Collection GASSED - GASSED: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down

Key Information

Reference code

GASSED

Title

GASSED: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down

Date(s)

  • 1915-2000 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

39 boxes (0.39 cubic metres)

Scope and content

Papers, 1915-2000, relating to background research by Rob Evans for his book, Gassed: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down (House of Stratus, London, 2000), including: copy Public Record Office papers, 1915-1919, relating to the development and use of poison gas on the Western Front, World War One; copy Public Record Office papers relating to meetings of the Chemical Defence Advisory Board of the Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development, 1947-1968; copy Public Record Office papers relating to the testing of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 1954-1967; Porton Down annual reports, 1991-1994; Public Record Office papers on the testing of V class nerve agents, 1961-1964; copy Public Record Office papers, 1921-1953, on the use of tear gas in the British Empire; papers on the development and use of CS tear gas, 1919-2000; papers on the use of pepper spray, 1922-1999; copy Public Record Office papers on the testing of radioactive material, 1956-1964; Public Record Office papers relating to biological warfare trials, 1953-1977; transcripts of interviews done by Observer Films for ITV documentary, Secrets of Porton Down , broadcast 1994; copies of parliamentary answers relating to chemical testing on volunteers, 1995-2000

System of arrangement

Rob Evans' original thematic arrangement has been retained

General Information

Name of creator

Custodial history

Presented to the Centre by Rob Evans, 2002

Conditions governing access

Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.

Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, via the Archives.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Uploaded finding aid

Existence and location of originals

Originals of the majority of documents in the collection are held in the National Archives, Kew.

Off-campus collection

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Related materials

The papers of Maj Gen Charles Howard Foulkes, held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, include material relating to the introduction and use of chemical warfare on the Western Front, World War One, and the proposed use of gas warfare in the North West Frontier Province, India, 1919-1920.

Related descriptions

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Genre access points

Rules and/or conventions used

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.

Script(s)

Archivist's note

Compiled by Kate O'Brien

Accession area