GB 2108 KUAS44 - Kingston College of Art records

Identity area

Reference code

GB 2108 KUAS44

Title

Kingston College of Art records

Date(s)

  • [1930-1989] (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

4 boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Kingston School of Art Kingston College of Art Kingston Polytechnic Kingston University

Biographical history

Kingston School of Art (later Kingston College of Art) was originally part of Kingston Technical Institute, but formed as a separate institution in 1930. The College moved into its own campus in the Knight's Park area of Kingston in 1939. The School continued to grow in the subsequent years, teaching a number of design related subjects including Fashion and architecture. In 1970 the Kingston College of Art merged with Kingston College of Technology to form Kingston Polytechnic. The former College's site is now the University's Knights Park Campus.

Repository

Kingston University

Archival history

GB 2108 KUAS44 [1930-1989] Collection (fonds) 4 boxes Kingston School of Art

Kingston College of Art

Kingston Polytechnic

Kingston University

Kingston School of Art (later Kingston College of Art) was originally part of Kingston Technical Institute, but formed as a separate institution in 1930. The College moved into its own campus in the Knight's Park area of Kingston in 1939. The School continued to grow in the subsequent years, teaching a number of design related subjects including Fashion and architecture. In 1970 the Kingston College of Art merged with Kingston College of Technology to form Kingston Polytechnic. The former College's site is now the University's Knights Park Campus.

Transferred from Kingston University library.

Ephemera, correspondence and other material relating to Kingston School of Art (later Kingston College of Art). Subjects covered include exhibition invitations, the Reginald Brill Exhibition (1998-9); and minutes of Kingston School of Art Governor's Meetings [1950]-1966.

Original order.

Collection available to view by appointment in the Archives and Special Collections. Please contact us at least 24 hours before you appointment at archives@kingston.ac.uk

Restricted copying on some items due to their physical condition or copyright law. Please contact the Archive with any copying requests.

English

Collection is not yet catalogued. Once catalogued a listing will be available on our online catalogue at http://adlib.kingston.ac.uk

Some items have been photographed for the Archives KSA website at http://www.archiveksa.org/

Other records relation to Kingston College of Art are held in the Archives and Special Collections (ref no KUAS2). Material on the School of Architecture can be found in the Denis Berry collections (ref numbers KUAS45, KUAS46 and KUAS113).

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from Kingston University library.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Ephemera, correspondence and other material relating to Kingston School of Art (later Kingston College of Art). Subjects covered include exhibition invitations, the Reginald Brill Exhibition (1998-9); and minutes of Kingston School of Art Governor's Meetings [1950]-1966.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Original order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Collection available to view by appointment in the Archives and Special Collections. Please contact us at least 24 hours before you appointment at archives@kingston.ac.uk

Conditions governing reproduction

Restricted copying on some items due to their physical condition or copyright law. Please contact the Archive with any copying requests.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Other records relation to Kingston College of Art are held in the Archives and Special Collections (ref no KUAS2). Material on the School of Architecture can be found in the Denis Berry collections (ref numbers KUAS45, KUAS46 and KUAS113).

Finding aids

Collection is not yet catalogued. Once catalogued a listing will be available on our online catalogue at http://adlib.kingston.ac.uk

Allied materials area

Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Some items have been photographed for the Archives KSA website at http://www.archiveksa.org/

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Institution identifier

Kingston University

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Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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