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Canford School Inventory July 1935

BX70-18

File of 98 carbon copies listing all items of furniture and equipment great and small (+ '23 horses on feeding strength')

Gardner Merchant Pitch for school's catering

BX70-26

Extras sheet

BX70-20

Blank form outlining the 'extras' on a school bill, such as Sanatorium, sailing, breakages etc Date is 197. so usable for a decade.

Staff pay

BX70-25

Teaching staff payscales and associated correspondence from bursar Also includes bursar letter about Burnham from 1971. Donated by John Boys

Bursary papers

BX70-22

Various papers from 1981 file including: Schedule of sailing boats owned by the school for insurance Schedule of rowing boats owned by the school for insurance Schedule of musical instruments owned by the school for insurance Classroom equipment listed by department (mainly OHPs except for music) for insurance List of computers/electric typewriters for bursary (computer cost £3281-81!) + some invoices

Brighton College

BX70-11

Letter from Anthony Seldon (HM) to John Lever apologising for he behaviour of brighton Collge pupils when on a Reading Party at Canford

Marketing boarding

BX70-12

Letters between John Lever and Michael Mavor (HM Loretto) about boarding. Loretto was considering an expansion of the school (incl boarding) and Mavor wanted answers to various aspects such as weekend activities, marketing boarding, day/boarding schools.

Marketing strategy

BX70-13

Marketing Strategy (15 pages); Marketing Action Plan (7 pages); letter from Russell Spiers. Canford commissioned RS to do a survey and these two documents are the result.

Sunday Times guide 2006

BX70-15

Copy of questionnaire returned to the Sunday Times as part of their Parent Power Guide. Gives a snapshot of Canford at the time.

Publicity related to new classrooms

BX70-16

Correspondence between HM (Wallace) and others (Daily Sketch; Public Schools Information Office; Mathers PR Ltd) over what sort of publicity should take place when new classrooms are opened. Also includes some material on Mathers supplied by HMC.

Wimborne Grammar School

BX70-14

Correspondence between the HMs of Canford (Wallace) and WGS (Donald Neil) in response to a questionnaire Wallace had been asked to fill in. Neil, who had worked in private schools before going to WGS, outlines the essential differences between how grammar and independent schools work.

School accounts 1946-64

BX70-17

Copies sent to the HM showing summary accounts. Earlier versions incude covering letters with some explanations/notes Also incuded are tables comparing the account summaries from 1932 - 46