Papers of City University and predecessors relating to students and student societies, including prizes and certificates Lists, 1899-1925, 1930-1964; Northampton Prize Distribution programmes, 1918, 1924, 1936-1937, 1960s; Northampton Prizes and Certificates, 1912, 1937, 1947-1961; Academic Registrar's Dept publications, 1960s-1990s; PhD theses (4), 1982-1997; Students Union (SU) Annual Ladies Night Programmes, 1927-1939; NEWSCITY, 1970-1994, SU newsletter; SU handbooks, 1940s-1960s; Univercity, 1966-1988, 1991, SU handbook; Senate Committee on Courses papers (SU President's copy), 1973-1975; N'Ions Committee minutes, correspondence and other papers, 1973-1978; Old N'Ions War Memorial Fund minutes and reports, 1947-1961; Old N'Ions War Memorial Travelling Bursary minutes, applications, reports, leaflets and correspondence, 1951-[1960s]; Convocation papers, 1968-[1970s]; Union Society archives including minutes, 1939-1980s; Student Services papers, 1960s-1980s; OCCAM Society (named after the medieval philosopher and theologian William of Occam) correspondence, members' attendance book, reports and minutes; Northampton Engineering Society minutes, 1905-1961, attendance books, 1929-1958, and student papers, texts of papers read before the Society, 1905-1914, 1925-1945, 1951-1954; Actuarial Science and Statistics Alumni Newsletter, CU, Autumn, 1995.
Publications including Northampton Magazine nos 1-40, 1912-1935; The N'Ion, 1935-1971; Magazines of Past Day Students Association, The Northampton Gazette, 1910-1915, 1919-1935, and N'ION, 1936-1966; Northampton Polytechnic Institute Day Students Magazine nos. 1&2, Dec 1912, Apr. 1913; Northampton Institute Clubs Gazette, Jan 1902-Dec 1904; Mickle Chinese Society Magazine, 1979-1981; CITYSCAPE and SPORTSCITY, 1973; BEACON, 1966-1987.

Records, c1869-1979, of the Strand School and its predecessors, comprising Headmaster's general and policy files, 1875-1977 (Ref: KSS/GPF); minutes of the Strand School, 1913-1938, and minutes relating to staff, 1957-1978, Houses of the school, 1942-1969, school societies, 1936-1957, parents' open evenings, 1956-1969, and conference of Headmasters and mistresses of London County Council (LCC) secondary schools, 1925-1952 (Ref: KSS/M); ledgers of pupils' accounts with the school, 1868-1908 (Ref: KSS/L); printed school accounts, 1910-1913 (Ref: KSS/ACC); registers containing staff details, 1893-1970, pupils' details, 1900-1925, 1931-1936, 1946-1979, and House records, 1933-1959 (Ref: KSS/R); Headmaster's albums of commended essays and artwork, 1912-1929 (Ref: KSS/ALB); record books of the Nature Society, 1909-1939, and sports record book, 1950-1956 (Ref: KSS/RB); programmes for school events, 1905-1912, 1950-1973, and school calendars, 1969-1977 (Ref: KSS/PRG); school magazines, 1905-1977 (Ref: KSS/PM); school prospectuses, 1915, 1938 (Ref: KSS/SYL); catalogues of books in Strand School and King's College use, c1869-c1894 (Ref: KSS/CA); bound addresses of thanks from staff and students to William Braginton, 1909-1910 (Ref: KSS/SP); private papers of Lt H Alnwick, comprising exercise books of plays written by him, 1924 (Ref: KSS/PP); ephemera including various invitation cards to school events, 1912, 1957-1968, a scheme for amalgamation of schools, 1906, regulations regarding management of the school, 1909, and the Strand School song and school rules, both undated (Ref: KSS/EPH); photographs, c1900-c1970 and undated, including school classes, staff, sports, portrait of William Braginton and the front of the Strand School, Brixton (Ref: KSS/PH); LCC's London School Plan and associated maps, 1947 (Ref: KSS/PBN); Keith Thomas White, 'History of Strand School, 1875-1913', written for MA in Science Education, Chelsea College, University of London, 1984 (Ref: KSS/TH).

A collection of exhibition guides, leaflets, and posters, for exhibitions by Kingston Polytechnic Arts and archaeology students dating from 1970s and 1980s.