Records of the Carpenters' Company relating to the Company's powers to regulate, protect and promote the carpentry trade and craft, 1890-2003, (note that older records of these series, from 1588, are held at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts section, see Related material for details) comprising Education records, namely minutes of the Education Committee, covering general scholarships and education and trade related instruction, 1906-1993; minutes of the Exhibition Committee, 1904-1914; minutes of the Forestry Committee, 1902-1913 (funding for academic research); minutes of King's College and Carpenters' Company Joint Committee, 1890-1894; examinations register, 1946-1955, giving candidates for the Company's technical examinations;
records relating to promotion and competitions, namely Carpenters' Award, 1971-1999; Timber Industry Award, 2001; Wood Awards, 2003, comprising office files, 1969-1994; entries, 1991-2003, including photographs; records of the Carpenters' Craft Competition, 1955-1992, comprising correspondence and reports regarding the establishment of a competition and general procedures, 1955-1959, correspondence, reports, lists of applicants, plans of set pieces, posters and handbills relating to each competition, 1958-1969; minutes and correspondence relating to the amalgamation of the Carpenters' Company and IBICC competitions, with minutes of the Carpenters' Craft Competition Committee, 1972-1979; minutes and papers of the Carpenters' Craft Competition Committee, 1980-1992; plans of set piece for the Open and College categories, blank certificates, entry forms and posters, 1991-1992.
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