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Contains the records of Brixton School of Building. The collection has been arranged into the following categories:

BSB/1 Works in Converting the Baths in Ferndale Road into a Technical Institute, 1902;

BSB/2 Prospectuses, 1904-1971;

BSB/3 Historical Publications, 1955-1979;

BSB/4 Magazines, 1950-1963;

BSB/5 Distribution of Prizes and Exhibition Work, 1948-1960;

BSB/6 Syllabuses, Course Notes and Examination Papers, 1953-1970;

BSB/7 Administration, 1960s;

BSB/8 Professional Publications, 1963-1977.

BSB/9 Photographs, c.1910-1930s

'Form of Tender, Contract, Specification and Bill of Quantities for the Execution and Completion of Works in Converting the Baths in Ferndale Road, Brixton into a Technical Institute' produced by the General Constructional Section of the Architects' Department of London County Council.

Comprises:

A paper on the changes in the pattern of part time courses in building to be discussed as a meeting held on 25 June 1963.

A paper on the school's courses in plumbing.

A paper regarding the change to metric units in the construction industry, October 1967

Includes syllabuses for the following National Certificate courses in Building (Public Health Engineering) c.1958: Science; Mathematics; Building Construction; Public Health Engineering Drawing; Specifications and Quantities; Estimating; Public Health Engineering; Installation Design; Public Health Law; Surveying and Levelling; Office Organisation and Methods; Hydrostatics and Hydraulics.

Also includes syllabuses for the following Higher National Certificate courses in Building (Public Health Engineering), c.1968: Science and Engineering; Sanitary Installation and Land Survey; Hydrostatics and Hydraulics; Building Services (Install Design); General Studies; Measurement, Economics and Specifications; Law and Administration.

Comprises course notes for teachers in the Building Trades Department including: notes on the topics of Hot Water Supply and Refuse Disposal for the Higher National Certificate - Construction I course; notes for the post graduate course 'Recent Developments in Plumbing and Drainage'; notes for the Welding Workshop Equipment course. Also includes notes on a special course for teachers of Plumbers' Welding and Hard Metal Working concerning pipe welding.

A short essay by Mr Clayton recollecting his time at the Brixton School of Building from the age of 12 years in 1913. Includes a short letter written to the Polytechnic of the South Bank's Principal.