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Title: Sir Michael Sadler Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1904-41
Collection number: 414
Creator: Sadler, Michael, Sir, 1861-1943
Extent: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Abstract: Michael Sadler (1861-1943) was a authority on educational matters, professor of education in England, and a patron of the
arts. The collection consists of correspondence, holograph and printed articles, pamphlets, and clippings related to the Sadler's
career in education.
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library.
Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
Language:
English
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Provenance/Source of Acquisition
Pickering & Chatto, Limited, purchase, 1948.
[Identification of item], Sir Michael Sadler Papers (Collection 414). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young
Research Library, UCLA.
UCLA Catalog Record ID:
2976731
Sadler was born at Barnsley, Yorkshire, England, on July 3, 1861; educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Oxford; became secretary
of the extension lectures sub-committee of the Oxford University examinations delegacy, 1885; director, office of special
inquiries and reports in the government Department of Education, 1895-1903; distinguished himself in England as an authority
on educational matters; professor of education, University of Manchester; became vice-chancellor, University of Leeds in 1911;
travelled to India as president of a commission on the University of Calcutta, 1917; master of University College, Oxford,
1923-34; also known as a patron of the arts and art collector; his son was Michael Sadleir, author and publisher; died in
1943.
Collection consists of correspondence, holograph and printed articles, pamphlets, and clippings related to the Sadler's career
in education. Includes materials related to education in Great Britain and India. Also includes a diary of a trip to Switzerland.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Sadler, Michael, Sir, 1861-1943--Archives.
Educators--Great Britain--Archival resources.