About the records

Title	Karin Stephen collection (P14)
Date Range	1915 - 2001
Creator	Stephen, Karin (1890-1953) née Costelloe, psychologist and psychoanalyst
Extent	2 boxes
Repository	Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society
Abstract	Psychoanalytic writings and lectures by Karin Stephen.

Administrative Information

Administrative/biographical history

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Archival history/source of acquisition

Noel Bradley, a former patient of Karin Stephen, obtained these copies of her papers following her death in 1953. He gave the original versions and additional papers to her daughter, Mrs Judith Henderson, who tried unsuccessfully to publish some of the material; the location of these papers is no longer known. Mr Bradley donated his copies, with some additional material, to the archives in 2001 (Accessions 2001-001 and 2001-002) and provided a brief memorandum regarding the history of the papers which is included with the collection (ref. P14/G/01).

Content and structure

Scope and Content

Duplicate typescripts and offprints of psychoanalytical writings and lectures by Karin Stephen, as well as some brief handwritten notes commenting on colleagues' works and the script of a Woman's Hour broadcast in which she was involved. Also included is material produced by her husband Adrian Stephen, comprising a paper on public relations at the British Psychoanalytical Society plus a letter and two offprints. The final item is a memorandum supplied by the depositor describing the history of this material.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

The papers has been arranged by type/subject into seven series as follows:

P14-A - Psychoanalytic writings
P14-B - Cambridge lectures
P14-C - Offprints and bibliography
P14-D - Notes on colleagues' work
P14-E - Woman's Hour radio script
P14-F - Adrian Stephen
P14-G - Memorandum for archives

Please note that this differs from the order in which items are described in the memorandum.

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.

Language(s) of materials

English.

Finding aids

The collection catalogue is published online and a printed copy is available.

Allied materials

Related materials

Further writings by Karin Stephen can be found in the manuscripts collection (ref. M-S-02). The main source of material related to the Controversial Discussions is the Society's collection (ref. S).

Elsewhere, the papers of Karin Stephen's grandmother Hannah (Withall) Smith, held at the Lilly Library at the University of Indiana, USA, include correspondence with Karin Stephen; the Berenson archive at the Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies, USA, holds letters from Karin Stephen to Bernard Berenson; and the Russell archive at the McMaster University Library, Canada, holds letters from Karin Stephen to Bertrand Russell.

Publication note

No known publications based on this collection.

Notes

None.

Published by the Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society,
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