Collection KDCD - CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND HISTORY: King's College London departmental records

Key Information

Reference code

KDCD

Title

CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND HISTORY: King's College London departmental records

Date(s)

  • 1960-1985 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

3 boxes

Scope and content

The records of the Department of Christian Doctrine and History, 1960-1984, contain minutes and meeting papers of Department, Faculty and University of London Board of Studies, correspondence and assessment sheets; notably including University of London Board of Studies in Theology minutes, agendas and correspondence, 1981-1982; Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies minutes and papers, 1981-1984; correspondence and papers relating to staff appointments, 1960-1982; Department of Christian Doctrine and History staff meeting minutes, agendas and related papers, 1969-1984; correspondence relating to departmental public lectures, 1980-1983; King's College Association of University Teachers minutes and correspondence, 1982-1985.

System of arrangement

Arranged according to date of accession.

General Information

Name of creator

(1979-1989)

Biographical history

The Department was established in 1980, following the reunification of the theological and secular parts of King's College and the consequent reorganisation of the teaching of theology at King's. It was absorbed back into the Department of Theology and Religious Studies when Theology became part of the School of Humanities in 1989.

Custodial history

Received from the departmental secretary in 1984.

Conditions governing access

Administrative records are generally closed for 20 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes.

Where open, access is 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

A detailed list is available for consultation in the King's College London Archives Reading Room.

Existence and location of originals

Off-campus collection

Please note: We require 7 days notice to retrieve this collection as part, or all of it, is held off-campus. Read more ›

Related materials

King's College London Department of Theology Records (Ref: KCLCA KFT/M, KA/TB/M, KA/TB/AM, KST/M, KSTS/M, KFTS/M, KFTS PUB, 1983/KFT, KFT/1984, 1985/KFT, KFT/PH, VSH/REG 1-ART, VSH/M, 1994 KFT, 1995 KFT, 1999 KFT).

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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 as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Accession area