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Collins' School Diary or Log Book with handwritten entries and index.
First entry reads: School Board for London: Clerkenwell EC: Bowling Green Lane Night-School. School nights: Monday - Wednesday - Friday.

The book includes statistics (and remarks upon) of attendance; names of staff; copies of government reports of the school including financial details; occasional mentions of pupils by name for exceptional behaviour.

A printed timetable of subjects and teaching staff for 1912 is glued onto pages 240-241, with a handwritten list of staff (including their qualifications, home address and day occupations) on page 246-251. A form relating to payments for Singing classes is glued onto page 253. The general timetable for 1916-17 is glued onto pages 260-262 nd includes the names of teaching staff, and a typescript timetable for Summer 1917 is glued (and folded) onto page 266. Page 268 has timetable for afternoon classes in modern languages, September 1917, held at the School of Photo-Engraving and Lithography. A timetable for Summer 1920 is loose between pages 278 and 279.

Log Book with handwritten entries, index pages un-used.

Includes details of new classes; changes in teaching staff; statistics of enrolment; details of wartime classes for the Army and Air Ministry; comments on attendance; accident reports; inspections.

Bound typescript report produced by DH Smith, Principal.

Contents include: area served; administration; recruitment of students; programme of work; students; staff; examinations; social and other activities; buildings and equipment; general observation; a short history of the institute; diagram shewing residences of students; diagram shewing enrolment and student hours.

The volume includes details of war work and courses run for businesses and large organisations, and statistics including numbers of female students.

Bound typescript report produced by DH Smith, Principal. Second edition of the 1948 report, created in order to bring the College records up-to-date

Contents include: preface; history of the College; area served by the College; Recruitment of students; curriculum; attendance; personnel; buildings and equipment; examinations; social activities; conclusions; statistics of enrolment and list of typewriters.

The volume includes details of war work and courses run for businesses and large organisations, and detailed statistics , student successes, and names of teaching staff.

Two loose sheets, detailing reasons for students attendance on language courses and numbers of students on grouped courses.

Loose leaf papers removed from a binder, containing draft version of the history, statistics and reports used in the Ministry of Education reports.

Contents include:
A History of the Institute: early history; classes held outside Hugh Myddleton Institute (apart from the Princeton St. School of Languages); Princeton Street School of Modern Languages; classes at Throgmorton Avenue.
History of the Institute since the Beginning of War September 1939 including statistics for sessions 1941-42, 1943-43, 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 with overview of training provided for the Army, Canadian Army, ATS, RCAF and Ministry of Labour including censorship, typewriting and language classes.
Area of Institute: including characteristics of area; comments on changes in population and industry in Finsbury; decline in population of Holborn and Finsbury.
Enrolment statistics including student hours and teaching hours, and distribution between the sexes 1923-1949, with years to 1952 annotated in pen.
List of enrolments by subject 1930-1939
Publicity: distribution of prospectuses, hanging cards, handbills, publications approached, and publicity for law classes
Police stations in Area.
Relationships with firms: Hitchcock Williams, Bovril, Liptons, Avery Ltd, Odhams Press, Law Societ, United Law Claerks Association, Union Cold Storage, Courtauls, Armours Ltd, Australia, Royal Assurance Company, Falk Stadedman & Co, Metropolitan Water Board, Prudential Assurance Co, Pearl Assurance Co, The Land Registry, Air Ministry, London & Lancashire & Allied Insurance Co. Also a list of nearby firms.
Statistics of examination results (no individuals named).
Language prizes and examination successes 1937-1938 - named individuals.
Social activities.
Swedish festival., 1939.

Includes a loose map on tracing paper showing where students attend the College from.