Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1835-1938 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
5 boxes
Scope and content
The records of the special committees of the Council of King's College London consist of minutes and some other papers, mainly concerning appointments to posts, 1835-1938; notably including Medical Department, Medical Committee and Hospital Committee minutes and papers on the allocation of teaching space, laboratory provision, appointments to surgical and other posts including Physiology, the Sambrooke Registrarship, a proposed museum for medical exhibits, outpatients and the provision of hospital beds, the Bacteriological Department and the development of other new departments, and the removal of the Hospital, 1835-1910; minutes of a Special Committee into College Finances, 1895-1896; papers relating to King's College School including the selection of pupils, staff appointments, accommodation and the School's relocation, 1849-1910; papers concerning Engineering at King's including the teaching of drawing, the curriculum and appointments, 1891-1910; minutes of the Committee of Education including the financial standing of the Department, 1891-1893; minutes of various committees relating to the education of women, 1881-1905; committees relating to academic Chairs including those of Ecclesiastical History, Exegesis of the New Testament, Fine Art, Arts of Construction, Chemistry, Geology, Italian, Mechanical Engineering, Natural Philosophy, Political Economy and Sanskrit, 1835-1938; relating to the office of the Principal, 1868; relating to the Council's recognition of the General Board and Boards of Departments, 1869; proposals to amalgamate the Chairs of Chemistry, 1870; relating to the teaching of Physics, 1884; proposals to revive the teaching of Oriental languages, 1884; committees concerned with the nomenclature of departments and faculties, most notably the reorganisation of General Literature and Science, 1887; Building Committee minutes and other papers relating to site maintenance including tenders for new construction, laboratories and a photographic room, 1835-1904; Strand School, 1904-1910; Theological minutes and papers including the Theological Professorial Board, Hostel, the Inspection of Theological Colleges and the College Chapel, 1841-1938.
System of arrangement
The records are arranged in a series of bound volumes in a broadly chronological order. The volumes are indexed.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Council was the principal governing body of King's College London between its foundation in 1829 and the reorganisation of King's that took place with the King's College London (Transfer) Act of 1908. This both incorporated King's into the University of London (thereafter redesignated as University of London, King's College), and legally separated the Theological Faculty, which retained subscription to the 39 Articles for academic staff and continued to be known as King's College London. The Council remained exclusively as the governing body of the Theological Faculty with additional pastoral responsibility for students and staff of both Colleges, but the government of the secular University of London, King's College, was transferred to a new Delegacy established in February 1910. Both Council and Delegacy also maintained separate Professorial Board, Finance and other committees. Following the reunification of the Colleges by Royal Charter in 1980, responsibility for the government of the whole College was returned to the Council.
Repository
Custodial history
College Secretary's Office, 1981
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
A detailed catalogue is available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.
Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Academic buildings
- Art education
- Chemistry education
- Cultural education
- Economics education
- Economics of education
- Educational administration
- Educational buildings
- Educational finance
- Educational levels
- Educational planning
- Educational supervision
- Educational systems
- Engineering education
- Geology education
- Governing bodies
- Higher education
- Higher education institutions
- Higher science education
- Language instruction
- Personnel management
- Physics education
- Recruitment
- Religious education
- Science education
- Second language instruction
- Social science education
- Students
- Universities
- University governing bodies
- Vocational education
- Womens education
- Women students
- Organization and administration
- Health services administration
- Public administration
- Government
Place access points
People and Organisations
- King's College London Civil Service Department founded 1876 (Subject)
- King's College School, 1831-1897, Strand (Subject)
- King's College Hospital, London, 1840- (Subject)
- King's College London, 1829- (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.