Photographs relating to Bedford College
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0505 BC PH1-11 |
Held at | : Royal Holloway, University of London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/archives › |
Full title | : Photographs relating to Bedford College |
Date(s) | : [1849-1985] |
Level of description | : Subfonds of Bedford College
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Extent | : c15 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Bedford College |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Photographs collected throughout the history of Bedford College.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Photographs of the staff and students of Bedford College, [1849-1985], including academic and domestic staff, members of the governing body, and union committees. Photographs of the buildings of Bedford College, 1849-[1975]. Photographs of special events, 1913-1985, including royal visits, opening ceremonies, garden parties and the final reunion. Photographs concerning academic departments, 1922-1985, and resident students, 1946-1963. Photographs of student activities, 1887-[1970], including sports and drama. Correspondence relating to the photographic material, [1913-1985]. Photographic negatives and lantern slides, [1890-1940].
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged according to subject.
Conditions governing access:
Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the College Archivist.
Finding aids:
`A catalogue of the Archives of Bedford College (University of London), 1849-1985', by Claire Gobbi Daunton and Elizabeth Bennett, 1987.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
The papers were transferred from the Bedford College Archives when the College merged with Royal Holloway in 1985.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Educating women: a pictorial history of Bedford College, University of London, 1949-1985 (Alma Publishers, Surrey, 1991) by Dr Linna Bentley; A history of Bedford College for Women, 1849-1937 (Oxford University Press, London, 1939), by Dame Margaret Jansen Tuke.
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the AIM25 project.
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:
Apr 2000
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