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An account of the ideas and methods of the Brazilian Adult Educator, Paulo Freire, developed by the Adult Learning Project (ALP) of Lothian Regional Council, which ran for forty years. Published by the Open University Press in association with the Scottish Institute of Adult and Continuing Education.

Account of an action research project, beginning with an analysis of interviews with 31 unemployed men and women. The project laid the basis for successful learning programmes with unemployed adults which ran for over ten years. Published by the Workers' Educational Association.

Papers of Colin Kirkwood, writer, academic and psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and Gerri (Geraldine) Kirkwood, adult and community educator, community activist and English teacher, relating to community activism, writers' workshops and adult educational work in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the North Midlands in England.

The collection includes:

• Letters and poems from Scottish writers and poets, including Tom Leonard, Bob Tait, Edwin Morgan and Ian Hamilton Finlay, 1960s-2005
• Copies of the community newspaper 'Staveley Now', 1970-1973, and letters and papers relating to community work and adult education in Staveley, Derbyshire, 1969-1976
• Copies of the community newspaper 'Castlemilk Today', 1973-1978, and the tenants' newspaper 'Scottish Tenant', 1973-1974, and papers relating to community action in Castlemilk, Glasgow, 1974-1984
• Research by Chris Clarke on Castlemilk community action and critical theory, and related letters, c. 1977-1980
• Recording of a discussion between Colin Kirkwood and Tom Leonard about Leonard's poetry, 1984
• Papers relating to the implementation of the ideas of the Brazilian adult educator, Paulo Freire, in the Adult Learning Project in the Gorgie Dalry area of Edinburgh, c. 1975-1997
• Copies of 'Scottish International' and 'Feedback' magazines, 1967-1973
• Books and articles by Colin and Gerri Kirkwood, 1984-2015
• Reviews of 'Living Adult Education: Freire in Scotland' by Colin and Gerri Kirkwood (1989) and of 'Vulgar Eloquence: Essays in Education, Community and Politics' by Colin Kirkwood (1990)
• Writers' workshop publications, 1980s

Letters and papers from Colin and Gerri Kirkwood's time living in Castlemilk, a large public housing scheme on the outskirts of Glasgow, During their time there, they became active in the community, helping to found and co-ordinate the community newspaper, 'Castlemilk Today'. Colin Kirkwood also edited the tenants' newspaper, 'Scottish Tenant'.

'Scottish Tenant' was edited by Colin Kirkwood.

Defines the persons in relation concept developed by John Macmurray, Martin Buber and Ian Suttie and illustrates it in a range of cultural environments. Published by Sense Publishers.

A collection of essays, research reports and conceptual analyses of a range of adult education projects and reforms of local government, in Scotland 1968-1988, including a critique of the keywords and fundamental assumptions of the British Social Services in the post-war period. Published by Polygon, Edinburgh.

An account of the ideas and methods of the Brazilian Adult Educator, Paulo Freire, developed by the Adult Learning Project (ALP) of Lothian Regional Council, which ran for forty years.

Second edition, published by Sense Publishers, with additional contributions by Stan Reeves, Vernon Galloway, Nancy Somerville, Ian Martin and Jim Crowther.

In 1969, Colin Kirkwood took on the job of area principal for adult education in north-east Derbyshire. There he formed a partnership with Rob Hunter, a community worker. Together, they encouraged the residents of Staveley, Derbyshire, a small coal, steel and chemicals town, to produce 'Staveley Now', a community newspaper devoted to fact-finding and debate on local issues. The work in Staveley was one of the first community action and community adult education projects in Britain. The experience formed the subject of an MSc dissertation by Colin entitled 'Community Work and Adult Education in Staveley December 1969 to December 1971' [not in the collection]. The dissertation was subsequently published by Brill Sense, in 2020.

Contents include a run of 'Staveley Now' (1970-1973) plus research notes, publications and correspondence.

Books and articles, the majority of which were written by Colin and/or Gerri Kirkwood.

Talks about his experiences in Derry (Northern Ireland), Mexico and London.

Correspondence and papers relating to the implementation of the ideas and practices of the Brazilian adult educator, Paulo Freire. Colin Kirkwood first became aware of Paulo Freire in 1975. He began teaching about him, initially by leading reading groups in the Kirkwoods' home, and later submitted a proposal to Lothian Regional Council for a community-based project to implement Freire's ideas. The proposal was accepted and in 1979, the Adult Learning Project (ALP) was established in the working-class Gorgie Dalry area of Edinburgh. Gerri Kirkwood played a leading role in the ALP from its inception until 1989.

Many of the letters and papers relate to the writing and publication in 1989 of the book 'Living Adult Education: Freire in Scotland' by Colin and Gerri Kirkwood, an account of the ten year initial effort to establish the ALP. Contents include:

• Articles by and about Paulo Freire
• Reviews of 'Living Adult Education: Freire in Scotland'
• Papers relating to the conference 'Challenging Education, Creating Alliances: An Institute in Honor of Paulo Freire's 70th Birthday', New York, 1991 at which Colin and Gerri Kirkwood delivered a workshop
• Papers relating to 'The Education of Adults in Scotland: Democracy and Curriculum' conference in 1992
• Correspondence with Ira Shor, Professor at College of Staten Island, City University of New York
• Papers relating to the writing of a chapter by Gerri Kirkwood in the book 'The Charnwood Papers: Fallacies in Community Education', published in 1991
• 'Rethinking Columbus' a special issue of 'Rethinking Schools' 1991
• Obituary of Paulo Freire by Frei Betto, 1997

Letters and papers from Colin and Gerri Kirkwood's time living and working in Edinburgh and the Lothian Region. Colin Kirkwood was employed by the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) South-East Scotland District from 1976 to 1986, first as Tutor Organiser and then as District Secretary while Gerri Kirkwood worked as a community adult educator on the Adult Learning Project (ALP) in the Gorgie Dalry area of Edinburgh, from 1979 to 1989.

• Reports by Young Volunteer Force Foundation
• Map of Staveley Urban District
• Colin Kirkwood's research notes
• Article by Colin Kirkwood
• Letters to Colin and Gerri Kirkwood from Staveley residents

Letters and notes from Angus and Barbara Somerville to Colin and Gerri Kirkwood, 1969 and undated. Includes a poem entitled 'THE SPIDER AND THE FLY'.