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- 1934-1950 (Creation)
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1 box, 0.1 cubic metres
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Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, born on 29 May 1914; educated at King's College London Faculty of Science, 1932-1939, passed Intermediate Examination in Science in 1933; worked as technical staff member at the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate, 1939-1947; educated in Moral Sciences Tripos at Cambridge University, 1947-1949; lectured at Nottingham University, 1951 until retirement; died 1999.
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GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP157 1934-1950 Collection (fonds) 1 box, 0.1 cubic metres Douglas , Gordon Oxenbury , 1914-1999 , student of King's College London Faculty of Science
Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, born on 29 May 1914; educated at King's College London Faculty of Science, 1932-1939, passed Intermediate Examination in Science in 1933; worked as technical staff member at the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate, 1939-1947; educated in Moral Sciences Tripos at Cambridge University, 1947-1949; lectured at Nottingham University, 1951 until retirement; died 1999.
Donated by Gordon Oxenbury Douglas' daughter to King's College London College Archives, 2007.
Papers of Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, 1914-1999, relating to his social life at King's College London, comprise a black and white photograph of Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, [1940]; letters from Katharine Dilley to Douglas, whom he later married, 1934-1935; dance card belonging to Douglas for the King's College London Commemoration Ball, 1935 showing all dances marked for Katharine Dilley. The collection also contains professional references for Douglas from W.G Shilling of the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate, Lilian F Haddakin, Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at University College London, W. W. Willliams, Assistant Censor at Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge University and from J. E. Young, Senior Classics Master at Ipswich School.
Arranged in its accession order; section one: photograph of Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, section two: letters from Katharine Dilley to Gordon Oxenbury Douglas and dance card and section three: references for Gordon Oxenbury Douglas.
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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.
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Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
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.
January 2008 Aeronautical Inspection Directorate Dilley , Katharine F , fl 1934-1950 Douglas , Gordon Oxenbury , 1914-1999 , student of King's College London Faculty of Science Educational levels Higher education Ipswich School King's College London , Faculty of Science Science education University College London , Department of English Language and Literature University of Cambridge x Cambridge University
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Donated by Gordon Oxenbury Douglas' daughter to King's College London College Archives, 2007.
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Papers of Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, 1914-1999, relating to his social life at King's College London, comprise a black and white photograph of Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, [1940]; letters from Katharine Dilley to Douglas, whom he later married, 1934-1935; dance card belonging to Douglas for the King's College London Commemoration Ball, 1935 showing all dances marked for Katharine Dilley. The collection also contains professional references for Douglas from W.G Shilling of the Aeronautical Inspection Directorate, Lilian F Haddakin, Assistant Lecturer in the Department of English at University College London, W. W. Willliams, Assistant Censor at Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge University and from J. E. Young, Senior Classics Master at Ipswich School.
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Arranged in its accession order; section one: photograph of Gordon Oxenbury Douglas, section two: letters from Katharine Dilley to Gordon Oxenbury Douglas and dance card and section three: references for Gordon Oxenbury Douglas.
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
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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.
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- English
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- Latin
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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.
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- English