Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- c.1961-1996: c.1961; 1970-1996 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
2 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Marion Burgner was born on 24 Jun 1930 into a Russian Jewish immigrant family and grew up in East London. She won scholarships to grammar school and then to the University of London. She obtained an honours degree in English from Birkbeck College and later also qualified in psychology. She had a varied career, working for various organisations including the Hampstead Clinic, the Child Guidance Training Centre and the Tavistock Clinic, and involved in clinical practice, teaching and research.
Her career as a psychoanalyst began when she commenced training at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in 1973. She qualified in 1976 and became a full member of the British Psychoanalytical Society in 1979. She was active within the Society, becoming a Training Analyst in 1984 and also serving on the Scientific Committee, the Public Lectures Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Child and Adolescent Committee, the Book Club Committee and the Admissions Committee. Her work on the editorial board of the ' International Journal of Psychoanalysis' is reflected in the papers in this collection. She died on 1 Oct 1996.
Repository
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers regarding Marion Burgner's activities within the British Psychoanalytical Society (material related to the Contemporary Freudian Group and the Meetings of Training Analysts, plus teaching notes), as well as copies of papers by psychoanalytic colleagues.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
Material is arranged into two series:
P27-A - British Psychoanalytical Society
P27-B - Colleagues' papers
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Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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Finding aids
The collection catalogue is published online.
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Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Further material related to the activities of the British Psychoanalytical Society can be found in the records of the Society (ref. S).
Publication note
No known publications based on this material.
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Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
Anne-Marie Sandler, 'Marion Burgner', 'Bulletin of the British Psychoanalytical Society', Nov 1996, vol. 32, no. 11, p19.