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Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Refers to handwritten documents, and may also be used to distinguish certain documents from published or otherwise printed documents, as in the cases of typed personal letters or a typescript from which printed versions are made.

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Bibliographies and offprint distribution lists relating to the published papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with press cuttings, some relating to Fairbairn’s papers, others to psychoanalysis generally., 1929-1958.

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Identifier: MS.50226
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...
Dates: 1929-1958.

Curricula vitae of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., Circa 1940-circa 1955.

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Identifier: MS.50170
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...
Dates: Circa 1940-circa 1955.

Draft and final versions of an article, `Observations on the Nature of Hysterical States`, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, with related manuscript notes and correspondence., 1953.

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Identifier: MSS.50201-50202
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Among the papers are drafts, superseded folios, complete manuscripts and typescripts.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.

Dates: 1953.

Draft manuscript of `Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality`, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1951-1952.

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Identifier: MSS.50195-50196
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.

Dates: 1951-1952.

Draft manuscripts and notes of papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘Nervous Ailments’; and, ‘The Libido Theory and the Theory of the Pleasure Principle Interpreted in Terms of Appetite’., After 1922-circa 1930.

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Identifier: MS.50213
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...
Dates: After 1922-circa 1930.

Draft manuscripts and typescript of the university thesis of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: `The Relationship of Dissociation and Repression, considered from the point of view of Medical Psychology`., 30 March 1929.

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Identifier: MS.50175
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....
Dates: 30 March 1929.

Draft manuscripts and typescripts of a ‘Textbook of medical psychology’ by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; and, notes for tutorials by Fairbairn., 1927-circa 1935.

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Identifier: MS.50172
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...
Dates: 1927-circa 1935.

Draft manuscripts and typescripts of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: “A Critique of Educational Aims (A Medical Psychologist`s Reflections on Education)”; “The Effect of the King`s Death upon Patients under Analysis”; “Morbid Grievances”; and, “Arms and the Child”., 1936.

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Identifier: MS.50180
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. ...
Dates: 1936.

Draft manuscripts and typescripts of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘The Place of Imagination in the Psychology of the Child’; ‘A Psycho-Analytical Interpretation of Soviet Russia’; ‘The Sociological Significance of Communism Considered in the Light of Psycho-Analysis’; and, notes for tutorials or lectures by Fairbairn., 1934-1935.

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Identifier: MS.50179
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....
Dates: 1934-1935.

Draft manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and tutorials by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘The Rôle of the Aggressive Instinct in Manic-Depressive Insanity and Allied Conditions’; ‘The Nervous Child’; and, notes for tutorials, or other lectures, by Fairbairn., 1932.

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Identifier: MS.50177
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’....
Dates: 1932.

Draft manuscripts and typescripts of ‘Psychoanalytic Studies of the Personality’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1951-1952.

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Identifier: MS.50194
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...
Dates: 1951-1952.

Draft manuscripts of a lecture and subsequent article, ‘On the Nature and Aims of Psycho-Analytical Treatment’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1958.

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Identifier: MS.50210
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...
Dates: 1958.

Draft manuscripts of an article, ‘Observations on the Nature of Hysterical States’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with related correspondence and manuscript notes., 1953.

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Identifier: MS.50201
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.1953.Letter, 1953, of O Alldridge, as Assistant Secretary of the Authors’ Club, to William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The letter would appear to relate to arrangements concerning accommodation for Fairbairn in connection with a meeting of the Medical Section of the British Psychological Society, 28 October 1953. At the meeting Fairbairn read his paper, ‘Observations on the Nature of Hysterical States’. Folio 1....
Dates: 1953.

Drafts and typescripts of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘Contribution to Discussion on “The Nature and Function of Phantasy”’ by Susan Isaacs; ‘Endopsychic Structure Considered in terms of Object-Relationships’; ‘Psychoanalysis’; ‘The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Offenders’; and, ‘Object Relations and Dynamic Structure’., 1943-1946.

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Identifier: MS.50192
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1943.‘Contribution to Discussion on “The Nature and Function of Phantasy” by Susan Isaacs`.Amended typescript, 1943, of a paper, ‘Contribution to Discussion on “The Nature and Function of Phantasy” [by Susan Isaacs]`, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was read on behalf of Fairbairn by Edward Glover at a meeting of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, 17 February 1943. The typescript has been amended by...
Dates: 1943-1946.

Drafts and typescripts of articles and papers by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘Psychoanalysis in relation to attitudes of Doctors’; ‘Religion and fantasy’; ‘A case of religious fantasy’; and, ‘Head – aphasia’., Circa 1925-1927.

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Identifier: MS.50171
Scope and Contents The articles and papers are arranged chronologically.Circa 1925.‘Psychoanalysis in Relation to Attitudes of Doctors’.Manuscript notes, circa 1925, of an article, ‘Psychoanalysis in Relation to Attitudes of Doctors’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The article was submitted to the ‘Edinburgh Medical Journal’, but would appear not to have been published. Folios 1-6.Folios 1-2 loosely enclosed folios 3-6.1927.‘Religion...
Dates: Circa 1925-1927.

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.

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Identifier: MS.50173
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...
Dates: 1928-circa 1930.

Manuscript, and amended and revised typescripts, of an article, ‘Considerations Arising Out of the Schreber Case’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1956.

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Identifier: MS.50207
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.1956.Manuscript draft, 1956, of an article, ‘Considerations Arising Out of the Schreber Case’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folios 1-38.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, 1956, of the article, ‘Considerations Arising Out of the Schreber Case’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The carbon copy has been amended by Fairbairn. It is the top copy to folios 69-99 (below). Folios 39-68.Amended...
Dates: 1956.

Manuscript and typescripts of lectures and an article by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: `"Abnormal Psychology (Its Concepts and Theories)" by H L Hollingworth`; and, ‘Medical and Psychological Aspects of the Problem of Child Assault’., 1933-1935.

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Identifier: MS.50178
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.1933.Psychology Discussion Class notes.Manuscript notes, February 1933, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn on, "‘Abnormal Psychology (Its Concepts and Theories)` by H L Hollingworth". The notes would appear to have been produced for a Psychology Discussion Class, probably at the Psychology Department,...
Dates: 1933-1935.

Manuscript drafts and a typescript of a paper ‘Considerations in support of the Psychology of Object-Relations and Dynamic Structure’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1953.

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Identifier: MS.50203
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.1953.First manuscript draft, 1953, of a paper ‘Considerations in support of the Psychology of Object-Relations and Dynamic Structure’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was read at a meeting of the 1952 Club, 29 October 1953. Folios 1-21.Amended, manuscript draft, 1953, of an article, ‘Considerations in support of the Psychology of Object-Relations and Dynamic Structure’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn....
Dates: 1953.

Manuscript drafts and typescripts of a paper, ‘Freud and the Psycho-Analytical Method’, subsequently entitled ‘Freud, the Psycho-Analytical Method and Mental Health’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1956.

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Identifier: MS.50205
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.1956.Amended carbon copy of a typescript, 1956, of a paper, ‘Freud and the Psycho-Analytical Method’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper was read at the summer school of the Davidson Clinic, 26 July 1956. The typescript has been amended by Fairbairn. Folios 1-9.Manuscript draft, 1956, comprised of typescript and manuscript, of an article, ‘Freud and the Psycho-Analytical Method’, by William Ronald Dodds...
Dates: 1956.

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.

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Identifier: MS.50176
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...
Dates: 1929-1931.

Manuscript of an article, ‘Psychoanalysis and the Teacher’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; and, drafts of articles by Fairbairn on the subject of object-relationships., After 1931-before 1964.

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Identifier: MS.50214
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically.After 1931.‘Psychoanalysis and the Teacher’.Manuscript, [after 1931], of a paper, ‘Psychoanalysis and the Teacher’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The paper may have been read at a meeting of the Psychology and Education Society, Edinburgh, 1931. Folios 1-20.After 1936.Draft of an article on the subject of object-relationships contrasted with libidinal attitudes.Manuscript...
Dates: After 1931-before 1964.

Manuscript of an introductory paper by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn for a `Conference on Psychotherapy for the Clergy`., 1958.

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Identifier: MS.50209
Scope and Contents

Manuscript, [?1958], of a paper by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn read as the introductory paper at a ‘Conference on Psychotherapy for the Clergy, 8 May 1958’. Folios 1-10.

Original folder.

Folder, annotated by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn: ‘XC IV Introductory Paper Conference on Psychotherapy for the Clergy 8th May, 1958’. Folios 1-10 were originally enclosed by the folder. Folio 11.

Dates: 1958.

Manuscripts and drawings of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn relating to his personal dreams., 1940-1955.

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Identifier: MS.50168
Scope and Contents Manuscripts of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn of records of his dreams.Manuscript, 1940, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn recording his dreams of the 4-5 August 1940. Folios 1-4.Manuscript, 1955, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn in which he has recorded his dreams of February, 16 April and 24-25 November 1955. Folios 5-10. Dream drawings of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Drawings, 1950, 1952-1953, undated, of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn....
Dates: 1940-1955.

Manuscripts of an article, ‘Prolegomena to a Psychology of Art’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn; with related notes and correspondence., 1937-1938.

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Identifier: MS.50182
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. 1937-1938.Incomplete, amended, draft manuscript ‘I’, 1937, comprised of typescript and manuscript, of an article, ‘Prolegomena to a Psychology of Art’, by William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. The article is based on Fairbairn’s paper of the same title read to the British Psychological Society, Scottish Branch meeting, 6 March 1937. The typescript has been amended by Fairbairn. Folios 1-29.Amended, superseded typescript...
Dates: 1937-1938.