GB 0100 KCLCA KAP/BUR - BURROWS, Ronald Montagu (1867-1920), office files

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GB 0100 KCLCA KAP/BUR

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BURROWS, Ronald Montagu (1867-1920), office files

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  • 1912-1920 (Creation)

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36 boxes

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Biographical history

The Office of the Principal supports the academic and administrative work of the College's chief officer. Ronald Montagu Burrows was Principal of King's from 1913 until 1920, following a distinguished career as Professor of Greek at University College, Cardiff (1898-1908) and the University of Manchester (1908-1913).

Archival history

GB 0100 KCLCA KAP/BUR 1912-1920 Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives 36 boxes Burrows , Ronald Montagu , 1867-1920 , Principal of King's College London
The Office of the Principal supports the academic and administrative work of the College's chief officer. Ronald Montagu Burrows was Principal of King's from 1913 until 1920, following a distinguished career as Professor of Greek at University College, Cardiff (1898-1908) and the University of Manchester (1908-1913).

Principal's Office, King's College London, 1980.

The collection comprises Principal Ronald Montagu Burrows' office files including correspondence, memoranda and accounts, 1912-1920. These include correspondence relating specifically to the impact on the College of World War One, including war grants, War Office classes, war-work by staff, lists of student casualties, the Officer Training Corps (OTC), the special constabulary, War Relief Council, erection of a war memorial, lists of refugee students, their status, examinations taken and the hospitality they enjoyed; reports and correspondence relating to the teaching and assessment of individual subjects or departments including Anatomy, Chemistry, Chinese, Day Training, Engineering, Law, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Theology, 1913-1919; correspondence relating to scholarships, studentships and medals, 1913-1917; correspondence on staff, notably academic appointments and pensions, and the establishment of new chairs, 1913-1918; correspondence relating to public lectures, 1913-1918; correspondence concerning Egyptian students at King's including lists of names, 1914-1915; correspondence and accounts of King's College for Women including the transference of many of its functions to King's College in the Strand, 1915-1917; correspondence relating to the Westminster Training College, Horseferry Road, 1913-1917; typescript accounts of the Plantanes Hall of Residence [King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill], 1913-1915; estimated accounts of King's College London, 1913-1919; incomplete examination pass lists, 1914-1918; framed photograph of Eleutherios Venizelos, Greek Statesman, [1913-1920].

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
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Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy. A brief list is available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

King's College London: the private papers of Ronald Burrows (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 47); records of the Office of the Principal (Ref: KCLCA 1984/P, 1988 KAP, 1990/ KAP, 1992 KAP, 1999 KAP, KAP/F).

Entry compiled by Geoff Browell Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. July 2001 Academic teaching personnel Burrows , Ronald Montagu , 1867-1920 , Principal of King's College London Curriculum Economics of education Educational administration Educational budgets Educational evaluation Educational finance Educational grants Educational personnel Educational supervision Examination marks Governing bodies International conflicts King's College for Women , Household and Social Science Department , 1915-1928 King's College Hospital King's College London King's College London , Department of Anatomy King's College London , Department of Chemistry King's College London , Department of Chinese King's College London , Department of Day Training King's College London , Department of Law King's College London , Department of Modern Greek King's College London , Department of Portuguese King's College London , Department of Spanish King's College London , Department of Theology King's College London , Faculty of Engineering Lectures (teaching method) Officer Training Corps , OTC Scholarships Student evaluation Students Teachers Teaching methods University curriculum University governing bodies University students Venizelos , Eleutherios , 1864-1936 , Greek Statesman War War Relief Council Westminster Training College , London World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) Wars (events) Personnel People by occupation People Organizations Educational governing bodies

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Principal's Office, King's College London, 1980.

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Scope and content

The collection comprises Principal Ronald Montagu Burrows' office files including correspondence, memoranda and accounts, 1912-1920. These include correspondence relating specifically to the impact on the College of World War One, including war grants, War Office classes, war-work by staff, lists of student casualties, the Officer Training Corps (OTC), the special constabulary, War Relief Council, erection of a war memorial, lists of refugee students, their status, examinations taken and the hospitality they enjoyed; reports and correspondence relating to the teaching and assessment of individual subjects or departments including Anatomy, Chemistry, Chinese, Day Training, Engineering, Law, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Theology, 1913-1919; correspondence relating to scholarships, studentships and medals, 1913-1917; correspondence on staff, notably academic appointments and pensions, and the establishment of new chairs, 1913-1918; correspondence relating to public lectures, 1913-1918; correspondence concerning Egyptian students at King's including lists of names, 1914-1915; correspondence and accounts of King's College for Women including the transference of many of its functions to King's College in the Strand, 1915-1917; correspondence relating to the Westminster Training College, Horseferry Road, 1913-1917; typescript accounts of the Plantanes Hall of Residence [King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill], 1913-1915; estimated accounts of King's College London, 1913-1919; incomplete examination pass lists, 1914-1918; framed photograph of Eleutherios Venizelos, Greek Statesman, [1913-1920].

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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.

Language of material

  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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King's College London: the private papers of Ronald Burrows (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 47); records of the Office of the Principal (Ref: KCLCA 1984/P, 1988 KAP, 1990/ KAP, 1992 KAP, 1999 KAP, KAP/F).

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Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy. A brief list is available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

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King's College London College Archives

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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