Examination certificate
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce
Category
Education objects
Date
1929 - 1931
Materials
Card
Measurements
Each certificate - 235 mm (width); 330 mm (height)
Place of origin
London
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671112
Summary
Two cream card certificates in Book Keeping, issued by the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce in 1929, one awarded to 'James Whitworth' in 1929, the other to 'Samuel R. Wilson' in 1931. Both have a frieze at the top with three small black and white working angels surrounded by leaves. Total number of items is 2.
Provenance
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
Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, maker