| Level | Item |
| Ref No | AUD/002/OHP 37 |
| Title | Holdsworth, Roger - Recording |
| Site | Roger Holdsworth's bedroom at the Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pallmall. |
| Date | 15 April 2008 |
| Extent | 1-Audio Cassette |
| Description | Audio cassette sound recording of an interview with Roger Holdsworth (1935-2011), CPsychol, AFBPsS for the British Psychological Society's Oral History project.
The interview was conducted by David C. Duncan in 2008.
The following summary is by way of introduction to the full recording held at the British Psychological Society's History of Psychology Centre, London.
Performers:
Roger Holdsworth (RH)
David C. Duncan (DD)
Topics:
DD asks RH where he was educated
RH speaks of Marlborough College, Kindergarten, prep school in Sussex, how he was educated during the war, specialising in Classics, and how he went on to Christ College Cambridge to take Moral Sciences.
RH continues to talk of Cambridge, Professor Zangwill and his transfer to psychology.
RH speaks of studying philosophy, Professors Wisden and Braithwaite, his interest in Applied psychology and Richard Gregory.
RH continues to talk of his time at Cambridge, marriage in the second year of his course, Swedish language fluency, his Clinical psychology job in Sweden after graduation and his work on alcoholism in Sweden.
DC recaps RH's time in Sweden before mentioning RH's acceptance at NIIP
RH mentions how he reported to Dick Buzzard at NIIP and speaks of his experiences at NIIP, before speaking of his time as an independent consultant, his directorship at Saville and Holdsworth, the growing international aspect of Saville and Holdsworth, European clients, start-ups and multi-national clients
Rh talks about going public at SHL, SHL's years of growth, shareholders and profits.
RH gives his thoughts on retirement and inspiring people before DD ends the interview with a promise to follow-up with further questions.
ends
Total Running Time: c 25mins
Note: 30 minutes of the interview were lost due to a technical mishap during the recording.
Roger Holdsworth's obituary by Peter Saville published in The Psychologist,Vol.24, No.4 April 2011 p237 and The Telegraph 27 February, 2011 visit:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/technology-obituaries/8350724/Roger-Holdsworth.html
Summary by Mike Maskill, BPS Archivist. |
| RunTime | On one FE90 cassette, running time c 25 minutes |
| Format | Cassette Tapes and text |
| Notes | The History of Psychology Centre is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all our users. Be aware that our catalogue contains historic terminology relating to mental health which could be considered offensive. The terminology exists within the original record and has been retained to inform users on viewpoints at the time. It in no way reflects the attitudes of the cataloguers or the British Psychological Society. |
| The first part of the original cassette recording contains Mr Holdsworth's personal details (telephone numbers etc.) which should not be made available (use amemded CDR copy instead). In addition 30 minutes of the interview were lost due to a technical mishap during the recording. |
| Language | English |
| RelatedRecord | AUD/002/OHP 36 |
| AccessConditions | Authorised Users. View by Appointment |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Location | 13: BPS History of Psychology Centre, London |
| Term | Occupational psychology |
| Industrial psychology |
| Copyright | Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of the History of Psychology Centre and Archives and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material |
| Rules | Description compiled in line with the following: ISAD (G) General International Standard Archival Description MAD3 Third Edition 2000 |
| ArchNote | Compiled by Mike Maskill BPS Archivist for the History of Psychology Centre. |