King's College London Department/Faculty of Engineering Records

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA KFE/M, KFE/GPF, KFE/F, KFE/PUB, 1994/KFE/F2
Held at	: King's College London College Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kcl.ac.uk/library/archivespec/ ›
Full title	: King's College London Department/Faculty of Engineering Records
Date(s)	: 1844-1974
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
Extent	: 10 boxes and volumes
Name of creator(s)	: King's College London Department/Faculty of Engineering
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Class of Civil Engineering and Mining was founded at King's in 1838, mainly as a response to the growth of the railway system and the need for more qualified engineers. This became the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture and Science, as Applied to Arts and Manufactures, in 1840. Over the next few years this department enlarged in scope and in 1844 became the Department of the Applied Sciences. This became the Department of Engineering and the Applied Sciences in 1874. In 1893 the Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences was created as part of the Faculty of Science, and in 1902 a distinct Faculty of Engineering was established. Separate departments of Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Electronic and Electrical Engineering were formed, with Civil and Mechanical Engineering combining in 1935. Civil Engineering was then closed in 1989, whilst Mechanical Engineering and Electronic and Electrical Engineering, now the Department of Electronic Engineering, became part of the new School of Physical Sciences and Engineering.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of the Department and Faculty of Engineering at King's College consist mainly of minute books, correspondence and some printed publications, 1844- 1974. These include the principal set of departmental and faculty minute books, 1844-1974; correspondence with the Dean of the Faculty and others on academic and departmental matters including students, syllabuses, financial awards, the College Library, co-operation with University College London and some strategic planning including quinquennia, 1964-1973; manuscript 'surveying equipment book' with lists of equipment used at various locations including Vale of Health, Hampstead, the Old Vic Theatre and Dorking, Surrey, 1925-1965; printed publications including copies of The Institute of Mechanical Engineers, Proceedings, 1947-1948, some offprints of papers on aspects of metallurgy in English, French and German, [1972], folio entitled British engineers and allied professionals in the twentieth century, edited by W T Pike (Brighton, 1910).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English, French and German

System of arrangement:

Arranged into main series as described in the Scope and Content field.

Conditions governing access:

Administrative records are generally closed for 30 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes. Student and staff 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.

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available online and in hard copy in the College Archives reading room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

King's College London Department/Faculty of Engineering

Allied Materials

Related material:

King's College London Archives: Engineering student records (Ref: KCLCA KFE/FP, KFEE/FP, KFEE/FP(W), KFEE/FPPG, KFEE/FPPG(W), KFME/FP, KFME/FPPG, KFE/ER); records of the King's College Engineering Society (Ref: KCLCA KSE/M, KSE/SB, KSE/RAD, KSE/FR, KSE/L, KSE/SB, KSE/PBN); records of the King's College Association of Engineers (Ref: KCLCA KSAE); records of the King's College London Association (Ref: KCLCA KSAE); papers of Professor Ernest Wilson (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 9); papers of Charles James Thornton (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 18); papers of Alexander Hope Jameson (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 24); papers of Professor John Kevin Tyrie Llewellyn (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 37); papers of David Leete (Ref: KCLCA K/PP 42); records of the College Secretary (Ref: KAS/AC2); examination question papers (Ref: KCLCA K/EX).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
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:
July 2001