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Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including the successful application of Joseph Anstice (1808-1836) for the Chair of Classical Literature (1830-1835); anonymous letter regarding the suitability of Dr Alexander Thompson for an unstated position at College.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Charles Andrews regarding the inability of Louis Theodore Ventouillac, Professor of French Language and Literature, to deliver any more lectures at the College.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including James Moncrieff Arnott (1794-1885), thanking College Council for his appointment to the Chair of Surgery; Robert Upton, Clerk of the Apothecaries Society, regarding the Society’s desire to donate specimens to the College for the Materia Medica Museum. Also includes a statement regarding the conduct of James Field, a carpenter in the employ of Messer Peto & Grisell, architects.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including William Allsup, Assistant Arithmetic and Writing Master of King’s College School, thanking College Council for appointing him the Arithmetic and Writing Master. Also includes letters regarding the resignation of Henry Appleby, Porter in the Anatomy Room, who was accused of stealing from the College.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Henry Appleby, former Porter in the Anatomy Room, rebutting the accusation that he was stealing from the College; John Allen ([1809]-1886), Lecturer of Mathematics and Chaplain, requesting the College provide blank music books for medical students singing in the Chapel; Henry Angelo (1780-1852), Professor of Fencing, requesting a room in the College is fitted out for the fencing class.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including the resignation of José Maria Ximenez de Alcalà, Professor of Spanish Literature and Language in order to return to Spain; John Allen ([1809]-1886), Lecturer of Mathematics and Chaplain, resigning his Lectureship and requesting payment for his Saturday Greek Testament Lectures; James Moncrieff Arnott (1794-1885), Professor of Surgery, thanking College Council for his appointment as Consulting Surgeon at King’s College Hospital.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London.

Applications from students for the AKC (Associateship of King’s College London), the College’s own academic award.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Don Modesto Benito Aguirre offering to teach Spanish at the College (later appointed Spanish Evening Lecturer); David Thomas Ansted (1814-1880), Professor of Geology, announcing his retirement and recommending James Tennant (1808-1881), Professor of Mineralogy, as his replacement.

Applications from students for the AKC (Associateship of King’s College London), the College’s own academic award.

Certificate of Associateship of King’s College London, (AKC) for Richard Henry Jelf in the Military Department.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including an anonymous letter from ‘AKC’ regarding the recent staff changes at King’s College Hospital and his fears for the future of the Medical Department.

Applications from students for the AKC (Associateship of King’s College London), the College’s own academic award.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including James Moncrieff Arnott (1794-1885) accepting a seat on College Council.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London comprising of letters regarding the successful application of William Grylls Adams (1836-1915), for post of Lecturer of Natural Philosophy, including testimonials from Isaac Todhunter (1820-1884), mathematician and historian of mathematics; James Atlay (1817-1894), Bishop of Hereford; James Maurice Wilson (1836-1931), headmaster and Church of England clergyman; James Challis (1803-1882), astronomer and physicist; Stephen Parkinson (1823-1889), mathematician; Leonard Henry Courtney (1832-1918), journalist and politician.

Applications from students for the AKC (Associateship of King’s College London), the College’s own academic award.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including the resignation of Andrew James Walke, Lecturer in the Civil Service Department, due to demands of his post at the Patents Office; General Sir Richard Wilbraham resigning his seat on College Council; David Walker, Superintendent of the Workshop, informing College Council of a fire in the Workshop. Also includes a draft of a letter from Henry Wace (1836-1924), Principal, and J E Erichson, ‘President of University College’, to the Prince of Wales soliciting support for the founding of a new university to incorporate the two Colleges.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Henry Wace (1836-1924), Principal, informing the College of his mother’s death and agreeing to the appointment of Herbert J H MacKay as a lecturer of Roman law in the Evening Class Department though he was christened as a member of the Presbyterian Church enclosing a letter from MacKay; John Shiress Will (1840-1910), legal writer, thanking the College for awarding him an Honorary Fellowship; Charles Prest White, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the King’s College Civil Service Club, requesting use of the Great Hall for a soiree and a ‘smoking concert’; Hyde Edwardes Walker, Lecturer in the Civil Service Department, thanking College Council for his appointment.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including Charles Prest White, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the King’s College Civil Service Club, on the club’s activities; Henry Wace (1836-1924), Principal, regarding proposals for a joint committee of King’s College and University College London; Thomas Wiltshire (1826-1902), Assistant Professor of Geology and Mineralogy, accepting a seat on College Council; Edward Lowe Webb, Vaccinator at King’s College Hospital, thanking College Council for his appointment; Charles Wells, Professor of Turkish, thanking College Council for his appointment; George White, Headmaster of St Marylebone and All Souls’ Grammar School, enclosing a report of the School; the resignation of John Wood (1825-1891), Professor of Clinical Surgery due to failing health; Henry William Watkins (1844-1922), Archdeacon of Durham and former Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy, accepting a seat on College Council.

Manuscript letters to the Secretary of King’s College London including David Walker, Superintendent of the Workshop, proposing changes to the workshop; Ernest Wilson (1863-1932), accepting the post of Demonstrator of Electrical Engineering.