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Chelsea College Press Cuttings


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA C/PC

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: Chelsea College Press Cuttings

Date(s): 1895-1984

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 9 volumes and boxes

Name of creator(s): South-Western Polytechnic
Chelsea Polytechnic
Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Chelsea College

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The South-Western Polytechnic was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895, to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. Day and evening classes for men and women comprised study in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art and music. It changed its name to Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922 and taught a growing number of registered students of the University of London, and this relationship was later formally recognised when the Polytechnic, now reconstituted as Chelsea College of Science and Technology, was admitted as a School of the University in 1966. The renamed Chelsea College was formally incorporated into the University of London in 1971. Chelsea merged with King's and Queen Elizabeth College in 1985.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology and Chelsea College Press Cuttings, 1895-1984, comprises one box of loose press cuttings, 1895-1903, and nine volumes of cuttings covering news on the strategic and academic development of the College, on the effects of major events such as the two World Wars, advertisements for Chelsea courses, features on the College with occasional photographs, and relating to individual students and staff, including announcements of prizes and obituaries, 1903-1984.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

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, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

Physical characteristics:

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

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ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Chelsea ephemera such as Serial and other Publications (Ref: C/SER, C/PUB, C/RPT, C/HAN, C/SYL, CU/HAN, CSU/REG, CSU/F, C/REG), and King's College London Press Cuttings dating from the time of the merger of Chelsea with King's in 1985 (Ref: K/PC).

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

Rules or conventions: National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Awards | Social norms | Social behaviour
Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Higher education | Educational levels
Photographs | Visual materials
Press cuttings | Newspaper press | Press
University curriculum | Curriculum
University students | Students
War | International conflicts
World War One (1914-1918) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names
Chelsea College
Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Chelsea Polytechnic
South-Western Polytechnic

Places