GRASSMOOR/ CENTRAL GIRLS' SCHOOL./ CAMPS in DERBYSHIRE/ The Trek. 1932.
Olive Ellks
Category
Education objects
Date
30 Jun 1932 - 7 Jul 1932
Materials
Paper
Measurements
Book - 233 mm (height); 189 mm (width), Leaflet - 216 mm (height); 172 mm (width)
Place of origin
Alfreton
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671380
Summary
A cardboard binding covered in brown and orange paper. The title is handwritten in black ink or paint on the front cover, above a white stuck on label with a return name and address. The binding encloses a faded green paper bound exercise book which has a grey paper jacket. In the centre of the cover is a blue painted stylised flower and the initials 'N.W.G'. Inside is a selection of text and illustrations describing a school camp in 1931.
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."
Marks and inscriptions
On the label on the front cover of te outer binding: 'To be returned to 6./ JR Cresswell'
Makers and roles
Olive Ellks, author Grassmoor Central Girls School , compiler