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Architects drawings and notes relating to work in Battersea: sketches and specifications for work in St Saviour's Church Hall, Battersea Park Road, 1962 and St Mary's church, Battersea, 1937-1951.

Papers of Ebenezer Cooke, mainly printed, including published articles and papers on the teaching of art and design; ephemera concerning Cooke's involvement with the International Art Congress for the Development of Drawing and Art Teaching and the Education Society; notes taken at lectures, including on physiology, 1869, and on a course of lectures given by James Sully on 'Art and Vision' in 1880; report book [possibly belonging to Ben M Jones of the Diocesan Training College, Chester] with criticisms of lessons given by various teachers, including on their use of illustrative drawings, 1900-1901; papers relating to the London County Council Report of the Conference on the Teaching of Drawing in Elementary and Secondary Schools and Training Colleges, 1907-1909. The collection also includes timed drawings done by elementary school pupils at Station Road Girls' School, Highbury, London in 1897, other examples of art work done by children, and a small amount of correspondence.

Records of Cowell, Drewett and Wheatley, architects, 1889-1912. The records are plans and drawings of alterations and additions to the following churches: Holy Trinity, Chelsea; Saint Augustine's, Kilburn; and Saint Peter, Ealing.

Records of Cowell, Drewitt and Wheatley, architects, comprising ground plan of Saint Peter, Ealing, and drawing of brass altar cross from the same church, 1912.

Records of architects Cubitt Nichols, Sons and Chuter, comprising plans and drawings of shops and offices, mainly on Glasshouse Street, Brewer Street and Air Street, 1902-1918.

Records of Fowler and Sutton, architects, 1899-1935. The records are plans, elevations, drawings and photographs of several churches, vicarages and parochial halls in South London that the firm worked on, including:

• Proposed new church and hall, Saint Faith, Sunray Avenue, Herne Hill, Camberwell
• Parochial hall of Saint Giles Camberwell in Brunswick Grove
• Parochial hall of Saint Paul, Herne Hill, Camberwell
• Church of the Epiphany, Stockwell, Lambeth
• Church, parochial hall, etc. of Saint Hilda Crofton Park, Lewisham
• Vicarage and parochial hall of Saint Mark, Clarendon Rise, Lewisham
• Church of Saint John, Larcom Street, Walworth, Southwark
• Sunday school and Church club of Saint Stephen, Villa Street, Walworth, Southwark
• Proposed new church of Saint John the Divine, Garratt Lane, Earlsfield, Wandsworth
• Church of Saint Paul Furzedown, Wandsworth
• Parochial hall of Saint Paul Furzedown
• Vicarage of Saint Paul Furzedown
• Church of Saint Nicholas Plumstead, Woolwich
• Parochial hall of Saint Nicholas Plumstead
• Vicarage of Saint Nicholas Plumstead
• Parochial hall of Saint James, Moore Park, Fulham

Records of Hodgson Fowler, architects, 1892-1920. The records consist of plans of the following London churches: Saint Barnabas, Dulwich; All Saints, Newington; All Saints, Notting Hill and Saint Columb, Notting Hill. Where these firms were responsible for the initial building or for extensive alterations, a full ground plan and elevation of the church is given.

Architectural sketch and notebooks of Richard Kelsey, architect, containing annotated designs for, and sketches of, houses, theatres, prisons, bridges and sewers; plans and elevations of existing buildings by other architects, ancient and modern; drawings of medieval funeral effigies; extracts from writers on architecture and history; accounts for work done for customers; estimates; accounts for materials and workmen employed; and miscellaneous unrelated memoranda.

This collection consists of architectural drawings (on paper) of Kneller Hall, Twickenham, by George Mair, 1844-1848. The drawings of both First and Second Series bear the signatures: 'J.P. Kay Shuttleworth' and 'John Kelk'. In addition to the signatures all the drawings bear, in Kay-Shuttleworth's hand and following his signature, a date: 'Feb. 8. 1848' in the case of the First Series, and 'June 17 1848' in the case of Second Series. All the drawings bear, near Mair's inscription, the number 51/1844, which is perhaps his commission number or 'job number'. Moreover, all the drawings bear a circular stencilled stamp reading '1861 R.E. Office London' enclosing a number (either 6, 7, or 12).

Drawings in the First Series are all scaled 1 inch to 10 ft. They are all signed; 'Geo. Mair, architect, 18 Charlotte Street, Bedford Sq, London'. Most have original legends which contain clear indication that they relate to proposed alterations to an existing building. Drawings include: basement plan; ground plan; first floor plan; second floor plan; plan of roofs; entrance elevation; back elevation and side elevation.

Drawings of the Second Series show a very substantially altered building as compared with that depicted in the First Series. They are all signed: 'Geo. Mair, archt., May 1848'. Drawings include: plan of footing and drains; basement plan; ground plan; first floor plan; second floor plan; plan of roofs; north elevation; east elevation; west elevation showing additional buildings over the offices; transverse section C-D on plans and longitudinal section A-B.

Minutes and notes of the judging panel of the Mother Goose Award, 1978-1986 (Clodagh Corcoran, Shirley Hughes, Jane Little, Colin McNaughton, Fiona Waters, Sally Grindley, Jan Ormerod, Kathleen Gribble).

Consists of records of the administrative, legal, curatorial and educational functions of the Royal Architectural Museum (RAM). Includes minute books of the Museum's committees and sub-committees, 1851-1904, and subscription lists, 1889-1902. Also comprises of legal documentation regarding the Museum's incorporation, 1888-1893; correspondence relating to royal patronage, 1869-1901; correspondence and documentation relating to the winding up of the RAM and the vesting of its property in the Architectural Association (AA), 1901-1903; correspondence, legal opinions and documentation regarding the sale of the RAM building to the National Lending Library for the Blind, 1915-1916, and property leases, agreements and insurance for the RAM premises and collections, 1869-1913. Curatorial records are also held, including correspondence relating to acquisitions, 1914; published textual and photographic material, including a catalogue and descriptive guides promoting the Museum's collections, 1855-1884; correspondence and listings dealing with the dispersal of the RAM collections to the Victoria and Albert Museum and Exeter Cathedral, 1915-1921. The educational function of the RAM is also recorded in the minutes of the Westminster School of Art (WSA) committee, 1875-1901, together with printed material, including prospectuses, [c.1851]-1852, advertising and promoting the associated School for Art Workmen. In addition, correspondence relating to the WSA's relationship with the Department of Science and Art is held, 1888-1889.

The Special Collections fonds comprises four important collections of graphic material: prints and maps from the Guildhall Library; Ordnance Survey maps; the photograph library and a collection of prints.

The Guildhall Library Prints and Maps collection is a diverse collection of graphic material relating to the City of London and surrounding areas, 1553-2008; including prints, sketches, drawings, engravings, etchings, panoramas, photographs and lantern slides of various subjects including streets and buildings, Second World War bomb damage, churches, people, City of London Corporation personnel and events including the Lord Mayor, statues and memorials, the Thames, and markets. Also maps, plans and surveys of London and surrounding counties, London streets, parish boundaries, railways, tramways, and sewers. With a collection of ephemeral items including posters, bills, cuttings, printed menus, invitations, exhibition ephemera, playing cards, trade cards, booksellers' labels, satires, and theatre playbills and programmes.

Ordnance Survey maps of Kent, 1894-1939; London, 1848-1940; and Middlesex, 1863-1914.

The prints collection is arranged by area of London, including views of streets and buildings in Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Battersea, Chelsea, Camberwell, City of London, Deptford, Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Holborn, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth, Lewisham, Paddington, Poplar, Shoreditch, Saint Marylebone, Stoke Newington, Saint Pancras, Stepney, Southwark, Wandsworth, Tower of London, Westminster, and Woolwich; 1508-1988.

The photograph library, 1890-1986, includes photographs of streets organised by borough, including Barking and Dagenham, Barnet, Bexley, Brent, Bromley, Camden, Hammersmith and Fulham, City of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond, Southwark, Sutton, Tower Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth and Westminster. Also photographs of subjects including London County Council and Greater London Council personnel, buildings and services; parks; statues; events and visits; important buildings; schools and educational services; rivers; fountains; industrial sites; healthcare services; museums; almshouses; lodging houses; youth clubs; social problems; docks; transport; churches and chapels; emergency services; libraries; restaurants and public houses.

Papers of James Alfred Yates. A large part of the material consists of documents and notes gathered by Ruby Yates, in preparation for the article published in the Mariner's Mirror. The article, "From wooden walls to dreadnaughts in a lifetime" was based on Yates' "Memories" and other manuscripts, which his daughter, Ruby, found amongst his papers. The papers include autobiographical material, notebooks, transcripts of talks, correspondence, certificates, ephemera and printed books.