Reference number
  • PEPER
Level of description
  • Collection
Date(s)
  • 1970-1993
Extent and medium
  • Appox. 84 boxes
Category
  • School
Scope and content
  • ┆Papers of Peper Harow including adminstrative records.
History
  • Peper Harow was a therapeutic community for disturbed adolescents who had suffered sustained and extreme abuse. Based at Peper Harow House near Godalming in Surrey, it was esablished by Melvyn Rose (Director of Childhood First) in 1970. The home achieved international acclaim. The community disbanded when the building was sold in 1993.
Name of creator(s)
  • Peper Harow
Access status
  • MIXED
Conditions governing access
  • Some of the collection has not been listed and contains personal data. Archivist will review items as and when they are requested before access can be authorized in-line with data protection legislation
Language
  • ENG
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
  • Transferred by Melvyn Rose, Rosemary Torrington and Peter Finn to the Planned Environment Therapy Trust between 1995 and 2005. Ownership transferred to the Mulberry Bush Organisation when the Trust folded in 2018.