Records of the Reading Research Unit Comprises correspondence and papers regarding the work of the Unit including: 'Draft proposal for research into the early stages of learning to read with an augmented Roman alphabet' 'The new scheme of the University of London, Institute of Education for teaching children to read by means of an Augmented Roman Alphabet containing 19 additional characters' by Axel Wijk, Docent in English at the University of Stockholm, including some correspondence from Wijk in opposition to the Institute's proposals Papers regarding the partnership between the Unit and Nuffield Foundation Agendas of meetings, with some minutes Correspondence between members of the academic committee Newspaper cuttings regarding the work of the Unit Reports on the Augmented Roman Alphabet research, including by head teachers 'Pronunciation and standard print-forms' draft paper March 1962 Proposal to the Gulbenkian Foundation for a grant to extend the research 'Experiments with an augmented alphabet for beginning readers in British Schools' by John Downing, Director of the Unit presented at the 27th Educational Conference, New York, 1-2 November 1962 1960-1962