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York Place Ragged School
YPS · Fonds · 1867-1871
Printed annual reports, 1867-1869, 1871, of the York Place Ragged School, Mission, and Boys' Home, comprising first, second, fourth and fifth reports, the first with a loose insert on the new home for boys; view of frontage of premises in Of Alley, c1867. York Place Ragged School (1864-1871)
YCI · Fonds · 1871-1891
Records of the Youths' Christian Institute (YCI), Young Men's Christian Institute (YMCI) and Polytechnic Young Men's Christian Institute (PYMCI). Youths' Christian Institute (1873-1891)
Worswick family papers
WOR · Fonds · 1905-1949
Records and memorabilia belonging to Thomas Worswick, Director of Education at RSP, 1922-1932; his son James Ronald, 'Dick', who attended the Poly; and some material relating to the PTA (Worswick regularly led tours to Scotland). Also some duplicate Polytechnic Magazines 1914-1918. Worswick, Major Thomas (1886-1932), Director of Education
BIRKINGER, Willyboldt
WBK · Fonds · 1908-1925
This collection comprises certificates, prizes and indentures relating to Willebald/Willyboldt Birkinger, who studied at the Polytechnic and was Chief Instructor of the Engineering workshop at the time of his retirement. Birkinger, Willyboldt (fl.1908-1952), Chief Instructor in Engineering
University of Westminster
UOW · Fonds · 1992-

Records, 1992-2007, of the University of Westminster, comprising Court of Governors minutes, 1992-2001; Finance and General Property Committee minutes, 1992-2001; Audit Committee minutes, 1992-2001; Ethics Committee minutes, 1993-2005; Research Committee papers, 1992-2004; Resource Consultative Committee papers, 1993-1996; Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1994; Financial Statements, 2001-2006; Estate Strategy, 1992-2006; QAA Audit Reports, 1994, 2000, 2005 and 2006; Development Reviews, 1993-1998;

Various Short Course Unit leaflets and brochures for courses and conferences, 1992-1997; Prospectuses, 1992-2007; Presentation Ceremony Programmes, 1992-2007; Handbook of Academic Regulations, 2002, 2005 and 2006; Education Initiative Centre publications, 1995-2005;

Promotional and marketing publications, 1992-1998; staff newsletter Clarion, 1992-2008; typescript Institute of the Polytechnic Sports and Social Clubs newsletter, 1992-2003; The Smoke, magazine/newsletter of the University of Westminster Students' Union, 1993/4-2007/8; Student Yearbooks, 2006-2007;

Memorabilia of special events, including Inauguration, 1992; the opening of Harrow Campus by HM The Queen, 1995; and the Lumière Festival to celebrate 100 years of cinema, 1996.

Photographs of University buildings, including Cavendish campus, Harrow campus, Marylebone campus, Regent campus and the sports ground at Chiswick

University of Westminster (1992-present)
Sidney Webb College
SWC · Fonds · 1960-1986

Records, 1960-1986, of Sidney Webb College and its successor.

The collection includes:
Minutes and related papers, comprising Advisory Committee and Governing Body minutes, 1960-1970; Governing Body agendas, minutes and papers, 1971-1975, including published HMSO and ILEA reports on education and teacher training, 1972-1973; Staff and Academic Board minutes, 1961-1967; Staff Meeting agendas, minutes and papers, 1967-1968; Academic Board agendas, minutes and papers, 1968-1975;
Library Committee minutes and other papers, 1961-1977; Staff Appointments and Promotions Committee agendas, minutes and papers, 1969-1975; Appeals Committee papers, 1973.

Other administrative papers comprise papers relating to the early years of the College, including premises, 1961-1970; Letters from students, 1964; Papers on non-academic staffing matters, including issues relating to the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1969-1977; Papers on staffing and re-structuring with relation to amalgamation with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1971-1975; Papers of the Joint Working Party on the Future Role of the College, 1972-1973; Papers, including minutes of meetings, on the future of the College, including proposed transfer of departments to Battersea College, 1973-1974; Principal's papers, including correspondence, reports and minutes, on the merger with the Polytechnic of Central London, 1973-1976; Financial estimates, 1974-1975; Bachelor of Education degree submission to the CNAA, 1975-1976; Papers relating to valedictory meeting at final closure, 1980, exam results, 1963-1981 (incomplete).

Publications comprising prospectuses, 1961-1975, College magazines, 1965-1968 and undated; Students' Union constitution and standing orders, undated; LCC publications on training colleges, 1964; ILEA publication on colleges of education, 1973; article on the College, 1978.

Papers of the Central School comprise memorandum and new articles of association, 1947; papers, including correspondence and notes of meetings, 1970-1976; notes of an ILEA meeting on a link between Sidney Webb College and the Central School, 1971; exam results, 1974-1980; and other papers, 1983-1986.

Sidney Webb College (1961-1980)
Regent Street Polytechnic
RSP · Fonds · 1891-1970
Records of Regent Street Polytechnic records, 1891-1970, comprising administrative, financial and educational records, photographs and ephemera relating to events. Regent Street Polytechnic (1891-1970)
RPI · Fonds · 1837-1881
Records of the Polytechnic Institution and Royal Polytechnic Institution (RPI), 1837-1881 and undated, comprising administrative records, programmes and images. Royal Polytechnic Institution (1838-1881)
Paddington Technical College
PTC · Fonds · 1962-1992
Prospectuses for Paddington Technical College, 1962-1982; correspondence and reports on the transfer of Medical Laboratory Science courses to PCL, 1983-1992. Paddington Technical College
PTA · Fonds · 1894-2001

Records, 1894-1957, relating to the Polytechnic tours, comprising: deed regulating tenancy of the Halti Mollis in Glarus, Switzerland, 1894;

Correspondence of Frank Short relating to his employment by the Polytechnic and the organisation of the tours, 1895-1899; correspondence relating to a complaint from John Mason Cook, tourist agent, about the holiday-arranging activities of the Polytechnic, 1896-1897;

Financial records: correspondence relating to the PTA's finances, 1919, 1927-1928, 1930-1941; correspondence relating to arrangements for the sale of The Holiday Story by Commander R G Studd which was published on 9 February 1950; balance sheets and accounts 1895-1896, 1902-1911;

Annual brochures: 1905, 1908 (photocopy); Spring and Summer Tours, continental edition 1923; Algeria 1923-1924; Summer Programmes 1929-1930, 1935-1937; Jubilee Programme 1938; 1939-1949

Guide books: Gossip of the Lake of Lucerne by J Hunt Cooke c.1908; A Guide to Lovely Lucerne and Surroundings by Basil Mitchell 1923; Polytechnic Swiss Tours: A Souvenir by Basil Mitchell 1925; A Souvenir of a Week in Paris compiled by Alfred Bossy 1927; Belgium: descriptive accounts of daily excursions, historical notes and useful information in connection with the Polytechnic Tours to Belgium by Basil Mitchell 1931; The Bernese Oberland: descriptive accounts of daily excursions, historical notes and useful information in connection with the Polytechnic Tours to the Bernese Oberland by Basil Mitchell 1931; The Holiday Story by Commander R G Studd 1950; A Fortnight in the Italian Lakes by Commander R G Studd 1952; Poly Holiday News: an illustrated magazine 1953; A Fortnight in Switzerland by Commander R G Studd 1957

Memorabilia: programmes for Polytechnic Tour Reunions, 1938, 1947; Swiss tours posters, 1930s; itinerary and related documents for a tour of Interlaken in July 1938 booked by Miss M C Heiron; souvenirs from the first escorted tour by air to Switzerland arranged by the PTA on May 14th 1932 - includes brochure, newspaper cuttings and photographs; tickets and timetables for trip to Oberammergau, Germany in August 1950; postcards of the Polytechnic chalets at Seeburg, Lake Lucerne 1898-1937; postcard of the Polytechnic chalets at Interlaken, n.d.; photograph of Polytechnic chalets at Seeburg c.1900; photographs of Polytechnic party in Norway in May 1907; photographs of a Polytechnic party at Andermatt, Switzerland in June 1922;

Polytechnic Touring Association (1884-1965)