IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA KCHSS, QAB, QA/CC, QAP, QAL, QA/C/M, QA/CS/M, QA/F/M, QA/FS/M, QA/AB/M, QA/TC/M, QA/CB/M, QA/LC/M, QA/AM/M, QA/TF/M, QA/OC/M, QA/HC/M, QA/MP, Q/AUT, 1989/QAR, QAS, QA/T, QA/L, QA/J, QA/CB, QA/PCB, QA/WB, QA/SAB, QA/SFB, QA/ACC, QAF, QA/FP, QA/RC
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: QUEEN ELIZABETH COLLEGE
Date(s): 1905-1988
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 222 boxes, 140 volumes
Name of creator(s): King's College London | Women's Department
King's College for Women | London
King's College for Women | Household and Social Science Department | Kensington
King's College of Household and Social Science | Kensington
Queen Elizabeth College | Kensington
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Queen Elizabeth College had its origins in the Ladies' (later Women's) Department of King's College London, opened in Kensington in 1885, later King's College for Women. Home Science and Economics classes started in 1908. In 1915 the Household and Social Science Department of King's College for Women opened at Campden Hill, Kensington, while other departments were amalgamated with King's College on the Strand site. In 1928 the department became completely independent as King's College of Household and Social Science and the title King's College for Women was extinguished. The buildings were completed in 1930. The College had a pioneering role in establishing nutritional science as a subject of academic scholarship and John Yudkin was a Professor from 1945 to 1971. A Royal Charter was granted in 1953, the name changed to Queen Elizabeth College, men were admitted, and the existing degree was replaced with BSc (Nutrition) and BSc (Household Science). Recognition as a School of the University of London in the Faculty of Science was granted in 1956. The BSc (General) began in 1957. Following financial difficulties the amalgamation of the College with King's College London and Chelsea College was completed in 1985.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records, 1905-1988, of Queen Elizabeth College, its predecessors at King's College London and King's College for Women, and King's College of Household and Social Science. They comprise Bursar's Records, consisting of correspondence, 1946-1977, and papers, 1966-1979, on subjects including safety, estates and accommodation, sports facilities, refectory, students' union, and hall fees (Ref: QAB); council and committee members' correspondence files, 1908-1957 (Ref: QA/CC); Principal's records, 1908-1985 (Ref: QAP); records relating to the Library, 1905-1986 and undated, comprising minutes of the Library committee, 1905-1977, published material on physiology, medicine, housing, cookery and domestic applications, 1912-1975, and on nutrition and health in Malawi, 1969-1973, Rhodesia, 1963-1965, and Nigeria, 1972, papers on administration, finance and accessions, 1962-1986, and a design report on the proposed new library, 1979 (Ref: QAL/PUB, 1992/QAL/F, QAL/M, QAL/F); minutes, 1911-1985, of the Executive Committee and Council and other College bodies (Ref: QA/C/M, QA/CS/M, QA/F/M, QA/FS/M, QA/AB/M, QA/TC/M, QA/CB/M, QA/LC/M, QA/AM/M, QA/TF/M, QA/OC/M, QA/HC/M, QA/MP, Q/AUT); Registrar's records, 1967-1988, on academic subjects, computing, timetabling, accommodation, curricula, award of degrees, constitutional matters, admissions and fees (Ref: 1989/QAR); Secretary's records, 1914-1985 (Ref: QAS/GPF, 1987/QAS, QAS/FP/II-III); various title deeds and other formal legal documents, 1911-1985 (Ref: QA/T); financial records, 1913-1985 (Ref: QA/L, QA/J, QA/CB, QA/PCB, QA/WB, QA/SAB, QA/SFB, QA/ACC, QAF); personnel records (Ref: QA/FP, QA/RC).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
A few items relating to King's College Household and Social Science Department are at ref: KCHSS. Records of Queen Elizabeth College and associated bodies comprise the sub-fonds listed under 'Scope and content'.
Conditions governing access:
Administrative and committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file. Personnel records are subject to an eighty year closure period, but may be consulted by members of King's College London with the permission of the head of the Personnel Department.
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.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Lists available in reading room at King's College London Archives. Descriptions are available online for the largest constituent sub-fonds: Principal's records; minutes; Secretary's records; financial records; personnel records.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records from Queen Elizabeth College were transferred to King's College London after 1985.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
King's College London Archives holds records of King's College for Women and associated bodies (Ref: KW, KWA, K/HOS, KAS/AC11), from which Queen Elizabeth College originated.
Publication note:
Neville Marsh, The History of Queen Elizabeth College (King's College London, 1986), was based on sources including the archives of the College.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Source: Neville Marsh, The History of Queen Elizabeth College (King's College London, 1986).
Date(s) of descriptions: Mar 2001