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William Norman Illingworth, educationalist, letters and papers relating to his early career as a teacher in Leeds and Birkenhead, 1923-1929

Archive Collection: MS 704

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Type of record: Archive

Title: William Norman Illingworth, educationalist, letters and papers relating to his early career as a teacher in Leeds and Birkenhead, 1923-1929

Level: Collection

Classmark: MS 704

Creator(s): Illingworth, William Norman (1902-1980)()

Date(s): 1923-1929

Language: English

Size and medium: 116 items; all stored in 14 envelopes, except for 1 vol.of 90 ff.

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5753

Biography or history

William Norman Illingworth read history at the University of Leeds, graduating in 1922, followed by a postgraduate diploma in education. He took his MA in 1925 and subsequently taught in a number of schools before becoming headmaster of Durham City Senior School in 1932. In 1947 he resigned and founded his own school, the Sangreal School, Durham, which he ran until 1971. In this venture he was said to have been much influenced by the ideas of Rudolf Steiner and Dr K König. In an account of Sangreal it was suggested that it was a 'revelation' to work with him, an educator 'completely devoted to his boys', who stressed individual inner needs rather than mere academic success. 1 These papers which shed some light on the doubts and troubles he encountered when first beginning in the profession, were presented to the Library by Mr G W ledge in July 1984.

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The MS 704 catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1984. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.

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