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Identity statement
- Reference code(s)
- GB0100 KCLCA Q/PP1
- Title
- ATKINS, Sir John (1875-1963)
- Date(s)
- 1911-1963
- Level of description
- Collection (fonds)
- Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk, or size)
- 1 box
Context
- Name of creator(s)
Atkins, Sir, John, 1875-1963, Knight, physician
- Administrative / 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.
- Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
QEC Library.
Content & structure
- 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.
Conditions of access & use
- Conditions governing access
- 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.
- Language/scripts of material
English
Allied materials
- Existence and location of originals
King's College London College Archives
- Related units of description
The collection complements historical material in the Secretarial series, Principal's records and College Minute books (Ref: KCLCA QAS, QAP, QA/M).
Description control
- Archivist's Note
Neville Marsh, The history of Queen Elizabeth College (London, 1986). 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.
This catalogue is made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License. This catalogue may be updated from time to time in order to reflect additional material and/or new understandings of the material.
- Date(s) of descriptions
March 2002
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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
- Women students
- Womens education
Personal names
- Atkins, Sir, John, 1875-1963, Knight, Physician
- Atkins, Sir, John, 1875-1963, Knight, Physician
Corporate names
- King's College London College Archives
- King's College London, Women's Department
- King's College for Women, London
- King's College of Household and Social Science, 1928-1953
- University of London
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