BRIEF REPORT: Report from the J. L. Moreno Collection

Abstract

"I am a prophet with a sense of humor." The "I" is Jacob Levy Moreno, and the passage is located in some unpublished autobiographical sketches at the J. L. Moreno Collection in the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, in Boston, Massachusetts. The existence of such a collection may not surprise those who know how intent Dr. Moreno was on setting the historical records straight about his original contributions to a global society as the father of group therapy. In 1978 Zerka T. Moreno and Jonathan D. Moreno donated, in all, 1176 file folders, 300-plus books and journals, 129 audiotapes, 51 films, and other assorted "Morenobilia" to the Rare Books and Manuscripts Department of the Countway Library.