The Freud/Hall Letters
Document Type
Correspondence
Publication Date
5-25-1909
Keywords
G. Stanley Hall, Sigmund Freud, Clark University, psychoanalysis, 1909 Conference
Description
The ninth piece of correspondence between G. Stanley Hall and Sigmund Freud. Freud sends Hall a postcard. We do not have an official translation but a handwritten note at the bottom notes that Freud thanks Hall for the report of Clark's 10th celebration in 1899 and is very much looking forward to his own visit. This summary is corroborated by Saul Rosenzweig in his 1992 book Freud, Jung, and Hall the King-Maker: The Expedition to America (1909).
Clark University's 1909 conference was a celebration of the institution's twentieth anniversary. The conference is most notable for the participation of Sigmund Freud who, along with Carl Jung, would take their first and only trip to America to attend. The five lectures Freud gave, collectively titled “The Origin and Development of Psychoanalysis” and subsequently known in print as “Five Lectures on Psychoanalysis”, mark the formal introduction of his theories to the United States.
Recommended Citation
Freud, Sigmund, "(9) Sigmund Freud to G. Stanley Hall, May 25, 1909 [Postcard]" (1909). The Freud/Hall Letters. 23.
https://commons.clarku.edu/freudhall/23
