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  Fonds Hermann Rorschach

  Signatur: Rorsch HR

  Fonds Hermann Rorschach

  Rorschach, Hermann (1884-1922) [Bestandsbildner] 

  [between 1884 and 1922]. - ca. 11 m

  Only on inquiry

  Biographische Notiz:   Hermann Rorschach was born on 8th November 1884 in Zurich and spent his formative years in Schaffhausen, where his father taught art at the boys' primary and the trade schools. A year before he went to the canton school Hermann and his younger siblings lost their mother. In his last year at the canton school Hermann joined the semi-official student association Scaphusia. He passed his school leaving examinations in 1904 qualifying for university, but in the same year his father died after a long illness. This death placed the family financial difficulties but nonetheless it was made possible for him to study medicine.   After a preparatory term at the Académie de Neuchâtel and completing a course in French at the Université de Dijon he matriculated in Zurich in the autumn of 1904 as a medical student. As a twenty-two year old he decided to become a psychiatrist. During the winter term 1906/1907 he studied in Berlin, from where he travelled to Russia for the first time. Following this he registered for one semester at the University of Berne and then continued his studies in Zurich. Rorschach enjoyed keeping company with Russian students and this is how he met the Russian colleague Olga Stempelin, whom he married in 1910. In February 1909, meeting the requirements of the state examination, he concluded his medical studies.   After a stay of several months in Russia with relations of his fiancée, Rorschach commenced work in the summer of 1909 as an assistant at the Thurgovian psychiatric hospital in Münsterlingen. His doctoral dissertation "Über Reflexhalluzinationen und verwandte Erscheinungen", supervised by Eugen Bleuler, was published in 1912. In early 1913 he terminated his service in Münsterlingen and accepted for a few months a deputy position in the psychiatric clinic in Münsingen (near Berne). At the end of 1913 he travelled with his wife to Russia with the intention of establishing himself there as a psychiatrist, but he returned to Switzerland six months later and took a poorly paid position as assistant in the Psychiatric University Hospital Waldau near Berne.   In the autumn of 1915 Rorschach was appointed associate director of the asylum in Herisau and it was during his time here that his wife presented him in 1917 with first a daughter and then two years later a son. At the end of 1917 Rorschach restarted his experiments with inkblots, which he had begun in 1910 and then laid aside. This research occupied him for several years and the results were published in his book “Psychodiagnostik” in 1921. The method presented in it became world-famous as the “Rorschach Test”. Eight months later Hermann Rorschach died on the 2nd April 1922 of a belatedly diagnosed appendicitis.   Inhaltsangabe:   The fonds includes among other things the ten cards which Rorschach developed in 1918, which he used for testing purposes during the implementation of his experiment, and which served as master for their first publication in 1921. Besides these there are many further blots which he created in consideration for possible use. The fonds encompasses numerous test records, many complete with scoring and structural summary, manuscripts, innumerable excerpts from all scientific disciplines, correspondence, photos, personal mementos and drawings from his school days until the last years of his life.

  Rorschach, Hermann (1884-1922) [Erwähnte Person] 

  https://swisscollections.ch/Record/991170538912605501 (Katalogeintrag in swisscollections) 

  Akzession: Herkunft: Most of the material was donated by the children of Hermann Rorschach.   Ordnungszustand: Organised in 6 series: 1) Biographic material 2) Correspondence 3) Scientific material 4) Patients 5) Artistic material 6) Miscellaneous material  

  Weitere Findmittel:   Inventory not yet completed 

  CH-002121-2-991170538912605501

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  Biographical material

  Biographical material
• eadCH-002121-2-991170539156805501323

  Identity papers and certificates

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 1

  Identity papers and certificates

  1884-1921. – 45 items. - Handschrift

• eadCH-002121-2-991170539156705501424

  Scaphusia

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2

  Scaphusia

  1903. – 2,5 cm

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  Frauen-Emanzipation

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:1

  Frauen-Emanzipation

  4. Juli 1903. – 19 pages. - Deutsch ; Handschrift

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  Gehört der Darwinismus in die Volksschule?

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:2

  Gehört der Darwinismus in die Volksschule?

  1903. – 8 pages. - Deutsch ; Handschrift

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  Drawing on the occasion of school leaving examination 1903

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:3

  Drawing on the occasion of school leaving examination 1903

  1903. – 1 card

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  Drawing on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Scaphusia

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:4

  Drawing on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of Scaphusia

  1903. – 1 card

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  Zum 50jährigen Stiftungsfest der Scaphusia

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:5

  Zum 50jährigen Stiftungsfest der Scaphusia

  1908. – 1 brochure. - Deutsch ; Handschrift

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  CD with drawings by H. Rorschach from a volume of the Scaphusia album “Gärtli”.

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:6

  CD with drawings by H. Rorschach from a volume of the Scaphusia album “Gärtli”.

  1903. – 1 CD

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  Various reproductions of drawings and handwritten texts by H. Rorschach from a Scaphusia album “Gärtli” 1900-1903 in possession of Scaphusia Archiv in Schaffhausen

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:7

  Various reproductions of drawings and handwritten texts by H. Rorschach from a Scaphusia album “Gärtli” 1900-1903 in possession of Scaphusia Archiv in Schaffhausen

  1903. – 7 photocopies, 2 photos

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  Group picture of the members of Scaphusia

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 2:8

  Group picture of the members of Scaphusia

  1903. – 1 photo

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  Genealogy of the Rorschach and Wiedenkeller

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 3

  Genealogy of the Rorschach and Wiedenkeller

  1919. – 1 folder. - Deutsch ; Handschrift

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  Documents relating to H. Rorschach's death

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 4

  Documents relating to H. Rorschach's death

  1922. – 1 folder. - Deutsch ; Handschrift

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  Photographs

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 5

  Photographs

  18uu-20uu. – 6 boxes in various sizes

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  Original photographs

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 5:1

  Original photographs

  1800-1999. – 3 boxes, various sizes

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053916960550117317

  Photographs and digitally reproduced copies of original documents and other items.

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 5:2

  Photographs and digitally reproduced copies of original documents and other items.

  1900-2012. – 3 Boxes, various sizes

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053915620550118218

  Various records

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 6

  Various records

  1898-1920. – 6 notebooks. - Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053902420550119319

  Notebook 1898-1900

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 6:1

  Notebook 1898-1900

  1898-1900. – 1 notebook. - Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift

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  Notebook "Allerlei Ausflüge"

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 6:2

  Notebook "Allerlei Ausflüge"

  1900. – 1 notebook. - Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053902250550121321

  Notebook "Sommerferien 1900"

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 6:3

  Notebook "Sommerferien 1900"

  1900.07.07-1900.08.06. – 1 notebook. - Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift

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  Notebook "Dijon"

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 6:4

  Notebook "Dijon"

  1904. – 1 notebook. - Französisch Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift

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  Notebook dedicated to Elizaveta Hermanowna Rorschach

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 6:5

  Notebook dedicated to Elizaveta Hermanowna Rorschach

  1917. – 1 notebook. - Deutsch Russisch ; Autograf, Handschrift

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  Notebook 1919-1920

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 6:6

  Notebook 1919-1920

  Herisau , 1919.09.03-1920.02.22. – 1 notebook. - Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift

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  Ulrich Rorschach

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 7

  Ulrich Rorschach

  1880-1902. – 1 folder, 2 containers. - Handschrift

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053901870550126226

  Items related to Rorschach's stay in Russia

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8

  Items related to Rorschach's stay in Russia

  1900-1914. – 9 items. - Russisch Französisch Deutsch

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  Schedule of courses at the public university in Moscow 1913/1914

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:1

  Schedule of courses at the public university in Moscow 1913/1914

  Moskau , 1913. – 36 pages. - Russisch

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  Form of the institute for child psycholology and neurology in Moscow for filling in patient related data

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:2

  Form of the institute for child psycholology and neurology in Moscow for filling in patient related data

  20. Jh.. – 16 pages. - Russisch

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  Brochure of the private sanatorium Krjukovo near Moscow with updated information

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:3

  Brochure of the private sanatorium Krjukovo near Moscow with updated information

  19. Jh.. – 16 pages. - Russisch

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  Brochure of the private sanatorium Krjukovo in its original condition

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:4

  Brochure of the private sanatorium Krjukovo in its original condition

  19. Jh.. – 16 pages. - Russisch

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053901570550131331

  Form of the sanatorium Krjukovo for filling in patient related data

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:5

  Form of the sanatorium Krjukovo for filling in patient related data

  20. Jh.. – 10 pages. - Russisch

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053901490550132332

  Headed notepaper and envelopes of the journal Voprosy psichiatrii i nevrologii

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:6

  Headed notepaper and envelopes of the journal Voprosy psichiatrii i nevrologii

  1910er. – 8 notepapers and 2 envelopes. - Russisch

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053901340550133333

  Small collection of abstracts

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:7

  Small collection of abstracts

  Moskau , 1913-1914. – 10 abstracts

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053901290550134334

  Badge for attendees of the 5th international congress for the care of mentally ill held 1913/14 in Moscow

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:8

  Badge for attendees of the 5th international congress for the care of mentally ill held 1913/14 in Moscow

  1913-1914. – Decorated enamelled badge in the shape of a rhombus

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  Incomplete map of Moscow

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:9

  Incomplete map of Moscow

  [20. Jh.]. – 1 map. - Russisch

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  Photo of Leo Tolstoy

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 8:10

  Photo of Leo Tolstoy

  [20. Jh.]. – 1 Photo. - Fotografie

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  Miscellany

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 9

  Miscellany

  1904-1921. – 40 items

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  Personal possessions

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 10

  Personal possessions

  [19.-20. Jh.]. – 26 items

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  Copies of documents from the Staatsarchiv Appenzell A.Rh.

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 1 : 11

  Copies of documents from the Staatsarchiv Appenzell A.Rh.

  1915-1923. – 1 folder. - Deutsch ; Handschrift

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  Correspondence

  Correspondence
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  Letters from and to Hermann Rorschach

  Letters from and to Hermann Rorschach
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  Rorschach's correspondence with Eugen Bleuler 1910-1921

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1

  Rorschach's correspondence with Eugen Bleuler 1910-1921

  1910-1922. – 1 folder containing 30 letters and 1 postcard. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung

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  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from October 17, 1910

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:1

  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from October 17, 1910

  1910.10.17. – 3 pages. - Deutsch ; Briefsammlung

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  Typescript letter from Eugen Bleuler to Hermann Rorschach from October 20, 1910

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:2

  Typescript letter from Eugen Bleuler to Hermann Rorschach from October 20, 1910

  1910.10.20. – 2 pages. - Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift, Briefsammlung

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  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from May 25, 1912

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:3

  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from May 25, 1912

  1912.05.25. – 2 pages. - Deutsch ; Briefsammlung

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  Typescript letter from Eugen Bleuler to Hermann Rorschach from May 28, 1912

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:4

  Typescript letter from Eugen Bleuler to Hermann Rorschach from May 28, 1912

  1912.05.28. – 1 page. - Deutsch ; Autograf, Handschrift, Briefsammlung

• eadCH-002121-2-99117053903200550147447

  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from July 6, 1912

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:5

  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from July 6, 1912

  1912.07.06. – 2 pages. - Deutsch ; Briefsammlung

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  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from July 16, 1912

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:6

  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from July 16, 1912

  1912.07.16. – 2 pages. - Deutsch ; Briefsammlung

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  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from September 24, 1912

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:7

  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from September 24, 1912

  1912.09.24. – 1 page. - Deutsch ; Briefsammlung

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  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from October 13, 1912

  Signatur: Rorsch HR 2 : 1:1:8

  Handwritten letter from Hermann Rorschach to Eugen Bleuler from October 13, 1912

  1912.10.13. – 1 page. - Deutsch ; Briefsammlung