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GB 0117 MS 366 · sub-fonds · 1661-1709

A series of volumes containing additional papers read before, or collected by the Royal Society and others not entered into the Classified Papers series.

Various
CLC/B/005/AL04 · sub-fonds · 1808-1968

Business records of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company comprising fire and life policies, and receipts.

Eagle Insurance Co Albion Fire and Life Assurance Co
CLC/B/005/AL01 · sub-fonds · 1805-1843

Corporate records of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company comprising deeds and Act of Parliament.

Eagle Insurance Co Albion Fire and Life Assurance Co
CLC/B/005/AT04 · sub-fonds · 1924

Business records of the Allied Traders Insurance Company comprising fire policy proposal.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions Allied Traders Insurance Co
CLC/B/005/AT01 · sub-fonds · 1920-1929

Corporate records of the Allied Traders Insurance Company including memorandum and articles of association, board of directors' meeting minutes, annual general meeting shorthand notes and report, annual reports and accounts, amalgamation papers and agreement, liquidators' papers and report.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions Allied Traders Insurance Co
CLC/B/005/AT03 · sub-fonds · 1920-1927

Financial and accounting records of the Allied Traders Insurance Company including journal, private ledger, and liquidator's report.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions Allied Traders Insurance Co
CLC/B/005/AT05 · sub-fonds · 1888-1932

Premises records of Allied Traders Insurance Company, comprising deeds and correspondence relating to 1 Gordon Place and 43 Nicholas Street.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions Allied Traders Insurance Co
CLC/B/005/AT02 · sub-fonds · 1920-1925

Shares records of the Allied Traders Insurance Company, comprising register of members.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions Allied Traders Insurance Co
GB 0117 MS 37 · sub-fonds · 1682

An account of the shipwreck of the 'Johanna', commanded by Captain Robert Brown near the Cape of Good Hope on 29 May 1682, and of the subsequent fate of the crew.

Unknown
Andrews, Thomas (1847-1907)
GB 0117 MS 713 · sub-fonds · 1886-1888

Effect of temperature on the strength of railway axles by Thomas Andrews.

Andrews , Thomas , 1847-1907 , industrialist and metallurgist
Anisson, Jean (1642-1740)
GB 0117 MS 80 · sub-fonds · 1783

Papers concerning Jean Anisson and his improvements in printing including a memorandum by Anisson on his new press; an extract from the register of the Academie Royale des Sciences and another memorandum by Anisson, 1783.

Anisson , Jean , 1642-1740 , French printer and bookseller
GB 0117 MS 757 · sub-fonds · 1858-1859

Notebooks on experiments on worms, frogs and snails (chemical and electrical) 29 December 1858 to 21 July 1859, with an undated fragment of a letter concerning the health of Mrs Petrie.

Unknown
CLC/B/005/ANG04 · sub-fonds · circa 1950-1961

Business records of Army, Navy and General Assurance Association Limited comprising specimen policies and proposal forms.

Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd Army, Navy and General Assurance Association Ltd x Army and General Assurance Association
CLC/B/005/ANG01 · sub-fonds · 1901-1970

Corporate records of Army, Navy and General Assurance Association Limited, including incorporation certificates; memorandum, articles of association and guarantee agreements; board of directors' minute and agenda books; committee agenda book; annual general meetings: notice, proposed articles and special resolutions passed; annual reports; registers of directors and secretaries; and seal book.

Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd Army, Navy and General Assurance Association Ltd x Army and General Assurance Association
CLC/B/005/ANG02 · sub-fonds · 1901-1970

Shares records of the Army, Navy and General Assurance Association Limited comprising registers of members, share ledgers, registers of transfers, share transactions, share certificates, dividends record, register of directors' shareholdings, annual returns of shareholdings.

Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd Army, Navy and General Assurance Association Ltd x Army and General Assurance Association
GB 0117 MS 57 · sub-fonds · 1585-1596

Astronomical tracts with observations by Tycho Brahe and others including:

  1. Tychonis Brahe observationes cometae AD 1585 (folio 1)
  1. Ejusdem observationes cometae AD 1590 (folio 10)

  2. Ejusdem observationes cometae AD 1596 (folio 18)

  3. Observations astronomiques faites a la ville de Cartagene des Indes par le Colonel Don Juan de Herrara et Sotomayor (accompanied with a letter to Dr Halley, dated Cartgena des Indes 12 July 1723) Several of these observations have since been published in the Memoirs de l'Academie des Sciences de Paris 1729 page 361, 362-363, 367 (Folio 23).

  4. Observationes astronomiques pour la longitude de Cartagene des Indies faites avec le premier satellite de Jupiter l'annee 1723 (Folio 41);

  5. Eclipses Solis et Lunae observatae...in oppido S S Cosmae et DamIani 1719-1726, a P Bonaventura Suarez S J (Folio 44); 7. Immersiones et Emersiones Satellitum Iovis observatae in oppido S S Cosmae et Damiani 1720-1726, a P Bonaventure Suarez S J (Folio 46).

Brahe , Tycho , 1546–1601 , Danish nobleman
and others
GB 0117 MS 807 · sub-fonds · 1921-1922

Letters from the Peruvian Andes, 1921-1922, by Sir Joseph Barcroft.

Barcroft , Sir , Joseph , 1872-1947 , Knight , physiologist
GB 0117 MS 377 · sub-fonds · 1863-1924

Collected papers of William Fletcher Barrett including letters to Barrett with supporting documents by Barrett on scientific interests and some photographs.

Barrett , Sir , William Fletcher , 1844-1925 , Knight , physicist
Bateman, Harry (1882-1946)
GB 0117 MS 746 · sub-fonds · 1880-1904

Papers of Harry Bateman including three notebooks, two (numbered six and seven) containing notes from the lectures of E T Whittaker at Trinity College Cambridge 1903-1904; one containing formulae connected with the Legendre and Bessel functions, with Trinity examination paper 1880 and printed testimonial by Rutherford.

Bateman , Harry , 1882-1946 , mathematician
GB 0117 MS 819 · sub-fonds · 1790

Letter from Sir Charles Blagden to Sir Joseph Banks concerning papers published needing correction, 31 August 1790.

Blagden , Sir , Charles , 1748-1820 , Knight , physician
GB 0117 MS 821 · sub-fonds · [1768-1820]

Papers relating to Charles Blagden and the Blagden family, comprising assorted letters, including letters from Louis Odier, a series of more than a dozen letters from Daniel de la Roche (a fellow student of medicine at Edinburgh and subsequently editor of the Chirurgie section of the 'Encyclopedie Methodique') letters from Thomas Curtis, including descriptions of visits to the surgeon and antiquary William Barrett, and a note from Joseph Banks.
One section of Blagden's diary is also present here comprising of 45 leaves (90 pages) of loose sheets for 1792-1794. There are brief daily notes on visits paid and people he has seen including Joseph Banks, Mr Boswell, Mr Gibbon, Dr Herschel, the Duchess of Devonshire, Mrs Garrick, and many others.
The letters and papers of John Blagden Hale include notes on Matthew Hale; books and manuscripts in his possession as well as correspondence.

Blagden , Sir , Charles , 1748-1820 , Knight , physician
Boon, W R and Hawes, W B
GB 0117 MS 724 · sub-fonds · 1944

Reports to the Medical Research Council by W R Boon and W B Hawes on two processes:

  1. Methods of separation of blood fractions as developed at Harvard Medical School by Dr Cohn

  2. High-vacuum - infra-red drying methods as developed at Samuel Deutsch Serum Center, Chicago, by Dr Sidney O Levinson.

Boon , W R
Hawes , W B
GB 0117 MS 742 · sub-fonds · [1879-1940]

Papers of Alfred Gibbs Bourne including research notes, drawings and water-colour sketches of earthworms.

Bourne , Sir , Alfred Gibbs , 1859-1940 , biologist
GB 0117 MS 762 · sub-fonds · [1944-1968]

Two articles by Frank Philip Bowden entitled: 'A study of the physical and chemical phenomena associated with the rubbing and with the impact of solids' and 'A plan for the study of solids'. Both with various manuscript notes and appendicies, and both documents marked 'confidential' . Undated, but post 1944.

Bowden , Frank Philip , 1903-1968 , physicist and physical chemist
CLC/B/005/BC04 · sub-fonds · 1907 - 1916

Business records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited comprising policies and branch standing orders.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd
CLC/B/005/BC01 · sub-fonds · 1907-1918

Corporate records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited, including board of directors' meeting minutes and agendas, shareholders' meeting and annual general meeting minutes, copy minutes and agreements relating to the sale to Eagle, Star and British Dominions.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd
CLC/B/005/BCN04 · sub-fonds · 1913-1967

Business records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited specimen policy and proposal form; contingency policy with premium receipts; board of trade exemption order; agency application; Agency in Belgium and France: government deposit certificate, accounts, cheque books, agreements and papers; Agency in Australia: agreements and papers.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd
CLC/B/005/BCN01 · sub-fonds · 1919-1971

Corporate records of the reconstituted British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited including certificates of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association, insurance agreements, board of directors' and shareholders' meeting agendas and minutes including annual general meetings, directors' attendance book, annual reports and accounts and related correspondence, registers of directors and secretaries, and seal books.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd
CLC/B/005/BCN02 · sub-fonds · 1919-1970

Shares records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited (reconstituted) comprising registers of members and transfers, transfer ledger, share certificate books and dividend mandates, and registers of directors' shareholdings.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd
CLC/B/005/BC02 · sub-fonds · 1907-1918

Share records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited comprising register of members and share ledger.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd
CLC/B/005/BC06 · sub-fonds · circa 1910

Staff records of British Crown Assurance Corporation Limited comprising employers' handbook.

Eagle, Star and British Dominions British Crown Assurance Corporation Ltd
GB 0117 MS 777 · sub-fonds · 1925

Letters concerning the British Empire Exhibition Committee covering the period January to December 1925.

British Empire Exhibition Committee , Royal Society
CLC/B/005/BN01 · sub-fonds · 1919-1964

Records of the British Northwestern Fire Insurance Company including collected bye-laws, audited and published accounts, and auditors' schedules.

Freehold Fire Insurance Company x Prince Rupert Fire Insurance Company x British Northwestern Fire Insurance Company x Eagle Star Insurance Company of Canada Eagle, Star and British Dominions
GB 0117 MS 739 · sub-fonds · [1971]

Notes compiled by Sir William Paton and F C MacIntosh, and drafts and proofs of the biographical memoir of George Lindor Brown.

Paton , Sir , William Drummond Macdonald , 1917-1993 , pharmacologist MacIntosh , F C
GB 2254 HCV · sub-fonds · 1832-c1966

The collection comprises material and memorabilia of Cardinal Herbert Vaughan, including:
Papers from 1832 to 1903, including pastoral letters and correspondence relating to his acquisition of The Tablet and his notebooks and sermon notes.
Material relating to Vaughan and his family including books by, relating to and about Vaughan, books by and about the Vaughan family, biographical material, books of cuttings from local and national newspapers, collected by Vaughan's Mill Hill neighbour Caroline Hanmer and relating to Vaughan and his work, and other newspaper cuttings.
Artefacts and personal effects such as Vaughan's bishop's hat.
Other material such as material relating to the 1966 centenary of the founding of St Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart for Foreign Missions, and miscellaneous material such as publications on Westminster Cathedral, and information on 18th and 19th century English Catholics.

Publications include bound volumes of mission magazines left by Vaughan, such as: Annals of the Propagation of the Faith (1838-1902) and Illustrated Catholic Missions (a monthly publication that Vaughan helped to found in 1885; incomplete).

Vaughan, Herbert Alfred (1832-1903) Hanmer, Caroline (1868-1903) Vaughan family
CLC/B/005/CT04 · sub-fonds · 1950

Business records of Cattle Traders' Insurance Company Limited comprising specimen policies.

Cattle Traders' Insurance Co Ltd x Cattle Traders' Marine x Shipowners' Security Insurance Co Ltd Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd
CLC/B/005/CT01 · sub-fonds · 1916-1991

Corporate records of Cattle Traders' Insurance Company Limited comprising certificate of incorporation, shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings minutes, annual reports and accounts, audited accounts, registers of directors and secretaries, share ledger, register of transfers, and company seal book.

Cattle Traders' Insurance Co Ltd x Cattle Traders' Marine x Shipowners' Security Insurance Co Ltd Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd
CLC/B/005/CT02 · sub-fonds · 1932-1975

Share records of Cattle Traders' Insurance Company Limited comprising share certificates book, annual return of shareholders, and registers of directors' shareholdings.

Cattle Traders' Insurance Co Ltd x Cattle Traders' Marine x Shipowners' Security Insurance Co Ltd Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd
GB 0117 MS 87 · sub-fonds · 1643

Copy of the Will of William Chillingworth from the copy in the Perogative Court of Canterbury, 2 November 1643. Inserted at the front is a letter from Chillingworth on theological subjects.

Chillingworth , William , 1602-1644 , theologian
GB 0117 MS 809 · sub-fonds · 1899

'Records and recollections' by Arthur Herbert Church, published in Gloucester: John Bellows 1940. Number 4 of 40 copies with 4 photographs and obituaries.

Church , Sir , Arthur Herbert , 1834-1915 , Knight , chemist
CLC/B/005/CLN01 · sub-fonds · 1956-1986

Records of the City of London Insurance Company Limited comprising board of directors' minute book, annual reports and statements of account and correspondence regarding sale of shares.

City of London Insurance Co Ltd Eagle Star Insurance Co Ltd
CLC/B/005/CL07 · sub-fonds · 1853-1858

Records of City of London Life Assurance relating to acquisitions and mergers, comprising Absolute: agreement, Achilles: papers relating to amalgamation, County Mutual: directors' deed of indemnity, Deposit and General: directors' deeds of arrangement, Observer: agreement and policy papers.

Eagle Insurance Co City of London Life Assurance
CLC/B/005/CL04 · sub-fonds · 1846-1859

Business records of City of London Life Assurance comprising policy papers, propectuses, and agency appointment papers.

Eagle Insurance Co City of London Life Assurance
CLC/B/005/CL05 · sub-fonds · 1857

Premises records of City of London Life Assurance comprising an assignment of lease.

Eagle Insurance Co City of London Life Assurance