Collection K/PP150 - POTTER, William (fl 1936-1997)

Key Information

Reference code

K/PP150

Title

POTTER, William (fl 1936-1997)

Date(s)

  • 1937-1939 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

1 scrapbook

Scope and content

Scrap album compiled by William Potter, Hon Secretary and President of the Students' Union at KCL, c. 1938-39; including Conversazione programmes, invitation cards to student association and other dinners and events, with designs by the war artist, Kenneth Cyril Bird, (Fougasse) for The Universities' Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW), Dec 1938; Commemmoration Week programmes, KCL Musical and Dramatic Society programmes, menus, newspaper cuttings on rags, sporting events and national student meetings, copy of Bring's News , journal of the King's and Bristol University Student Unions, all notably reflecting the relocation of King's faculties to Bristol and Birmingham during World War Two.

System of arrangement

Single album in chronological order as above in Scope and Content.

General Information

Name of creator

(1936-1997)

Biographical history

Born 1917; physics student of King's College London, c. 1936-1940; Hon Secretary and President of the Students' Union at King's, c. 1938-39.

Archival history

Given by David Potter, son and Treasurer of King's College London, in 1997, to External Relations Department and thence to Archives.

Custodial history

Son, David Potter.

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 Archives.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Finding aids

Hard copy of this summary guide available in the Archives Reading Room.

Related materials

College ephemera collection holds similar programmes, tickets, invitations and press cuttings.

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Place access points

People and Organisations

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

Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.

Accession area

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