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Jowett, Benjamin, 1817-18933
Pestalozzi, Johann Heinrich, 1746-18273
Arnold, Thomas, 1795-1842.1
Forster, William Edward, 1818-18861
Grant, Ulysses S., 1822-18851
Locke, John, 1632-17041
Michael Ernest Sadler1
Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)1
Secondary Schools Association1
University of Oxford1

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Papers of Sir Michael Sadler

Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)

1877-1941

This series comprises the manuscript and typescript papers of Sadler that form the basis of his lectures, talks and publications. From Sir Michael Sadler, the material passed to his son Michael Sadlei...

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MS copy of letter "The Claims of University Colleges" by the Master of Balliol College, Professor Jowett

1887

Transcription of a letter of the Master of Balliol (Professor Jowett) published in The Times, March 3, 1887 9 ff. on embossed official paper apparently in the hand of A H D Acland

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MS article "Suggestions for the organization of the work of the new branch for special enquiries and reports"

1895

First page has a note: "Embodied in printed suggestions, 1895". In 1895 Sadler was named director of the Office of Special Enquiries and Reports within the Board of Education, to which this relates. D...

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[Notes about Benjamin Jowett]

ca. 1905

TS extracts from books of different authors about Benjamin Jowett 17 ff.

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TS address "The educational influence of the late master of Balliol"

1905

Address about the figure of Benjamin Jowett, annotated by Sadler and signed "Michael E. Sadler" see also PA/100 26 ff.

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TS "Report on the industrial education of natives at Mariannhill Mission, Natal, and its dependent stations in Cape Colony"

1905

Typescript summary of the Board of education’s Special report on Educational subjects Vol 14 1905 4 ff.

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Ts and MS transcription of two quotations

ca. 1905

Note on Sadler's hand: 'Sec. Educ. lect. 2'. One quotation is entitled 'Aim of a liberal education' and has a note: 'Written as a preface to a list of 98 book. Quoted by Sir M.E. Grant Duff, Spectator...

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MS notes "Categories of Secondary Schools"

ca. 1905

Notes and statistics on secondary schools and their development over the period 1872-1905 9 ff. autograph unknown hand

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MS draft of a report on secondary education in Hampshire

ca. 1905

Probably published by the County Council of the County of Southampton (Portsmouth, [1905]), 154 pp. with the title 'Report on secondary and higher education in Hampshire' Secondary education - 8 ff. a...

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MS article “The Educational Situation in England"

1905

Article ‘proposed for Ed Review USA 1905 not sent in this form’ 7 ff. autograph

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MS and TS "Lecture on the teaching of patriotism"

1905

Lecture delivered at Bradford Philosophical Institute, the 2nd of February, 1905 then altered and shortened for Ancoats, Birmingham Manchester March 5 1905 29 ff. autograph including pasted in section...

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