IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/CAT
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: King's College London Catalogues and Lists
Date(s): 1829-2001
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s): King's College London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
King's College London Catalogues and Lists, 1829-2001. This collection consists of various printed or typescript catalogues, notably including College Library catalogues, and significantly catalogues of constituent named collections of books and records like the King George III Museum and consolidated lists of accessions in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, 1894-1988; lists of King's College London (KCLA) Members, lists of registered students at King's, academic staff, War Memorial names, and internal telephone directories, [1840]-2001; catalogues of various mail order and other suppliers of equipment and materials to King's, and of external and interior fittings of houses demolished to make way for King's, 1829-2000.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original documents should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
A brief descriptive list is available in the King's College London Archives reading room and shortly to be made available on-line.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Various items have periodically accrued from the College Library and Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London Association and numerous departments.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
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Related material:
Some duplicate catalogues and lists, notably of the Wheatstone and George III collections, can be located within those named collections in the College Archives. Lists of registered students are published in most editions of the College Calendar until it ceased publication in 1985. These are available for public consultation in the Archives reading room. The King's College London Association (KCLA) should be consulted regarding alumni with its contact details being available via the King's College London website. The Roll of Honour and photographs of King's students who died during World War One is available in the College Archives' photographic collection (Ref: K/PH) and general detail on the College in wartime in the King's Secretarial series (Ref: KAS/AD8).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.
Date(s) of descriptions: December 2001