Series 5 - Research, works in progress, and background material

0.22 m of textual and graphic records (includes 1 file of drawings)

Series consists of records documenting Dr. Rakoff’s research and works in progress. The series begins with a number of files documenting Dr. Rakoff’s research on psychological issues facing the children of Holocaust survivors. These records include a list of doctors working with such patients, a bibliography of resources, articles by others, news articles, and correspondence.

Series also provides good documentation of a Family Interaction Test conducted by Vivian Rakoff, Nathan Greenberg, Esther Halpern, Roslyn Spector and Isaac Rebner, from the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal in the 1960s. Records here include research, drafts, correspondence, and the original pictures shown to experiment participants. Other records in this series include notes and articles on art, Freud, Nietzsche, genius, Otto Rank, and Erik Erikson.

Files from B2021-0018 include a research proposal on the functional mapping of brain pathways, notes on the Israel-Palestine conflict, and his notebook kept in his capacity as a member of the province of Ontario’s Consent and Capacity Board. In addition to his notes, the notebook includes a number of marginalia drawings.

All files are open, with the exception of 2 files:

• B2015-0011/004(15)
• B2021-0018/003

These files have been restricted per the terms of the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA). Contact the University Archivist for additional information.

Published work relating to Dr. Rakoff’s research on children of the Holocaust can be found in Series 3.