| Reference Number | 2012.103/D/2 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 3 items |
| Title | Papers related to 'Primeval Flight' for Hatfield Junior School |
| Date | c. late 1940s |
| Description | Papers related to Annan's dinosaur themed mural 'Primeval Flight' [titled by Annan on the reverse of photograph /2] at Hatfield Junior School, Hertfordshire. The file includes Annan's original [watercolour?] design for the mural with numbered grid lines drawn over top (/1); a black and white photograph of the completed mural annotated on the reverse [by Annan?] 'Mural "Primeval Flight" Hatfield Junior School, Herts.' by Dorothy Annan' (/2); and a sepia toned large photograph of the mural (/3). |
| Notes | The commission may have been part of the ground-breaking schools building programme led by Stirrat Johnson-Marshall, Deputy County Architect with Hertfordshire County Council, who pioneered the production of flexible prefabricated school buildings which could be adapted to suit different needs. Although no formal link can be proven, Johnson-Marshal was the Director of the Camouflage Unit and may have come across Annan's work whilst she was serving in the Camouflage Directorate in Leamington Spa. In 1948 Marshall-Johnson left Hertfordshire to become the Chief Architect of the Ministry of Education. In 1949 he set up a Development Group at the Ministry, inviting David.Medd, a former associate from Hertfordshire, to join the group. The Development Group owed much to the Hertfordshire school programme and became an influential centre for innovation in education architecture during the 1950s. |
| Related Material | See 2012.103/C/1/6 for additional photographs of the mural. |