Minutes of meetings of the Governing Body of the Harrow Technical College on 13/10/1958, 17/11/1958, 13/01/1959, 16/03/1959, 14/05/1959, 20/07/1959, 19/10/1959, 18/01/1960, 21/03/1960; 16/05/1960, 18/07/1960, 24/10/1960, 21/11/1960, 16/01/1961; 20/03/1961, 17/07/1961, 16/10/1961

Matters arising on 13 Oct 1958: report of the Principal; reoport of the Clerk to the Governors; estimates of expenditure and income 1958-1960, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: Ministry of Education Circular 336 - recruitment of teachers for technical colleges.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff; part-time teaching staff; student numbers/statistics for 1957-1958 sesion; special lecture course; prize giving; revised non-teaching staff establishment; canteen profit and loss account; Ministry of Education circulars; access to new building

Matters arising on 17 Nov 1958: Report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: new college canteen; staffing; new building - car parking; canteen equipment.
Report of the Principal: Teaching staff; non-teaching staff; lectures to local government; gift to the college; lecture theatre, halls and administrative wing of the new building; staff of bookstall.

Matters arising on 13 Jan 1959: report of the Clerk to the Governors; report of the Science and Languages Advisory Committee - includes list of equipment needed for laboratories; report of the Commerce Advisory Committee - includes list of equipment needed; report of the Principal; financial statement, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: new building - final phase; new building - car parking; Appointments Sub-Committee
Report of the Principal: examination results - statistics per subject 1957-1958; new courses; new building - equipment costing; college canteen account.

Matters arising on 16 Mar 1959: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: establishment of full-time teaching staff, 1959-1960; new courses 1959-1960; annexes to the technical college
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff appointments; teaching staff - upgrading; Head of Commerce Department; Fashion Design Award; College Annexes; New Building - Notice Board; New Building - refectory; New Building - car parking; transfer of art equipment.

Matters arising on 14 May 1959: report of the Principal, report of the Clerk to the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: Co-opted member; meeting dates; Association of Technical Institutions; college refectory; non-teaching staff establishment; new courses 1959-1960; appointment of teaching staff.
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff appointments; full-time non-teaching staff appointments; new building - completion of main teaching block; series of scientific lectures; student demonstrator - secondary art school; students' successes; Royal Academy - Summer Exhibition 1959; Boys' County School - evening classes.

Matters arising on 20 Jul 1959: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk; financial statement, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: co-opted members; up-grading of full-time teaching staff; services of member of full-time staff; scientific lectures; teaching staff establishment; new building - final installment; association of teachnical institutions; canteen accounts 1958-1959; Northwick Park Estate - proposed electricity sub-station; appointment of teaching staff.
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff; full-time non-teaching; new building; programme of special lectures; car parking; students' successes; student's suspension; sale of cigarettes.

Matters arising on 19 Oct 1959: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; report of the special Sub-Committee; Estimates of Expenditure and Income 1960-1961, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: co-opted members; bookstall; grading of Librarian; layout of surrounds to the new building; establishment of non-teaching staff.
Report of the Principal: occupation of new building; full-time teaching staff; staff successes; full-time non-teaching staff; burglary; college lifts; student statistics (1958-1959); car parking; prize giving; connection between Technical College and School of Art.

Matters arising on 18 Jan 1960: Report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: motor car allowance; department of engineering and management; department of science and general education; member of full-time teaching staff; appointments sub-committee.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff; full-time non-teaching staff; School of Art successes; new courses; examination results - statistics for each subject; report of Central Advisory Council for Education (Crowther Report); Prize giving.

Matters arising on 21 Mar 1960: report of the Principal; report of Clerk of the Governing Body; estimates of capital expenditure for 1960-1961, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: establishment of non-teaching staff; establishment of full-time teaching staff; review of the work and position of technical colleges; car parking accommodation.
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff; full-time non-teaching staff - revised establishment for 1960-1961; new course; short course; attendance of staff at short course; staff leave; non-teaching staff; students' common room, School of Art; refectory - till for staff counter; students' successes; staff successes

Matters arising on 16 May 1960: report of the Advisory Committee for Engineering, Management and Foremanship; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: new building - additions and modifications list.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff appointments; full-time non-teaching staff; pre-nursing courses; secretarial courses; english for foreigners; BSc Economics course; Association of Technical Institutions and Association of Art Institutions Conference; Royal College of Art Entries; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1960; School of Art Exhibition; Grading of Senior Administrative Officer.

Matters arising on 18 Jul 1960: reports of the Advisory Committee for Art; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: Association of Technical Institutions; meeting dates; new building - additions and modifications; appointments sub-committee; refectory accounts; college visitors; playing field.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff resignations; full-time non-teaching staff; Student Demonstrator (School of Art); teacher courses; building courses; special lectures; Commonwealth Technical Training Week; Alterations to Games Room (top floor); Caretakers' uniforms; gift of equipment; college photographs.

Matters arising on 24 Oct 1960: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; estimates of expenditure and income for 1961-1962 and the revised estimates for 1960-1961, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: grading of Senior Administrative Officer; Commonwealth Technical Training Week; Appointments Sub-Committee.

Matters arising on 21 Nov 1960: reports of the Advisory Committees; estimates of capital expenditure 1961-1962; report of Principal; report of Clerk of the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff; examination results for session 1959-1960; special lectures; extra classrooms.

Matters arising 16 Jan 1961: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk of the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff; non-teaching staff; college opening; Commonwealth Technical Training Week; College prize giving; suspension of full-time students; reports on art and technical education; First Report of the National Advisory Committee on Art Education.

Matters arising on 20 Mar 1961: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff; non-teaching staff; staff and student successes; minor (capital) works programme 1961-1962; purchase of works of art; short course for sales managers; 1960 GCE Examination Results; Government audit; Appointments Sub-Committee; Conference of the Association of Art Institutions; Suspension of Full-Time Students.

Matters arising on 17 Jul 1961: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement/capital expenditure, actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: revised constitution of governing bodies.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff appointments; non-teaching staff appointments; Royal Academy - summer exhibition; Photography Course; Special Lecture Courses 1961-1962 session; Commonwealth Technical Training Week; 1961-1962 Revenue Estimate; Uniforms for Caretakers; Membership of Student Union.

Matters arising on 16 Oct 1961: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: Resignation of College Secretary; Educational Buildings - major and minor works; Art Education - report of the National Advisory Council; Appointments Sub-Committee.
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff appointments; non-teaching staff; refectory - staff establishment; Diploma in Art and Design; examination results for the session 1960-1961; Department of Photography.

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.