Papers of Emeritus Professor Harry Davies (d.1983), director of the Institute of Education at the University of Nottingham, 1964-1968

The collection contains essays on educational themes, written by Harry Davies (PHD 1). Dating is usually only possible from internal evidence.

Titles include: 'Books and learning in the secondary school'; 'Conclusion'; 'The day grammar school'; 'Education and equality'; 'The education of librarians'; 'Home and school'; 'Introduction'; 'A liberal education for the second half of the twentieth century'; 'Methods of examining'; 'Opening remarks at the last plenary session'; 'Raising the school leaving age and the Humanities'; 'The sixth-form of the Future'; 'Slaughter of the innocents'; 'The training of teachers'; 'The training of teachers of physical education'. There is also a set of short instalments (see accompanying correspondence with Edward Blishen) for a journal. The instalments are entitled 'A-levels'; 'CSEs'; 'Examinations'; 'O-levels'; 'Matriculation'; 'Subject examinations'; and 'Teacher control of exams'.

Correspondence. 1964-1968 (PHD 2). Most of the correspondence relates to the commissioning and publication of articles by Harry Davies.

Harry Davies was born in Totmorden in the West Riding of Yorkshire. He graduated from Cambridge University with a degree in History and became a teacher at Hertford Grammar School. He was appointed headmaster at Northallerton Grammar School in 1943 and in 1947 he accepted the same position at High Pavement Grammar School, Nottingham. He joined the staff of the University of Nottingham in 1963 as director of the Institute of Education. As Professor of Education, he was responsible from 1965 until his retirement in 1972 for the college division of the University School of Education. His book 'Culture and the Grammar School' was published in 1965.

Professor Davies was active in Nottingham life, as a Justice of the Peace, member of the Playhouse Trust and a chairman of the Music Club.

The collection has been divided by document type into two series.

ACCESS: Accessible to all registered readers by appointment.

LANGUAGE: English

• This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright on the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

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The collection was given to the University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts in March 1984.