Cataloguing the Freud Museum Archives Phase II (360G-Wellcome-210444_Z_18_Z)

The Freud Museum archive comprises an important collection of material relating to the history and development of psychoanalysis. Approximately half of the collection has been catalogued to archival standards thanks in part to previous funding from the Wellcome Trust and Arts Council England. We are now seeking to catalogue the remainder. The project goals are: To catalogue to best practice standards the remaining uncatalogued archive holdings at the Freud Museum, including original correspondence and manuscripts of Sigmund Freud, documents of Dorothy Burlingham (Anna Freud’s lifelong colleague and companion), papers from the early days of Vienna Psychoanalytic Society and British Psycho-Analytical Society, additional documents that complement the collections of Anna Freud and Sándor Ferenczi papers, and documents and photographs relating to other members of the Freud family and staff. This will result in a complete archive catalogue. To repackage archive collections in appropriate materials. To complete urgent conservation work. To make the archive catalogue available online on the Freud Museum Website and via the Archives Hub (the Jisc-funded online gateway to over 300 UK archives). To put in place updated plans and policies for archive documentation standards, care and conservation going forward.