Kitch Collection

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0369 SKIT
Held at	: School of Slavonic and East European Studies   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.ssees.ucl.ac.uk/archives/ ›
Full title	: Kitch Collection
Date(s)	: 1952-1980
Level of description	: Collection (Fonds)
Extent	: 3 boxes, 3 card index boxes and outsize 2 ring binders
Name of creator(s)	: Kitch | Joseph Michael | b 1941 | historian
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Joseph Michael Kitch (1941-) was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He studied history at Duke and Indiana Universities before leaving the United States in 1965.
After three years at St Antony's College, Oxford he joined the staff of SSEES where he was lecturer in Romanian History 1968-1980.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Joseph Michael Kitch on eastern European history, 1951-1982, comprising:
General papers on Kitch's career, 1967-1977; papers on the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, c 1967-1978; papers on interpretations of the Cold War, c 1968-1979; papers on Romanian history, c 1953-1980; papers on European history, c 1962-1980; papers on the history of political thought, c 1967-1980; papers on Marxist philosophy, c 1968-1980; papers on economics, c 1952-1980.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
Mainly English, some French

System of arrangement:

As described in scope and content

Conditions governing access:

Unrestricted access. Researchers wishing to consult the archives or seeking further information should contact UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Library, 16 Taviton Street, London WC1H 0BW.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Librarian.

Finding aids:

Online catalogue available on the UCL Archives website.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by J M Kitch, c 1982

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Revised by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 2nd edition 2000 and National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997

Date(s) of descriptions:
Revised Dec 2002