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Identity statement
- Reference code(s)
- GB0100 KCLCA C/SU, C/SAC
- Title
- CHELSEA COLLEGE: Students Union and Social Society Records
- Date(s)
- 1908-1980
- Level of description
- Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
- Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk, or size)
- 2 boxes and 4 volumes
Context
- Name of creator(s)
South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, Chelsea College Students Union
- Administrative / Biographical history
A Students' Union and various sporting societies, in particular an athletics society, were formed soon after the establishment of the Polytechnic and remained active until the merger of Chelsea College with King's College in 1985.
- Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Chelsea Students Union
Content & structure
- Scope and content
The records of the South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology and Chelsea College Students Union and social clubs, 1908-1980. These notably consist of Social Council and Students' Union Society minute books, 1908-1980 (Ref: C/SU/M1-5); Student Debating Society minute book, 1931-1936 (Ref: C/SU/M6); Chemical Society minutes of meetings, 1947-1977 (Ref: C/SU/M7); Chelsea Polytechnic/College Social and Athletic Council ledger and journal, record of athletics distinctions and the award of colours, 1936-1963 (Ref: C/SAC).
- System of arrangement
Divided into material belonging to the Students' Union and to other clubs and societies.
Conditions of access & use
- Conditions governing access
- Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied to readers and staff.
- Language/scripts of material
English
- Finding aids
A detailed list of the contents of the collection 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
Students Union handbooks are located with other Chelsea College publications (Ref: CU/HAN); Social and Athletic Council minutes (Ref: CA/CS/M17-18).
Description control
- Archivist's Note
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
- 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
March 2002
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Subjects
- Athletics
- Chemistry education
- Clubs
- Educational levels
- Higher education
- Higher education institutions
- Leisure
- Leisure time activities
- Science education
- Sport
- Students
- Universities
- University students
Corporate names
- Chelsea College of Science and Technology
- Chelsea College of Science and Technology
- Chelsea College, Chemical Society
- Chelsea College, Social and Athletic Council
- Chelsea College, Students' Union
- Chelsea Polytechnic
- Chelsea Polytechnic
- King's College London College Archives
- South-Western Polytechnic
- South-Western Polytechnic
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