PPJ - Papers of patients - Catalogue of the records held at Bethlem Museum of the Mind

Series PPJ - Papers of patients

Date Range	12 August 1809 - 20 February 1999, 1809-26, 1842-43, 1865, 1923, 1958-61, 1971 & 1999
Quantity	56 cm, 25 boxes, files, bundles, plans, volumes and notebook
Provenance	The Bethlem and Maudsley NHS Trust
Access	Partially closed
Related Series
Related	PPK Hennell's literary remains, and files documenting the research that lay behind the biography "Thomas Hennell: Countryman, artist and writer" (Cambridge University Press, 1988) 1928 - 1995
Part of	10 Private papers

Inventory Listing

PPJ-01	Correspondence and affidavits relating to the sanity of James Tilly Matthews, and correspondence concerning his designs for the new hospital at St George's Fields
	This item contains references to: Matthews, James Tilly; BUILDING DESIGN. See also plans in M2-10. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Control Box 61/8 Date range 12 August 1809 - 6 June 1811, 12 Aug 1809 - 2 Dec 1809 and 4 Feb 1811 - 6 Jun 1811 Quantity 5 cm, 1 bundle Formats General Correspondence and Legal Documents Inventory Identifier PPJ-01 Series Box Number E6-1 Series PPJ
PPJ-02	Copy of Urbane Metcalfe's leaflet entitled 'The Interior of Bethlehem Hospital'
	This item contains references to: Metcalfe, Urbane. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1818 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats General Publications Inventory Identifier PPJ-02 Series Box Number E6-2 Series PPJ
PPJ-03	Three copies of poem entitled 'Epitaph of my poor Jack, squirrel' by James Hadfield
	The squirrel in question died on 23 July 1826. This item contains references to: Hadfield, James; POETRY. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range c. 1826 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats Ephemera Inventory Identifier PPJ-03 Series Box Number D8-2 Series PPJ
PPJ-04	Sketchbook kept by Richard Dadd during his tour of the Middle East and modern map showing the journey
	Property of the Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust. A map showing the journey is in M2-4 This item contains references to: Dadd, Richard; WORKS OF ART. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1842 - 1843 Quantity 2 cm, 2 1 volume and 1 map Formats Sketches Inventory Identifier PPJ-04 Series Box Number G5-4 Series PPJ
PPJ-05	Letters to David Roberts from Richard Dadd, Robert Dadd (Richard's father) Stephen Dadd (his brother) and Sir Thomas Philips
	Property of the Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust. This item contains references to: letter writing; Dadd, Richard; Dadd, Robert; Dadd, Stephen; Phillips, Thomas; Roberts, David. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 5 November 1842 - 10 September 1843 Quantity 2 cm, 1 file Formats General Correspondence Inventory Identifier PPJ-05 Series Box Number G5-4 Series PPJ
PPJ-06	Autograph copy of poem by Richard Dadd entitled 'Elimination of a picture and its subject - called the Feller's Master Stroke'
	Property of the Bethlem Art and History Collections Trust. Text can be viewed https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Elimination_of_a_Picture_%26_its_Subject%E2%80%94called_The_Fellers%27_Master_Stroke This item contains references to: Dadd, Richard; POETRY. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range January 1865 Quantity 2 cm, 1 volume Formats Ephemera Inventory Identifier PPJ-06 Series Box Number G5-4 Series PPJ
PPJ-07	Model aircraft designs by hospital patient
	The patient in question is Leslie Howard Harris, who was admitted in 1919 and 1924. This item contains references to: Harris, Leslie Howard. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range July 1923 - September 1923 Quantity 1 cm, 6 plans Formats Drawings and/or Plans Inventory Identifier PPJ-07 Series Box Number S1-3 Series PPJ
PPJ-08	Copies of pamphlet addressed to "the children of future generations" outlining aviation career, messianic pretensions and apocalyptic beliefs of patient
	The patient in question was Leslie Howard Harris, who was admitted in 1919 and 1924. This item contains references to: Harris, Leslie Howard. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1925 Quantity 1 cm, 1 file Formats General Publications Inventory Identifier PPJ-08 Series Box Number E5-2 Series PPJ
PPJ-13	3 typed manuscripts by Percy Murrell, a patient at Bethlem from 1916 to 1917
	Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range c. 1917 Quantity 4 cm, 3 files Formats Notebooks Inventory Identifier PPJ-13 Series Box Number E5-2 Series PPJ
PPJ-14	Painting of a boat by a patient
	The patient in question was Leslie Howard Harris, who was admitted in 1919 and 1924. This item contains references to: Harris, Leslie Howard. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1925 Quantity 1 cm, 1 painting Inventory Identifier PPJ-14 Series Box Number E5-3 Series PPJ
PPJ-20	Letter from Louis Wain to 'Dr Mackenzie' requesting leave to buy art supplies
	Letter is professionally mounted. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1926 Quantity 2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier PPJ-20 Series Box Number D8-1 Series PPJ
PPJ-21	Leaflets for the 'Society for Improving the Condition of the Insane' with headed art created by Richard Dadd.
	Also includes correspondence providng background to the donation. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital Date range 1880 - 1993 Quantity 2 cm, 1 folder Inventory Identifier PPJ-21 Series Box Number D8-1 Series PPJ
PPJ-22	Script for 'Brave Morning or Seramara De, a Folk Musical'; and 'An Anthology of Poetry'.
	Both works created by contemporary inpatients in Bethlem Royal Hospital in the course of their stays. Further notes available in the accession file. Creator Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital (Joint Hospital) Date range 1971 Quantity 4 cm, 2 folders Inventory Identifier PPJ-22 Series Box Number H7-7 Series PPJ

Published by the Bethlem Museum of the Mind, 14 May 2014
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