Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1969-1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
6 boxes
Scope and content
The records of the Department of Mathematics at King's College London include minutes, correspondence and papers, 1969-1990; notably minutes of departmental meetings, 1972-1984 (ref: 1996/KDM/F2); correspondence relating to the strategic planning of the department, arrangement of teaching, examinations and finance, 1985-1989 (ref: 1995/KDM); correspondence, mainly between Brian Davies, Professor of Mathematics, King's College London, and staff of other university departments of mathematics in the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe, concerning publications and copyright, symposia and conferences, with some material concerning personnel including sabbaticals and lecture invitations and a small quantity of material describing mathematical problems, 1969-1990 (ref: 1997/KDM); papers relating to the Chair of Mathematics, 1983-1989 (ref: 1996/KDM/F1); typescript draft of part of an edition of the works of Alan Turing, fellow of King's College Cambridge and cryptographer, 1990 (ref: 1995/KDM).
System of arrangement
Correspondence arranged chronologically, the remainder boxed by year of accession.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mathematics has been taught at King's since it first opened in 1831. It initially was part of the Senior Department and the Department of General Literature and Science and then became part of the Faculty of Arts and the Faculty of Science from 1893, the Faculty of Mathematical and Physical Sciences from 1986, the School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences from 1991, and the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering from 1992.
Repository
Custodial history
King's College London Department of Mathematics.
Conditions governing access
Administrative records are generally closed for 20 years except for published material and some committee and other minutes.
Files containing personal data are closed for 80 years and sensitive personal data for 100 years from the date of the most recent document in the file.
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
Existence and location of originals
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Related materials
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Civil law
- Communication process
- Conferences
- Copyright
- Educational administration
- Educational planning
- Group communication
- Intellectual property
- Mathematics education
- Personnel management
- Recruitment
- Legal systems
- Law
- Organization and administration
- Health services administration
- Public administration
- Government
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
Sources used: College Calendars. Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.