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FILES
001-004: LANCASTER AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES
These
files contain original, photocopied and transcribed letters from/to/concerning
Lancaster’s work in the United Kingdom and the American Continents. They also
include: extracts from reports and articles; handbills, petitions, appeals (mostly
photocopied); engravings and photographs of Lancaster and his descendants.
Some of the material is catalogued under the name of the researcher who collected
it, i.e. McGarry, Salmon, Vaughan, Dickson, and includes lists of material in
other collections which they used.
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001.
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McGarry
Papers (all photocopies) |
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From
the Whitbread Papers 1813-1815: |
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letters
to/from Whitbread about Lancaster’s concerns. |
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II.
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Letters
held in American Society of Antiquaries to Lancaster 1806, 1813 |
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III.
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Letters
1813-1857 |
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letters
Fox to Lancaster 1813. |
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IV.
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Reports
on Lancasterian Material in collection in U.K and U.S.A |
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V.
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From
the Wedgwood papers 1809-1825: |
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Letters
Fox to Wedgwood 1813-1816 |
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Letters
Lancaster to Wedgwood 1809-1818 |
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Letter
Lancaster to Wedgwood 1825 (from Caracas). |
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VI.
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Letters, Lancaster and Kildare Place Society. |
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Also American interest. |
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002.
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SALMON COLLECTION |
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Letters
by/to Salmon 1886-1940 concerning Lancaster and his contemporaries. |
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II.
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Documents,
Extracts, Articles 1804-1938: |
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photocopied,
transcribed or written by Salmon. |
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Articles
by Salmon including: |
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Lancaster
as Lecturer (Educational Record, October 1905) |
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A
Lecturing Tour - some Lancaster letters (Educational Record, February
1906) |
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Lancaster
in Ireland (Educational Record, June 1906) |
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VAUGHAN
PAPERS |
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Correspondence
January 1970 - July 1984 concerning Lancaster’s descendants and photographs
of them, mainly his daughter, Elizabeth, and her husband, Richard Maddox
Jones. |
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ARTICLE |
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Joseph
J. McCadden, Joseph Lancaster in America. |
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WILLIAM ALLEN |
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Portraits and letters re. Lancaster and Sierra Leone. |
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003.
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DICKSON PAPERS (ALL PHOTOCOPIES) |
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Correspondence
1801-1818 concerning Lancaster’s school, his ideas, his family. |
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II.
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Correspondence
1812; 1818-1835 concerning Lancaster and America. |
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Some
printed extracts from Journals published in Canada and U.S.A. |
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III.
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Papers relating to Lancaster and America, 1818-1838. (N.B. Canada) |
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MISCELLANEOUS
PAPERS FROM VARIOUS SOURCES |
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I.
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Appeals
to Subscribers 1813, 1814, 1834 |
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II.
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Windsor
Castle Collection |
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correspondence
1812; 1810-1814 |
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III.
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University
College, London: Brougham Papers |
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list
of letters W. Allen/Henry Brougham 1811-1834 |
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IV.
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Lancaster
and Scotland 1806-1815 |
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correspondence
and notices |
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V.
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P.R.O.
Dublin 1806-1813 |
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Correspondence,
Materials Appeals |
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VI.
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Extension
of Lancasterian System of Education in Ireland, n.d |
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VII
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Library
of Society of Friends |
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Letter
from Lancaster to Jos. Hadwent 16 April 1813 (transcript) |
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004.
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I.
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Transcripts
of Lancaster’s letters 6.11.1810-21.4.1812 |
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Transcripts
of Lancaster’s letters 19.11.1811-5.3.1815 |
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III
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Letter
of Lancaster to Joseph Hume 9.10.1815 |
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IV
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Letters
concerning Lancaster’s Boys (Daking Moore and Rd. Pickburn). |
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V.
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Photocopy
of Lancaster’s Petition to the King 19.8.1805 |
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VI.
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Photographs
and photocopies of portraits of Lancaster |
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VII.
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Handbills
1802-1815 |
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Accounts
(original) 1802 |
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Little
Lancaster - small booklet |
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VIII.
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Printed
Extracts concerning Lancaster’s life and work. |
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IX.
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Articles by Richard Aldrich, "Joseph Lancaster; An Individual and Institutional Appreciation". |
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FILES
005-006: EARLY MINUTE BOOKS AND REGISTERS
These files contain the original books which escaped the fire of World War II.
The Minute Books record the activities of the Trustees of the Royal Lancasterian
Institution up to the end of 1813 and then of the British and Foreign School Society.
There are references to financial matters, including the difficulties with Lancaster,
to the management of the Lancasterian Institution, to the establishment and progress
of the other British schools and to the lads trained by or working for Lancaster.
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Minute
Book January 22nd, 1808 to August 8th, 1809 |
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Minute
Book December 12th, 1811 to November 3rd, 1813 |
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Register
of home correspondence c. 1825 |
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Two copies of booklet, Ann Springman and Joseph Lancaster. |
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Minute Book, 1808 (Front cover) |
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Minute
Book August 21st, 1809 to July 16th, 1810 |
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Unbound
Account Book 1812 |
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Rough
Minute book 1815-1816 |
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Assembly
of Children 1819, 1820 |
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Register
of Students Teachers (men) at Borough Road 1804-1821 |
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Register
of women students at Borough Road 1806-1827 |
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Minute
Book, Inspectors Committee 1829-1831 |
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Stock
1827-1830 |
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General
Minute Book 1830-1835 |
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Minute
Book 1831-1834 |
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Grants/Stock
1831-1833 |
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FILES
007 - 009: DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE BRITISH AND FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY AND
ITS CONCERNS PRE-1833
These files contain correspondence, lists, printed reports and extracts which
relate to the early activities of the British and Foreign School Society as supporters
of Lancaster’s ideas.
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FINANCIAL
DOCUMENTS PRE-1833 |
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Lancaster’s
Debts 1808, 1809. |
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Subscription
Book 1814-1818 |
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List
of subscribers. |
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Finance
Committee 1814-1833 |
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balance
sheets, accounts, receipts, reports |
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The
New building 1814-1824 |
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accounts,
receipts, Tortt’s lease |
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Picton
and the Girls’ School 1817-1828. |
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Greek
Education committee 1824-1832 |
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Petition for financial assistance. |
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THE
LANCASTERIAN INSTITUTION AND B.F.S.S. PRE-1833 |
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Letters
to/from Committee Members, Supporters, Officials |
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Letters
to/from/about A. Springman 1817-1820 |
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The
Ladies’ Committee, Women’s Institution, Girls School pre-1832 |
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correspondence,
accounts, reports |
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Miscellaneous
documents re B.F.S.S., its members and supporters. |
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N.B.
extract from W. Allen's diary 1808; extract from article on Allen and Lindfield; 'Lancaster's Concerns' (1808). |
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Buildings in Borough Road (engravings and photocopies) |
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Miscellaneous
M.S.S. Reports |
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SCHOOLS
AND TEACHERS PRE 1833 |
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Schools/Teachers |
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correspondence
with Millar and Picton 1817- 1827 |
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Schools/
Teachers |
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correspondence
with Scott 1827-1830 |
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Printed
Reports and Extracts re Society’s educational activities and interests
1815-1829 |
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Transcript of Reading British School Minutes (1809-18) |
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Version
in French of Mutual Instruction 1820 |
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General
correspondence of Secretaries Dunn & Wilks - including Committee
of Council - religious controversies 1830-68. |
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Religious objections to B.F.S.S. acceptance of state aid, 1840s. |
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SECRETARY BOURNE - Correspondence & Papers 1868-97 |
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Committees
(general, Agency, Inspectors e.t.c.) |
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Staffing
policy |
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Appointments, resignations, salaries. |
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Correspondence - A. Bourne, 1867-1896. |
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Property |
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Specification of works, leases, architects. |
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Finance |
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Froebel
Society 1876-96 / A. Bourne |
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Annual
Meetings |
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Colleges:
Admissions, enquires, expansion etc. |
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Newcastle Jubilee Girl's Trust |
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Production
of Annual Report & Educational Record |
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"Hard
Luck" - Correspondence from former students in difficulty |
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Inspectorate:
HMIs correspondence |
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Matrons
& other non teaching posts |
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General
Correspondence 1869-88 (education) |
