Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1960-1986 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.