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MD - Papers of (William) Michael Duane (1915-1997)

1 - Biographical Information

2 - Howe Dell Secondary School, Hatfield

3 - Alderman Woodrow School, Lowestoft

4 - Risinghill School, Islington

5 - Leila Berg Material

1 - File 'Progress Report to JHN and governors Jul-Sep 1949'

2 - File 'HMI Report of Alderman Woodrow School'

3 - Correspondence regarding the Complaint from Royal Victoria Patriotic Orphanage regarding the lack of Discipline and impropriety at Howe Dell

4 - File 'Closure etc.'

1 - Minutes of Dr Briault's meeting with staff regarding rumours on the plans to close Risinghill School.

2 - Reference for Michael Duane from Brigadier R G V Fitzgeorge-Balfour.

3 - Letter from Derek Shuttleworth

4 - Minutes of meeting at Magadelen Settlement regarding trouble between Cypriot and English Boys

5 - Nationalities at Risinghill School

6 - 'Risinghill School, Comments by staff on building after use for two years'

7 - Letter regarding furniture at Risinghill Hill

8 - Letter to Dr Ferguson regarding damage to school furniture

9 - Letter to 'Mr Naisbitt' regarding the design of Risinghill School

10 - Letter to Mr Skinner regarding staff cuts

11 - 'Meeting with Mr Arnold Brown, Dr Payling and Mr MacGowan'

12 - Letter to Mr Houghton enclosing a detailed commentary on the inspection of Risinghill School.

13 - 'Damage to furniture 1961-1962'

14 - 'Reorganisation'

15 - 'Comments made by L.C.C. Inspectors after follow-up Visitation made on 4 and 5 July, 1962'

16 - 'Prizegiving'

17 - Letter to Dr Hay regarding staff appointments

18 - Minutes of a meeting at Risinghill School 'to examine complaints of defects in buildings after having been in use for two years'

19 - Letter to Mr Saunders objecting to an article in 'Today' about Risinghill School

20 - Newsom Report Questionnaire

21 - Letter to Editor of 'The London Schoolmaster'

22 - Minutes of a meeting at County Hall regarding the closure of Risinghill School

23 - Letter from Dr Briault regarding letter in 'The London Schoolmaster'

24 - Letter from Dr Briault regarding the Conference of the Cypriot Organisation.

25 - Letter to Mrs Evans

26 - 'Risinghill-The Problem before us'

27 - Letter of support for Risinghill from Probation Officers

28 - Draft of letter regarding Kidbrooke School and closure of Risinghill

29 - Letter from Dr Briault regarding letter in 'The London Schoolmaster'

30 - Petition from staff requesting that the Press be restricted from Risinghill School

31 - Statement from the Risinghill Parent-Teacher Association regarding closure of the School.

32 - 'Objections to the LCC decision to close Risinghill'

33 - 'Closure of Risinghill - Position of Headmaster'

34 - 'Memorandum to the Education Officer ILEA'

35 - Draft of a letter to Mr Houghton regarding timetabling.

36 - '1st. Tape on Caning-discussion with 3C'

37 - '1st. Tape on Canning - Discussion in Class (2nd Side)'

38 - '2nd. Tape on Caning - 5A & 2D with Michael Duane'

39 - 'Michael Duane with several pupils discussing previous schools friends, family, caning, favourite lessons, art class religion, public schools and attitudes of adults, grammar schools, corporal punishment'

40 - Notes on inspection of Department of Technical Studies

41 - 'Accuracy in English'

42 - Journal 'Socialism and Education'

43 - 'The stench of hypocrisy'

44 - 'I.L.E.A supported on Risinghill''

45 - Press cuttings regarding Leila Berg's Risinghill: Death of a Comprehensive School

46 - Third Report by Commonwealth Immigrants Advisory Council

47 - 'Teacher Training: Proposals for Reform'

5 - Material relating to the closure of Risinghill collected by Leila Berg.

6 - Loose material

6 - General Correspondence

7 - Writings and related Correspondence