Minute book for meetings of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Polytechnic between 16 Jul 1914 and 27 Oct 1921.

Matters arising include: appointments and salaries; membership statistics; financial statements; war fund; volunteer training corps; insurance against bombs; Compassionate Fund; VR Hoare memorial; Royal Flying Corps training; war bonuses; Hospital Saturday Fund; large hall lettings; air raid protection; hairdressing classes for disabled soldiers (Apr 1918); death of Alice Hogg; memorial tablet to members and students who have fallen in the First World War (27 Feb 1919); Boathouse tank (27 Jan 1921); Major Robert Mitchell's retirement (23 Jun 1921); Poly cinema leases (1921).