This series contains documents from Cynthia Macdonald’s career as a professional psychoanalyst. Material includes papers and notes from her years as a psychoanalysis student; a certificate of graduation, agendas, and faculty memos from the Houston-Galveston Psychoanalytic Institute; printed materials on various psychoanalysis topics; research for her “Writing Blocks” work; items from the Aspen Institute Executive Seminar; and a (probably gag gift) Singing Sigmund Freud Pin filed in Box 32, Folder 1.

The series was arranged in accordance with minimal processing standards to expedite its availability to researchers. Some folders have retained Cynthia Macdonald’s original labels and organization, while others have not.