Education Department

• Reference:GB 243 D-ED
• Dates of Creation:c1840 - 1996
• Name of Creator:
  Glasgow School Board Cathcart Parish School Board Eastwood School Board Govan Parish School Board Maryhill School Board Shettleston School Board Springburn School Board Glasgow Corporation Department of Education
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 box; 925 volumes; 4 bundles; 924 files; 1,692 items

• Scope and Content

  D-ED1 School Board Records

  D-ED2 Glasgow Education Authority

  D-ED3 Houses of Refuge and Industrial Schools

  D-ED4 Glasgow Provincial Committee for the Training of Teachers

  D-ED5 Photographs of Schools

  D-ED6 Further Education

  D-ED7 School Records

  D-ED8 Departmental Files

  D-ED9 Reports; Papers; Pamphlets

  D-ED11 Correspondence

  D-ED12 Further Education

  D-ED13 ETV

  D-ED14 Association of Headmasters in Schools under the Corporation of the City of Glasgow

• Administrative / Biographical History

  With the introduction of the Education (Scotland) Act in 1872, schooling came under the control of the Glasgow School Board. Compulsory education in Scotland began and many schools were established after this act. Hence prior to 1873, there are very few school records in our collections, with some exceptions such as the Glasgow School for the Deaf and Mossbank Industrial School. Catholic and Episcopal Church schools did not come under state control until the Education Act of 1918. Locally, education was administered by parish and burgh School Boards to which members were elected. Boards were supported financially by government grants, local school rates set by Boards and, until 1892, by fees.

• Access Information

  Open

  Access restrictions may apply. Please contact the Archives for further information

• Other Finding Aids

  Descriptive list available at Glasgow City Archives

  Digitised photographs (D-ED5) available to view on the Virtual Mitchell website (www.mitchelllibrary.org).

• Conditions Governing Use

  Application for reproduction should be made to the Archivist

• Appraisal Information

  This material has been appraised in line with standard GB243 procedures.

• Accruals

  Further accruals expected.

• Related Material

  Supplementary Source in the Library

  'Code of Regulations' Scotch Education Department. Committee of the Privy Council. 1874 (.933).

  'Constitution, Rules and History of Hutcheson's Hospital', 1850 (L.475)

  'Bursaries, Schools Mortifications & Bequests' for which the Magistrates and Council of the City of Glasgow Act, 1861. (L.161).

  'Educational Endowments (Scotland) Commission', Reports 1 - 4. 1873-1887. 5 volumes

  'Secondary Education (Scotland)' Reports, Circular and Papers, 1888-1909 5 volumes

  'Educational Endowments (Scotland) Act, 1882' and schemes for (a) Anderson's School, Dr A Bell's Bequest, Coulter's Mortification, Scotstarvit Mortification, Murdoch's School, Hood's School, Maxwell School, Alexander's Endowment, McGregor's Bequest, MacFarlane's School and McMillan's Bequest, 19 May 1885, and (b) Muir's School Fund, Millar and Peadie's School McLachlan's School and Graham's School, 19 May 1885, and (c) Hutcheson's Hospital, 5 March 1885. (L.476).

  (a) City (b) General (c) Hutcheson's Endowment Boards.

  'Reports of the Committee of Council on Education in Scotland', 1877/8; 1879/80; 1883/4-1886/7; 1889/90-1899/1900; 1901/3; 1905/6-1914/15; 1916/17; 1922/23; 1928/9-1937/8; 17 volumes

  'Education Scotland Act, 1918' with annotations by John Strong, 1919. (L.477)

  'Education (Scotland) Statistics', 1930/1 - 1935/6. 1 volume

  Parochial Education, Scotland. 'A return showing the state of the Establishments for Parochial Education in Scotland.' 1826. 1 volume transferred to D-TC14/4A

  'Royal Commission on Industrial Training and Technical Education'. IV, 1913. (Blue Book).

• Bibliography

  James M Roxburgh The School Board of Glasgow 1873-1919 (1971)