Manuscript drafts and typescripts of papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘What is the Super Ego?’; ‘The Super Ego Conception’; ‘Modern Views about Mental Disease’; ‘Some Points in the Analysis of a Woman without Genitalia’: and, ‘The Super Ego and Unconscious Sense of Guilt’., 1929-1931.
Scope and Contents
The papers are arranged chronologically.
1929.
‘What is the Super Ego?’.
Manuscript draft and publicity, 1929, of a paper, ‘What is the Super Ego?’ read at the British Psychological Society, Scottish Branch meeting, 2 November 1929. Folios 1-36.
Manuscript draft, 1929, of Fairbairn’s paper, ‘What is the Super Ego?’. Folios 1-34.
Typescript and press cutting, 1929, of publicity for Fairbairn’s paper, ‘What is the Super Ego?’. Folios 35-36.
‘The Super Ego Conception’.
Manuscript notes, circa 1929, of Fairbairn’s paper, ‘The Super Ego Conception’. Folios 37-42.
Manuscript notes, circa 1929, recording the dreams, presumably of a private patient of Fairbairn’s, from October 1928-November 1928. Folios 43-44.
Manuscript draft, circa 1929, of Fairbairn’s paper, ‘The Super Ego Conception’. Folios 45-62.
Folios 37-38 loosely enclosed folios 39-44.
‘Modern Views about Mental Disease’.
Manuscript notes and annotated typescripts, 1929, of a paper, ‘Modern Views about Mental Disease’, read at the Y M C A Hall, Edinburgh, 27 November 1929. Folios 63-85.
Manuscript notes, 1929, of Fairbairn’s paper, ‘Modern Views about Mental Disease’. Folios 63-66.
Manuscript draft, 1929, of Fairbairn’s paper, ‘Modern Views about Mental Disease’. Folios 67-80.
Typescript summary, 1929, of Fairbairn’s paper, ‘Modern Views about Mental Disease’. The typescript has been corrected by Fairbairn. Folios 81-85.
1931.
‘Some Points in the Analysis of a Woman without Genitalia’.
Annotated typescript, 1931, of a paper, ‘Some Points in the Analysis of a Woman without Genitalia’, read to British Psychoanalytical Society, 21 January 1931. Folios 86-125.
Abstract, 1931, of Fairbairn’s paper ‘Some Points in the Analysis of a Woman without Genitalia’. Folio 86.
Typescript, 31, of Fairbairn’s paper ‘Some Points in the Analysis of a Woman without Genitalia’. The typescript has been corrected by Fairbairn. Folios 87-124.
‘The Super Ego and Unconscious Sense of Guilt’.
Manuscript draft, 1931, of a paper, ‘The Super Ego and Unconscious Sense of Guilt’, read to the Junior Theological Club, University of Edinburgh, February 1931. Folios 125-134.
Dates
- Creation: 1929-1931.
Creator
- From the Fonds: Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. (Originator, Person)
Language of Materials
English
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.00 Linear metres (134 folios.)
Bibliography
‘Some Points in the Analysis of a Woman without Genitalia’ (folios 87-124) is printed in: Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, `Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality`, (London, 1952).
‘The Super Ego Conception’ (folios 47-62) is printed in: `From Instinct to Self: Selected Papers of W R D Fairbairn`, volume 2, edited by E Fairbairn Birtles and D Scharff (Jason Aronson, 1994).
‘What is the Super Ego?’ (folios 2-34) is printed in: `From Instinct to Self: Selected Papers of W R D Fairbairn`, volume 2, edited by E Fairbairn Birtles and D Scharff (Jason Aronson, 1994).
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