The Goldsmiths History Project Online Digital Index

Unlocking the secrets and history of Goldsmiths, University of London. Image: Tim Crook
(work in progress)
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Aborigines- nickname given to first Goldsmiths’ College students
Annand, Vicky – former Director of Marketing, Recruitment and Communications
Art School – Graham Sutherland and Winston Churchill
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Boxer, Sidney Smith Esquire – casualty of Crimean War and Royal Naval School New Cross cadet
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Carrington, Lieutenant Edward – Royal Naval School cadet & casualty of Crimean War
Chapel of the Royal Naval School- which eventually became the George Wood Theatre
Choral Union and Goldsmiths’ Symphony Orchestra
Churchill, Winston – statue by Ivor Roberts-Jones and painting portrait by Graham Sutherland
Cleese, John- of Monty Python fame performing at the students’ Summer May Ball of 1967
Colyer, Frank – student 1905-7
Conway, Greg- Student Union Social Secretary 1967-68
Crimean War – Royal Naval School casaulties
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Eardley, Joan – Artist and art student in 1938-9
Edwards, Malcolm- later changed his named to McLaren
Elias, Anita- Goldsmiths voice trainer and visiting lecturer
Elliott, David- undergraduate 1961-64 and leading UK publisher
Eurythmics by Goldsmiths’ College students 1916-18
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Fareed or Farid, Osman- Egyptian student at Goldsmiths 1907-09, one of the first overseas students
Fenton, Roger – Crimean War photographer
Firth, Anthony E., Deputy Warden and author of Goldsmiths History 1991
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Gardiner, Clive as tutor to Joan Eardley
George Wood Theatre- prayers, pageants and performances
Giltrap, Gordon- folk musician and active member of the College’s Folk Club during 1960s
Glockler, John- Goldsmiths College Student Union Social Secretary 1968-69
Golddream- the music culture at Goldsmiths in the late 1960s
Goldsmiths Company’s Recreative and Technical Institute
Gorman, Paul- author of biography published in 2020 ‘The Life and Times of Malcolm McLaren’
Graveson, Caroline- A founding conscience of Goldsmiths’ College and first women’s Vice-Principal
Gregory, Professor Ken- Remembering Goldsmiths’ ninth Warden between 1992 and 1998
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Hoggart, Richard – main building
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King Crimson- progressive rock group which performed at Goldsmiths Arts Festival in 1969
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Laurie Grove Baths- The Artesian Well of Contemporary Art
Lauwerys, John- Student Union activist who inaugurated Gold Dream Festivals from 1966
League of Nations Union at Goldsmiths
Leyden, Albrecht von – creator of reproduction of Sutherland’s Churchill portrait
Lucie-Smith, Edward on Graham Sutherland
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Marriott Frederick- the first headmaster of Goldsmiths’ Art School from 1891 to 1925
Maugham, Somerset portrait by Graham Sutherland
McLaren, Malcolm (also known as Edwards)
Memorial to casualties of the Crimean War who were Royal Naval School New Cross cadets
MI5- The Security Service and Goldsmiths, trying to access the archives
Milligan, Terence ‘Spike’ Alan – evening student at Goldsmiths’ College 1930s
‘Misbehaving students’- College rules and what happened to those who broke them
Morris, Richard – Mate of HMS Wasp, casualty of Crimean War & Royal Naval School cadet
Murray, Lieutenant James of the Royal Engineers – Crimean War casualty & Royal Naval School cadet
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Nicklin, Richard – civilian photographer & casualty of Crimean War
Nottingham University- evacuation to at the beginning of World War Two in 1939
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Postcards from Goldsmiths- the equivalent of emails or instagrams in early 20th century Britain
Prefects of Goldsmiths’ College
Profitt, Russell MBE- first Black President of any UK student union at Goldsmiths late 1960s
On Cream performing in the Great Hall in 1967
Remembering Malcolm Edwards/McLaren at Goldsmiths
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Raymond, Diana – novelist only daughter of Goldsmiths lecturer William Thomas Young
Richards, Captain Edwin – Casualty of Crimean War and Royal Naval School New Cross cadet
Riddle, Dave- Student Union Social Secretary late 1960s and later member of staff
Witness to the library fire of 1971
Royal Naval School – Crimean War veterans and casualties
Royal Naval School – College Beggar
Rules for Goldsmiths’ College Students set out in 1914-15 Handbook
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Seacole, Mary – contemporary to Royal Naval School New Cross veterans who served during Crimean War
Shaw, John Jr – architect of Richard Hoggart Main Building
“Swanky Swotters”- women students who styled themselves with this title in 1910
Swarbrick, David- student teacher 1968-72
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There Ain’t No Black In The Union Jack- influential book by Professor Paul Gilroy
Thirties, the- Historical timeline, navigating the Depression and the Prelude to War
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Victory Dinner at Goldsmiths’ College in 1924
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War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
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