Margaret Arden: archives

The collection contains a large amount of papers (both published and unpublished) and articles from Psychoanalytic practitioners which Margaret had collected during her career and showcase a range of key themes within the field. Also, there is an assortment of correspondence that Margaret had with significant figures within the psychoanalytic field which includes: Charles Rycroft, Elizabeth Spillius, Anthony Storr and Montague Ullman (who edited her collected papers). The majority is to Dr Arden, but the collection also includes some letters sent by her. These often relate to her feeback on papers which have been written by these practitioners. Margaret's most prominent work is illustrated in her book: "Midwifery of the Soul." Correspondence relating to the launch of this book is showcased in this collection. There is also a small section of patient notes which arose from Margaret's work in private psychoanalytic practice and when she was a training analyst for the British Association of Psychotherapists. One CD-R in a Mac format using pages software also exists which is mostly composed of documents Margaret had completed relating to her work..

The archive has been arranged into sections according to the format type of the material (e.g. letters, articles and papers etc), following Margaret's own classification as closely as possible.

Parts of the collection were in an alphabetical filing system and a decision was made to maintain the original order of this and to make distinctions between the different formats (e.g. articles, correspondence).

This collection has been arranged into the following sections:

A- Articles, papers and correspondence filed in alphabetical order

B - Letters written to Margaret Arden

C - Patient notes

D - Published articles and reviews

E - Published and unpublished papers relating to Psychoanalysis

F - Margaret Arden digital material