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The records of the King's College London Development Office consist of minutes, correspondence and papers, 1978-2001. These comprise especially the Development Trust minutes and correspondence, 1982-1983, memoranda, 1979-1982, Steering Committee and Executive Committee papers, 1978-1983, other working papers, 1980-1983, correspondence with donors, 1986-1996, financial information, 1980-1989; Academic Campaign Committee minutes, correspondence and discussion papers, 1997-2001; King's Initiative Group minutes, 1993-1994; Millennium Lottery Fund applications, 1995-1997; Heritage Lottery Fund grants and information, mainly printed brochures, 1997; Getty Grant Program applications, 1994; Joint Infrastructure Fund (JIF) applications, 1998; External Relations Strategic Development proposals, 1987-1996; papers on fund-raising in South Africa, 1982-1983, Australia, 1988-1993, Canada, 1984-1988, and the University of Texas, 1980-1982; Annual Dinner papers, 1983-1987; war years reunion papers, 1990; Student Liaison Committee papers, 1988-1991; Working Party on Social Facilities at King's, 1988-1989; correspondence relating to the possible use of St Mary-Le-Strand as College Chapel, 1990; fund-raising for a College nursery, 1985-1986; King's College London Association (KCLA) Annual General Meeting minutes, 1982-1993, and Executive Committee minutes and correspondence, 1994-1998; strategy, 1985-1992; KCLA invoices and other financial information, 1993-1994; correspondence of KCLA Theology Branch, 1986-1991, Medicine and Dentistry Branch, 1992, and Physiotherapy, 1992-1993; King's College London Engineers' Association reunion papers, directory of members and newsletters, 1985-1993.

King's College London Publications: Serials and Periodicals, 1836-2014. This class of ephemera contains 150 distinct titles of annual/termly periodical comprising newsletters and magazines about the College, its students and staff, illustrating its academic work and social life from the earliest years to the present day. Most series are incomplete and sometimes contain only single editions of predominantly recent titles. The main series of publications comprise long running College magazines such as King's College Review/Lucifer (1899-1966), of which there exist bound and duplicate sets, King's College London News (1981-1984), The King's College London Report (1993-2000), Comment (1984-2001) and the staff bulletin, Viewpoint (1973-1979) and Library staff magazine, Ex Libris (later retitled No Comment ) (1996-2001). They also include departmental and faculty periodicals and newsletters such as The Kingsman (1958-1978), which was one of several journals associated with the Theology Faculty, the War Studies Review (1994-1998), War Studies Journal (1995-1999) and Department of War Studies Diary (1993-1997), The Siphon , magazine of the Faculty of Science (1946-1968), the Nurses' League Journal (1926-2000), King's College School Magazine (1890-1903), King's College London Association newsletter, later retitled In Touch (1972-1999), Computer Unit newsletters (1967-1996) and the Ladies' Department Magazine (1896-1914). They also include support services and Trades Union magazines and newsletters including of the Library and NALGO, Development Office, Chaplaincy and Staff Development and Training, Students' Union and Rag magazines, most prominently, Magus (1974-1985). The collection contains a few examples of periodicals external to King's College, mainly concerned with the Higher Education sector, such as the Newsletter of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals (1995-1998) and relating to various aspects of the work of the University of London. Content is very broad and diverse, including events listings, College and departmental news, obituaries, sporting fixtures, society business and original articles, particularly in The King's Engineer (1922-1968) and Lucifer (1951-1966), whose distinctive ironical and experimental character was reflected in critical commentary on South Africa and Vietnam, pornography and censorship, examples of cutting edge poetry, alongside theatre reviews and original articles, drawings and caricatures including by Derek Jarman and the writer and broadcaster, Michael Bukht.