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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'The Case of H. H. and His Arm': vol. 5, 19070208 - 19081026
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/2/4/5
Scope and Contents
There are photographs of Head's arm and hand (see for comparison the series listed as WHRivers/2/2 in this collection) inserted into the typed text at intervals by way of illustration. There are also tabular displays of data. There is also reported at the end of the volume a short separate experiment on the glans (tip of the penis) to determine nerve sensation in that area.
Dates:
19070208 - 19081026
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'The Colour Vision of the Eskimo', 19010309
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/5
Scope and Contents
The article discusses the language used to denote colour.
Dates:
19010309
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'The Illusion of Compared Horizontal and Vertical Lines' by G. Dawes Hicks and W. H. R. Rivers, 190801
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/23
Dates:
190801
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'The Influence of Small Doses of Alcohol on the Capacity for Muscular Work', 190801
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/10
Dates:
190801
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'The Sociological Significance of Myth', 19120930
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/11
Dates:
19120930
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'The Tasking', 'Unwonted Themes' and 'Meredith Biographical References etc.', 1947-1957 (circa; the Meredith notes precede 1948; the poems date circa 1951-1957)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/6/9
Scope and Contents
Notebook comprising draft poems for 'The Tasking' and 'Unwonted Themes' at one end, and notes for 'Meredith' from the other. The notebook also includes an almost continuous run of diary entries for 5 Feb. 1953 - 4 Apr. 1954. While the diary entries begin from the poetry end, many share pages with the Meredith notes. Contents: 'The Tasking. Unwonted Themes': /1r-29v & 76r. Contains the following draft poems and related notes: - Title page: /1r. - 'The Abstractionist': /1v. - Lists...
Dates:
1947-1957 (circa; the Meredith notes precede 1948; the poems date circa 1951-1957)
Conditions Governing Access:
Fragile, with many loose or detached pages - please handle with care.
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'W H R Rivers and the Hazards of Interpretation' by C. S. Breathnach, 199307
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/5/2
Dates:
199307
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'Why Is the "Unconscious" Unconscious?', 191810
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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/13
Scope and Contents
Rivers refers to the work of Henry Head, a colleague with who he had worked closely, on neurology.
Dates:
191810
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- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 9
- University Archives (GBR/0265) 1
- Type
- Archival Object 61
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Sensory systems 12
- Neurology 11
- Psychoanalysis 11
- Visual discrimination 6
- Experimental psychology 5
- Unconscious 5
- Colour 3
- Dream interpretation 3
- Fear 3
- Psychology 3
- Shell shock 3
- Alcohol 2
- Censorship 2
- Cultural anthropology 2
- Indigenous populations 2
- Manual workers 2
- Muscles 2
- Pain 2
- Photographs 2
- Psychiatry 2
- Semantics 2
- Sense organs 2
- Ancient civilizations 1
- Anthropology 1
- Birth 1
- Caffeine 1
- Cognition 1
- Diagrams 1
- Emotions 1
- Eskimo languages 1
- Fatigue 1
- First World War (1914-1918) 1
- Folklore 1
- Insanity 1
- Medical research 1
- Military training 1
- Moral treatment (psychiatry) 1
- Optics 1
- Perception 1
- Physiognomy 1
- Physiological effects 1
- Pilots 1
- Psychological effects 1
- Psychological research 1
- Psychological trauma 1
- Ritualism 1
- Scientific methods 1
- Symbolism 1
- Vision impairments 1
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