RICHARDS, Kathleen Elizabeth (fl 1921-1962)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP113
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	: RICHARDS, Kathleen Elizabeth (fl 1921-1962)
Date(s)	: 1921-1962
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Richards | Kathleen Elizabeth | fl 1921-1962 | secretary

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born, London, c 1900; educated King's College for Women, 1917-1920, graduated BA, University of London, 1920; school teacher, St Aidan's School, Stroud Green, London, 1923; Secretary, John Lewis Partnership (Peter Jones), from 1931.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Photographs, event invitations and testimonials related to Kathleen Richards, [1900]-1962, notably including photographs of the London shop at 6 Seymour Place belonging to Henry Richards, Kathleen's father, [1914-1918]; Henry and Kathleen Richards, [1914-1918]; Kathleen Richards as a child and young woman, including as a participant in a group photograph at King's College posing with Principal Ronald Burrows, [1915-1920]; photographs of Kathleen Richards as an older woman in church, with her pet dog and greeting a friend, [1950-1970]; invitation to a graduation dinner at the University of London, 1921; Confirmation card, 1910; correspondence including of Kathleen's brother with their mother, testimonials, elevations for a planning application for improvements to Richards' home, 1915-1962.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Arranged as above in Scope and Content.

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 material should be submitted to the Director of Archive and Corporate Record Services.

Finding aids:

Summary guide online.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unsolicited gift to the archives in July 2004.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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:
August 2005