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White Donation
WHI · Collection · ca. 1915 - 1920

Items belonged to, Frederick Evelyn Unwin (1895 - 1978) from Kirkby in Ashfield, a student at Leeds Training College, Beckett's Park, 1914-1916. the Owl contains a listing of students and staff on active service 1915-1916. It also includes photographs of the college as the 2nd Northern General Hospital. the handbook can be dated to between 1917 to 1920 by virtue of the staff listing. the panoramic photograph is of the campus this image was used in the college handbook.

Unwin, Frederick Evelyn
[Box 12] 'Mercier Papers'
GB 2830 BPL/MER · Series · 1916 - 1933
Part of Beckett Park Library Collection

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.

City of Leeds Training College
GB 2830 QUE/5/4 · Item · 1960 - 1966
Part of Queenswood Donation

Contains Macaulay Hall residents name, visitors name and address and room number. The system of recording visitors names was ended in 1966 and entries in the book reflect this. Other Halls would have had a similar series of visitors books.

City of Leeds Training College