SCOTT, Russell, 1873-1961, teacher and federalist

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 RUSSELL SCOTT
Held at	: British Library of Political and Economic Science   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: SCOTT, Russell, 1873-1961, teacher and federalist
Date(s)	: [1930-1960, 1995]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Scott | Russell | 1873-1961 | teacher and federalist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born in 1873; nephew of C P Scott of the Manchester Guardian; studied at Balliol College, Oxford University, and founded the Oxford Branch of the Fabian Society; in 1907 began an interest in universal language which would last his whole life, including the active use of the German phonetic alphabet Sprechspur (developed in the 1940s) to teach children to read, the founding of the Phonetic Alphabet Association, and an active promotion of alphabet reform; enjoyed a varied career as a language teacher; first Headmaster, Junior Department, Bedales School; emigrated to the USA, 1912; Professor of French, Vanderbilt University, Tennessee; returned to the UK, 1920; worked as an examiner for the Oxford and London Examining Boards; active federalist, including membership of the Federal Union and the World Federation Movement; died 1961.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Russell Scott, [1940-1960], relating to his interests in Federal Union and other supra nationalist movements, mainly comprising print and ephemera and a biography by his grandson Dr John Russell Scott, [1995].

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted.

Conditions governing access:

Closed until listed.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

Unlisted.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Given by the family in 1995.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Institute of Education, London, holds papers concerning Russell Scott's interest in phonetics and universal alphabets (Ref: GB/366/DC/RS).

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Institute of Education Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions:
Apr 2001