Lowenfeld, Margaret, (1890-1973) - AIM25

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0120 PP/LOW

Title

Lowenfeld, Margaret, (1890-1973)

Date(s)

1930s-1970s (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

42 boxes, 7 large boxes (V-Z) Plus 8 boxes of uncatalogued material

Context area

Name of creator

Lowenfeld , Margaret , 1890-1973 , paediatrician

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.

Repository

Wellcome Library

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.

GB 0120 PP/LOW 1930s-1970s Collection (fonds) 42 boxes, 7 large boxes (V-Z) Plus 8 boxes of uncatalogued material Lowenfeld , Margaret , 1890-1973 , paediatrician

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.

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.

Transferred from the Centre for Family Research on behalf of the Dr Margaret Lowenfeld Trust.

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.

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

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.

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.

English

Copied from the Wellcome Library catalogue by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Jan 2009 Therapeutics Complementary therapies Sensory art therapies Play therapy Age distribution Age groups Child Physiology Nutrition Pathology Diseases Rheumatic diseases Rheumatism Play and playthings Recreation Therapy Leisure Psychology Lowenfeld , Margaret , 1890-1973 , paediatrician Institute of Child Psychology Medical sciences

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from the Centre for Family Research on behalf of the Dr Margaret Lowenfeld Trust.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

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.

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