| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/D/54/2 |
| Title | [Publishers, reviews and book lists] |
| Date | 1924 - 1958 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT), Hilda R. Walmesley (NUWT), the Publishers Associations, the Library Association, various commercial and educational book publishers, the Peace Book Club, the National Book League, and the National Book Council regarding:
Calls for the exclusion of books from proposed purchase tax
Children's books
Invitations to meetings and events organised by book publishers
Cancellation of a Library Association conference in September 1939 due to the outbreak of war
Notice of new educational publications which publishers thought would be of interest to the NUWT
NUWT requests to publishers for review copies of books and leaflets to review for 'The Woman Teacher'
NUWT representation on various boards and at meetings related to children's books and books for education
Information about the launch of a new weekly publication 'The Tribune'
Request for information on the aims and organisation of the NUWT for a section of a book 'A Handbook for Young Teachers'
Literature lists for the Women's Freedom League and the Fabian Society
Handwritten lists of books on women's rights, women's suffrage and the women's movement
Invitation to subscribe to the National Book Council
Various leaflets advertising educational books and booklists including 'Keeping Fit - A Health Book for Senior Girls', by Edith E. Crosby (NUWT member)
Request for the opinion of the NUWT on publications for children
NUWT representation at a Conference on Children's Reading, organised by the Comics Campaign Council
NUWT panel looking into
Concerns over content of children's comic books
NUWT lists of books suitable for use in Elementary Schools
Publications:
'Books in Public Elementary Schools', Board of Education, 1928
'The need for more school books', National Book Council
Comics Campaign Council - information on their campaign
Press cuttings and journals regarding:
Report of the results of an NUWT Education Committee survey into books for children, in response to a questionnaire on the subject received from the International Bureau of Education in Geneva
Reviews of books on capitalism and the women's movement
'Peace Book News' - newsletter of the Peace Book Club
'The School Library review - official Organ of the School Libraries Section of the Library Associations', 1937
Extracts from Hansard, questions in the House of Commons regarding suitable comics for children
Publications:
'British Comics: an Appraisal', Comics Campaign Council
'Enquiry into Expenditure by Local Education Authorities in Class Books for Schools', National Book League |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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