Collection QAP - PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE: Queen Elizabeth College administrative records

Key Information

Reference code

QAP

Title

PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE: Queen Elizabeth College administrative records

Date(s)

  • 1908-1985 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

77 boxes

Scope and content

Records, 1908-1985, of the Principal of Queen Elizabeth College and heads of its predecessor bodies, comprising general and policy files on administration of the College, 1912-1984, the subjects including buildings, relationship with the University of ... »

System of arrangement

Records are arranged in series.

General Information

Name of creator

(1953-1985)

Biographical history

Queen Elizabeth College, so called from 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 ... »

Custodial history

Records from Queen Elizabeth College were transferred to King's College London after 1985.

Conditions governing access

Administrative records are generally closed for 20 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes.

Where open, access is subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification,... »

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

Finding aids

List available in reading room at King's College London Archives.

Related materials

King's College London Archives holds the records of Queen Elizabeth College, 1908-1988, the other sub-fonds comprising Bursar's records (Ref: QAB); council and committee members' correspondence files (Ref: QA/CC); library records (Ref: QAL/PUB, 1992/QAL/... »

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

Archivist's note

Compiled by Rachel Kemsley as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.