Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1844-1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
137 boxes and volumes
Scope and content
The records of the University of London in King's College London Archives consist of Senate minutes, University regulations and calendars, 1844-1990. These comprise minutes of the University Senate, including some appendices, covering regulations, scholarships, finance, social affairs, libraries, general administration and strategic planning, 1950-1981; printed and bound Regulations for Internal Students of the University, 1973-1988; Calendars of the University of London, 1844, 1850, 1869, 1878, 1918-1919, 1923-1930, 1934-1935, 1937-1939, 1947- 1957, 1959-1990. These contain a wealth of information concerning the University and its staff and students, covering the history of the University, regulations, clubs and societies and list the teaching staff of the University and its officers. Calendars up to 1930 also list internal students of the constituent colleges including King's College.
System of arrangement
Minutes, regulations and Calendars are arranged chronologically.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
The University of London was established in 1836 as a degree awarding body until its refoundation in 1900 when it adopted the federal structure of the modern teaching University. The Senate was the sole governing and executive body of the University until the creation of the Court under the terms of the University of London Act of 1926. The Senate retained authority over academic affairs, while the Court managed financial matters. The Senate is composed of senior representatives of the Schools, Colleges and Institutes that make up the University and is normally located in the University buildings at Bloomsbury, which were opened in 1936.
Repository
Custodial history
Principal and College Secretary's Office, 1981-1990.
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
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 ›
The University of London Library contains a full record of the minutes of the Senate, and of Regulations and Calendars.
Related materials
Publication note
Negley Harte, The University of London, 1836-1986 (London, 1986); S. Gordon Wilson, The University of London and its Colleges (London, 1923).
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Economics of education
- Educational administration
- Educational finance
- Educational history
- Educational levels
- Educational planning
- Educational sciences
- Educational statistics
- Higher education
- Higher education institutions
- Periodicals
- Publications
- Students
- Universities
- University students
- Yearbooks
- Communications media
- Information sciences
Place access points
People and Organisations
- University of London (Subject)
- University of London Senate (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.