A first meeting…
The first meeting of the Maynard
School Archive Society took place last week. Six enthusiastic sixth formers made
their way up the secret stairs in the stable block to meet the archivist, former Physics teacher and alumna, Miss Ellis, and current History teacher, Mrs Flavelle. The sixth formers brought with them a wide range of skill sets.
Between them they study subjects as varied as Biology, Classics, Psychology, English
and naturally, History, bringing together a wealth of interests and passions.
A view of the Archive
Running the MSAS are M. Ellis (archivist) and C. Flavelle (History Teacher)
The students spent this initial
session getting to grips with the Society’s objectives and with the materials
available to them in the archive. The Maynard School Archive is home to a
number of items stretching back to the early 1900s, providing a rich tapestry
of the school’s history through the collections of school magazines, old
exercise books, photos of past pupils and teachers, school cups et al. The
students very much enjoyed looking through the boxes of materials. In
particular, a series of exercise books marked ‘Laundry’, full of diagrams of
clothes lines and recipes for getting mud stains out of trousers, caused a large
amount of consternation and amusement from the students.
Maddie finds some old library records
Anya takes a look at some old exercise books
Phoebe takes an interest in photos from the 1920s
Georgie checks out 'Laundry' as a former school subject
Alice looks at old staff members from earlier last century
Rose finds some old school cups
What is the Maynard School
Archive Society and what is the purpose of this blog?
The Maynard School Archive
Society was founded earlier this term, to give current students the opportunity to do
research into the past history of the Maynard School. Beyond giving the girls some
background in basic archival work and getting them to do collaborative research, by
running this blog on a monthly basis the students will have the chance to
present their research to a wider audience of parents, alumnae and local
historians.
The students are hoping to post
approximately on a monthly basis, how they are progressing with their projects,
with the anticipation that their first full projects will be shared in early
December.
Students check out the archive
This sign survived the Baedeker Blitz in April 1942
There are plenty of boxes...
Coming soon
The students share with you their project proposals for this term.
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