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The Association's Freud Centenary Celebrations will be held in Chicago, Illinois, from 26–29 April. On Friday, 27 April, at 9.30 a.m., the formal opening of the meeting and of the exhibit of Freudiana will take place. Personal greetings will be extended by Dr. Ernest Jones; Dr. Heinz Hartmann, President of the International Psycho-Analytical Association; Dr. Maxwell Gitelson, President of the American Psychoanalytic Association; Dr. Bertram Lewin, Chairman of the Association's Freud Centenary Committee; Dr. Gayle, President of the American Psychiatric Association. Letters of greeting from Anna Freud and Marie Bonaparte will be read. The exhibits will be divided into four sections: (1) objects d'art; (2) books; (3) photographs; (4) documentary material. Among the objets d'art will be included almost all of Freud's portraits, either in sculpture, painting, etching, or other processes of reproduction. The books will contain a selection of Freud's work in various fields. The aim of this part of the exhibit will be to demonstrate the richness of Freud's genius, his contributions to humanity in general, and to psycho-analysis in particular, and the development of his scientific thought. They will illustrate his contributions to Biology, to Neuropathology and as a translator, his contribution to the Study of Dreams, to Aesthetics, to Sociology, Anthropology and Mythology, and to Therapy. A collection of about 100 photographs will cover various phases of Freud's life. The documents, letters and manuscript pages will include, among others, Freud's application for a venia legendi (Dozentur) and for a professorship; minutes of a Faculty meeting of the University of Vienna expressing views regarding Freud's work; Freud's school records; a note by Charcot to Freud; manuscript letters of Freud, and examples of his doodling. The general aim of the exhibit is to present as graphically and as vividly