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Correspondence and reports regarding the establishment and running of the Technical Day School

Correspondence and reports of related and local institutions.

Records relating to Bermondsey Working Men's Institute including a petition to the Governors of the Borough Polytechnic and annual reports.

Records and correspondence relating to Herold's Institute including leases and insurance documents.

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

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

Reports of Red Cross Hall.

Correspondence and reports of St John's Institute, Walworth

Correspondence with St Saviour's Grammar School.

Contains legal records comprising:

LSBU/2/5/1 - Applications for music, dancing and stage play licences, 1891-1898

LSBU/2/5/2 - Lists of deeds, 1892-1903

LSBU/2/5/3 - Documents relating to valuations and rating, 1893-1905

LSBU/2/5/4 - Leases and contracts, 1898-1999

LSBU/2/5/5 - Correspondence with Allied Assurance regarding building insurance policies, 1903-1925

LSBU/2/5/6 - Insurance policies, 1892-1924

Comprises handwritten and typed lists of deeds held by the Borough Polytechnic Institute along with a list of books and papers relating to the Borough Polytechnic and Battersea Polytechnic Institutes held at the Borough Polytechnic.

Comprises papers regarding valuations of Borough Road Building for the purposes of paying local government rates. Includes correspondence and papers regarding the Polytechnic's objections to the level of rates charged c.1894-1898, payment receipts and correspondence regarding later valuations after building work in 1902, 1904 and 1905.

Comprises leases and contracts between the Borough Polytechnic Institute and various other bodies including:

• Leases regarding Turney Road sports ground, 1910 and 1925.

• Agreement with National Association of Master Bakers and Confectioners regarding the funding and running of the National Bakery School, 1913

• Correspondence, agreements and receipts regarding coal and coke deliveries from several vendors, 1907-1914

• Correspondence, agreements and applications regarding the electricity supply to Borough Road Building, 1898-1904.

• Correspondence and contracts regarding building alterations and maintenance work, 1904-1913.

• Correspondence and agreement with C.H Glover & Co regarding hiring out Borough Road Building for King George V's Coronation Procession through London, 1911-1912.

• Correspondence and agreement to loan the Reihle Testing Machine to G.D Peters & Co. for the remaining duration of the First World War, 1917-1919.

• Photocopies of leases, licences and the deed of surrender for Ethlem House, 1963-1999.

• Land certificate relating to the transfer of land at 21-32 Kell Street. 1 July 1901.

Includes correspondence regarding insurance for Borough Road Building and the sports pavilion at Turney Road along with plans of Borough Road Building from May 1903 and July 1910 and insurance certificates, 1909-1925.

Comprises correspondence and insurance documents for the following policies:

• Employers liability Insurance, 1916-1922

• Government Aircraft Insurance, 1916-1918 (protection against damage to buildings during air raids)

• Aircraft (Employers') Insurance 1917-1918 (protection against injuries to staff during air raids)

• Educational Authorities Liability Insurance, 1914-19 (protection against injury to pupils)

• Electrical Machine Insurance, 1924

• Fire Insurance, 1923

• Boiler Insurance, 1892

Contains details of the students and staff of the Borough Polytechnic who died during the First World War and whose names are on the First World War memorial in the Borough Road building.

Contains Committee Attendance Register, Rough Minute Books and Agenda Books for the various committees of the Borough Polytechnic.

Indexed attendance register for the Governing Body (LSBU/1/2), House (LSBU/1/8), Finance (LSBU/2/1/1), Recreation (LSBU/5/15), Education (LSBU/3/3), General Purposes (LSBU/2/1/1), Library (LSBU/2/8/1) and Sub-Committees. It lists names, when appointed, appointed by whom and attendance record for the various committees.

Rough minute book for the Governing Body (LSBU/1/2), House (LSBU/1/8), Finance (LSBU/2/1/1), Recreation (LSBU/5/15), Education (LSBU/3/3), General Purposes (LSBU/2/1/1), Library (LSBU/2/8/1) Members and Students Council (LSBU/5/13) and Sub-Committees.