Stanford-Binet test
George G Harrap and Co Ltd
Category
Education objects
Date
circa 1937
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Each cut card - 49 mm (width); 47 mm (height), Each envelope - 177 mm (width); 221 mm (height), Each full card - 194 mm (width); 194 mm (width), Each record booklet - 259 mm (width); 206 mm (height)
Place of origin
High Holborn, 182
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 668315
Summary
A blue paper envelope, the front of which carries a comprehensive list of the cards available in order to carry out the 'Revised Stanford-Binet Tests' in schools. The total cards available fall into twenty-two categories. The front of the envelope also carries the names of the professors of psychology responsible for compiling the tests; who hold the copyright, also the name of the printer 'George G. Harrap'. This envelope contains only four cards, three of which relate to the first title 'Picture Vocabulary', and the second title 'Comparison of Balls'. Accompanying the envelope and its contents are a further 173 cards and envelopes, with titles of categories, some of which contain cards already cut. There are also copies of Record Form - Form EM Stanford-Binet Intelligence scale. These fall into two groups. The first group (25) in a paper band are the form to be filled in for each child, the second group (17) a form to be filled in for indicating 'Factors Affecting Test Performance'. Included with the cards, is a compliments slip from Dr W Gow, the county medical officer for Derbyshire County Council. This has a handwritten inscription and initial. Another note from Dr W Gow with a brief about contents is signed and dated 18/8/59. Total number of items is 220.
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."
Marks and inscriptions
On the front of the envelope: 'PRINTED CARD MATERIAL/ FOR/ REVISED STANFORD-BINET TESTS/ FORM M'
Makers and roles
George G Harrap and Co Ltd, engraver and publisher