RSE, Hans im Glueck (version with prologue) (Manuscript) pp 1-157

1/6: RSE, Hans im Glueck (version with prologue) (Manuscript) pp 158-342

1/7: RSE, Hans im Glueck (w/o prologue copy 1) (Manuscript) pp 1-157

1/8: RSE, Hans im Glueck (w/o prologue copy 1) (Manuscript) pp 158-342

1/9: RSE, Hans im Glueck (w/o prologue copy 2) (Manuscript) pp 1-157

1/10: RSE, Hans im Glueck (w/o prologue copy 2) (Manuscript) pp 158-342

1/11: RSE, "Die Haende" (Manuscript)

1/12: RSE, "Gelbe Rosen" (Manuscript)

1/13: RSE, "Die Hexe von Endor" (Manuscript)

1/14: RSE, "Die Ueberraschung" (Manuscript)

1/15: RSE, Manuscript fragments

1/16: RSE, Manuscript fragments

1/17: RSE, Manuscript fragments

1/18: RSE, Manuscript fragments

1/19: RSE, Manuscript fragments

1/20: RSE, Manuscript fragments

1/21: Jenny Selke, Naturalization Documents

1/22: JS and Ludwig Selke, Vital Documents

1/23: Clippings and flyers

1/24: Photographs

1/25: Untitled Play (anonymous)

BOX 2:

2/1: Correspondence: Jenny and Ludwig Selke (1914-1918)

2/2: Correspondence: Jenny and Ludwig Selke (1919-ca. 1933)

2/3: Correspondence: Jenny and Ludwig Selke (1919-ca. 1933)

2/4: Correspondence: Jenny and Ludwig Selke (1919-ca. 1933)

2/5: Ruth Selke Eissler Correspondence

2/6: Correspondence (1938-1942)

2/7: Correspondence; Selke family (unaccessioned)

2/8: Correspondence; Selke family (unaccessioned)

2/9: Correspondence; Selke family (unaccessioned)

2/10: Correspondence; Selke family (unaccessioned)

Material from the estate of Ruth and Kurt Eissler consisting of documents pertaining to the Eissler and Selke families. Material on Jenny Selke née Lewin including correspondence of Jenny and Ludwig Selke 1914-ca. 1933, Selke family correspondence 1930s-1940s, documents pertaining to emigration, vital documents and passports. Manuscripts and poetry by Ruth Selke Eissler and correspondence

Ruth Eissler née Selke was born Febuary 21, 1906 in Odessa. She had four siblings, Eugen, Rudya, Eva, and Angela. She graduated from the medical school of the University of Freiburg, Germany in 1930, completed her residency in Heidelberg, and after receiving her degree of Doctor of Medicine, practiced in the Psychiatric Department of the Buerger Hospital in Stuttgart. Emigrating to Vienna in December 1933, she studied and practiced psychoanalysis there until emigrating to United States in 1938. She worked in Chicago until 1948 when she moved to New York City. She died in 1988

Kurt Robert Eissler, Ruth's husband, born 1909, was a pyschoanalyst and founder and director of the Sigmund Freud Archives. He died 1999 in New York City

Jenny Selke née Lewin was born May 17, 1877 in Warsaw. She married Ludwig Selke, a banker, born on November 9, 1874. He died in Tallinnas August 29, 1933

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The following families are mentioned in this collection: Selke family; Eissler family; Eissler family; Selke, Eugen; Eissler, Ruth Selke; Selke, Jenny; Selke, Jenny; Selke, Ruth

The following locations are mentioned in this collection: Hamburg; Reval; Tallinnas

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