Association of Therapeutic Communities
PLANNED ENVIRONMENT THERAPY TRUST
Charterhouse Group
Therapeutic Community Open Forum
Church Lane, Toddington, Cheltenham, GLOS. GL 54 5DQ, United Kingdom Phone/Fax: 01242 620125. Email: archive@pettarchiv.org.uk
(For earlier years, please see the last Newsletter: January 1997)
1997-1998 was a busy year with significant development in every area, the only shadow being the loss at the end of 1996-1997 of Jenny Blackmore, our assistant archivist (who decided to go to Africa), as well as the consequent additional work-load. Forward planning for the new construction - an archive store with more than double the space currently available, a new twelve-room accommodation block, and expanded dining, cooking and meeting facilities - has obviated her replacement until the latter part of 1998-1999 or the early part of 1999-2000. Construction should begin during the course of 1998-1999.
The number of visitors and queries escalated during 1997-1998, the library grew, there were fifty-one archive accessions, and over a hundred tapes were added to the oral history collections. The web-site found its feet, and our capacity to respond to queries and to make material more widely and readily available has correspondingly grown.
The staff remains:
Dr. Craig Fees, Archivist, full-time
Maureen Ward, Archive Assistant,
part-time
Albert Lamb, Specialist Curator
(Democratic/Alternative/Progressive Education), part-time.
Detailed Reports:
The Archive accessioned fifty-one collections, ranging in size from single items to substantial bodies of material. These included:
Additional non-clinical materials related to Peper Harow therapeutic community.
A box of materials related to the Maxwell Jones memorial gathering held at Heronbrook House Therapeutic Community in 1990, and to her doctoral research on therapeutic communities, given by Dr. Breda O'Sullivan.
Nineteen colour photographs of the New Barns gathering of March 1997, given by Helen Frye.
A series of accessions from Dr. Josephine Lomax-Simpson relating to the Messenger House Trust, including a black and white photograph of the opening of Hayward House; a typescript description of Hayward House; boxes of files; as well as correspondence and notes concerning talks, conferences, etc. at which Dr. Lomax-Simpson made presentations; and other material.
One video tape, "Spring Gathering, March 1997", concerning New Barns School, produced and given by Eric and Sybil Wheeler.
A paper by Director of the Cotswold Community John Whitwell, and a programme of the conference in celebration of Isabel Menzies Lyth's 80th birthday at which he presented it, given by the author.
A set of fourteen photographs taken at the 1997 David Wills Lecture by John Cross, and given by him.
Two sets of photographs taken by the archivist during accessioning of New Barns archive materials.
Four gramophone disks. Recordings made originally for the BBC by D.W. Winnicott on "The Child and the Family". Anonymous donation.
A box of materials largely related to the Reading University Therapeutic Child Care course, given by Mary Jannaway.
Helen Frye, a file of material including a cyclostyled course prospectus entitled "The Withymead Centre. Summer course to be held on...1958"
Photographs of the demolition of New Barns School, taken and given by John Cross.
Fifteen pamphlets and books given by Robert Laslett, including "Q-Camps for Boys" (1944), the Q-Camps First Annual Report (1936-1937), and others, a number of which include annotations by Robert Laslett.
A series of accessions lent for copying by Lys Rolls relating primarily to Janet Grieve and to Naemoor School, including a small scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, photographs, correspondence, Nativity play script, and other materials.
"The Gables Hostel - Practice Handbook", given by Paul Harring.
Two sheets of notes on her sister Elizabeth Wills, given for photocopying by Ruth Barling.
A box of materials relating to small and democratic schools given by David Gribble, formerly of Dartington Hall, and co-founder of the Sands Small School.
Photographs relating to Barns and Chaigeley Manor Schools lent by Howard Jones for copying.
Two cards with photographs of the office building at Hawkspur Camp, given by Ted Barron.
Two bronze medals from psychiatric conferences, given by Josephine Lomax-Simpson.
Copies of a letter and questionnaire response relating to his research on "Six Quakers Look at Crime and Punishment", given by Mike Nellis.
The archives of Hengrove School, from Alexander Gobell.
Several videos and several hundred photographs related to New Barns School, given by Rai Clews.
The Library purchased several hundred books and pamphlets, both new and second-hand, and continued to subscribe to a wide range of newsletters and journals. In addition to these, we were given:
Books
104 books and pamphlets from his personal library by Roy Prideaux, retired Further Education HMI.
122 books and pamphlets from Josephine Lomax-Simpson, psychiatrist, psychoanalyst and founder of the Messenger House Trust.
Broken Canes, a novel about a British progressive school just before the last war by Peter Vansittart, given by Trustee Caroline Whitehead.
A copy of David Wills, Commonsense About Young Offenders, and of Lawrence Friedman, Menninger- the Family and the Clinic, given by Mike Nellis of Birmingham University.
Journals
Seven editions of the Hadera (Democratic Schools) Conference journals, 1993-1996, given by their editor, David Gribble.
A set of Asylum Magazine, 1992-1995; given by John Hopton.
A significant number of specialist psychoanalytic, psychiatric and related journals given by Josephine Lomax-Simpson.
Papers/Articles
A further set of papers from the Association of Therapeutic Communities' annual Windsor Conferences, given by Dr. Bob Hinshelwood.
Nineteen articles, reviews of the television film "People Need People", his bibliography, and newsletters re the Institute for the Humanities, Salado, Texas, given by Harry Wilmer.
A cyclostyled typescript: "The Individual and the Group: The Anti-Social Person and the Therapeutic Community", a paper given in 1960 to the National Association of Probation Officers, given by its author, Isobel Hunter-Brown.
A group of his published and unpublished papers, given by Dr. Howard Jones.
Pre-recorded audio-cassettes
(T) DG 1.1-1.3 Three pre-recorded audiocassettes featuring talks by Daniel Greenberg of Sudbury Valley School, recorded 1991, given by David Gribble.
(T) DG 3.1-3.4 Four pre-recorded audiocassettes by Sarah McCrum: The Global Children's Hearing in Rio, 1992, and "Looking for Peace",1994, given by David Gribble.
(T) JLS 25.6.2-5 A series of four pre-recorded Bowlby Lecture audiocassettes.
(T) JLS 25.7.1-3 Three pre-recorded audiocassettes: S.H. Foulkes, "Group Analytic Psychotherapy" (1972).
The Archive and Study Centre was again able to support the work of others in a variety of ways - materials, equipment, transcription, travel costs. In total five researchers recorded twenty-one interviews, through which twenty-six tapes were added to the archives.
(T) DGL1 David Glenister interviewing David Clark.
(T) GC 12-17 Gill Connan, four interviews relating to New Barns School.
(T) LJ 1-14 Lucy Jaffe, a dozen group and individual interviews relating to Forest School Camps.
(T) JH 1-2 John Hopton interviewing Dr. David Clark.
(T) JH 3 John Hopton interviewing former nurse at Prestwich Hospital about the therapeutic community wards there.
(T) JH 4 John Hopton, interviewing Michael Conran about David Cooper.
(T) TH8 Tom Harrison, interviewing former patient about Northfield Hospital.
The Centre itself carried out twenty-three interviews involving thirty-two audio tapes and one video tape. [CF = recorded by Craig Fees. ABL = recorded by Albert Lamb]
(T) CF 217 Pauline Weinstein, concerning Bodenham Manor School.
(T) CF 218 Margaret Meade, with Sheila Gatiss, concerning the origins and early years of Glebe House Therapeutic Community.
(T) CF 219 Rose, with Josephine Lomax-Simpson. On the Messenger House Trust.
(T) CF 220 Cathy, with Josephine Lomax-Simpson. On the Messenger House Trust.
(T) CF 221 Chrissy, with Josephine Lomax-Simpson. On the Messenger House Trust.
(T) CF 222 Josephine Lomax-Simpson. On her life and career.
(T) CF 223 Mr. And Mrs. Buckley. On the Messenger House Trust.
(T) CF 225-226 Hazel Powell. On Forest School, Summerhill School, and Forest School Camps.
(T) CF227-230/237 Accessioning New Barns School archive materials.
(T) CF 232 Hilary Chivall. On Forest School Camps.
(T) CF 233 Victor Brooks. On Forest School Camps.
(T) CF 234 Richard Roberts. On Forest School Camps.
(T) CF 235-6 Ruby Mungovan, interviewed by David Glenister and Craig Fees, concerning Fulbourn Hospital and her life and career.
(T) CF 238-239 Paul and Pauline Harring. On Josephine Lomax-Simpson, and their lives and careers.
(T) CF 240 Ruth Barling, re Elizabeth Wills and family.
(T) CF 241 Lys Rolls, re Janet and John Grieve, Naemoor School, Lendrick Muir School.
(T) CF 242 Howard and Bess Jones, re their lives and careers.
(T) CF 243-244 Isobel Hunter-Brown, on her experiences at the Henderson Hospital (1957-1960)
(T) CF 245 Lys Rolls, on Naemoor School.
(T) ABL 5-6 Mary Leue. On her life and work, including the Free School of Albany (New York).
(T) ABL 7-8 Joy Evans, Wendy Rodway. On Forest School and Forest School Camps.
(T) ABL13 John and Morag Aitkenhead on their lives and work, particularly at Kilquhanity School.
(V) CF Chris Beedell and Ted Barron at the site of Hawkspur Camp.
We also recorded a number of conferences, a seminar and a lecture, for a further eighteen tapes.
(T) CF 208-213 "Attachment and Loss", an Arbours Association conference held in London on May 11, 1997.
(T) CF 214-217 "Last Chance? First Opportunity", a joint Charterhouse Group/Lancaster University Conference, held at the Institute of Education, on 11 July 1997.
(T) CF 231 Andy Stillman. Talk at Forest School Camps' 50th anniversary celebrations in London on September 27, 1997.
(T) CF 224 Robert Laslett. The annual David Wills Lecture, held on September 9, 1997, in London
(T) CF 246/247 A recording of a talk by Chris Beedell on "Therapeutic residential care for children and young people", given to a Policy Studies Association seminar in Bristol. On March 14, 1998.
(T) ABL 9-12 Education Now 1997 Conference, in Nottingham.
The Centre was also given thirty-three oral history/live event recordings.
(T) BOS A recording of the 1990 memorial gathering at Heronbrook House for Maxwell Jones, given by Dr. Breda O'Sullivan.
(T) DG 2.1-2.10 Ten oral history recordings, part of the research for his book Real Education: Varieties of Freedom (LibEd, 1998), recorded and given by David Gribble.
(T) JH 20SM1-VIS Twenty-two audio-cassettes, recordings made by John Hopton during the course of his oral history of Prestwich Hospital.
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