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King's
College London Archives Services - Summary Guide
JAMESON,
Professor Alexander Hope (1874-1952)
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IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA
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Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP24
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Title: JAMESON, Professor Alexander Hope (1874-1952)
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Date(s): Created 1935
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Level of description: Collection (fonds)
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Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk or size):
1 volume, 2 items
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CONTEXT AREA
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Name of creator(s): Jameson | Alexander Hope | 1874-1952 | Professor
of Civil Engineering
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Administrative/Biographical history: Born 1874; educated Owens
College, Manchester; Bishop Berkeley Fellow and Demonstrator in Whitworth
Engineering Laboratory, 1894-1897; Draughtsman, Lancashire and Yorkshire
Railway, Manchester, and Assistant to Resident Engineers, Halifax
and Wakefield, 1897-1901; Engineering Assistant, Derwent Valley Water
Board, and Resident Engineer on Derwent Aqueduct, Cumberland, 1901-1909;
Resident Engineer on Thirlmere Aqueduct (Third Pipe Line), Cumberland,
1909-1912; Professor of Civil Engineering, King's College London,
1912-1935; Fellow of King's College, 1924; External Examiner, Bristol
University, 1920-1921, and London University, 1927 and 1930-1933;
Dean of Engineering Faculty, University of London, 1932-1935; retired,
1935; Emeritus Professor of Civil Engineering, 1935; Honorary Secretary,
1947-1950, and Honorary Treasurer, 1946-1951, Worthing Branch, Overseas
League; died 1952.
Publications:
Advanced surveying: a text-book for students (Pitman and
Sons, London, 1934); An introduction to fluid mechanics (Longmans
and Co, London, 1937); Contour geometry, and its applications
to earthwork design and quantities (Pitman and Sons, London,
1931); Mathematical geography (Pitman and Sons, London, 1927);
paper on 'Testing the strength of materials' in Proceedings of
the Institute of Civil Engineers, [1917]; paper on 'Flow over
sharp-edged weirs', in Proceedings of the Institute of Civil
Engineers, Nov 1948.
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Archival history:
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Presented by the
family to King's College London Archives via the Faculty of Engineering.
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CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA
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Scope and content: Presentation volume of signatures of past and
present members of the Engineering Faculty, University of London,
presented to Jameson on his retirement from the Chair of Civil Engineering,
Dec 1935; menu and ticket, Dec 1935, for the 38th Annual Dinner of
the Engineering Society, where the above presentation was made.
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Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
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Accruals:
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System of arrangement: 1 volume, 2 items.
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CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA
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Conditions governing access: Open, subject to signature of reader's
undertaking form.
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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.
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Language/scripts of material: English
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements:
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Finding aids: Collection level description.
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ALLIED MATERIALS AREA
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Existence and location of originals:
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Existence and location of copies:
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Related units of description:
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Publication note:
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NOTE AREA
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Note:
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DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA
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Archivist's note:
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Rules or conventions:
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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2000
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