Please note, we will be closed to readers across parts of December and January, so plan your visit to us accordingly 👇❄️

We’ve been having a fantastic time at History Day @senatehouselib.bsky.social ! We’ll be here for a few more hours so make sure to say hi and get some free pens and badges ✍️

📣 Over 2 million WW2 service records to go online for the first time. Ancestry will add over 2 million British Army infantry service records on 6 November 6; along with their other military records they will be free to view from that date until 12 November. #FamilyHistory #OnePlaceWednesday

A big welcome to all of our new students starting today, and to those returning too! We thought you might like to see a snippet of King's-gone-by, so we've gone black-and-white. Digging through our archive, there's views of the Strand, dental students hard at work, fun & games with a tug-of-war...

At the start of day 2 of our Collections Week the reading room is looking a little chaotic with new accessions that we’re sorting, but by the end of the week it should be much more organised! 🧵 #archives

We're so happy to be at the first day of the Archives & Records Association Conference! There's so many amazing talks from industry professionals and the first keynote speaker, Julz Davis, gave such food for thought to start us all off. Can't wait for all the other speakers over the next few days...

Congratulations to all A Level students receiving your results today! For those of you who will be joining us at King's, we can't wait to meet you. Our archives are open for students of any subject, and with millions of documents there'll be something of use to you. Make sure to come say hi!

Don't miss out on this event tomorrow! 👇 We'll be sharing material from our collections with a focus on the British military and civilian experience in India during the Raj, and South Asian students at King’s. It's free and online! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...

It's #InternationalCatDay, so we had to find something suitable from the archives! This "cat-a-log" was created in 1974 (based off a 1950 original) by Ethicon, manufacturer of suture products and suture technology, and it forms part of our King's College Hospital collection (Ref: KH/PUB/1/2/18)

This was located right opposite our university - we wonder if any of our staff or students visited?

We're excited to be taking part in this free South Asian Heritage Month event! Held online on 14th August, more details below. We'll be sharing material from our collections with a focus on the British military and civilian experience in India during the Raj, and South Asian students at King’s.

Our military collection is made up of personal papers, and that means you can come across some touching pieces. This letter in our Cdr Burrows collection was written by Anthony Vincent Large to his parents in 1942 and it recounts his harrowing 38.5 days adrift at sea after his ship was torpedoed.

We're excited to be taking part in this free South Asian Heritage Month event! Held online on 14th August, more details below. We'll be sharing material from our collections with a focus on the British military and civilian experience in India during the Raj, and South Asian students at King’s.

We're hiring! 📣 We are looking for a new Head of Archives to lead and develop our outstanding archive collections, services and team. Find full details below - closing date is 17th August! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120005-... #ExploreYourArchives #HeritageJobs #AcademicJobs

We're hiring! 📣 We are looking for a new Head of Archives to lead and develop our outstanding archive collections, services and team. Find full details below - closing date is 17th August! www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/120005-... #ExploreYourArchives #HeritageJobs #AcademicJobs

We didn't know it was possible to "play" a megaphone until we saw this image from our David Clarke collection! Here, Louis N Parker proves us wrong during the famous 1906 Warwick Pageant - which he organised. #history #vintage #music

Collections come in all sizes, and this little postcard gave us a big smile! Addressed to medieval historian Patrick Wormald, it was sent in 1984 by a group of historians trying to find the site of Quentovic, an early medieval Frankish town. #history #medieval #ExploreYourArchives

📣 Service announcement! The reading room will be closed to visitors for our bi-annual Collections Week from the 1st-5th September. Please ensure to plan your visits accordingly.

This week's new records include over 6,000 brand new photographs and updates to our collection of monumental inscriptions 👇 Passenger Ship Photographs Findmypast Photo Collection Yorkshire Monumental Inscriptions Middlesex Monumental Inscriptions Eight new newspapers Head to the blog for more info

Our Potsdam menu is a fan favourite, and one we get out at lots of our teaching sessions!

We have a wonderful new blog post written by our MA History intern all about Imperial Scholarship and the East. During his time with us, Kamal looked at letters and minutes in our College Archive relating to Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner, a Victorian orientalist and polyglot. 🧵 #Victorian #Empire

Hello, Bluesky! 👋 We are King’s College London Archives and the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives. We have millions of items covering 3 centuries of King’s and merged institutions & over 800 collections of senior British Military personnel. We can't wait to share our fantastic collections!