IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 2108 KUAS207
Held at: Kingston University
Title: Kingston School of Art: Records collected as part of the Archive KSA Project at Kingston University
Date(s): 1899-2016
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 19 boxes
Name of creator(s): Kingston School of Art
Kingston College of Art
Kingston Polytechnic
Kingston University
CONTEXT
Administrative/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.
Kingston University is a university in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London. Formerly Kingston Polytechnic, it was granted university status in 1992. It has approximately 17000 students.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records collected from within Kingston School of Art at Kingston University and from external donors relating to the history of Kingston School of Art / Kingston College of Art (later part of Kingston Polytechnic and Kingston University). Records collected include photographs, events and exhibition programmes and invitations, prospectuses, leaflets, and correspondence. Originally collected as part of the Archive KSA Project.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Original order.
Conditions governing access:
Available to view by appointment in the Kingston University Archives and Special Collections search room.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Some copying allowed. Please contact Kingston University Archives and Special Collections for more information.
Finding aids:
Please see Kingston University Archives and Special Collections online catalogue.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Items collated by researchers for the Archive KSA project at Kingston University.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred to the Kingston University Archives and Special Collections from the Archive KSA Project at Kingston University.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of copies:
Some images in the Collection are reproduced on the Archive KSA Project website.
Related material:
See also GB 2108 KUAS2 and GB 2108 KUAS44 for further records relating to Kingston School of Art.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: December 2017