Material relating to the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) History in Education Project, including oral history interviews and transcripts; project documentation; donated historical teaching materials; conference papers; teacher and pupil survey forms; correspondence.
Records of the History in Education Project
This material is held atInstitute of Education Library and Archives, University College London
- Reference
- GB 366 HEP
- Dates of Creation
- 2009-2012
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 12 boxes, 1 roll
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The History in Education Project was a major research project set up to look at the development of the teaching of history in English state schools from 1900 to the present day.
It was funded by the Linbury Trust and based at the Institute of Historical Research. Under the direction of Professor Sir David Cannadine, from January 2009 the Project’s two academic research fellows, Dr Jenny Keating and Dr Nicola Sheldon, created a ‘history of school history’ across the twentieth century. They looked at archives across the country, gathered a wealth of primary and secondary source material and interviewed a wide range of former pupils and teachers, school inspectors, educationalists and secretaries of state for education.
The research and interviews were completed by March 2011. During 2011 the three staff of the History in Education Project collaborated on producing the final account of the Project’s findings, published as a book 'The Right Kind of History: Teaching the Past in Twentieth-Century England' (Palgrave Macmillan). Jenny Keating researched and wrote up all the material for the period 1900-1965, Nicola Sheldon did the same for the years 1965-2010, and David Cannadine wrote the book itself.
Text from the Institute of Historical Research (IHR) website.
Arrangement
Material held on digital storage media have been removed from the body of the collection and placed in the Digital Physical Media Storage Area (Jessica Womack, March 2014)
Access Information
Restricted access
Access to some files is restricted under the Data Protection Act 1998. Please contact the archives for further information.
Acquisition Information
Given by the IHR in February 2012.
Note
The roll could not be located August 2014.