Industrial Fund for Advancement of Scientific Education in Schools.

Mostly correspondence on the establishment of the Industrial Fund for Advancement of Scientific Education in Schools, along with copies of minutes of meetings.

The Fund was created to provide Independent and Direct Grant Schools with funds for the improvement of their scientific teaching facilities. The Wellcome Foundation was one of the founding contributors to the Fund.

File contains correspondence with Peter Ashton, Secretary, of the Industrial Fund, and Sir Hugh Beaver, Chairman.

With copy of pamphlet by Peter Ashton, 'The Planning of Science Laboratories in Schools'.

1955-1957

1 file

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