Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1890-1994 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
24 boxes
Scope and content
The records of the Education Department of King's College London consists of minutes, correspondence, pass lists, exam papers, printed pamphlets and photographs, 1890-1994; notably including King's Scholars' Common room minute book, 1911-1912; minutes of the Education Society, 1921-1927, 1957-1971; correspondence concerning academic planning at King's, 1982-1983; correspondence relating to the All India Science Education Project, 1983-1986; correspondence relating to the Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, 1983-1994; minutes and correspondence of the University of London Board of Educational Studies, Higher Degrees Committee, 1989; correspondence relating to the MEd in Science Education, 1974-1979; material relating to the 150th anniversary celebrations of the College, 1979; typescript of annual report of the Department of Education, with statistics and summary of departmental performance, 1927-1968; registers of attendance of students in the Day Training Department, 1890-1911; logbook of the Day Training Department with correspondence, 1890-1910; notes on Day Training College practical work experience, 1895-1927; examination question papers, 1925-1979; photographs of students and staff, 1930-1958; examination results, 1934-1970; programmes of plays performed by members of the Department, [1947-1969]; copies of journals including Minerva , the Education Society magazine, 1957.
System of arrangement
Arrangement is broadly chronological, but more recent papers especially are boxed by year of accession.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Faculty of Education merged with the Chelsea College Centre for Science and Mathematics Education in 1985 to create the School of Education. The School then became the Department of Education and Professional Studies within the School of Social Science and Public Policy.
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Education Department, part of the Faculty of Arts became the Faculty of Education in 1968, which then merged with the Chelsea College Centre for Science and Mathematics Education in 1985 to create the School of Education.
Name of creator
Biographical history
In 1922, the Day Training College and the Department for Secondary Training were amalgamated to form the Education Department, part of the Faculty of Arts. This became the Faculty of Education in 1968.
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Department for the Training of Teachers was established under John William Adamson in 1890. In 1896 it was split into two sections: the Day Training College for those intending to teach in elementary schools, and the Department for Secondary Training. These were amalgamated in 1922 to form the Education Department, part of the Faculty of Arts.
Repository
Custodial history
King's College London School of Education.
Conditions governing access
Administrative records are generally closed for 20 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes.
Files containing personal data are closed for 80 years and sensitive personal data for 100 years from the date of the most recent document in the file.
Where open, access is 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
Summary guide entry online and due to be published in hard copy. A brief hand list of the collection is available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.
Existence and location of originals
Please note: We require 7 days notice to retrieve this collection as part, or all of it, is held off-campus. Read more ›
Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Academic teaching personnel
- Documents
- Educational administration
- Educational administrative structure
- Educational associations
- Educational attendance
- Educational evaluation
- Educational levels
- Educational organizations
- Educational personnel
- Educational planning
- Educational sciences
- Educational statistics
- Examination marks
- Examinations
- Higher education
- Higher education institutions
- Information sources
- Log books
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Publications
- Student evaluation
- Student organizations
- Students
- Teachers
- Training
- Universities
- University students
- Visual materials
- Vocational training
- Written examinations
- Yearbooks
- Communications media
- Information sciences
- 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: Archives: Calendars; Gordon Huelin, King's College London (London, 1978). Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.