Records of the Society of Teachers Opposed to Physical Punishment (STOPP) Comprises records of the Society including: Minutes of meetings Membership records Correspondence and papers regarding the general administration of the group including Finance and publicity Correspondence with Local Education Authorities regarding the use of corporal punishment in schools around the UK Lobbying papers - largely comprising correspondence with teaching unions and MPs leading up to the Education (Corporal Punishment) Bill vote in 1986 Publications and information collated by STOPP as part of their research Papers regarding surveys into the use of corporal punishment at both state and independent schools Correspondence and papers regarding cases of coporal punishment taken to the European Court of Human Rights Letters to the press, mainly written by STOPP's Education Secretary Tom Scott Case files (CLOSED) STOPP publications including newsletters Press notices written by STOPP Audio-visual material Artifacts - canes, tawses and paddles 1932-1989 (mainly 1968-1989)