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SCOTT, Russell (c 1873-1961)
GB 0366 RS · Collection · 1845-1964

Papers of Russell Scott, including correspondence and publications reflecting the wide range of Scott's interests in linguistic unification, Esperanto, Basic English, alphabet reform and simplified spelling, in particular the Kunowski phonetic alphabet 'Sprechspur' or 'Speech-Tracing' and its use in German schools. The papers include newsletters of the Phonetic Alphabet Association, 1955-1961, and associated correspondence; and material relating to George Bernard Shaw's interest in the reformed alphabet movement, including carbons of letters to Shaw, correspondence about his will, press cuttings and publications.

Scott , Russell , c 1873-1961 , teacher and founder of the Phonetic Alphabet Association
MIDDLESEX MAPS AND PLANS
GB 0074 LMA/4188 · Collection · 1799-1823

Collection of plans and prints; mainly of lands in Tottenham and Edmonton. Some show detailed Manors with individual field names.

Various.
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL
ACC/1409 · Collection · [1912]-1952

London County Council register of tramway track lengths, recording description and lengths of route, street length, track length and remarks, such as "conversion to trolleybus", "abandoned" and so on, [1912-1952], with enclosures: photocopy of map of tramways in the London County Council area, revised to 1931; and diagrams of track lengths in Leyton and Hammersmith.

LCC , London County Council x London County Council
GB 0120 MSS.3074-3077 · Collection · 1818

Emily Jermyn papers, 1818, comprising: 'Botanic etymology, or an attempt to derive from their original language, and to explain the names and terms, generic and specific, used in the Science of Botany: and to determine from such sources their proper and correct prosody. With short biographical notices of such eminent persons whose names have been honored in their adaption to plants: and many anecdotes ... relating to their cultivations, properties and uses. Author's holograph MSS. An exhaustive work which must have involved enormous labour: it is unpublished.' Produced in Sibton (Suffolk).

Jermyn , Emily Harriott , 1793-1824
GB 1446 MS 6 · Collection · 1839-1871

Vocabulary of the Indigenous Australian dialect, Wiradhuri, collected by James Günther, 1839, including notes on grammar, added by Günther, in 1840 and 24 Aug 1871.

Günther , James , fl 1839-1871 , clergyman
GB 1446 MS 12 · Collection · [late 19th century]

Grammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea, including grammar notes, Gouin exercises and translations and Binandele-English and English-Binandele dictionaries.

Unknown
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 1446 MS 47 · Collection · c 1908-1911

Papers of Mary Edith Durham, c 1908-1911, comprise notes (original and abstracted) on folklore, history, and linguistics including sketches. The collection includes studies of Albania focusing on folklore, 'Early people of the Balkan peninsula', the study of the Albanian language and includes some photographs within some booklets.

Durham , Mary Edith , 1863-1944 , Balkan traveller and author
GB 1446 MS 5 · Collection · 1841

Manuscript notebook containing a vocabulary list of a number of African languages, chiefly Hausa, written by John Clarke in Fernando Po, 1841.

Clarke , John , fl 1841-1854 , Baptist missionary
CITY OF LONDON
GB 0074 ACC/1236 · Collection · 1850-1899

Notebook containing extracts from various City of London records.

Unknown.