Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1923-1993 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
5½ boxes
Scope and content
Papers of Claude Curling, 1923-1993, including correspondence, 1964-1985; correspondence and papers on electron microscopy, 1951-1969; typescript and manuscript papers by Curling,1946-1993; lecture transcripts and notes by Curling, 1946-1993; poems and songs by Claude Curling, 1974-1992; audiotapes and video tapes of Curling's papers and lectures, 1977-1992 and booklets, articles and other publications by Curling.
System of arrangement
As given in Scope and content.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born 2 June 1923; Christ's College Cambridge, 1941-1943; MA, 1943; temporary Officer at the Admiralty Signal Establishment, Witley, 1943-1946; Honorary Scholar of Natural Science, Christ's College Cambridge, 1946-1950; Lecturer in Physics, King's College London, 1950; Sub-Dean of Natural Science, King's College London, 1969; Senior Lecturer, King's College London, 1972-1985; died 3 December 1993.
Repository
Custodial history
Donated in two accessions by Vera Curling, Claude Curling's wife, in February 1996 and 2007.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Finding aids
Collection level description. Box list available for the second accession.
Existence and location of originals
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Alternative identifier(s)
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Amalgamated Society of Engineers (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.