About the records

Title	Records of John Klauber collection (P24)
Date Range	1933 - 1987
Creator	Klauber, John (1917-1981) psychoanalyst
Extent	6 boxes
Repository	Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society
Abstract	Klauber's psychoanalytic writings, patient case notes and professional and personal papers.

Administrative Information

Administrative/biographical history

Please follow the link from the creator name (above).

Archival history/source of acquisition

Deposited by Ruth Brook Klauber, wife of John Klauber. The majority of the material was donated in 2002 (Accession 2002-001); the photographs in P24-D-03 were originally added to the Society's photograph collection but were returned to this collection during recataloguing in 2007. The material in P24-D was donated in 2007 (Accession 2007-004). The material in P24-C-05 was dontated in 2007 (Accession 2007-004) and 2010 (Accession 2010-003).

Content and structure

Scope and Content

The bulk of this collection is material related to Klauber's literary output and lectures, including books, papers and teaching material on various psychoanalytic themes, as well as comments on the works of colleagues. Also included are: patient case notes from Klauber's work as a psychotherapist at the Middlesex Hospital; papers relating to various professional bodies and Klauber’s career; and a small amount of personal and posthumous material.

Accruals

Some material has been retained by the Klauber family but may be transferred to the archives in the future. In the meantime, these items may be available to researchers on request; a list is included in the accessions file (2002-001) held by the archivist.

System of arrangement

The material is arranged into five series, as follows, with some further division into sub-series:

P24-A - Writings and lectures
P24-B - Patient case notes
P24-C - Professional bodies and appointments
P24-D - Correspondence
P24-E - Personal and posthumous material

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, with the exception of the patient case notes in P24-B which is closed.

Please note that material taken from the Bulletin of the British Psychoanalytical Society is available only to members, students and guests of the Society. Some items within the collection are closed.

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, German, French.

Finding aids

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

Allied materials

Related materials

Material related to John Klauber's work within the British Psychoanalytical Society can be found amongst the records of the Society (ref. S).

Elsewhere, the Michael Fordham collection at the Wellcome Library includes correspondence between Fordham and Klauber, plus papers by Klauber (ref. PP/FOR).

Publication note

The following publications were produced from the material in P24-A-A:

John Klauber (1981). Difficulties in the Analytic Encounter. London: Jason Aronson Inc.
John Klauber et al (1987). Illusion and Spontaneity in Psychoanalysis. London: Free Association Books.

Notes

None.

Published by the Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Aug 2007
With support from The Wellcome Trust
Listed by Andy Blake and Joanne Halford
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Updated 10 November 2010

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