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Identity statement

Reference code(s)

GB0100 KCLCA CA/T, C/CSA, 1997 CAS, 1985/CAS

Title

CHELSEA COLLEGE: Title Deeds and Legal Documents

Date(s)

1891-1985

Level of description

Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives

Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk, or size)

1.5 boxes

Context

Name of creator(s)

Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, Chelsea College

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Received from the College Secretary in two tranches, 1988-1991.

Content & structure

Scope and content

Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology and Chelsea College Title Deeds and Legal Documents, 1891-1985. This comprises title deeds and leasehold agreements to Chelsea property including the original South-Western Polytechnic site, 1891-1899, in King's Road and High Street Kensington, 1962-1984, and a register of deeds, 1972-1985; Grant of Arms to Polytechnic, 1922; Chelsea Charter and Statutes, 1969, 1971.

Conditions of access & use

Conditions governing access

Administrative records are generally closed for thirty years.

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 list of contents is available in hard copy 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

Chelsea College Secretary's files contain material related to property and the legal status of the College (Ref: CAS).

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