IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA 1989/QAR, 1995/QAR
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: Queen Elizabeth College Registry Records
Date(s): 1968-1987
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 10 boxes
Name of creator(s): Queen Elizabeth College Registrar
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Queen Elizabeth College, which came into being with the granting of a Royal Charter in 1953, succeeded the Home Science and Economics classes of King's College Women's Department and King's College for Women, which started in 1908; the Household and Social Science Department of King's College for Women, which opened in 1915; and King's College of Household and Social Science, which operated from 1928. The amalgamation of the College with King's College London and Chelsea College was completed in 1985. The Registry dealt with student and academic affairs including applications, examinations and assessments, and its functions were combined with those of the Registry at King's following the merger.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
The records of the Registry at Queen Elizabeth College, 1968-1987, are comprised of committee files and working papers on the academic work of the College, notably including various notes and papers of the Academic Board and committees including the Biological Services Committee and Publicity Committee, working parties and reports on numerous issues such as first year teaching, regulations, fees, statutes, examinations, accommodation and intercollegiate courses, and on aspects of strategic development, notably the Swinnerton-Dyer Report on Higher Education and on the merger with King's College London in 1985 (Ref: 1989/QAR); notes on student numbers, teaching loads and statistics on constituent courses, 1971-1985 (Ref: 1995/QAR).
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records are boxed in the order received at the time of accession.
Conditions governing access:
Administrative records are generally closed for thirty years from the last date on file.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A descriptive list for 1989/QAR only is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the QEC Registrar to the King's College London Archives, November 1989.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
See also Queen Elizabeth College Minutes, Principal's files and Secretarial papers for detail on the academic and non-academic development of QEC (Refs: QA/M, QAP, QAS). See especially the series of board of Principal Teachers/Academic Board minutes (Ref: QA/AB/M). King's College Registry records, minute books, Secretarial papers and other sources should also be consulted from the merger period around 1985. The series 1999/QAR comprises examination results and is listed under Q/ER.
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2002