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Handwritten notes relating to a course of 24 lectures on The Social Services, Community Organisation and Casework held at the University of London. John Spencer delivered lectures for the Community and Group Work part of the course. Consists of: Handwritten notes for lectures on group work, leisure, adolescents, delinquency, youth serives, group therapy; town planning; bibliographies; essay questions; course syllabus. Printed material relating to the Outward Bound Sea School, Aberdovey.

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Papers relating to a postgraduate seminar organised by Dr Mannheim. Consists of: Letter from Dr Mannheim to Spencer; letter to Spencer from the Assitant Directory of The Central Association; bibliography and notes; typed draft of "Chapter 8: Use of Case Records in Criminology", based on a paper read at the seminar.

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Subject files relating to courses taught by John Spencer. Includes handwritten notes, lecture scripts, course outlines and reference material.

Scope and Contents PApers from a file entitled Christianity and Politics. Consists of: Lecture notes for course on Psychology and Christianity; notes for talks delivered to various organisations and relating to the church, society and politics; typed flyer for Spencer's lecture to the Reading Romilly Association on The Religious Approach to the Criminal - Its Values and Dangers; correspondence relating to the Scientific Method and the Methodologies of Science group, Old Jordans Hostel; handwritten notes on...

Scope and Contents Papers from a file entitled Further Education/Problems of Leisure and relating to Spencer's time at the London School of Economics. Consists of: Handwritten notes for lectures on The University, The Educational Centre in a Dynamic Society, The Family and School in Modern Society, Group Work; newspaper cuttings relating to youth work and education; National Association of Boys'Clubs, Memorandum on Village Clubs; blank questionnaire entitled "Organisation for Comparative Social Research";...

Scope and Contents Consists of handwritten notes by John Spencer for the following lectures delivered at the London School of Economics and The Polytechnic School of Architecture, Surveying and Building: The Ways and means of encouraging community life in newly formed settlements; The theory of the neighbourhood unit and the balanced community; the spirit of community and the problem of balance; application of sociology to social research; social surveys and the town planner. the file also includes...

Scope and Contents Papers from a file entitled "Mixed Clubs" and dating from Spencer's time at the London School of Economics. Consists of: Handwritten lecture notes on group work, leisure and community centres, youth services, mixed clubs, social disorganisation; typed notes on a visit to the Outward Bound Sea School and junk playgrounds; material relating to a Senior Boys course run by the London Federation of Boys Clubs on which Spencer was a tutor, including programme, play scripts and photograph of...

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Material relating to a course for second year students delivered by Spencer. Consists of: Handwritten notes on the welfare state; newspaper cuttings. Printed material: Article on The Welfare State from Barclays Bank Review, May 1951