Education
Found in 386 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 06 Dec 1908
Letter from Canon John Richardson (St Augustine's, York Street, C-on-M, Manchester) to WSC complaining of the "complete hash" made of school finance by the Board of Education and enclosing a related statistical statement [see CHAR 2/38/43]. Sent back with CHAR 2/38/56.
(Untitled), Mar 1908
Printed statistical statement showing the deficit between the expenditure of Roman Catholic schools in Manchester, Salford, Bolton [both Lancashire] and elsewhere and the proposed Government grant under the Education Bill. Compiled and annotated [by a Mr O'Dea]. Sent with CHAR 2/38/42. See also CHAR 2/38/50.
(Untitled), [Dec 1908]
Notes [by a Board of Education statistician] criticising figures on the expenditure of Roman Catholic schools compiled by a Mr O'Dea [see CHAR 2/28/43].
(Untitled), [1908]
Notes [by a Mr O'Dea] attacking the financial provision for Roman Catholic schools in the Education Bill. Annotated with refutations by [a Board of Education statistician]. Sent back with CHAR 2/38/56.
(Untitled), 18 Dec 1908
Letter from Sir Robert Morant (Board of Education) to WSC thanking him for the letter from Canon John Richardson [see CHAR 2/38/43] and refuting the attacks by a Mr O'Dea on the financial provision for Roman Catholic schools in the Education Bill [see CHAR 2/38/51-55].
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1908
Page from the Gloucester Journal: speech by Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] at the National Liberal Club attacking the power of the House of Lords with special reference to the Education Bill and the Licensing Bill and the reply of Lord St Aldwyn [earlier Sir Michael Hicks Beach] at Gloucester.
(Untitled), 06 Oct 1933
Letter from Thomas Loveday, chancellor of Bristol University, to WSC reporting that the University Degrees Bill is not supported by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals.
(Untitled), 07 Oct 1933
Letter from [WSC] to [Thomas Loveday, chancellor of Bristol University] acknowledging CHAR 2/202/34-35. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 28 Oct [1933]
Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl (Blair Castle, Blair Atholl, [Perthshire, Scotland]) to WSC on evidence to be placed before the Joint Select Committee on India on the exercise of the health and education functions by provincial governments.
(Untitled), [1929]
Statements on Conservative policy on the school leaving age before, during and after the general election.
(Untitled), 16 Apr 1929
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg] hoping that the Prime Minister is considering Hailsham's memorandum [on the care or children between the ages of one and five] [see CHAR 2/167/89-96]. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), [Apr] [1929]
Memorandum from 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg] to WSC on the care of children between the ages of one and five. Sent with CHAR 2/167/88.
(Untitled), 20 Nov 1929
Letter from Lord Bledisloe (52 Sloane Street, [London]) to WSC asking him to stress the important role played by Bristol University in agricultural education in his speech at his installation as chancellor. Summary of this letter at CHAR 2/168/29.
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1927
Letter from Brendan Bracken (The Banker, 9 East Harding Street, London) to Edward Marsh asking whether WSC will be the chairman of the trustees of the Lord Stevenson memorial scholarships, describing the difficulties of finding a suitable child to receive the scholarship, complaining about the Chapter of St Paul's objecting to Stevenson because he was a whiskey merchant, and asking whether WSC can help to get the fund exempt from income tax.
(Untitled), [Jul] [1927]
Passage describing the aspirations behind the establishment of the University College of the South West [Exeter, Devon] suggested by John Murray for inclusion in WSC's speech at Bicton [Devon]. Sent with CHAR 2/152/151-152.
(Untitled), [1927]
Circular describing the aims of the University College of the South West [Exeter, Devon] building and endowment appeal. Sent with CHAR 2/152/151-152. Another copy at CHAR 2/152/156-157.
(Untitled), 07 Jun 1927 - 23 Jun 1927
Pamphlet: speeches delivered by the Prince of Wales [later King Edward VIII] and Sir Henry Lopes at the laying of the foundation stone of the new buildings of the University College of the South West [Exeter, Devon], 7 June, and extract referring to the College from a speech by Stanley Baldwin at Truro [Cornwall], 23 June. Front page features photograph of the Prince. Sent with CHAR 2/152/151-152. Another copy at CHAR 2/152/159.
(Untitled), [1927]
Pamphlet by John Murray, principal, on the University College of the South West of England [Exeter, Devon] building and endowment appeal. Sent with CHAR 2/152/151-152.
(Untitled), 21 Jan 1926
Letter from Ernest H Schiff (2 Lyall Street, Belgrave Square, [London]) to WSC praising his speech at the Festival Dinner on Jewish religious education.
(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
Letter by Harold Laski [Professor of political science at the University of London and a member of the Executive Committee of the Labour Party] (Devon Lodge, Addison Bridge Place, W14 [London]) commenting on the death of President Roosevelt, its impact on himself and WSC, and suggesting the establishment of 3 Franklin Roosevelt Professorships of American History and Institutions at Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester.
(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945
Letter by Harold Laski [Professor of political science at the University of London and a member of the Executive Committee of the Labour Party] (Devon Lodge, Addison Bridge Place, W14 [London]) commenting on the death of President Roosevelt, its impact on himself and WSC, and suggesting the establishment of 3 Franklin Roosevelt Professorships of American History and Institutions at Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester. [typescript copy].
(Untitled), 30 Mar 1913
Letter from Rear-Admiral David Beatty [Commander, 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Royal Naval College, Osborne [Isle of Wight] with a 14-point list of "things wrong at Osborne".
(Untitled), [17] [Oct] 1935
Description of the work of the Dockland Settlements charity, for the workers and children from the London, Dagenham [Essex], Southampton and Bristol Docklands. Covering letter CHAR 2/237/140.