Education Department project files

Education department Temp Box no.3 06.11.1995

1. Engineering staff- city of Birmingham education committee D.E.O department
Papers 1958-1952
a. Correspondence and committee report and resolution re: re organisation of engineering staff and services for education department – details of responsibilities etc.
b. Request for increased salary by [artery?] Head of Engineering services
c. Repairs department sort sheet for Blakenhale Road School (in pocket of file)
2. Repair + Maintenance work of the corporation- city of Birmingham education committee 29/9
Papers -1958-1962 *some may be duplicate papers in 1) above
a. Correspondence + committee report +resolution re: transfer of education department maintenance to the Direct Ludlow Building department – details of staff, plant, machinery vehicle in use by education department as listed
b. Letter of commendation from various schools to education ref. [mtre?] Sectors
3 Report requested by councillor Miss Wright at Education committee meeting 30/11/64 City of Birmingham education committee - D.E.O ref’ papers – 1964-1965, re desirable developments in education but listings existing deficiencies
The education department interpreted this as relating to both buildings and staff, up until 1980
A) Details of the education service with projectors are individual
B) Reports of governors of college of commerce
C) Index of peoples in this file – handed “The Wright Report” note, papers other than [???] those of this index are too included in this file.

4 City of Birmingham college of education – instrument and articles of government
Papers in response to D.E.S circular 2/67 (7/2/67) re college of education –Westbourne road also – Bordsley College
Correspondence – College C.E.O, Dudley CB D.E.S
5 Civil defence (school shelters etc.)
City of Birmingham education committee D.E.O ref’
A) Main file –papers 1950-1966 (list of school shelters and their conditions)
a. Correspondence re air raid shelter-within department and between city and [While Till or White Hill or White Hall?]
b. Civil defence circulars
c. Notes of meetings between ref from Home Office and Birmingham member and officer at House of Commons -15/5/57re: civil defence
Private and confidential (gives attitude re number deterrent etc.)
Band C are included in main file no. 5
B) Ministry of ag Fisheries + Food
Food defence training papers
Details include- Nuclear weapons, (Bomb bursts radiation levels etc.) Wartime agricultural and food control organization rationing scheme. Emergency feeding scheme,
C) “Cerberus 1” -24-26 November 1967- Elected members study City of Birmingham Civil Defence department
Restricted
1. Booklets- “The Hydrogen Bomb” – H.M.S.O
“Advising the household on protection against nuclear attack” – Civil defence Handbook No.10
2. Correspondence re: course
3. Details of Home office Civil defence School, Falfield
4. Emergency control in Birmingham
5. City of Birmingham –established posts-Dec 1965 (by def;
6. The hospital service plan + forward medical act
7. The U.K. warning + monetary org.
8. L.A actors in a period of tension
9. Civil Defence in other countries
10. The ambulance services in war
11. The machinery of gor; in war

6) Unmarked green index box
Appears to be personal index of files – subject (hand-written)
7) Book- “Public elementary schools and certified efficient schools in England (except Monmouthshire) on 31/03/1938 -by the board of education (given indicator of L.G. structure at the time as well as details of schools)
8) City of Birmingham Training College –Extension – May 1958-July 1960
City of Birmingham Education committee D.E.O Def;
A) Papers concerning training college – possible location details of first proposal, discussions with architect, surveyors etc.
B) B) (Duplicated) - comparison of tender figures + allowances on forms SB22-contract 1and 2 – June 1960
C) Booklets Sir Josiah Masson’s School, Erdington. City of Birmingham training college –Westbourne road
D) Prospective plans
9) Youth Council Minutes- Box File
A) Youth concerts minutes (Signed and unsigned)-
27.9.55
3.7.56
17.9.57
25.11.58
11.11.59
B) Youth concerts minutes (Signed and unsigned)-
1941-1958
C) Policy subcommittee minutes (Signed and unsigned)-
7.11.51
24.4.52
10.12.52
11.4.56
19.11.58