Chelsea College Serial Publications

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA C/SER
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	: Chelsea College Serial Publications
Date(s)	: 1904-1983
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
Extent	: 9 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: South-Western Polytechnic Chelsea Polytechnic Chelsea College of Science and Technology Chelsea College

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The South-Western Polytechnic was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895, to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. Day and evening classes for men and women comprised study in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art and music. It changed its name to Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922 and taught a growing number of registered students of the University of London, and this relationship was later formally recognised when the Polytechnic, now reconstituted as Chelsea College of Science and Technology, was admitted as a School of the University in 1966. The renamed Chelsea College was formally incorporated into the University of London in 1971. Chelsea merged with King's and Queen Elizabeth College in 1985.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, and Chelsea College Serial Publications, 1904-1983. This class of material comprises College magazine and journal periodicals, and provides a snapshot of the academic and social life of students and staff from the early phase of the Polytechnic until shortly before the merger with King's in 1985, and includes the South Western Polytechnic Journal, 1904-1906; The Magazine of the Chelsea Polytechnic, 1929-1939; Chelsea College of Science and Technology Gazette, 1962-1969; The Bell, the magazine of the Chelsea Pharmacy Association, 1953-1968; and New Leaf, the Humanities Society journal, 1973-1982.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

Finding aids:

A descriptive list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Chelsea College Prospectuses, Handbooks and Related Publications (Ref: C/PUB, C/RPT, C/HAN, C/SYL, CU/HAN, CSU/REG, CSU/F, C/REG); Press Cuttings (Ref: C/PC); King's College London Publications contain material relating to Chelsea from the merger period in 1985.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

Rules or conventions:
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions:
February 2002