Newstead Abbey
Stephenson
Category
Education objects
Date
18 Jul 1951
Materials
Paper
Measurements
304 mm (height); 256 mm (width)
Place of origin
Alfreton
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 671470
Summary
A handmade stiff card file titled 'Newstead Abbey, Stephenson' on front, which is made of orange fabric based paper, grey sugar paper cover to reveal corners and left-hand edge, and pierced to retain sheets which are secured with cord. The back is uniformly covered with grey sugar paper. The front inside cover has a hand-drawn location map for the Abbey. The sheets of drawing paper inside have various relevant photographs, prints and postcards interspersed with ink, handwritten descriptive sheets individually signed. The record number is on the top right corner of the last sheet. An accompanying paper ticket attributes the folder to Central Girls School, Alfreton.
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 front cover: 'Newstead/ Abbey/ Stephenson.'
Makers and roles
Stephenson , author Central Girls' School , school (institution)