Papers and correspondence of Paul Roubiczek. 1936-1989.

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Papers and correspondence of Paul Roubiczek. 1936-1989.

Box 1: Original TS and further drafts for Roubiczek's book 'Thinking in Opposites'; an essay by Gregory Needham entitled 'Paul Roubiczek: some aspects of his thinking; two TS essays with MS corrections: 'Towards Existentialism' and 'Progress or Catastrophy'; notes about books on ethics and psychoanalysis; Box 2: Reviews and press-cuttings of Roubiczek's book 'Über den Abgrund' (Across the Abyss); extracts from philosophers; notes on philosophical topics; notes for discussions about lectures, and students' essays; Boxes 3-4: Lecture notes on philosophy; Box 5: Correspondence, 1936-1949, received by Paul Roubiczek and his wife, Hjördis; Box 6: Correspondence, 1950s; Box 7: Correspondence, 1960s and 1970s; Box 8: Correspondence with Carl Rabus, Graham Storey, Erich Heller, Werner and Elizabeth Heisenberg, Ilse, Charles Davis, and Maja Wiener, and correspondence relating to Hugh Rank, Hjördis' 60th birthday, and the Czech Refugee Trust Fund; press-cuttings relating to Erich Fried and Thomas Bernhard, and to miscellaneous topics; material relating to Roubiczek's extra-mural teaching; Box 9: Academic correspondence with colleagues and students; Box 10: Souvenirs; invitations; press-cuttings and postcards of film stars; a manuscript music note book; poetry and short stories by Robb Morrison, and by Medhurst ; 7 notebooks of manuscript poetry in German, 1946-1962, by Rudolf Wallfried (one of the books is dedicated to the Roubiczeks); Box 11: Theatre programmes of UK productions from the 1940s to the 1980s; Boxes 12-13: Miscellaneous press-cuttings from the 1940s.

13 boxes, manuscript, typescript and printed material.

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