Bound volume of minutes of the meetings of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College and School of Art held on 19/12/1949, 20/02/1950, 08/05/1950, 19/06/1950, 16/10/1950, 18/12/1950, 19/02/1951, 16/04/1951.

Matters arising on 19 Dec 1949 [cont from HAR/1/1]: Principal's Report; report of the Clerk to the Governors; improvements to grounds, buildings and fittings.
Principal's Report includes sections on: release of teachers to industry and commerce; typewriter maintenance; approval of expenditure for period 3 Oct-6 Dec 1949; evening institutes; certificates gained by students in Royal Society of Arts and City and Guilds Examinations; nomination of representatives to attend meetings of the Association of Technical Institutions; Illness of caretaker.

Matters arising on 20 Feb 1950: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - improvements to grounds, buildings and fittings, installation of internal telephone system, new building - schedule of accommodation and courses; Use of huts of Northwick Park.
Principal's Report includes sections on: success of past student; entrance examination to the Royal College of Art; Harrow University Extension Society; dates of terms and vacations; clerical staff - establishment and grading; student numbers and student hours; course on lectures on modern industrial research; advanced French course; University extension lectures; Baptist Church Hall, Kenton; loss of drawing boards; collapse of ceiling; request from full-time art students for Saturday morning facilities; approval of expenditure for period 19 Dec-9 Feb; typewriter maintenance; redundant and out-of-date equipment; Art School Exhibition.

Matters arising on 08 May 1950: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - refund of examination fee; laboratory steward; clerical staff; Art School exhibition; appointment of teaching staff.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Ministry of Education short courses; admission to the Royal College of Art; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 1950; appointment of student demonstrator; resignation of teachers; Full-time teachers salaries; full-time commercial courses; full-time staff appointments; Conference of Association of Art Institutions; additional telephone extensions; approval of expenditure for periods 9 Feb-31 Mar and 1-24 Apr 1950; request from full-time art students for Saturday morning facilities; Structural alterations and installation of machinery; accommodation in new building.

Matters arising on 19 Jun 1950: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors - Art School exhibition, clerical staff, laboratory steward, refund of examination fee, refund of tutition fee, appointment of assistant teachers, use of premises, National Federation of Teachers in Further Education; Northwick Park use of the huts; reports of the Advisory Committees - Domestic subjects, Science and Languages courses, Commerce.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Association of Technical Institutes; Harrow French Society - Offer to provide prizes; approval of expenditure for period 24 Apr-11 Jun 1950; Fees for special lecturers; structural alteration to carpentry shop; evening canteen facilities at the Harrow County School for Boys; College canteen.

Matters arising on 16 Oct 1950: report of the Appointments Panel; report of the Advisory Committee for Domestic Science; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors - canteen facilities, suspension of student, laboratory steward, refund of fees; estimates of Income and Expenditure for 1950/1 and 1951/2.
Principal's Report includes sections on: Association of Art Institutions - Annual Conference 1950; Financial estimates 1951/2 and revised estimates 1950/1; appointment of part-time staff; full-time course in Commerical and Secretartial Practice; postgraduate lectures; National Certificate in Applied Physics; student enrolment statistics; approval of expenditures 11 Jun-25 Sep 1950; Teachers' travelling expenses; examination results statistics.

Matters arising on 18 Dec 1950: Report of the Appointments Panel; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors - Cookery classes - Lascelles School, refund of fees, ventilation of heating chamber, provision of canteen; revised schedule of accommodation; Appointments Sub-Committee; Accommodation at the new Technical College; damage to equipment; installation of internal telephone system
Principal's Report includes sections on: National Certificate Courses in Electrical Engineering; approval of expenditure for 26 Sep-6 Dec 1950; Civil Defence - Poster Design Competition; Students Union Fee; Post-Graduate lectures in mathematics and applied physics.

Matters arising on 19 Feb 1951: Report of the Principal, Report of the Clerk to the Governors; appointments; term dates 1951-1952.
Principal's Report includes sections on: College canteen; approval of expenditure for the period 6 Dec 1950-9 Feb 1951; course for the intermediate certificate in management subjects; association of technical institutions; Festival of Britain; illness of resident caretaker.

Matters arising on 16 Apr 1951 [only ageneda and previous minutes included - minutes continue in HAR/1/3]: Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; correspondence from the Chief Education Officer.

Bound volume of minutes of the meetings of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College and School of Art held on 17/01/1955 [cont.], 21/03/1955, 16/05/1955, 18/07/1955, 19/09/1955, 21/11/1955, 16/01/1956, 19/03/1956, 14/05/1956, 16/07/1956, 17/09/1956, 19/11/1956, 20/05/1957, 24/07/1957, 23/09/1957, 22/10/1957, 20/01/1958, 17/03/1958, 07/07/1958

Matters arising on 17 Jan 1955 [cont. from HAR/1/3]: Principal's report; financial statement;
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Association of Art Institutions and Association of Technical Institutions; refund of tuition fees; new college building.
Principal's report: full-time staff; death of Mr RJ Mumford (first head of the Harrow Art School); death of Mr AC Easterling (part-time day student); expenditure incurred during the period 4 Nov 1954-6 Jan 1955; canteen profit and loss account; lectures on local government; prize award - Mr PC Fletcher.

Matters arising on 21 Mar 1955: Report of the Engineering, Foremanship and Management Advisory Committee; Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report to the Clerk of Governors.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Principal; establishment of clerical staff and laboratory staff; Associations of Technical Institutions and Art Institutions; Northwick Park - proposed diversion of public footpath; new college building; refund of tuition fees and travelling expenses.
Principal's Report: Scheme of terms and vacations for 1955-56; Women's department - display of work by dressmaking students; expenditure incurred during the period 7 Jan-8 Mar 1955; Bianca Mosca Prize for Dress Design.

Matters arising on 16 May 1955: appointments to sub-committees; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statments.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: New college building, refund of fees.
Principal's report: full-time teaching staff - appointments and resignations; clerical staff; expenditure incurred during the periods 8-31 Mar and 1 Apr-5 May 1955; canteen profit and loss account and balance sheet; Royal Academy Summer Exhibition; School of Art Exhibition; Counterfit Coins; Establishment of full-time teaching staff for 1955-6; Department of Engineering and Science.

Matters arising on 18 Jul 1955: Reports of Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Engineering and Science Department; Northwick Park Site - diversion of footpath; canteen account 1954-1955.
Principal's report: additional accommodation; gift of loom to college; student visits; student activities; expenditure incurred during the period 6 May-8 Jul 1955; special lectures 1955-1956; new course; surplus text books.

Matters arising on 19 Sep 1955: Advisory Commitee for Art; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement; list of building works required.
Principal's report: expenditure incurred during the period 9 Jul-9 Sep 1955; appointment of part-time staff for session 1955-56; appointment of part-time head of department responsible teachers for session 1955-56; canteen accounts; full-time staff; student numbers and student hours; new courses; financial estimates 1955-56 improvements to buildings etc; prize awards; prize giving ceremony.

Matters arising on 21 Nov 1955: Report of the Advisory Committee for Engineering, Foremanship and Management; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors.
Report of Clerk to the Governors: prize giving ceremony; applications for refund of tuition fees
Principal's Report: Full-time teaching staff; course in local government; special lectures on colour photography and crystallography; gift of equipment; expenditure incurred during the period 10 Sep-10 Nov 1955.

Matters arising on 16 Jan 1956: report of the Advisory Committee for Engineering, Foremanship and Management; Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financila statements
Report of Clerk to the Governors: examination results; refund of tuition fee; establishment of clerical staff.
Principal's report: staff changes; expenditure incurred during the period 11 Nov 1955-5 Jan 1956; awards to students; school of art; canteen accounts

Matters arising on 19 Mar 1956: Report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; correspondence from the Chief Education Officer.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: new building; proposed five-day working week; refund of tuition fees; maintenance of building; Association of Technical Institutions and Art Institutions.
Principal's report: term dates; full-time staff; awards to full-time art students; Royal College of Art entries; School of Art exhibition; dressmaking exhibition; expenditure incurred during the period 6 Jan-6 Mar 1956; gift of books; uniform for the doorman; fee for late enrolment; telephone communication with the new workshop block.

Matters arising on 14 May 1956: Report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: new building; calendar of meetings; canteen account; refund of tuition fees [names included].
Principal's report: full-time staff; staff successes; past student's success; visit of the district auditor; appointment of the student demonstrator; non-teaching staff establishment; physical education for part-time students; new building - workshop block - furniture; canteen accounts; expenditure incurred during the periods 7-31 Mar and 1 Apr-2 May 1956.

Matters arising on 16 Jul 1956: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; correspondence from the Association of Technical Institutions.
Principal's report: new building - caretaker's residence; canteen fun balance; art exhibition; display by dressmaking students; responsible teachers; full-time appointments; office staff - assistance with tuition fees; special lectures 1956-57; white paper on technical education; refund of examination fee; expenditure incurred during the period 3 May-5 Jul 1956.

Matters arising on 17 Sep 1956: Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk of Governors; financial statements.
Report of the Clerk of the Governors: new building, course in chemical engineering.
Principal's report: full-time staff; statistics for 1955-1956 session; financial estimates 1955-56 improvements to buildings etc; expenditure incurred during the period 6 Jul-6 Sep 1956; appointment of part-time staff for session 1955-1956; canteen accounts; new building; head of department of science; provision for chemical engineering.

Matters arising on 19 Nov 1956: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Northwick Park Estate; late enrolment fees; dressmaking classes - variation of fees; prize distribution.
Principal's report: teaching staff, clerical staff; laboratory assistant; new building; new workshop block - heat engines laboratory; expenditure inccured during the period 7 Sep-12 Nov 1956.

Matters arising on 18 Mar 1957: reports of the Appointment Sub-Committee; reports of the Advisory Committee; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statements.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Northwick Park Estate; new college building; grading of technical college departments; dates of meetings.
Principal's report: full-time teaching staff; non-teaching staff; examination results; students' successes; future of School of Art; gifts to the college; workshop block; temporary use of rooms in the workshop block; new building assembly hall and administrative wing; national certificate survey; special lecture course in microwave theory; dressmaking display; electricity change-over; telephone extension; college canteen account; terms of session 1957-1958; terms dates.

Matters arising on 20 May 1957: reports of Appointments Sub-Committee; report of Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors, financial statement.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: new building phase 3; Association of Technical Institutions; canteen account; application for re-grading.
Principal's report: full-time teaching staff; teaching establishment; staff and student successes; exhibition of part-time students' work; Head of Science Department; heat engines laboratory equipment; college canteen account.

Matters arising on 24 Jun 1957: appointment to the Sub-Committees, report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body.
Report of the Clerk to the Governors: Northwick Park Site
Principal's report: Full-time staff; student demonstrator; responsible teachers; special lecture 1957-58; furniture for workshop block; capital expenditure 1957-58 - major items of equipment.

Matters arising on 23 Sep 1957: Report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; Financial Statements
Report fo the Clerk to the Governors: Senior Clerical Assistant, Financial Estimates 1958-1959.
Principal's Report: Full-time teaching staff; Non-teachning staff; new courses - HNC in Mechanical and Production Engineering, Instrument Maintenance Course for City and Guilds Certificate, ONC Course in Chemistry; special lecture courses; Statistics/Student Numbers for 1956/1957 session; part-time staff for session 1957-1958; new building; gift of apparatus; vacation course; college canteen account; prize giving.

Matters arising on 22 Oct 1957: financial statements; review of accommodation

Matters arising on 20 Jan 1958: report of the Appointments Sub-Committee; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governing Body; correspondence from Mr AT Durbridge, Governor; examination results - statistics per course; financial statement.
Report of the Clerk: new building; new college canteen and library; grading of departments; Northwick Park Estate - lease to HM Postmaster General.
Principal's report: new full-time teaching staff; teaching staff upgrading; non-teaching staff; new course; examination results for session 1956-1957; lectures on local government; establishment of laboratory assistants; School of Art man-made fibres exhibition; equipment; additional accommodation; college canteen account.

Matters arising on 17 Mar 1958: Report of the Appointment Sub-Committee; Report of Principal; Report of Clerk of the Governors.
Principal's report: term dates 1958-1959; School of Art Exhibition; Art students' successes; collge teaching establishment; new departments - Commerce, Photography, Domestic Subjects.

Matters arising on 7 Jul 1958: nominations for co-opted member of Governing Body; appointments to the sub-committees; appointments to Joint Committee with the County Council for the Appointment of the Principal and Heads of Department; Report of the Principal; Report of the Clerk to the Governors; financial statement.
Report of the Clerk: capital expenditure 1958-1959; canteen accounts 1957-1958; Association of Technical Institutions and Association of Art Institutions.
Principal's Report: Full-time teaching staff; non-teaching staff; Royal Academy - summer exhibition; home scholarship; School of Art exhibition; student demonstrator 1958-1959; non-teaching staff establishment 1959-1960; new departments; Responsible teachers; part-time staff for session 1958-1959; special lectures 1958-1959; college canteen account.

Minutes of meetings of the Governing Body of Harrow Technical College held on 26/02/1962, 18/06/1962, 11/09/1962, 22/10/1962, 25/02/1963, 17/07/1963, 14/10/1963

Matters arising on 26 Feb 1962: report of the Advisory Committee for Art; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; actions taken by the Chairman; correspondence.
Report of the Clerk: refectory staff establishment; appointment of Bursar; membership of Governors; better opportunities in technical education; review of the function of Harrow Technical College; Secondary School of Art.
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff appointments; non-teaching staff; Associations of Technical Institutions; Review of the work and function of the College; Diploma in Art and Design; School of Art Building in Station Road; Traffic conditions outside the College; gift of equipment; College Chaplain; white paper - 'better opportunities in technical education'; staff and students successes.

Matters arising on 18 Jun 1962: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; report of the Chief Education Officer on the function of Harrow Technical College; correspondence; actions taken by the Chairman; special lectures 1962/1963.
Report of the Clerk: Diploma in Art and Design; Establishment of full-time teaching staff; calendar of meetings; smoking and health; national productivity year; Appointments Sub-Committee; College refectory; Students' Union Funds.
Report of the Principal: Full-time teaching staff appointments; non-teaching staff appointments; teaching staff gradings; teacher inter-change; staff scholarship award; courses for librarians; staff and students' successes; Diploma in Art and Design; meetings for Heads of Schools; College Chaplain; 'Out of College' liberal studies; non-vocational courses; School of Art exhibition; college visits; National Productivity Year; college buildings; Watford Road site; traffic petition.

Matters arising on 11 Sep 1962: report of the Advisory Committee for Science and General Education; report of the Advisory Committee for Business Studies; Special Administration Committee; Report of the Chief Education Officer on the function of the Harrow Technical College.

Matters arising on 22 Oct 1962: report of the Advisory Committee for Art; report of the Advisory Committee for Engineering; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; Organisation and Methods Report on Administration of the College; estimates of income and expenditure for 1962-1963 and 1963-1964; correspondence; actions taken by the Chairman.
Report of the Clerk: Instrument of Government Clause; Teaching Staff Appointments.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff appointments; non-teaching staff appointments; college annexe - Pinner Day College; student statistics for 1961-1962 session; examination results; full-time hairdressing course; National Certificate in Chemistry Course; College Padre; car parking; Liberal Studies; Middlesex Group Apprenticeship Scheme; Appointments Sub-Committee; Capital and revenue estimates 1993-1964.

Matter arising on 25 Feb 1963: report of Special Sub-Committee to consider the proposal to form a separate Department of Liberal Studies; Advisory Committee for Business Studies; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; action taken by the chairman.
Report of the Clerk: Students' Union Funds; Full-time hairdressing course; National Certificate in Chemistry Course; Department of Domestic Studies; Department of Engineering; Attendance of members of governing bodies at conferences; layout of playing fields; car parking; Pinner Day College.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff - appointments and resignations; non-teaching staff - appointments and resignations; Middlesex Apprenticeship Scheme; Photography Advisory Committee; prize-giving; open day; Vice-Principal; photographic project; gift to college; Pinner Day College; burglaries.

Matters arising on 17 Jun 1963: report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; action taken by the chairman; correspondence.
Report of the Clerk: Vice-Principal; attendances of members of Governing Body at conferences; layout of playing fields; car parking; organisation of further education courses; meeting dates; Appointments Sub-Committee; School of Art.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff appointments and regisnations; non-teaching staff appointments and resignations; Appointments Sub-Committee; Study Allowance for Staff Members; Teacher Training Courses; Student Union Fees; School of Art exhibition; Photography exhibition; College open day; prize awards; one-day conferences; Diploma in Art and Design; School of Art accommodation; Pinner Day College; acquisition of punched-card equipment; future of the College in relation to changes in local government.

Matters arising on 14 Oct 1963: report of the Advisory Committee for Photography; report of the Principal; report of the Clerk to the Governors; estimates of income and expenditure for 1964-1965; financial statement; action taken by the Chairman; correspondence.
Report of the Clerk: attendances of members of governing bodies at conference; Pinner Day College; refectory account; appointments panels.
Report of the Principal: full-time teaching staff appointments; non-teaching staff appointments; study allowance for teaching staff; examination results; student statistics for 1962-1963 session; new courses this session; language laboratory; alterations to photography suite; burglary; prize giving; college cleaning; new School of Art building; temporary accommodation; greenhouse; hairdressing salon; capital and revenue estimates 1963-1964.

Cuttings, mostly taken from the Harrow Observer, covering the Annual Art Exhibition, prizes, awards and scholarships, changes to art and technical education (including the secondary modern) , the building of Northwick Park, student rag activities, canteen strike, Alice Chetwynd Ley, photographs of students in classrooms, visit by Adam Faith, Commonwealth Technical Training Week.

Includes enclosures of presentation ceremony programmes, invitations to annual exhibitions, opening ceremony programme for Northwick Park, as well as photographs of:
fashion design by students 1957
Prize giving ceremony 1958
Aerial view of Northwick Park 1960

Cuttings, mostly taken from the Harrow Observer, covering the Annual Art Exhibition, the new building in 1901, prizes, scholarships, the 1928 extension, adertisements for classes, introduction of 'Keep Fit' classes in 1937, Harrow Education Week 1938, wartime classes (second world war), proposals for Northwick Park, courses in Atomic Energy and Jazz (1955)

Includes enclosures of the 1928 prospectus including lectures by Mordaunt Shairp and the programme for the opening of the 1928 extension, as well as photographs of:
Principal Mumford and student c1920
Mr JA Robinson and the examination class 1922
Annual Exhibition 1923, 1924, 1925,
Plays perfomed c1938
Queues outside Station Road c1953