King's College London Catalogues and Lists

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA K/CAT
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 Catalogues and Lists
Date(s)	: 1829-2001
Level of description	: Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives
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 & 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.

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

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

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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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:
December 2001