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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D3490
TitleChesterfield and District Technical College, School of Art and Junior Technical School, later successively Chesterfield College of Art and design, Chesterfield College of Technology and Chesterfield College of Technology and Arts
Date1927-1990
DescriptionIncludes governors' minutes 1927-1952
Extent8 boxes, 1 roll, 1 outsize item
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorChesterfield and District Technical College, School of Art and Junior Technical School, later successively Chesterfield College of Art and design, Chesterfield College of Technology and Chesterfield College of Technology and Arts
Administrative HistoryFirst formed from an art class in 1877, by 1902 the School of Art, later the Chesterfield and District School of Art and Crafts, was given accommodation in the Grammar School on Sheffield Road. In 1952, it became known as Chesterfield College of Art and Design. By 1976 it was in new accommodation on Sheffield Road.

Chesterfield and District Technical College, later Chesterfield College of Technology, was opened in 1927 on Infirmary Road and enlarged in 1958 and 1964.

The Colleges of Technology and Art and Design were amalgamated as Chesterfield College of Technology and Arts on the Sheffield Road/Infirmary Road site in 1984.
Custodial HistoryThe records were deposited in May 1991. Added to the catalogue as part of the FindersKeepers project by volunteer JW.
Organisation Sub-TypeColleges and Universities
Places
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Chesterfield 
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