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GB 1538 S23 · 1948

Leaflet printed in England in 1948 by the Indian office of Allen & Hanburys Ltd, advertising a head extractor for use in performing the lower segment caesarean section as devised by Bryan C Murless, FRCOG, of Durban.

Allen and Hanburys Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/0737 · Collection · 1799-1930

Papers, 1799-1930, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to the Claysmore Estate, including two documents relating to New River, 1821 and 1864.

Allen and Overy Limited , solicitors
ALLEN AND SON {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/1318 · Collection · 1806-1899

Papers, 1806-1899, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Chiswick and Pinner; and papers of the Sadler family. Papers include copies of court rolls, deeds of covenants, releases and probate of wills.

Allen and Son , solicitors
Allen Papers
GB 0103 ALLEN · 1895-1984

Papers of George Allen, 1895-1984, including photographs of industrial processes in the Midlands (1920s); papers submitted to the Greene Committee on mining wages in 1942 (1926-1940); memoranda for the Monopolies Commission, including surveys for the Board of Trade (1944-1953); papers relating to Allen's wartime work on both British and Japanese economic matters, 1940-1944; papers relating to Allen's writings, in articles, lectures, and books, mostly on the Japanese economy (c1923-c1982) and papers, correspondence, etc of a more personal nature, including correspondence with Sir William Ashley (c1895-c1984).

Allen , George Cyril , 1900-1982 , economic historian
Allen, Benjamin (1663-1738)
GB 0114 MS0036 · 1710-1723

Papers of Benjamin Allen, 1710-1723, comprising two manuscript volumes with their original vellum bindings, titled Praxis Medica. Medical observations towards a knowledge and cure of diseases (1710) and Conclusions in several subjects as Anatomy Medicin, Nature, Problems of the State and Accidents of the World (1723). Both contain medical notes; descriptions of diseases; cases notes; natural history information; and astronomical information.

Allen , Benjamin , 1663-1738 , physician and naturalist
GB 0102 PP MS 20 · Created 1898-1977

Working papers of John Willoughby Tarleton Allen, 1898-1978 and undated, the bulk dating from 1957-1978, including correspondence, 1963-1977; papers on Swahili culture, poetry and customs, 1903-1978 and undated; papers relating to the Danish Volunteer Training Society, including language instruction, 1969-1973, and Britain Tanzania Society, 1974-1977; published articles by Allen and others, 1898, 1970 and undated; undated photocopies of various Arabic manuscripts; tape recordings of literary performances; microfilms of Swahili material.

Allen , James Willoughby Tarleton , 1904-1979 , anthropologist and linguist
GB 0099 KCLMA Allenby · Created 1881-1950, 1955

Papers relating to his life and career, 1881-1936, including letters to his family, 1890-1922, notably covering his service in UK, 1890-1896, and South Africa, 1899-1902, including operations around Colesberg, Dec 1899-Jan 1900, relief of Kimberley, Feb 1900, Battle of Diamond Hill, Jun 1900, and operations in Transvaal and Orange Free State, 1900-1902, on Western Front, 1914-1917, including the first battle of Ypres, Oct-Nov 1914, Battle of Arras, Apr 1917, and in Palestine and Egypt, 1917-1922, including third Battle of Gaza, Oct-Nov 1917, capture of Jerusalem, Dec 1917, Battle of Megiddo, Sep 1918, and fall of Damascus, Oct 1918; correspondence relating to Allenby's role as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1919-1925, including telegrams exchanged by Allenby and the Rt Hon (Joseph) Austen Chamberlain, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, over Nevile Meyrick Henderson's appointment as Minister Plenipotentiary and Allenby's resignation as High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, 1924-1925; manuscript, typescript and printed texts of speeches, lectures and articles, [1929-1936]; newspaper cuttings, 1899-1936, including obituaries of Allenby, 1936; photographs, 1881-1936. Papers collected by Gen Archibald Percival Wavell during the writing of Allenby: a study in greatness (Harrap and Co, London, 1940) and Allenby in Egypt (Harrap and Co, London, 1943) principally comprising correspondence and notes written by Allenby's army colleagues, 1936-1943; notes and letters from Gerald Delany concerning Allenby in Egypt, [1940-1943]; letter from Gen Sir Henry George Chauvel to Director of Australian War Memorial concerning Seven pillars of wisdom by Thomas Edward Lawrence (also known as Thomas Edward Shaw) (Jonathan Cape, London, 1935), 1936, and printed appreciation of Lawrence by Allenby, 1935.

Allenby , Edmund (Henry Hynman) , 1861-1936 , 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo , Field Marshal
ALLEN-COOPER FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/0351 · Collection · 1528-1878

Records of the Allen and Cooper families of Finchley; including family pedigrees; grant of arms; wills; marriage settlements; copies from parish registers; papers relating to family finances; papers relating to property owned by the families; insurance policies; letters; historical research; surveys; papers relating to enclosure; legal papers including Chancery proceedings; and copies from court rolls.

Allen , family , of Finchley Cooper , family , of Finchley
GB 0402 WAL · 1665-1679

Journal of William Alley describing fourteen voyages to India, Malaya and the East Indies in several ships. The typescripts cover most of the journal's text and include material from the records of the East India Company reporting Alley's activities.

Alley , William , fl. 1660-1685 , merchant
GB 0074 CLC/422 · Collection · 1898-1918

Manuscript dictionary catalogue of painters, compiled and written by Thomas Claudius Alleyne. The dictionary comprises vols. 1-19 (there are two parts to vols. 2 and 3). Vol. 20 is a thumb case containing miscellaneous papers.

Alleyne , Thomas Claudius , fl 1898-1918 , writer
GB 0099 KCLMA Allfrey · Created 1928-1947

Memoranda, 1941-1942, circulated to 43 Div by commanders of 12 Corps; transcripts of speeches by Allfrey, 1942-1944; papers relating to the Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943, including operational reports; Italian campaign, 1943-1944, including diaries; miscellaneous papers, 1943-1944, including texts of German propaganda leaflets; miscellaneous correspondence, mainly photocopies, 1942-1944; additional papers copied from scrap album, 1928-1947 including confidential report by Gen Sir Miles Christopher Dempsey, 1947.

Allfrey , Sir , Charles Walter , 1895-1964 , Lieutenant General
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-02 · Collection · 1824-1965

Records of the Alliance Assurance Company Limited, comprising constitutional documents; board minutes and various committee minutes; life policy registers; reports of foreign visits, 1863-1965; agents' instruction books, 1868-1963, and other financial and administrative records.

'Life' material is subject to a 75 year closure period. Other material is subject to a 50 year closure period.

Alliance Assurance Co Ltd x Alliance British and Foreign Life and Fire Assurance Co
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-03 · Collection · 1824-1916

Records of the Alliance Marine Assurance Company, later known as Alliance Marine and General Assurance Company Limited, comprising deeds of settlement, minutes and financial material.

Alliance Marine Assurance Co x Alliance Marine and General Assurance Co Ltd
GB 2107 Allibone · 1934-1979

Reprints of papers of Professor T E Allibone, describing his research, 1934-1979.

Allibone , Thomas Edward , b1903 , physicist and electrical engineer
Allied Airborne Leaflets
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0076 · 1939-1945

Leaflets and magazines dropped over Europe by Allied aircraft based in the United Kingdom:.
Volume 1: Belgian leaflets 1940-1944.
Volume 2: Channel Islands, Czechoslovakian and Danish leaflets 1940-1945.
Volumes 3-4: Dutch leaflets 1940-1944.
Volumes 5-8: French leaflets 1940-1944.
Volumes 9-12: German leaflets 1939-1945.
Volume 13: Italian, Luxembourg, Norwegian, Polish and Slovak leaflets 1940-1944.
Volume 14: Index of the aforementioned volumes.

Foreign Office , Political Intelligence Department
GB 0074 LMA/4433 · Collection · 1759-1991

Records of Ind Coope Ltd, a subsidiary of Allied Breweries Ltd, and records of various companies acquired by Ind Coope before it was acquired by Allied. The collection contains the records of the following companies:

Ind Coope Limited
Curtis Nicholson Limited
Taylor Walker and Company Limited
Cannon Brewery Company Limited
Alperton Bottling Company Limited
Pioneer Trading Company Limited.

Each company collection contains corporate records which can include minutes of meetings, memoranda and articles of association, registers of directors and members and corporate agreements. Some companies, for example Taylor Walker and Company Limited and Cannon Brewery Company Limited, have large collections of premises records including early title deeds and mortgage agreements, schedules of properties and inventories. There are numerous items of interest including an album of Taylor Walker advertising cuttings from 1950s (LMA/4433/C/04/001) and photographs from the official opening of the Alperton Bottling plant in 1951 (LMA/4433/E/01/010).

Allied Breweries Ltd Ind Coope Ltd , brewers
GB 0074 LMA/4435 · Collection · 1884-1988

Records of Meux's Brewery Co, a subsidiary of Allied Breweries Ltd, and records of various companies acquired by Meux before it was acquired by Allied. The collection contains the records of the following companies:
Meux's Brewery Company Limited
Thorne Bros Limited
Burge and Company Limited
J and W Nicholson and Company Limited
John Lovibond and Sons Limited
Claude-General Neon Lights
Oldham Sign Service

Each company collection contains corporate records which can include minutes of meetings, memoranda and articles of association, registers of directors and members and corporate agreements. Meux's Brewery Company Limited has a large collection of premises records including early title deeds, mortgage agreements and schedules of properties. There are numerous items of interest including legal papers relating to a court case between Meux's Brewery and the Marquis of Aylesbury circa 1902 (LMA/4435/A/01/011) and a complete set of end of year accounts 1931-1984 for Claude-General Neon Lights (LMA/4435/F/009).

This collection contains records from several business types, breweries, gin distillers (J and W Nicholson and Company Limited), neon light manufacturers and sign makers illustrating the wide variety of functions carried out by Allied Breweries and it's companies.

Allied Breweries Ltd
GB 0074 LMA/4434 · Collection · 1822-1989

Records of Victoria Wine Co Ltd, a subsidiary of Allied Breweries Ltd, and records of various other subsidiary companies including some acquired by Victoria Wine before it was acquired by Allied. Each company collection contains corporate records which can include minutes of meetings, memoranda and articles of association, registers of directors and members and corporate agreements.

This collection contains the records of the following businesses:
A. Bartlett and Hobbs Limited
B. Beverlys Limited
C. B E Bird and Company Limited
D. Prince Brindley Limited
E. Broad Street Securities Limited
F. Valentine Charles (Holdings) Limited
G. Castle and Company Limited
H. Churchill and Williams Limited
I. Clough and Pickering Limited
J. Byron Gulliver and Sons Limited
K. Lings of London London
L. Matthew and Son Limited
M. Thomas McAndie and Company Limited
N. M Milne Limited
O. E A Mitchell Limited
P. William Perry Wine Merchants Limited
Q. Preston Watson and Company Limited
R. David Sandeman and Sons (Pall Mall) Limited
S. A J Smith and Company Limited
T. Taylors (Wine Merchants) Limited
U. Tyler and Company Limited
V. Victoria Wine-Tylers Limited
W. P G Ward and Company Limited
X. Winchester Brewery
Y. Wine Ways (Supermarkets) Limited
Z. Thomas Wylie and Company Limited

Allied Breweries Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-018 · Collection · 1925-1988

Records of Allied Sumatra Plantations Limited, including articles of association; minute books; annual reports; prospectus and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Allied Sumatra Plantations Ltd
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 0114 MS0205 · 1776-1812

Papers of William Allison and William Jeremiah Allison, 1776-1812, comprising a volume titled Hunters Lectures Volume 1, containing manuscript notes by William Allison of lectures given by William Hunter, c 1785. Including a portrait of William Hunter; a volume titled Hunters Lectures Volume 2, containing manuscript notes by William Allison of lectures given by William Hunter, on topics including 'Chirurgical Operations' and 'The method given by Dr Hunter for the preservation of dead bodies called embalming', c 1775-1776; a volume titled Hunter's Lectures Volume 3, and Dr Hunter on the Gravid Uterus, containing manuscript notes by William Allison of lectures given by William Hunter, c 1785; a volume titled A Summary View of the Succeeding Lectures, containing manuscript notes by William Allison of lectures thought to be by William Hunter, on topics including midwifery and children's diseases, c 1785; a volume titled Fordyces Lectures Volume 1, containing manuscript notes by William Allison of lectures given by George Fordyce, on topics including blood, bile, urine, milk, anatomy and fevers; a volume titled Fordyces Lectures Volume 2 containing manuscript notes by William Allison of lectures given by George Fordyce, on topics including diseases; a volume titled Fordyces Lectures Volume 3, containing manuscript notes by William Allison of lectures given by George Fordyce, on topics including chronic diseases, preganancy, and children's diseases; and a volume of manuscript notes by William Jeremiah Allison titled Lectures on the Principal Operations of Surgery delivered by Sir Everard Hume Bart in the year 1812.

Allison , William Jeremiah , early to mid 19th century , physician of Ilford Allison , William , c 1762-1832 , physician of Darlington
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0525 · 1839-1861

Folder 1: 24 letters from Bronteme O'Brien to Thomas Allsop, 17 June 1840-3 Dec 1861.
Folder 2: 31 letters from Feargus O'Connor to Thomas Allsop 16 July c1841-24 Aug 1849. Most letter are undated.
Folder 3: 13 letters from Richard Oastler to Thomas Allsop 1 Jan 1845-24 Jan 1851.
Folder 4: One letter from Richard Oastler to Henry Mott of Manchester.

Allsop , Thomas , 1795-1880 , radical reformer
GB 0099 KCLMA Allwood · Created 1945, 1950

Thirty one captioned photographs of RAF Tebrau, Malaya, 1945; two typescript essays, written by Allwood in 1950, on improving bombing accuracy, and the advantages and disadvantages of the New Trade Structure from the airman's point of view.

Allwood , D Peter , 1918-1998 , Squadron Leader
GB 0100 KCLCA Almeida · [1777-1802]

Manuscript relating to Alorna's imprisonment in the Fortress of Junqueira, Portugal, 1758-1777, on charges of attempted regicide, entitled 'Relação do que contremo Forte da Junqueira, e do que nelle passaram os presos, sieita pelo Marquês da Alorna'. Subsequently published posthumously as Relação dos presos do forte da Junqueira by Almeida (published for José de Sousa Amado, Lisbon, 1857).

Almeida , João de , 1726-1802 , 2nd Marquess of Alorna
GB 1538 S62 · c1946-1948

Five pen and ink cartoons made by Sir Anthony Alment concerning the controversies surrounding the establishment of the National Health Service, and the views of the medical profession, [1946-1948].

Alment , Sir , Edward Anthony John , 1922-2002 , Knight , obstetrician and gynaecologist
ALMSHOUSES AND HOSPITALS
CLA/064 · Collection · 1615-1991

Papers of London Almshouses and Rogers' Almshouses, 1615-1991, including rules and regulations, financial accounts, reports, Committee of Management minute books, petitions for admission, Trustees minute books, warden's report books, and various other administrative papers.

Papers of various London Hospitals, 1695-1983, including dockets of hospital leases and uses of the Hospital Seal for the Royal Hospitals; financial accounts and case books for the Denton Hospital (also known as the Port of London Sanitary Hospital) and historical information for the Bethlem Royal Hospital, Maudsley Hospital and St Andrew's Hospital, Dollis Hill. Please note that medical records are subject to a 100 year closure from the date of the last entry.

Corporation of London
GB 0074 LMA/4433/E · Collection · 1949-1961

Records of Alperton Bottling Company Limited, 1949-1961. This collection contains records relating to corporate functions, premises, accounts and miscellaneous items, including minutes of Directors' meetings and Shareholders' meetings, file relating to the proposed erection of an extension to the bottling plant and an album of photographs of the opening of the bottling plant in 1951.

Alperton Bottling Co Ltd
GB 0120 MSS.929-932 · c 1845

Alphabeta litterae, caracteres et habitus variorum populorum, besides the alphabets, there are numerous traced copies of illustrations-a few in colour-from travel books, etc of the 16th to the early 19th centuries, depicting costumes, ceremonies, occupations, etc. The fourth volume, uniformly bound, is lettered on the spine: 'Salutatio angelica. Symbolum Apostolorum Nicenum S. Athanasii. Decalogus. Praecepta Ecclesiae. Te Deum laudamus. Signum S. Crucis. Orationis Dominicae. Fragmenta polyglotta'. Probably compiled in France: the latest entry is dated 1840.

Depositor
Alston, Charles: Lectures
GB 0120 MS.MSL.98 (A-C) · [1720]

The three volumes, which are paged continuously from 1 to 1497 are throughout written in the autograph of Charles Alston (1683-1760), Professor of Botany from 1720-1760. The heading is "Lectures on the Materia Medica. Begun in November 1720 and since several times revised, corrected and enlarg'd. By C. A." Wide margins have been left throughout, in which later additions have been inserted. The latest date is 1754.

Alston , Charles , 1683-1760 , physician and botanist
GB 0113 MS-ALST · [1979]

Unpublished paper entitled 'John Hawkins MD (?1721-1799) and his medical and clerical descendants'.

Alston , James Maxwell , b 1900 , pathologist
GB 0074 ACC/1352 · Collection · 1887-1912

Documents received from Altergo Limited, computer consultants, comprising a lease for a messuage known as "Witham House" on east side of London Road, Harrow on the Hill, with garden in front and at rear, 1887; a bond stating that George Chapman Briggs M.D. of Gothic House, Harrow, will pay George Tonge of 25 Brunswick Place, Brighton, Sussex, £504. 17s. 6d, 1891; and a deed of dissolution of partnership, assigning William and Arthur Hurley of 19 Windsor Road, Palmers Green a share and interest in business of wholesale label and tag makers, general printers, lithographers and manufacturing stationers at No. 7 Fann Street, City of London, including use of firm name of Sutcliffe and Hurley, 1912.

Unknown
Altmann Archive
GB 0103 ALTMANN · [1920-1997]

The Altmann collection, [1920-1997], comprises papers of Alexander Altmann; papers of his brothers, Manfred and Erwin Altmann, Altmann family papers and papers relating to the Institute of Jewish Studies. Includes memoirs, diaries, draft manuscripts, research papers, letters, photographs, audio-visual material, family research papers, financial and legal papers and papers relating to publications and conferences.

Altmann , Alexander , 1906-1987 , rabbi Altmann , Manfred , 1911-1999 , chairman of the Institute of Jewish Studies Altmann , Erwin , fl 1920-1930 , brother of Alexander and Manfred Altmann
ALTO PARANA DEVELOPMENT
GB 0074 CLC/B/007 · Collection · 1912-1964

Archives of Alto Parana Development, comprising constitutional documents, minutes and financial material.

Alto Parana Development x Scottish and Mercantile Investment Co Ltd La Sociedad Anonima Compania de Maderas del Alto Parana
Alvarez de Toledo, Manuel
GB 0096 MS338 · Fonds · c 1699

Tumulto del dia 28 de Abril, del Ano 1699: representacion del Conde de Oropesa (al Rey); y la Respuesta, o Glossa, sobre la representacion del Conde.

Unknown
Alvarez y Gonzalez Agreement
GB 0103 AGCIG · 1890

Agreement between Don Francisco de Paula Alvarez and Henry Clay and Bock and Company Ltd, 1890.

Alvarez y Gonzalez , Cuba , cigar manufacturers
Alvey Programme
GB 0096 MS965 · Fonds · c1975-1993

Annual reports, circulars, memoranda, and government publications concerning the activities of the Alvey Programme, [1975]-1993.

Alvey Programme
GB 0074 LMA/4428 · Collection · 1872-1986

Records of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. The collection has large gaps in the records. However, most of the material contains valuable details on engineers who were members of the union, and on those receiving benefits, for reasons including illness, accidents and deaths.

Amalgamated Engineering Union Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Smiths, Millwrights and Patternmakers
GB 0372 ASE · Fonds · 1853-1879

Seventy-seven volumes of handwritten quarterly report forms from branches of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern Makers all over the country, including notes and figures on income and expenditure, membership numbers, excluded members, quarterly admissions, superannuated members, members gone abroad and the death of members or the wives (1853-1879).

Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Millwrights, Smiths and Pattern Makers
GB 1924 Painters · 1856-1912

Register of members of the Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators: Ashton Under Lyne Branch, 1856-1912, giving details of names, age and marital status on entry.

Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators
AMBLER, John (fl 1695)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-003 · Collection · [1671-1699]

Formulary and precedent book of a London law clerk or attorney's scrivener, possibly John Ambler.

Ambler , John , fl 1695 , law clerk or scrivener
American College of Surgeons
GB 0114 MS0044 · 1947-1955

Papers of the American College of Surgeons, 1947-1955, comprising 2 volumes containing a list of Fellows of the American College of Surgeons who subscribed to a fund for the Royal College of Surgeons of England, to replace buildings damaged during World War Two, 1947; and a formal letter of condolence on the death of Sir Arthur Keith, 1955.

American College of Surgeons
GB 0103 ACEST · 1916-1920

Minutes of meetings of Directors and Stockholders (volume 2), covering the period Febraury 1916 to August 1920.

American Cuban Estates Corporation
GB 0096 MS 1088 · Collection · 1875-1892

Papers concerning American theatre and opera scrapbooks, 1875-1892, comprise to scrapbooks containing programmes of plays, concerts and operas performed in the USA, with particular reference to New York and the Metropolitan Opera House, from 1875 to 1892. MS1088/2 includes postcards of members of singers performing in the Metropolitan Opera 1890 to 1891 season, posing in some of their operatic roles. The volumes contained two loose inserts, which have now become MS1088/3 and MS1088/4.

Unknown
GB 0099 KCLMA Amery · Created 1954-1957, 1965-1966

Correspondence with Capt Basil Liddell Hart, 1954-1957, notably relating to Liddell Hart's papers for the Army League on army manpower requirements and divisional organisation. Papers relating to the Army League, 1955, 1965-1966, principally comprising draft and final copies of 'British defence policy in South East Asia', a report produced and published by the Army League, 1965; 'The Reserve Army and national security' by Maj Gen Robert Burrell Frederick Kingslake Goldsmith, published by the Army League, 1966; 'The Army in the nuclear age: report of the Army League Sub-Committee', published by the Army League, 1955.

Amery , Harold Julian , 1919-1996 , Baron Amery of Lustleigh