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WEITZMAN, Sophia (1896-1965)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0366 SW

Held at: Institute of Education

Title: WEITZMAN, Sophia (1896-1965)

Date(s): c1937-1960s

Level of description: collection

Extent: 4 boxes

Name of creator(s): Weitzman | Sophia | 1896-1965 | teacher and lecturer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

After a career in teaching, historical research, and lecturing, Sophia Weitzman (1896-1965) was appointed Lecturer in History at the Institute of Education, University of London, in 1939, and was Reader in Education from 1956 until her retirement in 1963. In the 1940s she began work on the educational volume of the official history of World War Two, which was never completed.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sophia Weitzman, comprising lecture notes, mainly about the history of English education in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, drafts and some printed material about the teaching of history c1937-1960s.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

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.

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Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Archival history:

These records were first lent to the Institute Library by the family in March 1990. They were formally accessioned in April 1991.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Created 11/24/1999, modified 12/5/2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Educational history | Educational sciences
History education | Humanities education | Social science education

Personal names
Weitzman | Sophia | 1896-1965 | teacher and lecturer

Corporate names
Institute of Education

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