IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0120 PP/LOW
Held at: Wellcome Library
Title: Lowenfeld, Margaret, (1890-1973)
Date(s): 1930s-1970s
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 42 boxes, 7 large boxes (V-Z) Plus 8 boxes of uncatalogued material
Name of creator(s): Lowenfeld | Margaret | 1890-1973 | paediatrician
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Dr Margaret Lowenfeld was a paediatrician who became a pioneer of child psychology and psychotherapy. Her outstanding contributions sprang from her recognition that play is an important activity in children's development. She invented non-verbal techniques that enabled children to express themselves, including The Lowenfeld World Technique and Lowenfeld Mosaics. The former involved the use of sand trays and miniature toys. The child guidance clinic Lowenfeld established in the late 1920s in London's Notting Hill developed into the Institute for Child Psychology.
Further biographical information can be found on the Dr Margaret Lowenfeld Trust website at http://www.lowenfeld.org/Lowenfeld/default.asp.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of and relating to Margaret Lowenfeld and the Institute of Child Psychology, London, 1930s-1970s.
Boxes 1-15 contain material catalogued by the Centre for Family Research, the detailed listing of which is given on the Wellcome Library catalogue and also on the Dr Margaret Lowenfeld Trust website, http://www.lowenfeld.org/.
Boxes 16-23 contain uncatalogued material that cannot currently be made accessible; the majority of this material comprises patient case notes and will thus be closed under the Data Protection Act for some years even when catalogued.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The catalogued material is divided into the following sections (for administrative reasons, researchers are requested to provide Archives and Manuscripts staff with at least 5 working days notice if they wish to consult the papers in sections V-Z):
A-C. Research and Clinical Papers by Margaret Lowenfeld
A. Rheumatism
B. Feeding
C. Psychological Medicine
D. Popular Papers by Margaret Lowenfeld
E. Miscellaneous papers on other people's use of Margaret Lowenfeld's techniques and related work
F. Historical Material of the Children's clinic and the Institute of Child Psychology
G. Popular Lectures given by Margaret Lowenfeld
H. Research Collaboration and Correspondence with Vassar College, New York
I. Margaret Lowenfeld, Biographical and Autobiographical Material
J. Miscellaneous (unpublished papers) by M. Lowenfeld
K. Developments in the use of Worlds
L. Material for World Technique Book: 1959
M. Material from World Federation of Mental Health and International Rorschach Congresses, 1968
N. Material for World Technique Book sent to Margaret Mead in1974 by Ville Andersen
O. Correspondence on Worlds (and general aspects of Margaret Lowenfeld's work)
P. Margaret Lowenfeld's Mosaic Test: Instructions, Correspondence and Research
Q. Kaleidoblocs. Theory, Research and Distribution
R. Poleidoblocs. Instructions, Research and Design
S. Dissertations, Theses and Extended Manuscripts describing work using Lowenfeld techniques
T. Thérèse Woodcock, Talks, Papers and Seminars on Lowenfeld techniques
V-Z: Visual and auditory material
V. Worlds
W. Mosaics
X. Kaleidoblocs and Poleidoblocs
Y. Photographs of historical or theoretical interest
Z. Audio/Visual Materials
Conditions governing access:
The papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. The majority is open to the general reader but sensitive material relating to persons who may still be alive will be closed or restricted under the Data Protection Act:
PP/LOW/F.36 is closed until 1 January 2060
PP/LOW/F.48 is closed until 1 January 2070
PP/LOW/H.6 is closed until 1 January 2056
PP/LOW/H.7 is restricted access until 1 January 2057
PP/LOW/M.18 is closed until 1 January 2062
PP/LOW/N.6 is closed until 1 January 2050
For administrative reasons, researchers are requested to provide Archives and Manuscripts staff with at least 5 working days notice if they wish to consult the papers in sections V-Z.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Finding aids:
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Accruals:
Archival history:
Lowenfeld material was arranged by Ville Andersen, Margaret Lowenfeld's colleague in research and clinical work from the 1950s until Margaret Lowenfeld's death. When Ville Andersen herself died in 1986, further material was made available. Friends and colleagues of the late Kate MacSorley, clinical psychologist at the Institute of Child Psychology from the mid nineteen sixties, placed photographs, clinical records and research material with the archive.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the Centre for Family Research on behalf of the Dr Margaret Lowenfeld Trust.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.
Date(s) of descriptions: Jan 2009