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- Created 1929, 1937-1941, 1957, 1990-1992 (Creation)
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2 boxes or 0.02m3
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Born 1918; educated Franklyn House School and King's School Ely; Student of Engineering at King's College London, 1937-1941, during which period the College was evacuated to Bristol University; died 12 Dec 2011.
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GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP42 Created 1929, 1937-1941, 1957, 1990-1992 Collection (fonds) 2 boxes or 0.02m3 Leete , David L , 1918-2011
Born 1918; educated Franklyn House School and King's School Ely; Student of Engineering at King's College London, 1937-1941, during which period the College was evacuated to Bristol University; died 12 Dec 2011.
Presented by Mr Leete, 1993.
Two scrapbooks, 1938-1940, relating to student life at King's College London and at Bristol University during the evacuation of the College there, containing photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes and Christmas cards; material relating to a 1990 reunion and a special degree presentation ceremony in 1992; bound copies of The King's Engineer, 1937-1941, and the King's College Review, 1937-1941; mounted photographs showing the Engineering finalists, 1940-1941, and the Engineering students returning from a parade to the Daily Herald offices with Reggie [the lion and King's College mascot], 1938, with a medallion presented to Leete for rescuing Reggie from kidnap by Bristol students during a Union Society debate, Nov 1940. Books relating to the history of King's College, namely King's College Engineering Society, 1847-1957 (Private, London, 1957), by William Oswald Skeat, and The Centenary history of King's College London, 1828-1928, 1929, by Fossey John Cobb Hearnshaw.
6 volumes, 1 medal and outsize photographs
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
English
Handlist available in hard copy in the College Archive reading room.
Feb 2000 Educational history Educational levels Higher education Students University students Higher education institutions Universities Educational organizations Educational administrative structure Educational associations Student organizations Higher science education Engineering education Press Newspaper press Press cuttings Information sciences Communications media Publications Periodicals Educational sciences Leete , David L , 1918-2011 King's College London University of Bristol x Bristol University London England UK Western Europe Europe Bristol Avon Educational institutionsImmediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented by Mr Leete, 1993.
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Two scrapbooks, 1938-1940, relating to student life at King's College London and at Bristol University during the evacuation of the College there, containing photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes and Christmas cards; material relating to a 1990 reunion and a special degree presentation ceremony in 1992; bound copies of The King's Engineer, 1937-1941, and the King's College Review, 1937-1941; mounted photographs showing the Engineering finalists, 1940-1941, and the Engineering students returning from a parade to the Daily Herald offices with Reggie [the lion and King's College mascot], 1938, with a medallion presented to Leete for rescuing Reggie from kidnap by Bristol students during a Union Society debate, Nov 1940. Books relating to the history of King's College, namely King's College Engineering Society, 1847-1957 (Private, London, 1957), by William Oswald Skeat, and The Centenary history of King's College London, 1828-1928, 1929, by Fossey John Cobb Hearnshaw.
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6 volumes, 1 medal and outsize photographs
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Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Language of material
- English
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- Latin
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English
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Handlist available in hard copy in the College Archive reading room.
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- Educational sciences » Educational history
- Educational levels
- Educational levels » Higher education
- Students
- Students » University students
- Higher education institutions
- Higher education institutions » Universities
- Educational organizations
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure » Educational associations
- Educational organizations » Educational administrative structure » Educational associations » Student organizations
- Higher science education
- Higher science education » Engineering education
- Press
- Press » Newspaper press
- Press » Newspaper press » Press cuttings
- Information sciences
- Periodicals
- Educational sciences
- Educational institutions
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- English