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WOLLEY FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/0611 · Collection · 1822-1930

Records of the Wolley family of Clifton, Bristol, including diaries and notebooks of Thomas Lamplugh Wolley, including account of travels in Europe visiting Germany, Belgium, France and Italy, and account of military service; family letters; financial accounts; and genealogical notes.

Wolley , family , of Clifton, Bristol
GB 0074 F/WLM · Collection · 1921-1947

Diaries of Herbert M Willmott, covering his work in India, 1921-1923; his retirement including travels in France, Switzerland, Italy, Greece, Yugoslavia, Germany, Belgium and Austria, 1923-1939; and life in war-time Kensington, 1939-1947.

Willmott , Herbert M , 1869-1951 , engineer
GB 0402 SDW · Collection · 1866-1892

Copies of the travel journals of Sir David Wedderburn, 1866-1892, including Vol 1: 1866, United States, Canada, Atlantic passages; Vol 1A: 1868, Ireland; 1873, France, Germany, Luxembourg; Vol 2: 1869, Hungary, Turkey, Syria, Palestine, Egypt; Vol 3: 1870-1871, France, Spain, Gibraltar; 1873, Algeria; Vol 3A: 1871-1872, France, Switzerland, Italy; Vol 3B: 1872-1873 Austria, Channel Islands; Vol 4: 1874, Ceylon. Australia; Vol 5: 1874, Australia, and New Zealand; Vol 6: (Missing); Vol 7: 1876-1877 India; Vol 8: 1877-1878, Ceylon, Java, China, Japan; Vol 9: 1877, Japan and USA, June 1878 Iceland; Vol 10: 1878 Denmark, Russia, Greece, Italy: Vol 11: 1880, Brittany, Ireland, Russia, Pyrenees; Vol 12: 1881-1882 South Africa and a 'Life Sketch' of Sir David Wedderburn 1835-1882, by D A Percival.

Wedderburn , Sir , David , 1835-1882 , 3rd Baronet , MP
GB 0074 CLC/508 · Collection · 1878-1892

Personal papers of Reverend Charles John Todd, navy chaplain, comprising certificates of ordination as a deacon and priest, 1878-79; commission as a Navy chaplain, 1881; letters written home from Navy ships from Zanzibar, Suez, Sudan, India, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and Japan; diaries and notebooks describing hunting expeditions in Ceylon and East Africa; diary of a diplomatic mission to King John of Abyssinia [Ethiopia], 1884; newspaper cuttings; photographs of Todd; and a description of Todd's Navy service, 1976.

Todd , Reverend , Charles John , fl 1878-1936 , clergyman and Navy chaplain
Stafford Collection
GB 0369 STF · Collection · Aug-Sep 1934

Bound typewritten journal subtitled 'The trivial record of a journey taken in 1934 by way of Nürnberg, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Cracow and the free city of Danzig with 94 illustrations'.

Stafford's journal gives detailed impressions of his first flight, the places that he and his wife visited in Central Europe, the people they met, as well as occasionally giving his opinions on the political situation. He writes that 'we packed more into twenty-four days than our elders would advise'. The journal includes 94 photographs taken using a 2A folding Brownie camera.

Stafford , Nicholas , b [1900] , literary agent
GB 0120 GC/25 · Collection · 1872-1964

Louisa Martindale collection, 1872-1964. The collection consists of Section A: a little personal correspondence, papers, articles, speeches and lectures by Louisa Martindale, and some personal material including notes on the glaucoma which eventually blinded her, 1872-1960; and Section B: papers concerning the Medical Women's International Association (founded 1919) of which Miss Martindale was President from 1937 to 1947. As well as her own correspondence in this capacity, 1937-1946, there is one file of the correspondence of Mme Montreuil-Strauss, Secretary of the Medical Women's International Association at his period. (Louisa Martindale destroyed the vast bulk of her case records at the time of her retirement from practice around 1950, those remaining were destroyed by her executors after her death).

Martindale , Louisa , 1872-1966 , surgeon
LEGGE FAMILY
GB 0074 F/LEG · Collection · 1770-1885

Records of the Legge family, earls of Dartmouth, including letters to the Countess of Dartmouth (Lady Frances Legg?) from her children and family members, 1809-1836; letters from Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, and her household, 1828-1856 (Lady Caroline Legg was lady-in-waiting to the Duchess); general family letters, 1820-1856; diaries and travel diaries (Italy and Germany) of Lady Caroline Legg, 1815-1836; papers of Lt Col Edward Legge including correspondence, travel diaries (Switzerland, Crimea, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Germany, France, Italy), 1853-1877; military notes, army diary and papers concerning service in the Coldstream Guards, 1855-1875, note books and memoranda books, undated; papers taken from Afghan commander Ayub Khan's camp at Kandahar, 1880.

The collection also includes notes on the history of the Legge family, some letters and scrap-books relating to other members of the family; and other papers relating to Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, including letters to her from Queen Victoria, Leopold King of the Belgians, and the Duke of Wellington, 1839-1841.

Legge , family , Earls of Dartmouth
GB 1556 WL 1077 · Collection · 1939

Papers of Hamburg-Amerika linie, 1939, comprise of a notice from the Breslau office of the Hamburg Amerika Linie, travel company, regarding sailings and prices for illegal emigration to Palestine.

Hamburg-Amerika linie
GENERAL
GB 0074 ACC/2668 · Collection · 186-

Agreement to arrange foreign travel, c. 1860; stating that voiturier Richard will take a family through France from Calais to Nice; giving details and charges for services to be provided. The booking was to be in advance at White Bear Coach Office, 221 Piccadilly.

Unknown
GB 1446 MS 42 · Collection · 1900-1936

Papers of Mary Edith Durham, 1900-1936, comprise notebooks mainly concerning journeys in the Balkans which include sketches, photos, postcards of places including Ostrog, Podgorica and Scutari.The notebooks also contain inserts including a coloured cartoon from Papaghan, Constantinople and notes, letter and draft of a 'Petition to the Powers'.

Durham , Mary Edith , 1863-1944 , Balkan traveller and author
GB 1446 MS 41 · Collection · 1900-1914

Papers of Mary Edith Durham, 1900-1914, comprise 'My Balkan notebook' which comprises detailed drawings, photographs and notes relating to her experience in the Balkans, these include 'Primitive implements', a notebook depicting boats, hearths, buildings in various Balkan districts, costumes, buildings in Serbia; notebook with Sun and moon designs, tattoos, graves in Bosnia and Albania, buildings, costumes, war mutilations in Montenegro and notebook concerning Albania depicting tribes, costumes, buildings.

Durham , Mary Edith , 1863-1944 , Balkan traveller and author
GB 0074 CLC/038 · Collection · 1925-1938

Records of the British Friendly Society, comprising accounts, annual reports and accounts, and receipts for money advanced to British citizens in need.

British Friendly Society , Hamburg, Germany
BODDINGTON FAMILY
GB 0074 CLC/426 · Collection · 1639-1766

Papers of the Boddington family of London, including commonplace book; memorandum book (including notes on travel in the Levant, 1712-25); journals and correspondence.

Boddington , family , of London