Gassed: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0099 KCLMA Gassed |
Held at | : Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma › |
Full title | : Gassed: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down |
Date(s) | : 1915-2000 |
Level of description | : Collection (Fonds) |
Extent | : 39 boxes (0.39 cubic metres) |
Name of creator(s) | : Evans | Robert | b. 1964 | journalist and author |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Rob Evans (b 1964) is a Guardian journalist . His book, Gassed: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down was published by House of Stratus, London, 2000.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1915-2000, relating to background research by Rob Evans for his book, Gassed: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down (House of Stratus, London, 2000), including: copy Public Record Office papers, 1915-1919, relating to the development and use of poison gas on the Western Front, World War One; copy Public Record Office papers relating to meetings of the Chemical Defence Advisory Board of the Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development, 1947-1968; copy Public Record Office papers relating to the testing of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), 1954-1967; Porton Down annual reports, 1991-1994; Public Record Office papers on the testing of V class nerve agents, 1961-1964; copy Public Record Office papers, 1921-1953, on the use of tear gas in the British Empire; papers on the development and use of CS tear gas, 1919-2000; papers on the use of pepper spray, 1922-1999; copy Public Record Office papers on the testing of radioactive material, 1956-1964; Public Record Office papers relating to biological warfare trials, 1953-1977; transcripts of interviews done by Observer Films for ITV documentary, Secrets of Porton Down, broadcast 1994; copies of parliamentary answers relating to chemical testing on volunteers, 1995-2000
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Rob Evans' original thematic arrangement has been retained
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 Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the College Archivist
Finding aids:
Collection level description. Creator's detailed list available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented to the Centre by Rob Evans, 2002
Allied Materials
Related material:
The papers of Maj Gen Charles Howard Foulkes, held in the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, include material relating to the introduction and use of chemical warfare on the Western Front, World War One, and the proposed use of gas warfare in the North West Frontier Province, India, 1919-1920.
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Kate O'Brien
Rules or conventions:
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997
Date(s) of descriptions:
June 2003
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