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BOYCE, John Stanley Beaumont (1911-1992)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0366 BOY

Held at: Institute of Education

Title: BOYCE, John Stanley Beaumont (1911-1992)

Date(s): 1920-1992

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 boxes; 1 oversize box

Name of creator(s): Boyce | John Stanley Beaumont | 1911-1992 | schoolmaster and education officer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

John Stanley Beaumont Boyce was born in Stoney Stratford, Buckinghamshire, in 1911. He was the youngest of the three sons of E R S Boyce, Headmaster of Wolverton County School which his sons attended. In 1930 Boyce won a scholarship to St John's College, Oxford, from where he graduated in French and German. He worked as a Master at Ellesmere College, Cheltenham, until 1937 and thereafter at Coatham School, Redcar. In August 1937 he married Margaret L Nicholls of Oxford with whom he had 3 children.

Boyce had served with the OTC during peacetime. During the War he served with the Oxford and Bucks Infantry Regiment, followed by work under John Newsom in northern Germany as part of the military government. As part of the Education Branch he was involved in setting up local government and education systems. He ended the war with the rank of Major.

Following the war Boyce was employed as an assistant Chief Education Officer (CEO) in Hertfordshire Education Authority under John Newsom. In 1951 he became Deputy CEO in West Sussex and in 1957 followed this with work as Deputy CEO in Lancashire. He was appointed CEO of Lancashire in 1968, a post he held until his retirement in 1973.

In 1986 he received an Honorary LLD from Lancaster University. He died peacefully from cancer in 1992, 10 days after his 81st birthday.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of John Boyce, 1920-1992, comprising material relating to Boyce's career in education (photographs, press cuttings, appointment diaries, job application papers and education-related publications) and his army service and Germany (photographs, letters home, service related papers such as annual leave forms, education reports relating to Germany, relics of Nazi Germany and drawings). There are also letters upon Boyce's retirement and some personal material, including his own school reports, 'thoughts' from 1939-1940, letters to his wife from Coatham School, papers relating to non-educational interests, honorary awards, personal correspondence and an obituary.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections as follows: 1. British Educational Career; 2. Army; 3. Retirement; 4. Personal.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of Reader Application Form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Archivist or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

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Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by the family in June 2005.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
German history | European history | National history
Reconstruction | Restoration | Cultural property preservation
Schools | Educational institutions
War | International conflicts
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
Education

Personal names
Boyce | John Stanley Beaumont | 1911-1992 | schoolmaster and education officer

Corporate names

Places
Germany | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe