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Higher education

 Subject
Subject Source: Unesco Thesaurus

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

Dainton Collection

 Collection
Reference code: DAI1
Scope and Contents

A collection of books from the personal library of Lord Dainton. The collection is intended to complement and support the Dainton Papers.

Dates: 1793 - 2005

Dainton Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 231
Scope and Contents

The papers of Lord Dainton, scientist, university academic and administrator, and chairman of national committees on science, higher education and libraries, circa 1930 to 1997. The collection consists of the papers retained by Lord Dainton during his long and distinguished career.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1915 - 1997

Empson Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 292
Scope and Contents Material relating to Sir William Empson (1906-1984), poet, academic and critic and his wife, Hetta, Lady Empson (1915-1996), sculptor, political activist and socialite. The first part of the collection comprises papers (mainly letters) from William and Hetta Empson, to each other and to others, notably Walter Brown and David Jones. They include both domestic matters and also descriptions of world events such as their experiences in China during the Communist Revolution, and Hetta´s work in...
Dates: 1915 - 2000

Lydia Henry Documents

 Fonds
Reference code: 110
Scope and Contents Documents on the early life and career of Lydia Manley Henry, graduate of the University of Sheffield Medical School. The collection consists of notes by Dr Henry on her early life in Sheffield as a medical student and her subsequent relatively short career in medicine, together with three photographs. There are also notes relating to her time as a pupil at Sheffield Day High School for Girls.For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External...
Dates: 1918 - 1979

Moore Smith Manuscripts

 Collection
Reference code: 57
Scope and Contents Family and other papers, working notes and annotated printed texts, including material relating to the life and works of Thomas Randolph, made by George Charles Moore Smith (1858-1940), Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield.The collection is of a miscellaneous character, and has been acquired through several separate donations. It consists of a selection of early essays by Professor George Charles Moore Smith; papers and correspondence...
Dates: 1702 - 1950

Morris Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 288
Scope and Contents The collection comprises the surviving personal and working papers, manuscripts and associated correspondence relating to the life and work of Brian Robert Morris, university teacher and professor of English Literature, University Principal, writer, broadcaster and public figure through his membership/chairmanship of many public and private cultural bodies and his appointment to the House of Lords.The papers consist of :Material collected from BRM´s home in Foolow...
Dates: 1912 - 2002

Peter Blundell Jones Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 490
Scope and Contents The Peter Blundell Jones Archive is an extensive collection of both physical and digital material covering Professor Blundell Jones' entire career, from his training at the Architectural Association School in the late 1960s up until his death in 2016. The archive contains Blundell Jones’ professional correspondence, research notes, architectural drawings, photographic material and files relating to his writing and teaching, as well as his own architectural practice. The archive...
Dates: 1940s - 2016

Richard Hoggart Collection

 Collection
Reference code: HOG1
Scope and Contents

A collection of books from the personal library of Richard Hoggart, university teacher and professor of English literature and cultural studies, academic administrator, writer, broadcaster, literary critic, cultural analyst and international civil servant, whose work spanned the second half of the twentieth century and continued into the early years of the twenty-first.

Dates: 1718 - 2012

Richard Hoggart Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 247
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence of Richard Hoggart, academic, broadcaster and writer on cultural matters. The papers were transferred to the Library in two separate accessions and are currently catalogued separately. The main part of the collection (Section 1) comprises a substantial part of the personal and working papers, manuscripts and associated correspondence relating to the life and work of Richard Hoggart, university teacher and professor of English literature and cultural...
Dates: 1919 - 2007

Sir Gareth Roberts Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 429
Scope and Contents Material relating to the personal life and professional career of Sir Gareth Roberts, including school exercise books and reports, correspondence, diaries, committee and meeting papers, publications, photographs, computer discs, audio cassette tapes, 35mm slides, VHS video cassettes, lectures, prizes and certificates.Dating from 1942 to 2007, the collection covers the whole span of Sir Gareth’s life from his early schooldays to memorial services held in his honour after his...
Dates: 1942 - 2007

Turner Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 78
Scope and Contents Documents relating to Emily Gertrude Turner, graduate of, and Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, and to Professor William Palmer Wynne of the Department of Chemistry, dating from circa 1890 to 2002.The collection consists of two series of documents relating to Gertrude Turner: a set of papers, including some photographs, originally presented in 1969 (ref. 78), which relates mainly to the scientific work of her Department, and which also includes some of the...
Dates: c1890 - 2002