IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA 1994 KDP/FP
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: King's College London Department of History and Philosophy of Science Postgraduate Student Records
Date(s): [1964-1992]
Level of description: Series level descriptions of King's College London Archives
Extent: 19 archive boxes.
Name of creator(s): Chelsea College of Science and Technology
Chelsea College
King's College London Department of History and Philosophy of Science.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
A Department of History and Philosophy of Science was established at University College London when the study of the history of science became popular during the 1950s. The first students were admitted to Chelsea College of Science and Technology in 1964 and a Department was created in 1966. It was transferred to King's College London when Chelsea and King's merged in 1985 and in 1993 became part of the Department of Philosophy in the School of Humanities.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
King's College London History and Philosophy of Science postgraduate student files, [1964-1992] (Ref: 1994 KDP/FP). Information typically includes correspondence, application for admission as a postgraduate, confirmation of receipt of application, enrolment forms, essays, with later files containing extended essays and articles.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Files are boxed by decade, then alphabetically.
Conditions governing access:
Subject to an eighty year closure period from date of leaving, but may be consulted by appropriate College staff with permission from the Director of Archive Services.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Collection description. Detailed lists are available for consultation in the King's College Archives Reading Room.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
Department of History and Philosophy of Science Records (Ref: 1994/KDP); King's College London School of Physical Sciences and Engineering Student Records (Ref: K/SPSE).
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: King's College London catalogues; Chelsea College Annual Reports; H Silver and S J Teague eds, Chelsea College - A History (London, 1977); King's College London Prospectuses (Ref: K/SYL). Compiled by Beverley Ager as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2002