Campaign for the Advancement of State Education, earlier the Confederation for the Advancement of State Education (CASE)

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Scope and Content

Minutes, conference and AGM papers, 1963 - 2000; accounts; correspondence; Chairman's files; subject files; records of local and regional groups; press cuttings and relations with external organisations; publications and research papers; papers of Judith Parris, north regional secretary and national committee member.

Administrative / Biographical History

In November 1960 the first association for the advancement of state education was formed in Cambridge as a result of dissatisfaction with conditions at one particular local school. Further local associations were formed following press publicity beginning in June 1961. In January 1962 delegates from all associations formed the Joint Committee for the Advancement of State Education to provide a means of communication between local associations and to express the views of members at national level. This led to the formation of the Confederation for the Advancement of State Education (later renamed the Campaign). One of the aims of the movement was the full implementation of the 1944 Education Act.

Access Information

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Acquisition Information

The first part of this collection was deposited in the Centre by the Campaign for the Advancement of State Education in 1982. The papers of Mrs Judith Parris were deposited by her family in August 2004. Further records were recieved in 2005 from the secretary of Bedford and District CASE, via the Bedfordshire Record Office, and in 2012 from a former chairman of Bedford and District CASE and national CASE chairman (accession 851).

Other Finding Aids

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/CST

Accruals

Further deposits are expected.

Related Material

Records of the Eccles, Swinton, Pendlebury and Salford district associations, 1963-1976, are held at Salford City Archive Service, and records of the Westmorland Association, 1969-1977, are held at Cumbria Record Office, Kendal.