GB 0505 RHC GB130 - HOLLOWAY, Thomas (1800-1883)

6 boxes

GB 0505 RHC GB130 1874-1884 Subfonds of Royal Holloway College 6 boxes Holloway , Thomas , 1800-1883 , patent medicine vendor, benefactor and art collector

Thomas Holloway (1800-1883) was a highly successful pill and ointment manufacturer, who pioneered the use of product advertising. He married Jane Driver in 1840, and together they built up a large and prosperous business. Having no descendants, Holloway decided to use his fortune for philanthropic causes, and was encouraged by Lord Shaftesbury to found a mental hospital and by his wife to found a college for the higher education of women. This resulted in the Holloway Sanatorium (opened 1885) and Royal Holloway College (opened 1886), the latter serving as a memorial to Jane Holloway, who died in 1875. Thomas Holloway died before either project was completed, but not before the composition of a Royal Holloway College Foundation Deed. He left a large sum of money with which to endow the College.

Outward Letter Book, 1874-1877, containing letters written by and on behalf of Thomas Holloway; Ledger, 1874-1884, and Journal, 1879-1884, containing the accounts of 'Mount Lee College' (i.e. Royal Holloway College); A historical sketch of Vassar College, 1876, presented to Thomas Holloway; pamphlets on the subject of the organisation of schools and colleges, 1866-1882, collected and annotated by Thomas Holloway.

5 volumes, 17 pamphlets

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
English

'A guide to Royal Holloway College Archives' by Derryan Paul, Jun 1973.

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold the papers of George Martin-Holloway (RHC GB131); a copy of the Declaration of Trust for Royal Holloway College (RHC GB132/2-3); papers relating to Thomas Holloway and his family, 1863-1965 (RHC RF100-103); historical notes relating to Royal Holloway College and its founder (RHC RF110); material relating to the Holloway Sanatorium, 1881-1944 (RHC RF156/1-2); plan, photographs and postcards of the Chateau de Chambord (RHC RF155).

The history of Royal Holloway College, 1886-1986 (Constable, London, 1987), by Caroline Bingham.

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project. 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. Apr 2000 Economics of education Educational administrative structure Educational finance Educational foundations Educational organizations Egham England Europe Higher education institutions Holloway , Thomas , 1800-1883 , patent medicine vendor, benefactor and art collector Mount Lee College Royal Holloway College Surrey UK Western Europe London Educational institutions

Outward Letter Book, 1874-1877, containing letters written by and on behalf of Thomas Holloway; Ledger, 1874-1884, and Journal, 1879-1884, containing the accounts of 'Mount Lee College' (i.e. Royal Holloway College); A historical sketch of Vassar College, 1876, presented to Thomas Holloway; pamphlets on the subject of the organisation of schools and colleges, 1866-1882, collected and annotated by Thomas Holloway.

5 volumes, 17 pamphlets

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

• English

• Latin

English

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives hold the papers of George Martin-Holloway (RHC GB131); a copy of the Declaration of Trust for Royal Holloway College (RHC GB132/2-3); papers relating to Thomas Holloway and his family, 1863-1965 (RHC RF100-103); historical notes relating to Royal Holloway College and its founder (RHC RF110); material relating to the Holloway Sanatorium, 1881-1944 (RHC RF156/1-2); plan, photographs and postcards of the Chateau de Chambord (RHC RF155).

'A guide to Royal Holloway College Archives' by Derryan Paul, Jun 1973.

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.

• English