Leeds (England)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
'Concept of organism', Heriot-Watt University, 24 November 1971 and 'Leeds Biochem', 4 February 1972., 1971-1972
File
Identifier: Coll-1586/F/1/F.82
Scope and Content
The material consists of manuscript notes, headed 'Revised version' for lecture 'Concept of organism' by Martin Rivers Pollock, given at Heriot-Watt University, 24 November 1971 and 'Leeds Biochem', 4 February 1972.
Dates:
1971-1972
Leeds Co-Op, Christmas, 1870s-1930s
Item
Identifier: Coll-1434/1823
Scope and Contents
Photograph of rows of hanging, dressed pigs at the Leeds Co-Op at Christmas time in 1908.
Dates:
1870s-1930s
Letter from James Lumsden, former student of Thomson's, 20 Feb 1955
Item
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/1/26/26
Scope and Contents
The letter recalls both Lumsden and his wife's experiences of being Thomson's students, in particular how Thomson explained complex ethical and philosophical concepts using his own experiences.
Dates:
20 Feb 1955
Letter to Dr Mary Gardner Grierson from J. R. Potts, 02 April 1952
Item
Identifier: Coll-411/1/1/L2404
Scope and Contents
Letter, 2 April 1952, Leeds, J. R. Potts to Mary Grierson. Praising Grierson's biography of Tovey, particularly for the description of the history of the Reid Orchestra. Holograph signed, with stamped envelope.
Dates:
02 April 1952
Selection for Higher Education, 6 Nov 1951
File
Identifier: Coll-1310/3/1/3/8
Scope and Contents
The lecture largely concerns how selection for university entrance can be made more fair and equal, beginning at the age of eleven with the eleven-plus examination which determines a child's entry into a grammar or a modern school, the latter of which removes the possibility of attending university. Thomson argues for a mechanism by which pupils wrongly rejected by grammar schools may still enter university. He discusses the influence of industry and...
Dates:
6 Nov 1951