Collection of the Month- Kingston University Collections
In June 1992, Kingston Polytechnic was officially inaugurated as Kingston University. To mark the twentieth anniversary of this vital point in our history, our Collection of the month (or rather,...
View ArticleKingston University Photographs
This extensive collection covers events which have taken place in and around the University since the 1910s; from Gipsy Hill Teaching College, Kingston Technical College and Kingston Polytechnic to...
View ArticleSearching the Archives Catalogue: Becoming an Expert Searcher and Identifying...
In our previous posts on the Searching the Archives Catalogue, we have looked at the Simple Search and Advanced Search pages. In this post we’ll be looking at the Expert Search. To navigate to the...
View ArticleLaunch of Kingston University Archives Digital Collections
We are delighted to announce the launch of Kingston University Archives Digital Collections online. This new website has been created to showcase items from the University’s Archives and Special...
View ArticleExplore Your Archive: The Growth of Kingston University Archives and Special...
Continuing our blog posts charting the history of Kingston University Archives and Special Collections as part of the Explore Your Archive campaign, this time we’re looking at the period after the...
View ArticleA Look Back at Kingston Polytechnic
This week marks the 45th anniversary since the creation of Kingston Polytechnic. The Polytechnic was created on 11 Mar 1970 by merging Kingston College of Technology and Kingston College of Art. Gipsy...
View ArticleLast Chance to see our Second World War Exhibition
Our current exhibition, looking at the Second World War through our collections, will close from Thursday morning (3rd March)- so if you would like to view the exhibition please do visit as soon as...
View Article1899 and All That: The History of Kingston University- a new exhibition by...
2017 marks the 25th anniversary of when Kingston became a University. We are marking this by an exhibition looking at the University’s history, from its foundation in 1899 to its transformation into a...
View ArticleOur new exhibition is now open
Kingston University Archives and Special Collections is pleased to announce that our new exhibition has opened today. This exhibition, entitled ‘1899 and All That: The History of Kingston University’,...
View ArticleKU Fact: Split personality?
It’s Explore Your Archives week, and our exhibition celebrating the history of Kingston University is open for viewing! For more details on visiting please see our previous post. To mark this...
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