| Ref No (click to see in context) | QM/1/4 |
| Title | Opening of the People's Palace and new People's Palace |
| Level | SubSeries |
| Date | 1885-1937 |
| Extent | 13 files and 2 framed prints |
| Description | Letters, papers, photographs, printed programmes, and other material, relating to the opening of the People's Palace and the new People's Palace building.
Includes material relating to: the laying of the foundation stone of the Queen's Hall by the Prince of Wales, 1886; the opening of the Queen's Hall and the laying of the first stone of the Technical and Handicraft Schools by Queen Victoria, 1887; the laying of the foundation stone of the new People's Palace by the Lord Mayor of London, 1936; and the visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to the new People's Palace, 1937. |
| Arrangement | Chronological. |
| Access Status | Open |
| Code | Person or Corporate Body Name |
| DS/UK/1270 | Alexandra (1844-1925); consort of Edward VII |
| DS/UK/1271 | Clarke; J. P. (fl. 1886); Conductor of the Band of Her Majesty's Scots Guards. |
| DS/UK/1252 | Edward VII (1841-1910); King of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| DS/UK/1272 | Palmer; George (fl. 1886) |
| DS/UK/1249 | Currie; Sir; Edmund Hay (1834-1913); Vice Chairman of the School Board for London (1873-76); Chairman of the London Hospital Medical College (1876-79); Chairman of the Beaumont Trustees (1882-91). |
| DS/UK/1258 | Victoria (1819-1901); Queen of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| DS/UK/1273 | Pratt (fl. 1887) |
| DS/UK/1274 | Vincent; Percy (1868-1943); Lord Mayor of London |
| DS/UK/655 | Elizabeth (1900-2002); Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother; nee Lady Bowes-Lyon, queen of Great Britain and Ireland, consort of George VI |
| DS/UK/1275 | George VI (1895-1952); King of Great Britain and Ireland. |
| DS/UK/1276 | Van Bellinghen (fl. 1987); Wife of the Belgian Ambassador to Britain. |
| DS/UK/1277 | Leopold II (1835-1909); King of the Belgians. |
| DS/UK/62 | People's Palace; 1887-1954 |
| DS/UK/1390 | Band of Her Majesty's Scots Guards; fl 1886 |
| DS/UK/1391 | People's Palace; Library; 1888-1902 |
| DS/UK/1379 | People's Palace; Technical Schools; 1888-1896 |
| DS/UK/1144 | Queen Mary College (QMC); Library; Academic Library |