Scope and Contents

The appointments are mostly lectures to be attended, but also personal activities like badminton or dinner engagements.

Scope and Contents

The appointments relate mostly to lectures to be attended, but also dinner engagements and other social activities.

Scope and Contents

The appointment book has entries for January and February only.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The appointment books for 1919-1924 (MSS.50108-50113) relate mainly to Fairbairn`s accelerated medical course at the University of Edinburgh, with some references to social engagements. Those for 1926-1964 (MSS.50114-50152) mostly concern Fairbairn`s appointments with private patients, with some references to other professional and social engagements.

Scope and Contents

The appointment books for 1919-1924 (MSS.50108-50113) relate mainly to Fairbairn`s accelerated medical course at the University of Edinburgh, with some references to social engagements. Those for 1926-1964 (MSS.50114-50152) mostly concern Fairbairn`s appointments with private patients, with some references to other professional and social engagements.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The appointment books for 1919-1924 (MSS.50108-50113) relate mainly to Fairbairn`s accelerated medical course at the University of Edinburgh, with some references to social engagements. Those for 1926-1964 (MSS.50114-50152) mostly concern Fairbairn`s appointments with private patients, with some references to other professional and social engagements.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The appointment books for 1919-1924 (MSS.50108-50113) relate mainly to Fairbairn`s accelerated medical course at the University of Edinburgh, with some references to social engagements. Those for 1926-1964 (MSS.50114-50152) mostly concern Fairbairn`s appointments with private patients, with some references to other professional and social engagements.

Scope and Contents

Among the papers are drafts, superseded folios, complete manuscripts and typescripts. Many of Fairbairn`s articles evolved from papers and lectures read by him at various meetings. Bibliographical references are included for the published articles.

Scope and Contents The items are arranged by genre and by date within each genre.Bibliographies.Addition to a bibliography, [?1953], of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘Publications by W. Ronald D. Fairbairn bearing the imprint 1953’. Folio 1.Typescript bibliography, [1956 or after], of the published papers, 1928-1956, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 2-5.Carbon copy of a typescript bibliography, [1956 or after], of the published papers, 1928-1956, of...

Scope and Contents The chronological list of the patients of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn includes not only his private patients but also the patients he was treating at Edenhall Hospital, and others on behalf of organisations such as the Ministry of Pensions.The chronological list records the following information: the patient’s number; the date the patient commenced treatment with Fairbairn; the patient’s surname; the patient’s Christian names and title; and occasionally notes, including the...

Scope and Contents The papers have been arranged alphabetically by theme: ‘art’, ‘communism’, ‘object relations’.Correspondence, 1937-1953, concerning papers and publications by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn on art, in particular: ‘Prolegomena to a Psychology of Art’; ‘Ultimate Basis of Aesthetic Experience’; and, “Critical Notice – ‘Psychoanalytic Explorations in Art’, by Ernst Kris”. The correspondence has been arranged alphabetically by correspondent and by date under each...

Scope and Contents Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...

Scope and Contents The curricula vitae are arranged chronologically.Typescript, [circa 1940], ‘Application for grant in aid of research’ by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The application, for funding into research for devising personality tests for the selection of officers in the British Army, is effectively Fairbairn’s curriculum vitae. Folios 1-2.Typescript, [circa 1946], curriculum vitae of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 3-4.Typescript, [circa 1955], curriculum...

Scope and Contents

The diary records the year, month, Fairbairn`s age and the name of the various places in which Fairbairn slept between the ages of 6 and 25.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Among the papers are drafts, superseded folios, complete manuscripts and typescripts. Many of Fairbairn`s articles evolved from papers and lectures read by him at various meetings. Bibliographical references are included for the published articles.

Scope and Contents

Each of the drafts is comprised of typescripts and offprints of articles by Fairbairn, together with the inclusion of additional material, principally prefatory. Consequently the numeration is irregular. The order of the constituent parts is indicated through the addition in manuscript of a sequence number at the head of each title page.

Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.After 1922.‘Nervous Ailments’.Outline in manuscript, [after 1922], of what would appear to be a lecture, ‘Nervous Ailments’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper has been annotated at the head of original foliation 1, “Women Citizens’ Association”. Folios 1-35.Circa 1930.‘The Libido Theory and the Theory of the Pleasure Principle Interpreted in Terms of Appetite’.Manuscript...

Scope and Contents The thesis was submitted for the Degree of MD, University of Edinburgh.Manuscript notes, 1929, for `The Relationship of Dissociation and Repression, considered from the point of view of Medical Psychology`by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 1-14.Manuscript drafts, 1927, of `Object of Thesis` and `Medicine and Psychology` from`The Relationship of Dissociation and Repression, considered from the point of view of Medical Psychology` by Fairbairn. Folios 15-20....

Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular work spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date. 1927.‘Textbook of Medical Psychology’.Manuscript notes and publication outlines, 1927, for a proposed textbook, ‘Introduction to medical psychology’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 1-29.Manuscript drafts, 1927, of Chapter 1 of Fairbairn’s proposed textbook, ‘Introduction to medical...

Scope and Contents The articles and papers are arranged chronologically.1936. “A Critique of Educational Aims (A Medical Psychologist`s Reflections on Education)”.Amended typescript, [1936], of a paper, “A Critique of Educational Aims (A Medical Psychologist`s Reflections on Education)”, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was read at a meeting of the Fife Head Teachers` Association, 11 January 1936. The typescript has been amended by Fairbairn. Folios 1-43. ...

Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular work spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.1934.‘The Place of Imagination in the Psychology of the Child’.Amended typescript, 1934, of a lecture, ‘The Place of Imagination in the Psychology of the Child’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The lecture was delivered at the Parents` National Education Union, Edinburgh Branch meeting, February 1934....

Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.1932.Tutorials. Manuscript notes, April 1932, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn concerning the subject of knowledge and self-analysis versus psychoanalysis. The notes would appear to have been prepared for lectures, or tutorials, given by Fairbairn at the Psychology Department, University of Edinburgh. Folios 1-3.‘The Rôle of the Aggressive Instinct in Manic-Depressive Insanity and Allied Conditions’....

Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1951.Typescript, 1951, of the original introduction to ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’. The typescript would appear to suggest the book’s original title was ‘Studies in Psycho-Analysis and Object-Relations Psychology’. The typescript has been corrected by Fairbairn. Folios 1-12.1952.Typescript, 1952, of the original preface to ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’. The typescript has...

Scope and Contents Manuscript of a paper ‘On the nature and Aims of Psycho-Analytical Treatment’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with related letters of Donald Winnicott.Draft manuscript, [1958], of the paper, ‘On the nature and Aims of Psycho-Analytical Treatment’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The final version of the paper was read at a meeting of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, 18 June 1958. Folios 1-12.Letters, 1958, of Donald Winnicott to William Ronald Dodds...