GB 0100 KCLCA Q/OB, Q/PC - Queen Elizabeth College Obituaries and Press Cuttings

3 boxes

GB 0100 KCLCA Q/OB, Q/PC 1908-1986 Sub-fonds of Queen Elizabeth College 3 boxes King's College London Household and Social Science Department , 1915-1928
King's College of Household and Social Science , 1928-1953
Queen Elizabeth College , 1953-1985
Queen Elizabeth College, which came into being with the granting of a Royal Charter in 1953, succeeded the Home Science and Economics classes of King's College Women's Department and King's College for Women, which started in 1908; the Household and Social Science Department of King's College for Women, which opened in 1915, and King's College of Household and Social Science, which operated from 1928. The amalgamation of the College with King's College London and Chelsea College was completed in 1985.

Records from Queen Elizabeth College were transferred to King's in 1985 from the QEC Library.

Queen Elizabeth College obituaries and press cuttings, 1908-1986, notably including obituaries of a number of former staff of Queen Elizabeth and its predecessors, 1955-1963; bound volumes of press cuttings containing often detailed notices, news stories and features concerning the Department/College from newspapers including The Times, Morning Post and Spectator, covering topics such as the education of women, the teaching of household science internationally, awards, new buildings and wartime disruption, 1908-1986; volumes of cuttings on cooking and recipes from newspaper columns, 1927-1932.

The collection is arranged into obituaries and press cuttings as illustrated in the Scope and Content section.

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

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
English

A brief list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

See also other classes of Queen Elizabeth ephemera for news and notices, notably Reports (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT), and King's College London Press Cuttings and Obituaries for material dating from the merger period around 1985 (Ref: K/OB, K/PC).

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. February 2002 Academic teaching personnel Educational buildings Educational levels Educational personnel Educational systems Food preparation Higher education Higher education institutions Home economics education King's College for Women , Household and Social Science Department , 1915-1928 King's College of Household and Social Science , 1928-1953 Literary forms and genres Literature Newspaper press Press Press cuttings Queen Elizabeth College , 1953-1985 Recipes Teachers Universities Womens education Personnel People by occupation People Educational institutions

Records from Queen Elizabeth College were transferred to King's in 1985 from the QEC Library.

Queen Elizabeth College obituaries and press cuttings, 1908-1986, notably including obituaries of a number of former staff of Queen Elizabeth and its predecessors, 1955-1963; bound volumes of press cuttings containing often detailed notices, news stories and features concerning the Department/College from newspapers including The Times, Morning Post and Spectator, covering topics such as the education of women, the teaching of household science internationally, awards, new buildings and wartime disruption, 1908-1986; volumes of cuttings on cooking and recipes from newspaper columns, 1927-1932.

The collection is arranged into obituaries and press cuttings as illustrated in the Scope and Content section.

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

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

• English

• Latin

English

See also other classes of Queen Elizabeth ephemera for news and notices, notably Reports (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT), and King's College London Press Cuttings and Obituaries for material dating from the merger period around 1985 (Ref: K/OB, K/PC).

A brief list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

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