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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Response from Dale below, including how to access
materials at Library of Congress. He would like folks to know that
the library collection I spoke about at St Elizabeths Hospital is different
from the collection of research papers that were on file in the psychodrama
department (and are lost).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Cynthia Gayle </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=abepsychodrama@yahoo.com href="mailto:abepsychodrama@yahoo.com">ABE
Psychodrama</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=cgayle@zipcon.com
href="mailto:cgayle@zipcon.com">CGayle</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 19, 2009 6:30 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Re: archives at st
elizabeths</DIV>
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<TD vAlign=top>Dear Cynthia,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The library collection at St. Elizabeths was transferred to the
District of Columbia Government. Then when the District left the
old section of the campus, whatever was left became the property of the
Federal Government. The Library of Congress has an incredible
collection of books, magazines, journals, tapes, and manuscripts.
The Library Of Congress does have a copy of each book that Moreno
ever wrote, copies of all his journals, copies of many of his pamphlets,
and several audio recordings. These materials are available to
scholars. It is actually quite easy to get a scholar's pass to the
library. I used to have one. You just present your request in
writing and in person to the Library of Congress Office for Scholars.
The scholar must have a good reason. I brought my resume and
told them I was working on an article for publication (which I was), and
they granted the pass to be in about thirty minutes. Then you pay
a small fee, have your photo taken and you are issued a "Visiting
Scholar's Pass" With that pass you can be admitted to most of the
reading rooms, and request that materials be brought to you. There
are also reference librarians who can help you with your search. I
imagine it might be a more rigorous process for the ancient manuscripts,
etc. I used this service after 9/11 so I would think it is still
in use. </DIV>
<DIV>As a community we need never worry about Moreno's works being lost
because they are at the Library of Congress and at the Countway Medical
Library at Harvard. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Peace, Dale</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Dale Richard Buchanan, Ph.D., T.E.P.<BR>Executive Director,
American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama, S<SPAN>ociometry </SPAN>and
Group
Psychotherapy<BR>202-483-0514<BR>abepsychodrama@yahoo.com<BR>www.psychodramacertification.org<BR><BR>---
On <B>Tue, 5/19/09, CGayle <I><cgayle@zipcon.com></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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CGayle <cgayle@zipcon.com><BR>Subject: Re: Re: archives at st
elizabeths<BR>To: list@grouptalkweb.org<BR>Cc: "ABE Psychodrama"
<abepsychodrama@yahoo.com><BR>Date: Tuesday, May 19, 2009, 2:06
AM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv70371832>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Hi Dale and others,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I was thinking about this today.
I have fond memories of the main library in the hospital
which had such a great collection of pd books, good number of original
Moreno books and other early pd writers. Is the
library collection also lost? As is gov't property, I
wonder if there might be more luck, if the library collection is not
destroyed, getting the collection of books, at least, transferred to
the Library of Congress? Especially if Lib of Congress might
be interested in the collection and appeal for it (though imagine
homeland security could trump them). </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Cynthia Gayle</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Seattle</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial"><B>From:</B> <A
title=Michael.Wieser@uni-klu.ac.at
href="/mc/compose?to=Michael.Wieser@uni-klu.ac.at" target=_blank
rel=nofollow ymailto="mailto:Michael.Wieser@uni-klu.ac.at">Michael
Wieser</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=list@grouptalkweb.org
href="/mc/compose?to=list@grouptalkweb.org" target=_blank
rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:list@grouptalkweb.org">list@grouptalkweb.org</A> ;
<A title=ablatner@verizon.net
href="/mc/compose?to=ablatner@verizon.net" target=_blank
rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:ablatner@verizon.net">ablatner@verizon.net</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 18, 2009 2:27
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Fwd: Re: archives at
st elizabeths</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV><BR><BR>>>> ABE Psychodrama <<A
href="/mc/compose?to=abepsychodrama@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:abepsychodrama@yahoo.com">abepsychodrama@yahoo.com</A>>
19.05.2009 00:13 >>><BR>
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<TD vAlign=top>Michael,
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<DIV>Absolutely pass this information on to anyone you want.
thanks for your concerns, and good luck on this project.
Dale</DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Dale Richard Buchanan, Ph.D., T.E.P.<BR>Executive
Director, American Board of Examiners in Psychodrama,
Sociometry and Group Psychotherapy<BR>202-483-0514<BR><A
href="/mc/compose?to=abepsychodrama@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow
ymailto="mailto:abepsychodrama@yahoo.com">abepsychodrama@yahoo.com</A><BR><A
href="http://www.psychodramacertification.org" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>www.psychodramacertification.org</A><BR><BR>---
On <B>Mon, 5/18/09, Michael Wieser
<I><Michael.Wieser@uni-klu.ac.at></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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Michael Wieser
<Michael.Wieser@uni-klu.ac.at><BR>Subject: Re:
archives at st elizabeths<BR>To: "ABE Psychodrama"
<abepsychodrama@yahoo.com><BR>Date: Monday, May 18,
2009, 6:07 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1874244044>
<DIV>Dear Dale,</DIV>
<DIV>thank you for the answer. Jonathan seems to be in
contact with the government. Of course Zerka, Adam Bl.,
ASGPP archive, Adam Barcroft, or ED for the Zerka Moreno
Foundation should be involved. I am glad that most of the
research got published. If you accept to attach your email I
would write to the people mentioned above.</DIV>
<DIV>Warmly</DIV>
<DIV>Michael</DIV>
<DIV>PS: I was at the ASGPP conference in Brooklyn (2006?)
and saw you there but unfortunately we did not speak with
each other.<BR><BR>>>> ABE Psychodrama
<abepsychodrama@yahoo.com> 18.05.2009 23:22
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<TD vAlign=top>Hi Michael,
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<DIV>Unfortuately the archives at St. Elizabeths are
lost. The building we were once located in has been
closed for over ten years. There was much water
damage, mold etc in the building the last time I was
there. Now that building and all in that area are
under the Homeland Security Administration. No one can
enter. No one can search around in an old abandoned
building and no one can take materials away. Given
that the remaining achives are property of the federal
goverment it would probably take an act of congress to
get in. I had communicated this to Adam earlier. There
were a little over 200 research projects stored in
three file cabinets. Most of the better ones have
already been published. Peace, Dale</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR>Dale Richard Buchanan, Ph.D.,
T.E.P.<BR>Executive Director, American Board of
Examiners in Psychodrama, Sociometry and Group
Psychotherapy<BR>202-483-0514<BR>abepsychodrama@yahoo.com<BR>www.psychodramacertification.org<BR><BR>---
On <B>Mon, 5/18/09, Michael Wieser
<I><Michael.Wieser@uni-klu.ac.at></I></B>
wrote:<BR>
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Michael Wieser
<Michael.Wieser@uni-klu.ac.at><BR>Subject: Re:
archives at st elizabeths<BR>To:
list@grouptalkweb.org, ablatner@verizon.net<BR>Cc:
abepsychodrama@yahoo.com<BR>Date: Monday, May 18,
2009, 4:56 PM<BR><BR>
<DIV id=yiv1099376606>
<DIV>Dear Adam an Dale,</DIV>
<DIV>we are still negotiating for the Moreno house
in Austria but I think the St Elizabeths Archive
would be very important for international research
projects. It should not get lost. If I can help to
take it over I will do. Do you have a description of
the content and how many cubic meter or
equivalent?</DIV>
<DIV>Warmly</DIV>
<DIV>Michael</DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>Michael
Wieser, Asst-Prof. Mag. Dr.</DIV>
<DIV>University of Klagenfurt, Department of
Psychology</DIV>
<DIV>Director of Studies (DS)</DIV>
<DIV>Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy and
Psychoanalysis Unit<BR>Universitaetsstr. 65-67, 9020
Klagenfurt, Austria, Europe<BR>Phone: (+43-463)
2700-1636</DIV>
<DIV>Mobile: (+43)-664-9633074</DIV>
<DIV>Secr. Dep. (+43-463) 2700-1606</DIV>
<DIV>Secr. DS (+43-463) 2700-1603<BR>Fax: (+43-463)
2700-99-1636<BR>E-Mail:
michael.wieser@uni-klu.ac.at<BR>Homepage: <A
href="http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/~mwieser"
target=_blank
rel=nofollow>http://www.uni-klu.ac.at/~mwieser</A></DIV>
<DIV>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><BR><BR>>>>
"Adam Blatner" <ablatner@verizon.net>
18.05.2009 20:54 >>><BR>Repeat of email
4/10 and then I give up... (I received no feedback
from last probe) Hello <BR>psychodrama
colleagues,<BR>There was a good library, many papers
, books, stuff at St Elizabeths Hospital, where
<BR>psychodrama training was conducted by Jim
Enneis, Dale Buchanan and others from the 1950s
<BR>through 2004<BR>With the new Obama
administration, might there be anyone who can
approach anyone?<BR>We need those materials back in
circulation.<BR>Warmly, Adam<BR><BR>> Dale
Buchanan wrote <abepsychodrama@yahoo.com>
December 10, 2008<BR>><BR>> Sadly, psychodrama
is dead at St Elizabeths. The last psychodramatist,
Shelley<BR>> Alexander, TEP, left in 2004. I
retired in 1998.<BR>>> All the library
materials and psychodrama research papers (over 200
hundred of<BR>>> them) were stored in the
basement of Hitchcock Hall (the home of psychodrama
for over<BR>>> half a century). The U.S.
Government took over the portion of the old part of
the<BR>>> campus (where Hitchcock Hall is
located) a few years after I retired. The property
is<BR>>> now under control of Homeland
Security. I know we can't get in, nor can anyone
from <BR>>> St.<BR>>> Elizabeths. Chalk
this up to another causality on the War on
Terror!<BR>>> Happy Holidays! Dale> Dale
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