Visit to Chatsworth / 18th July 1951
J. R. Cresswell (fl.c.1930 - 1952)
Category
Education objects
Date
1951
Materials
Paper
Measurements
463 mm (height); 325 mm (width)
Place of origin
Alfreton
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671347
Summary
A project book about a school trip to 'Chatsworth House' in 1951. The red board folder, with a green spine, has the titled on the front cover, 'Visit to Chatsworth, 18th July 1951' under a coat of arms (possibly Devonshire). The twenty five pages are cream paper held in place by a red cord. Pasted in are drawings, photos, maps, essays etc. describing the trip. Some of the pages are loose and the back cover has been damaged by damp.
Provenance
Donated to the Museum of Childhood by N. C. Cresswell. 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
J. R. Cresswell (fl.c.1930 - 1952), engraver and publisher Alfreton Secondary Girls School , engraver and publisher