The notebooks also contain personal notes not related to this work.
The documents comprise reprint of Main's article ‘The Ailment, ('British Journal of Medical Psychology', 1957); reprint of 'Psychoanalysis as a Cross-Bearing', ('British Journal of Psychiatry', 1968); letter, 1968.
1 x VHS tape
Main's psychoanalytic writings, broadcasts and recordings as well as papers concerning the Cassel Hospital, Michael Balint's workshops on short-term psychotherapy and the Hampstead Child Therapy Clinic.
The majority of the material in the collection is related to Main's literary output, including published and unpublished papers (many focusing on hospital care and the treatment of neuroses) and lectures, reviews and offprints. Also included are broadcasts and recordings of Main, with some associated transcripts and correspondence. Additionally there are papers concerning the work and history of the Cassel Hospital, the methods and therapeutic results of Michael Balint's workshops on short-term psychotherapy and psychiatric interviews, and the Hampstead Child Therapy Clinic 'Index' of psychoanalytic cases.
This paper was first read on Margaret Little's 1964 USA lecture tour; typed 'Clinical material illustrating something of the consequences of failure of early mothering care'.
Two copies of a paper intended for an unknown event in Oslo, Norway on 28 Oct 1978. Also included is a handwritten draft of the paper.
Speech by Gillespie entitled 'Comments on training: September 1967', regarding changes to the Society's training scheme.
Also a typed report to the Training Committee 13th Dec 1948 regarding a candidate, minutes of training analysts' meeting on 12 Feb 1981 and a sheet of typed notes apparently related to the introduction of the Curriculum Committee; this material is currently closed to researchers.
Records regarding the Training Committee, Membership Panel and Child Welfare Committee; general files of correspondence and other papers concerning training issues (including material related to the Controversial Discussions); information about training courses; records of training and membership; and a small amount of material concerning external organisations.
See also S-M-01-B-03 for papers relating to the International Training Commission of the IPA and S-M-03-02 for papers concerning the coordination of European Training Committees.