Two pages of handwritten notes discussing the centenary of the 1870 Forster Education Act (also known as The Elementary Education Act) and what this has meant for music education.
Untitled notes by Eric McGavin
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Press Cutting: Re-opening of the Horniman Museum
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/093
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object | ARC/DEZ/397/1523
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Photograph of 'C.I.A. (Government) inspection of ''Sticky bombs''
object | ARC/BH/BOO/012/001/002/039
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Hand-written letter sent to Diana Poulton by Cecile Dolmetsch, 1987
object | ARC/POU/001/001
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