| Description | Second volume containing minutes of University College Bristol's Council meetings as well as minutes of Annual General Meetings of the Governors, 13 February 1889 - 18 November 1903.
Minutes of the Annual General Meetings of the Governors include statistics on students numbers, including specific statistics on female and male students, as well as reports on the College's faculties and courses. Also includes statements of income and expenditure for each year.
Council meeting minutes include Local Executive Committee reports, election of associates of the college, appointment of staff, salaries, building of the 'New Medical Wing' and the 'New Engineering Wing'. Minutes also cover fees, development of the curriculum, administration of the Day Training College, the awarding of honour certificates, financial reports; students selected for scholarships; donations of artworks, and awarding of free studentships.
Also included in the minutes is the hiring of Rosamond Earle as a 'Lady Tutor' to support female students, 31 May 1999 (p.313), as well as the founding of University College Colston Society, May 1899, (p.304).
Includes additional items such as:
- Scheme for the amalgamation of the Libraries of the Bristol Medical School and Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, 1893
- Letters containing agreements between University College Bristol and the Society of Merchant Venturers Technical College, 1897
- Memorandum to Chancellor of the Exchequer from University College Bristol's Council, regarding reconsideration of a treasury grant, 1898
- Hand-written scheme for the appointment of a 'Lady Tutor' drawn up by a 'committee of ladies interested in women's education', 1899
- Printed agreement from representatives of University College Bristol to representatives of the Merchant Venturer's Training College relating to engineering class provisions, 1900-1901 |