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Title Anonymous account of treatment with D W Winnicott (P32)
Date Range c 1968 - c 1970
Creator Born, Nancy (pseudonym), fl 1922-1970, psychoanalyst
Extent 2 boxes / 2 items (5 pp & c1400 pp)
Repository Archives of the British Psychoanalytical Society
Abstract An account by an anonymous patient of psychoanalytic treatment with D W Winnicott.

Administrative Information

Administrative/biographical history

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

Archival history/source of acquisition

The author left the manuscript with Mrs Edna Oakeshott, who donated it to the archives in 1986 (Accession 1986-001).


Content and structure

Scope and Content

Manuscript of diaries providing a detailed account of psychoanalytic treatment with D W Winnicott. The diaries, written by a regressed patient under the pseudonym Nancy Born, describe the first five years (1947-1952) of the patient's analysis. The manuscript includes notes contributed by Winnicott and is accompanied by brief extracts of correspondence between the author and Winnicott regarding the writing process.

Accruals

No further accruals are expected.

System of arrangement

Correspondence first, then manuscript.


Conditions of access and use

Access conditions

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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

See also the papers of D W Winnicott and the Winnicott Trust (ref. P01).

Publication note

No known publications based on this material.


Notes

None.


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