Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1955-1963 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Scope and content
Queen Elizabeth College obituaries and press cuttings, 1908-1986, notably including obituaries of a number of former staff of Queen Elizabeth and its predecessors, 1955-1963; bound volumes of press cuttings containing often detailed notices, news stories and features concerning the Department/College from newspapers including The Times, Morning Post and Spectator, covering topics such as the education of women, the teaching of household science internationally, awards, new buildings and wartime disruption, 1908-1986; volumes of cuttings on cooking and recipes from newspaper columns, 1927-1932.
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into obituaries and press cuttings as illustrated in the Scope and Content section.
General Information
Name of creator
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.
Repository
Custodial history
Records from Queen Elizabeth College were transferred to King's in 1985 from the QEC Library.
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 brief list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Academic teaching personnel
- Teachers
- Educational personnel
- Food preparation
- Home economics education
- Higher education
- Educational levels
- Press cuttings
- Newspaper press
- Press
- Recipes
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- Universities
- Higher education institutions
- Womens education
- Educational systems
- Educational buildings
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
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.