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'.
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The majority of the material in the collection is related to Main's literary output, including published and unpublished papers (many focusing on hospital care and the treatment of neuroses) and lectures, reviews and offprints.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.
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
The notebooks also contain personal notes not related to this work.
Soft-back proof volume, translated and annotated by James Strachey, for publication by Imago Publishing Co.
The documents comprise two books by Ernest Wood on ‘Concentration’, (1913) and ‘Memory Training’, (1927); 2 pamphlets by Rudolf Steiner on thought training, 1940s; letter from June Burger of London accompanying a copy of a 'Sunday Correspondent' article by Mike Bygrave on Steiner, 1990.
Handwritten notes inserted.