Correspondence, 1905-1984, of Maurice Cole, pianist and former student of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, relating to musical matters, particularly concert performances.
Sans titreVarious papers relating to education and educational establishments, 1759-1995, including papers regarding educational committees; reports, bills and acts of parliament regarding education; papers relating to charitable schemes to provide education to the poor; financial papers and deeds from the City of London Corporation School, 1759-1850; publications regarding the history of Morden College; papers relating to Reformatory Schools, 1867-1896; brochures and leaflets and general administrative papers relating to various schools and colleges.
Sans titreAdministrative records of St Thomas's Hospital, 1580-1894, including reports, staffing information, petitions, leases and legal papers.
Sans titreRecords of the London Workhouse, 1662-1847, including lists of children in the workhouse, petitions, committee minutes and reports, orders of Common Council regarding the workhouse, financial accounts and inventories. Also histories of the workhouse, 1986.
Sans titreRecords pertain to the management of Epping Forest by the City of London Corporation.
The collection includes records which detail the City of London Corporation's statutory responsibilities in administering the forest (including bills and acts of parliament, legal cases, bye-laws and the election of verderers); administrative records (including Superintendent's correspondence, committee papers, forest keepers' diaries and reports and information relating to licences and land alterations); financial records (including annual accounts, ledgers of income and expenditure and cash books); staff records (including wages books and staff registers); records concerning the museum at Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge (including visitors books, research and interpretation materials and documents collected for their historical interest); printed materials (books, leaflets, posters and invitations produced both by the City of London and other organisations connected with Epping Forest); visual material (including photographs, postcards and slides); maps and plans.
The collection is particularly rich in visual material (see CLA/077/G) with photographs and slides covering the period 1880 to 2007.
Records of particular interest include: incoming and outgoing letters to the Superintendent comprehensively cover an 82 year period from 1880 to 1962 (CLA/077/B/01; CLA/077/B/02; CLA/077/B/03; CLA/077/B/15) . These letters illuminate many aspects of the history of the forest including forest management decisions, land-use changes and the relationship between forest staff and local residents and the central role played by the Superintendent.
Those researching individuals may be interested in the staff records for example, staff registers (CLA/077/D/03) and wages books (CLA/077/D/01) as well as the records kept by Forest Keepers (CLA/077/B/07 and CLA/077/B/08).
Sans titreThis collection contains material relating to Sir Michael Savory's years as Lord Mayor of the City of London, (1984-2005); Sheriff (1996-2003); Alderman (1893-2005) and Common Councillor (1992-1995). It also contains material relating to his work with the Britain-Austrailia Bicentennial Trust (1988-2005) and HSBC's "HSBC in the Community" programme (2000-2002). There is also some material relating to his personal life (1996-2005).
Records of particular interest are those relating to Michael Savory's mayoral year. There is a complete set of day files (CLA/081/A/03) documenting the events he attended; a large number of photographs (CLA/081/A/06) and files relating to his many visits, mostly overseas (CLA/A/04). The collection illustrates the preparation for the mayoral year and the planning involved in various activities and events (CLA/081/A/01). Press clippings (CLA/081/A/05) and the electronic records (CLA/081/A/07) illustrate the public side of the Lord Mayor.
The collection also includes aspects of Sir Michael's shrieval year and mainly contains a selection of day files (CLA/081B/02) illustrating events attended. Papers and correspondence relate to major events (CLA/B/01) like the presentation of the shrieval chain.
Sans titreBusiness records of the Albion Fire and Life Assurance Company comprising fire and life policies, and receipts.
Sans titrePremises records of Allied Traders Insurance Company, comprising deeds and correspondence relating to 1 Gordon Place and 43 Nicholas Street.
Sans titreCorporate 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.
Sans titreBusiness 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.
Sans titreRecords of the British Northwestern Fire Insurance Company including collected bye-laws, audited and published accounts, and auditors' schedules.
Sans titreRecords 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.
Sans titreRecords 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.
Sans titreBusiness records of Cattle Traders' Insurance Company Limited comprising specimen policies.
Sans titreShares records of Eagle Insurance Company including returns of shareholders and assignees of shares; receipts for shares; Fenn and Crosthwaite monthly list; and statutory returns.
Sans titrePremises records of Eagle Insurance Company including notes and advert relating to 79 Pall Mall; subscription book for prints of portraits; draft notes relating to properties in London and sale particulars for property in Middlesex.
Sans titreStaff records of Eagle Insurance Company including working papers of Charles Jellicoe, Henry Porter Smith and Francis Ernest Colenso.
Sans titrePremises records of Eagle Star Insurance Company, including papers, correspondence, plans and photographs relating to office premises, branches in England and Scotland, and property investments.
Sans titreFinancial and accounting records of English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Association Limited including ledger, schedule of assets, actuary's and directors' committee's reports.
Sans titreBusiness records of English and Scottish Law Life Assurance Association Limited including policy registers, individual policies and related papers, prospectuses and related papers, rate book and tables, fund accounts, letter book and reports, fire policy, report on the desirability of undertaking employers' liability business, calendars and diary, agents' commission rates, overseas reports, Life Offices Association annual reports, papers relating to position of life offices and income tax, papers relating to London United Tramways Limited, general manager's cutting and documents for information.
Sans titreCorporate records of Fred Haigh and Company Limited comprising memorandum and articles of association, board of directors' minute book.
Sans titreCorporate records of Fred Haigh and Company Limited comprising register of members, with transfers.
Sans titreCorporate records of Liverpool Reversionary Company Limited including board of directors' draft and signed minutes, audited accounts, register of directors and secretaries, and file relating to corporate exemption under Moneylenders Act.
Sans titreShares records of Liverpool Reversionary Company Limited including share ledgers and registers of members and share certificates.
Sans titreCorporate records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited including indemnity agreement with Navigators' and Engineer Officers' Union; minutes of the board of directors' and joint managing directors' meetings; investment committee minutes; minute books of shareholders' meetings and annual general meetings with annual reports and accounts, and related correspondence; annual reports and accounts; registers of directors and secretaries, board of directors' correspondence; and seal book.
Sans titreShares records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited including register of members and share ledgers; register of transfers; share transactions; share certificates book; register of directors' shareholdings; notice and letter relating to EGM.
Sans titreBusiness records of Navigators and General Insurance Company Limited including proposal forms and flyer, specimen policies and related papers, policies issued, printed books and booklets, agency appointment, notes for brokers and agents, posters, advertisements, showcard and exhibition flyer, photograph illustrating salvage operations, and brochure about a boatyard near Ely.
Sans titreBusiness records of Palladium Life Assurance Society including propectuses; life instruction book; proposals; re-registrations of judgements on Irish cases; contents of 'Box 1299, including stamped letters, prospectuses, proposal forms, receipts, copies of Post Magazine, letter books and other papers; newspaper reports and papers relating to 'Box 1299'; and advertisement.
Sans titreFinancial records of Publishers and General Insurance Company Limited including general ledger, and preparation of annual accounts.
Sans titreBusiness records of Publishers and General Insurance Company Limited comprising specimen policies.
Sans titreShares records of Philatelic Insurances Limited including register of members and directors, with transfers; share transactions; share certificate counterfoils; and register of directors' shareholdings.
Sans titreCorporate records of Premier Motor Policies Limited including board of directors' minute books and agenda papers; auditors' final accounts and reports to directors; audited accounts, with annual reports; photographs, and motor show dinner programme.
Sans titreShares records of Premier Motor Policies Limited including combined register, directors, secretaries and members; and directors' shareholdings.
Sans titreCorporate records of Sceptre Life Association Limited including board of directors minutes, reports of proceedings at annual general meetings, and annual reports and accounts.
Sans titreCorporate records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including deeds of settlement; acts of parliament; Board of directors: minutes and agendas, resolutions and presented papers; annual general meeting minutes; annual reports and quinquennial valuations; lists of directors, trustees and secretary; death and burial certificates; notes on memorials related to the Chubb family; statutory declaration and related papers; deed and conveyance of assets; key register for strongroom and seal keys; and papers relating to amalgamation.
Sans titreRecords of Star Life Assurance Society Limited relating to acquisitions and mergers including papers and press cuttings relating to proposed mergers; and prospectuses and proposals of other companies.
Sans titreCorporate records of Star Assurance Society Limited including memorandum and articles of association, signed agreements with related correspondence, and register of sealed documents.
Sans titreBusiness records of Star Assurance Society Limited comprising specimen policy: Fine Arts.
Sans titreCorporate records of Theatres Mutual Insurance Company Limited including memorandum and articles of association; board of directors' minute and agenda books; historical note regarding company; annual reports and statements of account; extraordinary general meeting correspondence and notices; registers of directors, members and secretaries; candidature of Emile Littler; papers relating to anniversary lunch arrangements; seal books; and papers relating to amalgamation.
Sans titreFinancial records of Theatres Mutual Insurance Company Limited including papers relating to war bonds and cash book.
Sans titreMinutes of the Central London Sick Asylum Board of Management, 1868-1914; minutes of Committees including the Finance Committee, Cleveland Street Asylum Visiting Committee, Hendon Asylum Visiting Committee and Special Committees, 1868-1914; financial records, 1868-1914; Local Government Board orders, 1871-1913 and correspondence, 1877-1912.
Cleveland Street Asylum registers of admission and discharge, 1875-1915, creed, 1875-1915, births, 1902-1915, deaths, 1875-1915 and burials, 1877-1915.
Highgate Infirmary and Asylum registers of admission and discharge, 1870-1883, creed, 1870-1883 and deaths, 1870-1883.
Hendon Asylum registers of admission and discharge, 1900-1917.
Sans titreCollection of historical research notes on the topography of the counties of Kent and Oxfordshire, by John Dunkin.
Sans titreTwo diaries of the Reverend C Wilfred Howard.
Sans titreThe monumental inscriptions and armorial bearings in the churches within the City of London, a five volume work by Arthur Jewers, compiled for the Library Committee of the City of London, 1910-1919. Includes transcripts of monumental and other inscriptions in the churches, with drawings (many coloured) of armorial bearings, and extracts from wills and other genealogical notes about the persons and families commemorated. Also correspondence with the Library Committee relating to the preparation of the work, 1910-1919, and Library Committee report, 1924.
Sans titreBoundary marks of City of London parishes and some parishes in Westminster, Middlesex and Southwark: research notes, photographs and drawings made by Leonard Maguire, 1950s-1970s.
Sans titrePapers relating to the history of the church and parish of Saint Peter upon Cornhill, including transcripts of documents, research notes and collectanea.
Sans titreTranscript of the parish registers of Thaxted, Essex, including baptisms 1558-1812 and marriages 1538-1754.
Sans titreRecords of the Corn Meter's Office, including lists of ships and barges entering the Port of London, giving description of the ship and the quantity of grain; Committee minute books and order books; amount of the grain weighed and certified by meters; account books for grain duty and metage; amount of grain weighed and measured entering the Port of London; names of the master corn meters; and papers relating to the Corn Meters Provident Fund.
Sans titreRecords of the City of London Police; comprising police rate books for each ward, 1906-1907; and precept from the Lord Mayor to ensure that ward constables and other personnel are prepared for Lord Mayor's Day, 1779.
Sans titrePapers of the Court of Aldermen of the Corporation of London, including cases relating to constables, 1748-1784; extracts from proceedings of the Court of Aldermen, 1532 and 1631; and documents relating to the swearing in (and discharge from) the office of alderman of the ward of Farringdon Within of Thomas Polhill, 1669.
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