King's College London Faculty of Natural Science Records

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA KFN/M, KFN/GPF, KFN/MP, KFN/PH, KFN/TH, 1989/KFN
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 Faculty of Natural Science Records
Date(s)	: 1896-1985
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
Extent	: 7 boxes and volumes
Name of creator(s)	: King's College London Faculty of Natural Science

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Faculty of Science was originally founded in 1893, of which the Division of Natural Science formed a part, before becoming the Faculty of Natural Science in 1921. The Faculty was eventually closed in 1985 and its constituent departments and successors now fall mainly under the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering and the School of Life and Health Sciences.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The records of the King's College London Faculty of Natural Science include Faculty staff minute books, correspondence relating mainly to course planning, admissions and studentships, and student photographs, 1896-1985. These notably include the main series of staff minutes and agendas, 1896-1985; correspondence concerned with the strategic direction of the Faculty, 1974-1985; correspondence relating to studentships and research projects in the Departments of Food and Nutritional Sciences, Physiology and Biochemistry, 1985; memoranda and reports concerned with the Faculty student admissions procedure, 1975-1986; general correspondence touching upon overseas students, BSc regulations, the International Baccalaureate and exam result statistics, 1956-1984; photographs of students, 1957-1985.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The collection is arranged chronologically within each category of records.

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.

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:

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

Additional records for the departments that comprised the King's College London Faculty of Natural Science are listed under the title of the constituent department. See also Faculty student records (Ref: KCLCA KFN/FP, KFN/FPC); College Secretarial series (Ref: KCLCA KAS/AC2); Examination question papers (Ref: KCLCA K/EX).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources used: King's College Calendars. 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:
April 2001