Fonds WOR - Worswick family papers

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WOR

Title

Worswick family papers

Date(s)

  • 1905-1949 (Creation)

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Fonds

Extent and medium

2 boxes

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Name of creator

(1886-1932)

Biographical history

Royal Flying Corps/Royal Air Force 1916-1919
Freemason
Helped on Poly Tours in Switzerland and Scotland before 1909
Lecturer in mathematics, 1909-1914
Director of Education at Regent Street Polytechnic, 1922-1932

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Scope and content

Records and memorabilia belonging to Thomas Worswick, Director of Education at RSP, 1922-1932; his son James Ronald, 'Dick', who attended the Poly; and some material relating to the PTA (Worswick regularly led tours to Scotland). Also some duplicate Polytechnic Magazines 1914-1918.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

This collection has been divided into series:

WOR/1 - Records of Major Thomas Worswick (1886-1932)

WOR/2 - Records of JR 'Dick' Worswick (d.1943)

WOR/3 - Worswick family Account Book

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Conditions governing access

Status: Open. Access is subject to signing the Regulations for Access form, unless the records are restricted under the Data Protection Act 2018 or under exemptions in the Freedom of Information Act 2000

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  • English

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    Description identifier

    GB-1753-20180713125736-0305

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