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Comprises photographs of the Duke of York at the event officially opening the buildings and visiting different areas of the Polytechnic.

On 20th February 1930 the Duke of York (the future George VI) visited the Borough Polytechnic Institute to official open new buildings within Borough Road Building and unveil its new facade.

Comprises record detailing staff retirements, obituaries and memorials for:

• John W. Cooling, member of the Board of Governors for the National College for Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering 1948-1970 and member of the Board of Governors for the Borough Polytechnic Institute 1943-1969.

• Hubert Arthur Secretan, Chairman of the Board of Governors 1954-1970

• James Eric Garside, Principal of the Borough Polytechnic Institute 1956-1965

• Professor Maxime Louis Vuillermoz, Professor in the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Polytechnic of the South Bank c.1980s

• Baroness Perry of Southwark, Director of South Bank Polytechnic 1987-1992 and Vice Chancellor of South Bank University, 1992-1993.

Correspondence and records relating to Norwood Technical Institute, a branch of the Borough Polytechnic.

Programme listing the order of proceedings and plans of the new extensions.

View from back of Borough Road building showing National College Wing and the Elephant and Castle

View from the back of Borough Road building showing National College Wing and the Elephant and Castle

Photographs of the interior and exterior of the National College Wing.

Inscribed, 'Presented to Councillor Thomas Fletcher of Birmingham, by W. E. Aylwin Esq. on the occasion of the laying of the foundation stone of the New Bakery at the National School for Bakers & Confectioners, Borough Polytechnic Institute. London. Feb 5th 1902', by Elkington & Company, Birmingham 1894

Correspondence between Morley College and the Secretary of the Borough Polytechnic.

Contains the medals and trophies of sports clubs and those given as gifts to the institution. Some photographs of the trophies are included.