KAS Courses in the Library

ENGLAND 1914-1951: WAR, DEPRESSION AND SOCIAL CHANGE

led by Dr J Bower

Monday mornings from 18 September between 10.15am and 12.15pm. The course takes place over 20 weeks, in two 10-week terms. The cost is £80.00.

RESEARCHING LOCAL HISTORY

led by Dr J Bower

4 modules of 5 weeks each. Each module will include the historical background, with suggestions for further reading; introduction to sources; practical exercises using photocopied documents from collections at the Centre for Kentish Studies; suggestions for research projects and advice on how to set about them. Each module will be complete in itself, but there may be some overlap of content between modules. Monday afternoons between 2 and 4pm. The cost is £80.00 (£20.00 for each module).

Module 1

from 18 September – The Victorian Community. How to use trade directories, census returns and a range of other sources to research towns and villages in Victorian Kent.

Module 2

from 30 October – Reconstructing the Community. Using parish registers and other sources to reconstruct the population of a parish from the 16th to the 19th century.

Module 3

from 8 January 2007 – Parish Affairs. Sources for local government in the 18th and early 19th century, especially the relief of the poor.

Module 4

from 19 February 2007 – Life in Elizabethan and Stuart Kent. Using probate records and other sources to research work and living standards in the late 16th and 17th century, plus guidance on reading old handwriting.

TOWARDS A HISTORY OF MUSIC IN KENT

Five lectures by Andrew Ashbee

From September 19 2-4pm. The cost is £20.00. Titles are 'Early period to Elizabeth I'; 'Elizabethan/Jacobean'; 'Elizabethan to 17th century'; '18th and 19th century'; '20th century'.

Booking forms for all 3 courses are included in this Newsletter