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King's College London College Archives

Queen Elizabeth College Secretary's Records


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA QAS

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: Queen Elizabeth College Secretary's Records

Date(s): 1914-1985

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 47 boxes

Name of creator(s): King's College for Women | Secretary
King's College for Women | Household and Social Science Department | Secretary
King's College of Household and Social Science | Secretary
Queen Elizabeth College | Secretary

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Queen Elizabeth College, so called from 1953, succeeded the Home Science and Economics classes of King's College Women's Department and King's College for Women, which started in 1908; the Household and Social Science Department of King's College for Women, which opened in 1915; and King's College of Household and Social Science, which operated from 1928. The amalgamation of the College with King's College London and Chelsea College was completed in 1985.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records, 1914-1985, of the College Secretary of Queen Elizabeth College and predecessor bodies, comprising general and policy files, 1914-1985, on matters including social events, buildings, College coat of arms and motto, aerial photographs of the College, and statistics on students (Ref: QAS/GPF1); files on prizes and scholarships, 1945-1985 (Ref: QAS/GPF2); departments and staff, 1947-1985, largely relating to outside funding for research (Ref: QAS/GPF3); buildings, premises and equipment, 1953-1977, including laboratories and science departments, sports facilities, students' unions and other properties (Ref: QAS/GPF4); College committees, 1966-1985, comprising papers of meetings with the Secretary's annotations and correspondence (Ref: QAS/GPF5); University of London, 1927-1985, including regulations and statistics concerning students, staff and facilities (Ref: QAS/GPF6); University Grants Committee, 1957-1983 (Ref: QAS/GPF7); other outside bodies, 1938-1985, including letters from the Queen Mother, 1970-1985 (Ref: QAS/GPF8); safety, 1977-1985 (Ref: QAS/GPF9); files relating to the merger with King's College London and Chelsea College, 1982-1985 (Ref: 1987/QAS); staff records, comprising unsuccessful applications, 1959-1980 (Ref: QAS/FP/II); contracts and conditions of employment for some posts, 1958-1977 (Ref: QAS/FP/III); material relating to research grants; individual pay records, traders' credits lists, 1967-1969, and listings of College cheques, 1962-1973.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records are arranged in series.

Conditions governing access:

Administrative and committee papers are closed for 30 years from the last date on file.

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:

List available in reading room at King's College London Archives.

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 the records of Queen Elizabeth College, 1908-1988, the other sub-fonds comprising Bursar's records (Ref: QAB); council and committee members' correspondence files (Ref: QA/CC); Principal's records (Ref: QAP); library records (Ref: QAL/PUB, 1992/QAL/F, QAL/M, QAL/F); minutes (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 (Ref: 1989/QAR); title deeds (Ref: QA/T); financial records (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).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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: Mar 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Accounting | Financial administration | Finance
Aerial photographs | Photographs | Visual materials
Awards | Social norms | Social behaviour
Educational administrators | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Higher education institutions | Educational institutions
Occupational health and safety | Working conditions | Conditions of employment | Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Occupational safety | Working conditions | Conditions of employment | Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Personnel selection | Recruitment | Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Research grants | Science finance | Economics of science
Scholarships | Educational grants
Sports facilities | Recreational facilities
Statistical data | Statistics
University laboratories | Academic buildings | Educational buildings
Wages | Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Womens education | Educational systems
Educational equipment
Educational management
Heraldry
Students

Personal names
Elizabeth | 1900-2002 | Queen Consort of King George VI x Elizabeth | 1900-2002 | The Queen Mother

Corporate names
Chelsea College
King's College for Women | Household and Social Science Department | Kensington | Secretary
King's College for Women | London | Secretary
King's College London
King's College of Household and Social Science | Kensington | Secretary x Queen Elizabeth College | Kensington | Secretary
UGC | University Grants Committee x University Grants Committee
University of London x London University

Places