[Laing Collection]. [ca. 1967-1989]

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[Laing Collection]. [ca. 1967-1989]

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The papers of Ronald David Laing (1927-1989), the psychotherapist and writer. The collection includes medical correspondence and case notes, financial papers, diaries, appointment books, notebooks, press-cuttings, drafts of published works, unpublished writings and lectures, interviews, films and recordings, and the draft biography of R.D. Laing by Adrian Laing. Accompanying the papers is Laing's personal library of books and music, as well as copies of his own publications. This extensive personal archive closely charts Laing's professional and private Odyssey, the considerable body of correspondence with professional colleagues and numerous friends standing at its centre. The many notebooks and commonplace books reveal his thinking on a broad range of subjects, while his appointment books provide a full and fascinating insight into his daily routine, social life and wide personal contacts.

ca. 9000 items.

University of Glasgow, Glasgow University

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University of Glasgow, Glasgow University

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Laing, R. D. (Ronald David), 1927-1989

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Ronald David Laing was born in Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland, in 1927. He started at Hutchesons' Boys' Grammar School, Glasgow, in 1932 where he excelled in Classics and Music being elected a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music on 30th March 1944, and an associate of the Royal College of Music in April 1945. During his time at school he also read numerous works of philosophy, including Freud, Marx, Nietzsche and especially Kierkegaard. Laing attended the University o...