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type: Institution
accessibility: Wheelchair access
conditions of access: On their first visit external users must present two forms of identification, one photographic and one proof of address, and fill in a Reader Registration form. Please make an appointment at least one working day in advance, either by telephone, email, or in writing.
finding aids: The Centre's web site hosts the Location Register of Twentieth Century Defence Personnel, a database of some 3000 British defence personnel who achieved the ranks above and including Major General, Air Vice Marshal and Rear Admiral between the years 1900-1975.
general context: The archives are open to readers able to demonstrate the seriousness of their interest in the papers. Military studies have been taught at King's College since 1927 and in 1953 a department of War Studies, the only university department of its kind in Great Britain, was established.
sources: http://www.kingscollections.org/catalogues/lhcma/____[National_Archives]_https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/a
opening hours: Open: Tuesday-Thursday 10 A.M. -5 P.M. Closed: One week in early September, bank holidays and Christmas/New Year
agent has or had location: 1
general description: The Centre's holdings include the personal and semi-personal papers of nearly 800 senior British defence personnel, research papers for a number of television documentary collections, published microfilms and microfiche of USA official documents and the former private library of Captain Sir Basil Liddell Hart.
has or had agent name: King’s College London Archives
history: Founded in 1964, the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives is a leading repository for research into modern defence policy in Britain, from the Second Boer War onwards.
is or was holder of: gb-006350-kclma hahn
is or was holder of: gb-006350-kclma hart
is or was holder of: gb-006350-kclma barnett b g
name: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London