GB 0096 UoL/RO - University of London Registrar's Office

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Reference code

GB 0096 UoL/RO

Title

University of London Registrar's Office

Date(s)

  • 1843-1943 (Creation)

Level of description

Extent and medium

103 folders, 83 volumes, 16 envelopes, 17 notebooks and 2 wooden boxes

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Registrars Office was created c.1840 and dealt with examinations and general administration of the University. The post of Registrar, along with the Office, was terminated with the introduction of reforms in 1901.

Archival history

GB 0096 UoL/RO 1843-1943 Subfonds of the University of London 103 folders, 83 volumes, 16 envelopes, 17 notebooks and 2 wooden boxes University of London , Registrar's Office

The Registrars Office was created c.1840 and dealt with examinations and general administration of the University. The post of Registrar, along with the Office, was terminated with the introduction of reforms in 1901.

University of London Registrar's Office

The collection comprises ms and typescript letter books and loose letters; examination fee books with details of matriculation, preliminary and intermediate examination candidates as well as those who were rejected by the University, details of examiners, their reports, examination timetables and an honours list; minutes of meetings of the Senate, Examiners in the Arts, Examiners in Matriculation, Examiners for Degrees in Science and Examiners for the Examinations of Women; administrative papers including financial documents, regulations and by-laws, legal papers, Royal Warrants admitting Fellows of the University and papers of the Cort Testimonial Fund Committee; scrapbooks, loose press cuttings and photographs and miscellaneous items including designs for medals, prints of University colleges and institutes, specimen diplomas and certificates and seal matrices and dies.

  1. Correspondence.
    1. Examinations.
    2. Minutes and Meeting Papers.
    3. Administrative Papers.
    4. Photographs and Press Cuttings.
    5. Miscellaneous Items.

Open for research. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Special Collections Reading Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.
English

Catalogued online. A handlist is available in the Special Collections Reading Room. A pdf copy is attached to the sub-fonds description.

  1999-09-01 Simon McKeon, 2011-12-20 Jane Kirby Educational administration Higher education institutions University of London , Registrar's Office Educational institutions

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

University of London Registrar's Office

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Scope and content

The collection comprises ms and typescript letter books and loose letters; examination fee books with details of matriculation, preliminary and intermediate examination candidates as well as those who were rejected by the University, details of examiners, their reports, examination timetables and an honours list; minutes of meetings of the Senate, Examiners in the Arts, Examiners in Matriculation, Examiners for Degrees in Science and Examiners for the Examinations of Women; administrative papers including financial documents, regulations and by-laws, legal papers, Royal Warrants admitting Fellows of the University and papers of the Cort Testimonial Fund Committee; scrapbooks, loose press cuttings and photographs and miscellaneous items including designs for medals, prints of University colleges and institutes, specimen diplomas and certificates and seal matrices and dies.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

  1. Correspondence.
    1. Examinations.
    2. Minutes and Meeting Papers.
    3. Administrative Papers.
    4. Photographs and Press Cuttings.
    5. Miscellaneous Items.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open for research. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Data Protection Act or the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Special Collections Reading Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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Finding aids

Catalogued online. A handlist is available in the Special Collections Reading Room. A pdf copy is attached to the sub-fonds description.

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Institution identifier

Senate House Library, University of London

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Language(s)

  • English

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