Li/SA2/9

Correspondence including references to the establishment and running of the following library centres: Hockliffe; Willington; Dunstable; Podington; Clifton; Gravenhurst; Sandy; Dean; Carlton; Felmersham; Sandy; Pertenhall; Stagsden; Beeston; Biddenham; Clapham; Leagrave; Aspley Guise; Kempston; Cardington; Clophill; Marston Shelton; Campton; Toddington; Yielden; .

Sep 1928 - May 1929

From: 1928 To: 1929

Plus the following: - Correspondence regarding a contentious letter in the Guardian claiming that County Libraries were distributing ‘novels of the most immoral type’, ‘these books are even more dangerous for girls and young married women than for children’, and that young people prefer ‘pure literature, if they are provided with it’. Includes reply by George Glazier, Beds County Librarian, disputing the claims. [Jul 1928]; - Draft letter to school leavers to encourage them to continue using the library [5 Oct 1928]; - Bedford Arts Club Syllabus for the Autumn Session 1928; - Notice from the Bedfordshire Historical Record Society Survey Committee, requesting contributions of prints and negatives of historical monuments in the County. [Oct 1928]; - Draft of article to publicise the Free Public Library Service for Dunstable [n.d]; - BBC Adult Education Talks provisional programme for Spring Session 1929; - Report of whooping cough at Hockliffe [2 Nov 1928]; - List of books for Letchworth [Herts] Workers’ Education Class [2 Oct 1928]; - Letter regarding provision of books for Biggleswade WEA Class [29 Sep 1929]; - Letter to Mr Glazier from Olive Hall, winner of the essay competition at Southill School, thanking him for the copy of ‘A Child’s Garden of Verse’ presented as her prize.[31 Oct 1928]; - Report of Diphtheria at Swineshead [20 Nov 1928]; - Report of Scarlet Fever at Milton Ernest [21 Dec 1928]; - Report of Diphtheria at Pertenhall [22 Dec 1928]; - Letter to Mr Glazier informing him of his unanimous re-election as Vice President of Bedford Wanderers Football Club [12 Oct 1928]; - ‘A Winter Programme for the Countryside’ - list of lectures and short courses held in Bedfordshire under the Rural scheme of the Workers Educational Association. 1927-1928; - Workers Educational Association Bedfordshire Rural Area. Notice of a course of lectures at Willington Memorial Hall by Mr H Shearman on ‘A Social History of Willington’ [1928-9]; - Workers Educational Association Bedfordshire Rural Area. Notice of a course of lectures at Potton by Mr H Shearman on ‘Europe Since Napoleon’ [1928-9]; - Workers Educational Association Bedfordshire Rural Area. Notice of a course of lectures at Colmworth, Eaton Socon & Riseley by Mr H Shearman on ‘How we are Governed’ [1928-9]; - Bedfordshire Historical Association Programme 1928 - 1929.

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Glazier, George E,
Hall, Olive,
Shearman, H C

Bedfordshire County Library, health administration, CORRESPONDENCE, County Librarian, HOCKLIFFE, WILLINGTON, DUNSTABLE, PODINGTON, CLIFTON, GRAVENHURST, SANDY, DEAN, CARLTON, FELMERSHAM, PERTENHALL, STAGSDEN, Beeston, BIDDENHAM, CLAPHAM, LEAGRAVE, ASPLEY GUISE, KEMPSTON, CARDINGTON, CLOPHILL, Marston Shelton, CAMPTON, TODDINGTON, YIELDEN, The Guardian, Bedford Arts Club, Bedfordshire Historical Records Society, DUNSTABLE, BBC, whooping cough, Letchworth, Workers' Educational Association, BIGGLESWADE, Southill School, diphtheria, SWINESHEAD, scarlet fever, MILTON ERNEST, Bedford Wanderers Football Club, Vice President, POTTON, COLMWORTH, EATON SOCON, RISELEY, Historical Association, BEDFORDSHIRE