Margaret 'Jill' Swales was a student at the City of Leeds Training College from 1943 to 1945 during its sojourn at Scarborough during WW2. This collection is of her experiences at the college through notes, photographs and artefacts.
The majority of this material dates from around 1916 and records the resignation of Vice-Principal Winifred Mercier, the 'talk' to residential staff given by James Graham, Secretary for Education at Leeds, and the resulting resignation of nine women tutors from the College. It includes copies of letters among the key players in the so called 'scandal' news paper clippings relating to the events and reports from the Board of Education.
Walter Sydney Lund was a student at the City of Leeds Training College from 1915 to 1917 in Cavendish Hall. He fought during the First World War in the Middle East. the file contains introductory letters, photograph of Cavendish Hall students ca. 1917, brief Biography of Walter Lund. Photocopies of Oxford Senior Local Examinations Certificate 1914 and 1915, Board of Education Certificate for Leeds Training College 1917. Royal Society of Teachers Certificate, covering letter and conditions 1921.
This modest collection contains books covering all parts of Yorkshire with an emphasis on West Yorkshire and Leeds in particular. Notable volumes include the 2nd edition of Thoresby’s Ducatus Leodiensis, Whitaker’s expanded edition Leodis and Elmete and Allen’s New and complete history of the county of York.