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Issue 1 of the Industrial Newsletter published by the Industrial Liaison Centre, Borough Polytechnic in connection with the Ministry of Technology.

Contains the minutes of committees for the schools and institutes managed by the Borough Polytechnic and the advisory committee minutes for different subjects.

View from back of Borough Road building down Thomas Doyle Street.

View from back of Borough Road building down Thomas Doyle Street

Sports Ground at Turney Road, Dulwich

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

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

A staff magazine of the Borough Polytechnic. Issue 1.

Programmes and DVDs for Exhibitions of Students' Work, mainly for Engineering Product Design.

Correspondence, notes, schedules, programmes, invitations, seating plans, minutes and press releases regarding the arrangements for officially opening the Polytechnic's new extension buildings on 9 July 1969 by The Duke of Edinburgh. Contains letters from James Orr C.V.O., The Duke of Edinburgh's private secretary.

A booklet produced for the Council of National Academic Awards outlining in detail the Borough Polytechnic's governance, undergraduate and postgraduate courses, new buildings and adaptations, available and planned facilities and the advanced studies and professional activities of staff.

Bound indexed minutes of the Borough Polytechnic Institute and Morley College Joint Committee.

Loose letters, bills, building estimates, legal documents and notes regarding the purchase of the Borough Road building for the Borough Road Polytechnic and its subsequent adaptation and refurbishment.

The Tower, Metal, Extension and Joseph Lancaster Blocks were built together and so the plans were drawn up simultaneously and kept together. Thus this file comprises plans of the Tower Block from 1964-2013 and also plans of the other blocks up until 2005. Post-2005 plans for the other Blocks can be found in files LSBU/2/2/8/16-18.

Comprises:

• First report on complete Island-site scheme, October 1948

• A report submitted to members of the Governing Body on suggestions for the development of the Polytechnic: it covers developments of courses offered, the structure of departments and accommodation and premises, c.1957.

• A Scheme for the Future Development of the Polytechnic: a report setting out the desired development of the Polytechnic in terms of teaching, accommodation, buildings and amenities, 1957.

• The Development of the Borough Polytechnic: a progress report looking at the Governors' 1957 Scheme of Development and the progress made, October 1960.

• A report for London County Council detailing approximate estimates of cost, initial cost plans and a comparison of schedule areas with plan areas, April 1964.

• Report to the Governors Building Sub-Committee: a report on the development of the Tower and Extension Blocks including architectural plans by Norman and Dawbarn, Juy 1964.

• Schedule of Accommodation in Existing Buildings and Proposed Extension: a table of rooms, their functions, their area in square feet and maximum student capacity, October 1964.

Hand drawn plan of the Southwark Campus area showing Borough Road Building, the site of an extension building on the site that now holds J Block and the proposed site for a new building for the National College of Heating, Ventilating, Refrigeration and Fan Engineering. This became the National College Wing (now called the Faraday Wing) and was opened in 1961.

The photographs show the visits the Duke made to laboratories and the National Bakery School