King's College London Department of Journalism Student Records

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA KDJ
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 of Journalism Student Records
Date(s)	: 1933-1939
Level of description	: Series level descriptions of King's College London Archives
Extent	: 10 boxes.
Name of creator(s)	: King's College London | Department of Journalism

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The University of London ran courses in journalism from around 1923. Study comprised a two-year diploma programme initially available at four participating institutions: University College, Bedford College, the London School of Economics and King's College, and comprising classes in practical journalism, composition, modern history and English Literature. Teaching was concentrated at King's College from 1935 under the directorship of Tom Clarke, former editor of the News chronicle, and teachers included Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell, lecturer in Political Economy at University College and the future Chancellor of the Exchequer. The course was suspended on the outbreak of war in September 1939 and never reinstated.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

King's College London Department of Journalism student records, 1933-1939 (Ref: KDJ). This is a patchy series containing some student information, including application forms, admission counterfoils giving name, address, year and optional subject, vacation work reports from editors, correspondence regarding students and potential students, some marks, and a register of former students.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Student records are interspersed with the administrative records of the Department.

Conditions governing access:

Subject to an eighty year closure period from date of leaving, but may be consulted by appropriate College staff at the discretion of the Director of Archive Services.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.

Finding aids:

Box lists are available in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

King's College London Archives: Records of the Department of Journalism (Ref: KCLCA KDJ, KDJ/M).

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: King's College London catalogues. Compiled by Beverley Ager as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions:
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.

Date(s) of descriptions:
January 2002