Bibliography
This bibliography consists of selected standard works about the history of the University of Westminster. The University Archive has copies of these, which can be read by appointment.
Institutional histories:
Quintin Hogg: a biography
Ethel M. Hogg, 1st edition, Archibald Constable 1904
Quintin Hogg: a biography
Ethel M. Hogg, 2nd edition, Archibald Constable 1904
The Polytechnic and its founder Quintin Hogg
Ethel M. Wood, Revised edition, Nisbet 1932.
Part II has been added, covering the period after Hogg's death and World War One
The Polytechnic and its founder Quintin Hogg
Ethel M. Wood, Revised special edition prepared for the Polytechnic Secondary School, Nisbet 1932
This edition does not include Part II
Robert Mitchell: a life of service
Ethel M. Wood, Frederick Muller 1934
The Holiday Story
Cmdr. R.G. Studd, London, Percival Marshall 1950
Kynaston Studd Eton & Cambridge, The Polytechnic, Lord Mayor of London
Alys Douglas Hamilton, The Polytechnic 1953
The Quintin School 1886-1956: a brief history
L.C.B. Seaman, The Quintin School 1957
A History of the Polytechnic
Ethel M. Wood, Macdonald 1965
The Royal Polytechnic Institution and the Polytechnic 1838-1970
Winifred Abbott and Alan Walker, PCL: the Polytechnic of Central London, 1988
A centenary history: Harrow College of Higher Education
Hugh P. Jones, Typescript, Harrow College of Higher Education, 1988
160 Years of Innovation: The Polytechnic Institution to the University of Westminster 1838-1998
University of Westminster - Archive Services and Marketing and Development, 1998
Magic Lanterns and early cinematography:
The Great Art of Light and Shadow - Archaeology of the Cinema
Laurent Mannoni, University of Exeter Press, 2000
Dates and Sources - A contribution to the history of the art of projection and to cinematography
Franz Paul Liesegane, Tr. Hermann Hecht, Magic Lantern Society, 1986
Came the Dawn - Memories of a Film Pioneer
Cecil M Hepworth, Phoenix House Ltd, 1951
Victorian Britain through the Magic Lantern
Steve Humphries, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1989
The True History of Peppers Ghost
John Henry Pepper, 1996
The Magic Lantern Society of Great Britain -The Ten Year Book
Ed. Mike Smith, Magic Lantern Society, 1986
Magic Images - The Art of Hand-Painted and Photographic Lantern Slides
Ed. Crompton, Henry & Herbert, Magic Lantern Society, 1990
Encyclopaedia of the Magic Lantern
Ed. Robinson, Herbert & Crangle, Magic Lantern Society, 2001
Realms of Light - Uses and perceptions of the magic lantern from the 17th to the 21st century
Ed. Crangle, Heard & Van Dooren, Magic Lantern Society, 2005
Polytechnic Sports and Social Clubs:
The Polytechnic Rambling Club 1885-2002 Walking through the Years
Polytechnic Rambling Club 2003
Related publications:
St Marylebone Workhouse and Institution, 1730-1965
Alan R. Neate. St Marylebone Society, City of Westminster Archive Services and University of Westminster 2003
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