Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Documents - Royal Charter of Queen's College at Kingston
Level of description
Item
Repository
Dates of creation area
Date(s)
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1841 (Creation)
Physical description area
Physical description
5 photographs : b&w slides ; 5 x 5 cm
Archival description area
Scope and content
Various views of the Royal Charter of Queen's College 16 October 1841 with appended wax impression of the Great Seal of Queen Victoria. Photo was taken after conservation work was done.
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Transfer by Queen's University Archives, 20 June 2001.
Availability of other formats
Also have two copynegatives size 6.1 x 6 cm.
Restrictions on access
Open
General note
The Royal Charter of Queen's College is dated 16 October 1841 and cost 700 pounds. The Charter was brought to Canada by the College's first Principal, the Reverend Liddell, who arrived at the end of December 1841.
Conservation
Conservation code: 1
Control area
Status
Final
Level of detail
Full
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Description created on 2001-06-27. Last updated 23/04/2013. Archivist: Stewart Renfrew.