https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions Links to UCL Special Collections material that's relevant to exhibitions held at the Urban Room, One Pool Street, UCL East en-us 2023-03-31 15:50:34 UTC 2023-03-31 16:56:17 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5c3.png uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540066631 1908 - 1976: 
Material relating to childhood health and development]]> 2023-03-31 15:56:22 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540066631 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540074557 1798 - 1923
Papers of Sir Edwin Chadwick. Chadwick was instrumental in reforming the Poor Laws of England and campaigned for better sanitation and public health.

]]> 2023-03-31 16:03:39 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540074557 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540076518 All the information you'll need about what we hold, the work we do and how to access our material]]> 2023-03-31 16:05:34 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540076518 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540077437 Information about how to access our material and book an appointment to view it]]> 2023-03-31 16:06:30 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540077437 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540079508 Can't visit us in person? No problem - our digitised collections are growing all the time, and are a great place to start getting a taste of what we look after!]]> 2023-03-31 16:08:31 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540079508 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540082615 1958 - 2013: 

Longitudinal studies follow the same group of participants (or 'cohort') over a long period, possibly their whole lives, gathering data on each individual participant in that cohort at regular intervals. In this way, longitudinal studies are particularly useful for highlighting the factors that influence people's health and development throughout life, particularly with regard to socioeconomic factors. 

The Centre has four key studies so far: the 1958 National Child Development Study, the 1970 British Cohort Study, the Millennium Cohort Study and Next Steps, previously known as the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England.]]> 2023-03-31 16:11:30 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540082615 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540085636 1932 - 1990: 

Dr Alex Comfort (1920 - 2000) was a British gerontologist, anarchist, pacifist and a prolific author of both fiction and non-fiction. He is most known for his book 'The Joy of Sex' (1972), though after it became a best seller he expressed frustration that it overshadowed his other work.]]> 2023-03-31 16:14:28 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540085636 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540089695 1945, 1963 - 1985:

Cynthia Reynolds was an advisory teacher for the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA). Her work focused on child development and home economics.]]> 2023-03-31 16:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540089695 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540092549 1916 - 1973: 

Sir Gavin Rylands De Beer was an academic specialising in embryology and genetics, with a varied career: he held roles including Director of the British Museum (Natural History) and President of the Linnean Society.]]> 2023-03-31 16:21:55 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540092549 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540097637 1584 - 1980: 

Papers of the statistician Egon Pearson, son of Karl Pearson.]]> 2023-03-31 16:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540097637 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540105400 1917 - 2003: 

The Forest School was a progressive school in which children went on summer holiday camping hikes and learnt about survival skills and the environment.]]> 2023-03-31 16:35:11 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540105400 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540111484 1825 - 1998:

Please note that some of our collections contain material that is discriminatory, harmful, or offensive. In some cases, outdated terminology has been quoted directly from the material in order to provide an accurate representation in the catalogue, such as titles of published works. The language, attitudes, and ideas within this material do not reflect the views of UCL. 

Records of The Galton Laboratory, the first institution in the world to study human genetics as a science. It was originally established in 1904, and in 2013 the Galton Laboratory was incorporated into the new Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment at UCL.]]> 2023-03-31 16:41:00 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540111484 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540117156 1612 - 1926:

Please note that some of our collections contain material that is discriminatory, harmful, or offensive. In some cases, outdated terminology has been quoted directly from the material in order to provide an accurate representation in the catalogue, such as titles of published works. The language, attitudes, and ideas within this material do not reflect the views of UCL.

Papers of Sir Francis Galton, polymath and statisician remembered for establishing the field of eugenics.

]]> 2023-03-31 16:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540117156 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540119985 1718 - present: 

The French Protestant Hospital was established in 1718, though its origins date to the late seventeenth century, in the need to provide for the sick and infirm amongst the community of Huguenots arriving in London, in large numbers, in the years immediately before and after the revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685.]]> 2023-03-31 16:49:42 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540119985 uclscjo https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540125911 1904 - 1973:

The National Union of Women Teachers (NUWT) was founded within the National Union of Teachers in 1904 as the Equal Pay League, the organisation was renamed the National Federation of Women Teachers in 1906. Lack of progress in securing NUT support for the equal pay campaign led to its establishment as an independent body, the National Union of Women Teachers, in 1920. This extensive archive covers the equal campaign but also many other womens' issues, including sex education, careers after marriage and healthcare.]]> 2023-03-31 16:56:17 UTC https://padlet.com/uclscjo/sc_urban_room_exhibitions/wish/2540125911