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Fonds G.A. Roemer
Signatur: Rorsch GR
Fonds G.A. Roemer
Roemer, Georg August (1892-1972) [Bestandsbildner]
1900-1972. - ca. 350 cm, Deutsch
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Biographische Notiz: Georg August Hermann Roemer (1892 - 1972), descended from an old Swabian family, was a fellow student of Ernst Kretschmer in Tübingen from where he graduated in medicine in 1916. Thereafter he gained practical experience at the university hospital in Göttingen and elsewhere, before going in late 1918 to Switzerland, where he worked for three months as a trainee at the general hospital in Herisau and there met Hermann Rorschach at a conference of the Herisau physicians. In 1919 from the beginning of March to the end of May Roemer worked as an intern at the asylum in Herisau where he became acquainted with Rorschach's test, about which he was so enthusiastic that he created his own inkblots, eight of which were found among Rorschach's papers. These were the eight inkblots which Roemer later improved to form his "Stammserie" or basic series. Following his time in Herisau Roemer was employed as physician by a children's relief organisation in the Bernese Alps, where he tested children using some new inkblots as well as those from Herisau. In September 1920 Roemer returned to Germany and worked as a scientific assistant at the university hospital in Göttingen where he continued his tests now on adults and particularly in the field of war neurosis. An intensive correspondence was established between himself and Rorschach, which continued till the death of the latter in April 1922. In May 1921 Roemer entered service at the headquarters of the Deutsche Studentenschaft in Göttingen where he had the task of determining the adaptability of Rorschach’s test for the purposes of academic vocational guidance. In this function he had the opportunity of testing students and lecturers, the results of which he sent to Rorschach for interpretation. After Rorschach's death Roemer felt himself called to modify the Rorschach method: "First only the general direction was defined: the Rorschach test had to be liberated from its formal stiffness and to be reconstructed as a test of symbolic content…The first step in the new direction was already made with the reshaping of the test series." (Roemer 1939, p. 26) The so-called “Tiefentest” (deep test) was the first modification, which led in turn to the “Symboltest” (symbol test). These developments resulted in quite radical changes to the basic Rorschach method. The “Symboltest” was later extended firstly with additional pictures and later, with continuous recording of the subject’s breathing, integrated into the so-called “Zentraltest” (central test) (Roemer 1931, p. 41). Over many years Roemer experimented with different techniques for the creation of his blots before finally deciding on the cutting and pasting of parts from different blots to form numerous new combinations. Roemer left the Deutsche Studentenschaft in October 1922 because of the financial limitations of that organisation, and in 1923 joined the Medizinische Poliklinik in Königsberg. The following year he was appointed director of the Institut für Persönlichkeitsforschung in Stuttgart, which had been founded by the industrialist Robert Bosch. The institute concerned itself with the psychodiagnostic testing of scholars and with selection tests for industry. The Gesellschaft für Persönlichkeitsforschung was established there in 1926. Under the Nazi regime Roemer maintained close contact with the Deutsches Institut für psychologische Forschung und Psychotherapie in Berlin, loyal to the Nazi Government. He did become a member of the Nazi Party, but left after only one year. While in Stuttgart he worked with reputed psychotherapists such as Schottlaender, Graber, Meng, Speer and others. The institute there was closed in 1941 and the "Gesellschaft für Persönlichkeitsforschung" suspended. After the war Roemer travelled in France and Switzerland delivering lectures and seeking a publisher for his test method and for original documents (letters, test results, etc.) in his possession. He settled in 1953 in Tutzing where, besides a private practice, he established the Psychomedizinisches Institut. He never ceased working for the breakthrough for his test method, and to this end he contacted authorities such as Webb, Beck, Piotrowski and others in the USA, but his efforts were not to be crowned with success and he never found a publisher for his test. The test series he published finally in 1966 at his own cost consisted of eight blots similar to those of Herisau rounded off with parts cut from blots made using other techniques. Inhaltsangabe: The fonds is made up of, among other things, the extended correspondence between G. A. Roemer and H. Rorschach from 1919 until 1922. Roemer, having experimented for decades seeking new techniques for the preparation of test pictures, left an immense number of sheets, which are interesting for their aesthetic and artistic value. Complemented by some of the other papers and non-published literature of the time, the letters received and sent by Roemer are an important source of knowledge on the history of psychotherapy during the Nazi rule in Germany.Roemer, Georg August Hermann (1892-1972) [Erwähnte Person]
https://swisscollections.ch/Record/991170538911705501 (Katalogeintrag in swisscollections)
Akzession: Herkunft: Assigned by the Salzburger Äbtekonferenz in December 2001. Ordnungszustand: Organised in 6 series: 1) Biographical material 2) Correspondence 3) Scientific material 4) Institutes and societies 5) Test pictures 6) Photographs
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Curriculum vitae
Signatur: Rorsch GR 1 : 1
Curriculum vitae
1909-1956. – 16 items. - Deutsch ; Handschrift
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Identification papers
Signatur: Rorsch GR 1 : 3
Identification papers
1910-1946. – 12 items. - Deutsch ; Handschrift
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Genealogy of the Roemer family
Signatur: Rorsch GR 1 : 4
Genealogy of the Roemer family
1812-1971. – 14 items. - Deutsch ; Handschrift
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Official papers
Signatur: Rorsch GR 1 : 5
Official papers
1918-1972. – 18 items. - Deutsch ; Handschrift
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Denazification
Signatur: Rorsch GR 1 : 6
Denazification
1946-1948. – 10 items. - Deutsch ; Handschrift
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Correspondence with Viktor von Weizsäcker 1937-1950
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 1
Correspondence with Viktor von Weizsäcker 1937-1950
1937-1950. – 1 folder,4 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Olga Rorschach and Gustav Bally
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 2
Correspondence with Olga Rorschach and Gustav Bally
1922-1948. – 1 book containing 22 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Ludwig Binswanger 1926-1929
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 3
Correspondence with Ludwig Binswanger 1926-1929
1926-1929. – 1 folder, 4 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Kenover Weimar Bash 1947-1969
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 4
Correspondence with Kenover Weimar Bash 1947-1969
1947-1969. – 1 folder, 36 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Hans Henning 1921-1922
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 5
Correspondence with Hans Henning 1921-1922
1921-1922. – 1 folder, 19 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Arnold Koller 1919-1931
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 6
Correspondence with Arnold Koller 1919-1931
1919-1931. – 1 folder, 11 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Bruno Klopfer 1949-1951
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 7
Correspondence with Bruno Klopfer 1949-1951
1949-1951. – 1 folder, 7 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Carl Alfred Meier 1937-1940
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 8
Correspondence with Carl Alfred Meier 1937-1940
1937-1940. – 1 folder, 22 letters,2 postcards. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with David Jacob van Lennep 1925-1968
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 9
Correspondence with David Jacob van Lennep 1925-1968
1925-1968. – 1 folder, 17 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Walter Morgenthaler 1947
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 10
Correspondence with Walter Morgenthaler 1947
1947. – 1 folder, 7 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Mendel Schachter 1957-1969
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 11
Correspondence with Mendel Schachter 1957-1969
1957-1969. – 1 folder, 25 letters, 3 postcards. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Marvin W. Webb 1959-1966
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 12
Correspondence with Marvin W. Webb 1959-1966
1959-1966. – 1 folder, 6 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Letters from Georg August Hermann Roemer to Wolfgang Schwarz 1960-1964
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 13
Letters from Georg August Hermann Roemer to Wolfgang Schwarz 1960-1964
1960-1964. – 1 folder, 7 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Ludwig Frank 1929
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 14
Correspondence with Ludwig Frank 1929
1929. – 1 folder, 4 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Heinz M. Graumann 1948
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 15
Correspondence with Heinz M. Graumann 1948
1948. – 1 folder, 4 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Arthur Jores 1950-1952
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 16
Correspondence with Arthur Jores 1950-1952
1950-1952. – 1 folder, 4 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Letters from Wilhelm Bitter to Georg August Hermann Roemer 1947-1948
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 17
Letters from Wilhelm Bitter to Georg August Hermann Roemer 1947-1948
1947-1948. – 1 folder, 6 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Manfred Bleuler 1936-1937
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 18
Correspondence with Manfred Bleuler 1936-1937
1936-1937. – 1 folder, 2 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Felix Julius Boehm 1936-1939
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 19
Correspondence with Felix Julius Boehm 1936-1939
1936-1939. – 1 folder, 39 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Hans Christoffel 1947
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 20
Correspondence with Hans Christoffel 1947
1947. – 1 folder, 2 letters, 1 postcard. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Karlfried Graf von Dürckheim 1964
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 21
Correspondence with Karlfried Graf von Dürckheim 1964
1964. – 1 folder, 2 letters, 2 postcards. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Henri Frédéric Ellenberger 1954
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 22
Correspondence with Henri Frédéric Ellenberger 1954
1954. – 1 folder, 4 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Wolfgang Frommel 1947-1948
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 23
Correspondence with Wolfgang Frommel 1947-1948
1947-1948. – 1 folder, 5 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Robert Gaupp 1929
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 24
Correspondence with Robert Gaupp 1929
1929. – 1 folder, 3 letters,3 postcards. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Matthias Heinrich Göring 1937-1942
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 25
Correspondence with Matthias Heinrich Göring 1937-1942
1937-1942. – 1 folder, 45 letters, 3 postcards. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Gustav Hans Graber 1936-1948
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 26
Correspondence with Gustav Hans Graber 1936-1948
1936-1948. – 1 folder, 7 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Gustav Richard Heyer 1931-1951
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 27
Correspondence with Gustav Richard Heyer 1931-1951
1931-1951. – 1 folder, 7 letters, 2 postcards. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Carl Gustav Jung 1931-1952
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 28
Correspondence with Carl Gustav Jung 1931-1952
1931-1952. – 1 folder, 5 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Herbert von Karajan 1968-1969
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 29
Correspondence with Herbert von Karajan 1968-1969
1968-1969. – 1 folder, 5 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Werner Walther Kemper 1937-1938
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 30
Correspondence with Werner Walther Kemper 1937-1938
1937-1938. – 1 folder, 4 letters, 1 telegram. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Karl Kleist 1931-1932
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 31
Correspondence with Karl Kleist 1931-1932
1931-1932. – 1 folder, 2 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Ernst Kretschmer 1926-1949
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 32
Correspondence with Ernst Kretschmer 1926-1949
1926-1949. – 1 folder, 7 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Otto Lang 1963-1966
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 33
Correspondence with Otto Lang 1963-1966
1963-1966. – 1 folder, 9 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Hans Wolfgang Maier 1926-1929
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 34
Correspondence with Hans Wolfgang Maier 1926-1929
1926-1929. – 1 folder, 3 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Josef Meinertz 1939
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 35
Correspondence with Josef Meinertz 1939
1939. – 1 folder, 3 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Mieczyslaw Minkowski 1947
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 36
Correspondence with Mieczyslaw Minkowski 1947
1947. – 1 folder, 3 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Alexander Mitscherlich 1948-1949
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 37
Correspondence with Alexander Mitscherlich 1948-1949
1948-1949. – 1 folder, 14 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Letters from Georg August Hermann Roemer to Martin Theodore Orne 1949-1950
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 38
Letters from Georg August Hermann Roemer to Martin Theodore Orne 1949-1950
1949-1950. – 1 folder, 3 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with H. Reiher 1941
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 39
Correspondence with H. Reiher 1941
1941. – 1 folder, 2 letters. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung
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Correspondence with Gerhart Scheunert 1938
Signatur: Rorsch GR 2 : 40
Correspondence with Gerhart Scheunert 1938
1938. – 1 folder, 2 letters, 1 postcard. - Deutsch ; Handschrift, Briefsammlung