Royal College of Science and Technology Architecture and Building Society

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Royal College of Science and Technology Architecture and Building Society

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      Other form(s) of name

      • Royal College of Science and Technology Architectural Craftsmen's Society (1956-1957)
      • Royal Technical College Architectural Craftsmen's Society (1912-1956)
      • Glasgow and West of Scotland Technical College Architectural Craftsmen's Society (1896-1912)

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      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1896-c 1965

      History

      The Architectural Craftsmen's Society was established in 1896 for architecture and building students. Its object was the mutual improvement of members in all matters relating to architecture and building by the reading and discussion of papers on appropriate subjects, the visiting of buildings and the exhibition of members' sketches and drawings. In 1957, it changed its name to the Architecture and Building Society.

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      Glasgow, Scotland

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      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Royal College of Science and Technology, Glasgow (1887-1964)

      Identifier of related entity

      C0065

      Category of relationship

      associative

      Dates of relationship

      1896-c 1965

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      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      C0193

      Institution identifier

      GB 249

      Rules and/or conventions used

      ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Created by Lindsey Short, June 2010. Revised by Victoria Peters, September 2010.

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