IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0366 IM
Held at: Institute of Education
Title: MICHAEL, Ian (b 1915)
Date(s): 1964-1990s
Level of description: collection
Extent: 25 boxes and 7 card index boxes
Name of creator(s): Michael | Ian | b 1915 | writer on the history of English
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in 1915, Ian Michael was appointed as the first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malawi in 1964. Ian Michael also undertook research into the history of the teaching of English. Between 1979 and the 1990s he published English: from the Sixteenth Century to 1870 (1987); Early Textbooks of English (1983) and a number of papers based on his research.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Ian Michael, including material relating to his time at the University of Malawi and subsequent visits, including correspondence, policy papers, pamphlets, programmes, maps and other printed material, 1964-1990; published and unpublished papers relating to African education, 1966-1981.
Material relating to his research on the history of the teaching of English, including files of notes comprising transcripts from, summaries of, and comments on, a range of works connected with the teaching of English; card indexes forming a working bibliography of books mainly related to the teaching of English up to 1870, but also including some Latin texts, other curriculum subjects and more modern texts.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Restricted Access. 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.
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Unlisted.
Collection level description available on-line at the Institute of Education website
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Date(s) of descriptions: Created 12/2/2000, modified 12/6/2000