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- 1898-1978 (Creation)
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258 boxes; 9 volumes; 22 packets
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Biographical history
Founded in 1891 by a small group of London schoolmasters, including Robert Blair, later Chief Education Officer of the London County Council, the Association, then known as the Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools, quickly expanded to a nationwide membership and was incorporated in 1901. Its main objects were the promotion of professional status and standards for secondary school masters, including conditions of service, security of tenure, salaries and pensions, although it also took an interest in wider educational policy including the school curriculum and examinations. In 1978 it merged with the Association of Assistant Mistresses to form the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association.
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GB 0366 AMA 1898-1978 collection 258 boxes; 9 volumes; 22 packets Assistant Masters Association
Founded in 1891 by a small group of London schoolmasters, including Robert Blair, later Chief Education Officer of the London County Council, the Association, then known as the Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools, quickly expanded to a nationwide membership and was incorporated in 1901. Its main objects were the promotion of professional status and standards for secondary school masters, including conditions of service, security of tenure, salaries and pensions, although it also took an interest in wider educational policy including the school curriculum and examinations. In 1978 it merged with the Association of Assistant Mistresses to form the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association.
Deposited by the Assistant Masters Association, via the LSE Historical Records Project, in several accessions between 1974 and 1982.
Records of the Assistant Masters Association from 1898 until its amalgamation in 1978, including minutes, officers' files, correspondence and publications.
Open. Some files are either closed or restricted in-line with data protection legislation. Please see file level descriptions for full access conditions. Please note, we require a minimum of two weeks' notice to provide access to this collection. Please contact the IOE Archives for further information..
A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.
English
The first deposit of material was catalogued by the HMC/ Routledge Associates in 1975. The second deposit was catalogued by Roberta Routledge Associates, contract cataloguers, in 1989. The more recent accessions are as yet unlisted.
Records of the Assistant Mistresses Association and of the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association are held by the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick (GBR/152/MSS.59, MSS. 299).
Created 10/8/1999, modified 12/6/2000 Assistant Masters Association x Association of Assistant Masters in Secondary Schools Associations Educational administrative structure Educational associations Educational levels Educational organizations Educational personnel Organizations Personnel management Professional associations Secondary education Teacher associations Teacher conditions of employment Teachers Teaching profession Wages Personnel Organization and administration Health services administration People by occupation People Public administration Government
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Deposited by the Assistant Masters Association, via the LSE Historical Records Project, in several accessions between 1974 and 1982.
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Records of the Assistant Masters Association from 1898 until its amalgamation in 1978, including minutes, officers' files, correspondence and publications.
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Open. Some files are either closed or restricted in-line with data protection legislation. Please see file level descriptions for full access conditions. Please note, we require a minimum of two weeks' notice to provide access to this collection. Please contact the IOE Archives for further information..
Conditions governing reproduction
A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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The first deposit of material was catalogued by the HMC/ Routledge Associates in 1975. The second deposit was catalogued by Roberta Routledge Associates, contract cataloguers, in 1989. The more recent accessions are as yet unlisted.
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Records of the Assistant Mistresses Association and of the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association are held by the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick (GBR/152/MSS.59, MSS. 299).
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- Organizations » Associations
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure » Educational associations
- Educational levels
- Educational organizations
- Educational personnel
- Organizations
- Personnel management
- Organizations » Associations » Professional associations
- Educational levels » Secondary education
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure » Educational associations » Teacher associations
- Teaching profession » Teacher conditions of employment
- Educational personnel » Teachers
- Teaching profession
- Personnel management » Wages
- Personnel
- Government » Public administration
- Government
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- English