IMAGE
Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
- Date
- 1930-2010
- By
- Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013; Brew, Robin, active 1977-2010
- Reference
- ATL-Group-00167
- Description
The collection comprises most aspects of Helen Brew’s career as a speech therapist, child psychologist, parent, actress, and documentary film maker. The papers relate to Brew's education, her role in the foundation of the Parent's Centre movement, work on hospital reform over the treatment of mothers and children, her involvement with the Mental Health Foundation, and her involvement as an actress (and playwright) in amateur and television drama. A large part of the collection relates to her work as a documentary film maker. These include the R D Laing documentary 'Birth', documentaries about child rearing in China, and her projects on child rearing as a whole. The search for film funding led to an extensive correspondence with potential sponsors and supporters. This part of the collection includes transcripts of audio recordings. There are comparatively few photographs.
Arrangement: The circumstances of the salvage destroyed much of the original arrangement. The papers have been divided into twenty five series reflecting their subject matter. Some of the papers appear to bear no relevance to Helen Brew's life and work. They have been placed in a separate series. There is also a large collection of audio tapes, comprising interview and private recordings. These are awaiting a full description.
Helen Brew, a child psychologist and speech therapist, was heavily involved in parenting and child raising, a pioneer of the New Zealand Parent Centre movement and a determined advocate for the reform of hospital practice in maternity services and child care. She was also an actress and was prominent as a documentary producer, mainly relating to child care-related subjects. Noted documentaries included 'Birth' about the work of psychiatrist R D Laing, and 'China in Change', about child rearing in China.
Quantity: 292 folder(s). 28 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Manuscripts, typescript, printed matter, photographs
Provenance: Papers were held by her family, and damaged in a house fire
Transfers: To Oral History Collection - 4 boxes of tapes, and several folders of transcripts. (Most fire or water damaged).
- Additional description
Many of the papers salvaged after the house fire show traces of fire, smoke, and water damage.
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Requires the written permission of the donor, Robin Brew.
- Format
- 292 folder(s), 28 b&w original photographic print(s), Manuscripts, Photographs, Manuscripts, typescript, printed matter, photographs
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Diary kept at Dharamsala
Date: 29 June-14 July 1990
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-277
Description: Rough diary kept by Helen Brew while at Dharamsala, India, filming the Tibetan sections of 'Blueprints for survival'. Records daily activities and meetings, including with the Dalai Lama, a filming log, medical case histories, and descriptions of medicines used. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscript with printed address cards stapled in. All held in spiral binding. Some pages loose.
Draft transcript of interviews with extended family in Sichuan
Date: 1983
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
By: Jackson, Glenda, 1936-
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-013
Description: Transcript of an interview conducted by Glenda Jackson and an interpreter with members of an extended village family in Sichuan.. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript and manuscript in pencil.
Draft transcripts of interviews at Beijing Children's Hospital
Date: 1983
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
By: Greene, Felix, 1909-1985
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-014
Description: Draft transcripts of interviews conducted with staff and others at Beijing Children's Hospital, conducted by Felix Greene and an interpreter. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript with numerous alterations and commentary in pencil. Includes manuscript instructions to typist.
Draft transcripts of interviews
Date: 1983
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
By: Jackson, Glenda, 1936-
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-015
Description: Rough drafts of transcripts with Chinese doctors and others at several hospitals, including the Tsochiao Commune Hospital at Chengdu, and Yunnan. Includes recordings of surgeons at unidentified hospital during a caesarian operation, and the principal of an unidentified kindergarten. Interviewers include Helen Brew and Glenda Jackson. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typed and pencilled manuscript drafts. Include many annotations.
Draft transcript of interview with a village family in Yunnan
Date: [1983?]
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
By: Greene, Felix, 1909-1985
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-018
Description: Three copies of an undated draft transcript of interview conducted by Felix Greene and an interpreter with a family in a village in Yunnan Province. Includes scribbled notes to "Helen" [Brew?]. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 3 items. Physical Description: Pencilled manuscript with two photocopies.
Draft transcript of interview in Xi Shuang Ban Na
Date: [1983?]
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
By: Greene, Felix, 1909-1985
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-019
Description: Two copies of a draft transcript of an interview conducted by Helen Brew, Felix Greene and an interpreter with two doctors at a medical facility in theXi Shuang ban na (Xishuangbanna) autonomous prefecture in Yunnan province. Mainly discusses health and the National Minority groups in the prefecture. Includes pencilled commentary by Helen Brew alongside many of the questions and answers. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items. Physical Description: One draft is manuscript, the other typescript. Annotated by marker and pencilled notes.
Draft transcript of interviews taken at an old people's home in Sichuan
Date: 1983
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-016
Description: Rough draft of transcript of interviews with occupants of an old people's home in Sichuan. Interviewer and interpreter not identified. Includes notes to typist and come commentary by Helen Brew written on cover. Sections have been whited out with some corrections and emendations added. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscript in ink with numerous comments and corrections. Also typed copy.
Draft transcripts of interviews by Glenda Jackson in Sichuan province
Date: [1983?]
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
By: Greene, Felix, 1909-1985; Jackson, Glenda, 1936-
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-020
Description: Manuscript drafts of two interviews conducted by Glenda Jackson, Felix Greene, and an interpreter in Sichuan with a grandmother and a young mother respectively. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s) 2 items. Physical Description: Manuscripts with no annotations.
Draft transcripts of various untitled interviews
Date: [1983?]
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-022
Description: Draft transcripts of untitled interviews, mainly written in pencil and with unidentified interviewers, but probably Yehudi Menuhin and Glenda Jackson.. Include interviews with young musicians, an interview with a grandmother in Sichuan, an interview with obstetric staff at a Sichuan hospital, and an interview about paediatric acupuncture. Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Manuscripts with annotations.
Chapter Three - The family
Date: 1980-1983
From: Brew, Helen Jean, 1922-2013: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-12211-203
Description: Comprises draft and annotated transcripts of interviews with members of extended families in Yunnan and Szechuan, conducted by Glenda Jackson. Title transcribed from item. Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescript with some manuscript annotations.