Harold Blum, M.D., Executive Director of the Sigmund Freud Archives, has established that all papers and documents under the ownership and control of the Sigmund Freud Archives which are in the process of publication or have already been published will be open to all scholars on the basis of equal access.

All interested persons may apply to the Library of Congress governing such scholarly use. The Archives has already released new material, such as, the Silberstein letters, i.e., the letters between Sigmund Freud and Edward Silberstein, so important to understanding Freud's adolescence.

It is the intention of the Archives to release all letters and documents from restriction, as soon as possible, consistent with legal and ethical standards and obligations.