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| Title | Joan Riviere collection (P02) |
| Date Range | 1883 - 2006 |
| Creator | Riviere, Joan Hodgson (1883-1962) née Verrall, psychoanalyst |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Repository | Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society |
| Abstract | Professional, personal and family material related to Joan Riviere. |
Administrative Information
Administrative/biographical history
Please follow the link from the creator name (above).Archival history/source of acquisition
The material in this collection was received from various sources. Mr & Mrs Martin Salter (cousins of Joan Riviere) and the executors of Diana Riviere's estate donated photographs, JR's diary, papers and letters in 1990; this donation was negotiated by Athol Hughes. The photocopies of JR's will and her mother's diary, along with further photographic material, were donated by Athol Hughes in 2003; the originals for these documents are believed to be held by relatives in the United States. Other material was deposited by the Melanie Klein Trust.The letters from Joan Riviere to Mrs Phelps Brown (ref. P02-A-04) were donated by Judith Hopkins, daughter of Mrs Brown in 1988 and 2000 (Accession 1988-001, 2000-002 and 2000-003).
The collection has previously been split up, with letters and some other items added to the archives' correspondence collection and photographs placed in the photograph collection, but all items were regrouped as a single Joan Riviere collection during recataloguing in 2006.
Content and structure
Scope and Content
Professional, personal and family material related to Joan Riviere including: professional papers, namely correspondence and copies of a published article; letters received after her death by her daughter, Diana Riviere; personal and genealogical material; photographs.
Accruals
Further accruals may be received.System of arrangement
Material is arranged into four sub-series, as follows, and then chronologically:- P02-A - Professional papers
- P02-B - Posthumous material: letters to Diana Riviere
- P02-C - Personal and family materials
- P02-D - Photographs
Conditions of access and use
Access conditions
Open for consultation by bona fide researchers, subject to prior arrangement with the archivist and the signing of a reader's undertaking form. Please note that any material from the Bulletin of the British Psychoanalytical Society is available only to members, students and guests of the Society.Reproduction conditions
Photocopying is carried out at the discretion of the archivist and according to the archives’ photocopying policy, which is available on request. Copies of material still in copyright can be supplied for research use only. Written permission must be obtained from the archivist to publish or reproduce any material held in the archives. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearance from the copyright holder (c/o Administrative Secretary, Melanie Klein Trust, 24 Middleton Road, London E8 4BS).Language(s) of materials
English, German, French.Finding aids
The collection catalogue is published online and a printed copy is available. A database containing abstracts of the correspondence also exists but is not available online.Allied materials
Related materials
Letters from Joan Riviere can be found in the papers of various psychoanalysts, including Ernest Jones (ref. P04-C-E-05) and James & Alix Strachey (ref. P17-F-C-02).Elsewhere, the Sigmund Freud Archives at the Library of Congress hold the original letters from Sigmund Freud to Joan Riviere from which the items in P02-A-03 were translated, as well as the interviews between Riviere and K R Eissler referred to in P02-A-05. Also, the Melanie Klein collection at the Wellcome Library includes correspondence with Joan Riviere, including letters related to the Controversial Discussions (ref. PP/KLE).
Publication note
These papers were used by Athol Hughes in the following works:- Hughes, Athol. 'Joan Riviere: her life and work' in The Inner World and Joan Riviere: Collected Papers 1920-1958 (London: Karnac Books; 1991).
- Hughes, Athol. Personal Experiences - Professional Interests: Joan Riviere And Femininity. International Journal of Psychoanalysis; 1991: 78:899-911.
- Hughes, Athol. 'Riviere, Joan Hodgson (1883-1962)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Notes
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