Identity area
Reference code
MSS. Eng. hist. c. 1094; Eng. misc. c. 906
Title
Papers of Sir Michael Sadler
Date(s)
- 1897, [ca. 1938] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 shelfmarks
Context area
Archival history
Michael Ernest Sadler was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford. In 1885 he became Secretary of the extension lectures sub-committee of the Oxford University examinations delegacy. This was the start of a career in the study and promotion of education. From 1895 to 1903 he was the director of the office of special inquiries and reports in the Department of Education and was responsible for researching and reporting on educational policy and practice in Britain and abroad. He made a special study of the German education system. For further details of his career see the Dictionary of National Biography.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The papers were given by Professor Jack Sislian, 1986.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Notebooks and correspondence of Sir Michael Sadler relating to a visit to Germany to study the educational system, 1897, and an anonymous memorandum, ascribed to Sadler, relating to German colonial ambitions in Czechoslovakia, ca. 1938.
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Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
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Conditions governing access
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a valid readers card (for admissions procedures see http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollections ).
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Rights to access and re-use digital objects: Unknown Rights to access and re-use archival descriptive information: Creative Commons Attribution, Non-Commercial, ShareAlike
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English.
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Finding aids
https://www.archivesportaleurope.net/ead-display/-/ead/pl/aicode/GB-161/type/fa/id/gb161-mss.eng.hist.c.1094_SEMICOLON_eng.misc.c.906 A catalogue of the collection is available online at View other finding aid in original presentation ' http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm' .
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Note
{{Data source}} Archive Portal Europe A catalogue of the collection is available online at View other finding aid in original presentation ' http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/specialcollectionswmss/online/online.htm' .
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Name access points
- Sadler, Michael Ernest (Subject)