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• College of St. Hild and St. Bede

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Introduction

The collection has been arranged under five principal headings: the records of the former St. Hild's College; those of the former College of the Venerable Bede; those of various joint committees of the two colleges; the minutes of the joint governing body and papers relating to the merger of the two colleges 1972-75; the records of the merged college from 1975.

The material in section four has been kept to a minimum. Technically the two college committees in existence from 1972 to 1975 were committees of the joint governing body but it has been found simpler to treat these, and other committees, under the two respective colleges and to apportion their minutes and papers to sections one and two. The governing body of the combined college continued to exist after the merger with the University: it took on its present identity as the St. Hild and St. Bede Trust, an educational charity, in 1983. All material from the trust has been taken into section five.

The separate accounts and accounting practices of the two colleges were maintained after 1975 and these financial records have been left under the two respective colleges. Various files of the post-1975 period continued to be added to the filing system of the former Chief Administrative Officer of Bede and will be found in section two. A fully archival arrangement of the records would be grossly confusing even if it were possible. The various constitutional mutations of the colleges are but incompletely reflected in the creation of new record classes and in the demise of old ones. The Bede College committee structure of the late 1960s (see subjoined diagram) defies an orderly arrangement of its records. The existence of both a Chief Administrative Officer and a Bursar at Bede with an unclear relationship between the two posts clouds matters further.

Those interested in the histories of the colleges should consult:
St. Hild's College, 1858-1958, by Angel Lawrence, 1958
Bede College, a commentary, by Donald E. Webster, 1973
The College of St. Hild and St. Bede, by I.G. Booth, 1979
Copies of these works are available in the Record Office library.

A Contribution to Teacher Education, Neville's Cross 1921-1986, by Desmond Dalton provides background information on colleges of education in general and the position in Durham in the 1970s in particular.

Kenneth Wilkinson's 1968 MEd thesis, 'The Durham Diocesan Training School for Masters, 1839-1886' is available on-line at etheses.dur.ac.uk/9611

The collection is commended to those with interest in the development of teacher training in general and of the role of the Anglican colleges in the north of England in particular. Many former students and their descendants may find much to interest them.

Full Titles of Institutions
The Durham Diocesan Training School for the Education of Schoolmasters1839-1865
The Durham Diocesan Training College for the Education of Schoolmasters1865-1886
Bede College1886-1935
The College of the Venerable Bede1935-1975
Durham Diocesan Female Training School1858-1870
Durham Diocesan Training College for Schoolmistresses1870-1896
St. Hild's College1896-1975
College of St. Hild and St. Bede1975-1979
College of St. Hild and St. Bede, University of Durham1979-

Abbreviations
A.R.C.Amateur Rowing Club
B.C.A.U.Bede College Athletic(s) Union
B.C.B.C.Bede College Boat Club
B.Ed.Bachelor of Education
C.A.B.College Academic Board
C.A.O.Chief Administrative Officer
D.E.S.Department of Educational Science
D.U.B.C.Durham University Boat Club
I.A.B.Interim Academic Board
I.S.M.Internal Students' Magazine
J.C.R.Junior Common Room
P.G.C.E.Post Graduate Certificate of Education
S.A.O.Senior Administrative Officer
S.R.C.Student(s') Representative Council
U.C.C.A.Universities Central Council for Admissions
U.G.C.University Grants Committee

Responsible Government Departments
Committee of the Privy Council1839-1899
Board of Education1899-1944
Ministry of Education1944-1964
Department of Education and Science1964-

St. Hild's - Principals
Reverend C.W. King1862-1864
Canon W.H. Walker1864-1889
Canon J. Haworth1889-1910 (Vice Principal 1885-1889)
Miss Eleanor Christopher1910-1933
Miss Angel Lawrence1933-1951
Miss Nina Joachim1951-1975

Chairmen of Governing Body etc.
Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden1858-1875
Archdeacon Edward Prest1875-1883
Reverend John Burdon of Castle Eden1883-1893
Col. Rowland Burdon of Castle Eden1893-1936
Arthur Harrison1935-1936 (Treasurer 1930-1935)
Prof. D. Winton Thomas1936-1937 (Treasurer 1935-1936)
Mrs. O.C. Quick1938-1939
The Bishops of Durham1940-

Hon. Secretaries
Canon Henry Baker Tristram1858-1906
The Principal1906-1910
Canon Dawson Walker D.D. (and chaplain)1910-1912
Canon John Hall How (and chaplain)1912-1932
Mrs. Ida Ritson J.P.1932-1952
Post abolished

Bede - Principals
Reverend John Cundill1839-1852
Reverend J.G. Cromwell1852-1854
Reverend A.R. Ashwell1864-1871
Reverend S. Barradell-Smith1871-1886
Reverend Thomas Randell, D.D.1886-1892
Reverend S. Barradell-Smith1892-1896
Reverend G.H.S. Walpole1896-1903
Reverend Donald Jones1904-1925
Canon Evelyn Foley Braley, LL.D. Professor of Education in the University, 1935-1939, sometime lecturer in history 1925-1947
Canon George Edward Brigstocke1947-1959
Kenneth Gerald Collier1959-1975

Other collections in the Durham County Record Office relevant to the history of the two colleges and their practice schools:
E/SBP 33Building grant plans of Bede, 1854-1858
E/SBP 34Building grant plans of Hild, 1858
E/C/A 3-5Minutes of the Durham City Education Committee, 1904-1945
E/C 85-93Log books of St. Hild's Demonstration School, 1863-1962
D/CG 5/1-Papers of the Burdon family of Castle Eden (benefactors of St. Hild's College)

Table of Contents

St. Hild's College
1/1-26Minutes of Governing Body and college committees, with related papers
1/27-30Annual reports
1/31-40Appointment of principals, applications, remuneration etc.
1/41-52Details of staff, applications, specimen contracts etc.
1/53-62Staff meetings, minutes of Academic Board
1/63-84Prospectuses
1/85-97Registers of applications, admissions and progress
1/98-17510% of sample of application forms and related papers
1/176-182Outline registers of applicants
1/183-224Records of school practice
1/225-242External examiners' reports
1/243-271Correspondence with the Board of Education and Board of Supervision
1/272-281Mortgages of college property
1/282-295Architects' reports
1/295-331Correspondence with architects etc. concerning new works, alterations etc.
1/332-404Architects' plans
1/405-420Deeds to Alma Terrace property
1/421-429Contracts, tenancy agreements etc.
1/430-435Vacation lettings, conferences etc.
1/436-464Books of account, financial papers
1/465-470Staff-Student affairs
1/471-486Junior Common Room, Students' Union, student societies
1/487-501College chapel
1/502-527St. Hild's College Association
1/528-548College celebrations and commemorations
1/549-788Photographs
1/789-848Bequest of photographic and other material by old members
1/849-873Demonstration School
1/874-881Miscellaneous
1/882-912Additional material (Acc: 1891(D))
1/913Additional material (Acc: 2348(D))
1/914-967Additional material (Acc: 2506(D))

College of the Venerable Bede
2/1-33Minutes of Governing Body and college committees, with related papers
2/34-92Annual reports
2/93-100Appointment of principals and vice principals
2/101-117Correspondence with Board of Supervision and other supervisory and co-ordinatory bodies
2/118-133Correspondence with Board of Education
2/134-149Correspondence with Examination Boards: syllabuses, regulations etc.
2/150-167Correspondence etc. on University matters, relationship with the University
2/168-173Principal's private correspondence
2/174-177Principal Braley's other religious and educational concerns
2/178-179Miscellaneous correspondence of the Hon. Secretary of the College
2/180-209Minutes of staff meetings, Staff Council and Academic Board, with related papers, including estimates
2/210-211Minutes of Community Council
2/212-224Prospectuses
2/225-256Registers of applications, admissions and progress, reports on school practice and on students
2/257-298Examination papers, class lists, reports of examiners etc.
2/299-322Correspondence, reports, agreements and plans for building works and refurbishment and the financing of same
2/323-363Architects' plans
2/364-389Vacation lettings and conferences
2/390-446Books of account, financial papers
2/447-454Miscellaneous accounts and vouchers
2/455-513Files of Chief Administrative Officer and minutes of administrative committees over which he presided [see introduction and notes in catalogue]
2/514-522Junior Common Room
2/523-531Bede College Athletics Union
2/532-548Bede College Boat Club
2/549-554Other student societies
2/555-603College magazines
2/604-621College chapel (see also photographs)
2/622-628Celebrations and commemorations
2/629-636Bede College Club
2/637-819Photographs
2/820-865Bequests of material by old members and staff
2/866-900Model School
2/901-921Miscellaneous
2/922-950Additional material (Acc: 1891(D))
2/951-1088Additional material (Acc: 2506(D))
2/1089-1090Additional material (Acc: 2568(D))

Joint Buildings (Caedmon, Haworth Library etc.)
3/1-4Minutes of the various joint committees
3/5-14Correspondence and agreements relating to the various joint building
3/15-53Plans and photographs of the various joint buildings
3/54Joint Library account book
3/55C.C.T.V. Consortium

The Merging of the Colleges
4/1-5Schemes of government, minutes of joint governing body etc.
4/6-9Correspondence relating to co-education and amalgamation
4/10-18Minutes of various committees and working parties relating to amalgamation, diversification, future of the colleges etc.
4/19Bulletins on the future of Bede

College of St. Hild and St. Bede
5/1-9Minutes of Governing Body and its committees, with related papers
5/10-37Minutes of the Interim Academic Board and its committees, of Staff Council and papers relating to staff and to individual departments
5/38-49Prospectuses and registers of applicants
5/50-55Students' Representative Council, College Community Council etc.
5/56-70Principal's correspondence
5/71-97Governors and Clerks to the Trustees
5/98-113 Bursarial and financial correspondence
5/114-121Senior Administrative Officer's files [see also E/HB 2 above]
5/122-139Photographs
5/140-147College Associations
5/148-153Miscellaneous
5/154Additional material (Acc: 1891(D))
5/155Additional material (Acc: 2018(D))
5/156-233Additional material (Acc: 2471(D))

Miscellaneous
6/1-3Non-collegiate miscellanea

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