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| Description | Miss Doris Potter, born Doris Kathleen Potter, 17/06/07, Auckland, New Zealand.
Carnegie Fellowship Scholar session 1935-36
Documents in file:
Application documents, supporting documents, references & correspondance relating to Carnegie Fellowship.
Typed resume of Education & Career up to Application for Carnegie Fellowship.
Letter of introduction for Miss Potter from the Inspector of Technical Education & subsequebt reply from professor Sir T. Percy Nunn at the IoE, Aug-Nov 1935.
Handwritten schedule for IoE First term, Oct-Dec 1935.
Typed correspondance regarding Miss Potter's application & appoinment as a Volunteer Assistant Probation Officer between the IoE & the National Association of Probation Offiers, Whitehall, Oct/Nov 1935.
Various correspondance regarding Miss Potter's request for access to the records & facilities of the Child Guidence Clinic, Canonbury Place, Islington, Nov 1935.
Handwritten Time Table detailing weekly appointments and time spent at the IoE, The Child Guidance Clinic and the Probation Office, Islington.
Typed corresponance regarding Miss Potter's request to work in the London Juvenile Courts, Dec 1935.
Various correspondance on attending the Third International Conference of Social service, Dec 1935-Jan 1936.
Handwritten timetable for IoE Spring term, 1936.
Handwritten report for the First term of 1935-36 Session.
Various correspondance regarding Miss Potter's visits to Approved Schools & Remand Homes in Cardiff & Southampton, Dec 1935-Jan 1936
Letters of Introduction pertaining to Easter vacation visits to Educational facilities in Birmingham & Leicester, March 1936.
Various correspondance regarding Miss Potter's visits to Approved Schools & Remand Homes in Birmingham & Edinburgh, May 1936.
Hand written list of Educational contacts in Glouster, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow. Edinburgh & Newcastle-upon-Tyne, May 1936.
Various correspondance regarding Miss Potter's visits to Approved Schools & Remand Homes in Liverpool, June 1936.
Various correspondance regarding Miss Potter's courses at the Institute of Medical Psychology, Malet Place. June 1936.
Syllabus for Mental Health in Childhood course, The Institute of Medical Psychology, Malet Place, WC 1, 1935-36.
Various correspondance on Miss Potter's completion of her studies in Juvenile Delinquency & of her work with the Probation Office, the London Child Guidence Clinic & the Child Guidence Council, July 1936.
Handwritten letter form Miss Potter to the F. Clarke, esq at the IoE, detailing her voyage home, beginning her Carnegie Fellowship report & her initial activities in the field of Education & Juvenile Delinquency on her return home, and of her difficulties in finding a suitable role making use of her knowledge & experiences, Sept 1936.
Typed letter of reccomendation from the Director of the IoE to the Director of Education, Wellington, New Zealand, Dec 1936.
Handwritten covering letter from Miss Potter accompanying the two copies of her Carnegie Fellowship report, Dec 1936.
Various correspondance relating to the submission of Miss Potter's Carnegie Fellowship report, amendments to it, and the possibility of publication, Jan 1937.
Further correspondence regarding Miss Potter's efforts to find a suitable role in New Zealand, March 1937.
Letter of Reference for Miss Potter, Director of Education, New Zealand, Oct 1938.
Various correspondance relating to Miss Potter's succesful application as an Associate of the Institute of Education, detailing her activities whilst in the UK, Oct 1938-June 1939.
Handwritten letter detailing Miss Potter's current & IoE student life and her forthcoming marriage to a Canadian Presbyterian Minister, 1939-40.
Educated at Auckland University College:
1924 Junior University Scholarship (resigned scholarship).
1925 English & Latin (First class terms).
1926 French & Pure Mathematics (Second class terms).
1928 Graduated B.A. offering Education as an advanced subject.
1929 Diploma in Education.
1930 Graduated Master of Arts with First Class Honours in Education.
Professional Training & Experience:
1925-26 Probationer at Parnell School, Auckland.
1927-28 Student at Auckland Training College.
1929 Subsitute Assistant, Onehunga School, Auckland.
1930 Assistant Mistress, Pukekohe Technical High School, Auckland.
1935 Awarded Carnegie Corporation Fellowship Scholorship to study at an English University.
Application cites wish to study "The Problems of Juvenile Delinquency and its Treatment".
1935-36 Carnegie Fellowship Scholar, UK.
1937 Takapuna Grammar School, Auckland.
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