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King's College London College Archives

King's College London Department of Classics Records


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA 1990/Classics, KDC/PH

Held at: King's College London College Archives

Title: King's College London Department of Classics Records

Date(s): 1946-1984

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 2 boxes

Name of creator(s): King's College London Department of Classics

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Classes in the Greek and Latin Classics were provided from 1831 as part of the core curriculum of the Senior Department. Classics soon after became part of the new Department of General Literature and Science, the Faculty of Arts in 1893, and the School of Humanities in 1989. Its staff also contribute to the teaching and work of the Centre for Hellenic Studies, established in 1989.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of the Department of Classics at King's College London consist of correspondence and photographs, 1946-1984; notably concerning the London Summer School in Classics, including lecture timetables, enrolment and finances, 1980-1984; framed and loose photographs of students and staff, 1946-1978.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Boxed in order of accession.

Conditions governing access:

Administrative records are generally closed for 30 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes. Staff and student records are subject to an 80 year closure period after the date of leaving, but may be consulted by Departmental and other College staff with permission from the Head of Department.

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 Director of Archive Services.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

King's College London Department of Classics

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Related material at King's includes Secretary's files relating to academic schools, faculties and departments (Ref: KCLCA KAS/AC2), examination question papers (Ref: KCLCA KA/EX), and private papers, notably those of Professor Alexander Souter (Ref: KCLCA Souter), David Morrice Low (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 70), and Ronald Montague Burrows (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 47).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources used: King's College Calendars. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell,

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

Date(s) of descriptions: April 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Academic teaching personnel | Teachers | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Educational finance | Economics of education
Enrolment | Educational statistics
Higher education | Educational levels
Humanities education | Social science education
Photographs | Visual materials
Universities | Higher education institutions | Educational institutions
University curriculum | Curriculum
University students | Students

Personal names

Corporate names
King's College London | Department of Classics

Places