Papers of Brian Simon (1915-2002) Papers relating to the life and work of Brian Simon, (1915-2002), including talks, articles, lectures; research papers for his publications particularly his four volume history of education - 'Studies in the History of Education, 1780-1870' (1960), 'Education and the Labour Movement, 1870-1920' (1965), 'The Politics of Educational Reform, 1920-1940' (1974) and 'Education and the Social Order, 1940-1990' (1991) - and on the Soviet Union; correspondence with various educationists; press cuttings; obituaries of Simon's contemporaries; papers regarding visits abroad to the Soviet Union, Australia and Japan; personal papers including correspondence with his mother, Shena Simon, and father Ernest Simon; papers regarding the research and writing of his autobiography 'A Life in Education' published in 1998; scrapbooks collated by Brian Simon and his wife Joan Simon; papers collected after Brian's death by Joan Simon; and correspondence from Brian Simon sent to others (donated to the archives by various individuals). 1908-2003