Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1911-1963 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 box
Scope and content
The papers of Sir John Atkins, 1911-1963, comprise memoranda and correspondence illustrative of the strategic development of the College through its various stages from its establishment as an independent institution in 1915 to the retirement of Atkins as Chairman of the College's Executive Committee in 1958, including draft speeches and notes on the history of the College.
System of arrangement
The papers are arranged into a broadly chronological sequence.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born, 1875; educated at Guy's Hospital, MB 1901; on staff of the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital, South Africa, 1901; returned to Guy's Hospital as Assistant House Surgeon and Clinical Assistant, [1902-1904]; Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 1903; General Practitioner in West Kensington, 1904-1914; served on staff of Commander-in-Chief, Sir John French, 1914-1918; Assistant Director-General of the Army Medical Service; became interested in improving the teaching of domestic science and home economics and initiated a subscription campaign to provide for a hostel for such students in King's College for Women, 1911; a distinct department for women emerged in 1915; knighted (KCMG), 1919; became Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Department/College, 1922-1958; died, 1963.
Repository
Custodial history
QEC Library.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Curriculum
- Educational administration
- Educational administrative structure
- Educational organizations
- Educational policy
- Educational supervision
- Educational systems
- Governing bodies
- Higher education institutions
- Students
- Universities
- University curriculum
- University governing bodies
- Womens education
- Women students
Place access points
People and Organisations
- King's College London Women's Department, 1902-1908 (Subject)
- King's College of Household and Social Science, 1928-1953 (Subject)
- University of London (Subject)
- King's College for Women, 1908-1928 (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Neville Marsh, The history of Queen Elizabeth College (London, 1986). Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.