Streatham College for Girls

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0347 S3
Held at	: Wandsworth Heritage Service   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/homepage/215/local_history_and_heritage ›
Full title	: Streatham College for Girls
Date(s)	: 1898-1934
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 2 boxes and 2 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Please contact the Archive for further information
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Streatham College for Girls was originally called Streatham High School when it opened in May 1886. It was opened by a Miss van Dordt and was located in Gleneldon Road, Streatham. In 1889 the school moved to The Shrubbery in Streatham High Road. Miss Amy Lefroy was the school's second headmistress from May 1989 until July 1929. In July 1908 the school changed its name to Streatham College for Girls. The third headmistress was Miss A J Broad. The school was closed in July 1933 when the lease on the house could not be renewed.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The collection consists of several scrapbooks containing newspaper cuttings, letters, programmes, lists of prize winners and sports team members, and other material. One was compiled by the headmistress Miss Lefroy and contains handwritten entries. There are also photograph albums showing the school, teachers and pupils. There are also numerous examples of artwork by the pupils mostly in the form of programmes for music, drama and sports events held at the school.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

This material is only available in the Wandsworth Heritage Service search room at Battersea Library. Please contact Heritage Service staff for more information.

Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

More detailed list in box 1.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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Allied Materials

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

Finding aid created by export from CALM v8.0.2.40 Archives Hub EAD2002. Entry amended by Barbara Ball

Rules or conventions:
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:
April 2011