ALS in German, signed “Freud,” one page, 8.25 x 10.75, personal letterhead, January 21, 1909. Handwritten letter to the German psychiatrist and pioneer of sexology, Albert Moll. The letter was part of an ongoing correspondence between the two men after Moll had written to Freud asking him to participate in the planned ‘Journal of Psychotherapy and Medical Psychology.’ In full (translated): “I very much regret that I was so negligent in making the reservation this time. I have omitted the habit of sending work for some time, but that doesn't help now and I must thank you under these circumstances for allowing me to reprint it in March. I will write to Enke today and hope that you will help me to get his consent, which should not be difficult given the insignificance of the damage to your side. The 'Yearbook for psychoanalytic and psychopathological research' edited by Jung is due to be published in 2-3 weeks.” Freud adds a brief postscript: “P.S. Your last letter was mistakenly addressed to IX Ferstelgasse.” In fine condition, with creases to the corners, and file holes in the left margin. Albert Moll (1862-1939) was a neurologist, psychologist, sexologist, and ethicist. Alongside Iwan Bloch and Magnus Hirschfeld, he is considered the founder of medical psychology and sexology.
The first International Psychoanalytical Congress (IPC) occurred on April 27, 1908, and served as an international meeting of colleagues who shared a common interest in psychoanalysis. The event was initiated by Carl Jung and Welsh psychoanalyst Ernest Jones, with Freud eventually welcoming the idea and suggesting Salzburg as the host location. Jones wished its title to be the International Psychoanalytical Congress, but it was Jung who decided to call it the First Congress for Freudian Psychology.
Among the results of this first IPC was Freud’s presentation of the case of the Rat Man, and the inception of the first psychoanalytic journal, the Yearbook for Psychoanalytic and Psychopathologic Research, a forum dedicated to the latest research and theoretical developments in the fields of psychoanalytic thought.
As quoted from his 1914 book History of the Psychoanalytic Movement, Freud gives an account of the Salzburg meeting and the referenced journal: ‘The result of this first psychoanalytic congress was the founding of a periodical which began to appear in 1909 under the name of ‘Jahrbuch fur Psychoanalytische und Psychopathologische Forschungen,’ published by Bleuler and Freud, and edited by Jung.’
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