Moray House College of Education (1959-1991)
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Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Article entitled "‘A Froebel trained “Scot” from Edinburgh’: Miss Isabel Little (1876-1937)." by Dr Helen May, 2020
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Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0110
Scope and Contents
This paper is a part of a publication on Scots in New Zealand and relates the life of Isabel Little, a "Froebel trained Scot from Edinburgh" who studied at the Free Church Training College, Moray House and who emigrated to New Zealand in 1912. The paper was written by Dr Helen May, Emeritus Professor at the University of Otago, and was prepared for The International Froebel Society (IFS) conference planned in Edinburgh for June 2020. The conference was cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic,...
Dates:
2020
File relating to the proposed linkage between Moray House College of Education and Heriot-Watt University, 1990
File
Identifier: EUA GD55/1/4/1/6
Scope and Contents
Comprises a copy of 'Proposal for Linkage: Joint Working Party Report', a cover letter and related memoranda.
Dates:
1990
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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Records of the Dunfermline College of Physical Education Old Students' Association
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Records generated by the Old Students' Association
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Records relating to Dunfermline College of Physical Education (DCPE)
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Governance and administration
Godfrey Thomson Unit for Educational Research, 1896-1979
Sub-subfonds
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/G1
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Material regarding the Moray House Tests, c1920s-1970s;
Northumberland Mental Tests, c1920s;
Sample tests, 1920-1987;
Testing Samples, United States, c1920s-1950s;
Publications, 1896-c1978;
Godfrey Thomson, c1930s-1947;
Correspondence...
Dates:
1896-1979
Letter to Hector Thomson from Marian Cooke, secretary, Moray House College of Education, 5 Feb 1970
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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/27/3
Scope and Contents
Cooke offers Hector Thomson slides and photographs she has discovered on packing up to leave Moray House.
Dates:
5 Feb 1970
Obituary of Thomson sent by W B Inglis, Director of Studies, Moray House, c Feb 1955
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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/26/1
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From the Sub-Series:
Contains letters from contemporaries, colleagues, friends, and former students including: Carlos Paton Blacker, David Glass, Prof John MacMurray, Sir Thomson Buston Robson, Sir James Learmonth, Sir Edward Appleton, Sir Edmund Whittaker, and Professor Edwin Bidwell Wilson. The letters recall Thomson's life and work, and what he meant to the sender. In many cases, the letters have annotations by Lady Thomson giving biographical information about the sender and their relationship to...
Dates:
c Feb 1955
Parchment with a short history of Moray House presented to Thomson on his retirement, 1951
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Identifier: Coll-1310/1/3/12
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From the Series:
Includes certificates from the University of Durham, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Swedish Psychological society.
Also includes a testimonial from Professor Karl Ferdinand Braun, which Thomson retained with his certificates.
Dates:
1951
The School as a Social Influence: Two Practical Examples, 1930
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/2/13
Scope and Contents
The lecture explores how schools could, and should, benefit the whole community by giving pupils a happy, clean environment which serves as a model for what the home should be, and by giving them the knowledge and skills in order to work towards solving practical and social problems in their communities. He illustrates this point with detailed descriptions of the Rachel MacMillan Nursery School in Deptford, London, and the Training School for Village Teachers at Chapra, Bengal....
Dates:
1930
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