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        GB 1538 PH · 1633-2001

        Photographs and pictures of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1633-2001. The majority of photographs depict the membership and social history of the College and include presidential portraits and photographs of Fellows and Members, prominent obstetricians and gynaecologists, visitors to the College, meetings and study groups. There is also a class of photographs of College buildings. Donated and deposited material also includes photographs and slides of clinical disorders and specimens.

        Records comprise portraits, pictures and other memorabilia relating to William Blair-Bell, 1920-1996; presidential portraits, 1927-1995; portraits of Fellows, 1935-1991; photographs of Honorary Fellows, 1921-1997; photographs of annual dinners, 1931-1954, 1998; photographs of admission ceremonies, 1931-1992; College buildings, 1930-1991; Royal visits, 1931-1990; Council and officers, 1934-1992; photographs of meetings, members and artefacts of the Gynaecological Visiting Society, 1911-1973; British congresses of obstetrics and gynaecology, 1933-1999; photographs of overseas groups and other photographs relating to the profession overseas, 1935-1997; RCOG study groups and educational courses, 1979-1995; photographs and paintings donated to the College by Professor Preston Maxwell, 1898-1935; presentations, awards and lectures, 1949-1995; Strachan collection of portraits of eminent medical men, c1693-c1847; ceremonial and related paraphernalia and artefacts and gifts to the College, 1931-1992; miscellaneous photographs relating to the history of the College and of obstetrics and gynaecology, 1929-1999; decorative pictures, 1633-1957; photographs of pathological subjects transferred from the College Museum, 1950s-1978; photographs and drawings presented to the College by Professor John Chassar Moir, 1932-1957; photographs of eminent medical men collected by Sir Anthony Alment, transferred from the College Library, 1921; photographs and memorabilia relating to Sir Norman Jeffcoate, 1946-1975;

        undated portrait photographs of eminent medical persons; Donald Whatley Roy photographs donated to the College Archives by A D Roy, 1903-1935;

        collection of miscellaneous photographs transferred from the College Library, undated.

        Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists , RCOG
        GB 0366 PES · Collection · 1964-1991

        Papers of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), 1964-1991, including Executive Committee minutes, 1964-1980; Annual General Meeting minutes, 1964-1988 and working files of Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting , 1977-1991 (excluding 1980 and 1984). Papers relating to the PESGB constitution, 1983 and amended, 1986. Papers relating to workshops and conferences including Standing Conference on Studies in Education, 1974-1979; the World Congress on Philosophy, 1988; Day conference, 30 Nov 1984; Annual Conference, 1989-1990; Newsletter, 1989; National Conference for Philosophy, 1989-1990 and workshops 1985-1986. Correspondence, 1965-1990, including with the British Society of Aesthetics, 1975. Papers relating to surveys on the Philosophy of Education in Higher Education Departments, 1988 and the PESGB work and activities, 1984. Newsletters and related working papers, 1975-1990; membership files, 1983-1990; information sheets and application forms; papers relating to the Philosophy of Education Society, Australia; press cuttings, 1971; papers relating to London meetings, 1984 and papers relating to the Social Science Research Council, 1975-1976.

        Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain
        GB 0074 CLC/260 · Collection · 1899

        Records relating to the Cook's Company, including extracts from the Company records and transcript of the register of freedom admissions and apprentice bindings.

        Philip , Charles Michael , fl 1899 , antiquarian
        PENTONVILLE CHARITY SCHOOL
        GB 0074 A/PCS · Collection · 1836-1900

        Records of the Pentonville Charity School, comprising minute book of Committee meetings; report and notes on the school and ticket for coal.

        Pentonville Charity School
        GB 1538 S4 · 1970-1974

        Papers, 1970-1976, consisting of biographies of lives of the Fellows collected by Sir John Peel for his book The Lives of the Fellows of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists 1929-1969 (Whitefriars Press Ltd, 1976), including notes and correspondence.

        Peel , Sir , John , Knight , President of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
        GB 0074 ACC/3445 · Collection · 1795-1990s

        Records of the Peabody Trust, including corporate records, financial accounts, personnel records, property records, estate management, plans, photographs, publications, artefacts, seal books, clasp books and legal papers.

        Records of the Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes, including corporate records; financial records; correspondence; property records; tenants' records; plans; photographs; publications and artefacts.

        Records of the Westminster Housing Trust including corporate records; financial accounts; administrative records; legal records; personnel papers; estate management papers; tenants' records; plans; photographs and publications.

        Peabody Trust Society for Improving the Condition of the Labouring Classes x The 1830 Housing Society Westminster Housing Trust Limited
        GB 0074 CLC/097 · Collection · 1868-1873

        Pawnbroking Parliamentary Reform Association records comprising: minutes and reports, 1868-71; telegrams, 1872; and photograph album, 1873. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987.

        Pawnbroking Parliamentary Reform Association
        Parsloe, Dr Carlos P
        GB 2127 PARSLOE, C P · 1962-1977

        Papers, 1962-1977, of Dr Carlos P Parsloe, comprising typescript financial accounts of the World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists (WFSA), 1962; typescript of proposed byelaws of the WFSA, 1964; minutes of WFSA Executive Committee, 1964; Interim Report, Finance Committee, WFSA, 1964; list of subscriptions (1956-1964) [1964?]; typescript proceedings of the General Assembly of the WFSA, Sao Paolo, 1964; typescript list of members, WFSA, undated; booklet on the University of the Philippines College of Medicine Anesthesiology Center Western Pacific, Jan 1973, and typescript annual reports of the Center, 1972, 1974-1977.

        Parsloe , Carlos P , b 1919 , anaesthetist
        LMA/4366 · Collection · 1859-1956

        Court of Session minute books, 1860-1942; Managers' Meeting minute books, 1863-1942; Annual general and congregational meetings minute books, 1860-1941; Literary Society minute books, 1919-1939; Harvey Street Working Committee minute book, 1938-1956; Missionary Committee for Hoxton Mission, 1909-1917; minute book of the Trustees' meetings, 1896-1942; annual reports, 1861-1940 (some gaps); Communicants' roll books, 1859-1956, including Hoxton Mission; register of baptisms, 1860-1939; issues of The Highbury Magazine, 1901-1911 and issues of the Park Church Literary Magazine, 1929-1937.

        Presbyterian Church of England
        GB 0120 MSS.3767 and 7374 · Collection · 1795-1847

        'Note sur la peste', and a collection of material (primarily correspondence) formerly held in the Department's Autograph Letters Sequence, 1795-1847.

        Pariset , Étienne , 1770-1847 , physician
        GB 0074 CLC/B/026-5 · Collection · 1913-1932

        Records of the Paper Trade Protection Association, comprising a Trade Advisory Committee minute book and prospectuses.

        Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

        Paper Trade Protection Association
        PALMER, Ralph
        GB 0113 MS-PALMR · Fonds · 17th century-18th century

        Collection of papers by and about Baldwin Hamey (1600-1676); and a biographical memoir of Hamey, 1733.

        Palmer , Ralph , fl 1700 , nephew of Baldwin Hamey Hamey , Baldwin , 1600-1676 , physician
        PALMER, Josie (b 1903)
        GB 0101 ICS 57 · 1977 (covers 1928-1955)

        Notes of interviews by Julie Wells with Josie Palmer, active in the Communist Party of South Africa, and the African National Congress, and founder member of Transvaal All-Women's Union and the Federation of South African Women), 1928-1955, on 19 and 26 October 1977.

        Palmer , Josie , b 1903 , political activist in South Africa Wells , Julie , fl 1977 , writer
        Palestine Association
        GB 0402 PAL · 1805-1834

        Minute book of the Syrian Society, 1805-1808; letters to and from W R Hamilton concerning Joseph Marpurg, Joseph Hammer and others; draft of resolution of disbandment of the Association and the transfer of its assets to the Royal Georaphical Society, 1834.

        Palestine Association x Syrian Society
        GB 1538 RCOG/B9 · Fonds · 1946-1984

        Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Overseas Committees and Councils, 1946-1984. The series contains: correspondence, minutes and papers of regional councils in Australia (1946-1980), New Zealand (1947-1976) and Canada (1948-1964); minutes and papers of the Dominion Committee (1952-1958); minutes, papers and reports from the Overseas Policy Committee (1946-1971); correspondence, minutes and papers of the South African Reference Committee and Regional Council (1953-1976); correspondence and papers of the Overseas Representative Committees in Ceylon, India and Pakistan (1962-1977); minute books of the international Regional Councils and Overseas Committees (1946-1984).

        Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
        GB 1538 M11 · 1995

        Report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) working party on overseas affairs, Nov 1995.

        Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
        GB 106 8SUF · Fonds · 1974-1981

        The collection consists of 205 interviews available in digital audio file format and one folder of contextual material relating to the interviews, including essays and reports by Brian Harrison. The digital files are copies of the original oral history interview recordings that are held on reel-to-reel cassette.

        Harrison , Sir , Brian , b 1937 , Knight , historian
        GB 106 5ODI · Fonds · 1929-1974

        This archive consists of minutes of board meetings (1947-1973), reports and conference resolutions (1929-1966), conference papers (1952-1957), constitutions and charters (1929-1970), correspondence files of president and honorary secretary (1947-1974); incomplete series of the publication Open Door (1929-1938), circular letters (1949-1959), leaflets and pamphlets (1929-1964), headed stationery, reports and publications of other organisations including United Nations commissions and International Labour Organisation. Most of the papers originate from the organisation's Honorary Secretaries.

        Open Door International for the Economic Emancipation of the Woman Worker
        Open Door Council
        GB 106 5ODC · Fonds · 1926-1965

        This archive consists of annual reports (1926-1938, 1941, 1947-1956, 1959, 1961, 1963-5); agendas and resolutions of Annual Meetings (1948-1963); memoranda (1929-1957); printed leaflets and pamphlets (1926-c.1947)

        Abbreviations used include:

        Cmd - Command Paper;

        ILO - International Labour Organisation (United Nations);

        ODC - Open Door Council;

        ODI - Open Door International;

        UNESCO - United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organisation.

        Open Door Council
        GB 1538 M44 · 1980-1987

        Survey questionnaires of obstetric flying squads, a summary of the survey and correspondence regarding hospital call-out team insurance, 1980-1987.

        Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
        Nutrition Committee
        GB 1538 M37 · 1944-1947

        Correspondence, minutes and papers relating to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Nutrition Committee, 1944-1947.

        Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
        Northern Refugee Centre
        GB 2381 C201014 · Collection · 1983-

        Papers of the Northern Refugee Centre, from 1983 to the time of writing, chiefly comprising files arranged by country containing material on refugees including: pamphlets and leaflets, published and unpublished reports, offprints of articles, press cuttings, newsletters and press releases. The collection also comprises annual reports from other refugee organisations and published material on refugees.

        Northern Refugee Centre
        GB 0074 LMA/4701 · Collection · 1843-1965

        The collection includes minutes (with the exception of three volumes for 1837-1843, 1866-1884 and 1896-1905 which are noted as missing in the later minute books), rules and papers from the society including reference to insuring the society silver and stories from members.

        The minutes are very detailed and provide an exception insight into the pawnbroking trade; shared stories reflect concerns of the time. There are accounts of losing money on pledges, bulgaries, fraud as well as discussions on the impact of legislation on the business and the state of the trade generally. References to the type of items being pawned also show the changing value of goods over the period of time.

        The minutes cover both the First World War and the Second World War and show how the pawnbroking businesses were affected during these period of time, for example during the First World War it was recorded in October 1916 that one member raised the question of whether field glasses could be taken in pledge, in February 1919 a discussion was had on the effects of demobelisation and wages and in March of 1920 they discussion the issue of being offered firearms as a pledge items and how one member had recently sold to the Ministry of Munitions two army revolvers.

        The Second World War saw meetings abandoned for a short time with members raising concerns about holding what could be deemed as a 'social gathering' in war time being recorded in the February of 1940 and in May 1941 there are detailed discussions between the members concerning the effect of fire, caused by air raids on jewellery and valuables in safes which was following the next month by discussions of the position of pawnbrokers regarding war damage insurance in respect of goods that they were holding on pledge. An entry from November 1941 shows the effect of not wrapping purchased goods when a member, Mr Norris remarked that the about of pilfering by the public in the sales shops had increased since the order prohibiting the use of paper for wrapping up goods sold to customers which meant that it was not easy to detect thieving as there was noting to show at a glance whether the article had been purchased or not.

        Northern Friendly Society of Pawnbrokers
        H33/NLM · Subfonds · 1891 - 1931
        Part of ROYAL NORTHERN HOSPITAL GROUP

        Records of the North London Medical and Chirurgical Society comprising society and council minutes (3 volumes) dating between 1892 and 1931 and 1 balance sheet covering the session 1897-1898.

        North London Medical and Chirurgical Society
        GB 106 7NOR · Fonds · 1871-1922

        The archive consists of Priscilla Norman's personal collection of pamphlets, publications and propaganda material relating to the suffrage campaigns. There was a strong tradition of Liberal support in Lady Norman's family, and some of the material is concerned with their activities. The archive includes circular letters and memoranda from the Workers' Suffrage Federation, the National League for Opposing Woman Suffrage and the Men's Liberal Suffrage Union. Also included are pamphlets dating from the late 1870s, a series of annual reports of the Edinburgh National Society for Women's Suffrage (1875-1883), and some anti-suffrage material sent to Sir Henry Norman as a Member of Parliament.

        Norman , Lady , Florence Priscilla , 1883-1964 , nee McLaren , Trustee, Imperial War Museum and social campaigner
        NO. 1 CORNHILL CLUB
        GB 0074 CLC/096 · Collection · 1910-1939

        Minute books of the No 1 Cornhill Club, a professional association for insurers.

        No 1 Cornhill Club , professional association for insurers
        NIGHTINGALE FUND COUNCIL
        GB 0074 A/NFC · Collection · 1832-1977

        Records of the Nightingale Fund Council, including deeds of trust; minutes; correspondence; annual reports; papers relating to St Thomas's Hospital; regulations; financial accounts; fundraising accounts; agreements; registers, prospectuses and syllabi of the Nightingale Training School; papers relating to the registration of nurses and nursing in general.

        Also papers of the City Auxiliary Committee of the Nightingale Fund, comprising minutes, correspondence and accounts; and papers of Albert Venn Dicey (a jurist and Professor of Law at Oxford).

        Nightingale Fund Council
        Neonatal Society
        GB 0120 SA/NNS · 1959-2005

        Papers of the Neonatal Society, 1959-2005, comprising correspondence and material relating to society meetings, membership and constitution.

        Neonatal Society
        GB 106 4NVA · Fonds · 1885-1971

        The archive consists of minutes (including those of the British Vigilance Association (BVA)), annual reports, and publications. Correspondence and campaigning files on issues of public morality, sexual morality, traffic in women, the armed forces, obscenity, prostitution, entertainment and employment. Case files (including some individuals) including regional cases from Wales and North-East England. Administration in connection with British National Council, International Bureau, Travellers' Aid Society (TAS); also the Public Morality Council; and miscellaneous papers including campaign, resource and administrative files about various issues connected with social morality and public morality.

        National Vigilance Association British Vigilance Association and National Committee for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons Travellers' Aid Society International Bureau for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children
        GB 0074 ACC/2425 · Collection · 1895-1984

        The collection contains minutes of the NUTC and the LUTC from their foundation to the 1950's. Files date from the 1940's to 1984. It also contains a minute book of the Sunday Closing Special Campaign Committee (SCSCC) which transferred its work to the NUTC in 1903 (this Committee may have been appointed by the NUTC). The secretary of the NUTC (and LUTC) also served as one of the two general secretaries on the SCSCC. A minute book of the Free Churches Pledge Signing Campaign Committee (FCPSCC) appears in the collection. This committee was dissolved in 1911. Representatives of the NUTC and LUTC attended meetings which were held in Memorial Hall, Farringdon Street, and in 1911 the secretary of the NUTC and LUTC was also secretary of the FCPSCC.

        A minute book of the Society of Cogers appears in the collection probably because an NUTC member, H. Weightman (later NUTC secretary and treasurer), was acting secretary of the society c.1919.

        The recording of financial income and expenditure into ledgers was not always done. A number of blank ledgers deposited suggest the aim of entering such information, but it was never achieved. An almost complete set of audited, annual summary accounts from 1911 to 1975 provide the bulk of information on finance.

        National United Temperance Council London United Temperance Council
        GB 0074 ACC/3289 · Collection · 1930-1980

        Minutes and papers of the London District Committee of the National Union of Vehicle Builders.

        National Union of Vehicle Builders , London District Committee
        GB 0074 ACC/2902 · Collection · 1852-1966

        Records of the London Teachers Association, including General Committee minutes; annual reports; Officers Meeting minutes and Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting minutes.

        Records of the Middlesex Secondary Teachers Association, comprising Executive Committee meeting minutes and Annual General Meeting minutes.

        Records of the Teachers Provident Society, Chiswick Branch, comprising minutes of meetings and records of members dues and benefit payments.

        Records of the National Union of Teachers, comprising London Members Committee minutes and Extra-Metropolitan Committee and Middlesex Sub-Committee minutes.

        London Teachers Association Middlesex Secondary Teachers Association Teachers Provident Society , Chiswick Branch National Union of Teachers x NUT , National Union of Teachers
        GB 106 2NSE · Fonds · 1919-1946

        The archive consists of National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship (NUSEC) Minutes: Executive (1920-1928), programme and co-ordination (1920), publicity (1920), equal moral standing (1919-1921) and general purposes (1924) committees; minutes of the widows' pensions and equal guardianship (1919-1921), status of wives and mothers (1921-1924), equal franchise (1926), economic independence of women (1920-1921), married women's drafting (1924) and parliamentary (1925-1931) sub-committees; annual council agendas and report (1927-1931); annual reports (1919-1932); programmes; correspondence; leaflets; booklets. National Council for Equal Citizenship (NCEC) Annual reports (1932-1939); programmes; meetings papers; addresses; pamphlets.

        National Union of Societies for Equal Citizenship
        GB 0074 LMA/4005 · Collection · 1919-1986

        Records of the National Temperance Federation, including minutes, correspondence, publications, annual reports and photographs.

        National Temperance Federation
        GB 0074 CLC/013 · Collection · 1944-1987

        Records of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror day reel and machine staff chapel and federated house chapel. The records comprise minutes, attendance registers, members' subscription books, correspondence and related papers.

        National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants Printers' Labourers' Union Society of Graphical and Allied Trades
        GB 0120 SA/PVD · 1937-1945

        Papers of the National Society for the Prevention of Venereal Disease, 1937-1945, comprising correspondence, especially by Ivor Lewis (Secretary until c 1942), P Herbert Jones (Secretary from c 1943), and Dr R A Lyster (Chairman of the Executive Committee); publications; newspaper cuttings; lecture notes; and ephemera.

        National Society for the Prevention of Venereal Disease
        GB 0372 NMSN · Fonds · 1992-1993

        Papers of the National Miners Support Network, 1992-1993, including correspondence and notes, notebooks regarding general matters and speaker's requests and meetings, post book, cash book, lists of individuals and groups affiliated, publicity material and papers regarding Trade Union News (1992 - 1993).

        National Miners Support Network
        GB 0074 CLC/B/103-13 · Collection · 1921-1964

        National Lubricating Oil and Grease Federation records comprise: minutes, 1921-1922 (Ms 23241), ledger, 1953-1964 (Ms 23242) and audited accounts and balance sheets, 1959-1964 (Ms 23243).

        National Lubricating Oil and Grease Federation
        GB 0074 ACC/3122 · Collection · 1833-1992

        Records of the National Licensed Victuallers Association including administrative papers; minutes; papers regarding banquets and official dinners; annual reports; publications; badges and banners.

        Other records include papers and publications of related organisations including the Licensed Victuallers Central Protection Society of London; the London and Home Counties Licensed Victuallers League; Licensed Victuallers Defence League; National Union of Licensed Victuallers; Women's Auxiliary League (Licensed Trade) and the National Committee for the Protection of Tenant Licensees.

        National Licensed Victuallers Association Licensed Victuallers Central Protection Society of London London and Home Counties Licensed Victuallers League Licensed Victuallers Defence League National Union of Licensed Victuallers Women's Auxiliary League (Licensed Trade) National Committee for the Protection of Tenant Licensees
        GB 1538 RCOG/C11 · Fonds · 1945-1948

        Records of the National Health Service Representative/Negotiating Committee comprising three volumes entitled 'A National Health Service: minutes and documents relating to negotiations between the Minister of Health and Representatives of the British Medical Association, the Three Royal Colleges, the Scottish Corporations, the Society of Medical Officers of Health, the Medical Women's Federation, and the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries (The Representative Committee, later the Negotiating Committee)'. These books contain the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists copies of the committee's minutes, 1945-1948.

        Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
        GB 0074 CLC/B/151-07 · Collection · 1938-1977

        National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants records comprise rules (Ms 19848), consitution and rules (Ms 19849), minutes (Ms 19850) and annual accounts and balance sheets (Ms 19851).

        National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants
        GB 0074 CLC/B/103-11 · Collection · 1918-1972

        National Federation of Corn Trade Associations records comprise: constitution and bye-laws, 1918 (Ms 23208); minutes and notes for meetings, 1918-1958 (Ms 23209-12); and accounts, 1955-1972 (Ms 23213-14).

        National Federation of Corn Trade Associations
        GB 0074 A/NFB · Collection · 1847-1963

        Records of the London Master Builders' Association, including minutes of the council and committees; minutes, reports and papers of conciliation boards and panels; minutes of officers' meetings; constitution and rules; membership records; papers relating to disputes and lawsuits; Association publications.

        Also papers of the Builders' Benevolent Institution, including minutes, annual reports and ledgers; and papers of the Builders' Clerks Benevolent Institution, including minutes, committee attendance books and annual reports.

        Central Association of Master Builders of London x London Master Builders' Association Builders' Benevolent Institution Builders' Clerks Benevolent Institution National Federation of Building Trades Employers , London Region
        GB 0074 A/NEA · Collection · 1887-1959

        Records of the National Education Association, including minutes; papers relating to the formation and endowment of the Association; financial accounts; annual reports; correspondence; case files; NEA publications; other publications; Parliamentary publications; circulars from the Ministry of Education; education pamphlets and reference papers.

        National Education Association , 1888-1959
        GB 0074 LMA/4016 · Collection · 1923-1994

        Records of the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), formerly the National Council of Social Service, (NCSS). This is a large archive and one of great interest to those studying both charities and their development and the changing attitudes and ideas of voluntary aid from the early 20th century.

        Internal Services records consist of the main series of minutes of NCSS/NCVO committees, Interdepartmental groups, Members' groups and Associated Bodies, regional and central organisation and the histories of various NCSS/NCVO departments. There are also short series of financial material, legal material and documentation from the Advice Unit and Rural Department of the NCVO.

        The Membership Division records cover policy and the Research Department while the Public Affairs Division contains the National/International and Overseas Departments, the Press and Parliamentary sections including the Information Department and one of the largest series, that of publications.

        National Council of Voluntary Organisations x National Council of Social Service
        GB 0074 CLC/B/017-28 · Collection · 1913-1948

        Records of the National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies comprising copy of constitution, minute books, reports of the proceedings of general meetings, and related papers.

        National Conference of Industrial Assurance Approved Societies