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Date(s)
- 1904-1983 (Creation)
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9 boxes
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Name of creator
Biographical history
The South-Western Polytechnic was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895, to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. Day and evening classes for men and women comprised study in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art and music. It changed its name to Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922 and taught a growing number of registered students of the University of London, and this relationship was later formally recognised when the Polytechnic, now reconstituted as Chelsea College of Science and Technology, was admitted as a School of the University in 1966. The renamed Chelsea College was formally incorporated into the University of London in 1971. Chelsea merged with King's and Queen Elizabeth College in 1985.
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Archival history
GB 0100 KCLCA C/SER 1904-1983 Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives 9 boxes South-Western Polytechnic
Chelsea Polytechnic
Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Chelsea College
The South-Western Polytechnic was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895, to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. Day and evening classes for men and women comprised study in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art and music. It changed its name to Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922 and taught a growing number of registered students of the University of London, and this relationship was later formally recognised when the Polytechnic, now reconstituted as Chelsea College of Science and Technology, was admitted as a School of the University in 1966. The renamed Chelsea College was formally incorporated into the University of London in 1971. Chelsea merged with King's and Queen Elizabeth College in 1985.
South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, and Chelsea College Serial Publications, 1904-1983. This class of material comprises College magazine and journal periodicals, and provides a snapshot of the academic and social life of students and staff from the early phase of the Polytechnic until shortly before the merger with King's in 1985, and includes the South Western Polytechnic Journal, 1904-1906; The Magazine of the Chelsea Polytechnic, 1929-1939; Chelsea College of Science and Technology Gazette, 1962-1969; The Bell, the magazine of the Chelsea Pharmacy Association, 1953-1968; and New Leaf, the Humanities Society journal, 1973-1982.
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
English
A descriptive list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives reading room.
Chelsea College Prospectuses, Handbooks and Related Publications (Ref: C/PUB, C/RPT, C/HAN, C/SYL, CU/HAN, CSU/REG, CSU/F, C/REG); Press Cuttings (Ref: C/PC); King's College London Publications contain material relating to Chelsea from the merger period in 1985.
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000. February 2002 Arts Chelsea College Chelsea College of Science and Technology Chelsea Polytechnic Educational levels Educational sciences Educational sociology Higher Education Higher education institutions Leisure Leisure time activities Periodicals Pharmacology Publications South-Western Polytechnic Student sociology Universities Communications media Information sciences Educational institutions
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Scope and content
South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, and Chelsea College Serial Publications, 1904-1983. This class of material comprises College magazine and journal periodicals, and provides a snapshot of the academic and social life of students and staff from the early phase of the Polytechnic until shortly before the merger with King's in 1985, and includes the South Western Polytechnic Journal, 1904-1906; The Magazine of the Chelsea Polytechnic, 1929-1939; Chelsea College of Science and Technology Gazette, 1962-1969; The Bell, the magazine of the Chelsea Pharmacy Association, 1953-1968; and New Leaf, the Humanities Society journal, 1973-1982.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Chelsea College Prospectuses, Handbooks and Related Publications (Ref: C/PUB, C/RPT, C/HAN, C/SYL, CU/HAN, CSU/REG, CSU/F, C/REG); Press Cuttings (Ref: C/PC); King's College London Publications contain material relating to Chelsea from the merger period in 1985.
Finding aids
A descriptive list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives reading room.
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Existence and location of copies
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- Arts
- Educational levels
- Educational sciences
- Educational sciences » Educational sociology
- Educational levels » Higher education
- Higher education institutions
- Leisure
- Leisure time activities
- Periodicals
- Pharmacology
- Educational sciences » Educational sociology » Student sociology
- Higher education institutions » Universities
- Information sciences
- Educational institutions
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Rules and/or conventions used
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.
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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English