The Journal Books exist in Original and Copy versions. The Journal Books contain minutes of the ordinary minutes of the Royal Society, setting out the following information: person in the chair, news of elections to the Fellowship and Council, non-Fellows given leave to be present, and books and rarities presented to the Society. Letters and papers read before the Society are given in abstract with any subsequent discussion. By the 19th century much of this earlier detail is lost, so that , for example, only titles of papers are recorded.

The Journal Books exist in Original and Copy versions. They contain minutes of the ordinary meetings of the Royal Society, setting out the following information; person in the chair, news of elections to the Fellowship and the Council, non-Fellows given leave to be present, and books and rarities presented to the Society. Letters and Papers read before the Society are given in abstract with any subsequent discussion By the nineteenth century much of this earlier detail had been lost, so that, for example, only titles of papers are recorded. This copy version is a transcription of the Journal Book Original.

Papers of the Joint Working Party to consider a proposed Faculty of Family Planning (later the Faculty of Family Planning Steering Group), 1984-1990, containing Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists copies of the working party's minutes, papers and correspondence, and including correspondence with Hempsons, Solicitors, 1990; document "Proposed Faculty of Family Planning of the RCOG and RCGP", final draft, October 1990.

Report of the Joint Working Party of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Academic Association of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on improving recruitment.

Published report of the Joint Working Party of the RCOG and Royal College of General Practitioners on training for obstetrics and gynaecology for general practitioners, 1981.

Records of the Joint Training Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Healthcare, 2002-2007, comprising agenda, minutes and papers.

Records of the Joint Steering Group of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care [FFPRHC] on teenage pregnancy, 1972-1995, comprising correspondence and reports on the remit of the Joint Steering Group (1992-1995), related press clippings and reports (1972-1995), papers on a conference on emergency hormonal contraception (1994-1995) and papers of the research and audit sub-group (1994). Also includes for 1993 to 1995: agenda and minutes; correspondence; minute book; records of expenses.

Records of the Joint Standing Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Midwives, 1988-2001, comprising agenda, minutes and papers for the working party, 1988-2001.

Joint Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Royal College of General Practitioners committees and working parties, 1968-1993, comprising records from joint committees and working parties exclusively between the RCOG and the Royal College of General Practitioners. The majority discuss training for general practitioners in obstetrics and gynaecology and provision of services. They include: correspondence and reports on general practitioner maternity units (1968); correspondence, papers and a minute book for a working party on training in obstetrics for general practitioners (1972-1974); a study on attitudes to pregnancy (1972-1976); papers of Sir Rustam Feroze on a joint working party on obstetrics and gynaecology for GP's (1980-1981); papers and report of a joint working party on vocational training in obstetrics and gynaecology for GP's (1990-1993).

the records are arranged in the following series:-
C1: Standing Joint-Committee of the RCOG, RCP and RCSENG, 1939-1974.
C2: Conference of the Royal Medical Colleges, 1975-1990.
C3: Joint Consultants' Committee, 1948-1985.
C4: RCOG and British Paediatric Association Standing Committee/RCPCH, 1949-1997.
C6: Ad hoc committee on analgesia and anaesthesia. 1970-1975.
C7: Joint RCOG and RCGP committees and working parties, 1968-1993.
C8: RCOG and National Birthday Trust Fund, 1967-1984.
C9: RCOG and RCR working party on ultrasound, 1985-1997C10: RCOG and Population Investigation Committee of the Eugenics Society, 1949-1952.
C11: Representative Committee (later the Negotiating Committee), 1945-1948.
C12: Joint MRC and RCOG Voluntary Licensing Authority for Human In Vitro Fertilisation and Embryology, 1985-1986.
C13: Joint working party to consider a proposed Faculty of Family Planning, 1984-1990.
C14: Joint Medico-Legal Committee of the RCOG and Defence Societies, 1985-1998.
C15: Joint Colleges forum of the RCOG, RCGP and RCM on maternity services for the 1990s, 1992.
C16: Ad hoc committee/interdisciplinary working party on the confidential enquiry into perinatal mortality, 1981-1985.
C17: Committee of Enquiry into Competence to Practise, 1976.
C18: RCOG response to the Interim Report of the Joint Council of Midwifery on non-therapeutic abortion and Inter-departmental Committee of the Ministry of Health on the problem of abortion, 1936-1938.
C19: Multidisciplinary Working Group: Prenatal Screening for Toxoplasmosis in the UK 1991-1996.
C20: RCOG Standing Advisory Committee of the RCOG and College of Anaesthetists working party on resuscitation of the newborn (1987): instruction manuals, c1987.
C21: Advisory Appointments Committees (1955): College records, 1955-1992.
C22: Joint working parties of the RCOG and Royal College of Pathologists (1986-1988): final reports, 1988..
C23: Joint steering group on teenage pregnancy: records, 1993-1995.
C24: Joint working group of the RCOG and British Gynaecological Cancer Society: records, 1997.

The archive consists of minutes of the Joint Committee on Women in the Civil Service (JCWCS) (1919-1936, 1943-1954) and of the Parliamentary Committee on Equal Pay (1935-6); reports and publications (1919-1944); leaflets (1935-1936); correspondence (1919-1928, 1944-1945).

Annual audited accounts of the Joint Committee on Contraception (JCC), 1977, 1979-1993, 1995; between 1982-1993 the accounts are signed.

Records of the John Roan School, Greenwich, and predecessors. This collection contains Roan Estate deeds for property in Greenwich (1473-1955); Governors' minutes, Head Teachers' reports and Clerk and Surveyor correspondence files (1682-1995); Roan Schools administrative records (1866-2002), pupils admissions and discharge registers (1705-1994), various printed material including school magazines (1834-1999), a large collection of photographs depicting pupils and teaching staff (1895-1990), and commemorative trowel, school badges and items of clothing (1876-1979); and school log books (1884-1976) for various schools operating in Charlton.

Records of particular interest are the Roan Estate deeds (LMA/4442/01/01) which are an excellent resource for the research of family and local history of Greenwich from the 15th to the 20th centuries and the admission and discharge registers (LMA/4442/03/02) provide a fairly comprehensive set of details of pupils who attended the Roan Schools. The calendars and prize giving programmes (LMA/4442/03/03) are also useful for researching pupils at the school and the school magazines, prospectuses (LMA/4442/03/03) and head teachers' reports (LMA/4442/02/01) provide detailed information on school activities, events and other developments.

The school represents a good example of the use of increases in charitable gifts and funds in Greenwich from the 17th century and details can be found in the surviving records of the first school, the Grey Coat School, in the Orders of the Feoffees (1682-1716) (LMA/4442/02/01/01/001) and the Register of admissions and discharges (1705-1736) (LMA/4442/03/02/01/001) which includes churchwardens' charity payments to Greenwich poor widows.

The impact of the Second World War on the Roan Schools is documented by a number of records in the collection including the Governors' Clerk and Surveyor's correspondence files which give detailed descriptions of bomb damage in Greenwich.

Information on the school's planning for the evacuation can be found in the Governors' Clerk's files (LMA/4442/02/02) and some lists of pupils evacuated and accounts of the evacuation to Kent and South Wales for four years can be found in reports in the Roan Schools records (LMA/4442/03/01 and LMA/4442/03/03) and Governors' minutes and Head Teachers' reports (LMA/4442/02/01).

Records of the Joel Emmanuel Charity, consisting of a minute book.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records of the Jews' Orphan Asylum, consisting of minutes of the Ladies Society and the Education Committee.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Personnel files of former Jewish Relief Unit volunteers including reports of their activities.

Copies of correspondence between the Jewish Relief Unit and the Jewish Committee for Relief Abroad, 1946-1947, on the provision of relief parcels for non-Jewish Hamburg residents.

Records of the Jewish Health Organisation of Great Britain, comprising committees, case histories, personnel and general correspondence.

Records of the Association of Jewish Friendship Clubs, consisting of administrative and financial records (including minutes, enquiries and reports) for the association itself, and for specific areas and clubs. Also correspondence files for individual clubs, both overseas and in Britain.

A further deposit included an extensive run of office files regarding both the administration of the AJFC and relations with affiliated clubs; a large number of photographs of AJFC events such as a handicrafts exhibition, talent competitions, holidays, celebrations and meetings; copies of the "Friendship Club Magazine"; circular letters; club programmes; press cuttings; obituaries and club badges.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Records of the Jewish Bread Meat and Coal Society, 1797-1954. The collection consists of minutes, financial records, correspondence, reports, copies of the Laws of the Society and other general material.

Correspondence of Christians in Jerusalem, 1828-1904, comprising a printed letter from William Howley, Archbishop of Canterbury, to the Prelates of the Eastern Churches, concerning the new Anglican Bishopric in Jerusalem, 1841, and article by A L Tibawi (The Muslim World, lxxix, no 1, 1979) concerning the letter; manuscript letter from the Agent of the Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, 1868; manuscript letters from Arab Protestants, one to the Church Missionary Society and one to Bishop Barclay, 1880; correspondence and papers exchanged between George Blyth, Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem, and Khalil Sakakini, and Isa al-Isa, discussing activities of the Arabic Literary Club and various educational matters, 1903-1904.

The collection comprises correspondence, writings and administrative material relating to the Jenner family, particularly Dr. Edward Jenner (pioneer of smallpox vaccination) and the associated Black and Davies families, 1680-1877.

The material on Edward Jenner includes papers relating to organisations set up in the aftermath of his vaccination discoveries: the National Vaccine Establishment, the Royal Jennerian Society and the London Vaccine Institution.

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.

The archive consists of a typescript biography and curriculum vitae (1997); correspondence (1956-1987).

Papers of the Board of Education Inspectors' Association (later the Association of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools), 1871-1992, including annual reports, minutes and papers of the Executive Committee and Divisional Committees, reports and memoranda, 1920-1992; lists of Divisions, Districts and staff, issued by the Education Department, 1871-1946; collected personal papers of individual HMIs; material gathered for a post-war history of the Inspectorate.

Records of the Issuing Houses Association including executive committee minutes (Ms 29328), reports and accounts (Mss 29329-331), membership files (Mss 29332-3), copies of the Association's rules (Ms 29336) and a useful booklet about Issuing Houses and the Issuing Houses Association (Ms 29337).

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the London Investment Banking Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff). The Association retains its more recent records. No other records are known to exist.

Papers of Islington Chinese Association, including general administrative records, annual reports, and printed material including event programmes, brochures and newsletters.

The archive consists of two typescript memoirs concerning Lady Reading and 3 photographs.

Minute book of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working party on intimate examinations, 1996-1997; final report 1997.

The archive consists of minutes of the Bureau (1899-1940, 1942-1953), annual reports (1952-1966), conference papers, publications printed and received, League of Nations files and documents related to other advisory committees, country files containing correspondence and official materials, files of the general secretary containing similar files covering the post-war period and correspondence.

Abbreviations include:

ACISJF - Association Catholique Internationale Services de la Jeunesse Feminine: International Catholic Society for Girls.

AMSH - Association for Moral and Social Hygiene.

ASHA - American Social Health Association.

BNC - International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons: British National Committee.

BVA - British Vigilance Association.

FAI - Fédération Abolitionniste Internationale.

IAF - International Abolitionist Federation.

IB - International Bureau.

IBS - International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons (also known as IBSTP).

IBSTWC - International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children.

NGO -Non-Governmental Organisation.

NVA - National Vigilance Association.

TAS -Travellers' Aid Society

UN - United Nations.

UNESCO - United Nations Economic and Social Organisation

USSR - Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

VD - Venereal Disease

CD - Contagious Diseases

CDA - Contagious Disease Acts

Papers relating to the International Association of Academies including Generalplan zur Grundung einer internationalen Association der Akademien, 1899; Statuten der internationalen Assoziation der Akademien, 9-10 October 1899; Letter from J Larmor, Secretary of the Royal Society, to the President of the Council of the International Association of Academies, Imperial Academy of Sciences, Vienna 21 December 1905; Letter from Chevalier Edm. Marchal, Secretaire perpetuel de l'Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, 16 May 1905; Letter from Robert Harrison, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society to The President, Kaiserliche Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna, 14 February 1906; Letter from J Gollancz, Secretary of the British Academy to Professor Victor von Lang, 26 February 1906; Letter from Robert Harrison to Professor Arthur Schuster FRS, 16 March 1906; Minutes of first sitting of General Assembly of the International Association of Academies, 29 May 1906; Minutes of the Committee meeting held on, 1 June 1906.

Papers of the International Alliance of Women including minutes, annual and conference reports, policy and subject files, biographies, publications, photographs, memorabilia. The collection also includes a series of resource files, which detail other women's organisations.

Records relating to the internal management and administration of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1999-2004, comprising notes from Heads of Departments' meetings (2001-2004) and records relating to the organisational structure of the College (1999-2001).

Records, 1970-[1987], of the Intensive Care Society (ICS), including Council minutes and papers, 1970-1984 (some gaps); committee papers, 1973-1974, 1976; Annual General Meeting minutes, 1972-1986; other ICS meetings minutes and papers, 1972-1986 (some gaps); minutes, papers and correspondence of the ICS Computer Group, 1979-1985 (some gaps); minutes and papers of the ICS Industrial Liaison Group, 1978-1981; other administrative papers, including applications to join the ICS, 1970, material relating to the duties of the Honorary Secretary, 1977, and correspondence relating to the design of certificates, 1979; newsletters, 1970-[1987] (some gaps); publications, comprising booklet issued by ICS, Glossary of Terms Used in Intensive Care Computing, 1979, IC Yearbook, 1981, and IC Unit directory, 1981; papers relating to international congresses, 1973-1977, including recommendations on mobile ICUs, 1973, and summary report on Intensive Care for Respiratory Insufficiency, 1976; miscellaneous photographs, 1973-1986, including the Council, and events including the 10th annual dinner, 1980.

Minutes of the Insurance Companies (War Settlement) Committee.

Minutes, correspondence of Miss Mallon, College Secretary, background papers and reports of the RCOG Institutional versus Domiciliary Midwifery Committee, 1946-1957, including the committee's Report on the Obstetric Service under the National Health Service, July 1954 and 1956 revised edition.

Records of the Institute of Meat, a training body for the UK meat industry, comprising constitutional documents, minutes, annual reports and accounts, administrative and estate papers.

Records of the Institute of Masters of Wine, comprising minute book of the Education Committee, correspondence and cartoons depicting wine tastings.

Institute of London Underwriters records as follows: General Meetings minutes (Ms 31840); annual reports (Ms 31841); Committee minutes and agendas (Mss 31842-4); minutes of various lesser committes and sub-committees (Mss 31845-62); registers of members (Ms 31863); ledgers and cash books (Mss 31864-7); circulars (Mss 31868-9); clauses books (Ms 31870); out-letter books (Mss 31871-80); and miscellaneous papers (Mss 31881-97). The 1884 Memorandum and Articles of Association can be found in vol. 1 of the registers of members (Ms 31863).

A cut-off date of 1960 was applied, and volumes or series (other than Circulars) continuing after this date may only be consulted by readers who have written permission from the donor: ask a member of staff for more information.

Records of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, including charter, minutes of the Council and various Committees; committee reports; bye-laws; circulars; correspondence; legal papers; legal advice; precedent books of complaints; membership lists and registers; scrapbooks; and papers regarding the International Congress of Accounting.

Records of the Institute of Accountants; including minute books; rules and regulations; and letter books.

Records of the Society of Incorporated Accountants and Auditors; including minute books; registers of members; and papers relating to staff.

Records of Chartered Accountants' Trustees Limited and associated funds, records of Chartered Accountants' Charities Limited and records of The Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies Limited (CCAB)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE MAIN MEMBERSHIP RECORDS AND INDEXES HAVE BEEN RETAINED BY THE INSTITUTE AND ONLY SUBSIDIARY RECORDS ARE HELD AT LMA. All enquiries about membership should therefore be directed to the Registrar, Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, Gloucester House, 399 Silbury Boulevard, Central Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire MK9 2HL.

Minute books of the Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants Advisory Committee.

The records of the Industrial Life Offices Association consist of minute books, annual accounts and files. The minute books appear to form an almost complete set, except for those of the Executive, which end in 1977; and those of the Quarterly Meeting, which end in 1956. From 1920, the minute books are annotated with reference numbers, apparently referring to supporting papers, the whereabouts of which are unknown.

Minute books of the Independent Burial Society.

Incorporated Society of London Meat Trades annual report for 1914.

Memorandum and articles of association of the Incorporated Society of Liverpool Notaries.

Papers of the Incorporated Society of Authors, Playwrights and Composers comprising an annual report for 1945.

The records in this collection relate to the Imperial Yeomanry School from 1904 to 3 March 1931 and to the subsequent Imperial Benevolent Fund for 4 August 1931-12 December 1934. They comprise administrative and financial records, including admission registers and log books. From the names in the admission registers it can be seen that boys had not been admitted by 4 September 1925. The addresses in the register show that although the school was in Middlesex, entrance was not limited to those who lived in Middlesex.

Papers of the Ilford Jewish Primary School, formerly the Stepney Jewish Primary School, including deeds; correspondence; Governors and Management Committee meeting minutes and papers; Buildings Committee minutes; minutes and correspondence relating to the Jewish Youth Club; minutes and correspondence relating to the move from Stepney to Ilford; and records relating to construction including papers of the architect, plans and maps.

Records and collection of manuscripts of the Hunterian Society, 1676-1989. The manuscript collection includes extensive letters and papers relating to the Hunter and Baillie families.

Records of the Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society comprising minutes, lists of members, and financial records.