Key Information
Reference code
Title
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
Biographical history
Repository
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.
Please note: We require 7 days notice to retrieve this collection as part, or all of it, is held off-campus. Read more ›
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Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Wars (events)
- Abuse
- Addiction
- Armed forces
- Chemical/biological warfare
- Clinical medicine
- Clinical psychology
- Disabled persons
- Disabled war veterans
- Disadvantaged groups
- Diseases
- Drug abuse
- Drug psychotherapy
- Drugs
- International conflicts
- International relations
- Medical research
- Medical sciences
- Military engineering
- Military medicine
- Military organizations
- Narcotic drugs
- Organizations
- Pathology
- Pharmacology
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Psychotherapy
- Rights of soldiers
- Rights of special groups
- Social problems
- State security
- Substance abuse
- Surgery
- War
- Warfare
- World War One (1914-1918)
- World wars (events)
- World War Two (1939-1945)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development (Subject)
- Chemical Defence Advisory Board (Subject)
- Chemical Defence Establishment (Subject)
- Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment (Subject)
- Chemical Defence Experimental Station (Subject)
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