Sadler (Michael, Sir) Papers, 1904-41

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Title:: Sir Michael Sadler Papers,
Dates:: 1904-41
Creators:: Sadler, Michael, Sir, 1861-1943
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.
Extent:: 6 boxes (3 linear ft.)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Sir Michael Sadler Papers (Collection 414). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Scope and content:: 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.
Biographical / historical:: 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.
Acquisition information:: Pickering Chatto, Limited, purchase, 1948.
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.
Rules or conventions:: Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Manuscripts Division staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Caroline Cubé and edited by Josh Fiala.
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, September 1999 . Frontmatter gathered from MARC record. Supplementary encoding and revision supplied by Caroline Cubé. Online finding aid edited by Josh Fiala. Date of source: unknown .

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Restrictions:: 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.
Terms of access:: 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.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], Sir Michael Sadler Papers (Collection 414). Department of Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, UCLA.

Location of this collection:: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library

A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library

Box 951575

Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US