[Splinters and germs of thought. Freud's notebooks from 1901 till 1910].

The authors discovered a series of small notebooks from the years 1901-1915 in the Freud Collection of the Library of Congress (two of them being not yet accessible). The article provides a first impression of their form, content and characteristics. Some events in Freud's life and his preoccupation with certain matters can now be dated more precisely; some ideas can be related to the treatment of certain patients; the origins of certain metapsychological theories can be pursued.

Freud and the Hammerschlag family: a formative relationship.

From his obituary of Samuel Hammerschlag, we know of Freud's great veneration for his teacher of Jewish religion. However, not only Hammerschlag himself but his whole family had a formative influence on young Freud, who was deeply impressed by their humanity. This paper describes Freud's relationships with all the family members.

[The beginnings of the Freud Archives].

Today the Freud Archives, held by the Library of Congress (Washington), are the largest collection of documents pertaining to the life and work of Sigmund Freud. Their foundation and development were essentially due to the initiative and the passionate labor of K. R.

[Freud and the Hammerschlag family--a formative relationship].

From his obituary on Samuel Hammerschlag we know of Freud's great veneration for his teacher of Jewish religion. However, not only Hammerschlag himself but his whole family had a formative influence on young Freud who was deeply impressed by their humanity. This paper describes Freud's relationship to all family members.

From Psychical treatment to psychoanalysis: considerations on the misdating of an early Freud text and on a hitherto overlooked addition to it (here reproduced).

Freud's early paper Psychical (or mental) treatment, first published in a family reference book for educated lay persons, was reproduced in the Gesammelte Werke with a stated publication date of 1905. This date was subsequently called into question owing to certain parts of the subject-matter (the use of hypnosis and suggestion in 'mental treatment'), and the contribution was erroneously assigned, for instance by James Strachey, to the year 1890. This error is corrected in the present paper.

[Summary: from "psychical treatment" to psychoanalysis. Remarks on the misdating of an early text of Freud and publication of a previously unnoticed addition to it].

Freud's early article, "Psychical (or mental) treatment," first appeared in a health textbook for educated lay people. It was included in his Gesammelte Werke with the publication date of 1905. Subsequently, this date was questioned because the text dealt mainly with hypnosis and suggestion, so James Strachey, among others, erroneously changed it to 1890.

[Palimpsest of an early autobiography of Freud].

The authors present an article on Freud contained in a Russian "Jewish Encyclopedia" (St. Petersburg 1906-13) and discuss to what extent it goes back to Freud who had provided a sketch for it.