The papers are arranged chronologically.

Announcement of the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.

Press cutting from the ‘Scotsman’, 2 January 1965, of the notice of death for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 1.

Offprint, 1965, of the notice of death in the ‘Scotsman’, [2 January 1965], for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 2.

Papers concerning the funeral of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.

Manuscript list, [before 6 January 1965], probably recording those who sent flowers to the funeral of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 3-10.

Typescript list, 6 January 1965, compiled by W T Dunbar and Sons Ltd, Funeral Directors, of those who sent flowers to the funeral of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 11-12.

Obituaries for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.

Press cutting from the ‘Times’, [4 January 1965], of the obituary of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The cutting has been annotated: ‘Times 31.12.64’. Folio 13.

Press cutting from the ‘British Medical Journal’, 16 January 1965, of the obituary for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn by John Sutherland. Folios 14-15.

Electro-static print, undated, of the obituary from the ‘Lancet’, 16 January 1965, for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 16.

Extract, pages 245-247, from the ‘International Journal of Psychoanalysis’, November 1965, of the obituary for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn by John Sutherland. Folios 17-19.

Typescript, undated, by Marion Frances Macintosh of her recollections of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 20-23.