Annual Reports

These fascinating reports take us right into the beating heart of the vision and community of people who created together what became the Caldecott Community. Scanned by Robert Clark, they open up a world of and about discovery; of Summerhill before Summerhill; of women organising with women for social change; of women winning the Vote; of War, Depression, adaptation, survival and growth.

As of this writing several of the Annual Reports are missing, including the crucial 2nd, 1912-1913, which stands between the 1st which reports the exciting first year of the Caldecott Nursery School,  and the 3rd, which announces the birth of the Caldecott Community as such, in all the richness of its ideals and aspirations.

The entire series which Robert has scanned will emerge here over coming months, as the scans are prepared for the Web, and pages built around the OCRed and corrected texts. And keep an eye out for those which are missing: The 2nd (1912-1913); the 16th (1929-1932?); and - ?

The 17th covers 1932-1933, so the 16th crucially covers the onset of the Great Depression. Did the report become bi-annual at this point?

The next two reports we have aren't numbered, but instead are dated: 1935-1936, and 1937-1938. Does the Community begin skipping a year after number 15, and the onset of the Depression? If so, would 16 have covered 1930-1931? And might the onset of the Second World War in 1939 have disrupted the cycle of annual/bi-annual reporting? Might there be no Annual Report for 1939-1940?

Questions question questions. Meanwhile, enjoy: