Northampton College of Education

The collection contains letters, notes and plans dealing with the foundation of the college and the transfer from Liverpool of the Kirkby Fields Teacher Training College. There are two files, including correspondence and reports, relating to college staff. Papers relating to the college Governing Body include its constitution, minutes of meetings, correspondence and the appointment of Governors. The remainder consists of a file of Principal's reports, prospectuses, leaflets, Social Club accounts, a large scrapbook of cuttings and memorabilia and a sheet of photographs.

Northampton College of Education was founded in 1972, located on a new campus in Moulton Park, Northampton. It brought together two institutions. One was the Kirkby Fields Teacher Training College which was relocated from its former home in Liverpool. The second was an outpost of the City of Leicester Training College, which had opened in 1966 at the John Clare School in Northampton specifically to cater for mature students.

The college ceased to function as an independent unit in 1975, when it was amalgamated with the Northampton School of Art and College of Technology to form Nene College. At this time a second outpost of the City of Leicester Training College, based at Corby since 1966, was also incorporated.

The collection has been arranged in to eleven series:

Series 1 contains the committee minutes of the College and these have been further divided in to two sub-series:

Sub-series 1 consists of two boxe

Box 1 contains the minutes of the Governing Body meetings, the meeting paper and related correspondence 1971/1975.

Box 2 contains the Principals Reports to the Governing Body 1971/1975

Sub-series 2 consists of one box containing the minutes of the Bar Management Committee 1972/1977.

Series 2 contains items relating to the history of the Northampton College of Education and has been further divided in to two sub-series:

Sub-series 1 consists of one box containing items relating to the building of the College.

Sub-series 2 consists of one box containing items relating to the transfer of Kirkby Fields College of Education to Northampton.

Series 3 consists of one box containing items relating to the staffing of the Northampton College of Education.

Series 4 consists of one box containing items relating to College events.

Series 5 consists of one box containing the publications of the College

Series 6 consists of one box containing the prospectuses of the Northampton College of Education.

Series 7 consists of one box containing the admission register for the Northampton College of Education.

Series 8 consists of one box containing items relating to the Social Club.

Series 9 consists of one box containing photographs relating to the Northampton College of Education.

Series 10 consists of one box containing articles and newspaper clippings that relate to the College.

Series 11 consists of two boxes containing ephemera relating to the Northampton College of Education.

While most of the collection is accessible to everyone some restrictions are in place in order to protect personal data.

We do not expect that there will be major accruals to this collection but the University would welcome the chance to discuss any further potential donations of records relating to the Northampton College of Education.

A detailed catalogue is available at https://northampton.epexio.com/records/NCE/01/Edu

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We do not expect that there will be major accruals to this collection but the University would welcome the chance to discuss any further potential donations of records relating to the Northampton College of Education.