Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1834-1917 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
55 volumes
Scope and content
The out-letter books contain chronologically arranged copies of a number of significant letters written by or on behalf of the Principal and College Secretary, 1834-1917, in relation to a wide variety of College business. The series does not however, include responses to all letters in the parallel series of in-letters (KA/IC).
System of arrangement
The out-letter books are arranged chronologically.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Between 1831 and 1988 the role of College Secretary evolved from Secretary to the Principal and Council to become a senior administrative officer of the College. Throughout the period the College Secretary had responsibility for servicing the Council, its main standing and special subcommittees, and the Academic Board. In the 1960s, the post of Academic Registrar was reorganised to reflect the coordinated responsibility for student admission and examinations with the Department.
The College employed four Secretaries between 1828 and 1919: Henry Nelson Coleridge (1828); Henry William Smith (1829-1845); John William Cunningham (1845-1895), and Walter Smith (1895-1919).
Repository
Custodial history
College Secretary's Department.
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
Uploaded finding aid
Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Curriculum
- Economics of education
- Educational administration
- Educational buildings
- Educational finance
- Educational levels
- Educational management
- Educational personnel
- Educational planning
- Higher education
- Higher education institutions
- Students
- Universities
- University students
- Personnel
- People by occupation
- People
Place access points
People and Organisations
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
Sources: King's College London catalogues. Compiler: Julie Tancell.