Lecture Collection

Scene in a lecture theatre, with chemical equations written on the blackboard, a woman giving a lecture, and students taking notes. circa 1940s

The Visitors Who Told the Master Off by H. M. Bateman
Cartoon by the master of social satire, H. M. Bateman, showing a somewhat arrogant visitor to a hunt lecture the Master of Foxhounds much to the shock of other members. Date: 1936

Daltons table of Atomic symbols, 1835
John Dalton (1766-1844) English chemist. Daltons table of Atomic symbols from a lecture delivered by him at the Manchester Mechanics Institution, October 1835

Barred from Womens Lecture for wearing bloomers
A woman wearing bloomers is stopped by a Vicar from entering a Lecture (for Women Only !) as she is wearing bloomers, which Rev Self Righteous views as totally unsuitable for a lady! Date: 1911

John Quincy Adams
JOHN QUINCY ADAMS (1767-1848). Lectures on Rhetoric and Oratory. Title page to the collection of lectures by John Quincy Adams while a professor at Harvard University. Published 1810

Nikolay Urvantsev, Soviet geologist
Nikolay Nikolayevich Urvantsev (1893-1985), Soviet geologist, speaking in public at his 80th birthday celebration. Urvantsev is best known for his exploration of northern Siberia and the Arctic

Balloon and parachute lecture, Charles Green

Lecture on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity
A lecture at the Charterhouse, London on Stephen Grays discoveries in electricity. In the early eighteenth century, Gray demonstrated that charges of electricity could be conducted by some materials

Girton College Lecture
A lecture at Girton College, Cambridge, a women-only college until 1977: the students concentrate and prepare to take notes

Ancient Rome: Selling and manufacturing books, 1866 (coloured engraving)
XEE702503 Ancient Rome: Selling and manufacturing books, 1866 (coloured engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

Audience enjoying laughing gas
The audience at a lecture enjoying the effects of laughing gas (nitrous oxide). Illustration by George Cruikshank for John Scoffern " Chemistry No Mystery; or, a Lecturers Bequest", London

Gersh I. Budker, Soviet physicist
Gersh Itskovich Budker (1918-1977), Soviet physicist. Budker was a nuclear physicist who, in 1959, founded the Institute of Nuclear Physics in Akademgorodok, in Siberian Russia

Tufts Has Radio Faculty
Medford, Massachusetts: March 26, 1922 Tufts College has the first radio faculty in the country. Thirteen faculty members will give their lectures through the radiophone at the American Radio

Chemist Demonstrates

An operation screened live in a medical lecture
An invention by Mr Herbert A. Silver enabling medical students to watch surgery from the lecture theatre. A circle of electric lamps is suspended over the operating table while the image is projected

Speke & Grant. Lecture
The explorers deliver a lecture at the Royal Geographical Society

Rene and Maria, reading method, 1931 (print)
8713933 Rene and Maria, reading method, 1931 (print); 20x15 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Rene and Maria -- Direct Method of Reading, Language, Vocabulary, Vocabulary, Spelling)

Polo, Nini, Zoulou et Cie, reading method, 1939 (print)
8713927 Polo, Nini, Zoulou et Cie, reading method, 1939 (print) by Rapeno, Armand (b.1858); 21x19,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Polo, Nini, Zoulou & Cie. Reading method by Ms)

New practical method of reading, c.1930 (print)
8713925 New practical method of reading, c.1930 (print); 20,5x13,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "New practical reading method by J. Stal)

New practical method of reading, c.1930 (print)
8713921 New practical method of reading, c.1930 (print); 20,5x13,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "New practical reading method by J. Stal)

New reading method, 1931 (print)
8713916 New reading method, 1931 (print); 16,5 x 13,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "New reading method. Reading, Writing by Mr. G)

Legru Seguin Reading Method, 1931 (print)
8713884 Legru Seguin Reading Method, 1931 (print); 18,5x13 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Reading method. Reading and Writing. J. Legru and K. Seguin, Primary Education Inspector)

Reading in six months, c.1930 (print)
8713879 Reading in six months, c.1930 (print); 22,5x17,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Read in six months. The unique book of the preparatory course by L. Hutinet, Primary Inspector)

Spontaneous and joyful reading, 1933 (print)
8713866 Spontaneous and joyful reading, 1933 (print); 11,5 x 22,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Spontaneous and joyful reading. Mixed reading method by Ms. J)

Spontaneous and joyful reading, 1933 (print)
8713864 Spontaneous and joyful reading, 1933 (print); 11,5 x 22,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Spontaneous and joyful reading. Mixed reading method by Ms. J)

Reading - Beaudelot Method, c.1930 (print)
8713863 Reading - Beaudelot Method, c.1930 (print); 21 x 18 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Reading - J. Beaudelot Method)

Reading - Beaudelot Method, c.1930 (print)
8713861 Reading - Beaudelot Method, c.1930 (print); 21 x 18 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Reading - J. Beaudelot Method)

Immediate reading, 1931 (print)
8713859 Immediate reading, 1931 (print); 22x14,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "The immediate reading by Ms. C. Amadieu, Public Primary Teacher with the collaboration of A)

Lesson D: dada, dodo, 1908 (photo)
8713191 Lesson D: dada, dodo, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

D for Dinette, 1908 (photo)
8713189 D for Dinette, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Lesson Revision, 1908 (photo)
8713222 Lesson Revision, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

M for Malade, 1908 (photo)
8713216 M for Malade, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Lesson Z: zebu, sable, 1908 (photo)
8713214 Lesson Z: zebu, sable, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Lesson V: rave, viper, 1908 (photo)
8713212 Lesson V: rave, viper, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Lesson F: carafe, flour, 1908 (photo)
8713211 Lesson F: carafe, flour, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Lesson Recapitulation, 1908 (photo)
8713204 Lesson Recapitulation, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Lesson L: mule, tulip, 1908 (photo)
8713201 Lesson L: mule, tulip, 1908 (photo); 31,5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

Teaching reading, 1932 (print)
8713836 Teaching reading, 1932 (print); 19,5 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Teaching reading by a faculty meeting. Librairie Generale, Paris; A. Mame, Tours; J. de Gigord, Paris)

Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print)
8713824 Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print); 23x15,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Laughing - Reading without tears by R. Jolly)

Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print)
8713821 Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print); 23x15,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Laughing - Reading without tears by R. Jolly)

Attractive reading -- Methode Jeanne, 1931 (print)
8713857 Attractive reading -- Methode Jeanne, 1931 (print); 21 x 16,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Attractive reading -- Methode Jeanne. New reading method for use in schools by W)

I will be reading soon, 1930 (print)
8713845 I will be reading soon, 1930 (print); 23,5 x 18 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "I will be reading soon)

Teaching reading, 1932 (print)
8713839 Teaching reading, 1932 (print); 19,5 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Teaching reading by a faculty meeting. Librairie Generale, Paris; A. Mame, Tours; J. de Gigord, Paris)

Teaching reading, 1932 (print)
8713835 Teaching reading, 1932 (print); 19,5 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Teaching reading by a faculty meeting. Librairie Generale, Paris; A. Mame, Tours; J. de Gigord, Paris)

Teaching reading, 1932 (print)
8713834 Teaching reading, 1932 (print); 19,5 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Teaching reading by a faculty meeting. Librairie Generale, Paris; A. Mame, Tours; J. de Gigord, Paris)

Teaching reading, 1932 (print)
8713832 Teaching reading, 1932 (print); 19,5 x 14 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Teaching reading by a faculty meeting. Librairie Generale, Paris; A. Mame, Tours; J. de Gigord, Paris)

Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print)
8713829 Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print); 23x15,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Laughing - Reading without tears by R. Jolly)

Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print)
8713825 Laughing - Reading without tears. Jolly method, 1930 (print); 23x15,5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "Laughing - Reading without tears by R. Jolly)

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"From Dalton's Table to Bloomers: A Journey Through Lectures" Step back in time to 1835 when Dalton's Table of Atomic Symbols revolutionized the world of chemistry, paving the way for scientific breakthroughs. In a society where women were often barred from attending lectures, imagine the audacity of one woman who defied conventions by wearing bloomers, challenging societal norms and advocating for gender equality. Even former US President John Quincy Adams found solace in lectures, seeking intellectual stimulation beyond his political career. Travel across continents to Soviet Russia, where Nikolay Urvantsev, a renowned geologist, captivated audiences with his groundbreaking discoveries about our planet's geological history. Not far behind was Gersh I. Budker, a brilliant Soviet physicist whose captivating lectures on nuclear physics left crowds mesmerized and inspired generations of scientists. Picture yourself at Charles Green's lecture on balloons and parachutes as he takes you soaring through the skies with tales of daring adventures and scientific marvels. Step into a bustling lecture theatre filled with eager students absorbing knowledge from esteemed professors or engaging in lively debates that shape their understanding of the world around them. Discover Stephen Gray's remarkable contributions to electricity as you attend an enlightening lecture that unveils his pioneering experiments and theories that laid the foundation for modern electrical engineering. Transport yourself back to ancient Rome through a vividly colored engraving depicting book-selling and manufacturing—an insight into how knowledge was disseminated centuries ago. Witness firsthand as chemists demonstrate mind-boggling chemical reactions right before your eyes during an awe-inspiring lecture that showcases science at its most captivating. Experience medical education like never before as an operation is screened live during a gripping medical lecture—a testament to advancements in technology merging seamlessly with academia. Finally, immerse yourself in Girton College Lecture—the epitome of women breaking barriers—where female scholars challenge societal expectations while pursuing academic excellence against all odds.