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Lusk, Isabel Mary nee Forrester-Paton, 1924-2003 (Dip. Social Study, Edinburgh University)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1924 - 2003

Biography

Isobel Forrester-Paton, orignally from Clackmannanshire, gained a first from Oxford and graduated from Edinburgh with a Diploma in Social Study in 1948. Her thesis was on "Children and the Cinema" in which she proposed to look at the reasons for going to the cinema and if there were links with housing conditions and the effect of cinema going on children including emotional effects, effects on behaviour and conduct, effects on school work.

Source: Student admission file, EUA; Edinburgh University calendar.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

F23 Forrester-Paton, Isabel Mary, 1945-1951

 File — Box SW 20
Identifier: EUA IN1/ACU/S2/8/1/272
Scope and Contents

Dip. Social Study 1948. File contains: enrolment form, correspondence, placement reports, outline of thesis "Children and Cinema".

Dates: 1945-1951