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King's College London Delegacy Minutes and Agenda Books


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA KA/D/M, KA/D/IN, KA/D/AM, KA/D/GB

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: King's College London Delegacy Minutes and Agenda Books

Date(s): 1910-1980

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 37 volumes

Name of creator(s): Delegacy of University of London, King's College

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Council was the principal governing body of King's College London between its foundation in 1829 and the reorganisation of King's that took place with the King's College London (Transfer) Act of 1908. This incorporated King's into the University of London (thereafter redesignated as University of London, King's College), and legally separated the Theological Faculty, which retained subscription to the 39 Articles for academic staff and which continued to be known as King's College London. The secular University of London, King's College, was governed by a new Delegacy, while the Theological Faculty continued to be governed by the Council. Following the reunification of the Colleges by Royal Charter in 1980, responsibility for the government of the whole College was returned to the Council.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of the Delegacy of University of London, King's College, consist of minutes and agenda books, 1910-1980, namely volumes of bound, manuscript, minute books, 1910-1948, bound, typescript, minute books, 1949-1980, with separate index volumes, [1910-1980], and microfilm copies of minutes, 1910-1917; guard books containing copies of enclosures of correspondence, memoranda and reports, 1927-1980; agenda books relating to the subjects of discussion in the main Delegacy minute series, 1910-1980. The Delegacy minutes contain a wealth of information regarding teaching, administration and the strategic direction of the College, including finance, appointments, appeals, grants and awards, annual reports, and relations with other higher education institutions and especially the University of London.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Minute books, agenda and guard books are arranged chronologically, usually incorporating several academic years in each volume.

Conditions governing access:

Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Summary guide entry on-line and due to be published in hard copy. Hand list available in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

College Secretary's Office, 1981

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

King's College London Archives: Council Minutes and Agenda Books (Ref: KCLCA KA/C/M, KA/C/AM, KA/C/RM); Special Committees of Council (Ref: KCLCA KA/CS/M). Reference should also be made with General Board/Professorial Board/Academic Board minutes and associated papers (Ref: KCLCA KA/PB/M, KA/PB/RG, KA/PB/AM, KA/PB/GB, KA/PB/SB), records of the General Court and Corporation (Ref: KCLCA KA/G/M, KA/G/GB), records of the Finance Committee, Council Committee of Finance and Delegacy Finance Committee (Ref: KCLCA KA/F/M, KA/F/AM, KA/FD/GB), King's Secretarial, Registry and Principal's Office records (Ref: KCLCA KAS, KAR, KAP).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with 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: July 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Educational finance | Economics of education
Grants | Financing | Finance
Higher education | Educational levels
Microfilms | Microforms | Film media | Information media
Recruitment | Personnel management | Organization and administration | Health services administration | Public administration | Government
Universities | Higher education institutions | Educational institutions
University governing bodies | Governing bodies | Educational supervision
Yearbooks | Periodicals | Publications | Communications media | Information sciences
Educational governing bodies
Educational planning
Organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
King's College London | Delegacy

Places