Examination certificate
Pitmans Shorthand
Category
Education objects
Date
1928 - 1938
Materials
Card
Measurements
Each certificate - 280 mm (width); 430 mm (height)
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671113
Summary
Thirteen cream card Pitmans Shorthand certificates. All have an image of Sir Isaac Pitman at the top - three red, the rest black and white. There are ten speed certificates dated from 1928-1938 to different people. XE.2400.d is a Special Examinations Theory Certificate awarded to Florence Wallis in 1928. XE.2400.g is a Theory Certificate awarded to Joyce Carson in 1938, and XE,2400.l is a Special Examination Theory Certificate for James Whitworth in 1928. Total number of items is 13.
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
Pitmans Shorthand , issuer