IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA KFA/FP, KFA/FPC, KSH/FP, KSH/FPPG, KSH/FP(W), KSH/FPPG(W), KSH/FPND, KFA/FP(ADV)
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: King's College London Faculty of Arts Student Files/School of Humanities Student Records
Date(s): 1962-2000
Level of description: Series level descriptions of King's College London Archives
Extent: 176 boxes
Name of creator(s): King's College London | Faculty of Arts
King's College London | School of Humanities
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Faculty of Arts was established in 1893 from what was the General Literature Department. After the merger with Chelsea and Queen Elizabeth College in 1985, it was known as the Faculty of Arts and Music. It then became the School of Humanities in 1989. The academic departments currently comprised within the School are: Byzantine & Modern Greek Studies, Classics, English and Palaeography, English Language Centre, European Studies, French, German, History, Menzies Centre for Australian Studies, Modern Language Centre, Music, Philosophy, Portuguese & Brazilian Studies, Spanish & Spanish-American Studies, Theology and Religious Studies, and Mediterranean Studies. The departments of War Studies and Geography also formed part of the Faculty and School until 2001 when they were incorporated into a new School of Social Science and Public Policy.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
King's College London Faculty of Arts student files, 1971-1984 (Ref: KFA/FP), Faculty of Arts record cards, 1962-1988 (Ref: KFA/FPC), Faculty of Arts mark sheets, 1981-1988 (Ref: KFA/FP), School of Humanities undergraduate files, 1988-1998 (Ref: KSH/FP), School of Humanities postgraduate files, 1988-1997 (Ref: KSH/FPPG), School of Humanities undergraduate withdrawals, 1984-1995 (Ref: KSH/FP(W)), School of Humanities postgraduate withdrawals, 1965-1997 (Ref: KSH/FPPG(W)), School of Humanities non-degree undergraduate student files, 1990-2000 (Ref: KSH/FPND), the Subdean's correspondence with and regarding students, plus testimonials, 1930-1945, [1958]-1973 (Ref: KFA/FP(ADV)), BMus/MMus Music Performance student files, 1992-1996 (Ref: KSH/BMUS, KSH/MMUS). Files typically consist of enrolment forms for each year, a UCAS (Universities and College Admissions Service) form, letters of admission and acceptance, and some correspondence. Information contained includes title, name, photograph, address, date of birth, marital status, school number, nationality, choice of University and subjects, education from age 11 and public school exams already taken. The record cards series covers occasional students, finalists and withdrawals.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Faculty of Arts student files, withdrawals and non-degree students are all arranged chronologically by year of entry, then alphabetically within each year. School of Humanities undergraduate and postgraduate files are arranged by year of graduation, then alphabetically within each year. Late additions to the series are arranged temporarily according to the year they were deposited in the Archives.
Conditions governing access:
Subject to an eighty year closure period from date of leaving, but may be consulted by the School of Humanities and other College staff with permission from the Head of School.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to School Office staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Lists are available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Periodic deposits by School Office.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Humanities School Office
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
King's College London Archives: Faculty of Arts Entrance Papers, 1831-1935 (Ref: KA/E/A), King's College London Admission Papers (Ref: KA/E); Faculty of Arts/School of Humanities Records (Ref: KCLCA KFA, KSH); Department of General Literature and Science Minutes (Ref: KCLCA KDGS/M); examination question papers (Ref: KCLCA K/EX).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: King's College London catalogues; College Calendars; King's College London prospectuses (K/SYL). Compiled by Beverley Ager as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: January 2002