The papers which are hidden were removed from the official Freud archives by Kurt Eissler and Anna Freud. About 10-11 years ago (how time flies) the Library of Congress had scheduled a presentation of Freud documents and there ensued a brouhaha:
http://users.rcn.com/brill/sfa_loc.html
Prior to the Anna Freud/Kurt Eissler reign over Freud's papers, Jeffrey Masson was associated with the archive and expected to be named to run it. His book, The Assault on Truth and the nook by New York Times reporter Janet Malcolm,In the Freud Archives describe Masson's relationship with the Archives, Anna Freud and his very controversial assertions about the coverup perpetrated by Freud based on his friendship with Wilhelm Fleiss.
Masson himself is a very unusual man, admittedly. This does not means his research and its implications are false although many people have used his personality rather than credible research in attempts to discredit him.
Sorry, this is the link to the letter sent to the Library of Congress requesting that a lawyer help scholars access the documents sealed by The Freud Archives:
The best sources are the two books on the topic by Janet Malcolm and Jeffrey M. Masson. Malcolm's book, called In the Freud Archives, was the result of a multi-part piece she did for The New York Times, interviewing Masson. Masson's own book on this topic, The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory, has far more detail and I found it to be very engrossing.
As a note, I point out that Masson sued Malcolm for libel based on the articles and the book (I guess it was both pieces. Masson's writings and the excerpts of testimony I read at the time seemed to indicate that he was have either a breakdown or some serious mental strain issues. I was more interested in the historical elements of what Freud did or did not do than in Jeff Masson's mental health so I didn't concentrate on any of that.) He moved far away from NY (to New Zealand, I think) and far away from writing about Freud or psychoanalysis.
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http://users.rcn.com/brill/sfa_loc.html
The papers which are hidden were removed from the official Freud archives by Kurt Eissler and Anna Freud.
About 10-11 years ago (how time flies) the Library of Congress had scheduled a presentation of Freud documents and there ensued a brouhaha:
http://users.rcn.com/brill/sfa_loc.html
Prior to the Anna Freud/Kurt Eissler reign over Freud's papers, Jeffrey Masson was associated with the archive and expected to be named to run it. His book, The Assault on Truth and the nook by New York Times reporter Janet Malcolm,In the Freud Archives describe Masson's relationship with the Archives, Anna Freud and his very controversial assertions about the coverup perpetrated by Freud based on his friendship with Wilhelm Fleiss.
Masson himself is a very unusual man, admittedly. This does not means his research and its implications are false although many people have used his personality rather than credible research in attempts to discredit him.
http://www.jeffreymasson.com/freud.html
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http://users.rcn.com/brill/swales.html
Re: A MAJOR soapbox for me.........
Masson's own book on this topic, The Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory, has far more detail and I found it to be very engrossing.
As a note, I point out that Masson sued Malcolm for libel based on the articles and the book (I guess it was both pieces. Masson's writings and the excerpts of testimony I read at the time seemed to indicate that he was have either a breakdown or some serious mental strain issues. I was more interested in the historical elements of what Freud did or did not do than in Jeff Masson's mental health so I didn't concentrate on any of that.) He moved far away from NY (to New Zealand, I think) and far away from writing about Freud or psychoanalysis.