Key Information
Reference code
Title
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
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.
Repository
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
Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Potter, William, fl 1936-1997 (Subject)
- King's College London Students' Union (Subject)
- University of Bristol (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
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.