Mweb learning and library6/11/2023 On semi-permanent loan we have two handsome glass-fronted cabinets which house the Journal and Pamphlet collections, and there is also a small desk and chair and filing cabinet. It has approximately 540 metres of shelving around three of its walls and a large oak table with eight matching chairs, all purchased through McMillan funds. The Library leads off the back courtyard of the Centre and can therefore, be open to users when the main house is closed. These will conclude my history of the olden days. This avoided confusion with Public Programme renewal dates and Mantis allocations.Īt the request of the Committee, and largely for non-Capetonian donors, I wrote a report on the Library in October 1992. This reduced our ability to attract younger subscribers.Īlthough we were working closely with the Public Programme Committee we soon realised that Library subscriptions should be run separately, on the basis of a 12-month payment from the date of joining. The McMillan Fund for the buying of bookstock was being administered by Laurens van der Post and he made it increasingly clear that he was averse to funding contemporary Jung-orientated publications, insisting that every Library should stock basic classics, in the Loeb Library Series, for example. From March 1992 we were open on Tuesdays from 6-8 p.m. We decided to christen it the Frank McMillan Library and here is a quote from one of his letters: ‘If, through the Centre’s library, just one person is helped to discover a new meaning in his or her existence, or is made more aware of the glorious mystery and profundity of life… then the McMillans shall be happy.’ We asked the Michaelis School of Art to run a competition for a bookplate with a San theme.Īpplication forms were designed, subscriptions, deposits and deductions agreed to and we planned the most practical open hours for the public, given the limited supervisory time that I was able to offer. Other early activities included debates with Laurens van der Post on how to source the bookstock most economically, discussion about the name of the Library and the design of the bookplates. Fortunately for me, I was not drawn into the complicated financial details. Laurens van der Post and Ronald Cohen also contributed generously to the renovations, shelving and furnishing, the purchasing of some bookstock and subscriptions to a few important journals. McMillan Junior, fulfilling his father’s wish to establish a Library at the new Centre. A particularly generous donation came from Frank N. The years 1991-1994 were exciting and sometimes nerve-racking as the Committee dealt with financial problems, promises and payments. Over the years various SAAJA members participated in the Library Committee which has had Patrick as its Chairperson for most of its life and Stephen Bloch as a loyal member. Responses were predictably contradictory and we knew that we would have to compromise as far as possible, while it took shape. We sent out a questionnaire to all members of the Cape of Good Hope Centre for Jungian Studies asking for their comments and suggestions about the proposed subscription Library. One of the first decisions was to convert the back garage into a Library.Ī Library Committee was formally constituted in May 1991, consisting of Julian David, Gerwin Davis (Chair) and myself, soon joined by Patrick Tummon. It was formally opened by Laurens van der Post in 1991. A very generous, and anonymous donation enabled this major purchase. Local and overseas funding was found and house-hunting ended with the purchase of the present Jung Centre. In 1989 Julian David took up his post as Director and Training Analyst and Patrick Tummon arrived a year later. A Library, open to the public, was always seen as a necessary adjunct to these aims as it was seen as a means of informing the people of Cape Town about Jung’s work. Its main aims were to develop an internationally recognized training centre for Jungian analysts and to engage in a public programme to initiate Jungian psychological reflection on our complex transitional society. The Centre for Jungian Studies held training sessions and lectures and pressure grew to develop a permanent home in Cape Town. A detailed history appears in the first issue of Mantis (Spring 1988). The book collection was first put together during the 1980s by members of the Cape of Good Hope Centre for Jungian Studies, together with the Wilderness Leadership School, under Ian Player’s direction. Jean Albert, founder Librarian, in the old Library.
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