IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0098 B/SYKES
Held at: Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine
Title: SYKES, John Charles Gabriel (1869-1952)
Date(s): Created 1908-1917
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Sykes | Sir | John Charles Gabriel | 1869-1952 | civil servant
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born, 1869; educated at Winchester, New College Oxford; entered Education Department, 1893; Assistant Secretary, Board of Education, 1904; Secretary, Departmental Committee on the future organisation of the Royal College of Science, Royal School of Mines, 1904-1906; Governor, Imperial College, 1907-1917; Secretary, Central Control Board (Liquor Traffic), 1915-1921; Knighted, 1919; joint editor of the Law of Public Education in England and Wales; member, Council for State Management Districts under the Licensing Act 1921; JP, County of London and Chairman St Margaret's Division, 1925-1950; died, 1952
Publications: The Law of Public Education in England and Wales. A practical guide to its administration with George Morgan Edwardes Jones (Rivingtons, London, 1903).
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir John Charles Gabriel Sykes, comprising correspondence with the administration department of Imperial College, 1908-1917.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 file
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:
Accumulated by 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 Governing Body (GB), held at Imperial College.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Who Was Who (A & C Black, 1961, volume V); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Date(s) of descriptions: December 2000