Government circular
Education Department
Category
Education objects
Date
1891 - 1982
Materials
Paper
Measurements
211 mm (width); 330 mm (height)
Place of origin
Whitehall
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 666616
Summary
A circular printed in black ink on both sides of a cream sheet of paper. This is a circular (number 319) regarding dates for pupil teachers to defer their examinations. It is from the Education Department, Whitehall and dated 6th December 1892. It is signed by G W Kekewich on the bottom right side. On the reverse is circular 306, also regarding Pupil Teachers and their Queens Scholarship Examination. This was issued by the Education Department, Whitehall on July 17th 1891. It is also signed by G W Kekewich in the right-hand bottom of the sheet.
Provenance
'Derbyshire Museum Service History of Education Collection' - a collection established by Derbyshire Museum Service (through gifts from individuals, Derbyshire schools and purchases) in the 1940s and stored at Sudbury Hall from the early 1970s to 2012. The National Trust managed the collection between 1991 and 2012 when legal ownership was transferred from Derbyshire County Council to the National Trust. Archival records information - "The collection was established as a result of isolated gifts in the 1940's, and the 'savings' of certain school records (now passed to County Records) during wartime paper salvage." "During the 1950s it was L.E.A. practice to hold an Easter Course for teachers, and the County (Derbyshire) Museum arranged a special exhibition for teach course. As by the mid 1950s quite a collection had already accumulated, it was decided to produce an exhibition on the history of education with special reference to Derbyshire. Consequently, further material was purchased, from which items were selected. The exhibition was subsequently shown at a number of centres, and after disbandment, additions continued to be made with the aim of eventually producing a reconstructed classroom as a base for research. The Derby Bishop Lonsdale College of Education has frequently made use of the collection in various ways."
Makers and roles
Education Department, issuer