Catalogue of the papers of Mimi Hatton held by the Institute of Education Archives. Hatton was a primary teacher with the British Families Education Service (BFES) in post-war Germany. Her papers, 1946-1952, relate to her work with the BFES, including an account of her service in Germany; photographs; and memorabilia

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Institute of Education Archives Information Services, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL  Tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6983  Email: arch.enquiries@ioe.ac.uk  http://www.ioe.ac.uk/services/4389.html  Published 29/03/2009  Institute of Education Archives Catalogue of the papers of Mimi Hatton      Listed by Sarah Aitchison April 2002 Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton  1 | P a g e         Published 29/03/2009 MH Fonds Institute of Education, University of London Deposited collection Papers of Mimi Hatton (b 1915) 1 box 1946-1952; 2001 Scope and Content Papers of Mimi Hatton relating to her work with the British Families Education Service (BFES) in Germany between 1946 and 1952. The collection includes an account of her service in Germany, written for the BFES Archives in 2001; photographs of the various schools in which she served; and memorabilia, including badges and programmes.  Biographical History Mimi Hatton was born in 1915. During World War Two, she was an infant teacher at St Mary Cray Junior and Infant School in Kent, and set up home teaching groups for the children when school was suspended for fear of bombing. The school was evacuated to North Wales in 1944, and there Miss Hatton set up schools in Tabernacle vestries, a disused sawmill and a disused science laboratory. In 1946 she wrote to the Foreign Office offering her services as a teacher to the children of families of the occupying forces in Germany, and became a teacher with the BFES in 1946. She embarked to Germany on 18th December 1946, and initially taught at the BFES School in Bad Zwischenahn from 1947-1949. She then served successively as the Head of Oldenburg School, 1949-1950, and the BFES Bad Oeynhausen Nursery, Infant and Junior School, 1950-1952.  In 1952, she became headmistress of a school for educationally sub-normal girls in Kent (Broomhill Bank), a position she held for two years.  In 1954, she was taken on by Devon County Council to run a similar school in Devon, Maristow House in Lord Roborough’s estate on the banks of the river Tavy.  When she was first appointed, Maristow was semi-derelict, and she supervised its restoration to a usable condition.   She then set about furnishing it for use as a boarding school, and hired all the staff.   She ran the school until it closed in 1976, after being taken over by Plymouth City Council.   At this point, she took early retirement, aged 61.   Although primarily a girls’ school, in its later years it took in day boys up to the age of eleven. Throughout her period at Maristow, Lord Roborough, as Chairman of the school governors, became a close friend, and she was regularly a guest at head of table at family dinners.  Access Open, subject to signature of Reader Application Form.  Copyright A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Archivist or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist. Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton  2 | P a g e         Published 29/03/2009  Acquisition Given by Mimi Hatton in April 2001.  Related Materials The Institute of Education also holds the records of the BFES/SCE (Ref: BFE), and Arabella Kurdi (Ref: AK).   MH/1  Series Personalia 1 file Personalia and memorabilia collated by Mimi Hatton during her work as a BFES teacher in Germany, 1946-1952. 1946-1952 MH/1/1  Item Photograph of Hannover Transit Camp 1 item 1946 MH/1/2  Item Identification Card Issued by the Allied High Commission (British Element), with photograph. Valid until 1952. 1 item 1952 MH/1/3  Item Driving Licence Issued by the Control Commission for Germany (British Zone), 1952. 1 item 1952 MH/1/4  Item Fare Authorisation Concessional Fare Authorisation (BAOR Form 327), with photograph. 1 item 1952 MH/1/5  Item Hotel Bill 1 item 1949 MH/1/6  Item Invitation To 'Mrs Shapland At Home', 6 Jun 1951. 1 item 1951 MH/1/7  Item Dance Card For 7 Armoured Division, RA, HQ dance, 17 Jan 1948. 1 item 1948 MH/1/8  Item Berthing Card Embarked at Harwich, 17 Aug 1951. 1 item 1951 MH/1/9  Item Postcard Possibly of a school. 1 item n.d. MH/1/10  Item Coupon for travel Coupon for travel from Brussels to Aachen, 4 Feb 1952. 1 item  1952 Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton  3 | P a g e         Published 29/03/2009 MH/1/11  Item Club Card For the NAAFI Women's' and Sergeants' Club. 1 item n.d. MH/1/12  Item Postcard Postcard of Snowdon, Wales, sent to Mimi Hatton by 'Bertha'. 1 item 1948 MH/1/13  Item Invitation To a cocktail party from Lt Col and Mrs Robinson, 8 Aug. 1 item 8 Aug MH/1/14  Item Invitation From Capt and Mrs E F Stewart, 23 Nov 1952. 1 item 1952 MH/1/15  Item Brochure Tourist brochure for Traunstein, near Munich. 1 item n.d. MH/1/16  Item Programme For a parade to celebrate the birthday of George VI, 7 Jun 1951. 1 item 1951 MH/1/17  Item Programme For a production of 'Alice' by the Herford Theatre Club, 11-13 Jan 1951. 1 item 1951 MH/1/18  Item Programme For a performance of 'Rebecca' by the Rhine Army Theatre Club, 31 May-2 Jun 1951. 1 item 1951 MH/1/19  Item Envelopes Found in a vacated Canadian Forces Building in 5 Armoured Division HQ 1 item n.d. MH/1/20  Item Postcards Packet of 12 picture postcards of Berchtesgaden and Umgebung. 12pp n.d. MH/1/21  Item Train Timetable Summer train timetable from Bad Oeynhausen to Ehrwald (Austria). 1 item 1949 MH/1/22  Item Badge CCG (Control Commission for Germany) badge. 1 item n.d.  MH/2  Series Reminiscences 1 file Typescript account of Mimi Hatton's work as a BFES teacher between 1946 and 1952, including processing at Bletchley, embarkation and transit, and teaching at Bad Zwischenahn, Oldenburg, and Bad Oeynhausen. 2001  Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton  4 | P a g e         Published 29/03/2009  MH/3  Series Photographs 3 files Photographs taken by Mimi Hatton during her work as a BFES teacher in Germany, 1946-1952.  1946-1952 MH/3/1  File Photographs of the BFES School at Bad Zwischenahn Including internal and external views of the school; teaching; and pupils and teachers. All with notes by Mimi Hatton. 35 items 1946-1952 MH/3/2  File Photographs of the BFES School at Oldenburg Including internal and external views of the school; teaching; and school excursions and field trips. All with notes by Mimi Hatton. Includes notes on the staff and four pieces of work by pupils.  32 photographs; 5pp 1948-1950 MH/3/3  File Photographs of the BFES School at Bad Oeynhausen (Rhine Army HQ) Including internal and external views of the school; teaching; outside activities and excursions; and views of the teachers' billets. All with notes by Mimi Hatton. 27 items 1950-1952  

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Institute of Education Archives 
Information Services, Institute of Education, University of London, 20 Bedford Way, London WC1H 0AL  
Tel: +44 (0)20 7612 6983  
Email: arch.enquiries@ioe.ac.uk  
http://www.ioe.ac.uk/services/4389.html  
Published 29/03/2009 
 
Institute of Education Archives Catalogue 
of the papers of 
Mimi Hatton 
 
   
 
Listed by Sarah Aitchison 
April 2002 
Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton 
 
1 | P a g e         Published 29/03/2009 
MH Fonds 
Institute of Education, University of London 
Deposited collection 
Papers of Mimi Hatton (b 1915) 
1 box 
1946-
1952; 
2001 
Scope and Content 
Papers of Mimi Hatton relating to her work with the British Families Education Service (BFES) in 
Germany between 1946 and 1952. The collection includes an account of her service in Germany, 
written for the BFES Archives in 2001; photographs of the various schools in which she served; and 
memorabilia, including badges and programmes. 
 
Biographical History 
Mimi Hatton was born in 1915. During World War Two, she was an infant teacher at St Mary Cray 
Junior and Infant School in Kent, and set up home teaching groups for the children when school 
was suspended for fear of bombing. The school was evacuated to North Wales in 1944, and there 
Miss Hatton set up schools in Tabernacle vestries, a disused sawmill and a disused science 
laboratory. 
In 1946 she wrote to the Foreign Office offering her services as a teacher to the children of families 
of the occupying forces in Germany, and became a teacher with the BFES in 1946. She embarked 
to Germany on 18th December 1946, and initially taught at the BFES School in Bad Zwischenahn 
from 1947-1949. She then served successively as the Head of Oldenburg School, 1949-1950, and 
the BFES Bad Oeynhausen Nursery, Infant and Junior School, 1950-1952. 
 
In 1952, she became headmistress of a school for educationally sub-normal girls in Kent (Broomhill 
Bank), a position she held for two years.  In 1954, she was taken on by Devon County Council to 
run a similar school in Devon, Maristow House in Lord Roborough’s estate on the banks of the river 
Tavy. 
 
When she was first appointed, Maristow was semi-derelict, and she supervised its restoration to a 
usable condition.   She then set about furnishing it for use as a boarding school, and hired all the 
staff.   She ran the school until it closed in 1976, after being taken over by Plymouth City Council.   
At this point, she took early retirement, aged 61.   Although primarily a girls’ school, in its later 
years it took in day boys up to the age of eleven. Throughout her period at Maristow, Lord 
Roborough, as Chairman of the school governors, became a close friend, and she was regularly a 
guest at head of table at family dinners. 
 
Access 
Open, subject to signature of Reader Application Form. 
 
Copyright 
A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any 
archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Archivist or other appropriate 
person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the 
discretion of the Archivist. 
Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton 
 
2 | P a g e         Published 29/03/2009 
 
Acquisition 
Given by Mimi Hatton in April 2001. 
 
Related Materials 
The Institute of Education also holds the records of the BFES/SCE (Ref: BFE), and Arabella Kurdi 
(Ref: AK).  
 
MH/1  Series 
Personalia 
1 file 
Personalia and memorabilia collated by Mimi Hatton during her work as a BFES 
teacher in Germany, 1946-1952. 
1946-
1952 
MH/1/1  Item 
Photograph of Hannover Transit Camp 
1 item 
1946 
MH/1/2  Item 
Identification Card 
Issued by the Allied High Commission (British Element), with photograph. Valid 
until 1952. 1 item 
1952 
MH/1/3  Item 
Driving Licence 
Issued by the Control Commission for Germany (British Zone), 1952. 1 item 
1952 
MH/1/4  Item 
Fare Authorisation 
Concessional Fare Authorisation (BAOR Form 327), with photograph. 1 item 
1952 
MH/1/5  Item 
Hotel Bill 
1 item 
1949 
MH/1/6  Item 
Invitation 
To 'Mrs Shapland At Home', 6 Jun 1951. 1 item 
1951 
MH/1/7  Item 
Dance Card 
For 7 Armoured Division, RA, HQ dance, 17 Jan 1948. 1 item 
1948 
MH/1/8  Item 
Berthing Card 
Embarked at Harwich, 17 Aug 1951. 1 item 
1951 
MH/1/9  Item 
Postcard 
Possibly of a school. 1 item 
n.d. 
MH/1/10  Item 
Coupon for travel 
Coupon for travel from Brussels to Aachen, 4 Feb 1952. 1 item 
 
1952 
Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton 
 
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MH/1/11  Item 
Club Card 
For the NAAFI Women's' and Sergeants' Club. 1 item 
n.d. 
MH/1/12  Item 
Postcard 
Postcard of Snowdon, Wales, sent to Mimi Hatton by 'Bertha'. 1 item 
1948 
MH/1/13  Item 
Invitation 
To a cocktail party from Lt Col and Mrs Robinson, 8 Aug. 1 item 
8 Aug 
MH/1/14  Item 
Invitation 
From Capt and Mrs E F Stewart, 23 Nov 1952. 1 item 
1952 
MH/1/15  Item 
Brochure 
Tourist brochure for Traunstein, near Munich. 1 item 
n.d. 
MH/1/16  Item 
Programme 
For a parade to celebrate the birthday of George VI, 7 Jun 1951. 1 item 
1951 
MH/1/17  Item 
Programme 
For a production of 'Alice' by the Herford Theatre Club, 11-13 Jan 1951. 1 item 
1951 
MH/1/18  Item 
Programme 
For a performance of 'Rebecca' by the Rhine Army Theatre Club, 31 May-2 Jun 
1951. 1 item 
1951 
MH/1/19  Item 
Envelopes 
Found in a vacated Canadian Forces Building in 5 Armoured Division HQ 1 item 
n.d. 
MH/1/20  Item 
Postcards 
Packet of 12 picture postcards of Berchtesgaden and Umgebung. 12pp 
n.d. 
MH/1/21  Item 
Train Timetable 
Summer train timetable from Bad Oeynhausen to Ehrwald (Austria). 1 item 
1949 
MH/1/22  Item 
Badge 
CCG (Control Commission for Germany) badge. 1 item 
n.d. 
 
MH/2  Series 
Reminiscences 
1 file 
Typescript account of Mimi Hatton's work as a BFES teacher between 1946 and 
1952, including processing at Bletchley, embarkation and transit, and teaching 
at Bad Zwischenahn, Oldenburg, and Bad Oeynhausen. 
2001 
 
Institute of Education Archives: Papers of Mimi Hatton 
 
4 | P a g e         Published 29/03/2009 
 
MH/3  Series 
Photographs 
3 files 
Photographs taken by Mimi Hatton during her work as a BFES teacher in 
Germany, 1946-1952.  
1946-
1952 
MH/3/1  File 
Photographs of the BFES School at Bad Zwischenahn 
Including internal and external views of the school; teaching; and pupils and 
teachers. All with notes by Mimi Hatton. 35 items 
1946-
1952 
MH/3/2  File 
Photographs of the BFES School at Oldenburg 
Including internal and external views of the school; teaching; and school 
excursions and field trips. All with notes by Mimi Hatton. Includes notes on the 
staff and four pieces of work by pupils.  32 photographs; 5pp 
1948-
1950 
MH/3/3  File 
Photographs of the BFES School at Bad Oeynhausen (Rhine Army HQ) 
Including internal and external views of the school; teaching; outside activities 
and excursions; and views of the teachers' billets. All with notes by Mimi 
Hatton. 27 items 
1950-
1952 
 


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