Miscellaneous writings; some published, some unpublished, 1943 - 1983
Scope and Contents
Not listed in bibliographies.
File 1;
Item 1. Article on technological progress, January 1983, for New Scientist, being a follow-up to 'The World in 1984', ed. N Calder, 1965;
Item 2. Foreword to 'Making Good: Prisons, Punishment and Beyond', by Martin Wright, 1982;
Item 3. 'Public Tasks', being a short contribution to 'The Love of My Life', 1982;
Item 4. Introduction to the 2nd edition of 'Working Class Wives: Their Health and Conditions', by Margery Spring Rice, 1981 (first published 1939);
Item 5. 'More Equality, Less Freedom' (unpublished paper), December 1978;
Item 6. Article on 'Marriage Laws' (probably written for New Society but not published), October 1978;
Item 7.'A Blueprint for Britain's Future' (unpublished? but appears to be the text of a lecture given at the London School of Economics), May 1975;
Item 8. 'Capital Punishment' (not known if published), 1973;
Item 9. Opening address to National Parks Authorities Conference, Aviemore, 1969;
Item 10. Review of Abraham S Goldstein, 'The Insanity Defense', in The Yale Law Journal, Volume 77 No. 5, April 1968;
Item 11. 'British Medical Practice as seen through the eyes of a Layman', being part of the second session of a Symposium on Society and its General Practitioners, Harrogate 21 May 1967 (published in the Journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners, February 1969);
Item 12. 'Christianity Today' (?published in 'Knight's Humanist Anthology: from Confucius to Bertrand Russell', Pemberton 1967);
File 2;
Item 13. Tribute to Sir Aubrey Lewis in the Bethlem-Maudsley Hospital Gazette, Autumn 1966;
Item 14. Address to NAMH conference on Violence and the Mental Health Services, London, March 8 1962;
Item 15. 'Nothing in Particular' (possibly for New Society), re the continued existence of the House of Lords and possible alternatives, January 1978;
Item 16. 'Winds of Change in the Criminal Law', post 1960?;
Item 17. Handwritten notes of BW's maiden speech in the House of Lords, February 1959;
Item 18. Summary of evidence to Lord Pakenham's Committee on the causes of crime, March 1954;
Item 19. 'Adjustment to What? - a Sociological Approach to Maladjustment', being the text of a paper delivered to the National Association for Mental Health Inter-Clinic Conference, 1953;
Item 20. Speech given at a dinner and reunion of the RPA [Rationalist Press Association], 18 May 1950 (published by the RPA in The Literary Guide, July 1950);
Item 21. 'The role of the RPA today', being speeches from an RPA dinner, May 1950;
Item 22. 'Memorandum by the Director of Studies on University Extra-Mural Education in London after the War', 1943;
Item 23. 'Tour C1 - 15 Days from 42GNS', being notes by BW on Calvi, Corsica, for a Horizon Holidays Brochure, circa 1960.
Dates
- Creation: 1943 - 1983
Creator
- From the Fonds: Wootton, Barbara Frances, 1897 - 1988 (nee Adam, Baroness Wootton of Abinger, university professor) (Person)
Extent
2 file(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
97
Originator(s)
Wootton, Barbara
Finding aid date
2004-11-15 12:09:30+00:00
Repository Details
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