GB 1574 Printing Education - Printing Education Collection

5 boxes (c2 linear metres).

GB 1574 Printing Education 1914-1991 Collection (fonds) 5 boxes (c2 linear metres). London College of Printing
Rankin , Walter , 1892-1965 , printer
The papers include a printing correspondence course of Walter Rankin (1892-1965). He was apprenticed as a printer to C Joscelyne, Printers, of Braintree, Essex, in 1907. In 1913 he moved to J G Hammond and Co, of Birmingham, and after taking his printing correspondence course, sat the examinations of the City and Guilds London Institute in 1915 and 1916. He worked at Manifoldia of Birmingham, 1916-1924; Century Press, Fulham Rd, London, 1924-1927; Manager of South Western Press, Fulham Rd, London, 1927-1928. He was appointed Manager of Alfred Couldrey and Chas Pearson, Aldgate, London, in 1928, and worked later for McGlashen Greogry, Stanhope Press of Rochester, Vacher and Sons of Westminster, Baird and Tatlock, and McCann Erickson.

The provenance of these papers is uncertain, but most seem to have been generated and retained in situ by the London College of Printing and its predecessor bodies.

Printed material, pamphlets, leaflets, and booklets, relating to printing education, printing apprenticeship, and technical and vocational training, 1913-1991, including London County Council report, Training and employment in the printing trades, 1914; War Office correspondence course on letterpress machine work, 1943; Vocational training of disabled persons in the printing industry, Ministry of Labour memorandum, 1944; draft syllabus for City and Guilds Printing Course, 1983; report 'Equalising the opportunities for women in printing and publishing', the Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board, 1982; booklets relating to training in printing and graphic arts in Austria, France, West Germany, Italy and the USA, 1950s-1960s; papers of Walter Rankin for a correspondence course in lettering, office management, stonework, job composition, machine work, comprising course work and correspondence with tutors of the Typographical Correspondence School of Lancaster, Lancashire, 1913-1916.

Access to the collection is by appointment only.

At the discretion of the Media Librarian and subject to the provisions of the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.
Mainly English, with some French, German and Italian.

The collection is uncatalogued.

Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. 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. May 2001 Publishing Austria Book production training Communication personnel training Correspondence education Distance education Europe France Germany FR Graphic arts Higher education institutions Illustration printing Industrial facilities Italy LCC , London County Council x London County Council Learning methods Ministry of Labour North America Offset printing Photocomposition Printing Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board Printing equipment Printing methods Printing workshops Rankin , Walter , 1892-1965 , printer Technical education Typesetting Typographical Correspondence School UK USA Vocational schools Vocational training subjects War Office Western Europe Vocational training Publishing industry Training London England Facilities Educational institutions

The provenance of these papers is uncertain, but most seem to have been generated and retained in situ by the London College of Printing and its predecessor bodies.

Printed material, pamphlets, leaflets, and booklets, relating to printing education, printing apprenticeship, and technical and vocational training, 1913-1991, including London County Council report, Training and employment in the printing trades, 1914; War Office correspondence course on letterpress machine work, 1943; Vocational training of disabled persons in the printing industry, Ministry of Labour memorandum, 1944; draft syllabus for City and Guilds Printing Course, 1983; report 'Equalising the opportunities for women in printing and publishing', the Printing and Publishing Industry Training Board, 1982; booklets relating to training in printing and graphic arts in Austria, France, West Germany, Italy and the USA, 1950s-1960s; papers of Walter Rankin for a correspondence course in lettering, office management, stonework, job composition, machine work, comprising course work and correspondence with tutors of the Typographical Correspondence School of Lancaster, Lancashire, 1913-1916.

Access to the collection is by appointment only.

At the discretion of the Media Librarian and subject to the provisions of the 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act.

• inglés

• latín

Mainly English, with some French, German and Italian.

The collection is uncatalogued.

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.

• inglés