IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0366 ME
Held at: Institute of Education
Title: MEDD, David Leslie (1917 - 2009) and MEDD, Mary (1907 - 2005)
Date(s): c1940s-1990s
Level of description: collection
Extent: 96 boxes; 3 reels of film; 2 packets; 1 suitcase
Name of creator(s): Medd | David Leslie | 1917 - 2009 | architect Medd | Mary | 1907 - 2005 | architect
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
David Medd OBE (b 1917) studied with the Architectural Association and qualified as an architect in 1941. He worked for Hertfordshire County Council Architect's Department from 1946 to 1949 and then went to work for the newly formed Architects and Building Branch of the Ministry of Education. In 1949 he married the architect Mary Crowley, with whom he worked in both Hertfordshire and at the Ministry. They were responsible for designing some notable educational buildings and for furniture and equipment design, and were influential in shaping the philosophy of the Architects and Building Branch at the Ministry. Both held strong views on child-centred learning. David Medd lectured and wrote numerous articles on architecture and educational buildings. He also travelled widely, undertaking consultancy work abroad and reporting on school buildings in many different countries.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of David Medd relating to educational architecture and interior design including project files; architectural plans and drawings; published and unpublished papers; models of classroom furniture; photographs and slides; reports, pamphlets and publications; press cuttings; and lecture notes.
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:
On-line catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
The bulk of this collection was given to the National Primary Education Archive at Bishop Grossteste College, Lincoln by David Medd over a period of years (NPEA Accession Nos.92/9; 92/10; 93/2; 93/6; 93/7; 93/14; 94/1; 94/3; 94/5; 94/6; 94/7; 94/8; 94/9; 94/10; 94/11; 94/12; 94/13; 94/14; 94/18; 94/20; 95/5; 95/6; 95/8; 95/10; 95/11; 95/12; 96/1; 96/2; 96/3; 96/5; 96/8; 96/11; 96/12; 96/13; 96/16; 96/17; 96/18; 96/19; 96/20; 97/5; 97/8; 97/9; 97/10; 98/1; 98/2).
Immediate source of acquisition:
The bulk of these papers were transferred from the National Primary Education Archive at Bishop Grossteste College, Lincoln in June 1998. Further deposits were received directly from David Medd in 2000 and 2001.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
See also the papers of Bruce Martin (DC/MA) and the Photographic Archive of the Architects and Building Branch, Ministry of Education (DC/ABB).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Date(s) of descriptions: Created 06/14/1999, modified 12/7/2000