IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0366 BH
Held at: Institute of Education
Title: HOLMES, Brian (1920-1993)
Date(s): 1950s-1980s
Level of description: collection
Extent: 55 boxes
Name of creator(s): Holmes | Brian | 1920-1993 | educationist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Brian Holmes (1920-1993) trained as a science teacher at the Institute of Education, University of London in 1946. He went on to classroom teaching in grammar schools in London, 1946-1951, and was then a lecturer in science at Durham University. He joined the staff of the Institute of Education, University of London, in 1953 and was Professor of Comparative Education at the Institute, 1975-1985. He was instrumental in the development of a number of national and international comparative education societies and had wide interests in international and comparative education and alternative philosophies of education.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Professor Brian Holmes, mainly relating to his time at the Institute of Education, 1950s-1980s. They include drafts of published and unpublished writings; offprints, papers and articles; correspondence with academic colleagues; and files about the activities of comparative education societies.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open. Apply to Archivist.
Conditions governing reproduction:
A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Collection level description available on-line at the Institute of Education website
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred to the Archives in three accessions in 1995.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: Created 06/8/1999, modified 12/5/2000