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LANE, Elsie Victoria (née Leak) (c 1900-1981)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0366 EL

Held at: Institute of Education

Title: LANE, Elsie Victoria (née Leak) (c 1900-1981)

Date(s): 1881-1973

Level of description: collection

Extent: 4 boxes

Name of creator(s): Lane | Elsie Victoria | c 1900-1981 | hairdresser, wigmaker and teacher

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Elsie Lane was appenticed to a wigmaker in 1912 and had a long career as a hairdresser, wig-maker and teacher of wig-making, including in her own school in Mile End Road, London.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Elsie Lane, including personalia, autobiographical notes and correspondence about her life, training, career and views on education and training, 1912-1973; also a few cuttings about the National Association for Gifted Children; also includes her father's apprenticeship indentures as a print cutter, 1881.

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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description available on-line at the Institute of Education website

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Elsie Lane, 1978-1981.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Created 06/9/1999, modified 12/6/2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Hairdressing | Hygiene | Health
Vocational training | Training

Personal names
Lane | Elsie Victoria | ? 1900-1981 | née Leak | hairdresser, wigmaker and teacher x Leak | Elsie Victoria

Corporate names
National Association for Gifted Children

Places