IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/EX
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: King's College London Examination Question Papers
Date(s): 1933-1999 (ongoing)
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1002 files and bound volumes
Name of creator(s): King's College London
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Between the foundation of King's College London in 1829 and the incorporation of all faculties of the College (with the exception of Theology) into the University of London in 1908, students were assessed under examinations set by the College, as well as the examinations of professional and learned societies, and were also able to attend classes for matriculation from the University of London. Thereafter students of the College took examinations set by departments of the College and in the case of final undergraduate and postgraduate examinations, papers approved by the University.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Examination question papers of King's College London, 1933-1998, mainly comprising papers for undergraduates sitting finals, postgraduates sitting Masters' degree examinations, as well as a number of undergraduate yearly and mid-sessional examinations and copies of examination papers set by the University of London. The papers comprise a series of individual files containing assorted examination papers from all or most faculties for the period 1933-1961. Thereafter papers are held for individual departments of the Faculty of Arts, including English, 1975-1994; Geography, 1980-1992; German, 1975-1997; History, 1975-1992; Italian, 1975-1995; Portuguese and Brazilian Studies, 1975-1997; Spanish, 1975-1996; French, 1985-1997; Linguistics and Humanities Applied Computing, 1989-1994; Classics, 1965-1998; Modern Greek, 1988-1998; Philosophy, 1985-1998; Japanese, 1992-1995; Russian, 1994-1995; War Studies, 1989-1992; Faculty of Laws, 1964-1974; Faculty of Medical Science, 1963-1993; Faculty of Education, 1977-1990; Faculty of Physical Sciences, including Chemistry, 1948-1993; Computing, 1982-1993; Mathematics, 1963-1993; Management Studies, 1986-1992; Physics, 1947-1993); Faculty of Engineering, 1927-1992, including Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Westfield College, 1983. Faculty of Natural Science, including Botany and Zoology, 1962-1985; Chemistry, 1952-1984; Geography, 1978-1984; Geology, 1978-1984; Human Environmental Science, 1978-1985; Pharmacology, 1978-1984; Biochemistry, 1978-1985; Physiology, 1978-1986; Anatomy, 1980-1983; Faculty of Life Sciences, including Anatomy and Human Biology; Biochemistry, Biophysics, Pharmacology, Physiology, Gerontology, Food Science, Nursing Studies, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Pharmacy, 1985-1994; Faculty of Music, 1968-1997; Faculty of Theology, 1933-1999, including examinations for Associates of King's College, 1969-1995, and with Masters' dissertations and extended essays of students, 1994; Nightingale Institute and Department of Nursing Studies, 1986-1996.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: Mainly English, others in relevant foreign languages.
System of arrangement:
The papers are held in annual files or bound volumes, arranged chronologically in series by individual departments under its respective faculty, and usually separated for Bachelors' and Masters' degrees.
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue available in hard copy in the reading room of the College Archives.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Departments make periodic deposits of previous examination papers.
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Academic Faculties and Departments have made periodic deposits to the College Archives.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
The University of London Library holds original examination question papers for degrees awarded by the University of London.
Existence and location of copies:
The series of King's College London Calendars published between 1836-1916 contain copies of examination question papers produced by the various departments.
Related material:
The College Archives also hold the private papers of Edna Florence Ball, which include examination papers for the BSc (General), 1927-1929 (K/PP10); the papers of Professor George Randall Wilkinson (1927-1989) containing examination papers in Physics for King's College London and the University of London, 1949-1966 (K/PP33); the papers of Kenneth Dudley Outteridge (1923-1989) containing examination papers in Physics and Electronics for King's College London, 1969-1982 (K/PP34).
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: King's College London Calendars. Description compiled by Robert Baxter.
Date(s) of descriptions: April 2000.