The records of the first nine Masters of St Edmund's House form the core archive of the first eighty years of the College. Most include a general correspondence series which covers most aspects of the College's finance, administration, buildings, and academic and social life, together with further papers relating to specific individual events and administrative matters. From 1929-49 the Master appears to have had extensive administrative assistance from Charles Goulden as Secretary to the Governing Body (Goulden had also been one of the first two students in 1896). From 1975 onwards the core administration of the College begins to be spread more widely amongst other officers, including the Vice-Master and the Bursar, qv.