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Records of the Middlesex County Council Children's Department relating to approved schools and remand homes, comprising indexes of children in approved schools, 1941-1965. Please note that access to these files is restricted under the Data Protection Act.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Children's Department relating to children's homes, 1887-1955, including admission and discharge registers; creed registers; medical relief books and attendance books and reports for Children's Homes run by the Middlesex County Council. Some Homes were formerly run by Edmonton Union, the Brentford Union and the Willesden Guardians.

Records of the Middlesex County Council County Treasurer's Department, 1889-1965, including annual budgets; abstract of accounts; annual budget capital estimates; revised capital estimates; reports of the Accounts and General Sub-committee; statistics; financial and statistical digest; capital ledgers for various departments; general revenue ledgers; trust funds; loan ledgers; stock and stock redeemable ledgers; superannuation funds; charges for maintenance of children in hostels; financial records of individual children's homes; accounts of Hampton Grammar School Foundation; accounts of Edmonton Latymer Foundation; and financial accounts of the Estates and Housing Committee.

The collection contains items, including journals, official and private letters, and newspaper cuttings, relating to all of the above members of the family (please see individual biographical entries for further details of their careers).

Papers of Cpt Peter Rainier, containing a log of the CAROLINE, 1802 to 1803, a signal book, 1803 to 1804, a letter from Admiral Rainier to his son, 1805, and loose papers relating to Rainier's service, 1803 to 1814 and 1831 to 1835.

Papers of Adml John Harvey Rainier, comprising a series of logs, 1862 to 1897, with a gap between 1874 and 1884, and loose papers about the relief of Kandanos. There is also a volume of copies of letters relating to the promotion to commander of J.H. Rainier's uncle by marriage, Captain William War Percival Johnson, 1831 to 1835.

Copies of the Certificates of Competency and Service, 1850 to 1890, as well as the application forms for examination submitted by the candidates. The copies of the certificates record the name, certificate number, year and place of birth of the candidate, rank examined for and the date and place of the certificate's issue. The application forms record the name, date and place of birth of the candidate, rank examined for, date and place of application and examination, together with a list of vessels with dates and the capacity in which the candidate served. When a candidate passed an examination for a certificate of higher rank than that which he already held, a new certificate number was not normally granted. The number of his existing certificate was retained and the new application form and copies of the new certificate were placed with those of the earlier date. Frequently, on the death of a master or mate, the number of his certificate was re-used and given to another candidate.

Signals: Foreign. There are three printed sheets of French signal flags, 1766, in this category.

Merchant Shipping: Signal Books and Signals including a Vane List c 1810 and a pendant board of the same date.

Signals: Foreign. Over half the signal books in this category are French; the other nations represented are Spain, the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Sweden and Turkey. There are eighteen volumes, 1754 to 1885, the majority of which are printed with manuscript annotations. Of the French volumes, the earliest is a signal book kept in 1754 by the pilot of LA ROSE, in the squadron of Le Comte de Gallissoniere (1693-1756). The volume has a thumb index of coloured flags and is illustrated with watercolours of fleet manoeuvres.

There is also an English translation of the signal book issued by the Comte D'Ache (1700-1775) to his fleet while in the East Indies in the ZODIAQUE, 1757 to 1759; a signal book issued by the Comte D'Orvilliers (1708-1792) in 1779; and a printed signal book of 1787 issued by the Marquis de Nieul, in which the names of the vessels in the squadron have been scratched out, but the twenty flags and ten pendants have been coloured. The Revolutionary War period is represented by three signal books issued for the navy of the Republic in 1799 and 1801. Only one has actually been issued and gives a key to the flags. In addition, there is a handbook for a coastal semaphore between Bayonne and Flushing; published in 1807, the system was invented by an artillery officer named Depillon and built c 1803. The category also includes two signal books for the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies; one was issued in c 1784 by John (later Sir John) Acton (1736-1811), the other in 1816; a Spanish book of signals and instructions printed in Cadiz in 1765 and issued by the Marques de la Victoria; another Spanish volume for 1781 for the fleet of Don Luis de Cordova; and two Swedish volumes, 1795 and 1796. The Turkish signal book is naval, 1885, and the format is similar to a French or an English volume. There is also a Dutch volume of flags rather than signals which was compiled c 1687; it is described on the title page as 'The Flagbook of Captain Paulus van der Dussen' (1658-1707).

Papers of Sir Montagu Stopford, consisting of memoranda issued to the fleet in the Crimea, 1854, records of arrivals and sailings of ships at Malta, 1855 to 1856, and the commission appointing Stopford Superintendent of Malta Dockyard.

Papers of Sir Thomas Hope Troubridge, including training guidelines whilst as a gunnery officer 1922-1924, Naval orders 1925-1926, Admiralty papers 1945-1946, two commissions 1915 and 1943, and lecture notes, syllabuses and essays whilst at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 1924-1925.

Papers of Allan Robert Woodriff, consisting of service documents, 1868 to 1874, an undated letter from Woodriff (while a sub-lieutenant) to his mother and letters of condolence after his death.

The papers relate to three generations of the Walker family of Manchester, but the main body of the collection relates to Lieutenant Walker. It includes signal books; a diary and letterbooks; and papers relating to his candidature. There is also a small number of documents relating to the sons of Lieutenant Walker.

This category consists of individual documents relating to the administration of the Royal Navy. It is arranged by department, and consists of fifteen documents relating to the Board of Admiralty, seventeenth to twentieth centuries; an example is an instruction of 1652 from the Admiralty to the Navy Board on the building of thirty frigates. However, an early document is also included in this category; this is a warrant from Henry VIII to the Keeper of the Wardrobe to provide cloth for the hallowing (or blessing) of the HENRY GRACE A DIEU, 1514. There are ten documents relating to the Navy Board, sixteenth to nineteenth centuries; these are mainly early documents relating to finance when the Treasurer of the Navy was a member of the Board. The earliest is a warrant of 1558 for the payment of two thousand pounds.

Five documents relate to the Ordinary, 1596 to 1638; all concern payment of the men. A similar number relate to the dockyards, 1669 to 1694; one of these is a petition signed by all the officers of the yards, asking for an advance of salary, 1694. In addition there is a letter from Thomas Wood, a mason, to the Duke of Richmond (1701-1750) petitioning him for employment in Portsmouth Dockyard, 1741. There are three documents relating to victualling, 1625, 1704 and 1755; six concern transports, dating between 1693 and 1899;seventeen relate to the Ordnance; the earliest is a group of inventories and stores for ships in 1595; and the most recent contains orders to the Storekeeper of Ordnance at Portsmouth, 1825, but in the main they are indentures and receipts. A dozen relate to manning and impressment; the earliest in this group, 1626, is an instruction to the constables for impressing mariners, signed by the Duke of Buckingham (1592-1628); the latest is an Admiralty minute relating to the mobilization of the Royal Naval Reserve, 1914. In the main the rest consist of proposals and Protections. Two documents relate to the Sea Fencibles, 1804 and 1812. Finally, seventeen documents concern the administration of naval stores; they date from 1611 to 1827, expenses for ships in the Channel Fleet, 1805.

This category contains individual documents containing lists of ships, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Among the items is a list of ships of 1652 to be prepared for the summer guard for the coasts of England, Ireland and Scotland, with the names of commanders, numbers of men and guns. The list was presented to Parliament and approved. Another, of 1804, is an 'abstract of the country craft of various descriptions that have been armed for the defence of the coast from Shoreham in Sussex to Mistley in Essex'.

Victualling Board: in-letters and orders, consisting of 427 volumes of in-letters, abstracts of letters and orders, and Board minutes, 1694 to 1819. Four hundred volumes are letters from the Admiralty, 1788 to 1815 (class mark, ADM/C); twenty-six volumes contain abstracts of Admiralty and Navy Board letters and orders, 1694 to 1819 (ADM/G); and one volume consists of Victualling Board minutes, 1811 to 1813 (ADM/H).

Navy Board, Lieutenants' logs, consisting of 5,205 volumes, 1673 to 1809. In some cases captains' logs have been bound with those of lieutenants, but they are usually duplicates of those at the Public Record Office, which holds the series of captains' and masters' logs for this period and ships' logs from 1799. Some expense accounts for paper and ticket books are also bound in with the logs.

Papers of Henry Compton Anderson Baynes inclusing official service documents, 1866 to 1901; an article on 'Armament of Battleships', undated; a letter, 1888, concerning Whitehead torpedoes; a few letters about Baynes's fishery protection work in the North Sea in the 1890s and three night order books, 1893, 1895 and 1901.

Papers of Robert Dudley Oliver. There are three standing order books, one for Plymouth and Spithead, 1798 to 1799, probably when Oliver was Captain of the NEMESIS, and two for the MARS, 1804, 1805 to 1806. There are also two letters written by Nelson to Oliver's father-in-law, Sir Charles Saxton.

Papers of Capt Arthur Rodney Blane from some commissions for his early service, they concern Blane's activities in China. There are charts of Canton, orders from the Admiralty and copies of contemporary newspapers.

Papers of Sir Gilbert Blane including memorials, notes and letters from Tsar Paul of Russia (1754-1801), 1799, the Prince Regent, later King George IV (1762-1830), 1802, Prince William Henry (1765-1837), undated, Spencer Perceval (1762-1812), 1809, Lord Palmerston (1784-1865), 1810, Sir Edward Pellew (later Viscount Exmouth) (q.v.), 1799, Earl St Vincent (q.v.), 1800, Lord Keith (q.v.), 1808, and other public figures, kept largely for their autograph value.

Papers of Sir Willam Abdy, comprising logs, 1750 to 1753, and two combined letter and order books, 1761 to 1766. There are also copies, made by Abdy in his retirement, of despatches describing actions, 1778 to 1782 and 1793 to 1797, and of the Agamemnon's log, 1782 to 1783.

Papers of Sir Hugh Cloberry Christian relating to his period as Commander-in Chief of the Cape of Good Hope station. They include correspondence regarding the general running of the station with the Governer of the Cape of Good Hope, George, 1st Earl Macartney, as well as letters with news on the war at home from Admiral Sir Richard Strachan, and the Controller of the Navy, Sir Andrew Snape Hamond. There is also an interesting section of letters relating to the mutiny on board the East Indiaman PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

Papers of Sir Edward William Campbell Rich Owen. They consist of an account, drawn up in 1825, of the mutiny at Spithead in 1797 and of documents and narrative towards a history of the Walcheren expedition of 1809. There is also a letter of Privy Seal appointing Owen Clerk of the Ordnance, 1834.

Papers of the 2nd Earl of Minto consisting of correspondence and papers covering the period when he was First Lord of the Admiralty. There are forty volumes of in-letters and some draft replies in his own hand including the letters from commanders connected with the events of the Carlist war, 1836 to 1841. There are also loose papers which consist of reports and memoranda and correspondence on a wide variety of naval topics.

Papers of of Hugh Elliot consisting of diplomatic correspondence, 1803 to 1806, and contain sixty-two letters from Nelson (q.v.), together with drafts and copies of Elliot's replies and correspondence with Admiral Collingwood (q.v.). There are also intelligence reports and other material which throw light on the diplomacy of the Neapolitan Court.

Papers of George Eliott, consisting of three cases of orders and letters relating mainly to the siege of Gibraltar.

Papers of Adml Thomas Francis Fremantle. They consist of three logs, 1793 to 1796, two signal notebooks, undated, two memoranda on naval discipline, 1806, and some printed material relating to the French and Spanish navies.

Papers of Adml Sir Sydney Robert Fremantle. They consist of a memorandum on the war in the Aegean, 1916 to 1917, detailed minutes compiled while he held office as Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and other papers relating to this post. There are also collected essays and articles written by Fremantle, 1904 to 1919.

Lt William Edward Fiott's life is fully covered by this collection, which is composed largely of loose papers These consist of official service documents, material on Walcheren, both his courts martial, papers covering the RENEGADE period and a log, 1823 to 1824. There are extensive papers and volumes for the period when he was merchant ship master and owner, including legal agreements, crew lists and account and freight books. Finally, there are private letters received, 1809 and 1848, and yearly diaries, 1837 to 1847.

Papers of Adml Edward Hawker. They consist of logs covering Hawker's service afloat, two order books for the BELLEROPHON and BRITANNIA and a notebook of vessels captured 1805 to 1806. There is also a letterbook of his father, Captain James Hawker, kept during his command of the IRIS, 1779 to 1781, on the North America and West Indies Station.

Papers of Lieutenant John Dennis Hickley containing several papers relating to J.D. Hickley's education and training; a few short letters written just before his death; his naval records from 1876 to 1886; as well as a short pamphlet entitled 'An Account of the Operations on the Benin River in August and September, 1894', written by Hickley and printed by Royal United Service Institution. However, the majority of material on Lt. Hickley deals with the circumstances of his death and burial, apparently a reflection of a Victorian obsession with tragic heroes.

Papers of Capt Archibald Hamilton, consisting of journals, owners' instructions, accounts of stores, navigational work books, cash books, as well as accounts of the engagement off Pulo Aor and the subsequent court of enquiry. There are also private and general trade accounts and several items of economic interest, including a fabric pattern sample book the papers relate to Montgomerie Hamilton, younger brother of Archibald. There are a number of logs of other East India Company ships, 1765 to 1785, and some papers of William Reid, relating to trade with North America, 1734 to 1735.

Papers of Sir John Frederick William Herschel consisting of notes, news cuttings and Lady Herschel's housekeeping accounts for 1832 to 1838 and for 1852 to 1886; papers concerning the family's Molyneux chronometer together with a description of Sir John's barometer, 1832 to 1833.

Papers of William Henry Jones-Byrom. They contain one log, 1844 to 1848, letters to his mother, 1859, appointments, 1844 to 1860, and Captain Osborn's report on the mission of the FURIOUS in China.

Royal Navy ship's logs. The earliest log begins in 1737 and the latest in 1917 but the majority, over three hundred volumes, are from the nineteenth century. Being, on the whole, kept privately, the format and size of the volumes vary widely. Over three-fifths of the volumes, where the rank of the keeper can be ascertained, were kept by midshipman or naval cadets, but there are examples of logs kept by other ranks from master's mate to admiral. Many of the logs are illustrated with sketches, maps, diagrams and photographs. Of particular note in this respect are the log of the QUEEN CHARLOTTE, 1790, kept by Lieutenant (later Captain) John Mason Lewis (fl 1790-1831); four volumes kept by Sub-Lieutenant (later Commander) Francis H Boyer (d 1926) on various ships between 1869 and 1876; two logs kept on several ships, 1870 to 1873, together with a sketchbook by Henry Bridges Molesworth (1855-1954), midshipman; and the log of the RALEIGH, 1874 to 1876, by Charles Molyneux Howard Oakley (1858-1876), also when a midshipman. Of the forty eighteenth-century volumes, the earliest is the log of the WINDSOR, 1737 to 1741, signed by her captain, George Berkeley (1693?-1746), including an account of the attack on Cartagena in 1741.

There are also two logs by Rear-Admiral Charles Watson (1714-1757) as captain of the princess louisa, 1746 to 1747, including a description of the battle of Cape Finisterre, 1747; an unsigned copy of the log of Admiral Sir George Pocock on the NAMUR, 1762 to 1763, during the siege of Havana; a log of the WINCHELSEA, 1787 by John Dykes (fl 1776-1805), Master, with sailing instructions and copies of his correspondence, 1789; A log of the BRUNSWICK, 1793 to 1794, up to but excluding the First of June, kept by Captain John Harvey (1740-1794) together with the ship's muster and pay book 1792 to 1794; and three logs kept by Prince William Henry (1745-1837) as midshipman on various ships between 1779 and 1783.

There is a series of four logs of the LEVIATHAN, 1795 to 1799 and 1802, which was present at the attack on Leogane in 1796 and at the Minorca landings, 1798; these were possibly kept by Lieutenant (later Captain) William Buchanan (fl 1794-1833) and one volume has additions in the hand of Commodore (later Admiral) Sir John Duckworth, while the log for 1802 includes an index to his letterbooks and a register for 1800. Finally there are also three logs kept by Richard Caley (d 1799), Master's Mate and later Lieutenant, in several ships, 1781 to 1798, including the BLENHEIM at the Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797. Among nineteenth-century logs, numbering over three hundred, are two by Samuel Wise, Master's Mate, on the POLYPHEMUS, 1805 to 1808, which was present at the battle of Trafalgar, 1805; a log by Admiral Sir Augustus William Clifford (1788-1877) as lieutenant in the TIGRE, 1807 to 1809; a log by Lieutenant Thomas Pickering Clarke (fl 1800-1862) on several ships, 1800 to 1807, including a narrative of the Walcheren Expedition, 1809; and a log of Admiral Sir Stephen Lushington (1803-1877) as midshipman on the GANYMEDE, 1818 to 1819. There is also a log of the SPITFIRE, 1835 to 1839, by Robert R Arnott (fl 1834-1839), Assistant Surgeon, together with a rough medical record, 1839; a copy of the log of the VERNON, 1836 to 1837, signed by Captain (later Rear-Admiral) John W M'Kerlie (1774-1848), together with printed sailing reports of the VERNON and a punishment book, 1834 to 1837; and a log of the POLYPHEMUS while engaged in the suppression of the slave trade, 1853 to 1854. Another log of this vessel, 1855 to 1856, kept by Commander (later Captain) Frederic P Warren (d 1891) records her wreck off Jutland on 29 January 1856. Among the volumes relating to the Crimean War there is a log kept by Midshipman (later Captain) Cecil G S Stanley (d 1891), in the ALBION and QUEEN, 1853 and 1855.

Papers of Henry Dundas, consisting of miscellaneous letters and documents relating to Dundas' official career as a naval administrator, 1760 to 1811. A further section was purchased from Madame Elisabeth La Serre in 1976. It consists of letters received between 1794 and 1806, from, among others, Admirals Cornwallis (q.v.), Duncan (q.v.), Orde (q.v.), Keith (q.v.), and Hallowell (q.v.), as well as a number of ship lists.

Papers of Robert Saunders Dundas, consisting of a small collection of letters for the period during which Dundas was First Lord. In addition, there are some papers concerning Lord Cochrane's secret plan of 1812. A further section consists of letters received, 1812 to 1830, from naval officers, including Admirals Sir Charles Rowley (q.v.), Sir David Milne (q. V.), Sir Graham Moore (1764-1843) and Captain Sir George Grey (q. v.).

Papers of Adml Alexander Hook consisting of letters from Bridport to his first and second wives, 1761 to 1799. There are also a number of other letters, including two from Lord Howe, 1787.

Papers of John Dodd Nares, consisting of two logs, 1894 to 1897. and one work book, 1928 to 1932.

Papers of Sir Chaloner Ogle, consisting of commissions 1716 to 1744; a line of battle 1717; some orders received from Vernon 1740; secret instructions 1740; a summons; and letters received.

Records of the General Lying-in Hospital, London, including General Court minute books, 1765-1947; Weekly Board, Committee of Management, and Local Committee minute books, 1776-1955; Committee minute books, 1907-1949; Attendance books, 1889-1953; the Hospital Charter of incorporation, 1830; laws, orders and regulations, 1835-1900; Matron's report books, 1881-1926; Annual Reports, 1879-1947; Annual Medical Reports, 1912 and 1927-1948; Correspondence, 1819-1956; Chaplain's book, 1855-1886; papers regarding the lease and maintenance of the Hospital buildings, including plans and architect's drawings, 1830-1962; papers regarding the maintenance of the Midwives Post-Certificate School at 75/77 Southampton Way and Camden Grove Nurses Home, 1919-1956.

Patient records including Admission registers, 1767-1944; registers of recommendatory letters, 1892-1939; Discharge registers, 1767-1772 and 1817-1859; Admission and discharge register, 1950-1951; Undertaking books (volumes of completed forms for undertakings to remove patients within one month after delivery or death), 1842-1877; affidavit books for single women, 1815-1858 and affidavit books for married women, 1812-1857 (recording oaths sworn by each woman confirming her marital status and the parish of her legal settlement); Midwives day books, 1824-1880; Delivery books, 1828-1877; Registers of baptisms, 1872-1918; Patient statistics, 1852-1971; Register of bookings and deliveries, 1945-1949; Medical Officers' case books, 1827-1947; Medical registers of In-Patients, 1887-1966; Registers of Out-Patients, 1877-1918; Receiving Room registers, 1907-1950; House Physicians' visits to Out-Patients, 1908-1930; Midwives' case books (In-Patients), 1882-1910; Midwives' registers of cases (In-Patients), 1946-1971; examples of case files, 1953-1962; Midwives' registers of cases (Out-Patients), 1910-1970; Baby Clinic case cards, 1954-1967.

Also Midwifery Training Certificates, 1784 and 1818; lecture notebook, 1915; prospectus for training of Pupil Midwives at the General Lying-in Hospital, 1955; registers of pupil nurses and midwives, 1879-1970; registers of staff, 1938-1968; interview record book, 1948-1959; financial accounts, 1800-1955; papers relating to donations and subscriptions, 1796-1955; newspaper cuttings, [1880]-1936; historical notes, publications and exhibition materials, 1884-[1975]; prints and photographs, 1776-1971, including the exterior and interior of the hospital buildings, portraits of staff and photographs of fundraising events.

Records of the Royal Waterloo Hospital, including Governors Minute Books, 1832-1948; Rough Minute Books, 1920-1949; Governors Attendance Books, 1932-1953; Medical Committee Minute Books, 1903-1949; House and Finance Committees Minute Books, 1903-1948; Medical Attendance Books, 1935-1969; Rules and Orders, 1925-1933; Resident Medical Officer's Reports, 1899-1948; Annual Reports, 1822 and 1875-1947; correspondence and drawings relating to Hospital buildings, 1946-1951.

Patient records including In-Patients Admission Registers, 1942-1947 and 1967-1976; Patient Statistics, 1971-1976. Also Matron' Reports, 1912-1946; Matron's Petty Cash Books, 1920-1949; Nursing Staff Registers, 1890-1923; financial accounts, 1903-1961; papers relating to endowments and subscriptions, 1927-1950; scrapbooks containing appeal literature, posters, programmes, invitations, newspaper cuttings, annual reports, agendas for annual courts of governors, correspondence, plans and prints of hospital rules and regulations for patients, staff and probationer nurses, copies of governors' letters of recommendation and other forms, 1874-1917; Friends of the Royal Waterloo Hospital Minute Book, 1948-1954; booklet Sick Children and Women 1816-99. The Origin and Progress of the Royal Hospital for Children and Women, Waterloo Bridge Road, London, 1899; appeal booklet Prince's Meadows or Poverty Corner: Being a Short Account of the Royal Waterloo Hospital for Children and Women, 1907; sixteen photographs of the hospital as rebuilt in 1905, in a souvenir booklet prepared as part of an appeal for funds; and slides, photographs and printing blocks, 1899-1957.

Records of the Saint Thomas' Hospital Medical School including Medical and Surgical School Committee minutes, 1842-1879; Lecturer's Committee minutes, 1910-1922; War Memorial Committee minutes, 1919 - 1932; Medical School Committee agendas, 1905-1910; Saint Thomas' Hospital Medical School and Surgical College prospectuses, 1895-1977; annual lists of students, 1932- 1948; papers relating to new medical school buildings, 1892-1894; papers relating to the apportionment of buildings between the hospital and medical school, 1948-1954 and balance sheets, 1895-1898.

The collection covers many subjects illustrating Florence Nightingale's life and her many interests, 1785-1968. The first part of the collection covers the Crimean War and the wards scenes of the hospitals at Scutari provide a graphic illustration of the improvements made by Miss Nightingale and her nurses. There are many images of Florence Nightingale herself, at various times throughout her life. However authentic likenesses are few, she disliked being photographed and shrank from publicity. Such was her renown that many portraits of her were published based on highly imaginative likenesses.

The bulk of the collection relates to Saint Thomas' Hospital and the Nightingale School and should be used in conjunction with the Saint Thomas' Hospital Photograph and Print Collection. The two collections partly duplicate and partly supplement each other. The hospital buildings are well recorded at Southwark, Surrey Gardens 1862-1871 and at Lambeth from 1871. This collection is also particularly rich in photographs of student nurses studying in the classrooms of Gassiot House and Riddell House, caring for patients on the wards, and relaxing together in their free time.

Special events in the history of the hospital and the Nightingale Training School are well represented. The opening of the hospital on the Lambeth site by Queen Victoria in 1871, the funeral of Florence Nightingale in 1910, the hut wards quickly erected to house wounded soldiers during the First World War, the opening of Riddell House in 1937 and the evacuation of students and staff during the Second World War. There is a series relating to the evacuation hospitals and images of the damage done to the hospital buildings during the blitz. There are also images of many other events and celebrations that took place including sports days, garden parties, royal visits and the building work of the 1960's and 1970's.

Records of Saint Thomas' Church and Parish, including deeds for property in Southwark, including the rectory and church, 1552-1697; testimonial letters from Thomas Ridley, Bishop of Winchester, approving the site of a new cemetery, 1617; financial account book for the Church, 1698-1706; deed of covenant between the President and Governors of Guy's Hospital and the Governors of Saint Thomas' Hospital, regarding a contribution to repairs to Saint Thomas' Church, 1849; papers relating to Episcopal jurisdiction, 1830 - 1875; plans of proposed alterations to the church, 1800s; papers of the Saint Thomas' Church Charity School, 1836-1892; papers regarding amalgamation with Saint Olave's parish, 1872-1898; instructions for the treatment of cholera, 1849 and papers regarding the paving of streets in the parish, 1852-1857.

Records of Saint Thomas' House, Saint Thomas' Hospital, including House Committee Minutes, 1927-1928; inventory of House furniture and fittings, 1928-1938; receipt books for room rentals, 1931-1939; financial accounts, 1927-1947; programme of the opening ceremony, 1927 and invitation to opening of extension, 1959.

Records of the Gordon Hospital, including Management, General, Finance and Executive Committee agendas and minutes, 1884-1948; House Committee agendas, minutes and reports, 1935-1968; Medical Committee minutes, 1899-1967; Vincent Square Laboratories Committee minutes, 1955-1961; Annual reports, 1885-1947; register of female clerical and paramedical staff, 1920-1950; property records, 1897-1965; registers of patients, 1937-1958; admission books, 1937-1949; financial records, 1947-1957; register of members of the Hospital Association, 1922-1947; history of hospital, 1967; photographs of hospital, 1960 and correspondence, cuttings and photographs of 'Pound Day' and post-war re-opening ceremony, 1938-1947.