Collection KFN/FP - NATURAL SCIENCE: King's College London faculty student records

Key Information

Reference code

KFN/FP

Title

NATURAL SCIENCE: King's College London faculty student records

Date(s)

  • [1934]-1984 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent

8 archive boxes and 10 drawers of record cards

Scope and content

King's College London student record cards, [1934]-1984 (KFN/FPC), student files, 1970-1984 (KFN/FP). Information contained on the record cards typically includes name, date of birth, date of entry, nationality, matriculation, higher examinations, scholars, session, subjects, examination results and notes. The file series typically includes UCCA form, photo, correspondence, transcripts, course units and mark sheets.

System of arrangement

The records cards are arranged in an alphabetical run. The file series is grouped in blocks of years, 1970-1973, 1974-1982, 1980-1984, then arranged alphabetically within each date range.

General Information

Name of creator

(1921-1985)

Biographical history

The Faculty of Science was originally founded in 1893, of which the Division of Natural Science formed a part, before becoming the Faculty of Natural Science in 1921. The Faculty was eventually closed in 1985 and its constituent departments and successors now fall mainly under the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering and the School of Life and Health Sciences.

Conditions governing access

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.

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

Lists are 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 Faculty of Life Sciences Student Records (Ref: K/SLS), King's College London School of Physical Sciences and Engineering Student Records (Ref: K/SPSE). The Faculty's administrative series also contains some student correspondence [1970]-1984 (Ref: KFN/M, KFN/GPF, KFN/MP, KFN/TH, 1989/KFN), and passport photographs of students, 1957-[1983] (KFN/PH).

Alternative identifier(s)

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: King's College London catalogues. Compiled by Beverley Ager as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.

Accession area