Wilderspin in Wakefield
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TitleWilderspin in Wakefield
Reference codeMS975/68
Date1843-1866, 1938,1957, 1961, 1973, c1980
Scope and ContentPhotocopies, typescript and handwritten transcripts of publications, newspaper and journal articles, reports, institutional records such as minute books, correspondence, etc. Collected by Professor Phillip McCann and Dr. Francis A. Young prior to the publication of their book 'Samuel Wilderspin and the infant school movement' (1982) concerning Wilderspin's time in Wakefield, with particular reference to his involvement with Wakefield Mechanics' Institution, etc. Organised by McCann and Young into the following sections:
-'Wakefield Mechanics' Institution'
-'Wilderspin and Wakefield M[echanics' Institution] (1849)'
-'(1850)'
-'S.W. and "papal aggression" (1850)'
-'(1851-1854)'
-'(1855-1861)'
-'Last years and death'
-'Miscellaneous'.
-'Wakefield Mechanics' Institution'
-'Wilderspin and Wakefield M[echanics' Institution] (1849)'
-'(1850)'
-'S.W. and "papal aggression" (1850)'
-'(1851-1854)'
-'(1855-1861)'
-'Last years and death'
-'Miscellaneous'.
Conditions governing accessOpen.
Level of descriptionfile