BURROWS, Ronald Montagu (1867-1920), office files
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0100 KCLCA KAP/BUR |
Held at | : King's College London College Archives Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ › |
Full title | : BURROWS, Ronald Montagu (1867-1920), office files |
Date(s) | : 1912-1920 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives |
Extent | : 36 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Burrows | Ronald Montagu | 1867-1920 | Principal of King's College London |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Office of the Principal supports the academic and administrative work of the College's chief officer. Ronald Montagu Burrows was Principal of King's from 1913 until 1920, following a distinguished career as Professor of Greek at University College, Cardiff (1898-1908) and the University of Manchester (1908-1913).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
The collection comprises Principal Ronald Montagu Burrows' office files including correspondence, memoranda and accounts, 1912-1920. These include correspondence relating specifically to the impact on the College of World War One, including war grants, War Office classes, war-work by staff, lists of student casualties, the Officer Training Corps (OTC), the special constabulary, War Relief Council, erection of a war memorial, lists of refugee students, their status, examinations taken and the hospitality they enjoyed; reports and correspondence relating to the teaching and assessment of individual subjects or departments including Anatomy, Chemistry, Chinese, Day Training, Engineering, Law, Modern Greek, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Theology, 1913-1919; correspondence relating to scholarships, studentships and medals, 1913-1917; correspondence on staff, notably academic appointments and pensions, and the establishment of new chairs, 1913-1918; correspondence relating to public lectures, 1913-1918; correspondence concerning Egyptian students at King's including lists of names, 1914-1915; correspondence and accounts of King's College for Women including the transference of many of its functions to King's College in the Strand, 1915-1917; correspondence relating to the Westminster Training College, Horseferry Road, 1913-1917; typescript accounts of the Plantanes Hall of Residence [King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill], 1913-1915; estimated accounts of King's College London, 1913-1919; incomplete examination pass lists, 1914-1918; framed photograph of Eleutherios Venizelos, Greek Statesman, [1913-1920].
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
Finding aids:
Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy. A brief list is available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Principal's Office, King's College London, 1980.
Allied Materials
Related material:
King's College London: the private papers of Ronald Burrows (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 47); records of the Office of the Principal (Ref: KCLCA 1984/P, 1988 KAP, 1990/ KAP, 1992 KAP, 1999 KAP, KAP/F).
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
July 2001
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