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Facsimile letter from Quintin Hogg to members inviting them to the opening of the new Great Hall

Printed facsimile of handwritten letter sent by Hogg to Institute members. Addressed from 5 Cavendish Square to 'Dear Sir'. Describes the previous opening of the Polytechnic on 25 September 1882 and invites the recipient to the opening of the new 'Great Hall' which 'we have been compelled to build, at great cost, to satisfy the not wholly unreasonable requirements of the LCC.' The opening is to be held on Sunday 19 November 1893.

Interview with Andrew Baxter

Recording of interview with Andrew Baxter, engineering student at Regent Street Polytechnic 1960s.

Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.

Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; engineering course - content and structure, students, field trips; Student life - other students, Polytechnic Review, jazz band, events, women at the Poly; sports clubs (briefly), RAG; Student politics; Facilities - cinema; career.

Interview with Mary Blumenau

Recording of interview with Mary Blumenau, Economics student, c.1945.

Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.

Discusses: Economics and French course - students, lecturers, women; War-time (briefly) and post war-time experience; Social life - cinema, dances; Facilities - cinema

Interview with Max Neufeld

Recording of interview with Max Neufeld, architecture student at Regent Street Polytechnic 1949-1955.

Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.

Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; architecture course; Student and social life - dances and events, secretarial school in Little Titchfield Street; Student politics/Student Representative Council - relationship with Court of Governors, student involvement, impact, views of students; Facilities - Regent Street cinema, Little Titchfield Street; career.

Interview with Stephen Moulds

Recording of interview with Stephen Moulds, photography student at Regent Street Polytechnic 1980s and member of SU.

Interviewer: Anna McNally, History Project Archivist.

Discusses: childhood; reasons for joining the Polytechnic; film and photographic arts course - content, students, staff; Student and social life; Student Union - Ents Committee, General Secretary, McGarel, vote of no confidence in President; Student politics/occupations; Freemasons; Facilities - Regent Street cinema and swimming pool,[bath] Bolsover St, New Cavendish St; career.

Minutes and committee papers

Minutes and agenda papers for meetings of the Court of Governors held on 13/10/1975, 19/11/1975, 15/12/1975, 15/12/1975 AGM, 08/03/1976, 12/07/1976.

Matters arising on 13/10/1975: Posts of pro-rectors; review of memorandum and articles of association; conditions of tenure for Academic Council staff; regional centre for management education; adaptations to Little Titchfield Street; Sidney Webb College of Education; development of PCL props; accommodation problems; professoriate; PCL relations with Iraq and Romania; responsibilities of the directorate; application for maintenance grant; Lecture theatre - High Holborn; Bolsover Street; Exploration Society.

Matters arising on 19/11/1975: review of the memorandum and articles of association; the Students' Union; Regional Centre for Management Education; adaptations to Little Titchfield Street; development of PCL properties; application for maintenance grant; halls of residence - payment of fees; professoriate; appointment of Dean of School of Communication; use of common seal on certificates.

Matters arising on 15/12/1975: Adaptations to Little Titchfield Street; health and safety at ork; halls of residence - payment of fees; conditions of tenure for Academic staff; day nursery in PCL; report of the auditors for the year ended 31/07/1975; financing of the Polys.

Matters arising on 15/12/1975 at the AGM: Report of the Governors and statement of accounts.

Matters arising on 08/03/1976: appointments; health and saftey at work; halls - payment of fees; conditions of tenure for Academic staff; day nursery at PCL; accommodation problems; Board of Architectural Education; financial statement; PCL licence.

Matters arising on 12/07/1976: Election of chair and vice-chair; Regional Centre for Management Education; accommodation problems; Day Nursery in the PCL; provision of further and higher education for students abroad; appointment of Dean of School of Social Sciences and Business Studies; careers opportunities for women and girls; student occupation of Sidney Webb College of Education; Regent Theatre (formerly Cameo-Poly Cinema), report of the proceedings of the Committee of Directors of Polytechnics and Committee of Directors of London Polytechnics; Tana River Expedition [Exploration Society].

Include reports from: Academic Council; Student Services Committee; Scholarships Committee; Members' Liaision Committee.

Feasibility Study on Development of PCL Properties

Documentation relating to development proposals for PCL properties. Proposals include changing the front portion of 309 Regent Street from education to office user, class 2, and lease of that section; Poly Theatre made into entrance for use by staff and students; rear portion of Regent Street changed into a library; short course residential centre on the waterfront site of playing fields at Chiswick; refurbishment of 70-74 Great Portland Street.

File includes: 2 copies of a development proposals document [1 with photocopied photographs of 309 Regent Street exterior]; correspondence; summary of recommendations; preliminary appraisal; proposal for a feasibility study; report by Bartlett and Gluckstein Solicitors.

Central Issue, No 22

Includes articles on: Rector Colin Adamson's lecture 'Gurus, Eleusis and Heaviside'; salary increase for administrative staff; PCL diary; Peter Bartley's cigarette card collection; closure of Regent Street Theatre [cinema, includes photograph]; new CDP Chairman; office space issues; new publications; appointments, resignations, retirements, new Deans for the Schools of Languages, Management Studies and Environment.
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