This collection comprises items relating to the formation and running of the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists. The bulk of the records are minutes of the Council and the boards and committees of the College.
Sin títuloRecords relating to the planning for the merger of the Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama and the British Society of Speech Therapists to form the College of Speech Therapists. The bulk of the material pre-dates the College's foundation in 1945.
Sin títuloThe Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama (renamed the 'Association of Speech Therapists' in 1943) was one of two organisations that merged in 1945 to form the College of Speech Therapists.
The Remedial subcommittee papers include discussion of matters such as: lectures; correspondence; the amalgamation with the British Society of Speech Therapists; the Bulletin; applications for membership; finance etc.
Topics discussed include: funds and subscriptions; the Memorandum and Articles of Association; premises; diplomas in speech therapy; correspondence etc.
Also contains 2 copies of the agenda for the April 1945 Council meeting loose at the back.
Sin títuloNotes on the history of the formation in 1945 of the College of Speech Therapists from the Association of Speech Therapists and the British Society of Speech Therapists. Includes:
RCSLT/1/3/1: Document titled: Record of negotiations for the amalgamation of the Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama (Remedial Speech) and the British Society of Speech Therapists, including extracts from:
-Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama (Remedial Speech) Council minutes,
-Histories of the Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama and the British Society of Speech Therapists 1934 - 1942,
-‘Speech Therapy’,
-Agenda of a Council Meeting for the Board of Registration of Medical Auxiliaries on the 25th of May 1943,
-A letter to members of Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama and the British Society of Speech Therapists from July 1943,
-A History of the College 1945 - 95,
-The Annual Report of the Association of Speech Therapists (which the Association of Teachers of Speech and Drama (Remedial Speech) became in 1943);
-Report of the 2nd Association of Speech Therapists AGM
RCSLT/1/3/2: Document containing extracts from the Minutes of the Speech Therapists Interim Committee (STIC), May 1943-Nov 1943 and the Minutes of the Provisional Council of the College of Speech Therapists, Dec 1943-Oct 1944.
"The Grape Vine: network newsletter for Speech and Language Therapists' Assistants", issues 1-17.
Issues as follows:
Issue 1, Summer 1997
Issue 2, Autumn 1997
Issue 3, Spring 1998
Issue 4, Summer 1998
Issue 5, November 1998
Issue 6, March 1999
Issue 7, June 1999
Issue 8, September 1999
Issue 9, December 1999
Issue 10, April 2000
Issue 11, July 2000
Issue 12, October 2000
Issue 13, January 2001
Issue 14, March 2001
Issue 15, June 2001
Issue 16, November 2001
Issue 17, February 2002
Some examples of printed College of Speech and Language Therapists stationery and administrative documents/ tickets.
Blank student membership card for the College of Speech Therapists.
Notes regarding the development of speech and language therapy training and the profession.
Photocopy of article: McGovern, Moira, 'Speech and Language Therapy Education in Edinburgh 1764-1993', "History of Education Society Bulletin, No. 54", pp 34-43, 1994.
A dissertation submitted in partial completion of the EdD degree, School of Education, University of Durham, by J Stansfield, Department of Speech and Language Sciences, Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh, 17 September 1997.
Includes details of the address of the organisation, lists of principal officers and particulars of the secretary.
Has been annotated in some places.