Bound volume of minutes of the meetings of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College and School of Art held on 16/04/1951, 18/06/1951; 15/10/1951, 18/02/1952, 23/06/1952, 15/09/1952, 17/11/1952, 16/03/1953, 18/05/1953, 20/07/1953, 18/01/1954, 15/03/1954, 17/05/1954, 19/07/1954, 20/09/1954, 18/10/1954, 15/11/1954

Matters arising on 16 Apr 1951 [cont. from HAR/1/2]: actions taken by chairman; principal's report; revised schedule of accommodation for the new technical college; ventilation of heating chamber.
Principal's Report includes sections on: college canteen; college safe; dress design competition; entrance to Royal College of Art; Art School Exhibition; Approval of Expenditure for the Periods 9 Feb -31 Mar 1951 and 1-5 Apr 1951; Association of Technical Institutions; Appointment of Student Demonstrator; Illness of Caretaker.

Matters arising on 18 Jun 1951: Principal's Report; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - Annual Conference of the Association of Technical Institutions, Annual Conference of the Association of Art Institutions, accommodation for County College students.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1951; textile design competition; damage to student's clothing; Art School exhibition; acting Caretaker; installation of new equipment; approval of expenditure for the period 6 Apr-8 Jun 1951.

Matters arising on 15 Oct 1951: Principal's Report; Report of the CLerk to the Governors - resignation of Mr Carl Edwards, security of building, installation of internal telephone system, college canteen, refund of tuition fees [includes names], application for assistance.
Principal's Report includes sections on: student numbers [includes statistics]; examination results; Commerce Department - renumeration of part-time head; classes at Lascelles Secondary Modern School; responsible teacher - Boys' County School, Girls' County School, Headstone School; appointment of part-time staff; special lectures - lecturers' fees; expenditure incurred 8 Jun-3 Oct 1951; request for remission of fees; canteen - profit and loss account; film production; relations with industrial firms.

Matters arising on 18 Feb 1952: Principal's Report; Report of Clerk to the Governors - resignation of Hon Mrs E Layton, salaries of heads of departments, installation of glue tank, Advisory Committee for Domestic Science, commercial annexe at Greenhill School and additional annexe at Lascelles Secondary Modern School, appointment of Principal as Specialist Officer to the Civil Defence Courses; term dates 1952/3; reports of the Advisory Committees.
Principal's Report includes sections on: examination successes; Art School exhibition; gift of equipment; prizes; canteen balance sheet and profit and loss account; expenditure incurred 4 Oct 1951-7 feb 1952; loan of camera and enlarger; illness of caretaker; appointment of acting caretaker; accommodation difficulties; letting of main hall.

Matters arising 23 Jun 1952: Principal's Report; Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - Annual Conference of the Association of Technical Institutions, Educational Building Programme, Appointment of Principal as Specialist Officer to the Civil Defence Courses, internal telephone system; refund of fee.
Principal's Report includes sections on Death of Resident Caretaker; prizes gained by ex-students of the School of Art; Royal College of Art; Summer exhibition at the Royal Academy; student demonstrator; teachers' course; appointment of lecturers-in-charge and responsible teachers for session 1952-53; lecturers' fees taking special courses; expenditure incurred 7 Feb-31 Mar 1952 and 1 Apr-17 Jun 1952; regrading of full-time staff; transfer of part-time teacher to full-time staff; removal of unsaleable scrap material.

Matters arising on 15 Sep 1952: Principal's Report; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; appointments sub-committee; New Harrow Technical College; Death of Mr Houchin, late resident caretaker; additional accommodation - Victoria Hall, Harrow.
Principal's report includes sections on: Student Demonstrator; expenditure incurred during the perios 18 Jun- 4 Sep 1952; transfer of equipment from other technical colleges; report on students' work - Mr John Stanhope; canteen account; trading and profit and loss account; painting and decorating of college building; annual financial estimates; appointment of part-time staff; letter from the National Federation of Building Trades Operatives; examination for typists and shorthand-typists.

Matters arising on 17 Nov 1952: Principal's Report; report of the Clerk to the Governors - resignation of GBL Chivers, examination for typists and shorthand-typists, refund of tuition fees.
Principal's report includes sections on: expenditure incurred during the period 5 Sep-7 Nov 1952; examination results; canteen account; coronation celebrations.

Matters arising on 16 Mar 1953: Principal's Report; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - classes on Motor Body Building and Repair, the Coronation, canteen account for the period 1 Apr 1951-20 Apr 1952; appointment of caretaker.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Annual Conference of the Association of Technical Institutions; Annual Conference of the Association of Art Institutions; Expenditure incurred during the period 8 Nov 1952-5 Mar 1953; canteen account; flood relief and distress fund; scheme of terms and vacations for 1953-4; Coronation - closure of further education establishments; burglaries in educational establishments; scheme for the award of prizes of meritorious students; lectures on the principles of local government; additions to teaching staff; resident Caretaker.

Matters arising on 18 May 1953: Annual Conference of the Association of Technical Institutions; Annual Conference of the Association of Art Institutions; Report of the Advisory Committee for Engineering, Foremanship and Management; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Mr C Sanders - Member of Staff of School of Art; Prizes gained by former students of the School of Art; Summer exhibition of the Royal Academy; examination for the Royal College of Art; district audit; canteen profit and loss account - 5 Jan-19 Apr 1953; canteen - ice cream refrigerator; fees for lecturers giving special lectures; expenditure incurred during period 6-31 Mar 1953, 1 Apr-8 May 1953; Coronation Holiday; loss of silver.

Matters arising on 20 Jul 1953: Report of Advisory Commitee for Engineering, Foremanship and Management; Principal's Report; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; Capital expenditure - major items of equipment.
Principal's Report includes sections on: resignation of Mr RJ Hartles; college library; expenditure incurred during period 9 May-1 Jul 1953; meeting of Association of Technical Institutions; Lectures on Principles of Local Government; appointment of Student Demonstrator; appointment of lecturers-in-charge and responsible teachers for session 1953-54.

Matters arising on 21 Sep 1953: Committee vacancies; Principal's Report; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - Canteen Account for the period 21 Apr 1952 - 19 Apr 1953, appointment of teaching staff, financial estimates 1954/55; List of Improvements to Grounds, Buildings and Fittings;
Principal's Report includes sections on: expenditure incurred during the period 2 Jul-14 Sep 1953; financial estimates 1953-4 structural alterations, additional services, installation of equipment; appointment of part-time staff; special lectures - lecturers' fees; date of prize-giving ceremony; Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents - poster competition; Central Middlesex Spastics Welfare Society; Department of Engineering and Science - regrading; college grading; student numbers.

Matters arising on 18 Jan 1954: Report from Appointment's Sub-Committee; Principal's Report; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - Department of Engineering and Science regrading, grading of college, fire precautions; claims for refunds of tuition fees [includes names];
Principal's Report includes sections on: transfer of equipment; examination results; expenditure incurred during period 14 Sep 1953 - 8 Jan 1954; new member of full-time staff; canteen profit and loss account - 21 Sep 1953 - 2 Jan 1954; cleaning staff.

Matters arising on 15 Mar 1954: appointment to the Advisory Committee for Engineering, Management and Foremanship; Principal's Report; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - fire precautions; regrading of the college, Department of Engineering and Science; applications for Refund of Tuition Fees [includes names].
Principal's Report includes sections on: scheme of terms and vacations for 1954-55; expenditure incurred during period 9 Jan-5 Mar 1954; School of Art exhibition; entrance to Royal College of Art; Equipment surplus to requirements; Mrs P Tiney - Clerical Assistant; Mrs A Coates - College Cleaner.

Matters arising on 17 May 1954: Report of the Domestic Science Advisory Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors.
Principal's Report includes sections on: new member of full-time staff, absence of member of staff, exhibition of work by Dressmaking Students, Bianca Mosca prize for dress design, canteen accounts, approval of expenditure incurred during periods 6-31 Mar 1954 and 1 Apr-7 May 1954, appointments of Student Demonstrator, Annual Meeting of Associatio of Technical Institutions, Annual Conference of Association of Art Institutions, Interior Decoration of Building, West London Productivity Committee.

Matters arising on 19 Jul 1954: Reports of Engineering, Foremanship and Management Advisory Committee; Principal's Report - canteen accounts, refund of tuition fees; Report of the Clerk of the Governors.
Principal's Report includes sections on: new building - second phase; approval of expenditure incurred during the period 8 May-8 Jul 1954; special course of lectures - lecturer's fee; renewal of asphalt at front and side of building; outbreak of fire.

Matters arising on 20 Sep 1954: Report of Engineering, Foremanship and Management Advisory Committee, Principal's Report, Report of the Clerk to the Governors
Principal's Report includes sections on: approval of expenditure incurred during the period; appointment of part-time salary; appointment of part-time head of department and responsible teachers; post-graduate lectures - lecturer's fees; student numbers and student hours; new courses; interior decoration of the college building, additional accommodation, canteen account; full-time staff.

Matters arising on 18 Oct 1954: capital expenditure

Matters arising on 15 Nov 1954: Report of the Engineering, Foremanship and Management Advisory Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - new building sub-committee, refund of tuition fees; remission of fees [includes names].
Principal's Report includes sections on: gift of books to college library; approval of expenditure incurred during the period 10 Sep-4 Nov 1954; examination results; travelling expenses - Head of Department; grading of Clerical Staff; Establishment of Laboratory Stewards and Laboratory Assistants.

Matters arising on 17 Jan 1955 [cont. in HAR/1/4]: Report of the Engineering, Foremanship and Management Advisory Committee; Report of Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors.

Minute book for meetings of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Polytechnic between 23 May 1932 and 16 Jun 1947.

Matters arising include: rebuilding scheme; financial statements; new course proposals; cinema tenancy; grants, legacies; Polytechnic Jubilee (1932); annual fete; appointments, resignations and salaries; Polytechnics and the Poorer Classes; clubs and societies; leases; Robert Mitchell bronze casting (Dec 1933); lease of 307-311 Regent Street (July 1934); gift of organ (17 Sep 1934); Chiswick Sports Ground development and running track; Secondary School; Howard Morley legacy; Compassionate Fund; property insurance; installation of organ in the theatre [cinema] (17 Feb 1936); Cinema decorations (21 Sep 1936); air raid precautions (from 15 Feb 1937); coronation celebrations; electrictiy and water supplies; aid raid shelters (23 Oct 1939); evacuation of secondary and craft schools; requisition of Poly property at Chiswick by military; war comforts fund; training of army personnel and production work; Chiswick Sports Ground allotments; war damage insurance; war service allowances to conscientious objectors (15 Dec 1941); memorial to JEK Studd (1944); air raid damage to Chiswick (1944); Education Policy of the Poly (Jan 1945); proposed award of British Kinematograph Society scholarships at the Polytechnic (Jan 1945); renaming of the Secondary School (Dec 1945); Olympic Games 1948 honorary membership for athletes.

Minute book for meetings of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Polytechnic between 22 Sep 1947 and 16 June 1958.

Matters arising include: financial statements; Quintin School; Director of Education report; Robert Mitchell medals; salaries; members and students statistics; cinema licence/lease (Rialto Cinemas Ltd); Olympic Games 1948; Clubs and Societies; Compassionate Fund; renovations and improvements; maintenance grants; fire insurance; Kynaston Studd memorial fund; allotments on Chiswick Sports Ground; staff appointments and resignations; scholarships; World War 2 Memorial; tuition fees; Polytechnic Touring Association Shop (19 Dec 1949); Alcohol licence at the Boathouse (19 Feb 1951); Festival of Britain 1951; Coronation decorations; Audit Fees; Students' Union constitution; cinema ventilation system issues (1954-1956); HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh visit to Poly (Feb 1958).

File of handwritten and typescript reports and correspondence of the Polytechnic French Society. Also includes Rules of the Polytechnic French Society 1929 and the following flyers

Flyer: Sunday Afternoon Services for Men Oct-Dec 1936
Flyer: Lettres a L'Editeur [Letters to the Editor], by Mr F Rose, Friday 21 May 1937
Flyer: A Qui Le Parachute, by Mr DC Ackroyd-Turkhud, 7 May
Programme: Bichon at the City Literary Institute, 23-24 March 1937
Programme: Annual Summer Fete at the Polytechnic, 27 June 1936
Programme: Coronation Fete at the Polytechnic, 26 June 1937
Programme: Polytechnic Fete, 1-4 Jan 1936
Programme: Ces Dames Aux Chapeaux Verts [These Women in Green Hats] at Birkbeck College, 26 Feb 1937
Flyer: Vivisection, 28 May 1937
Flyer: a Ramble Through The Hills and Parks of Surry, conducted by Mr S Morand, 20 June 1937

Souvenir programme with colour printed cover for the Coronation Meeting at the White City Stadium, organised by the News of the World. Includes photographs of competitors in previous competitions, going back to the 1936 Olympics, list of competitors for each race and a timetable. there are also advertisements for Horlicks, the Royal Free Hospital and the 'Our Royal Heritage' cinema entertainment.

Covering letter from News of The World on headed paper enclosing three copies of the souvenir programme that were left over after the Games.