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Cobbett Collection

Catalogue reference: 4783-5055

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This record is about the Cobbett Collection dating from 1949-1965.

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Reference
4783-5055
Title
Cobbett Collection
Date
1949-1965
Description

School records relating to Janice Cobbett and John E Cobbett, including accounts for tuition fees and stationery, bills for school sundries, secondary school exercise books covering all subjects, school reports on Janice Cobbett at White House Preparatory School and Luckley Oakfield School, examination papers, school circulars

Held by
Leeds University: Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine
Language
English
Creator(s)
<famname>Cobbett family</famname>
Physical description
60 items
Access conditions

Open by appointment

Administrative / biographical background

The archive collections of the Museum of the History of Education at the University of Leeds are managed by the University Collections Officer. The manuscript collections are backed by extensive collections of text books, training manuals, work books and other teaching aids such as spelling prompt cards and maps, relating to all subjects and topics, covering the period 1719-1980. There are also HMI reports and other publications, and works relating to the history of education and school provision in Yorkshire.

Record URL
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Cobbett Collection