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University of Westminster

Paddington Technical College

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1753 PTC

Held at: University of Westminster

Title: Paddington Technical College

Date(s): 1962-1992

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 20 volumes

Name of creator(s): Paddington Technical College

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Paddington Technical College (which originated in 1903) took over the Chelsea School of Chiropody in 1957 and in 1967 moved into new blocks on the north side of Paddington Green. The Biological Science Department of Paddington Technical College joined the Polytechnic of Central London as the School of Biological and Health Sciences in 1990, following the abolition of the Inner London Education Authority. The School moved from the Paddington campus in 1993.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Prospectuses for Paddington Technical College, 1962-1982; correspondence and reports on the transfer of Medical Laboratory Science courses to PCL, 1983-1992.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signing the Regulations for Access form and unless subject to the Data Protection Act 1998 or exemptions under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be supplied, for research use only, unless copyright restrictions apply or the item is too fragile to be copied. Requests to publish original material should be addressed to the University Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Uncatalogued.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gift.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The University of Westminster Archives holds records of the Polytechnic of Central London (Ref: UWA PCL).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project, additional information added by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer. Sources: Victoria County History of Middlesex, ix (1989), pp 189, 269; information from donor.