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College Collection (#30)

Background imageCollege Collection: Paris, France - College Louis-le-Grand

Paris, France - College Louis-le-Grand. Date: circa 1789

Background imageCollege Collection: Paris, France - College Chaptal

Paris, France - College Chaptal. Date: 1869

Background imageCollege Collection: Paris, France - Destruction of Old College of Cluny

Paris, France - Destruction of Old College of Cluny. Date: 1860

Background imageCollege Collection: AFS regional training exercise, Wymondham College

AFS regional training exercise, Wymondham College
AFS regional training exercise in Norfolk, 10-11 September 1955. Showing the Column Commander briefing the Company Commander

Background imageCollege Collection: Trent Park Teacher Training College, North London

Trent Park Teacher Training College, North London (later part of Middlesex University). Being remote from road access and water supply

Background imageCollege Collection: John More, clergyman and cartographer

John More, clergyman and cartographer
John More (?-1592), Fellow of Christs College, Cambridge, minister of St Andrews Church, Norwich, and cartographer. He worked for many years on a map of Canaan, based on biblical research

Background imageCollege Collection: German for Military Students - WWI era

German for Military Students - WWI era
Book entitled German for Military Students by F. G. Zimmerman, M.A. Professor of German at the Royal Military College and Late Professor of German at the Staff College, Camberley. Second Edition

Background imageCollege Collection: Scouts cooking in South Australia

Scouts cooking in South Australia
Three Scouting Pack Leaders of the First College Park Group, South Australia, functioning as cooks for a Commissioners Weekend course held at Glenalta, Sterling, 9-10 June 1934. Date: 1934

Background imageCollege Collection: Mr. Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington, by Stephen Ward, 1961

Mr. Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington, by Stephen Ward, 1961
Mr. Arthur Lionel Pugh Norrington, Vice-chancellor of Oxford University, and President of Trinity College. Norrington honed the Norrington Table

Background imageCollege Collection: Lord Adrian, as sketched by Stephen Ward, 1961

Lord Adrian, as sketched by Stephen Ward, 1961
Edgar Adrian, 1st Baron Adrian, (1889-1977), Master of Trinity College, and Vice Chancellor of Cambridge University(1957-59), as drawn from life by Stephen Ward

Background imageCollege Collection: Scouts of the 4th Calcutta Troop, India

Scouts of the 4th Calcutta Troop, India
Scouts of the 4th Calcutta (Armenian College) Troop, India, doing physical drill

Background imageCollege Collection: Gymnasium Lord Mayor Treolars Home, Alton, Hampshire

Gymnasium Lord Mayor Treolars Home, Alton, Hampshire
Inmates exercising in the gymnasium at Lord Mayor Treolar Cripples Home and College, Alton. Some have crutches laid on the floor next to them. Date: Date unknown

Background imageCollege Collection: Jan Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ

Jan Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ
Joannes (Jan) Baptista de Bisthoven, SJ (1603-1655), Jesuit missionary and college rector from Antwerp, Belgium

Background imageCollege Collection: Queen Mary with Prince Henry as a cadet, 1918

Queen Mary with Prince Henry as a cadet, 1918
Queen Mary, wife of King George V, pictured with her third son, Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester (1900-1974) attending a sports day at the Royal Military College at Camberley where he was a

Background imageCollege Collection: George Budd, English physician

George Budd, English physician
George Budd (1808-1882), English physician, professor of medicine at Kings College Hospital. He gave his name to Budds cirrhosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome. Date: 1848

Background imageCollege Collection: Members of the Cho Oyu expedition

Members of the Cho Oyu expedition, Nepal. (L. to R.) standing: Mr R. G. College; Mr E. Hillary; Mr E Shipton; Dr. L.G.C. Pugh; Mr H. E. Riddiford; Mr G. Lowe. sitting: Mr C.H. Secord; Mr R.C

Background imageCollege Collection: Marlborough College boys making hay, WW1

Marlborough College boys making hay, WW1
Three of the three hundred older boys from Marlborough College in Wiltshire helping in the hayfields during the First World War. Date: 1916

Background imageCollege Collection: Eton College Sports including Prince Henry

Eton College Sports including Prince Henry
Sports at Eton College in 1916. In the bottom left and bottom middle pictures is Prince Henry (later Duke of Gloucester), climbing out of the water jump in the steeplechase

Background imageCollege Collection: Eton boys helping with army stores, WW1

Eton boys helping with army stores, WW1
Eton College boys helping to unload war stores at Didcot Junction, forgoing their usual sport in order to help out. On the left is Prince Henry, the future Duke of Gloucester

Background imageCollege Collection: Queen Mary & Prince Henry at Royal Military College, Camberl

Queen Mary & Prince Henry at Royal Military College, Camberl
Queen Mary pictured with her third son, Prince Henry, later Duke of Gloucester at the Royal Military College, Camberley, Surrey where the latter was a cadet. Date: 1918

Background imageCollege Collection: La Martiniere College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

La Martiniere College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is named after its founder, Major General Claude Martin. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCollege Collection: Trench Cooking for Women

Trench Cooking for Women
Cookery lessons in a trench dug-out - a special feature at Kings College for Women, London, as training for nurses leaving for the front. Date: 1915

Background imageCollege Collection: Suggested site for London University

Suggested site for London University
A suggested site for London University: how another fine building might be placed next to the new LCC Hall (later known as County Hall)

Background imageCollege Collection: Stockwell College Girls / St Elizabeths Home, Clapham

Stockwell College Girls / St Elizabeths Home, Clapham
Girls from Stockwell College present Christmas stockings to children from the St Elizabeths Receiving Home, Clapham. The home was established by the Waifs

Background imageCollege Collection: Proclamation of date of the Coronation, 1952

Proclamation of date of the Coronation, 1952
The Garter Principal King at Arms from the College of Arms, proclaims the date of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II as 2 June 1953 at Stable Yard, St. Jamess Palace

Background imageCollege Collection: Corpus Christi College Chapel, Oxford

Corpus Christi College Chapel, Oxford
The interior of Corpus Christi College chapel, Oxford. Contrary to the information printed on this postcard, the college was founded in 1517

Background imageCollege Collection: Corpus Christi College Library, Oxford

Corpus Christi College Library, Oxford
The interior of Corpus Christi College library, Oxford. Contrary to the information printed on this postcard, the college was founded in 1517

Background imageCollege Collection: Land girls in training 1939

Land girls in training 1939
Ploughing theory is studied by means of using model plough on a tray of sand. This class of studies were at an argricultural college in kent

Background imageCollege Collection: Silhouette of Professor William Walker ARCA

Silhouette of Professor William Walker ARCA (Associate of the Royal College of Art). Date: 20th century

Background imageCollege Collection: The arms of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University

The arms of Corpus Christi College, Oxford University. The " pelican in her piety" forms the personal coat of arms of Richard Foxe, Bishop of Winchester and founder of the college

Background imageCollege Collection: Elisabeth Scott (1898 - 1972)

Elisabeth Scott (1898 - 1972)
Elisabeth Scott, architect, pictured at the time of the opening of the Fawcett building at Newnham College, Cambridge, a project on which she worked

Background imageCollege Collection: Immaculate Heart College, Hollywood, California, USA

Immaculate Heart College, Hollywood, California, USA. Date: circa 1920

Background imageCollege Collection: Corpus Christi College and Merton Tower, Oxford

Corpus Christi College and Merton Tower, Oxford
Oxford: Merton College Tower viewed from the street, with Corpus Christi College in the foreground. Date: 1920s

Background imageCollege Collection: Corpus Christi College Quad and sundial, Oxford

Corpus Christi College Quad and sundial, Oxford
Oxford: the entrance and quad of Corpus Christi College, with the sun dial, adorned with a pelican, the symbol of the college, in the foreground

Background imageCollege Collection: St Williams College, York

St Williams College, York - a fine example of a tudor building. Date: 1924

Background imageCollege Collection: Heralds College, The Hall, 1808

Heralds College, The Hall, 1808
The Hall of The Heralds College, or College of Arms, pictured in 1808. Date: 1808

Background imageCollege Collection: English public schoolboys at Bisley

English public schoolboys at Bisley
Boys from Harrow School and University College firing at 500 yards as volunteer marksmen at Bisley. The National Rifle Association was established in 1860 to encourage

Background imageCollege Collection: Sir George Grove, Vanity Fair, Spy

Sir George Grove, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GEORGE GROVE (1820-1900) English writer on music, immortalised in the title of Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Appointed as the first director of the Royal College of Music in 1882

Background imageCollege Collection: Sir William Anson

Sir William Anson
SIR WILLIAM REYNELL ANSON, 3rd Baronet (1843 - 1914) British jurist and Liberal Unionist politician. Became Warden of All Souls College in 1881. Caption: All Souls Date: 1901

Background imageCollege Collection: Tightening the sails

Tightening the sails
Sailors at a naval college climb the rigging to tighten the sails on their ship. Date: 1885

Background imageCollege Collection: Wake-up call

Wake-up call
An early morning wake up call at a naval college. A trumpet sounds and two big drums are banged in order to get the recruits out of their sleeping hammocks. Date: 1885

Background imageCollege Collection: Dyers Hall London

Dyers Hall London
Dyers Hall, College Street Date: 1830

Background imageCollege Collection: Warwick Lane

Warwick Lane
with the College of Physicians Date: 1830

Background imageCollege Collection: Highbury College

Highbury College
Nonconformist Training College, where students are instructed in the delicate art of not conforming. Date: circa 1835

Background imageCollege Collection: King James College

King James College
KING JAMES COLLEGE formerly on the site of Chelsea Hospital, as it was intended to be built. Date: 17th century

Background imageCollege Collection: State entry into Dublin by George V

State entry into Dublin by George V
Royal visit of King George V and Queen Mary to Ireland. The state entry into Dublin: the royal carriage passing down Lower Grafton Street and the procession going up College Green to the castle

Background imageCollege Collection: King George Vs visit to Ireland

King George Vs visit to Ireland
Page from the Illustrated London News 15th July 1911 about King George Vs visit to Ireland - a repetition of " unmixed pleasure"

Background imageCollege Collection: Eton on Thames

Eton on Thames
Eton College, Berkshire, seen from the southeast. Date: late 18th century



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