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Letters from teachers in around 20 schools in reply to a letter by Douglas John Foskett, Librarian of the Institute of Education, asking for their views on unstreaming, including personal experiences and opinions on unstreaming.

Papers collated by Gene Adams relating to her work in museums education, especially for the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) including:
Publications written by Adams relating to museums education [1970s]-1990; papers relating to her work as an art teacher, including writings by pupils and photographs of their work,1960s; papers relating to her educational work at the Geffrye Museum, [1959]-1975; papers relating to her work on various projects relating to the Spitalfields area, 1976-1996, including the Spitalfield trail and related activities created for the Geffrye Museum, conservation of the Spitalfields area, and an exhibition on the history of the area to raise awareness of its endangered architecture which later became a travelling exhibition; papers regarding her work on museums education for ILEA, [1975]-1990, including correspondence, education project based at the historic houses of the Greater London Council (GLC), projects Adams' worked on for other museums in London, in-service teacher training course in museums, the 'Museum Visits' guide including the museum charts, a museums index, survey of the usage of London museums by schools, other surveys relating to museums, correspondence regarding her advisory service for London museums, and other files; papers regarding her work as a freelance educational advisor, 1988-1999; sound and visual recordings relating to her work for the Geffrye Museum and ILEA, [1972-1988]; collection of photographic slides of her educational work mostly relating to her work for the Geffrye Museum, ILEA and images relating to the Spitalfields exhibition, [1974-2002]; general publications collected by Adams during her research on education on museums, including leaflets and teachers packs created by local area museum services or individual museums in the UK and abroad and press cuttings.

Agreement between John Daniel Morell of Beckenham, Kent, HMI, and John Miller Dow Meiklejohn of Clapham Park, Surrey, and J.D. Meiklejohn of Balham, Surrey, to write and publish school books, 1872.

Small collection of papers relating to the work of Mary Irene Anderson at the Aburi Girls' Secondary School, Ghana, including a typescript copy of a school log book kept by her predecessors, 1920-1953; typescript accounts of events, 1954-1961; and correspondence relating to the expulsion of non-Ghanaian teachers, 1969-1970.

Records of the Assistant Masters Association from 1898 until its amalgamation in 1978, including minutes, officers' files, correspondence and publications.

The collection includes George Baines' correspondence and papers re his work at Brize Norton, 1962-1966 and school magazines from Ashwell County Primary School, 1950s. However, the majority of the papers are those of George and Judith Baines relating to their work at Eynsham County Primary School, 1960s-1980s. These include administrative papers, teachers' guides, teachers' record books, school magazines, building plans and press cuttings. Also included is a copy of the episode of the BBC television series, 'The Expanding Classroom' which featured the work of George and Judith Baines at Eynsham School. The film was made in the summer term of 1969 before the first new school building burnt down. The collection contains many examples of children's work, mainly from Eynsham County Primary School, but also from Brize Norton, including project books, creative writing, audio tapes of music, art work, including block printing, and work with fabric. The project books each include some mathematics, scientific obeservation or experiment, creative writing and art work and were bound in block-printed covers designed and executed by the children. Also included are texts of lectures and lecture notes; papers relating to courses and workshops; correspondence re visits, including overseas connections (Iceland, Canada and the USA), 1960s-1980s; papers relating to George and Judith Baines work with students at Bishop Grossteste College, Lincolnshire, 1980s. There are also slides and photographs of staff, pupils, activities, displays and field study trips at Eynsham County Primary School; of Judith Baines' work at Strathmore Infant School; of George Baines' work at Brize Norton; of tours and visits to Gambia, Canada and Iceland. There is also a small group of photographs, memorabilia and correspondence relating to Robin Tanner (1904-1988).

Records of the Basic English Foundation, including annual reports, minutes, policy, subject and correspondence files, 1948-1965; correspondence with Charles Kay Ogden and the Orthological Institute, 1947-1953; files of Joseph Lauwerys (1902-1981), who was a Trustee of the Foundation from 1951.

The Katherine Bathurst Papers, 1891-1932, focusing mainly on her career at, and disputes with, the Board of Education, her interests in nursery education, the working conditions of the school inspectorate and the position of women within the inspectorate. The papers comprise inspection notes from school visits; notes for her preliminary and supplementary reports; copies of Board of Education Circulars; photocopies of the Women Inspectors' Reports; correspondence with her superiors and officials at the Board of Education; private correspondence, including with Sir John Gorst; correspondence with the National Union of Women Teachers (NUWT) and National Union of Teachers (NUT); published and unpublished articles; education pamphlets; and newspaper clippings of articles and editorials related to her dispute with the Board of Education and on general educational topics.

Papers of Professor Bernard Basil Bernstein from the 1950s and 1960s include: notes; lecture notes; published and unpublished papers; research grant applications; a small amount of correspondence; and personalia, including certificates. Later papers (from c1980 onwards) consist of correspondence with colleagues and students worldwide about research and other matters; files relating to research proposals and the administration of research and teaching at the Institute of Education; offprints of published articles and unpublished papers by Bernstein and others.

Papers of John Boyce, 1920-1992, comprising material relating to Boyce's career in education (photographs, press cuttings, appointment diaries, job application papers and education-related publications) and his army service and Germany (photographs, letters home, service related papers such as annual leave forms, education reports relating to Germany, relics of Nazi Germany and drawings). There are also letters upon Boyce's retirement and some personal material, including his own school reports, 'thoughts' from 1939-1940, letters to his wife from Coatham School, papers relating to non-educational interests, honorary awards, personal correspondence and an obituary.

Minutes and correspondence of the Secretary of the British Comparative and International Education Society, 1982-1996.

Records of the BFES/SCE Association, 1947-2000, comprising:
Material relating to the Association such as minutes of the Executive Committee, 1968-2000; minutes of AGMs, 1996-1999; membership lists; Executive Committee lists; papers and photographs concerning annual reunions; videos relating to SCEA and BFES work.
Material concerning the SCEA, including booklets and official information regarding vacancies at certain schools and conditions of service.
Publications of the Association and its predecessors, including the BFES Gazette, the SCEA Bulletin and the BFES/SCE Association newsletters and magazines. The collection also includes individual copies of other army and educational publications.
Memorabilia collected from members of the Association relating to their work with the BFES in Germany, Cyprus, Hong Kong and Aden, notably photographs (and copies) of staff, students, school buildings and student activities; newspaper cuttings relating to individual schools and events; programmes of school events and musical and drama productions; official documentation such as driving licences, vehicle registration, ration cards and club membership; audio tapes; notes on geographical areas, climate, and members of teaching staff; annual reports and teaching schemes.
Research material on the education of service children, including typed official reports and newspaper articles.

Manuscript and typescript reports from around a hundred local study groups prior to the British National Conference on Social Work, 1956-1957.

Letters from Charles Burden to his wife, 1906-1907, sent from a tour of schools in Canada and the USA; photographs of Burden during his headship of Beverley Grammar School, Yorkshire, [1912-1935].

Papers of Rev Michael Burden, 1979-1992 comprising MEd Thesis, 1979: 'An experiment in humanistic education - a personal education curriculum for spiritual and moral development', (1 vol.); 'Your future in Hull', workbook and handbook for a scheme in conjunction with Humberside County Council, relating to the future employment of pupils at the Sir Leo Schultz High School, Hull, (2 vols); 'An investigation into spiritual development: being a short report of sabbatical study, Jan-Mar 1992', undertaken at the North of England Institute for Religious Education, Durham University; typescript draft of 'A curriculum for personal growth', (9pp)and typescript draft of 'What is meant by spiritual development?', (7pp).

Correspondence and papers of Brian Rusbridge, Secretary to the Burnham and Allied Commitees, 1972-1987, including minutes of the meetings of of the Primary and Secondary and Further Education Management Panels, 1979-1986; minutes of meetings of the Primary and Secondary Committee, 1976-1987; notes on meetings of the Primary and Secondary Committee, 1984-1987 and of the Further Education Committee, 1982-1986; verbatim transcripts of the Primary and Secondary Committee meetings, 1972-1980 and of Education Committee meetings, 1979-1983; files relating the Committee of Inquiry into Teachers' Pay (the Houghton Committee), 1974-1975.

Papers of Mrs D M Silberston, Chairman CAASE. Including CAASE bulletins, leaflets and publicity material, memoranda and reports 1961-1968. The collection also includes a few papers relating to the foundation and early years, 1962-1965, of the Confederation for the Advancement of State Education, including duplicated minutes of meetings and newsletters. The papers also include duplicated minutes of the Joint Committee formed in 1962 to establish the basis of the Confederation.

Records of the Child Development Society, 1942-2004, comprising administrative material relating the management of the Society, including the constitution of the Society, 1942-1994; minutes and circulated papers of meetings of the Executive Committee and Annual General Meetings, 1988-2003; correspondence of Annabel Lewis, Chair of the Society, from members of the Society and external bodies, 1996-2004; membership lists, 1993-[2000]; material relating to events held by the Society including programmes, literature, publicity, and correspondence, 1985-2000; promotional literature including the Society's newsletter and leaflets advertising the Society, 1972-2004; and miscellaneous material, including a note book, press cuttings and articles, 1992-[2002].

Papers of Sir Fred Clarke, including published and unpublished papers, including articles, addresses, lectures and speeches, 1920s-1951, including some papers written for the discussion group, The Moot; papers relating to his work in South Africa, 1914-1931, and Canada, 1929-1935; family correspondence, 1914-1931 and 1949; correspondence with others, 1920s-1950s, including Sir John Adams, Sir Percy Nunn, Lord Eustace Percy, John Dove; papers relating to broadcasting work, 1931-1944; numbered subject files, on topics including Karl Mannheim, the English educational system, adult education, the Conference on Church, Community and State (i) 1935 and 1936, curriculum, comparative education, vocational education, the Education Act 1944 and teacher training; proofs of books and articles, including 'Education and social change' and 'Essays in the politics of education'; scrapbooks about Clarke's career compiled by his wife, Edith; papers created following his death, including letters of condolence, biographical information, publishers and work on his archive papers. Also contains photographs, of Clarke, some of his students and colleagues, and family members.

Administrative records of the College of Preceptors and College of Teachers, 1847-2008. Including constitutional, legal and membership records, 1847-1998; published calendars and registers, 1880-1940 and 1972-1987; Council records, 1848-1979; committee records including the finance committee, 1874-1966; examinations committee, 1885-1958; Education[al] committee, 1874-1919; Affiliation Committee, 1919-1920; special committees, 1885-1967; Executive Committee, 1931-1946; academic board, 1968-1981; Finance and General Purposes/Educational Times Committee, 1913-1980; House Committee, 1957-1964; Advisory Boards, 1955-1980; and Constitution Committee, 1979; financial records, 1874-1944; examination records, [1860]-1962; press cuttings, 1914-1974; papers regarding conferences and events, 1896-1945; publications, 1847-2010; administrative papers of the College of Teachers, 1997-2002; photographs and illustrations, [1754-1990s]; and papers and photographs relating to award ceremonies, 1973-1992. there is also a small amount of mixed-media material and information relating to historical studies of the College.

Commemorative volume presented to Sir David Eccles on the occasion of his visit to Lyneham County Primary School [Wiltshire ], 1961. Includes a postcard of the school and examples of children's work, including creative writing, art work, and arithmetic

Duplicated minutes and circulated papers of the Committee of Inquiry into Reading and the Use of English, belonging to two Committee members: Christopher R. Gillings and David Gadsby.

Papers of the Comparative Education Society of Europe (CESE), 1969-2006, including membership files arranged alphabetically by name, 1978-1990s; correspondence, including on membership and fees, 1988-1990; papers relating to the 13th Conference at Budapest, 27 Jun-1 Jul 1988; minutes of the Executive Committee [1988]; financial papers, 1979-1987; conference book for the 22nd CESE Conference 'Changing knowledge and education: communities, information societies and mobilities', Granada, 3-6 Jul 2006; CESE Newsletter, 1978-1991 and other CESE publications, 1969-2006.

Papers of Ebenezer Cooke, mainly printed, including published articles and papers on the teaching of art and design; ephemera concerning Cooke's involvement with the International Art Congress for the Development of Drawing and Art Teaching and the Education Society; notes taken at lectures, including on physiology, 1869, and on a course of lectures given by James Sully on 'Art and Vision' in 1880; report book [possibly belonging to Ben M Jones of the Diocesan Training College, Chester] with criticisms of lessons given by various teachers, including on their use of illustrative drawings, 1900-1901; papers relating to the London County Council Report of the Conference on the Teaching of Drawing in Elementary and Secondary Schools and Training Colleges, 1907-1909. The collection also includes timed drawings done by elementary school pupils at Station Road Girls' School, Highbury, London in 1897, other examples of art work done by children, and a small amount of correspondence.

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.

Publications archive of the CSU (Higher Education Careers Service Unit), 1975-2001.

Papers of the Development Education Association (DEA), 1980-2005, comprising papers about the DEA launch; slides, photographs and videos; Council papers; Executive Committee papers; publications and magazines; conference reports and organisation papers; papers of affiliated committees and working groups including the Inter Agency Committee, the Small DECs Committee, the Formal Sector Working Group and the Information Resources Group; papers and reports from the independent DECs that form part of the overall network; funding plans and material; papers relating to projects and initiatives; staff recruitment and training information; papers of the NADEC Committee; discussion papers about the Global Education Network (GEN); and NADEC responses to the Education Reform Bill and the Gladstone Report.

Records of the Domestic Subjects Group of the Training Colleges Delegacy, comprising a register of students, 1933-1939; correspondence of the Chairman, 1928-1945, mainly about routine Committee and Sub-committee business; and minutes of the Science Sub-Committee, 1928-1948.

Papers reflecting many aspects of Duane's career. In particular, the collection includes reports, memoranda and correspondence relating to Duane's headships of Howe Dell Secondary School, Hatfield (1949-1951); Alderman Woodrow Secondary Boys' School, Lowestoft (1951-1959); and Risinghill School, Islington (1959-1960). Also included are published and unpublished writings, lectures, correspondence, press cuttings and transcripts of interviews reflecting Duane's broad interests in education including on the following topics: the nature of intelligence, teacher training, discipline and punishment, 'delinquency', 'de-schooling', religious instruction and moral education, comprehensive education, non-authoritarian and 'progressive' education. Background research material, drafts and correspondence relating to his MPhil thesis at the University of Nottingham 'An Experiment in Progressive Education in a State School' (1977) [later published as The Terrace: An Educational Experiment in a State School (London: Freedom Press, 1995)] are also included.

Papers of the Education in Human Rights Network, 1985-2005, including minutes with associated papers (emails, correspondence, announcements), 1992-2005 and copies of the Human Rights in Education Newsletter, 1991-2004.

Examination papers of John Curtis, 1862, comprising answers to two questions on religious studies and one arithmetic problem

Entitled 'Notes: Class V', this volume contains plans for lessons on topics as diverse as 'plum pudding' , 'a brick', 'points of the compass', 'firemen' and 'dandelion'.

Manuscript notes made by a student at an unidentified teacher training college, [1891].

Two elementary school exercise books belonging to Lucy Irwin, 1882-1883.

This catalogue comprises the administrative, financial and committee papers and photographs of the Forest School Camps including minutes of Council meetings, 1953-1989; papers of various committees, 1950-2003; constitution papers and annual reports, 1965-1996, various publications (including New Horizon School Camps, 1962-1977; Newsletter, 1954-1976; Pine Cone New Series, 1986 and 1997-2003; Org 4, 1997-2003; Magazine, 1964-1986; and, the Annual Programme, 1948-2001); camp logs, reports and diaries, 1935-1996; photographs, 1962-1975; interview tapes, 1997; interview transcripts, 1997; 'Our Story' and related papers, 1998-2001; songbooks and dance manuals, 1970s; catering and recipes, 1965-1985; and, guidelines for staff and camp chiefs, 1955-1986.

Papers of Brenda Francis, 1930s-1980s, comprising a large collection of photographs of domestic science, home economics, needlework, cookery, child care and homecraft teaching in London schools, possibly compiled as a reference collection intended for the use of teachers; minutes, circulated papers and reports of the United Kingdom Federation for Education in Home Management, 1954-1962; some printed material about home economics education.

Photographs: Large collection of photographs of domestic science, home economics, needlework, cookery, child care and homecraft teaching in London schools and other educational institutions such as open-air schools and teachers centres from the 1930s to the 1980s, possibly compiled as a reference collection intended for the use of teachers;

Publications: Printed material about home economics education, including works published by the ILEA, booklets published by the International Federation of Home Economics, relating to the 10th and 12th international congresses, regulations on teaching domestic education in 19th and 20th century, a publication of the Administration of Home Economics Education in Finland, a reference pack for teachers of pupils of ESN(s) [Severely educationally sub-normal] schools, and a work published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.;

Minutes and Papers: Relating to the meetings, activities and correspondence of the United Kingdom Federation for Education in Home Management.

The collection mainly consists of a set of Isabel Fry's personal diaries and notebooks dating from 1878-1958. These are supplemented by letters to her friend Eugénie Dubois, c1930-1958, and a few publications and photographs. The diaries reflect all aspects of her life and career including her teaching activities and educational ideas; her preoccupations with political and social affairs, including political reform and emancipation in the East and in Turkey and Persia; her friendships with liberal intellectuals; and her involvement with anti-militarist movements, slum clearance, socialism and feminism. Also included are details of her relationship with her family, friends and their wider social circle.

Papers relating to the work of Amelia Fysh (nee Bullen), mainly at Beech Green Nursery School, Aylesbury, Bucks. Much of the material relates to her work on the relation of children's drawings to their development and includes originals and photocopies of the children's drawings, photographs of the children playing and working at the nursery school, and Amelia's research notes, papers and correspondence regarding her efforts to get the work published. The collection includes a copy of her publication 'Discovering Development with the 3-5s: a longitudinal study, 1964-1973', published c1997.

There are a number of personal files relating to Amelia's own education, her career in education provision, and her research into child development in other countries. These latter papers appear to have been created on an ad hoc basis during her travels abroad. There are also a number of publications regarding child development, pre-school education and education for children with learning and physical disabilities.

Papers of Dorothy Ellen Marion Gardner including annual reports of the Child Development Department at the Institute of Education, University of London, 1933-1958, and notes on its establishment and functioning; newsletters of the Child Development Society, 1950-1992; pamphlets relating to child development issues, 1945-1960; correspondence and papers relating to reading skills, [1962-1963]; correspondence and papers relating to Dorothy Gardner's memorial meeting and fund, 1972-1976.

Administrative records and publications relating to the initiative to establish a General Teaching Council in England and Wales, 1970-2000.

Records of German Educational Reconstruction, 1943-1958, including minutes; correspondence, administrative and policy files; bulletins, reports and memoranda; files on conferences, meetings and group visits; material relating to a wide range of other organisations; and press cuttings and collected publications.

Papers of the Girls' Day School Trust (GDST) and it predecessors, 1872-2005, including corporate records, 1872-2002; shareholders records, 1872-[1950]; financial records; papers relating to the central governance of the schools, 1920-2000; papers relating to the general central administration and organisation of the schools; papers relating to curriculum and teaching; papers relating to inspections and examinations; papers relating to scholarships and prizes; papers relating to school property; papers relating to staff; papers relating to students and pupils; papers relating to current schools, 1873-2006; papers relating to former schools, 1873-1997; papers relating to teacher training; published histories of the trust and of individual schools; publicity material; papers relating to events; photographs; papers relating to the Friends of the GDST; papers relating to alumni; artefacts and historical information.

Materials used by Dorothy Glynn in her educational work, comprising 45 colour slides of classroom and other activities in primary schools, [1955-1965].

Papers of Richard Goodings, comprising research material, notes and drafts, mainly relating to Goodings' work on a history of the Institute. The papers include some original correspondence of Percy Nunn relating to the transfer of the Institute from the London County Council to the University of London, 1927-1932. Also included are photocopies of articles by Goodings added to the collection [by the Archivist] at a later date and some original papers relating to the Institute at the time of Goodings' employment, 1960s.

Papers of Frederick James Gould, 1914-1937, mainly comprising pamphlets written by Gould, and also newscuttings and correspondence.

Papers of the Group Relations Training Association (GTRA), 1971-2001, comprising GTRA publications including leaflets; fliers for special events, 1983-1990; Annual General Meeting notices and reports, 1983-1986; Calendar of Events, 1983-1986; Newsletter, 1973, 1983-1992; conference fliers, 1983-1984 and 1993-1994; Annual Training Laboratory fliers, 1983-1991; Bulletin, 1976-1988; 'Group Relations', 1989-1992 and 'The Groupvine', 1992-1995. Papers relating to conferences, mainly comprising committee minutes, planning materials and conference notes, 1971-1988. Papers relating to the Training Labs including on finance, correspondence, membership and applications, 1981-1995. Papers relating to the Executive Committee including minutes and papers on membership and publicity, 1971-1989. Papers on GTRA events including 'The gift relationship', at Beechwood College, Leeds, 1981; 'Women and men' workshop, 1981; 'Mini-Society' event at Beechwood College, Leeds, 1983; 'Mini-economy' event at Beechwood College, Leeds, 1985; 'Mini-economy II' event, 1986 (cancelled) and Berlin Summer School ('Men and women in groups'), 1987. Cassette tapes, including of an interview with Cary Cooper on T groups, 13 Mar 1986; a GRTA Workshop, 2 Sep 1983 and a rehearsal for GRTA Conference, 1985. Academic papers on training groups including PhD thesis by Nod Miller 1989, 'Personal experience, adult learning and social research: developing a sociological imagination in and beyond the T-Group' (University of Manchester) and MSc in Group Relations thesis by Guy Marsden Wareing 2001, 'Pilgrim's Process: making sense of experiential group events through narrative accounts of participants' (University of the West of England, Bristol).

This collection mainly consists of personalia including educational certificates, school reports, examination papers, and notebooks of William Joseph George Hands' mathematical studies at Cambridge. It includes a small amount of ephemera relating to the Board of Education Exhibition which took place in connection with the Imperial Education Conference, 1923 and to the activities of the International Educational Society. Also included are a paper by Hands on 'A simplified curriculum based on occupations', 1925, and papers on experiments with English composition at St Mary's Boys' School, Weymouth and with the topical treatment of history and geography at S. Aldhelm's Girls' School, Branksome, c.1910.

Papers of Nicholas Hans, including drafts of published works and manuscripts of unpublished essays and other writings; notebooks, including from his time at the University of Odessa, 1907-1912; correspondence, 1925-1969; personalia, including certificates and letters of reference and appointment, 1906-1969; papers relating to his position during the Russian Revolution of 1917; papers relating to teaching, 1948-1966; conference papers, 1936-1966; some collected papers by colleagues.

Small group of papers reflecting the career of Ethel Martha Hatchard (née Smith), a woman teacher who combined teaching with family commitments, c1906-1950s. The papers comprise personalia relating to her education and career, including school reports, correspondence relating to courses attended, letters of appointment, documents relating to pension arrangements, examination papers, and a manuscript career outline. Also included are a notebook from North London Collegiate School for Girls, containing notes from needlework lessons, 1907, and examples of teaching materials for reading and arithmetic, c1950s.