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| Title | Susan Sutherland Isaacs collection (P19) |
| Date Range | 1920? - 1960 |
| Creator | Isaacs, Susan Sutherland (1885-1948) educationalist and psychoanalyst |
| Extent | 1 box |
| Repository | Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society |
| Abstract | Writings and lectures on psychoanalysis and childcare, as well as material related to Isaacs' activities in the British Psychoanalytical Society, including the Controversial Discussions in the 1940s. |
Administrative Information
Administrative/biographical history
Please follow the link from the creator name (above).Archival history/source of acquisition
These papers were donated to the archives by Isaacs' biographer, Dorothy Gardener, in 1969 (Accession 1969-001) with the exception of the correspondence in file P19-D-03, which was left with Donald Winnicott by Susan Isaacs and donated by the Winnicott Trust in 1986 (Accession 1986-003).This collection was partially catalogued during the 1980s or 1990s but recatalogued in 2007. A number of items had been transferred to other collections in the archives but returned to this collection at this time: these include some items in series P19-A and P19-D, which were previously added to the Society collection (refs. G09/BA/F03 and G12/BD/F05) and other papers and correspondence in series P19-D, which were previously placed in the archives' correspondence collection (ref. CIB/F01-F03). However, some items from Miss Gardner's donation could not be located when the recataloguing work took place.
Content and structure
Scope and Content
Papers relating to Isaacs' work on psychoanalysis and child analysis, including her writings and publications (typescripts and offprints, as well as cuttings of articles and advice columns in Nursery World and Home & School) and incomplete sets of lectures on anthropology and child analysis. Also included are a small number of notes/papers commenting on the work of other authors, as well as papers and correspondence related to Isaacs' activities in the British Psychoanalytical Society, including the Controversial Discussions in the 1940s.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.System of arrangement
The material is arranged into four series, as follows, with some further division into sub-series:- P19-A - Writings
- P19-B - Lectures
- P19-C - Notes on other authors
- P19-D - British Psychoanalytical Society
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. Some material in P19-A-C-03 contains personal information and is available in anonymised form only.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. A database containing abstracts of some of the correspondence (series P19-D) also exists but is not available online.Allied materials
Related materials
Other material related to Susan Isaacs' activities within the British Psychoanalytical Society (including further papers related to the Controversial Discussions) can be found in the Society's records (ref. S).Elsewhere, the Institute of Education (University of London) holds papers of Susan Isaacs (ref. DC/SI) and her husband Nathan Isaacs (ref. DC/NI), as well as further related material in the papers of Dorothy Gardner (ref. DC/DG) and in records of the Department of Child Development at the Institute of Education (ref. IE). Papers of Susan Isaacs are also held in the British and Foreign School Society Archives at Brunel University. In addition, the Wellcome Library includes papers related to Susan Isaacs in the John Bowlby collection (ref. PP/BOW) and the Melanie Klein collection (ref. PP/KLE). The Klein papers include material related to the Controversial Discussions.
Publication note
No known publications based on this material.Notes
None.|
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