Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1914 - 1952 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 boxes including optical equipment, bound thesis, photographs and film
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Maurice Tanton Woodhouse was born in 1903 at Bridlington the son of Mr and Mrs T. Woodhouse and died in 1953 at Leeds. He was a pupil teacher at Hilderthorpe School in 1921, gained a B.A. from Leeds University in 1924 and an M.A. in Education in 1925. In 1927 he was appointed Resident Lecturer on the Principles of Teaching at the City of Leeds Training College where he spent the rest of his working life becoming Master of Method in 1932 and the first Senior Tutor in 1948. His main academic interest in the early part of his career was the teaching of Geography, but he later developed an interest in photography and cinema particularly its uses in teaching and its effects on children. In 1952 he gained a doctorate from his Alma Mater with a study of film appreciation in schools.
Repository
Archival history
Collection was donated by Dr Woodhouse’s daughter-in-law, Mrs A. Woodhouse
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs A. Woodhouse
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This small collection contains items that once belonged to Dr Woodhouse including his camera, home made episcope, film and photographs taken in and around the City of Leeds Training College and his doctorate thesis. His family thought it fitting that some of his personal items should remain on the site of his place of work.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
None expected