IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA C/PH
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: Chelsea College Photographs and Illustrations
Date(s): 1891-1986
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 16 boxes and 5 outsize framed portraits
Name of creator(s): South-Western Polytechnic
Chelsea Polytechnic
Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Chelsea College
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The South-Western Polytechnic was opened at Manresa Road, Chelsea, in 1895, to provide scientific and technical education to Londoners. Day and evening classes for men and women comprised study in domestic economy, mathematics, engineering, natural science, art and music. It changed its name to Chelsea Polytechnic in 1922 and taught a growing number of registered students of the University of London, and this relationship was later formally recognised when the Polytechnic, now reconstituted as Chelsea College of Science and Technology, was admitted as a School of the University in 1966. The renamed Chelsea College was formally incorporated into the University of London in 1971. Chelsea merged with King's and Queen Elizabeth College in 1985.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, and Chelsea College Photographs and Illustrations, 1891-1986. These comprise photographs of interiors of the Manresa Road buildings including chemistry and biology laboratories, library, gymnasium, cookery classroom and engineering workshops, [1895-1985]; exteriors of Chelsea buildings, 1891-[1985]; College events and student activities including outings, theatre productions, geology field trips, opening ceremonies, retirement drinks and sporting fixtures, [1920]-1986; portraits and group photographs of students and staff, notably departmental group photographs, photographs of successive Principals and other senior staff, sporting teams, 1900-[1985]; 12 boxes of 16mm film loops of electronics-related lecture material, [1970].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Arranged into the main series described above in the Scope and Content section.
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to the signature of a reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied to researchers and College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Descriptive list available for consultation in the King's College London Archives reading room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
Chelsea Annual Reports, Press Cuttings and other ephemera contain useful illustrations of buildings, students and staff. King's College London Photographs and Illustrations also contain some pictures of Chelsea College around the time of the merger with King's in 1985.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.
Date(s) of descriptions: February 2002