Research for "The History of Leicester School of Art, 1869-1939" 1976-1984

Dryad Cane and Metal Works

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Leicester Municipal Technical and Art School | 1897-1919

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De Montfort University originated in the Leicester School of Art, founded in 1870. A Technical School followed in 1882. The aim of both schools was to provide skilled workers for local industry. In 1897 the School was taken over by the Town Council of the County Borough of Leicester and renamed the Leicester Municipal Technical and Art School. The Technical section of the School operated a Day Department for school leavers over the age of 15 to take a 2 year Technical, C...

Peach, Harry Hardy, 1874-1936

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Epithet: designer and craftsman British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000544.0x0000ad ...

City of Leicester School of Arts and Crafts, 1919-1925

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City of Leicester College of Arts and Crafts, 1925-1929

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Leicester School of Art | 1870-1897

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De Montfort University originated in the Leicester School of Art, founded in 1870. A Technical School followed in 1882. The aim of both schools was to provide skilled workers for local industry. In 1897 the School was taken over by the Town Council of the County Borough of Leicester and renamed the Leicester Municipal Technical and Art School. The Technical section of the School operated a Day Department for school leavers over the age of 15 to take a 2 year Technical, C...

Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology

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The School of Pharmacy was founded under the Leicester Municipal Technical and Art School in 1909. Now part of the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, it still teaches from its original base in the Hawthorn Building. From its establishment until 1969, Pharmacy, in addition to nursing, was offered as part of the Technical School courses. Pharmacy already had its own school set up unlike nursing which came under Biology. However a formal Faculty or department did not exist until the Polytechnic w...

Leicester Polytechnic, 1975-1992

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Lys de Beaumont

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The documents in this file arose from research Pat Kirkham was conducting for the book “ Harry Peach: Dryad and the DIA ” (Design Council, 1986). Kirkham was a lecturer in the history of design at Leicester Polytechnic (later De Montfort University) from 1970 - 1996. The local authority funded a research assistantship within the Polytechnic to study the history of its predecessor bodies, the Leicester School of Art, City of Leicester School of Arts and Crafts and City of...