Photographs and other items from Kingston Polytechnic and Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College
TitlePhotographs and other items from Kingston Polytechnic and Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College
ReferenceKUAS186
Date
c. 1940s- 2006
Production date 1940-01-01 - 2006-12-31
Scope and ContentPhotographs and other albums relating to Kingston Polytechnic and Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College. Includes two albums of staff portraits from Kingston Polytechnic 1970- early 1980s, group photographs from 1969/ 1970, and correspondence from former students of Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College sending in Newsletters and other items.
Extent1 box
Physical descriptionAlbums are in poor condition- requires repackaging.
Archival historyOriginally collected by Alumni Relations. Transferred to the Archive from Web and Multimedia Department, Kingston University
Persons keywordGipsy Hill Teacher Training College, Kingston University
SubjectPhotographs, Photograph Album, University, Kingston University, Correspondence, Studying, Newsletters
Admin. history/BiographyGipsy Hill Teacher Training College was established in 1917 as a pioneering college for young women who wanted to train as Kindergarten and primary school teachers. Founded in Gipsy Hill, near Croydon, the College's first principal was Lillian de Lissa, an expert in education training who came to the UK from Australia. The College continued at the Gipsy Hill site until the Second World War, growing in popularity but suffering from failing buildings. During the War the College was evacuated, first to Brighton and then to a large house near Bradford. In 1946 the College moved to premises on Kingston Hill and was taken under the governance of Surrey County Council. Following de Lissa's retirement in 1947, Frances Batstone took over as principal. In the 1960s male students were admitted to Gipsy Hill and in 1975 the College joined Kingston Polytechnic, which later became Kingston University. The legacy of Gipsy Hill remains today through the School of Education.Kingston University is a university in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London. Formerly Kingston Polytechnic, it was granted university status in 1992.
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