Rivers, William Halse Rivers, 1864-1922 (psychologist and anthropologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1864 - 1922
Found in 62 Collections and/or Records:
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'Affect in the Dream', 192110
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/20
Scope and Contents
This article applies the theories of Freud to cases of neurosis where the patient has nightmares about battle.
Dates:
192110
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Biographical material
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/5
Found in:
Department of Psychology
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Papers of W H R Rivers
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Black and white portrait photograph of Rivers standing in a garden
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/5/1
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Bundle of loose notes on the Head experiment, containing observations on how the arm reacts to various stimuli, 19071213
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/2/3/5
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Bundle of loose notes on the Head experiment, containing observations on how the hand reacted to changes in temperature, 19071208
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/2/3/4
Series
Correspondence, 1904-08-31 - 1921-11-24
Series
Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/3
Dates:
1904-08-31 - 1921-11-24
Found in:
Department of Psychology
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Papers of W H R Rivers
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Diagram of a piece of experimental equipment (a small chamber) with notes on dimensions and construction
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/1/10
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'Experimental Psychology in Relation to Insanity', 189510
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/1
Dates:
189510
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'Freud's Concept of the "Censorship", 192007
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/19
Dates:
192007
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Index to 'The Case of H. H. and His Arm'
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/2/4/6
Scope and Contents
The indexed term 'acuaesthesia' (relating to sensation at particular points) is defined in the letter WHRivers/2/3/3 within this collection.
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Journal, 26 Nov. 1917-May 1918 (diary entries start at 19 December 1917)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/12
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook (with 'Palestine' scratched on upper cover) and mostly comprises diary entries written at Litherland, Limerick, Egypt and Palestine. Significant entries include: /2r-3r. mentioning his protest against the continuation of the war; /4r. on being posted to Limerick; /7v-8r, /19v-20r. mentioning [Robert] Graves and Craiglockhart; /11v. on being posted to Egypt, with list of points for and against this; /29v. his arrival at base camp, Kantara; /30v....
Dates:
26 Nov. 1917-May 1918 (diary entries start at 19 December 1917)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
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Journal, 4 Feb. 1921-18 Apr. 1921 (dates are of diary entries, other notes undated)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/15
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook and mostly comprises diary entries; preparatory notes for poetry and prose; and notes on politics, the economy and industrial conditions (especially in South Wales). The volume also includes: - prose passages: /13v-15r. 'To a Traveller'; 15v-21r. 'On Staying at Max Gate' and visiting Thomas Hardy; /24v, untitled, begins 'the joyous adventure'; /31r. 'Autognosis'; /39r-39v. untitled, begins 'What would happen to a man who fell in love...
Dates:
4 Feb. 1921-18 Apr. 1921 (dates are of diary entries, other notes undated)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
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Journal, 8 Aug. 1921-2 Mar. 1922 (diary entries start at 24 August 1921)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/16
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook (marked '1921 Rome' on the front cover) and mostly comprises diary entries, together with preparatory notes for poetry and prose. Diary entries include: /14r-21r. an account of a visit to Renshaw Hall [home of the Sitwells] in September 1921, with comments on Osbert Sitwell; /22r-23v. entries concerning Elgar; entries written /28r. at Tintern Abbey, /28v-30. at Max Gate, home of 'T.H.' [Thomas Hardy], /30v-33v. on a trip to Rome [with Frank...
Dates:
8 Aug. 1921-2 Mar. 1922 (diary entries start at 24 August 1921)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
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Journal, 8 Jan. 1921-11 July 1922 (with later annotations dated 1926, 1949 & 1967)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/17
Scope and Contents
The volume is a plain notebook titled 'Journal 1921', written while living at 54 Tufton Street. It is entirely comprised of diary entries in an unusually fair hand together with many later annotations and expurgated sections. It includes: - quotations from Conrad, Sir J. Davies, Pope, Bertrand Russell, Goethe and Stendhal: /1b (r)-1b(v). - list of social engagements: /7r, 8r. - mention of the suicide of young Holloway at Nellie Burton's...
Dates:
8 Jan. 1921-11 July 1922 (with later annotations dated 1926, 1949 & 1967)
Conditions Governing Access:
This notebook has been digitised and can be viewed in full on the Cambridge Digital Library. The original item is currently unavailable for consultation due to its poor physical condition.
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Lecture notes on 'Expression of emotions'
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/1/4
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Letter, 5 Dec. 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8483/5
Scope and Contents
Apologising for not calling on him while in Cambridge; busy with Rivers.
Dates:
5 Dec. 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter addressed from 54 Tufton St., 1920-1922 (date inferred from address and context)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8483/39
Scope and Contents
Re planning a visit to Cambridge to stay with [W.H.R.] Rivers, hopes to see Bartholomew, and is bringing some 'rare Sassoon items'. Loose folio, originally inserted between folios /2-3 of MS Add.8483.
Dates:
1920-1922 (date inferred from address and context)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Letter to Rivers from C. S. Sherrington concerning a pilot being referred to Rivers for testing, 19190222
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/3/24
Dates:
19190222
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Letter to Ward from Rivers dated 18 August 1905 and sent from St John' s College, Cambridge, 1905-08-18
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/3/2
Scope and Contents
The letter concerns the periodical darkening of the field of one eye, and the academic treatment of this subject by German scientists (with bibliography). The recipient of the letter is presumably Professor James Ward, Lecturer in Moral Sciences and founding member of the Laboratory for Experimental Psychology
Dates:
1905-08-18
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Manuscript notebook containing notes on ancient civilisations and their facial features
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/1/2
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Notebook, 1943 (circa)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/7/3/2
Scope and Contents
The volume comprises preliminary notes and revised drafts for 'Siegfried's Journey', including reminiscences on his wartime experiences, Edmund Blunden, Wilfred Owen, Robert Ross, Robert Graves, and Thomas Hardy, with notes continuing to 1925. It also contains (written from reverse) notes on a film project to be based on the history of the Sassoon family (folios /53v-57v). Notes for 'Siegfried's Journey' include the following: - notes on visits to Max Gate: /1r & 39v. - 'Details of...
Dates:
1943 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Notebook, 'Vigils', 1932 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9724/1/7
Scope and Contents
Notebook containing fair copy of poems, but with many later alterations. Title-page with tentative date of 1932, and additional poems to 1935. Some poems are set within a watercolour border. Contents include: Decorated title pages, with quotations: /inside front cover, /1r. Quotations from Bacon and Keats: /1v. Poems: - 'Heaven', with revisions: /2r. - list of poems for inclusion in 'Vigils' and list marked 'miscellaneous & doubtful': /2v. - 'December Stillness': /3r. - 'Presences...
Dates:
1932 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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