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City University

Finance


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 2107 Finance

Held at: City University

Title: Finance

Date(s): 1893-1986

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 9 linear feet

Name of creator(s): Northampton Institute
Northampton Polytechnic Institute
Northampton Polytechnic
Northampton College of Advanced Technology
City University

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Funding the original building and equipment of the Northampton Institute came from a number of sources. The site for the building had been donated by the Marquess of Northampton and Earl Compton. The greatest part of the building capital came from the Trustees of the London Parochial Charities (the City Parochial Foundation) who were the Central Governing Body of the City Polytechnic scheme, particularly the proceeds of the Charity of Sir Thomas Smythe, transferred from the Skinners' Company. Subsequent annual income was to come from Skinners' Company, the City Parochial Foundation, Robert Kitchen's Charity via the Saddlers' Company, the London County Council (LCC), and students' own fees. LCC funding came to predominate, and resulted in tighter central control over the expenditure and activities of the Institute. In 1962, the then Northampton College of Advanced Technology (CATs) received direct grant funding from the Ministry of Education, as the CATs moved towards full university status, with central funding overseen by the University Grants Committee.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Financial records of City University and predecessors, 1893-1986, comprising Ledgers, 1893-1960; Cash books, 1924-1963; Invoice books, 1938-1959; Salaries ledgers, 1926-1958; Statements of account, 1968-1986.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English.

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

On written application to the University Librarian.

Conditions governing reproduction:

At the discretion of the University Librarian.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Survey lists of City University archives by Janet Foster, 2000 (available in hard copy at City University).

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Internal accumulation during the course of business.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

See City University collection level description for relevant related material.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Robert Baxter as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project, based on survey information by Janet Foster. Source: The City University - a history by S John Teague (City University, London, 1990).

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Educational finance | Economics of education
Universities | Higher education institutions | Educational institutions

Personal names

Corporate names
City University
Northampton College of Advanced Technology
Northampton Institute
Northampton Polytechnic
Northampton Polytechnic Institute

Places
Clerkenwell | Islington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe