IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA CA/T, C/CSA, 1997 CAS, 1985/CAS
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: Chelsea College Title Deeds and Legal Documents
Date(s): 1891-1985
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1.5 boxes
Name of creator(s): Chelsea Polytechnic
Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Chelsea College
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology and Chelsea College Title Deeds and Legal Documents, 1891-1985. This comprises title deeds and leasehold agreements to Chelsea property including the original South-Western Polytechnic site, 1891-1899, in King's Road and High Street Kensington, 1962-1984, and a register of deeds, 1972-1985; Grant of Arms to Polytechnic, 1922; Chelsea Charter and Statutes, 1969, 1971.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Administrative records are generally closed for thirty years.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A list of contents is available in hard copy in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Received from the College Secretary in two tranches, 1988-1991.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
Chelsea College Secretary's files contain material related to property and the legal status of the College (Ref: CAS).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002