Queen Elizabeth College Lectures, Programmes and Events Literature

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA Q/EPH/LEC, Q/EPH/PRG
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	: Queen Elizabeth College Lectures, Programmes and Events Literature
Date(s)	: 1909-1986
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of Queen Elizabeth College View parent record
Extent	: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: King's College for Women | Household and Social Science Department King's College of Household and Social Science Queen Elizabeth College

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:

Queen Elizabeth College lectures, programmes and events literature, 1909-1986. This class notably contains printed and typescript lectures delivered by Professor Ronald Burge, Professor Arnold Bender, Neville Marsh and others on subjects including on nuclear chemistry, nutrition and experimental botany, 1964-1972; notices, programmes and tickets relating to lectures, 1934-1972 (Ref: Q/EPH/LEC); other programmes, tickets and invitations to Annual Dinner, degree presentations, carol services and other events, 1909-1986 (Ref: Q/EPH/PRG).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The collection is divided into Lectures and Programmes as shown in the Scope and Content section.

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, 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.

Finding aids:

A descriptive list is available in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records from Queen Elizabeth College were mainly transferred to King's in 1985.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Queen Elizabeth College Annual Reports contain calendar information on the timetabling of events, and see also Press Cuttings for notices of events (Refs: Q/EPH/RPT, Q/PC). King's College London Lectures, Programmes and Events Literature (Ref: K/LEC, K/LECT, K/OS, K/PRG, K/SOC, K/INV, K/EXB, K/CEN, K/SES, K/APP).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

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:
February 2002