Kingston Polytechnic and Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College: Photographs and Other Items

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 2108 KUAS186
Held at	: Kingston University   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingston.ac.uk/informationservices/archives/archives_index.html ›
Full title	: Kingston Polytechnic and Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College: Photographs and Other Items
Date(s)	: [1940-2006]
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 1 box
Name of creator(s)	: Kingston Polytechnic Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College was established in 1917 and a revolutionary College for the education of Kindergarten and primary school children. Originally founded on a site on Gipsy Hill, near Croydon, the College's first principal was Lilian de Lissa, an expert in education training from Australia. The College continued at the Gipsy Hill site until the Second World War, growing in popularity but suffering from failing buildings. During the War the College was evacuated, first to Brighton and then to a large house near Bradford. After the war in 1946 the College moved to Kingston Hill, where it continued to grow in popularity. In 1975 the College became part of Kingston Polytechnic, which later became Kingston University. The site of the College from 1946 onwards is now the University's Kingston Hill campus.
Kingston University is a university in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London. Formerly Kingston Polytechnic, it was granted university status in 1992. It has approximately 18000 students.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs and other albums relating to Kingston Polytechnic and Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College. Includes two albums of staff portraits from Kingston Polytechnic 1970- early 1980s, group photographs from 1969/ 1970, and correspondence from former students of Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College sending in Newsletters and other items.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Original order.

Conditions governing access:

Available to view by appointment in the Kingston University Archives and Special Collections search room.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Some copying may be allowed. Contact Kingston University Archives and Special Collections for more information.

Finding aids:

Please see Kingston University Archives and Special Collections online catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Originally collated by the Alumni Department at Kingston University, prior to transfer to the Creative Content team.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Transferred from the Creative Content team, Kingston University.

Allied Materials

Related material:

See GB 2108 KUAS1 for more information on Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College, and GB 2108 KUAS43 for photographs from Kingston University's history.

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Description Notes

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Date(s) of descriptions:
December 2017