Kings College London Archives
Kings College London
London
Greater London
WC2R 2LS
England
Website
Archives and Information Management
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
www.kcl.ac.uk/library/collections/archivespec/collections/lhcma.aspx
Archives and Information Management
Telephone
020 7848 2015
Fax
020 7848 2760
King's College London was founded in 1828 and located in a Grade-1 listed building in the Strand. King's College Hospital was established in nearby Portugal Street in 1839/40 and relocated to its present site in Denmark Hill prior to World War One. The College has since merged with Chelsea and Queen Elizabeth Colleges (1985) and Guy's and St Thomas's Hospital Medical Schools (completed 1998). The College is a major multi-faculty Higher Education institution with a world-wide profile.
These archives have a Designated Collection of national importance.
Venue Type:
Archive, Science centre, Architecture centre
Additional info
Location: The Archive reading room is located in Room 302, third floor, Strand Building. The main entrance of King's College London is on the Strand beside Somerset House and opposite St Mary le Strand. From the main entrance on the Strand take the lift to the third floor, turn right out of the lift and follow the signs. Ring the bell to the left of the door for admission.
Parking: There is no parking available within the College, though parking space for the disabled and the delivery of documents can usually be arranged by giving advance notice. Please note, however, that this cannot be guaranteed.
The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives is a Designated Collection of national importance.
The archives contain papers of over 700 20th century senior defence personnel, authors and commentators, covering all wars, campaigns and peacekeeping initiatives in which British forces were engaged. The Centre also houses a growing collection of related microforms, chiefly of American official papers, and the personal library of Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart. This collection is of national and international significance to the study of the First and Second World Wars.
King's College London Archives holds the institutional records of the College (founded 1829) and related institutions such as King's College Hospital, Guy Hospital Medical School and St Thomas's Hospital Medical School. Holdings include minutes, correspondence, committee papers, the papers of scientific and other research projects, the private papers of senior staff, photographs and publications.
Collection details
Weapons and War, Sport, Social History, Science and Technology, Photography, Personalities, Natural Sciences, Medicine, Archives
Key artists and exhibits
- Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart
- The Duke of Wellington
- Dentistry history
- Professor Jean Hanson
- The student rag
- DNA
- History of education
- Imperialism
- Military history
- Empire
- History of medicine
- Greek history
- Rosalind Franklin
- James Clerk Maxwell
- Charles Wheatstone
- Telegraph
- War
- Strand
- Designated Collection
AIM25
AIM25 provides free online text access to collection level descriptions of archives within higher education institutions, cultural organisations, learned societies, livery companies and specialist archives in the London area (the area bound by the M25). Its descriptions span more than 130 partner institutions and total around 18,000 descriptions. AIM25 is aimed at academics, students and the general public and seeks to improve access and use of archives. It is ongoing and new and revised descriptions are always being added. A recent upgrade has added Web 2.0 features. Themes include the history of education, and of London, literature, science and technology, exploration, politics and biography.
Creator
- Information Services and Systems, King's College London
- Research Support Libraries Programme
- University of London
Publisher
- King's College London Archives
Navigating Nightingale
Navigating Nightingale is an iPhone app that traces the career of pioneering nurse Florence Nightingale and explores her life in Victorian London through the use of interactive maps, cartoons and rich archive content drawn from collections held by AIM25 and other London archives. The app has been created by King's College London Archives and School of Nursing, and Centre Screen Productions. This is the first iPhone app in the Medical Milestones series.
Creator
- King's College London Archives, King's School of Nursing, Centre Screen Productions
How to obtain
Via the app store.
Serving Soldier
http://www.kingscollections.org/servingsoldier
Serving Soldier is a website that provides access to thousands of unique images and documents drawn from the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives at King's College London. Content includes photographs, videos and correspondence. The selection explores the lives of servicemen and their families from the late 19th century until the Second World War, while themes include war and peace, exploration, invention and education. New content is being added regularly.
Creator
- King's College London Archives
Publisher
- King's College London
How to obtain
Free digitised content online.
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