Correspondence

Date:
1940-2000
Reference:
PSY/KEN/9/2
Part of:
Kenna, John Corbett
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Incoming correspondence:

Robert A.Peel, The Galton Institute London, concerning information on the reprinting of a cartoon 29 December 2000

R. Todd Crumley Assistant Archivist, Duke University Archives concerning inventory of William McDougall's papers (inventory enclosed), 1 April 1998

Mrs J. E. Rumens (daughter of C.S.Myers), Gloucester, concerning Myers' obituary on the death of Charles Gabriel Seligman and the Torres Straits Expedition, March 1998

Dr Alice Huddy, Manchester, concerning William McDougall's letters among Samuel Alexander Papers held at University of Manchester Library, 28 September 1998

Barry McGraw, Director of The Australian Council for Educational Research Ltd, Melbourne, concerning an invitation to Kenna to visit ACER's new building during his next visit, 6 May 1994

Professor Dr. Berthold Riese, Bonn University, concerning genealogy of Fritz Graebner, 20 April 1992

Professor Hans Wysling, Zürich, concerning forwarding of Kenna's letter to Professor Golo Mann, 6 April 1992

James Alcock, York University, Canada, concerning Prof. Graham Reed's death, 28 March 1994

State Library of Victoria, National Library of Australia & West Australian History Library to Miss E. M. Kenna, Chatswood, Australia, concerning the location of the private papers of Arthur Atlee Hunt, 22 April, 2 May & 17 May 1991

K. Metcalf, Headteacher, Yeadon Westfield School, Leeds, concerning information regarding Katherine Tennant, c.1988

Mrs Iris French, Leeds, concerning information regarding Katherine Tennant, 18 December 1987

Mike Gatty New South Wales Government office concerning Kenna's research into German internees in Barrima Gaol NSW 1914-1919, December 1986

Roslynn Membrey, Parliamentary Librarian, Parliament of Western Australia, concerning information on Fritz Graebner and Bronislaw Malinowski, 10 October 1985

Ivan Lawrence, Australian Archives New South Wales, concerning the internment of Professor Fritz Graebner and Bronislaw Malinowski during World War I, 3 October 1985

Dan Midalia, Australian Archives, East Victoria, concerning information on Fritz Graebner and Bronislaw Malinowski, 13 September 1985

Kate Owen, Librarian, Sydney Morning Herald, concerning Berrima Gaol's prisoners of War, 30 August 1985

Deirdre Schaeffer, Reference Librarian, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Canberra, concerning information on Fritz Graebner and Bronislaw Malinowski, 21 August 1985

J. Hopper, Department of Defence, Melbourne, concerning German nationals in Berrima Jail, New South Wales during the First World War, 12 August 1985

Curator, Written Records Australian War Memorial Canberra, concerning no information available, 6 August 1985

Assistant Keeper of Photographs, Victoria and Albert Museum, concerning John Buck's address, 20 November 1980

Handwritten letter in French from Dr [Wane], Manchester University, to Job O'Brien and addressed to his students, concerning psychological studies, 31 January 1975

Handwritten letters from Ted concerning Kenna's questions, 31 January 1975 and various matters, 13 March 1972

Dilys D concerning her experience of blindness, 1970s

Ken, Fort Devens, USA, concerning Kenna's appointment as assistant lecturer in Berkeley University, 26 December 1947

Winifred Raphael concerning the Children of C. S. Myers, 27 January 1969

Grace Rawlings, London, concerning Fildes correspondence, April 1968

Monifieth District Council, Dundee, concerning William Playfair, 14 February 1967]

A. W. Harding , Dundee College of Education, concerning information on William Playfair, 22 December 1967

City Librarian, Corporation of Dundee, concerning information on William Playfair, 14 December 1967

Miss E. G. Ritchie (great-grand-daughter of W. Playfair) concerning information on William Playfair, 23 November 1964

Concerning information on William Playfair, 26 November 1967

Professor J. W. L. Adams, University of Dundee, concerning information on William Playfair, 30 November 1967

A .F. Meredith, University of Dundee, concerning information on William Playfair, 24 November 1967

Professor Warner Brown, Berkeley, California , undated Christmas card

Keeper of Manuscripts, Edinburgh University Library, concerning Miss Margaret Playfair's address, 22 November 1967

Philip Frere, London, concerning information on Philip Howard Frere, 16 March 1966

Professor L Hearnshaw concerning Sully's children, October 1965

John R. Krueger, The Mongolia Society, Indiana, USA, concerning Kenna's work on transvestism and related ,matters, 7 October 1965

Cedric A. Larson, New York, concerning a copy of the APA History of Psychology Newsletter (copy enclosed), 18 January 1965

Hüfner Deutscher, Bonn, concerning information on Theodor Schott and Wilhelm Erb, 29 April 1963

Meteorological Office Library concerning a bibliographic reference,, 17 April 1963

Alice H. Hales (wife of Frank Hales) concerning Hales' family history, 1962

Professor C. A. Mace Birkbeck College, London concerning biographical dictionaries and other matters, 16 & 29 September 1961

Grace Rawlings rejecting Kenna's references for inclusion in BPS Jubilee booklet, 4 August 1961

Professor C. A. Mace, Birkbeck College, London, concerning publishing a book, 6 May 1961

Jack Tizard, Social Psychiatry Research Unit, Maudsley Hospital, concerning an omission in Kenna's Psychologists and the Royal Society, 22 January 1961

Hannah Steinberg, University College London, concerning an amended manuscript, 28 June 1960

[Hannah Steinberg] concerning publishing Kenna's "list of portraits", 31 December 1959

Librarian, The Royal Society, concerning Kenna's amended typescript of his article on Psychologists and The Royal Society, October 1959

Assistant Secretary, The Royal Society, concerning Kenna's permission to publish for his article on Psychologists and The Royal Society, 14 September 1959

[Hannah Steinberg] concerning including Kenna's supplement on The Royal Society in the September issue 8 May, c. 1960

l. Penrose, The Galton Laboratory, UCL, concerning information on 'Galtonia', 10 November 1958

Geoff (Leytham), University of Liverpool, concerning E. C. Tolman's list, 2 December 1957

E. C. Tolman, University of California, concerning Brunswick's list of publications, 5 November 1957

Geoff (Leytham) University of Liverpool, concerning Brunswick's list, 25 September 1957

J. W. Cox, Pontypool, concerning recording memories of C. S. Myers, 17 August 1957

D. F. Vincent, National Institute of Industrial Psychology, London, concerning Spearman's first two factorization formulae, 27 July 1954

Roger (Biscall), University College London, concerning funding and the BPS presidency, 10 February 1954

Professor James Drever, University of Edinburgh, concerning his father's visit to Meumann's Laboratory at Hamburg, 1 February 1954

Ernest Beaglehole, New Zealand, concerning British students studying psychology in Germany, 2 February 1954

Professor C. A. Mace, Birkbeck College, concerning locating documentary evidence on occupational psychology, 15 January 1954

Mary Gibson Smith, Birmingham, concerning Kenna's planned visit, 31 December 1953

Miss G. Blunt, Secretary, BPS, concerning BPS presidents 1938-1945, December 1953

Sub-Librarian, Trinity College Cambridge, concerning an enquiry for information, 6 January 1953

George M.Hindle Lancashire , concerning Hindle's education and army career, October 15 1951

Tana Palmer, concerning Virginia Woolf, 9 September 1941

H. Tasman Lovell, University of Sydney, concerning bi-lingualism and other matters, 25 July 1940

Ernest Jones, concerning a personal interview, c.1950s)

Dr. Anna Freud concerning Kenna's request for a tape recorded interview from Freud for the BPS archives, 1963

Copies of outgoing correspondence:

Hannah Steinberg concerning Kenna's article on The Royal Society, February 1960

R Birley Eton College, concerning Galton's laboratory at Eton, 25 November 1953

Mr Bartlett, note of thanks, 4 December 1953

Sub Librarian Trinity College Library, concerning James Ward fellowship, 29 January 1954

Mr Kaye, The Royal Society, concerning references in Kenna's article Psychologists and the Royal Society, 14 October 1959

Professor James Drever, University of Edinburgh, concerning his father's visit to Meumann's Laboratory at Hamburg, January 29 1954

Mrs. M. Gibson Smith (niece of W.G.Smith), Birmingham, requesting information on Psychology at Jena, Germany, 23 November 1953

Dr. Bryce, requesting information on W. G. Smith, 22 November 1953

'Leo', Berkeley, California concerning Kenna's stay in America, 4 February 1950

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1940-2000

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1 file

Acquisition note

Deposited in the library at Wellcome Collection by the British Psychological Society in September 2008.

Notes

Compiled by the Cataloguing Project Archivist at the British Psychological Society History of Psychology Centre, with minor editing by Wellcome staff.

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