WEITZMAN, Sophia (1896-1965)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0366 SW
Held at	: Institute of Education   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/library/sites/ioe ›
Full title	: WEITZMAN, Sophia (1896-1965)
Date(s)	: c1937-1960s
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 4 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Weitzman | Sophia | 1896-1965 | teacher and lecturer
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

After a career in teaching, historical research, and lecturing, Sophia Weitzman (1896-1965) was appointed Lecturer in History at the Institute of Education, University of London, in 1939, and was Reader in Education from 1956 until her retirement in 1963. In the 1940s she began work on the educational volume of the official history of World War Two, which was never completed.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Sophia Weitzman, comprising lecture notes, mainly about the history of English education in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, drafts and some printed material about the teaching of history c1937-1960s.

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English

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Open.

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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 Librarian 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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Archival history:

These records were first lent to the Institute Library by the family in March 1990. They were formally accessioned in April 1991.

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Created 11/24/1999, modified 12/5/2000