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Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to Education

Local

Archives and Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall Record Office)

  • St Tudy Church of England Primary School, Bodmin: records incl log books, admission registers, deeds and leases, plans, correspondence and other papers c1775-2000 (MY)

ARK: Archive Resource for Knowsley

  • Dorothy L Jones, nee Variyan, (fl 1952-1954), former MTTC student: DVD containing video and audio recordings of Dorothy Jones in conversation with Rachael Jones. Dorothy was a 2nd batch student at the Malayan Teachers' Training College 1952-1954 (GB1076.MTTC/1/3/29/1)
  • Longview School, Huyton: cine film reels (27) documenting sports days, activities and school trips 1957-1975 (Acc. No. 2021/010)

Bath Record Office

  • Bathford Church School: records incl log books and minutes 1839-1988 (1346)
  • Dr John Wroughton (b1934), teacher and historian: indexed research files incl lecture notes, copies of articles, cuttings and other material used in extensive research focusing on the Civil War, Tudor and Stuart Bath 1970-2005 (1355)

Berwick-upon-Tweed Record Office

  • Berwick Grammar School: photographs c1930-1964 (BRO 2707)

Bristol Archives

  • St George Church of England Primary School, Brandon Hill: records, incl log books, admission registers, exercise books, photographs 1860s-2000s (21131/SC/StGBH)
  • The Cathedralians Society, founded as Bristol Cathedral School Old Boys' Society: records incl minutes, member directories 1952-2010 (46598)

City of Westminster Archives Centre

  • Charles Baker (fl1855-1860), founder of the Ragged School, Bayswater: diaries 1855-1860 (Acc 3111)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Nelson Thomlinson School, Wigton: black and white photographs of the interior and exterior of the newly built school 1950-1959 (DS 225)
  • Newton Rigg Agricultural College: farming records incl minutes, photographs, accounts, stock books and diaries; college records incl deeds and wills, minutes, fees books, programmes, accounts, film reels (2) and CD 1691-2004 (DS 221)

Denbighshire Archives

  • Denbigh Grammar School (later High School): records 1894-2020 (ED/5)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • Curbar Primary School: records including managers' minutes (1903-1920), log book (1936-1993), admission and withdrawal register (1866-1892), photograph albums and scrapbooks (20th cent), headteachers' newsletters (2014-2018) 1866-2018 (D5915)
  • William John Princep (WJP) Burton, (1857-1940), headmaster: personal papers incl correspondence with Florence Nightingale, photographs and his published booklet "Schemes for Nature Study for Schools" 1898-1937 (D4335)
  • St Ronan Old Girls Association: minute book, newsletters, reunion papers incl photographs, letters, newspaper cuttings, attendees lists, typescript of St Ronan's School Song, booklet entitled "Forty Years On - Some personal recollections of St. Ronan's as seen through the eyes of former pupils" (1998) 1951-2021 (D8377)

Dudley Archives and Local History Service

  • Sedgley Educational Trust: minutes, agendas and accounts 1999-2013 (Acc 10198)

Durham County Record Office

  • Darlington College: records incl books of Frank Morris of Oakdene Avenue, Darlington rel to maths, and mechanical engineering heat engines; brochure of John Tinsley Ltd of Darlington, engineers; photograph of Wyre Intake Pumping Station c1940-1977 (D/X 2273)

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Shirley House School, Watford, and Aldenham School: records 1947-1955 (Acc 6288)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • Leicester City Education Department: illuminated testimonial on the retirement of Miss M A Smith after forty-six years service from pupil-teachership candidate in 1880 to Headmistress of the Christow Street Girls' School 1926 (DE10280)
  • Royce Institute, religious and educational centre, Leicester: records incl attendance registers, photographs, cash books, scrapbooks and biography and photographs of it's founder Dr Mary Royce (1846-1892) c1870-2017 (DE10197)
  • Nigel Aston (fl1970-2021), religious historian and lecturer, Leicester University: papers incl letters, diaries, drafts of articles, teaching material and memorabilia rel to his career as a professional historian c1970-2021 (DE10147 & DE10234)
  • Polebrook House (formerly Desford Boys' School and Leicester Industrial School for Boys), Desford: punishment book, closing down papers, unofficial list of pupils (c1984) 1888-1984 (DE10208)
  • Market Bosworth Rural District Council: educational census recording the names and addresses of parents and children in each parish or township in the area along with occupations of parents, ages of children and schools attended 1913-1918 (DE10120)
  • Kibworth Grammar School and Old Students: scrapbooks and 'register of games' 1889-1953 (DE10283)

Manchester Archives and Local Studies

  • ACT-UP Manchester: minutes of general meetings and planning meetings; various safer-sex materials gathered from international ACT-UP conferences; banners and placards used on various 'act-ups' 1990-2000

Norfolk Record Office

  • Hethersett National School: minute book 1903-1950 (ACC 2021/12)
  • Sedgeford Primary School: log books, admission and discharge registers, punishment book, Governors meeting book and photograph booklet 1898-1994 (ACC 2021/81)

North Yorkshire County Record Office

  • Burnsall School: school records c1876-2018 (S/BNS)

Northamptonshire Archives

  • Inspectors reports relating to Brackley Wesleyan School 1864-1917 (2021/04)

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • West Bridgford Junior School: photographs of staff and pupils c1940-1989 (Acc 10019)
  • West Bridgford Junior School: staff and class photographs c1940-1979 (Acc 10013)
  • Nancy Hepworth (fl1970-1989), teacher and photographer: photograph of pupils at either Kings Mill or Harlow Wood Hospital Schools taken c1970-1989 (Inspire Picture Archive) 2020 (Acc 9867)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Balfour Family of Kindrogan, Pitlochry: papers incl family corresp primarily c1880-1907 and small collection of estate papers, 1717-1922; with papers rel to Ballintuim Free Church School, 1873-1886, mainly relating to the adoption of the school by Kirkmichael School Board following the Education (Scotland) Act 1872 incl pupil information 18th-20th cent (21/10)
  • Perth & Kinross Council, Education Services: Inch View Primary School: Primary 5 electronic homeschooling documents for eductation at home during Covid 19 pandemic 2020 (21/35)
  • Perth & Kinross Council, Education Services: Crieff Primary School: home learning pack created by Crieff Primary School to support home learning during the Covid 19 pandemic 2020 (21/36)

Rotherham Archives and Local Studies

  • Lady Mabel College Old Students' Association: records incl memoirs, corresp, printed ephemera, newspaper cuttings, photographs and books compiled by Sue Gravil on behalf of the Lady Mabel Old Students' Association nd (786-E:Add1920)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Norton sub Hamdon Church of England Primary School: log book, minutes, accounts and other records 1863-1935 (A/EWM)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

  • London Borough of Tower Hamlets - Language Support Service: education packs and brochures, tape cassette recordings (2) 1987-2000 (TH/9939)

Trafford Local Studies

  • Moss Park Infant School, Moss Park Road, Stretford: records 1934-1994 (LHC/1959)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

  • Lightcliffe Church of England Primary School: records rel to pupils, governing body, board of governors and the running of the school incl closure records 1875-2019 (WYC:1937)

National

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

  • Professor Marianne Elliott (b1948), historian and academic: correspondence, research notes and newspaper cuttings c1970-2000 (D4805)

Special

Highgate School Archives

  • Highgate School, London: programmes, correspondence and reviews rel to the school's performances of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem c1963 (Acc. 2021/20/1-12)

King's College, Taunton

  • King's College, Taunton - Music Dept: files incl material rel to public subscription concerts, Chapel organ, School Choir of the Year competition; also photographs, plans of the Music School, and programmes 1958-2019 (2021/13)

National Arts Education Archive @ YSP

  • Mary Youles (1930-2018), teacher and lecturer, in textile education: personal and work papers incl teaching samples 1950-2018 (6/1/21)

Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art

  • Kerry John Downes (1930-2019), architectural historian and author: correspondence, photographs, diaries, research notes, books and articles, and papers rel to his professional career and personal life; the material mostly relates to his teaching, research and works on English Baroque architectural history c1930-2016 (KJD)

University

Abertay University Archives

  • Abertay University: interview with Jimmy Black, member of Campus Radio team, discussing background to "Do It At DIT" radio shows of Autumn 1993, how they were done, the significance of them, and how they were received 2021 (ACC098)

De Montfort University Archives

  • Simon Rogerson (fl1972-2021), Professor of Computer Ethics: research and teaching notes, conference papers, reports, press cuttings 1972-2021 (D/102)
  • Anthony Jackson (fl1970-2020), Professor of Educational Theatre: reports, journals, conference proceedings and minutes, teaching resources, photographs and publicity material rel to Theatre in Education (TIE) 1970-2020 (A10)

Durham University Library, Special Collections

  • Durham University - Neville's Cross College: ephemera from various students 1950s-1990s (UND)

Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections

  • Janet Beaton (1922-2018), Scottish writer and teacher: diaries 1934-2018 (Coll-2049; SC-Acc-2021-0077)
  • Earle Monteith Macphail (1861-1937), Principal of Madras Christian College: letters (10) to his family back in Scotland, sent during his time in Madras, as Professor of History and Economics at Madras Christian College 1891-1893 (Coll-91; SC-Acc-2021-0068)

Glasgow University Archive Services

  • William Boyd (1874-1962), educationalist, reader in department of education, University of Glasgow, Scotland: letters to his daughter, Isabel Cabot 1946-1962 (GLAASC ACCN 00029)
  • Professor John Briggs (fl1975-2014), Professor of Geography, Clerk of Senate and Vice-Principal, University of Glasgow: teaching lecture notes in Geography, and honours options in Africa and Agricultural Geography, with teaching lecture notes from pre-Glasgow career at the University of Botswana, Lesotho & Swaziland (UBLS) and the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) c1975-2014 (GLAASC ACCN 00039)

Leicester University Library: Special Collections

  • Arthur Raleigh Humphreys (1911-1998), Professor of English: papers 1940-1980 (ACC 2021/4)

Manchester University: University of Manchester Library

  • Elizabeth Wilson (1909-2000), humanitarian activist: notebooks, slides, corresp and ephemera 1960s-1990s (GB 133 EWC)

Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections

  • University of Nottingham, Department of Botany: collection of 2.25 inch slides used in teaching depicting places, plants, sea life and molluscs c1910-1919 (ACC 3143)
  • Robert J Graham (fl1965-1992), Deputy Registrar of the Medical School, University of Nottingham: self-published autobiography entitled "The Life of Robert Graham" 2020 (ACC 3095)
  • Freda Holliday (d2020), one of the first graduates of University of Nottingham's School of Sociology: photograph album and other items 1944-1947 (NUP/57)
  • University of Nottingham, Midland Agricultural College: farm sales ledger c1941-1942 (UAC/6/5/3)
  • University of Nottingham, Communications and Advocacy Team: digital materials relating to the University's response to the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021 (UL/E/5/6/3)

Strathclyde University Archives

  • David Butts (1920-2016), educational technologist: papers, cassette tapes and teaching materials for the Diploma in educational technology and the Diploma in audiovisual communications at Jordanhill College of Education, Glasgow; teaching material rel to Microteaching research project 1972-1980 (Acc 1798)
  • Helen Young (fl2013-2014), historian: oral history project on Scotland's rural schools and community relations 2013-2014 (SOHC/53)

Swansea University: Richard Burton Archives

  • Archie Edward Heath (1887-1961), professor of philosophy at University College Swansea (now Swansea University): material incl portrait (1), folder of typed and often annotated lectures, letters rel to the publication of books, and rolled certificates (3) 20th cent (2021/1)