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- 1916 (Creation)
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Homer Tyrrell Lane was born in America, in 1876. He had experience as an educator at the George Junior Republic. He became Superintendent of the Little Commonwealth, in Evershot, Dorset, England, from 1913-1918. It was a co-educational community run for children and young people, often categorised as delinquents. He was interested in offenders and expressive forms of education, and also worked as a psychotherapist. He pioneered what later became known as 'group therapy' and 'shared responsibility'. He died in 1925.
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GB 0114 MS0150 1916 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Unknown
Homer Tyrrell Lane was born in America, in 1876. He had experience as an educator at the George Junior Republic. He became Superintendent of the Little Commonwealth, in Evershot, Dorset, England, from 1913-1918. It was a co-educational community run for children and young people, often categorised as delinquents. He was interested in offenders and expressive forms of education, and also worked as a psychotherapist. He pioneered what later became known as 'group therapy' and 'shared responsibility'. He died in 1925.
The provenance of this material is not known.
Papers relating to Homer Tyrell Lane, 1916, comprising a volume of manuscript notes by an unknown hand, taken at lectures by Lane, titled The Child , 2 Mar 1916; The Diamatic Age, 9 Mar 1916; The Age of Self Assertion, 16 Mar 1916; The Age of Loyalty, 23 Mar 1916; and Social Consciousness and Education, 30 Mar 1916.
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Papers relating to Homer Tyrell Lane, 1916, comprising a volume of manuscript notes by an unknown hand, taken at lectures by Lane, titled The Child , 2 Mar 1916; The Diamatic Age, 9 Mar 1916; The Age of Self Assertion, 16 Mar 1916; The Age of Loyalty, 23 Mar 1916; and Social Consciousness and Education, 30 Mar 1916.
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- Latin
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Library card catalogue.
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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