| Description | Volume contains minutes from the University College Bristol's House Committee meetings and related letters. The House Committee dealt with the administration of University College Bristol property, including repairs and maintenance.
Minutes describe the dismissal of a porter for distributing University Correspondence College prospectuses to University College Bristol students, the hiring of a new porter and the subsequent dismissal of him for misconduct too, as well as reference to 'charwomen' and their role in the university. Minutes also includes details of 'boys' employed to assist professors in the Physics, Engineering and Chemistry departments, including salary increases and roles. Information on salaries of porters, clerks and other related staff, repairs & maintenance, building work proposals, approvals and invoices are also detailed in the minutes.
Includes letters from S. P. Thompson, Professor of Physics; Adolph Leipner, Professor of Botony; and Thomas Young, 'builder, decorator & general contrator', 1881 |