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        ARCHIVES
        COL/AC · Subfonds · 1252-1999
        Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

        Calendars and historical research relating to the City and Corporation of London, 1252-1999. The collection contains calendars and indexes made by clerks to aid their work including calendars and indexes of wills and deeds entered in the Court of Husting, 1252-1616; calendar to Acts of the Common Council 'Liber Legum' (extracts from the City's Letter Books), 1582 and 1585; calendar of various matters dispersed through the City's books and rolls, 1275-1609 and 1713-1717; index to repertories, 1545-1588; copies of articles from the Charter and Liberties of London, 16--; copies of 126 legal cases made on behalf of the City, 16-- - 1755; papers dating to the 17th and 18th centuries collected by William Turner Alchin, Guildhall Librarian, 1845-1865, including material relating to the Great Fire of London, 1666, the Gordon Riots, 1780, and markets.

        Also research notes and reports including the collection of Dr R R Sharpe, Clerk of the Records, 1876-1913; research papers intended to replace the Historical Reports destroyed in 1940 by the Guildhall bombing, consisting mainly of reports made by the City Archivist and his predecessors on the historical aspects of institutions of the Corporation and of the City Companies, as well as reports and articles by others, based on research amongst the Corporation's archives; and some publications of the London Topographical Society, 1945-1999.

        Corporation of London
        BANKS COLLECTION
        GB 0074 ACC/0410 · Collection · 1486-1949

        Collection of research into the local history of Friern Barnet and environs, carried out by C.O. Banks. The papers include copies of court rolls, research notes, lectures, statistics, extracts from parish records, copies and extracts of wills, legal proceedings, notes on important buildings and people, newspaper cuttings, licences, geneaological notes, sales particulars, estate agents plans, reports, photographs, articles, books and pamphlets on the local history, and maps of Friern Barnet and surrounding areas.

        Banks , C O , fl 1925-1939 , local historian
        BARB, Alfons (1901-1979)
        GB 1370 WIA, Alfons Barb · Collection · c1924-1979

        Papers of Alfons Barb, c 1924-1979, including working papers, collection of casts of gemstones, correspondence and offprints. Topics covered include: Magic, Folklore and Amulets; Medieval Magic; Gnosis; Gemstones; Mystery, Myth and Magic; Greco-Roman Numismatics and Archaeology and 'History of Popular Belief and Superstition from Ancient Times to the Present Day'.

        Barb , Alfons A , 1901-1979 , librarian and cultural scholar
        Bellot, Professor Hugh Hale
        GB 0096 MS 823 · c1850-1969

        Correspondence and papers of Bellot. The papers represent and illustrate the activities of Bellot's academic life as well as his personal one. There are letters to his family describing his schooldays at Bedales School up to his involvement with University College, Ibadan and his appointment to the Vice Chancellorship of the University of London.

        The papers can be divided into three series: papers relating to his involvement in teaching and governance at the University of London, his personal papers that document his relationship with his fellow historians and his family; and papers created in the process of his historical research.

        The official papers include case-files relating to: academic policy, University College, Ibadan, Westfield College, Senate committees, Board of Study in History at the University of London, Higher Education in Africa, and Library Policy.

        His personal papers include: correspondence (1898-1968) with fellow historians (such as Albert Frederick Pollard, Thomas Frederick Tout, Robert Arthur Humphreys and J.E. Neale), members of his family, and other friends and acquaintances; family photographs; newspaper-cuttings; domestic account-books; diaries, records of his activities at Lincoln College; curriculum vitae; and travel notebooks.

        The papers documenting Bellot's academic activities and historical research include: drafts, off-prints and notes for various works, including some unpublished; correspondence with his publisher, The Athlone Press; bibliographical and lecture notes; and the obligatory historical notes on areas of American History, economics and obituaries.

        Bellot , Hugh Hale , 1890-1969 , historian
        GB 0074 LMA/4420 · Collection · 2000-2001

        Record of church furnishings for the church of Saint Margaret, Lee. The record covers memorials, metalwork, stonework, woodwork, textiles, paintings, library records, windows and tiling, clocks, musical instruments and lighting. It also includes a list of records (baptisms, marriages and burials) deposited at Lewisham Local History Library.

        Blackheath Decorative and Fine Arts Societies , Blackheath Group of Church Recorders
        BLUNT, H S (fl 1938)
        GB 0402 SSC/6 · 1938-

        Papers of HS Blunt, 1938-, comprise lecture notes on Prehistoric and Roman Britain, and a collection of postcards and letters.

        Blunt , H S , fl 1938
        GB 0074 CLC/236 · Collection · [1930-1939]

        Two files of research by Charles Angell Bradford relating to the history of the church and parish of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn.

        Bradford , Charles Angell , fl 1930-1939 , historian
        BRADFORD, J G (fl 1930-1933)
        GB 0074 CLC/428 · Collection · [1900-1933]

        Research notes by J G Bradford, including index to pedigrees and arms contained in the heralds' visitations in the British Museum; genealogical notes relating to members of the peerage; genealogical notes on the mayors of London; and collection of county heraldic visitations.

        Bradford , J G , fl 1930-1933 , historian
        GB 0074 CLC/429 · Collection · 1835-1870

        Records of Thomas Brewer, antiquarian, comprising: a calendar of correspondence in Remembrancia 1, 1850 (Ms 00007); a memoir of John Carpenter, town clerk, 1835 (Ms 01555); notes relating to offices and office-holders of the City of London Corporation, mid 19th century (Ms 02173, 03117-8, 10139-40); extracts from the City's records relating to the River Lea and the New River, compiled 19th century (Ms 02194); extract from the wardmote inquest book of the ward of Cheap, compiled 19th century (Ms 02195); extracts and notes relating to the Plaisterers' Company, mid 19th century (Ms 02192, 03555); copies of monumental inscriptions, and extracts and indexes of records of the church of St Lawrence Jewry and St Mary Magdalene Milk Street, mid 19th century (Ms 03119, 03288, 03292-3, 03551); copies of inscriptions in St Mary le Bow church, 1858 (Ms 07820); text of a paper on customs formerly observed in public schools, ca. 1850 (Ms 02193).

        The records were catalogued between 1908 and 1959 by members of Guildhall Library staff.

        Brewer , Thomas , fl 1835-1870 , antiquarian
        BRIDGER, Charles (fl 1867)
        GB 0074 CLC/237 · Collection · [1840-1880]

        Extracts from the wills of stationers of London, 1550-1664; and lists of apprentices bound to members of the Stationers' Company, 1555-1640.

        Bridger , Charles , fl 1867 , historian
        GB 0074 LMA/4230 · Collection · 1935-1983

        Records of the Standing Conference for Local History, later known as the British Association for Local History. The records comprise: minutes and related papers 1949-1982; Regional Meetings correspondence and related material 1968-1973; subject files covering a large number of topics 1949-1981; general correspondence and papers 1938 - 1981; correspondence and papers regarding publications by the Standing Conference/National Council for Social Service 1951-1982; copies of publications 1950-1983; and The Local History Recording Scheme files which originated from an early NCSS scheme and cover certain counties 1935-1979.

        Also minutes 1982-1996, correspondence 1979-1994, administrative files and papers 1981-1997, and editorial files relating to the publication The Local Historian 1970-1990.

        Standing Conference for Local History x British Association for Local History
        GB 1551 BNC · 1913-1993

        Papers of the British National Committee comprising:

        agenda and signed Committee minutes 1933-1992 (4 files); records of subscriptions and bank statements, 1972-1993 (1 box file); Correspondence 1972-1993 including papers concerning new management arrangements, 1993 (1 box file, 1 folder); Report for 1927-1928;

        Papers relating to Anglo-French, Anglo-Italian, Anglo-Spanish, Anglo-Hungarian, Anglo-Czech, Anglo-Polish, Anglo-Soviet and other meetings, 1970-1993 (6 box files, 1 folder); papers of the International Historical Congress including programmes, proofs, bulletins, and ephemera for the International Historical Congress, London 1913, Brussels, 1923 and Warsaw 1933 (1 box) ; papers relating to International Congresses, 1980, 1985, 1990 (2 box files);

        photographs of the first meeting of the International Congress of Historical Sciences, Lincolns Inn Hall, London, 1913; and delegates of the Fifth Congress International des Sciences Historiques, Brussels, 1923.

        British National Committee of the International Historical Congress , [1913-1923] British National Committee of the International Committee of Historical Sciences , 1923-present
        GB 0074 CLC/239 · Collection · 1930-1938

        These papers of Francis and George Bent Buckley comprise antiquarian notes compiled by them from 1930 to 1938, chiefly relating to watches and 17th and 18th century London watchmakers.

        The records comprise: list of lost watches of London watchmakers, c 1930 (Ms 02921); list of references to 18th-century newspaper advertisements relating to watchmakers, clockmakers and allied trades, c 1934 (Ms 03338); list of British clockmakers working outside London, 1937 (Ms 03355); and alphabetical list of glass sellers, china-men and "potters", 1938 (Ms 03384).

        Buckley , Francis , fl 1912-1941 , historian
        Camden Society
        GB 1551 CAMDEN SOCIETY · 1838-1897

        Records of the Camden Society comprising: minutes of the Camden Society 1838-1897 (6 vols); and index to minute books, 1870 (1 vol); Secretary's correspondence files, 1867-1897 (19 files); secretary's correspondence notebook, 1891 (1 vol); miscellaneous file with list of members, 1858-1861 (1 file); letter book, 1872-1875 (1 vol); subscriptions 1869-1880 (1 vol); Candidates and admissions register 1839-1896 (1 vol); printed report of the Camden Society, May 1842 (1 vol); A descriptive catalogue of the works of the Camden Society, John Gough Nichols, Westminster, J B Nichols and sons, 1862 (containing related papers pasted in [1860s-1970s].

        Camden Society , 1838-1897
        GB 0074 LMA/4462/K · Collection · 1978-1995

        Records of the Caribbean Biographical Project, including correspondence from biographers and authors; draft biographies and minutes.

        Caribbean Biographical Project
        GB 0120 MSS.5373-5374 · 1818-1824

        Notes and correspondence of an unpublished second edition of Nicholas Carlisle's A concise description of the endowed grammar schools in England and Wales (London, 1818).

        Carlisle , Nicholas , 1771-1847 , antiquarian
        GB 0074 CLC/241 · Collection · 1820 -1849

        Volumes of notes relating to churches in London, Middlesex, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, and Yorkshire. Including architectural sketches and plans, compiled 1820s to 1840s. Some of these notes were later published in the Gentleman's Magazine. The notes appear to have been gathered together and pasted in to these volumes after Carlos' death.

        Carlos , Edward John , fl 1832 , antiquarian
        CITY OF LONDON
        GB 0074 ACC/1236 · Collection · 1850-1899

        Notebook containing extracts from various City of London records.

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        GB 0074 LMA/4251 · Collection · 1971-1985

        Papers relating to the Claire Rayner novels The Performers, a twelve book series about London which traces a family from the 1800s. The series contains draft manuscripts of each volume along with research, time lines and notes on political events, dress, religion, travel, medicine, foreign affairs, industry and agriculture covering the period during which the novels are set.

        Rayner , Claire Berenice , 1931-2010 , journalist and author
        GB 0074 CLC/243 · Collection · [1850-1899]

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

        Copeland , Alfred James , fl 1870 , antiquarian
        GB 0074 CLC/244 · Collection · 1842-1854

        Volume of correspondence between Thomas Crofton Croker and Frederick William Fairholt, engraver and antiquary, and others, on antiquarian and private matters, also containing letters from Croker's wife Marianne, and his son Thomas Francis Dillon Croker (1831-1912), Recollections of Dillon Croker and other bound in printed items. Also scrapbook containing notes relating to Roman and other antiquities in London.

        Croker , Thomas Crofton , 1798-1854 , antiquary
        CROWLEY, J P
        GB 0074 CLC/441 · Collection · 1952-1964

        Records of J P Crowley comprising drawings of and notes on sundials in churches and churchyards in North Devon, 1952-62, and in Cornwall, 1957-64.

        Crowley , J P , fl 1952-64 , antiquarian
        Czech Torah Scrolls
        GB 1556 WL 1338 · 1998

        Papers created when researching the history and background to the Torah Scrolls of Kolin and Trebon, Czech Republic, 1998, including details of the history of the Scrolls.

        Northwood and Pinner Synagogue Library
        GB 0074 CLC/245 · Collection · 1930

        A Dictionary of the Principal London Taverns since the Restoration, manuscript by John Paul de Castro, containing the names, sites and some of the recorded activities of taverns, chocolate houses and coffee houses; with some maps and prints.

        de Castro , John Paul , fl 1926-1940 , historian
        GB 0074 CLC/445 · Collection · [1900]

        Research notes and plans of ancient earthworks in Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Brecknockshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Dorset, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, London, Monmouthshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, North Wales, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Pembrokeshire, Radnorshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, and Yorkshire.

        Downman , Edward Andrews , fl 1900 , antiquarian
        DUNKIN, John (1782-1846)
        GB 0074 CLC/246 · Collection · 1840

        Collection of historical research notes on the topography of the counties of Kent and Oxfordshire, by John Dunkin.

        Dunkin , John , 1782-1846 , topographer
        EALING COLLEGE
        GB 0074 ACC/1078 · Collection · 1929-2012

        Papers of Reverend Ivor Roy Dowse collected during research for his histories of Ealing College (first edition 1970, second edition 2008), including research notes, press cuttings, photographs, memories of pupils and staff, ephemera items such as prospectuses, speech day programmes and orders of service; newsletters, and material relating to the Ealing College Former Pupils' Association including newsletters.

        Dowse , Ivor Roy , b 1935 , author and clergyman
        EISLER, Robert (1882-1949)
        GB 1370 WIA, Robert Eisler · Collection · c 1902-1949

        Papers of Robert Eisler, c 1902-1949, including working papers and correspondence. Topics covered include: 'Das Rätsel des Johannesevangeliums'; The Fourth Gospel; Money; Jesous Basileus ou Basileusas; Slavonic Joseph Manuscript; The Alphabet; Dürer; Conventional Titles and True Meaning; Inscriptions; Zeus Olympios; Orpheus; Moses; Christ Vision; Aesthetics; Mythology; Magic and Science; Vanity of Vanities; Palaeoethnography; Greek Civilization and 'Die Landschaftsmalerei in der antiken Kunst'.

        Eisler , Robert , 1882-1949 , historian of religion
        GB 1551 ELTON · 1948-1994

        Papers of Sir Geoffrey Elton relating to his publications, 1948-1994, comprising correspondence with historians and publishers, agreements, statements of royalties and other papers.

        Papers are boxed as: Historical problems; Books; Miscellaneous publications; Miscellaneous series and Scripta minora; Sources in History; Fontana History of Europe; Correspondence on publications; Studies in History - files; Studies in History Correspondence 1975-1987; Studies in History meeting papers 1980-1991; Studies in History agenda and annual reports; Royalty Payments before 1989; Royalty Payments after 1989; and RHS correspondence.

        Elton , Sir Geoffrey Rudolph , 1921-1994 , historian Ehrenburg , Geoffrey Rudolph
        EXPLORING LIVING MEMORY
        GB 0074 LMA/4443 · Collection · 1981-1989

        Records of the Exploring Living Memory project, organised by the London History Workshop Centre. This collection contains files relating to the administration and organisation of the Exploring Living Memory workshops, conferences and exhibitions together with copies of images and sample sections of text used in the displays of participating groups and individuals. There are a variety of images depicting individuals, family groups and war time experiences together with images of London both past and present.

        Exploring Living Memory Steering Group
        FITCH, Marc (1908-1994)
        GB 0074 CLC/247 · Collection · 1970-2003

        Notes on the placenames of medieval London, by Marc Fitch, arranged from Fitch's drafts by Dr Jessica Freeman. Readers should be aware, however, that these notes, although written with a view to eventual publication, were preliminary. Specialist advisors invited to comment at the time of compilation expressed reservations about the range and depth of documentary coverage.

        Fitch , Marcus Felix Brudenell ,1908-1994 , historian and philanthropist
        GB 0120 MSS.7137-7139 · mid-19th century

        Notebooks of Alexander Kinloch Forbes, historian of Gujarat, containing notes on Gujarati history, legends and customs, pedigrees, descriptions of historical monuments and translations of inscriptions, compiled from 1849 onwards. The volumes are the remains of a larger body of research materials gathered by Forbes, from which he compiled Râs Mâlâ, Hindu annals of Western India with particular reference to Gujarat (1856). They contain however much additional matter, and indeed Forbes continued to add to them after publication of that work.

        Forbes , Alexander Kinloch , 1821-1865 , Indian civil servant and author
        GB 0074 CLC/248 · Collection · 1898

        A statement of facts deduced from ancient records and other authentic sources relating to the Irish estates of the city of London companies in Ulster, compiled by Edwin Freshfield LL.D. and Edwin Freshfield, Jun.

        Freshfield , Edwin , 1832-1918 , solicitor and historian
        Fuller, Alfred
        GB 0096 MS Fuller · 13th century-20th century

        Documents, mostly British but including Spanish, French, Italian, Imperial and Papal documents, of 13th-20th centuries, acquired chiefly for their seals. There are some detached seals, proofs and casts.

        Fuller , Alfred , 1882-1961 , antiquarian and anthropologist
        GB 0096 MS 918 · c1974

        Research papers for an unfinished book on Cardinal Wolsey including two card indexes of members of Wolsey's household.

        Gardiner , Laurie R , d 1991 , Tudor historian
        GB 0074 CLC/451 · Collection · 197-?

        Research of Kathleen Garrett relating to philanthropist Maria Hackett, including typescript copy of three letters (1868-9) from Maria Hackett to John Henry Blunt, 1975; an unpublished biography of Maria Hackett, compiled c 1970-9; typescript versions of articles printed in Guildhall Studies in London History, 1974-1977; and miscellaneous research notes on the life of Maria Hackett, compiled c 1970-1979.

        Garrett , Kathleen Isabella , fl 1970 , historian Hackett , Maria , 1783-1874 , philanthropist
        GB 0074 CLC/249 · Collection · 1842-1850

        Historical research by Marchant Alexander Gliddon, relating to the history of Hackney and Stepney, including correspondence with historian William Robinson.

        Gliddon , Marchant Alexander , 1819-1869 , historian
        GOODINGS, Richard
        GB 0366 IE/RGO · Subfonds · c1890s-1960s
        Part of INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

        Papers of Richard Goodings, comprising research material, notes and drafts, mainly relating to Goodings' work on a history of the Institute. The papers include some original correspondence of Percy Nunn relating to the transfer of the Institute from the London County Council to the University of London, 1927-1932. Also included are photocopies of articles by Goodings added to the collection [by the Archivist] at a later date and some original papers relating to the Institute at the time of Goodings' employment, 1960s.

        Goodings , Richard , d 1992 , educationist
        GREATER LONDON GROUP
        GB 0074 LMA/4300 · Collection · 1992

        Copy of report Dismantling a Metropolitan Government. A Study of the London Residuary Body 1985-1992, (first draft) by Michael Hebbert and Ann Dickens Edge and "Organisation of the report" version R3.

        Edge , Ann Dickens Hebbert , Michael
        GREGORY, Samuel (1802-1858)
        GB 0074 CLC/455 · Collection · 1836-[1858]

        These records were compiled or annotated by Samuel Gregory in the mid-19th century. They comprise: the "Lord Mayor's autograph book" which contains the original signature of every Lord Mayor from 1657 to the present date; notes and cuttings relating to Lord Mayors, Chamberlains, Recorders and aldermen; history and notes relating to liverymen of the Barber Surgeons Company; drawings of merchants' marks; and miscellaneous manuscript and printed items compiled by Gregory.

        Gregory , Samuel , 1802-1858 , attorney and antiquarian
        GB 0120 MSS.5328-5355, 8280-8282, 8285-8287 & 8662-8663 · c 1937-1946

        Papers and research notes of Alec Haggis relating to medical history. Many relate to Haggis's research into medical licensing in England and Wales prior to the Act of 1858.

        Haggis , Alec William James , 1889-1946 , museum staff
        GB 0101 ICS 29 · 1896-1978

        Research and political papers of Sir (William) Keith Hancock, 1896-1978: comprising papers relating to Hancock's chairmanship of the Buganda Constitutional Committee, 1954, including official correspondence, papers of seminar on constitutional issues in Uganda, background notes by Hancock, correspondence with Sir Andrew Cohen, Governor of Uganda, minutes and papers of the Buganda Constitutional Committee and Steering Committee, minutes of the Namiremba Conference, papers on the Uganda Development Corporation, the Uganda National Congress, notes of discussions in Ankole, Toro, Bunyoro and Kitara, and press cuttings; correspondence and press cuttings on Hancock's books British War Economy and Problems of Social Policy (History of the Second Word War UK Civil Series Vols 1 and 2), 1949-1950; press cuttings on the Liberal summer school, July 1955; papers collected and generated during Hancock's work on the biography and selected papers of Jan Christiaan Smuts (1870-1950); correspondence regarding, and black and white photograph of bust of Hancock by Alan Jervis (1952); tapes of radio broadcasts by Hancock on ABC, mainly autobiographical, also comments on arms control and the atomic bomb, Australia's defence treaties and relations with the USA, undated (c.1978).

        HANCOCK , Sir , William Keith , 1898-1988 , Knight , historian
        GB 0074 CLC/251 · Collection · 1828-1851

        Transcript of the manuscript history of the Princes of Wales, from the time of Edward of Caernarvon to the present sovereign of England, by George Perfect Harding, F.S.A., also a description of a series of illustrations to the manuscript history, 1828, with engravings of tombs, portraits, original drawings, and manuscript letters, 1828-51, from royal and distinguished personages.

        Harding , George Perfect , 1779/80-1853 , miniature painter
        GB 0074 CLC/252 · Collection · 1950-1980

        Card index relating to the dispersal of fixtures and fittings from City of London churches. Compiled from c 1950 by Robert Haydon Harrison, with additional notes to c 1980 by Nicholas Redman.

        Harrison , Robert Haydon , fl 1950 , historian
        GB 0074 CLC/B/112-004 · Collection · 1890-1989

        Historical notes relating to Harrisons and Crosfield, including published histories; historical notes and research papers; recollections of members of staff; photographs of staff and of the Company's operations, including on foreign plantations; newsletters and bulletins for the main company and branches abroad; advertisements; menu cards; circulars and press cuttings.

        Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

        Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
        HART, William (fl 1880)
        GB 0074 CLC/459 · Collection · 188-?

        These records comprise compilations of London signs, 1649-1767, of advertisements by goldsmiths, 1666-1731, and list of city stage-coach and carrier services, 1749.

        Hart , William , fl 1880 , antiquarian researcher
        GB 0096 MS 1153 · Fonds · c 1950-1986

        Papers of Dr Negley Harte relating to the history of the University of London, c1950-1986, comprising material collected for Dr Negley Harte's book, The University of London 1836-1986 - an illustrated history (Althlone Press, 1986). Including copies of some illustrations.

        Harte , Negley , fl 1986 , historian
        HERBERT, William (1772-1851)
        GB 0074 CLC/462 · Collection · 1772-1845

        Records of William Herbert, comprising: topographical description of London, early 19th century; collections for a history of London monasteries, early 19th century; collections for histories of livery companies, c 1830; memoir of his life, c 1772-early 19th century; history of the Boar's Head Tavern in Eastcheap, early or mid 19th century; letters addressed to him, 1828-45; collection of antiquarian notes concerning the Priory and Church of St Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, c 1838-1845; and memorandum relating to parish boundaries, 1830. They were catalogued at various dates by members of Guildhall Library staff.

        Herbert , William , 1772-1851 , antiquary and librarian x William Herbert Wilderspin
        GB 1556 WL 1582 · Collection · 1939-1985

        Papers of Rudolf Hess, 1939-1985, comprise copies of correspondence and papers regarding the imprisonment of Rudolf Hess at Spandau Prison.

        Becker , Lutz , b 1930 , film maker
        History of Education Society
        GB 0366 HES · Collection · 1967-2004

        Papers of the History of Education Society (HES), 1967-2004, including minutes of the Committee and Annual General Meeting, 1985-2003; papers relating to constitution, including the revisions of 1976, 1987 and 1990; papers on administration and finance, [1990-1995]; correspondence, 1989-2000; HES abstract book entitled, 'Breaking Boundaries: Gender, Politics and the Experience of Education', 3-5 Dec 1999 and papers on the Jubilee Essay Competition, including report, 2000 and rules.

        Publications comprising annual conference booklets, Dec 1990 and Dec 1994; History of Education Society, [1980s] and The New Era: The Review of New Education, Apr 1929.

        Papers relating to the HES Committee, 1993-2003 including reports, flyers, annual charity returns, papers relating to membership, financial information, correspondence with members, lists of members, contact directory, 1998; promotional material and details of the history of the Committee 2003.

        Papers relating to conferences 1988-2004 including proceedings of the Annual Conference on 'Education and Employment: Initiatives and Experiences 1780 to the Present', 1988; papers on the HES Conference in Liverpool, 1991, the Birmingham Conference on 'The Education Act - Fifty Years On', 1994; annual conference programme, 1997; list of conference participants and flyer, 1999 and 'International Standing Conference for the History of Education, the Spanish History of Education, and, the Universities of Alcala, Comillas, Complutense and UNED' booklet, 2000.

        History of Education Society