| Description | Selection made from original letter binder (see series level for appraisal criteria):
- reference/testimonial for Isabel Moore [makes reference to her age, 65]; Helen Thomson;
- applications for posts from Thomas R. Brown; Duncan B. Heriot; John R. McKenzie; Arnold Shields; Gordon G. Stewart.
- Frederick St.: Fire prevention duties;
- Oakbank: accounts and transfer of named pupil to school for the deaf;
- Torry Junior Sec.: arrangements for interim headship, quoting aberdeenshire farm servants' saying "leaving a farm wi' clean feet" ; assessment of candidates for headship;
- Causewayend: observation on schemes of work for biology; accident involving pupil in dining room [DPA];
- Seaton School: case of malnutrition of named pupil [DPA]
- Torry Nursery: proposed supply of fruit juices;
- Rosemount Junior Secondary: objection to number of appeals; report on named pupil, a resident of the poorhouse, as a bedwetter [DPA]; report of explusion of named pupil [DPA]; report on neglect and poverty of named pupil [DPA]; cases of underage employment [DPA];
- King St School: dispute over assessment of named pupil for school exemption by psychologist [DPA]; shelter accommodation;
- St Peter's R.C. School: lack of capacity for "Children of the Fighting Forces" appeal [Lady Butterfield's scheme]; biology book list; nursery toys list;
- St Mary's R.C. school: reports on nursery class roll ; proposed school dining scheme, demand for; school concert for Russia Week, with programme;
- Rubislaw-Ruthrieston Special school: list of pupils wishing for meals during christmas holidays;
- Hanover St: natural world book list; report on possible malnutrition case [DPA];
- Victoria Road School: lack of capacity/skills for "Children of the Fighting Forces" appeal; biology book list; acknowledgement of receipt of christmas gifts from the Children of America;
- St Margaret's Episcopal: suggestions re. biology scheme of work; fire prevention arrangements; staff list;
- Walker Road: criticism of Lady Butterfield's scheme; complaint re. quality of meat in school meals;
- Convent of the Sacred Heart: award of prize from SED Cookery competition;
- School for the Deaf: travel arrangements for named pupil; proposed transfer from Oakbank; exemptions for deaf children;
- possible slightmalnutrition cases [DPA] with list re. feeding of necessitous children compiled by school medical officer, filed under L;
- Holburn St: biology book list; points against proposed children's committee for Prisoner of War work;
- Skene Square: communal feeding scheme; boots for named pupil;
- Rosemount: school dining scheme;
- Broomhill School: proposed arrangements for oversubscribed infant classes; biology scheme of work; complaint from neighbour re. light levels at school during blackout;
- Demonstration School: report on named pupil;
- St Peter's Nursery: uptake of proposed distribution of fruit juice, making reference to April 1943 air raid causing temporary homelessness;
- Woodside: complaint re. bullying of pupil with German father; payment for treatment of injured pupil;
- Queen's Cross: holding pupil back in nursery class; necessity of heating milk for nursery class in winter;
- Kittybrewster: request for absence to visit schools to investigate methods of dealing with "backward" pupils; proposal to arrange training with Miss Margaret Mitchell of the Training Centre; juvenile court procedure [surnames of two pupils]; staff book list;
- Grammar School: list of recommendations for appointments; salaries of principal masters; use of cinema projector; place of history and georgraphy; temporary assistant for janitor; G.G. Whyte legacy; wages for laboratory boy; complaining about receiving "backward" case [DPA];staff book list;
- Central Sec. School: lack of capacity for Lady Butterfield's appeal; replacement for Dr Bermann, includes sentence "As a practical teacher he was vastly inferior to his Nazi predecessor."; list of recommendations for first grade assistants and Latin teacher post; history teaching;
- High School for girls: lack of capacity for Lady Butterfield's appeal; critcising proposed competition for Wings for Victory week; Dr Mary Esslemont running Red Cross classes for seniors; list of recommendations for first grade assistants; report on child suffering fits [DPA]; request for salary increase from Music master with detailed summary of duties; issue of girls overcrowding trams at Albyn Grove; wireless set for school.
- St Clement St. School: lack of capacity for Lady Butterfield's appeal; feedback on scheme of work for biology and books for nature study;
- Sunnybank: report of double attendance being marked due to air raid [ 21st April], damage to school and the death of five pupils in the raid; suggestions re Wings for Victory week;
- Powis Junior Secondary: report school being used as a rest centre after the 21st April air raid; lack of capacity for Lady Butterfield's appeal; reports on two cases of corporal punishment on named pupils;
Several topics relate to the Second World War. |