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Identity statement
- Reference code(s)
- GB0100 KCLCA C/LEC, C/LECT, C/PRG
- Title
- CHELSEA COLLEGE: Lectures, Programmes and other Events Literature
- Date(s)
- 1905-1983
- Level of description
- Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
- Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk, or size)
- 5 boxes
Context
- Name of creator(s)
South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, Chelsea College
- 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 & structure
- Scope and content
South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, and Chelsea College Lectures, Programmes and other Events Literature, 1905-1983. This collection of ephemera provides an insight into the academic and social events that took place at Chelsea from the early years until the merger of Chelsea with King's in 1985. It notably includes copies of inaugural lectures by newly appointed professors on subjects as diverse as science education, physics in a social context and the science of botany, 1969-1980; public lecture texts on occasions ranging from memorial speeches to the award of prizes, 1905-1974; audio tape recordings of lectures and addresses including on the history of the College and of various inaugural lectures, 1965-1973 (Ref: C/LEC, C/LECT); programmes of events and orders of service covering advertisements for exhibitions, the opening of new buildings, the visit of royalty and open days, 1926-1983; prize-giving programmes, 1930-1976; sporting fixtures and entertainments programmes, 1936-1985 (Ref: C/PRG).
- System of arrangement
Arranged into lectures and programmes as shown above in the Scope and Content section.
Conditions of access & use
- Conditions governing access
- 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.
- Language/scripts of material
English
- Finding aids
A descriptive list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives reading room.
Allied materials
- Existence and location of originals
King's College London College Archives
- Related units of description
Other Chelsea ephemera including serial publications, Annual Reports and press cuttings contain information concerning College events (Ref: C/SER, C/RPT, C/PC).
Description control
- Archivist's Note
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.
- Rules or conventions
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.
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
February 2002
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Subjects
- Books
- Botany
- Communications media
- Educational publications
- Exhibitions
- Guidebooks
- Guides
- History
- Information sciences
- Lectures (teaching method)
- Physics
- Publications
- Reading materials
- Recordings
- Science education
- Social history
- Sound recordings
- Teaching methods
Corporate names
- Chelsea College
- Chelsea College
- Chelsea College of Science and Technology
- Chelsea College of Science and Technology
- Chelsea Polytechnic
- Chelsea Polytechnic
- King's College London College Archives
- South-Western Polytechnic
- South-Western Polytechnic
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