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Papers of Peter Cornall, 1954-1998, relating to all stages of his professional career, including talks, lectures and articles; internal administrative papers written for the schools in which he worked; materials written for circulation amongst colleagues and the wider world; and his own personal reflections. They reflect many of his personal educational interests including comprehensive education, curriculum development, internal school management, falling rolls, school headship, school self-evaluation, educational guidance, and value-added by schools. Also included is a report of a study visit made to the United States in 1963.

Papers regarding Cynthia Reynolds career as an advisory teacher for the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) including, writings by Cynthia Reynolds, including reports for the ILEA and published writings, 1970-1983; papers regarding home economics curriculum development in secondary schools, 1945, 1968-1983, including sample syllabuses and exam papers from across the UK and overseas, development of in-service courses for teachers, ILEA publications and general files on curriculum development with reference to home economics; papers regarding the development for parenting courses in secondary schools, 1963-1985, including development within the ILEA, developments outside London and writings about parenting courses; Health and Nutrition education publications from the ILEA and other local education authorities, 1972-1985; ILEA lower school projects in home economics, 1979-1983; papers regarding home economics in further education, 1972-1985, including Reynolds MA dissertation; and general publications on home economics education.

School Board for London: Clifton Road School; card for punctual and regular attendance awarded to S. T. Beets, 1878.

Records of the the first four rounds of the Schools Curriculum Award, 1982-1992, including papers of Professor John Race Godfrey Tomlinson, founder and Chairman of the Trustees; submissions from schools; assessors' reports; administrative papers; examples of the works of art awarded to successful schools.

Lecture notes, both handwritten and typescript for Tawney's courses on economic history, 1485 - 1800; on English economic history in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries; on the seventeenth century given at Oxford (Ford) and Chicago; on seventeenth century English history; for Denmark and Sweden, October - November 1951; for London School of Economics, January - March 1952, and lectures for Bristol; drafts of chapters for a book on Cranfield; notes and talks on the French Revolution given at Longton, 1910 - 1913; for classes or lectures on nineteenth century economic history; on nineteenth century agriculture, given at LSE; for classes or lectures on nineteenth century economic history; on early nineteenth century reform movements and handloom weavers; public lectures given in Chicago, 1939; various lectures given in the USA, 1941 - 1942; on education; regarding reform of Oxford and Cambridge; papers and memoranda on education; papers and notes on the Labour Party and education; papers for a proposed biography of Sidney Webb; papers found interleaved in books from his library sold to the University of East Anglia; and papers deposited by Dr J.M.Winter on behalf of J.M.K.Vyvyan.

Further accessions have been added to this collection:

TAWNEY/ADD. 37 boxes of research notes, correspondence and other papers, 1890s-1960s.

TAWNEY/II. 102 boxes and 2 volumes: research notes and extracts from sources by Tawney and his research assistants; a few lecture notes; draft articles; correspondence from research assistants, academics and others. Much of the material is undated, but mostly 1910s-1960s.

TAWNEY/VYVYAN. 18 boxes of personal and family papers of R H Tawney and his wife, Jeannette, 1890s-1961, including: correspondence with family, friends, associates, W H Beveridge and Albert Mansbridge; education papers; commonplace book; and, photographs.

Agendas and minutes of the Board and its committees, 1893-1904, including the Scholarship Committee, Secondary Schools Committee, Polytechnics Committee, Teaching of Art and Technology Committee, Building Trades Committee, Commercial Education Committee, Domestic Economy Committee, Finance and General Purposes Committee, Higher Education Committee, Teaching of Chemistry Committee and Technical Instruction for Women Committee.

Also annual reports; issues of the London Technical Education Gazette, the official circular of the Board; pocket books; standing orders; special reports, including some prepared for the London County Council; proposals for new subjects of instruction; papers regarding scholarships and awards; inspection reports; maps of London showing centres of teaching art and science and technology; maps of London showing secondary schools for boys and girls; papers regarding individual polytechnics or schools including annual reports of the Bolt Court Technical School (later the School of Photo Engraving and Lithography); statistics; papers regarding the University of London and financial accounts.