Drafts and typescripts of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘The Study of Mental Abnormality: Prolegomena to the Establishment of a National Laboratory for this Purpose’; ‘Dissociation and Repression’; and, notes for tutorials and lectures by Fairbairn., 1928-circa 1930.
Scope and Contents
The articles and lectures are arranged chronologically. Where material concerning a particular work spans two or more years the papers are placed by the earliest date.
1928.
‘The Study of Mental Abnormality: Prolegomena to the Establishment of a National Laboratory for this Purpose’.
Annotated typescript, 1928, of an article, ‘The Study of Mental Abnormality: Prolegomena to the Establishment of a National Laboratory for this Purpose’, contributed to the ‘British Medical Journal’ (March, 1928). The typescript has been corrected by Fairbairn. Folios 1-13.
‘Dissociation and Repression’.
Draft typescript, 1928, of ‘Dissociation and Repression’, by Fairbairn. The typescript has been corrected by Fairbairn. Folios 14-27.
Typescript, 1928, of ‘Dissociation and Repression’, by Fairbairn. The typescript has been corrected by Fairbairn. The typescript also includes a retrospective note, 1951, by Fairbairn, reflecting on how his approach to the subject has changed in the intervening years (folio 45). Folios 28-45.
Tutorials.
Notes, 1928, mostly in manuscript but with some in typescript, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn concerning Freud’s ‘The Ego and the Id’. Folios 46-60.
The notes would appear to have been prepared for tutorials given by Fairbairn at the Psychology Department, University of Edinburgh, November 1928.
Folios 46-47 loosely enclosed folios 48-60.
1928-circa 1930.
Lectures.
Notes, [circa 1928-circa 1930], mostly in typescript but with some in manuscript, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn concerning lectures on the nervous system. The typescripts have been corrected by Fairbairn. Folios 61-79.
The notes would appear to have been prepared for lectures or tutorials given by Fairbairn at the Psychology Department, University of Edinburgh.
Dates
- Creation: 1928-circa 1930.
Creator
- From the Fonds: Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. (Originator, Person)
Language of Materials
English
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Extent
0.00 Linear metres (79 folios.)
Bibliography
Notes of Fairbairn concerning Freud’s ‘The Ego and the Id’ (folios 48-60) are referenced in `From Instinct to Self`, volume 2, Birtles and Scharff (Jason Aronson, 1994).
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