Minute book for meetings of the Finance and General Purposes Committee of the Polytechnic between 23 May 1932 and 16 Jun 1947.

Matters arising include: rebuilding scheme; financial statements; new course proposals; cinema tenancy; grants, legacies; Polytechnic Jubilee (1932); annual fete; appointments, resignations and salaries; Polytechnics and the Poorer Classes; clubs and societies; leases; Robert Mitchell bronze casting (Dec 1933); lease of 307-311 Regent Street (July 1934); gift of organ (17 Sep 1934); Chiswick Sports Ground development and running track; Secondary School; Howard Morley legacy; Compassionate Fund; property insurance; installation of organ in the theatre [cinema] (17 Feb 1936); Cinema decorations (21 Sep 1936); air raid precautions (from 15 Feb 1937); coronation celebrations; electrictiy and water supplies; aid raid shelters (23 Oct 1939); evacuation of secondary and craft schools; requisition of Poly property at Chiswick by military; war comforts fund; training of army personnel and production work; Chiswick Sports Ground allotments; war damage insurance; war service allowances to conscientious objectors (15 Dec 1941); memorial to JEK Studd (1944); air raid damage to Chiswick (1944); Education Policy of the Poly (Jan 1945); proposed award of British Kinematograph Society scholarships at the Polytechnic (Jan 1945); renaming of the Secondary School (Dec 1945); Olympic Games 1948 honorary membership for athletes.

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

Loose leaf papers removed from a binder, containing draft version of the history, statistics and reports used in the Ministry of Education reports.

Contents include:
A History of the Institute: early history; classes held outside Hugh Myddleton Institute (apart from the Princeton St. School of Languages); Princeton Street School of Modern Languages; classes at Throgmorton Avenue.
History of the Institute since the Beginning of War September 1939 including statistics for sessions 1941-42, 1943-43, 1943-44, 1944-45, 1945-46 with overview of training provided for the Army, Canadian Army, ATS, RCAF and Ministry of Labour including censorship, typewriting and language classes.
Area of Institute: including characteristics of area; comments on changes in population and industry in Finsbury; decline in population of Holborn and Finsbury.
Enrolment statistics including student hours and teaching hours, and distribution between the sexes 1923-1949, with years to 1952 annotated in pen.
List of enrolments by subject 1930-1939
Publicity: distribution of prospectuses, hanging cards, handbills, publications approached, and publicity for law classes
Police stations in Area.
Relationships with firms: Hitchcock Williams, Bovril, Liptons, Avery Ltd, Odhams Press, Law Societ, United Law Claerks Association, Union Cold Storage, Courtauls, Armours Ltd, Australia, Royal Assurance Company, Falk Stadedman & Co, Metropolitan Water Board, Prudential Assurance Co, Pearl Assurance Co, The Land Registry, Air Ministry, London & Lancashire & Allied Insurance Co. Also a list of nearby firms.
Statistics of examination results (no individuals named).
Language prizes and examination successes 1937-1938 - named individuals.
Social activities.
Swedish festival., 1939.

Includes a loose map on tracing paper showing where students attend the College from.

Minute book for meetings of the Governing Body from 15 April 1935 to 21 July 1947 dealing with such matters as tenancy of the Polytechnic Theatre/Cinema; improvements to the Chiswick sports ground; clubs and societies; estates and facilities issues; appointments of governors; inspection of the Secondary School (21/10/1935); medals and trophies; cinematograph exhibition for the Lumiere anniversary (20/01/1936); Olympians (13/07/1936); air raid precaution lectures (17/01/1938); war arrangements and evacuations (25/09/1939); air raid shelters at the Poly (25/09/1939); Use of Chiswick for allotments (15/01/1940); training army personnel (15/03/1940); Sunday evening showings in the cinema (1941); future accommodation of the Secondary School (19/07/1943); proposal to install electrics and mirrors in cinema foyer (15/07/1946); Polytechnic Touring Association rent (21/07/1947).

Also includes an envelope containing 4 keys and an allen key. The keys marked 2 open the locking mechanism on the back cover of the binding.