GB 0099 KCLMA Gassed - Gassed: British chemical warfare experiments on humans at Porton Down

39 boxes (0.39 cubic metres)

GB 0099 KCLMA Gassed 1915-2000 Collection (Fonds) 39 boxes (0.39 cubic metres) Evans , Robert , b. 1964 , journalist and author
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.

Presented to the Centre by Rob Evans, 2002

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

Rob Evans' original thematic arrangement has been retained

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 Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the College Archivist
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Collection level description. Creator's detailed list available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room

Originals of the majority of documents in the collection are held in the National Archives (Public Record Office), Kew, Richmond, Surrey

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.

Compiled by Kate O'Brien 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 June 2003 Wars (events) Abuse Addiction Advisory Council on Scientific Research and Technical Development Armed forces Chemical/biological warfare Chemical Defence Advisory Board Chemical Defence Establishment Chemical Defence Experimental Establishment Chemical Defence Experimental Station Clinical medicine Clinical psychology Disabled persons Disabled war veterans Disadvantaged groups Diseases Drug abuse Drug psychotherapy Drugs England Europe Evans , Robert , b. 1964 , journalist and author International conflicts International relations Medical research Medical sciences Military engineering Military medicine Military organizations Narcotic drugs Organizations Pathology Pharmacology Porton Down Psychiatry Psychology Psychotherapy Rights of soldiers Rights of special groups Social problems State security Substance abuse Surgery UK War Warfare Western Europe Wiltshire World War One (1914-1918) World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) London

Presented to the Centre by Rob Evans, 2002

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

Rob Evans' original thematic arrangement has been retained

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 Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the College Archivist

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English

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.

Collection level description. Creator's detailed list available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room

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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