College Collection (#100)

Coats of arms of colleges at Oxford University Date: 1920s

Scott Memorial Hall, Wesleyan University, Connecticut, USA
Scott Memorial Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1905

Wesleyan College cheerleader, Connecticut, USA
An enthusiastic cheerleader from Wesleyan College (now University), Middletown, Connecticut, USA. Date: circa 1909

Robert de Eglesfield, English clergyman
Robert de Eglesfield (c.1295-1349), English clergyman, founder of Queens College Oxford in 1341 and chaplain to Queen Philippa of Hainault. Date: circa 1340s

Aerial view, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, USA
Aerial view, Rice Institute buildings and grounds, Houston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1928

Texas Medical University, Galveston, Texas, USA. Date: circa 1906

Methodist College boy scouts, Newfoundland
Group photo of the Methodist College boy scouts, St John s, Newfoundland

Three scenes of Galveston, Texas, USA -- State Medical College and Sealy Hospital, people bathing in the sea, and Bath House on the sea shore (Gulf of Mexico). Date: circa 1900

Christ Church
Slide showing a photograph of Christ Church College, part of the University of Oxford. Originally founded in 1525 by Thomas Wolsey

China - Entrance to National College, Peking
Lantern slide of Entrance to National College, Peking (Beijing).. Part of Box 159 Pekin Date: circa 1890s

Princess Alexandra of Wales in robes as a Doctorate of Music
Princess Alexandra of Wales, later Queen Alexandra consort to Edward VII, wearing robes when she received a honorary degree in Music from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1885. Date: 1855

Women being trained at an L. C. C. technical college, WW1
Women and men together studying the theory of machine tool using at the Shoreditch Technical Institute during the First World War

Rotes Colleg, Leipzig, Germany
Rotes Colleg (now part of Leipzig University) following reconstruction, Leipzig, Germany. Date: circa 1905

Rev Richard Michell
The Reverend Richard Michell, English churchman and academic. He became the first principal of Hertford College, Oxford, in 1874 Date: 1805 - 1877

Paris, France - College d Harcourt. Date: 1675

Paris, France - Palais de l Institut. Date: 1860

Suffragette Dog Home from College. A dog in a mortar board apparetly Just Home from College declares her support for the cause. Date: circa 1909

Boy scouts, Canton Christian College, China
Group photo of boy scouts from the Canton Christian College, China. Date: 20th century

Paris, France - Facade de la Chapelle du College Grandmont. It was built under the reign of Louis XV. Date: 1898

Paris, France - College de Montaigu. Date: circa 1789

Paris, France - College des Quatre Nations. Date: circa 1800

Paris, France - College Henri IV. Date: circa 1850

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

Paris, France - College Chaptal. Date: 1869

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

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

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

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

St Georges College Scout Troop, Kingston, Jamaica
Group photo, St Georges College Scout Troop, Kingston, Jamaica. They were the winners of McGraths Cup, the Commissioners Cup and the Victoria League Flag in 1915. Date: 1915

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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