New perspectives from the National Union of Women Teachers Archive – resource discovery in a women teachers union archive.
- Location
- Building R19, Room 107, School of Education
- Dates
- Monday 12 December 2011 (17:00-18:30)
- Contact
Sarah McCook, Departmental Secretary
E-mail: s.mccook@bham.ac.uk
Tel: 0121 414 4844
Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Histories of Education and Childhood (DOMUS) Seminar Series 2011-2012
Speaker: Kathryn Hannan, Institute of Education
Cataloguing the records of a women teachers union active from 1904 – 1961 has uncovered a surprising array of subjects and interests which members of the union were involved with. This has highlighted the huge variety of educational research areas which the archive could be used for. This paper introduces some of the content of this significant collection and discusses the ways in which cataloguing aids the process of historical research
Cost: is free