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Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

Electrical Engineering Department of Imperial College


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0098 KEE

Held at: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine

Title: Electrical Engineering Department of Imperial College

Date(s): Created 1891-1980

Level of description: Series of Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine records

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Royal College of Science
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Department of Electrical Engineering originated with the teaching of evening classes in pratical electricity at Finsbury Technical College in 1878. With the opening of the City and Guilds Central Institution in 1884 classes moved to South Kensington as the Department of Physics, but was renamed Electrical Engineering in 1898.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the Department of Electrical Engineering of Imperial College, 1891-1980, including a departmental history from 1884-1963, press cuttings; papers relating to postgraduate courses, 1953-1972; laboratory work, including instruction sheets, 1930-1959; notes by Professor Cecil Lewis Fortescue, 1923; reports by students, 1891-1927; students' lecture notes and files, 1958-1960; correspondence with the administration department, 1908-1941, 1958-1969; correspondence concerning a Readership in Electronics, 1948-1959; Readership and bursaries in Electric Traction, 1956-1967; papers relating to projects, 1968, 1978; course syllabus, 1964-1970; Lucas fund, 1962-1970; reports of working parties, 1979-1980; examination papers, 1953-1970; departmental correspondence of Professor Arnold Tustin, 1951-1961, including research projects, research grants; papers relating to Engineering in Medicine, comprising Leverhulme Trust Fund bursaries, 1962-1967.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

The records are arranged in sections as outlined in the scope and content.

Conditions governing access:

Researchers wishing to consult the Archives should first contact the College Archivist, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, for an appointment.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A photocopying service is available at the discretion of the Archivist. Photocopies are supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

A catalogue is available at the College Archives.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Created and accumulated by the Royal College of Science and Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine during the course of business.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Records of the Computer Unit and the Department of Computing and Control, Imperial College (KCU), and records relating to Finsbury Technical College (FA).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: October 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Educational foundations | Educational administrative structure | Educational organizations
Examinations | Student evaluation | Educational evaluation
Medical technology | Medical equipment | Scientific equipment | Equipment
Research grants | Science finance | Economics of science
Research projects | Research programmes | Organization of research
University laboratories | Academic buildings | Educational buildings
University students | Students
Curriculum
Educational grants
Electrical engineering

Personal names
Fortescue | Cecil Lewis | 1881-1949 | electrical engineer
Tustin | Arnold | 1899-1994 | electrical engineer

Corporate names
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine | Department of Electrical Engineering
Leverhulme Trust Fund

Places