| Description | This is the first minute book for University College Bristol, containing minutes of University College Bristol's Council meetings and minutes for general meetings of the Governors of the College, 14 September 1876 - 14 November 1888.
Minutes include the appointment and election of members of the council and the College's first staff members; decisions relating to the founding of the College; the Cloth Worker's Company's scheme; reports from the Local Executive Committee; administration of scholarship funds; lectures at local colleges; administration of departments such as English, Mathematics, Engineering and Botany and the administration of the Canvassing Committee and 'Ladies Committee'.
Minutes also cover: the College's finances; new college buildings; awarding of honour certificates; the Principal's annual report; and discussions regarding government aid. Includes tables of classes taken and the number of students in addition to letters from Professor Rowley regarding a dispute about his Professorship.
Includes additional items:
- Scheme for the Government of the Bristol Medical School, 4 September 1878
- Advertisement for the role of Registrar and Secretary at the college, 1 July 1880
- Draft programme for University College Bristol, 1881-1882
- Letter of resignation from Alfred Marshall, the first Principal of University College Bristol, 11 July 1881
- Letter from Silvanus P. Thompson requesting physics equipment, October 1882
- Draft scheme for incorporation of Medical School with University College Bristol, c.28 May 1884 |