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- 1909-1986 (Creation)
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9 boxes
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Biographical history
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.
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GB 0100 KCLCA Q/EPH/SYL, Q/EPH/RPT, Q/EPH/PBN, QSU, QOSA 1909-1986 Sub-fonds of Queen Elizabeth College 9 boxes King's College London Women's Department
King's College for Women 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.
Material was transferred from Queen Elizabeth College when it merged with King's College in 1985, mainly from the QEC Library.
Queen Elizabeth College publications, including prospectuses, handbooks and reports, 1909-1986. This class of material comprises printed literature describing the history of the College, its students and staff and the academic content of individual subjects and departments and consists mainly of brochures, guidebooks and reports. It comprises a set of the Department/College's prospectuses for prospective students, with brochures covering the work of particular courses and specific qualifications and degrees, including Nutrition, Biology, Physiology and Mathematics, 1909-1985 (Ref: Q/EPH/SYL); Annual Reports, 1916-1984, loose and some bound reprints, containing calendars of College events, staff changes and publications, clubs and societies, the first destination of former students, and lists of registered students in the reports between 1924-1965. Reports from 1966-1984 also contain student statistics and accounts (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT1); Annual Reports of the Principal covering examinations, benefactions and reports on teaching, 1925-1950 (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT2); Dean's/Warden's Reports, containing examinations, benefactions and information on the destination of students, 1917-1923 (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT3); Report of the auditors to the College Council, 1972-1980 (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT4); a variety of booklets and brochures advertising appeals, careers information for students, descriptions of the work of departments for prospective students, health and safety issues and the facilities of the College Library, and describing the history of the College, 1919-1986 (Ref: Q/EPH/PBN); Students Union handbooks, 1954-1964 (Ref: QSU); Old Students' Association handbooks with a small quantity of editorial correspondence, the constitution and rules of the Association, its membership and finance (Ref: QOSA).
The collection is arranged into Prospectuses, Reports and other Publications as outlined 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 descriptive list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
Queen Elizabeth College Serial Publications (Ref: Q/SER); King's College Publications (Ref: K/PBN, K/PUB, K/HAN, K/RPT, K/REG, K/SYL, K/EC/SYL, KFA/SYL, KFE/SYL, KDJ/SYL, KFT/SYL, KFED/SYL, KFL/SYL, KFLS/SYL, KFMS/SYL, KFM/SYL, KFN/SYL, KFPS/SYL).
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 Communications media Biology education Books Curriculum guides Educational administrative structure Educational associations Educational evaluation Educational guidance Educational levels Educational organizations Educational publications Environmental health Examinations Guidebooks Guides Health Health education Health policy Higher education Higher education institutions King's College for Women , Household and Social Science Department , 1915-1928 King's College London , Women's Department King's College of Household and Social Science , 1928-1953 Mathematics education Nutrition education Periodicals Physiology Publications Queen Elizabeth College , 1953-1985 Science education Student evaluation Student organizations Students Universities University students Vocational guidance Yearbooks Information sciences Educational institutions
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Material was transferred from Queen Elizabeth College when it merged with King's College in 1985, mainly from the QEC Library.
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Scope and content
Queen Elizabeth College publications, including prospectuses, handbooks and reports, 1909-1986. This class of material comprises printed literature describing the history of the College, its students and staff and the academic content of individual subjects and departments and consists mainly of brochures, guidebooks and reports. It comprises a set of the Department/College's prospectuses for prospective students, with brochures covering the work of particular courses and specific qualifications and degrees, including Nutrition, Biology, Physiology and Mathematics, 1909-1985 (Ref: Q/EPH/SYL); Annual Reports, 1916-1984, loose and some bound reprints, containing calendars of College events, staff changes and publications, clubs and societies, the first destination of former students, and lists of registered students in the reports between 1924-1965. Reports from 1966-1984 also contain student statistics and accounts (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT1); Annual Reports of the Principal covering examinations, benefactions and reports on teaching, 1925-1950 (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT2); Dean's/Warden's Reports, containing examinations, benefactions and information on the destination of students, 1917-1923 (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT3); Report of the auditors to the College Council, 1972-1980 (Ref: Q/EPH/RPT4); a variety of booklets and brochures advertising appeals, careers information for students, descriptions of the work of departments for prospective students, health and safety issues and the facilities of the College Library, and describing the history of the College, 1919-1986 (Ref: Q/EPH/PBN); Students Union handbooks, 1954-1964 (Ref: QSU); Old Students' Association handbooks with a small quantity of editorial correspondence, the constitution and rules of the Association, its membership and finance (Ref: QOSA).
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Accruals
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into Prospectuses, Reports and other Publications as outlined in the Scope and Content section.
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, 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.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Queen Elizabeth College Serial Publications (Ref: Q/SER); King's College Publications (Ref: K/PBN, K/PUB, K/HAN, K/RPT, K/REG, K/SYL, K/EC/SYL, KFA/SYL, KFE/SYL, KDJ/SYL, KFT/SYL, KFED/SYL, KFL/SYL, KFLS/SYL, KFMS/SYL, KFM/SYL, KFN/SYL, KFPS/SYL).
Finding aids
A brief descriptive list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
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- Science education » Biology education
- Books
- Educational publications » Curriculum guides
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure » Educational associations
- Educational evaluation
- Educational guidance
- Educational levels
- Educational organizations
- Educational publications
- Health » Health policy » Environmental health
- Educational evaluation » Student evaluation » Examinations
- Books » Guides » Guidebooks
- Books » Guides
- Health
- Health education
- Health » Health policy
- Educational levels » Higher education
- Higher education institutions
- Mathematics education
- Health education » Nutrition education
- Periodicals
- Physiology
- Science education
- Educational evaluation » Student evaluation
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure » Educational associations » Student organizations
- Students
- Higher education institutions » Universities
- Students » University students
- Educational guidance » Vocational guidance
- Periodicals » Yearbooks
- Information sciences
- Educational institutions
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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