StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
Description | Correspondence regarding claims made by the IOE under the War Damage Act and under their war insurance coverage. There were made after the return of the Institute of Eduation to London in 1943. This includes: Claim for furniture at Portman Square damaged in air raid, 1944 Inventory of furniture in Colonial Department (when it was at Livingstone House, 1941) Fire damage to 1 Thornhaugh street, caused by an air raid Details of IOE war insurance coverage and payments University of London instructions to the IOE re correct procedures for War Damage Act Insurance of IOE library and departmental libraries Return of loan of MSS recording equipment, borrowed by the RAF from the IOE in 1941 Arrangements for move of furniture from other IOE buildings to Portman Square and for return of the IOE from Nottingham to Portman Square Includes discussion of day-to-day life in London during the war Discussion of reasons for a complete IOE return to London (from Nottingham) Copy of the War Damage Act (Business Scheme), 1941 'War Damage Act, 1941 (Part II) - explanatory memorandum' Inventory of all IOE furniture, fixtures and fittings in Senate House, October 1939
Also includes Floor plans for Kings College Strand, 1940 [it sounds like some IOE furniture and material were stored here when the IOE moved to Nottingham during the Second World War - there is discussion of room allocation for IOE staff and library space at Kings College but this doesn't seem to have been acted upon] |