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Date(s)
- 1933-1973 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
2 files
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Marjorie Franklin was born on 17 Dec 1887. She trained as a psychiatrist but became interested in psychoanalysis in the mid 1920s and travelled to Vienna where she was analysed by Sandor Ferenczi. On returning to London she established the Institute for the Scientific Study and Treatment of Delinquency (later the Portman Clinic) with fellow psychiatrists and psychoanalysts Edward Glover, Grace Pailthorpe and Melitta Schmideberg. In the 1930s she set up Q Camps for maladjusted men and boys and was Honorary Secretary of the Q Camps Committee. Her interest in anti-social behaviour led to her long-term involvement with the Howard League for Penal Reform. She was also a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and founder of the Planned Environment Therapy Trust. She died in 1975.
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Scope and content
Published and personal papers of Marjorie E Franklin.
The collection contains pamphlets and journals relating to Marjorie Franklin's work on environmental therapy, a copy of a letter to Franklin from the widow of Sandor Ferenczi and four photographs of Franklin.
Accruals
No further accruals are expected.
System of arrangement
The material is arranged into two series:
P05-A - Published materials
P05-B - Personal materials
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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 copies
Related units of description
A larger collection of material relating to Marjorie Franklin and the Q Camps is held by the Planned Environment Therapy Trust (ref. SA/Q).
Publication note
No known publications based on this material.
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Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
- Latin
Sources
W David Wills, 'An appreciation of Marjorie E Franklin', Studies in environment therapy', 1968, 1:5-6.