Cuttings covering the 1926 rebuilding fund and general activities of the Polytechnic.
Page 1-20
-Variety of articles on polytechnic extension plans, increasing activities call for extension, appeal for money for rebuilding fund.
-The Times, Financial Times, The Star, Marylebone Record, Daily Telegraph
Page 21-37
-Continued articles of the appeal, also included the work done at the polytechnic.
-Prime minister's tribute and appeal, social and education aspects of the polytechnic discussed.
-Daily Telegraph, Yorkshire Post, Glasgow Herald, The Times, Morning Post
Page 39
-Article on Quintin Hogg and the Polytechnic. Mentions expansion plans.
-The Christian Endeavour Times
Page 40-44
-Articles on improvement of the system that the Polytechnic runs.
-Sunday Times, City Press, Time and Tide, Shanghai Times, The Bioscope
Page 45-50
-Collection of articles on Regent Street cinema - event where they were showing 30 year old pictures/films. Historic pictures to be shown, revival exhibition.
-Bayswater Chronicle, The Times, Evening News, Daily Sketch, Morning Post, Daily Telegraph
Page 59-60
-Science exhibition and fete constructed by polytechnic students
-The Star, Daily Herald, Daily Sketch, The Times
Page 61-63
-News of Elizabethan duel to be held (girls fight too), entertaining illustration of ancient and modern forms of English defence.
-Daily Telegraph, Daily Express, Daily Sketch, Westminster Gazette
Page 64-66
-Continued articles on earliest films to be shown in Regent Street cinema - all from international newspapers
-East London Despatch South Africa, Western mail Perth, Australia, Morning Bulletin Queensland, Southern Cross, Cape Town.
Page 67-70
-Articles on opening of extended sections of polytechnic.
-King at opening ceremony
-Marylebone mercury, Daily Telegraph, Motor Trader, City Press
Page 71-74
-More articles on polytechnic extensions
-Motor industries asked to aid in project
-The Times, City Press, Autocar, Motor Trader
Page 75-83
-Articles on foundation stone of the polytechnic extension that will be laid at the opening ceremony. Masonic ceremony.
-Marylebone Chronicle, the Independent, Bayswater Chronicle, Daily Express, St Pancras Chronicle.
Page 84-87
-New Year's fete and exhibition at polytechnic to aid rebuilding and extension fund.
-Daily Chronicle, Daily Mirror, Islington Gazette, Morning Post
Page 88-92
-Continued mention of fete and exhibition
-Also articles on oscillation apparatus which could be converted to music - the instrument was at the exhibition.
-Midland Daily Telegraph, Gloucester Citizen, Irish Independent, City Press, Daily Sketch
Page 93-95
-Images from the polytechnic exhibition including instruments on view.
-Model of old London bride, instruments of torture.
-Cape Times Newspaper, Cape Town
Page 96
-Lord Mayors appeal for national enterprises
-The Times, Windsor Express, City Press
Page 97-100
-Collection of articles on the work of polytechnic - scholarships, new sessions of modern language and industrial administration department, radio classes.
-The Times, Daily Herald, City Press, Glasgow Herald
Documents relating to licences for the performing of copyright music.
Includes: correspondence with the Students Union, Performing Rights Society Limited, Phonographic Performance Limited, Mechanical Copyright Protection Society Limited; tariff and application form for the Performing Right Society Limited copyright music licence; the Performing Right Society Limited information pack on music licences; invoices from Performing Rights Society and Phonographic Performance Limited; Performing Rights Society leaflet - An Urgent Appeal to Band Leaders and Performers in Public of Musical Works; Phonographic Performance Limited - constitution; application for licence from Phonographic Performance Limited; Performing Rights Society Limited - Notice to Licencees Under Tariffs A, FG, G HC, Motor Coaches Retail Shops and Z; licence for The Pavillion at Quintin Hogg Memorial Ground from The Performing Right Society Limited; Performing Rights Society leaflet - Music in Non-Commercial Halls and Information.
Volume used firstly as an address book for the Sunday Choir, with names and addresses of members [1906-1914].
The book is then used for the minutes of the Garden Party and Summer Fete from 1924, with the programme pasted in and the minutes handwritten. In the front is a large bundle of typescript papers detailing the prizes each year for the Athletic competitions and the Gymkhana. There are also 6 loose photographs in the volume of the Summer fete.
The reverse of the volume has been used for the minutes of the committee to organise a garden party for wounded soldiers, to be held at Chiswick. Due to wartime restrictions an alternative indoor entertainment was proposed; this was eventually canclled and the money was to be used for an outing for wounded men at Holmleigh instead. [1916-1917]