IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA KDG/RG, KDG/FPC, KDG/FPPG, KDG
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: King's College London Department of German Student Records
Date(s): 1918-1992
Level of description: Series level descriptions of King's College London Archives
Extent: 10 archive boxes.
Name of creator(s): King's College London | Department of German
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
German has been taught at King's since the opening of the Senior Department in 1831, later coming under the Department of General Literature and Science. The Department of German was formerly part of the Faculty of Arts, and, since 1989, the School of Humanities.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
King's College London Department of German register of students, 1918-1937 (Ref: KDG/RG), record cards, [1950-1952], 1966-1982 (Ref: KDG/FPC), postgraduate student files, 1997-1998 (Ref: KDG/FPPG), student correspondence in the administrative series, 1955-1992 (Ref: KDG). The record cards cover all pass students and are subdivided into those taking German as part of a general degree or subsidiary subject, and German Honours students. Information contained typically includes photograph, name, college number, addresses, date of entry, honours course, subsidiary course, general degree subject, age, date of birth, previous education and examinations passed, National Service, proposed occupation, and scholarships. The Honours students' records include some details on the degree examination, higher degrees taken and studies abroad. The postgraduate series contains only a few files for PhD and research students. Information includes an application for admission as a postgraduate student, correspondence, awards application, details of previous degree, supervisor's report, dissertation/thesis outline and submission. The administrative series includes correspondence with and concerning students, 1955-1984, correspondence concerning awards and prizes to students, 1973-1992, correspondence regarding the registration of postgraduate students, 1969-1988, which includes whether the students were full or part-time, the name of their supervisor and date of registration.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
All student records are organised alphabetically.
Conditions governing access:
Subject to an eighty year closure period from date of leaving, but may be consulted by Departmental and other appropriate College staff with permission from the Head of Department.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to Departmental 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:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Department of German
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
King's College London Department of German Records (Ref: KCLCA 1994 KDG; 1995 KDG; KDG/OB; KDG/PH; KDG/F; KDG/LI); Entrance Papers (Ref: KA/E), King's College London Attendance Registers (Ref: KA/RAT/KDG); examination question papers (Ref: K/EX); Secretarial series (Ref: KAS/AC2). Private papers relating to the German Department include those of Freda Mond (Ref: KCLCA Mond), Professor Frederick Pickering (Ref: KCLCA Pickering), Professor Henry Gibson Atkins (Ref: K/PP 41), Professor Ilse Graham (Ref: K/PP 23).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: King's College London catalogues. Compiled by Beverley Ager as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: January 2002