Queen Elizabeth College Examination Question Papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA Q/EX, Q/EXAM, 1993/Q/EXAM
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 Examination Question Papers
Date(s)	: 1923-1985
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London View parent record
Extent	: 16 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: King's College London | Household and Social Science Department | 1915-1928 King's College of Household and Social Science | 1928-1953 Queen Elizabeth College | 1953-1985

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Queen Elizabeth College, which came into being with the granting of a Royal Charter in 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 examination question papers, 1923-1985, constituting an incomplete series of bound BSc examination question papers, 1923, 1970-1985; MSc Nutrition question papers, 1969-1984; undergraduate and postgraduate Manpower Studies examination question papers, 1977-1985; a timetable for BSc exams, 1940.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged into the main set of BSc papers (Ref: Q/EX1) and MSc, duplicate BSc and miscellaneous papers (Ref: Q/EX2, Q/EXAM, 1993/Q/EXAM).

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 for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records from Queen Elizabeth College were transferred to King's in 1985 from the QEC Library.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Queen Elizabeth College Examination Results (Ref: Q/ER, 1999 QAR), which include some question papers; King's College London Examination Question Papers (Ref: K/EX).

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