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Bowlby, (Edward) John (Mostyn) (1907-1990)

Personal and Biographical

Biographical and early years

References

Drawing of Bowlby by Ursula Longstaff Bowlby (photocopy)

'Record of scientific work'

CVs and biographical notes

'An autobiographical note for the Bulletin of the Royal College of Psychiatrists'

Family history: small quantity of cuttings, notes, correspondence, etc, including about Sir Anthony Bowlby (1855-1929)

Family history: University College Hospital Certificate

Bibliographies

Notes on 'the ten books which have most influenced my thought'

Photocopy of Bowlby's last writing, annotated by Ursula Longstaff Bowlby (dedicating a book to Broadford Hospital, Skye)

Account of Bowlby's death, funeral, burial on Skye and memorial service at Southwark Cathedral, by Ursula Longstaff Bowlby Includes photograph of the grave and a family tree

'Condolence letters about John' (to Ursula Longstaff Bowlby)

Memorial Service: order sheet, addresses and correspondence

Obituaries and memoirs

'Remembering John' and Reminiscences of Bowlby's recreational activities by Carlos Durán (Bowlby's son-in-law)

Proof of entry for Debrett's Peerage for Sir Richard Bowlby (Bowlby's son)

Royal Naval College Dartmouth and HMS Royal Oak

Letters to parents and others

'Essay 1929'

Medical Education: notebooks

Bowlby's notes found on his desk at the time of his death written in his turquoise ink concerning an observation about Mrs Riviere and the other concerns an opinion expressed by Mrs Riviere

A letter from Harry Hardin to Juliet Hopkins giving an account of an interview with her mother Evelyn Phelps Brown, youngest sister of John Bowlby

'Donald McGavin: recollections and letters' (Childhood friend of Bowlby who was also at Dartmouth and Cambridge with him)

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'Donald McGavin: recollections and letters' (Childhood friend of Bowlby who was also at Dartmouth and Cambridge with him)

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