Graphical version

Royal Holloway, University of London

Staff/Student Bodies of Royal Holloway College


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0505 RHC AS100-102

Held at: Royal Holloway, University of London

Title: Staff/Student Bodies of Royal Holloway College

Date(s): 1889-1975

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 2 boxes

Name of creator(s): Royal Holloway College | College Meeting

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The recreations and to some extent the social lives of staff and students, were organised until 1925 through the College Meeting. This was a staff/student committee, which first met in July 1890 to consider proposals for enabling former members of the College to keep in touch with its resident members. These proposals led to the formation of the Royal Holloway College Association, but the College Meeting itself was found to be a useful forum for the discussion of College affairs, and was made permanent. It met at least once a term and was composed of the Principal and an allocated number of staff and students. Its main responsibility was the Theoric Fund from which allocations were made for Chard, the various sports clubs, and a limited number of other purposes.

In 1925 it was decided that the business conducted by the College Meeting could instead be conducted by the Union and it was therefore disbanded. Committees formed under the College Meeting became Committees of the Union.

In 1966, the College Committee was formed as a joint staff-student body, which met once or twice a term to discuss matters of mutual interest.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Minute books of the College Meeting, 1890-1925; Minute books of the Library Committee, 1889-1892; Minutes, 1915-1919 and 1939-1942, and Accounts, 1916-1917, of the War Work Committees, including correspondence and accounts of the War Work Fund (afterwards the Post War Relief Fund, 1939-1975.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Papers are mainly arranged in bound volumes.

Conditions governing access:

Administrative and Committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file. Papers relating to individuals are usually closed for 100 years from the subject's birth. Users are advised to consult the College Archivist for specific details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies of open material may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

'A guide to Royal Holloway College Archives' by Derryan Paul, Jun 1973.

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The Royal Holloway, University of London Archives also hold the papers of the Students' Meeting/Union (RHC AS210-164).

Publication note:

The history of Royal Holloway College, 1886-1986 (Constable, London, 1987), by Caroline Bingham.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in accordance 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: Apr 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Academic teaching personnel | Teachers | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Clubs | Leisure time activities | Leisure
Sport | Leisure time activities | Leisure
Universities | Higher education institutions | Educational institutions
University students | Students
War | International conflicts
Women students | Students
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)

Personal names

Corporate names
Royal Holloway College | College Meeting

Places
Egham | Surrey | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe