Francis (Frank) Sydney Milligan papers
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- Milligan, Francis Sydney (1894-1965) adult educationalist
TitleFrancis (Frank) Sydney Milligan papers
Reference codeMS867
Date[?1698], 1918-1968
Scope and ContentCorrespondence, printed items, reports, lectures, photographs, unpublished autobiographical material, and other items relating to the work of adult educationalist and lecturer, Frank Sydney Milligan.
Administrative papers, printed items, photographs, and other items relating to educational centres for the unemployed: Beechcroft, Birkenhead; Merseyside; Darnhall, Cheshire; and Wincham Hall, Northwich, Cheshire.
Printed items and reports collected by F.S. Milligan relating to adult education in general.
The papers were accumulated by Frank Milligan during his time as warden of Beechcroft, Darnhall and Wincham Hall and provide details of the running of these institutions, and the subject of adult education, education for the unemployed, and community learning in general.
Administrative papers, printed items, photographs, and other items relating to educational centres for the unemployed: Beechcroft, Birkenhead; Merseyside; Darnhall, Cheshire; and Wincham Hall, Northwich, Cheshire.
Printed items and reports collected by F.S. Milligan relating to adult education in general.
The papers were accumulated by Frank Milligan during his time as warden of Beechcroft, Darnhall and Wincham Hall and provide details of the running of these institutions, and the subject of adult education, education for the unemployed, and community learning in general.
Conditions governing accessOpen for research. Access to individual items in Senate House Library archives collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. See Archivist for details. At least 24 hours notice is necessary for research visits.
Extent8 boxes
System of ArrangementNo original order existed at the time when these papers came to be catalogued, so they were arranged by apparent provenance and function. Due to limits on time, it has not been possible to catalogue every item individually: The main omissions have been the series of correspondence (series 1/1, 2/1 and 2/2) and manuscript lecture notes (series 1/7).
Finding aidsCatalogued online (click on the "contains" icon below). A pdf version of the hard-copy catalogue is also attached to this description.
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See also MS1191. No references to other manuscript collections relating to Frank Milligan have been lodged with the National Register of Archives although Birkenhead Public Library holds papers relating to Frank Milligan's period as warden of the Beechcroft Settlement. No surrogates of item in this collection are available either. During the compilation of this catalogue, only one bibliographic reference to a work about Milligan has been discovered:
'Frank S. Milligan 1894-1965', pp. 14-17 in Social Service Quarterly, E M Hutchinson (Volume XL, Number 1, June-August 1966) National Council of Social Service
Level of descriptionfonds