Letter from William Cooke Taylor of the National Anti-Corn Law League, 67 Fleet Street, London to [John Lewis] Ricardo, [MP for Stoke-upon-Trent], 15 Mar 1844. Announcing that 'the Somerset House School of Design has given a very favourable hearing to the proposal for establishing a branch in the Potteries ... If you persevere in your design of offering a prize for model or pattern, which I believe would be of great value to your constitutents & certainly highly creditable to yourself, I would deem it a favour ... to announce your intention in one of my articles'. Autograph, with signature.

Two scrapbooks of documents, newspaper cuttings and photos collected by Sir Jethro Justinian Harris Teall and his wife Harriet, 1876-1926.

Many items relate to Teall's life, with events including his honorary degrees, lectures he gave, dinners he attended, and invitations to occasions such as the funeral of Edward VII and the coronation of George V. There is also a great deal of material relating to his younger son Frederick Teall, particularly his time in the Cambridge University Athletic Club and his subsequent career in the Egyptian civil service and participation in tennis tournaments in Cairo. There are a few items relating to Teall's wife, Harriet, and his elder son, George Teall, who was in the army.

The first volume mostly dates from Teall's time as director of the Geological Survey, while the second relates to the latter part of Teall's directorship of the Geological Survey and his subsequent retirement activities.

Papers of Charles Thompson including essays, notes, recipe book (MS.7984) and correspondence, 1893-1936. Much of this material was created in Thompson's capacity as a Wellcome employee.

Lecture notes on comparative embryology, psychology and prehistory, Keble College, Oxford, early 1920s.

Personal and research papers of Dr Bertha Tilly, 1922-1978, comprising:
Research notes on the countryside and towns of Italy, particularly Latium, Campania, Terracina, Atina, Privernum, The Sabines, The Marsi, Tivoli, Praeneste, Anagni, Nersae, Gabii, Lucus Feroniae, Capena, Via Flaminia, Falerii, Ager Faliscus, Nemi and vicinity, Cerveteri and Pratica di Mare.
Virgil Society lecture summaries, 1946-c1955.
Literary papers including notebook containing poems by BT, 1945; typescript of Persephone, a play for children by BT, with incidental music by Jean Hunt, undated; typescript of playThe Mystery at the Seminary or Agorita's Elephant, undated; page proofs, notes and photographs for Vergil's Latium, 1940-1947; roughs and galley proofs of Varro the Farmer, 1973; English translation of Bernhard Rehm: Das geographische Bild des alten Italien in Vergils Aeneis; unpublished typescript and notes Vergilian Excursions: Topographical Studies in the Seventh Aeneid, with Reference to the so called 'gathering of the clans', 1978.
Personal papers including Latin translations and prose compositions done at Bedford College London, 1922-1923; sketch book, mainly of architectural details, for work on MA in Classical Archaeology, 1931-1932; photographs and postcards of Italy, including those sent to the Admiralty during World War Two; presscuttings; reviews of The Story of Camilla, 1956; Offprints of articles on Roman history, 1898-1980.

Manuscripts relating to the City of London, mainly comprising extracts and transcripts from medieval records, including patent and close rolls, chronicles, subsidies, and so on. For an inventory of the manuscripts see CLC/511/MS01721.

Unbound manuscripts, mostly patents of arms and pedigree rolls, arranged into 34 series:

Schedule 1 - Grants of Arms and Supporters, 1561-1815 (26 items)

Schedule 2 - Miscellaneous papers, 1509-1904, and some undated. Includes funeral papers and Sir William Dugdale's papers, including on disputes between Officers of Arms and herald painters. Also includes: proclamations issued during the Scottish Campaign, 1547-48, by William Lord Grey of Wilton; creations of Knights of the Bath; account of wedding journey of Princess Margaret of Scotland, 1503; papers in the case of the College of Arms v Warburton; papers relating to abuses in the College of Arms, and proposals for reform, 18th century (474 items)

Schedule 3 - Manuscripts from the collection of Augustine Vincent (c1584-1626, Windsor Herald), including pedigrees, c 1286-17th century. Includes roll of the Lords of Clare, 1456, described by Wagner in A Catalogue of English Medieval Rolls of Arms (108 items)

Schedule 4 - Commissions and deputations: commissions to heralds to undertake visitations, and from heralds to others to act as their deputies. Also includes licences to arms painters, bonds, appointments of and protections of watermen, and disputes and agreements between the College of Arms and the Dean and Chapter of Westminster. c1530-1850 (90 items)

Schedule 5 - Rolls of Arms, c14th century - c18th century. Includes: the 'Fife Roll', a 14th-century copy of a lost original created in the time of Edward I; two 16th-century copies of versions of the 'Heralds' Roll' (c1270-80), and a 16th century copy of the Dering Roll (c1275) (31 items)

Schedule 6 - Rolls of processions, nobility, Parliament, etc. Includes: coronation and funeral processions; Lant's Roll of the Officers of Arms; Parliament rolls time of Henry VIII; c15th-century chronicle of the lordship of Bourne and Deeping, Lincolnshire, and of the monastery of Bourne (51 items)

Schedule 7 - Miscellaneous papers, c16th century-1927. Including: Earl Marshal's Warrants (Scotland), 1806-1815; tickets for Coronations of George III and George IV; manuscript of Segar's Baronage (93 items)

Schedule 8 - Pedigree rolls, c 1410-19th century. Includes: royal pedigree from William I to Edward IV; a group of 26 rolls by John Charles Brooke, Somerset Herald, c 1775-1794; royal genealogy, 1526, and a biblical genealogy, 1410 (90 items)

Schedule 9 - Pedigree rolls, c 14th century-1843, with some miscellaneous items. Includes royal genealogy from Henry III to Edward IV; genealogy of the Popes, Emperors and Kings of England and France, 12 July 1439; pedigree of Christ from Adam, c 14th century. Also includes plans of St Paul's Cathedral for the General Thanksgiving, 1789, and a coloured drawing of the Hanoverian Electorial Bonnet (108 items)

Schedule 10 - Papers of the Court of Chivalry [Curia Militaris], 1634-40 and 1687-1702 (1085 items)

Schedule 11 - Grants of Arms, 1494-1815 (52 items)

Schedule 12 - Pedigree rolls and some related material, c1290-19th century. Including: royal pedigree from King Harold to Edward I, c1290, 2 patents of baronetcy and the compotus roll of the Lord of Dacre, 29-30 Henry VIII (189 items)

Schedule 13 - Pedigree rolls, 1509-19th century (56 items)

Schedule 14 - Pedigree rolls, c 1620-20th century (66 items)

Schedule 15 - Pedigree rolls, c 16th century-1940 (51 items)

Schedule 16 - Pedigree rolls, c 1553-19th century (18 items)

Schedule 17 - Pedigree rolls, c 1604-1843 (23 items)

Schedule 18 - Pedigree rolls, c 1390-19th century (majority 17th century-19th century). Includes the 'Evesham World Map' (c 1390) and pedigree of Legh by Robert Glover, Somerset Herald, c 1570-1580 (30 items)

Schedule 19 - Pedigree rolls and some miscellaneous, including grants of arms and supporters, and patents of baronetcy. 1595-20th century (59 items)

Schedule 20 - Royal pedigree rolls, c 14th century - c 17th century (28 items)

Schedule 21 - Miscellaneous rolls, 1642-1920. Including: charts of the Baronetage, illustrating the work of William Playfair; plans of Westminster Abbey for the funeral of William Gladstone; plans of elements of the College of Arms, 1871 (56 items)

Schedule 22 - Grants of Arms and Supporters, 1723-1950 (87 items)

Schedule 23 - Warrants for changes of name, 1775-1914 (26 items)

Schedule 24 - Pedigree rolls, c 1623-20th century (53 items)

Schedule 25 - Pedigree rolls, 1714-1918 (18 items)

Schedule 26 - Pedigree rolls, c 17th century-1950 (95 items)

Schedule 27 - Pedigree rolls, c late 17th century-20th century (49 items)

Schedule 28 - Pedigree rolls, c 16th century-c early 20th century (49 items)

Schedule 29 - Pedigree rolls, c 18th century-c 20th century (131 items)

Schedule 30 - Pedigree rolls and some miscellaneous, including Bath Banners of John Gambier, First Baron Gambier, and Sir Robert Le Poer Trench, and illustrations of Garter Stall Plates of King Frederick VI of Denmark, King George IV, and Frederic Augustus, King of Saxony. 1692-c 1952 (36 items)

Schedule 31 - Grants of Arms, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, certificates of matriculation in the Office of Lord Lyon, etc, 1803-1938 (53 items)

Schedule 32 - Grants of Arms and Supporters, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, and a pedigree roll, 1802-1904 (37 items)

Schedule 33 - Grants of Arms, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, certificates of matriculation in the Office of Lord Lyon, etc 1797-1886 (42 items)

Schedule 34 - Grants of Arms, exemplifications of arms following changes of name, certificates of matriculation in the Office of Lord Lyon, etc 1808-1916 (39 items)

Records of the Victorian Society. The collection principally contains case files compiled by the Society's Buildings Sub-Committee and relating to individual buildings for which listed building consent or statutory listing was sought. Remaining items comprise lists of members and a small selection of early printed items about the Society and its activities.

The case-files provide contextual information regarding the discussions and decisions of the Victorian Society over individual buildings. They contain useful information for researching conservation and planning issues surrounding these buildings. Their primary value however is in recording the workings of the Society itself and the personalities and opinions of its members. With the records of English Heritage (also held at London Metropolitan Archives), local planning authorities, and other voluntary bodies (such as the Georgian Group, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings, and the Twentieth Century Society), this collection could help compile a comprehensive study into building conservation in England and Wales in the second half of the 20th century generally.

The case-file series is incomplete (some files have been destroyed while others have been retained by the Society) and other principal records of the Society, such as minutes of the Council and of the Buildings Sub-Committee and issues of The Victorian magazine have not been deposited. The membership lists contain personal information about members and access to these files is restricted.

Although based in London, the Society acted in the interest of buildings throughout Great Britain. There are a few instances where buildings overseas where also drawn to the Society's attention. The Society was not solely concerned with the exterior of buildings. It attributed importance to interior decoration and furnishings, and to commemorative monuments and street furniture erected broadly within the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

The collection is rich in information about the Society. As well as recording the Society's cause celbres it also includes a large number of smaller Buildings and structures. It covers the Houses of Parliament and Tower Bridge at one end of the scale and street lamps in Cambridge and fonts in churches at the other.

Papers of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, 1874-[1984], comprising reports, correspondence, administration records, staff files, inventories, diaries, registers, notebooks, financial records, details of exhibitions and events, visitors books, photographs, publications, presscuttings, and papers relating to Henry Solomon Wellcome's personal life including arrangements for his funeral.

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.

Letter from Charles Roach Smith, FSA (1807-1890), antiquary, to Frederick William Fairholt, FSA (1814-1866), engraver and antiquary; referring to the progress of copying Faussett (Inventorium Sepulchrale), published 1859, and asking for copy (sketch?) of Roman altar at Doncaster.

Analysis of William Willshire's early printed book collection and notes on early Christian archaeology.

Papers of Guy Wilson, 1902-1941, including a short account of the campaigns in East Africa, Part I 'The war in German East Africa noe Tanganyika territory', 1914-1918, Part II 'The Abyssinian campaign of 1940-1941', with two sketch maps; press cuttings; maps; correspondence c 1902-1950s; personal papers including records of service; printed material; photograph and notes.

Papers of Sir William James Erasmus Wilson, 1845-1888, comprising correspondence with Thomas Stone and the Royal College of Surgeons Of England, and notes on 'Cleopatra's Needle', 1845-1884; Wilson's Will and Codicil, 1882-1883; and correspondence between his executors, solicitors, the Royal College of Surgeons of England, and the accountant charged with organising Wilson's estate on the College's behalf, 1885-1888.

Papers of Professor Reginald Pepys Winnington-Ingram, [1922-1995] including research papers relating to Studies in Aeschylus (Cambridge University Press, 1983) comprising manuscript and typescript drafts and notes by Winnington-Ingram including on the Erines in the Oresteia, the Seven against Thebes and Prometheus Bound; off-prints of articles; correspondence with other classicists including his students John Lavery and Michael Evans. Working notes, draft articles, off-prints and correspondence on the following themes: the works of Euripedes, notably Bacchae, Heracles, Hippolytus and Electra; the works of Proclus, the works of Pindar and the works of Sophocles notably Oedipus Tyrannus, Ajax, The Trachiniae, Electra, and Philoctetes. General correspondence, 1939-1990. Papers relating to Plato including notes for Winnington-Ingram's inaugural lecture at King's College London 'The Unity of Plato's Phaedrus'. Draft lecture notes, including for 'Swan's Hellenic Cruises', 1973, lectures on Aristophanes and lectures on Greek drama for a lecture tour of USA and New Zealand. Teaching notes on Thucydides and the development of Greek prose. Unpublished articles on subjects including 'Revenge, justice and tragedy', 'The staging of the Peace of Aristophanes' and 'Greek stage conventions and their ancient critics.' Notebook containing notes on pupils and on Greek palaeography. Scrapbook containing press cuttings of reviews of Winnington-Ingram's publications, 1936-1949. Correspondence with Edward O. Symonds, a close personal friend of Winnington-Ingram, 1922-1949. Press cuttings of reviews by Winnington-Ingram.

Diaries and sketch books of Robert Wood, James Dawkins, John Bouverie and Giovanni Battista Borra of a tour of the Levant, 1750-1751, comprising:
Transcript (8 volumes) of the diaries of the archaeologist, James Dawkins, 5 May 1750-8 June 1751, describing the tour from Naples, Italy to Porto Leone, via Smyrna [Izmir], Sardis, Thyatira [Akhisar], Pergamum [Bergama], Sinus Eleaticus, Constantinople [Istanbul], Boursa, Cyzicus [Belkis], Troy, Tenedos, Phocaea [Foça], Teos [Sigacik], Ephesus, Magnesia ad Meander, Laodicea, Hierapolis [Pamukkale], Antioch, Mytilene [Mitilíni], Lesbos, Scio [Chíos, Nísos], Neomene, Samos, Mylassa, Halicarnassus [Bodrum], Cos [Kos], Cnidus Nova, Rhodes [Ródhos], Alexandria [Al-Iskandariyah], Cairo, The Pyramids, Acre [Akko], Mount Carmel [Har Hakarmel], Nazareth, Capernaum [Kefar Nahum], Tiberias [Teverya], Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Rama, Sidon [Sayda], Beirut, Damascus, Baalbek [Balabakk], Tripoli, Delos [Dhílos], Athens, Marathon, Thermopylae, Chalcis [Khalkís], Thebes, Delphi [Dhelfoi] and Megara.
Diary (1 volume) of John Bouverie, 25 May-8 June 1750, 25 July-3 Aug 1750, and 7 Sep 1750, covering the tour from Smyrna to Meander, as described above.
Papers of Robert Wood, comprising diaries (3 volumes), 25 May-19 Aug, 22 Sep - 8 Oct 1750, 16 May-1 June 1751; pocket books (2 volumes), containing copies of inscriptions made during the tour, including Athens, Baalbek, Palmyra, and other sites in Turkey, Greece and Egypt; extracts (made by Wood's daughter) from his tour manuscripts, including some that are not in the collection; manuscript A universal history by Wood, almost certainly pre-dating the tour; notebook, containing extracts from Wood's journals from his 1742-1743 visit to the Levant, itineraries from his 1745 visit to Italy, preparatory plans for the 1750-1751 tour and notes on Homer; notebook conntaining copy of an extended letter from Wood to James Dawkins, [c1755], Remarks on Homer's plan of Troy, in effect an early draft of his Essay on the Original Genius of Homer [see printed books below].
Sketch books of Giovanni Battista Borra, containing ink and pencil sketches made on the tour, mainly of architectural details, but also including landscapes, of Naples and Mount Vesuvius, Palmyra and Damascus.
Printed books: Robert Wood: An Essay on the Original Genius and Writings of Homer, London, H Hughs for T Payne and P Emsley, 1775, including engravings after Borra of ruins near Troy, and a map of Troas; The ruins of Palmyra and Baalbek, London, W Pickering, 1827 and Les ruines de Palmyre, autrement dite Tedmor au desert, Paris, Firmin Didot, 1819; Homer: Operum omnium quae exstant. Tomus prior sive Ilias Grece et Latine.Juxta editionem emendatissimam et accuratissimam Samuelis Clarke Amsterdam, J Wetstenium, 1743 [Wood's interleaved copy, containing notes and transcripts of inscriptions]; l'Abbe Barthelemy Reflexions sur l'alphabet et sur la langue dont on se servot autrefois a Palmyre, Paris, 1754; Giacomo Barozzi [Il Vignola] Regola delli cinque ordini d'architecttura, Rome, [1620].

Papers of Francis Wormald, comprising several scientific notebooks by Honoria Yeo (Wormald's wife) during her time as a pharmacy student, [1930-1939]; photographs, photocopies and postcards, used for teaching or research purposes, of the exterior and interiors of British and European churches, church furnishings, and pages from numerous illuminated manuscripts, Psalters and books of hours, many from the Bodleian Library, Oxford, and British Museum, [1949-1960]; notebooks and loose notes used for lectures including on St Oswald, brasses and Danish invasions of England; papers on topics including French palaeography until the 14th century, English miniatures in the 12th century and Flemish texts in the 13-14th centuries, [1949-1960].

Academic papers of Patrick Wormald, including texts of published and unpublished research notes and writings, lectures, drafts of books and articles created by Patrick Wormald, 1968-2004; notably including handwritten notes from research undertaken by Wormald from study of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts or taken from public lectures attended by Wormald on lawsuits, government, post-Roman Britain and pre-Conquest England and the Celtic Church; rough draft chapters on `continental legislation' covering the Franks and Carolingians; lectures on Bede, Beowulf, King Alfred, Gregory of Tours, Cnut, 1971-1984; copies of drafts of The Making of English Law, research notes and follow-up, 1989-1995; correspondence with publishers, 1983-2003; bibliographies, essay questions, seminar and course outlines from Glasgow and Oxford, 1977-1988; newspaper cuttings - mainly book reviews, 1977-1987.

Notes on articles in Sir William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, with a few related letters.