William Kirk taught Work Study at South Bank Polytechnic from 1972, having previously worked for the Morgan Crucible Company and for Decca in work study. He died on 22nd September 1996, aged 85.
Archival history
Gifted outright to the University of Westminster by William Kirk's family in 1997, following his death in 1996, on the assumption that "the Polytechnic" he taught at was the Regent Street Polytechnic. Transferred to LSBU in May 2018 as outside of the scope of Westminster's collection policy.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Lecture notes and handouts, notes from work at Decca and the Morgan Crucible Company. Minutes and agendas for the South Bank Polytechnic HND Electrical Company. Publications around work study and industrial relations from the 1940s onwards.
System of arrangement
No original order remained for the collection. Arrangement based on types of material found in the collection.
William Kirk taught Work Study at South Bank Polytechnic from 1972, having previously worked for the Morgan Crucible Company and for Decca in work study. He died on 22nd September 1996, aged 85.
Archival history
Gifted outright to the University of Westminster by William Kirk's family in 1997, following his death in 1996, on the assumption that "the Polytechnic" he taught at was the Regent Street Polytechnic. Transferred to LSBU in May 2018 as outside of the scope of Westminster's collection policy.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Lecture notes and handouts, notes from work at Decca and the Morgan Crucible Company. Minutes and agendas for the South Bank Polytechnic HND Electrical Company. Publications around work study and industrial relations from the 1940s onwards.
System of arrangement
No original order remained for the collection. Arrangement based on types of material found in the collection.
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