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SIR WALTER SAINT JOHN'S SCHOOL, BATTERSEA


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/2181

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: SIR WALTER SAINT JOHN'S SCHOOL, BATTERSEA

Date(s): 1670-1967

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1.41 linear metres

Name of creator(s): Smallwood | Frank T | fl 1911-1970 | school teacher and historian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Frank Smallwood taught for 44 years (1911-1955) at Sir Walter St John's School, Battersea. When he retired, he was invited to write a history of the school, which was founded in 1700. He collected much information about the school over the period 1955-1970 but then his interests moved away from the school to the St John family and the local history of Battersea.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Frank Smallwood relating to the history of Sir Walter Saint John's School, Battersea. These papers mainly relate to the history of the school, although some do contain extensive information about the St John family and Battersea. They show how a historian set about working on the subject and what a great variety of sources exist.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

ACC/2181/001 to ACC/2181/090.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Physical characteristics:

Fit

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records deposited as a gift in October 1985.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

The papers complement the records of the school, which are available at reference Acc/2321.

Publication note:

A number of Smallwood's publications are in the LMA History Library, including: Sir Walter St John's School: two historical essays P22.13 (SIR); and The Story of Terrace House, Battersea 60.9 SAS.

DESCRIPTION NOTES Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Educational history | Educational sciences
Historians | Social scientists
Historical research | History
Local history | History
Schools | Educational institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
Sir Walter Saint John's School | Battersea

Places
Battersea | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wandsworth