Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1939-1970 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
2 boxes
Scope and content
The records of the Maxwell Society at King's College London consist of minutes, correspondence, programmes and signature books, 1939-1970. These notably include the manuscript minutes of the Maxwell Society, 1947-1950, mostly summarising the title and ... »
System of arrangement
The collection is arranged into the main series of papers as described above in the Scope and Content section.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Maxwell Society was founded around 1935 by Sir Edward Victor Appleton, Wheatstone Professor of Physics at the University of London, 1924-1936, and was named in honour of the pioneering physicist, James Clerk Maxwell, Professor of Natural Philosophy ... »
Repository
Custodial history
King's College Maxwell Society.
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
Related materials
People and Organisations
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Archivist's note
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell.