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Reference Number496.5 BA11241/E27/Box 4/1
Hierarchy Browser Number8001/1/2/17/4
TitleLibrary and Museum Committee Minutes
DescriptionHandwritten volumes of minutes.

Matters discussed include the election of committee members; account balances; bills to be paid; reports from the sub-committees; purchase of books, pictures and other items for the collection; salary increases; museum visitor numbers and conduct; repairs, alterations and maintenance of furnishings and buildings; access and safety issues; public lectures programme; appointment, promotion and resignation of staff (usually name, position and salary stated); the subjects and levels of classes to be held (or discontinued); purchase of materials and equipment for practical classes; conferences and meetings to be attended by committee representatives; damages; grants; donations (usually of books and artefacts) and the donors; reports from the librarian and curator; appointment of sub-committees for the library, museum, art gallery, and education, listing the members and duties of each; opening hours and holiday closures; items loaned for exhibitions; exhibitions; insurance; medals awarded; provision of facilities for external organisations and societies; bequests; electricity usage; school fees and scholarships; widening of Foregate St; playing field; inspections by the Board of Education and School Board; enlargement sub-committee's reports on the proposed extension to the Victoria Institute in 1902.

Volume has some water damage and scuffing to the cover.
Date1897-1903
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