Papers of Richard Wright, Middlesex County Librarian, 1922-1952, including letters and cards sent to Wright from members of staff serving in the Second World War; newsletters; newspaper cuttings; journal articles; and photographs of libraries.

Records relating to poor relief in the parish of Edmonton, 1705-1770, including examinations, warrants and removal orders.

Copy of "The Star Property Guide", containing advertisements for new housing in Middlesex, Kent and Essex, with illustrations, July 1934.

Records of several generations of the Whitehouse family of Islington. The bulk of the collection comprises a range of family correspondence, including letters from family living or travelling abroad in Pennsylvania and New York, USA; Calcutta, India; Wellington, New Zealand; and France. There are also letters from members of the family serving during the Boer War and the First World War; and letters detailing everyday civilian life in London during the Second World War. Other papers include school reports of Henry Whitehouse junior; papers relating to prizes for artwork; Dramatic Society papers; papers relating to Henry Whitehouse junior acting as Special Constable in Islington; papers relating to property in Hornsey and Islington; financial records and family trees.

Brochure advertising cart lamps which accord with bye-laws, 1897-1898.

Records of the National Council for Soviet Jewry, later called the National Council for Jews in the Former Soviet Union, 1950-1993. Records include Council and Committee minutes, correspondence and reports; general correspondence; conferences and seminars; National Council for Soviet Jewry publications including Jews in the USSR, circulars and newsletters; publications relating to Soviet Jewry by other organisations; photographs of events and refuseniks; films; press cuttings and financial records.

PLEASE NOTE: Written permission from the depositor is required to access this collection. Contact: Executive Director, Board of Deputies of British Jews, 5th Floor, Commonwealth House, 1-19 New Oxford Street, London WC1A 1NF.

Records of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, 1760-2002. The archive is central to the history of the modern Jewish community in Britain. It covers virtually every facet of Jewish life in Britain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries - assimiliation, education, political emancipation, Shechita, anti-Semitism. The archive is particularly interesting on the conditions of Jewry outside the UK - there is a lot of information, for example, on the rise of fascism in mainland Europe in the 1930s and the Holocaust.

Records of the Multiple Advertising Clock Company Limited, 1924-1927, including memorandum and articles of association; agreements; letters patent and petty cash receipts.

Records of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, 1891-1995. The archives reflect all aspects of the company's history. There are some of the usual company records relating to management, shareholding and administration, but the collection is particularly strong in what may be termed ephemera. There are hundreds of photographs, from 1887 up to the present day, a few films and videos, and large collections of press cuttings, advertisements, menus and even a set of lithographs which were commissioned by the company after the Second World War as a way of brightening up Lyons Corner Houses.

Records of Stephen Green Limited, patent medicine manufacturer, 1780-1930. The records relate to proprietorship of the recipe for "Doctor Johnson's Golden Ointment" including legal documents and legal case papers; and records relating to the manufacture and sale of the ointment including financial accounts, order books, correspondence, sales summaries, testimonials, advertising, legislation involving patent medicines and history of the ointment. Also various family and estate records.

Records of Whiffen and Son Ltd, manufacturing chemists, 1752-1972, including history of the company; articles of partnership and other contracts and agreements; legal documents relating to property; correspondence; circulars; financial accounts; papers relating to shares and shareholders; stock records; newspaper cuttings; photographs; staff wages books and pensions papers; records relating to staff associations and sports clubs including minute books; reports on chemical manufacture, laboratory notebooks and chemical analyses; papers relating to sales; papers relating to imports and foreign suppliers; advertisements; registers of product labels; samples of packaging; rules, regulations and legislation regarding factories and safety measures; papers regarding the Second World War including war damage to factories and papers relating to staff on active duty.

Also records of Saint Amand Manufacturing Company Limited including ledgers, letter books and journals.

Records of the Union Society of London, debating society. They comprise: regulations, 1877-1938 (Ms 22403-4); minutes, 1844-1947 (Ms 22405-6); report re treasurer's account, 1904 (Ms 22407); records concerning members, 1876-ca. 1959 (Ms 22408-10); accounts, 1862-1962 (Ms 22411-16); instructions regarding procedures, undated (Ms 22417); papers regarding the history of the Society, 1885-ca. 1924 (Ms 22418-19); and papers regarding debates, speeches and annual dinners, 1921-58 (Ms 22420-3). Although the Society appears to have ceased meeting formally in 1957 or 1958 (notices of debates last appear in the Law Journal for 1957), two of its members continued to pay subscriptions until 1961/2 (Ms 22413). Records catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1987.

Records of the United Wards Club covering 1877-1996 and comprising: minutes, 1877-2004 (Ms 11722-4, 19293, 21481); registers of members, 1902-59 (Ms 19294); financial records, 1910-65 (Ms 19295-6, 20352); transactions, 1907-29 (Ms 21483); and miscellaneous papers, 1951-96 (Ms 21482, 30762, 36859). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff between 1966 and 2006.

Minute book of the Amicable Debating Society, 1843-45.

Minutes books of the Bartholomew Club, discussion group.

Minute book of the City Clerical Society.

Minute books of the City of London Elocution Society and the City of London Discussion Society, later merged as the City of London Discussion and Literary Society.

Vote of thanks from the International Medical Congress to the Corporation of London for entertaining them at Guildhall.

Records of Saint Katharine by the Tower Hospital, later known as the Royal College of Saint Katharine and the Royal Foundation of Saint Katharine. Records include charters and licences; rules and regulations; legal papers; minutes; correspondence and letter books; annual reports; financial accounts; registers of baptism, marriage and burial; banns books; Vestry minutes; papers regarding the manor of the hospital; papers regarding poor relief; papers of the Commissary Court of the Royal Peculiar including marriage allegations; papers regarding estates and properties including title deeds and surveys; maps and plans.

This catalogue also includes records deposited in the Library from the Valuation and Rates Department of the Corporation of the City of London in 1920. These volumes relate to rate assessments and poor law administration of the Precinct and probably reached the Corporation via the neighbouring parish of St Botolph Aldgate, to which the inhabitants of the Precinct would naturally have turned in 1825. Later Precinct books are catalogued within the archive of St Botolph Aldgate.

Papers accumulated by the late George Hammond mostly relating to the parish of Saint Sepulchre Holborn. The papers mainly comprise notices, correspondence, accounts and apprenticeship indentures.

Extracts from the vestry books of St Bride Fleet Street, 1653-1662, compiled late 19th century.

Records of G Street and Company Limited, bookseller, newsagent and stationer. The earliest records of the firm date from 1865. There are some earlier share certificates, 1825-54, but these appear to have belonged to John Leathwait, presumably a predecessor of Leathwait and Simmons, an advertising agency and newspaper supply firm, which Streets took over in 1918.

There are also a few records of subsidiary companies : EC Advertising Company Limited/G. Street and Co. (Provinces) Limited (Ms 33953); Streets Public Relations Limited (Ms 33954); Lionel Jackson and Partners (Ms 33955) and W Hopwood and Company (Ms 33956).

Records of Press Association Limited, including:

1. Corporate records (including articles of association, agreements and minutes);

   2. Share records (including P.A. Share Purchase Company);
   3. Internal administration records;
   4. Financial records;
   5. Operational records (including the Press Association and Exchange Telegraph Service);
   6. Staff records;
   7. Records relating to correspondents;
   8. Property records;
   9. Other Press Association records (including histories of the Association);
   10. Central News;
   11. Reuters;
   12. P.A. Features Limited;
   13. Press Association Photos Limited.

   Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the Press Association (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Records of parish of Saint Saviour, Battersea, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; preachers' books, service books and church service registers; papers relating to the appointment of clergy; photographs of clergy; correspondence and legal documents relating to parish boundaries and land owned by the parish; papers relating to the benefice; faculties, plans and correspondence relating to the maintenance of the church, vicarage and church halls; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; administrative correspondence; financial accounts; papers relating to organisations related to the church including parochial charities, the parish school, Sunday School, and societies; newspaper cuttings; parish magazines and historical notes.

Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, Battersea, including registers of baptisms, banns of marriages and marriages; registers of church services and preachers; parochial statistics; financial accounts; records of the Churchwardens; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers of church societies; papers regarding the maintenance of church buildings; and legal documents regarding land owned by the parish.

Records of the parish of Saint Katharine, Rotherhithe, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and church services; Parochial Church Council and Easter Vestry minutes; and parish magazine.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary Magdalene, Bermondsey, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; registers of preachers; church services registers; papers relating to the parish school; faculties; papers relating to the churchyard; Easter Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; cash book; and parish magazines.

Records relating to civil functions including copies of Acts of Parliament; bye-laws of the Directors of the Poor and Overseers of the Poor account books.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; church services registers; issues of the London Gazette containing orders in council relating to parish boundaries and endowments; records relating to the benefice; faculties and plans of the church; papers relating to mission halls and church halls; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; papers relating to the parish school; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; registers of church services; Churchwardens' financial accounts; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; administrative files including general correspondence, reports and circulars; financial records; papers relating to Saint John's Schools; photographs of the church, church personnel, and church activities; papers relating to parish boundaries; and reports regarding the church building.

Records of the parish of Saint James the Great, Bethnal Green, including records of registers of baptisms, marriages and banns of marriages; church services registers; financial accounts; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; parish magazines; photographs; papers relating to the parish school; papers relating to the building including faculties, inventories and plans; and histories of the parish.

Records of the parish of Saint Jude, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms and marriages; a Vestry minute book and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Easter Vestry minutes; an inventory; and a history of the church.

Records of the parish of St Philip, Bethnal Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; papers relating to parish boundaries and the benefice; minutes of the Parochial Church Council and the Vestry; and Church Committee minute book.

Records of the parish of All Saints, North Peckham, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; register of preachers and church services; curates' licences; papers relating to the endowment; minutes of the Easter Vestry and the Parochial Church Council; financial accounts; and faculty for a memorial tablet.

Records of the parish of Saint Barnabas, Dulwich. There are substantial records which illustrate the basic activities of church life: financial records, records relating to the church fabric, parish magazines, and so on. But there are also records, such as those relating to the Infants' School, the Saint Barnabas Institute (a social club), the chaplaincy of Dulwich Hospital, the Christian Stewardship Campaigns, and the Mothers' Union, which show the additional commitment by the vicars and parishioners to community life and the established Christian Church.

The records include: registers of marriages and baptisms; registers of banns of marriage; marriage licences; registers of church services; papers of the Incumbent; papers relating to staff; papers regarding parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; papers relating to the Church fabric and the Church hall; financial records; papers of the Vestry and the Parochial Church Council; parochial charity records; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of St George, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms, burials, marriages, and confirmations; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of other Committees; Churchwardens' account books; financial records including church rate books; papers relating to Saint George's National and Infants Schools; registers of church services; plan of parish and other papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to church buildings including the vicarage; photographs; papers relating to the Trinity College Mission; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Luke, Peckham, including registers of baptisms and marriages; minutes of Vestry meeting and Parochial Church Council meetings; parish magazines; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings including faculties, plans and correspondence; a range of photographs; orders of service; programmes; and annual reports.

Records of the parish of Saint Paul, Herne Hill, including registers of baptisms and marriages; Parochial Church Council minutes; financial records; registers of church services; administrative files; printed material and records relating to the church buildings and fabric. Also records of the Mission Church of Saint John, Lowden Road and the parish hall of Saint Faith, Sunray Avenue.

Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Denmark Hill, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and confirmations; registers of church services; orders of service; correspondence relating to church personnel; plans and maps of the parish; terriers, deeds and correspondence relating to glebe lands; papers regarding the church building, including minutes regarding restoration work, faculties, plans, drawings, and correspondence; plans, drawings and photographs of the church house; correspondence relating to the vicarage; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Finance Committee minutes; administrative files including correspondence, reports and electoral rolls; financial records; parish magazines; and photographs.

Records of the parish of Saint Silas, Nunhead, including registers of baptisms and marriages; church services registers; minutes of the Church Building Committee and papers relating to the building of the church; Vestry minutes; financial accounts; and parish magazine.

Covering dates of registers held: Christenings: 1896-1998; Marriages: 1904-1997.

Records of the parish of Saint Stephen, South Dulwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and church services; Vestry meeting minutes; Parochial Church Council meeting minutes; financial accounts; Churchwarden's vouchers; faculties and other papers relating to the maintenance and restoration of the church building; legal documents relating to the ownership of church land; maps and plans showing changes to parish boundaries; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew, Park Walk, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; orders of service; papers relating to Park Chapel, Chelsea including photographs; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial statements; correspondence and parish magazines.

Registers of the parish of Saint John, World's End, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; annual reports and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint Saviour, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage, sermons, preachers and church services; papers regarding church finances including accounts; papers regarding the construction and maintenance of church buildings; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; annual pastoral letters and reports; and parish magazines.

Records of Saint Simon Zelotes, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and church services; prechers' book; papers relating to the reorganisation of parish boundaries; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; financial accounts; annual reports; parish magazines and maps of the parish.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Chelsea, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns of marriage; parish magazines; year books; histories of the church; papers of parish charities; preachers' book; curates' licences; papers relating to parish boundaries including plans; papers relating to the maintenance of the church buildings and fittings, including plans; financial records; Vestry minutes and Parochial Church Council minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Pentonville, including registers of baptisms, burials, marriages, confirmations and banns of marriage; registers of preachers; registers of church services; papers of the incumbent; papers relating to church property including plans; papers relating to the maintenance of church buildings including architect's surveys; annual reports; financial records; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; Managing Committee of the Pentonville Charity School minute book and other School papers; papers relating to parochial charities; scrapbooks, photographs and newsletters.

Records of the parish of Saint Philip, Clerkenwell, including registers of baptisms and marriages; registers of services; preachers' books; Vestry minutes and a scrapbook.

Records of the parish of Christ Church, Fulham, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; registers of church services; Vestry minutes; Parochial Church Council minutes; clerical licences; papers of the Sunday School; papers relating to the benefice; papers regarding parish boundaries; papers relating to the construction and maintenance of the church building and fittings and the church hall, including faculties, correspondence and photographs; financial accounts; papers of church societies and clubs; and parish magazines.

Records of the parish of Saint John, Walham Green, including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials, banns of marriage, confirmations, and church services; Vestry books; School Management Committee minutes and plans of the Vicarage.