Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1968-1996 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
39 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Classes in Physics and Electrical Engineering were made available at the South-Western Polytechnic from 1895. The two disciplines were separated in 1906 and in 1918 the Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering were transferred to Battersea Polytechnic. An Engineering Science course in Electronics was reintroduced in 1967 at the successor to the South-Western/Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology. This Department of Electronics then merged with King's College London Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 1985. It is now known as the Department of Electronic Engineering, and is part of the Division of Engineering within the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at King's College London.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0100 KCLCA 1996 CDE, 1997 CDE 1968-1996 Sub-fonds of King's College London Archives 39 boxes Chelsea Polytechnic , Department of Electrical Engineering
Chelsea College of Science and Technology , Department of Electrical Engineering
Chelsea College , Department of Electrical Engineering
Classes in Physics and Electrical Engineering were made available at the South-Western Polytechnic from 1895. The two disciplines were separated in 1906 and in 1918 the Departments of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering were transferred to Battersea Polytechnic. An Engineering Science course in Electronics was reintroduced in 1967 at the successor to the South-Western/Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology. This Department of Electronics then merged with King's College London Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering in 1985. It is now known as the Department of Electronic Engineering, and is part of the Division of Engineering within the School of Physical Sciences and Engineering at King's College London.
John E Pearson, student and lecturer at Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College and King's College, 1954-1996, transferred the records to King's College Archives in 1996.
Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology and Chelsea College Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1968-1996. This series comprises correspondence with overseas research workers, 1990-1996; rough and fair copy teaching notes and handouts for students on courses taught by John Pearson and others on electronic devices, electromagnetism, circuits and control systems, microwave engineering and communications theory, 1972-1995; tape recordings of lectures on electronic devices, [1975]; Departmental research reports, 1989-1995; papers concerning a reunion of Chelsea Electronics graduates, 1985; incomplete set of examination question papers in Electronics and related disciplines, 1968-1993; group photographs of graduates, 1970-1980, 1985-1986, 1989, 1995; histories of the Electronics Department and other memorabilia, 1977-1978.
Boxed in the order in which the collection was received.
Administrative records are generally subject to a thirty year closure period from the date of leaving.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
English
A descriptive list of the contents of the records is available for consultation in the King's College London Archive reading room.
King's College London Archives: Papers of John Pearson (Ref: C/PP3); Chelsea College Department of Electronic Engineering Student Records (Ref: KCLCA 1996 CDE CDE/FP, CDE/FP(W), CDE/FPPG, CDE/FPPG(W)); King's College London School of Physical Sciences and Engineering Student files (Ref: KCLCA SPSE/FP).
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell. National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000. February 2002 Chelsea College , Department of Electrical Engineering Chelsea College of Science and Technology , Department of Electrical Engineering Chelsea Polytechnic , Department of Electrical Engineering Communication technology Educational evaluation Electrical engineering Electromagnetism Examinations Exceptional students Foreign students Information technology Lectures (teaching method) Magnetism Pearson , John Edward , b 1930 , electrical engineer Recordings Sound recordings Student evaluation Students Teaching materials Teaching methods Technical education University students Written examinations
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John E Pearson, student and lecturer at Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College and King's College, 1954-1996, transferred the records to King's College Archives in 1996.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology and Chelsea College Department of Electrical Engineering Records, 1968-1996. This series comprises correspondence with overseas research workers, 1990-1996; rough and fair copy teaching notes and handouts for students on courses taught by John Pearson and others on electronic devices, electromagnetism, circuits and control systems, microwave engineering and communications theory, 1972-1995; tape recordings of lectures on electronic devices, [1975]; Departmental research reports, 1989-1995; papers concerning a reunion of Chelsea Electronics graduates, 1985; incomplete set of examination question papers in Electronics and related disciplines, 1968-1993; group photographs of graduates, 1970-1980, 1985-1986, 1989, 1995; histories of the Electronics Department and other memorabilia, 1977-1978.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Boxed in the order in which the collection was received.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Administrative records are generally subject to a thirty year closure period from the date of leaving.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, can be supplied to appropriate College staff. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
King's College London Archives: Papers of John Pearson (Ref: C/PP3); Chelsea College Department of Electronic Engineering Student Records (Ref: KCLCA 1996 CDE CDE/FP, CDE/FP(W), CDE/FPPG, CDE/FPPG(W)); King's College London School of Physical Sciences and Engineering Student files (Ref: KCLCA SPSE/FP).
Finding aids
A descriptive list of the contents of the records is available for consultation in the King's College London Archive reading room.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Notes area
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Access points
Subject access points
- Information technology » Communication technology
- Educational evaluation
- Electrical engineering
- Magnetism » Electromagnetism
- Educational evaluation » Student evaluation » Examinations
- Exceptional students
- Exceptional students » Foreign students
- Information technology
- Teaching methods » Lectures (teaching method)
- Magnetism
- Recordings
- Recordings » Sound recordings
- Educational evaluation » Student evaluation
- Students
- Teaching materials
- Teaching methods
- Technical education
- Students » University students
- Educational evaluation » Student evaluation » Examinations » Written examinations
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997; ISAD(G), Second edition, 2000.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English