ASB/AEA/ATCEC: Teachers' Letters Received Arranged alphabetically by teacher's surname (majority of letters sent by the school's headteacher). Appraisal work by volunteers is being carried out on this series: appraised files are identified at file level. The following types of letter were retained: - Job applications with detail about the applicant - Letters about teacher's qualification - Letters regarding school attendance or absences of children - Letters concerning unusual use of school rooms - Letters detailing the accommodation at the school - Letters about recreation facilities at the school - Letters about class sizes - Transfer requests from teachers [as suggestive of unpopular schools?] or applications for promotion - Letters about pupils at or admitted to Rubislaw Special School [no admission registers survive - these were the only letters I saw about school admissions] - Details of text books or equipment - Letters about Farquharson Kennedy Prize subjects - Allocation of children to specific schools - Issues with specific pupils or teachers esp. if corporal punishment involved The following were weeded: - Letters accompanying enclosures (SED forms, lists of applications, fees etc.) - enclosures not included in binders - Letters about teachers' absences and cover arrangements - Letters of acknowledgement - Teachers starting duty - Delivery of furniture - Meeting arrangements (where held, who can attend etc.) - Letters of resignation or acceptance of teaching posts [minuted] - Application for use of school buildings for meetings - Leaving certificate administration - Orders of material or forms Alphabetical paper dividers have been removed as they are damaging the paper: original alphabetical order retained. 1877 -1944