The S.E.Finer Papers 1954-1955

University of Keele.

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Following the dissolution of the Institute of Sociology in 1955, the University College of North Staffordshire (now Keele University) was gifted the Institute's Journal (the Sociological Review ), library and archive collection. Whilst most of the Institute's library (c.15,000 volumes) was incorporated into the College's library, most of the archive material was placed in store. In the summer of 2000, a researcher from Heriot-Watt University began working on the Institute material, ...

Finer, S. E. (Samuel Edward), 1915-

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Professor Samuel Edward Finer

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This collection comprises the working papers of the late Samuel Edward Finer (1915-1993) from his years as Professor of Political Institutions at the University of Keele (Keele, Staffordshire), from 1954-55. In the mid-fifties, Finer was engaged in gathering material for a book on post-war transport policy in Britain, 1945 to c. 1955. In a letter to G. Woodcock, dated 15 August 1955, Finer described his project as 'an independent piece of research', tentatively entitled 'The Politic...

Oxford University

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Oxford University ran a series of expeditions to the Arctic regions during the 1920s and 1930s From the guide to the Oxford University Arctic Expeditions, 1921-1936, 1921-1936, (Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge) Teaching in Oxford developed during the eleventh century, helped from 1167 by Henry II's decision to ban English students from attending the University of Paris. The university had a master by 1201, on whom was conferred the title of Chancellor...