Item 5 - Documents - Royal Charter of Queen's College at Kingston

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Documents - Royal Charter of Queen's College at Kingston

Level of description

Item

Dates of creation area

Date(s)

  • 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.

Location (use this to request the file)

  • Folder: V28 Doc-5