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.
Papers of Sophia Weitzman (1896-1965)
This material is held atInstitute of Education Library and Archives, University College London
- Reference
- GB 366 SW
- Dates of Creation
- 1937-1961
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 4 boxes
Scope and Content
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 the Second World War, which was never completed.
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Given by the family in 1991.
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