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Betty Lambda Collection
Catalogue reference: BL
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This record is about the Betty Lambda Collection dating from 1917 to 1969.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- BL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Betty Lambda Collection
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1917 to 1969
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection comprises papers given to the museum by Betty Lambda which relate to Sigmund and Anna Freud. It includes details of Sigmund Freud's cancer (BL/01), correspondence beween Anna Freud and Kata (BL/02, 03), Willy (BL/06) and Lajos Lévy (BL/07).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The fonds has been kept in original order, with series usually sorted by correspondent and location, or type of material.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Freud Museum
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Lambda, Betty
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 1 box
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- Donated by Betty Lambda, June 2001
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Betty Lambda, nee Percheron and then Paul, was born in London, England, in 1921. She began acting aged 15 and went on to work in theatre, radio, television and films from the 1940s. She adopted her stage name Betty Paul in 1944. After marrying her third husband Peter Lambda in 1958 the pair collaborated on many succesful television scripts, whilst Betty Lambda herself wrote for the theatre and radio as well as two novels. She died in Gloucestshire in 2011.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/8b04d689-a946-43f0-9df0-1d7b547b4014/
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Betty Lambda Collection