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Financial records of Reffells Bexley Brewery Limited, including impersonal ledgers; cash books; bank cash books; correspondence and accounts relating to taxation.

Corporate records of Reffells Bexley Brewery Limited, including Board meeting minutes; registers of directors, members, debentures, mortgages, seals and testamentary records; papers relating to shares; articles of association and papers relating to the acquisiton by Courage and Barclay.

Reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society from 1832 to date (Peer Review). The referees were appointed to advise the Committee of Papers, and were drawn from appropriate subject disciplines within the Fellowship. Referees Reports vary in content between terse notes recommending acceptance or rejection to long monographs devoted to the subject under review. Much of their interest derives from the comment of one scientist on the work of another, for example Michael Faraday on J P Joule (RR.3.154,158) or Sir Oliver Lodge on Ernest Rutherford (RR.13.106).

Cartoons of William Pember Reeves from New Zealand newspapers, 1890, whilst a member of parliament.

Papers relating to his life and career, 1936-1961, principally comprising diary of tour of Germany to assess capacity of industrial installations, Apr-Jun 1945, written in [1945-1946] and including related reports and photographs of sites visited, 1945; record of service pocket book, 1936-1948.

Papers of Edward Ayearst Reeves, 1909-1930, including notes on Robert E Peary's report and observations from his expedition to the North Pole, 1919, 'On terrestrial magnetism', letters, maps, and observations (of which some are copies of Peary's and others unidentified), 1909 and memoirs of Reeves' time at the Royal Geographical Society, 1930.

Papers of Henry Reeve comprising a journal of continental travels, 1805-1806; letter to Francis Horner, 15 July 1805.

Typescript drafts of an unpublished life of Schiller to 1794 by George B Reese, c 1967.

Papers relating to Lord Merlyn-Rees' political career, 1949-2002, concerning his role as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland. Among the papers are: transcripts of Merlyn Rees' taped diary, 1972-1976. These are a very useful insight into Rees' contemporary views on politics and events in Northern Ireland. Included are accounts of: the Ulster Workers' Strike; the collapse of the power sharing executive; the Constitutional Convention; meetings with politicians; parliamentary proceedings; and, security matters such as internment and special category status for paramilitary prisoners. The diaries also contain comments on UK politics generally (MERLYN-REES/1); articles, lectures and speeches by Lord Merlyn-Rees, 1965-2002, including speeches made while he was Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Home Secretary (MERLYN-REES/2); drafts of 'Northern Ireland: a personal perspective' (MERLYN-REES/3); correspondence, timetables and other papers regarding visits to Northern Ireland by Merlyn Rees and Colleen Rees, mainly 1972-1976 (MERLYN-REES/4); official papers, mainly 1974-1976 (MERLYN-REES/5); Northern Ireland Office press notices, 1974-1976 (MERLYN-REES/6); correspondence files, 1971-1997 (MERLYN-REES/7); subject files relating to Northern Ireland, including correspondence, official memoranda (including memos from Roger Darlington, political adviser/researcher), articles, press cuttings and other papers. These have been arranged by the archivist in a number of series: legislation (MERLYN-REES/8); media (MERLYN-REES/9); political (MERLYN-REES/10); religion, culture and parades (MERLYN-REES/11); security (MERLYN-REES/12); social and economic (MERLYN-REES/13); organisations (MERLYN-REES/14); people (MERLYN-REES/15); general (MERLYN-REES/16); papers regarding the campaign for the release of the Guildford Four and Maguire Seven, and papers regarding the Birmingham Six case (MERLYN-REES/17); papers regarding allegations of a 'dirty tricks' campaign by elements of the security forces during the 1970s. Merlyn Rees was one of the people who was smeared during the campaign (MERLYN-REES/18); subject files (except Northern Ireland), including papers on crime, the Falklands War, media, the miners' strike and policing (MERLYN-REES/19); photographs (MERLYN-REES/20).

Papers of William Stokes Rees, including logs, 1868 to 1870 and 1872 to 1873, two workbooks, 1897, out-letterbooks, 1898 to 1901, and loose papers which relate to the expeditions in Africa, 1895 to 1897. There is also a typescript, 'Yarns from an Admiral's Reminiscences', as retold to Commander Stokes-Rees.

Papers of the writer Sir Richard Rees, c1920-1970 and undated.

Manuscripts and typescripts for Rees' published and unpublished work include material for an unpublished book of essays; a typescript of his unpublished novel; unpublished shorter pieces, including lectures on literary and cultural subjects, among them George Orwell and Simone Weil.

Miscellaneous personal papers and writings, 1926-1960s, include notes on dreams; travel notes on the USA, 1929; a Russian diary, 1935; papers relating to the Spanish Civil War; typescript papers of the International Commission for War Refugees, 1941-1944, and other correspondence and papers on its work; papers relating to Rees' service in World War Two; correspondence concerning Rees' membership of the committee of the Pilgrim Trust; papers relating to sales of Rees' books; printed papers, comprising various articles and book reviews relating to Rees' interests.

Correspondence, c1920-1970, comprises items to Rees and carbon copies or drafts of his letters, the correspondents including prominent literary and other public figures, for example David Astor, Vanessa Bell, Joseph Conrad, Victor Gollancz, Frieda Lawrence, Iris Murdoch, Sonia Orwell, Sir Herbert Read, Hugh Trevor-Roper, A L Rowse, John Sparrow, Stephen Spender, R H Tawney, and many others, and including letters relating to George Orwell, J Middleton Murry, R H Tawney, and Simone Weil; correspondence with his literary agents A D Peters and with publishers, on his publications and broadcasts; letters to the press; personal papers, including c100 letters from Rees to his mother, c1938-c1942, other family letters, and snapshots; correspondence with J Middleton Murry and his wife, 1936-1937, relating to personal matters leading to Rees' resignation from the Adelphi, and other papers relating to the Adelphi, 1935-1936.

Other material includes a notebook including typescript reviews and letters to editors; memoranda of agreements with publishers for books, articles, etc, 1954-1969; press cuttings on various political, literary, artistic, and other subjects, including reviews of some works by Rees; typescript diary of a visit to Italy, 1959.

Rees' papers on George Orwell, 1949-1963, relating to his role as literary executor include correspondence and papers, some relating to Orwell's death, adopted son Richard, and proposed posthumous publications, and including material relating to his wife Sonia; papers on the George Orwell Archive Trust; typescript transcripts of poems Orwell contributed to the Adelphi, 1933-1936; two book reviews by Orwell, 1943-1944.

Rees' papers on Simone Weil largely comprise translations, typescripts and proofs for Rees' publications on Weil. There are also some writings by Weil; a photograph of her, 1942; letters to Rees from Weil's mother and brother, André, and other correspondence on Weil, 1958-1970; press cuttings on Rees' publications on Weil.

Rees' papers on R H Tawney, relating to his role as literary executor, include correspondence and papers of Tawney; Rees' correspondence on Tawney, largely dating from 1960-1970; correspondence and papers relating to the sale of Tawney's belongings and his will, with other personal documents relating to Tawney and his wife; correspondence relating to the disposal of Tawney's collection of books on economic history, 1952. The correspondents include a number of prominent literary and other public figures.

The later deposit comprises a typescript on Orwell and a typescript and corrected proofs on Murry.

Papers relating to Rees Jeffreys' involvement in the Roads Improvement Association and the Road Board; road legislation, finance, design and development; Road Congresses; roads overseas; the relationship between road and rail transport; roads during the two world wars and their reconstruction in the post-war period; motor legislation and motor organisations; motorways; town planning; transport congresses and transport policy; transport infrastructure in the Commonwealth; bridges; buses and tramways; Rees Jeffreys' book, 'The King's Highway'; journals concerned with transport; and personal material, including private correspondence, biographical writings and overseas tour diaries.

Papers of Harry Alfred Rée, comprising a small amount of very general correspondence, most dating from 1969-1974; letters to the press, 1964-1976; lectures, including to students at the University of York and to teachers' associations; addresses and scripts of broadcasts, 1950s-1970s; articles, reviews and other writings, 1940s-1970s. The collection also includes a substantial amount of material relating to Henry Morris and his contemporaries. Some of this is original material, 1920s-1960s, such as correspondence with Morris; writings, broadcasts and speeches by Morris; press cuttings and other biographical material; printed materials relating to the village colleges; photographs; audio- and video-tapes. The remainder comprises material generated by Rée as a result of his research on Morris, 1969-1980s, including correspondence with friends and colleagues of Morris and drafts of chapters for an edited volume of Morris's writings.

Records of the Redwood College of Health Studies comprising:

RCHS/1 Student Nursing Records: nursing records for hospitals which were part of part of the Forest Group School of Nursing centred on Whipps Cross Hospital, training nurses for both the Register and the Roll of Nurses, 1932-1990

RCHS/2 Photographs: a photo of an unknown group of trainee nurses and teachers, c.1920s and a photo of nursing students in their graduation robes, c.1994.

RCHS/3 Silverware, Shields, Commemorative wall plaques and Certificates, c.1940s-1970s

RCHS/4 Birth Atlas: a childbirth education resource containing reproductions of twenty-four life-size photogrpahic prints of sculptures of fertilisation, growth, stages of labour and involution with explanations of the baby's development, c.1950s

RCHS/5 Nurses Cloaks, c.1970s

RCHS/6 Guide to Nurse Training at Wanstead Hospital, 1974

RCHS/6 Publications: an issue of the Redwood Journal, 1993

Memoir by Frank Gann Redwood, entitled "In Europe's boiling pot: memories of a salior turned diplomat". This provides an account of the inter-war years in Hungary and throw light on the general history of Central and South-East Europe.

Papers of Wg Cdr James Redman, 1930-1943, comprise copy photographs relating to the career of Wg Cdr James Redman: aircraft including Vickers Victoria V, Bristol Type 105 Bulldog, Handley Page Heyford, Hawker Hart, Hawker Hind, and various crashed aircraft, 1930s; HMS GLORIOUS after refit as an aircraft carrier, [1935]; and group personnel photograph with an Avro Lancaster, [1943].

Records of Redbridge Community Health Council (CHC) (1974-2003) including Minutes (1974-2003), Meeting Papers (1999-2003) and Annual Reports (1974-2003).

The collection contains administrative papers relating to Company contracts and internal and external correspondence; financial papers relating to budgets and funding, miscellaneous personal papers of the Company's director, Jonathan Holloway; production records including scripts, technical notes, rehearsal and production notes and directions, stage directions, information on casts, and tour and venue information; audiovisual recordings of productions; promotional, marketing and educational-outreach material; press-cuttings and reviews, photographs of named and un-named actors and productions; publications inspiring Red Shift productions; a study of the Company's production of 'The Love Child'; and an untitled script.

Photographs and artwork from Red Pepper magazine, 1992-2001.

Deed transferring "The Redd Lyon" [The Red Lion] public house and land in Gray's Inn Lane from Edward Blount to Thomas Smythe, 22 July 1597.

Records of the Red Coat School, Stepney. They include minutes, admission registers, log books, financial accounts and some other administrative records. The earliest records are admission registers from 1776 (Ms 31190).

Volume unofficially entitled The Red Book comprising the membership list of Captain Ramsay's 'Right Club', 1939, enclosures including letter from William Joyce enclosing his subscription to the Right Club; manuscript of Ramsay's rhyme Land of Dope and Jewry, written in his writing on House of Commons writing paper the day after war was declared on Germany and manuscript list of names of Right Club members.

Institutionum medicinae pars prima [-sexta]. Vol. I. Economia animalis. Pathologia. Vol. II. Semilogia. Hygiene. Therapeutica. Vol. III. Praxis medicinae specialis. Apparently the author's holograph MSS., and perhaps the text of lectures. Produced in Catania?.

Records of the Rectifiers' Club comprising: minute book 1819-44 and cash accounts 1820-66; and miscellaneous papers, 1819-47.

Recruitment and fundraising posters, World War One, 1914-1916, including Parliamentary Recruiting Committee posters and Parliamentary War Savings Committee posters. The posters are full colour and are designed as postive and negative propaganda to aid recruitment and encourage donation to the war effort and were aimed at domestic civilian audiences. Highlights include posters referring to the sinking of the liner, the Lusitania, appeals to assist in the defence of Belgium, examples of alleged German atrocities, and representations of Britain, British families and the British way of life thought to be under threat.

Records relating to the founding of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, comprising records relating to the early years of the College, particularly to Blair-Bell's presidency (1929-1932). Many of them are clearly Blair-Bell's own papers; A1/13, for instance, is a file of correspondence made after Blair-Bell had resigned from all College committees.

The records comprise: minutes of Executive Committee meetings, 1926-1929;

Blair-Bell's correspondence, concerning the establishment of a college, including proposed alterations to the articles of association, suggested members and initial plans for finance, 1927-1928; development of the College in the Dominions, including election of fellows and members, annual subscription charges and plans for a round table conference, 1929-1932; establishment of the first full Council, including nominations for selection, alterations to the articles of association and function of the honorary officers, 1929; correspondence and papers relating to Council, including his remarks to the general meeting, the agenda for the first full Council meeting, report of the Council, details of membership of standing committees and aims and objectives of the college, 1929-1931;

Records relating to the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' participation in meetings of the Union Professionnelle Internationale des Gynecologues et Obstetriciens (UPIGO), 1971-1991, including correspondence of the Honorary Officers, papers of Dame Josephine Barnes, agenda and minutes of meetings, accounts and publicity material relating to UPIGO work.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Staff Committee and predecessors, 1976-2003, comprising the constitution and terms of reference for the Staff Committee, as well as minutes, agenda and papers from 1976 onwards. Also included is a programme for the Staff Christmas Party in 1999.

Legal Records: Charters and Bylaws (1462) - date

Court and Council : Court of Assistants 1745-1827; Council 1827-date; Council in Committee 1963-1989; Revision committee 1981-1987; Nomination Committee 1934-1970; Annual Reports of Council 1884-date

Secretariat: Correspondence, arranged by subject c.1880-1983; Letterbooks 1810-1866, 1900-1925; General Purposes Committee 1808-1962; Joint Secretariat Committee 1961-1974

President: Committee of President and Vice President 1836-1855; Presidential Committee on Examinations 1985; Presidential Committee on the College's Educational Policies for the Future 1981-1982; Presidential Correspondence 1945-1948; President's Conversazione 1899-1934; President's newsletter 1967-1991

Museum: Board of Curators 1800-1844; Museum & Building Committee 1799-1814; Museum Committee 1844-1988; Hunterian Trustees 1805-present; Letter books 1800-1883; Museum Accounts 1800-1832; Annual Reports 1827-1946; Correspondence 1845-date; Special Collections Committee 1989; Donations Registers and Correspondence 1802-1967; Human Remains [archaeological Finds} 1907-1937; Visitors 1805-1989; Odontological Museum correspondence 1943-1989;

Building: Building Committee 1844-1966; Committee on Accommodation 1982; Committee on the Extension of the College Buildings 1885-1891; Furniture & Building 1966-1992; Hospitality & Catering Committee 1956-1988; House Committee 1944-1961; Building Estates Committee 1989-1992; Property Committee 1978-1982; Rebuilding of College 1946-1955; Plans for rebuilding 1957; Correspondence 1910-date, photographs 1880-date.

Examinations: Court of Examiners 1796 -1832; Registers 1745-1983; Committee of Management Conjoint Board 1884-1929; Letters books 1832-1865; Committee on Courses 1981-2; Working Party on Future of Examining Board In England 1972-1981

Membership: Signature books 1800-1970; Apprentices 1800-1846; Death Registers 1800-1889; Membership lists 1788-1970; Discipline Committee 1915-1955; Licentiate registers 1885-1898; Certificates 1850-1870; Register of Certificates 1821-1835

Fellowship; Fellowship Election Committee 1943-1975; Fellows Committee 1988-1999; Overseas Fellows Committee 1986-1989; Honorary Fellows 1900-1978; Fellows & Honorary Fellows photo albums 1840-1968;

Lectureships & Awards: Lectures & Orations 1810-1842; Erasmus Wilson Committee 1879; Jacksonian Lectureship Committee 1800-date; Prize & Medal Committee 1956-1987; Macloghlin Scholarship committee 1965-1975; Joseph Toynbee Memorial Lecture Committee 1988; Lionel College Memorial Fellowship Committee minutes 1982-1985; Norman Capener Travelling Fellowship Advisory Board 1981-1988; Ratanji Dalal Research Scholarship Committee 1963-1990; Tudor Edwards Memorial Fund Committee 1989; Walker Prize Committee 1956-1980; Windsor Prize Committee 1982

Publications: Transactions Committee 1841-1842; Annals Committee 1947-1989; Almanacks 1903-date

Annual Meetings: Annual & Provincial Meetings Committee 1965-1966;

External Affairs: External Affairs Board Minutes 1989-1992; International Relations Committee 1983;

Finance: Accounts 1745-1974 ; Committee of Auditors 1811-1888; Finance Committee 1888- 1977; Cashbooks 1887-1959; Finance & General Appeal Committee 1967-1972; Building Committee Accounts 1806-1838; College Chest 1978-1982; Committee on Income & Expenditure 1868

Fundraising: Appeals Committee 1956-1978; Restoration funds records 1945-1956

Library: Library Committee 1833-1989; Acquisitions 1833-1850; Letter book 1828-1851; Correspondence 1935-1965; Donations 1868-1957; Purchases 1887-1952; Visitors 1889-1946;Binding 1856-1951; Books Received 1839-1951; Periodicals Received 1881-1938; Binding 1951-1964

Media: Audio Visual Techniques Committee 1980-1982;

Surgical Specialities & Training: Examiners in Anatomy & Physiology Minutes 1880-1918 ; Examiners in Midwifery minutes 1852-1857; Board of Examiners In Dental Surgery 1860-1909; Board of Surgical Specialities 1976-1988; Committee on Higher Specialist Assessment in General Surgery 1984; Committee on Training of Surgeons later Surgical Training Board minutes 1959-1971; Courses & Lectureship Committee 1982; Committee on Courses 1981-1982; Special Advisory Committee on General Surgery 1978-1981; Surgical Teaching Films Committee 1985-1986; Joint Committee for Plastic Surgery, Postgraduate Orthopaedic Training 1948-1959; Postgraduate Education Committee 1947-1959

Research Laboratories Committee 1890-1905; Ethical or Research Ethics Committee 1974-1983; Hunterian Institute Board Minutes 1986-1989; Hunterian Institute Academic Advisory Committee 1986-1989; Institute of Basic Medical Research Correspondence & Minutes 1946-1983; Joint General Board 1966-1983; Joint Research Board 1975-1979; Museum & Research Committee 1937-1974; Research Establishment at Downe Management Committee minutes 1974-1977; Research Grants & Development Committee 1979-1985; Research Ethics Committee 1985-1992; Streatfield & MacKenzie Mackinnon Research Fund Committee 1989; Anatomy Correspondence 1948-1980

Club College Council Club minutes, photographs, correspondence 1931-date

Dinner: Hunterian Festival programmes 1881-1975; Buckston Browne 1928-1956

War: Committee of Reference 1916-1919

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Continuing Medical Education / Continuing Professional Development programmes, 1991-2002, including papers of the Chairman of the CME Committee and Head of the Postgraduate Education Department, including correspondence relating to responses to the report of the Working Party on Continuing Medical Education; subject files; and CME/CPD newsletters, guides and documentation.

The collection includes correspondence, deeds and miscellaneous records of Battersea Bridge, along with a number of records from other London bridges. There is also a small amount of material concerned with railways, canals, turnpikes and so on.

Please note that the original order of these items had been considerably disturbed, and whilst efforts have been made to ensure that all items included in the catalogue are still present it has not been possible to do so definitively. Some items may not have been filed with their correct reference number, and additional items may be included but are not on the catalogue.

This collection comprises the following records relating to the parish of Dagenham:

Minute books of Dagenham Parish Council, 1894-1926 (BD75/A/1-3)

Attendance book of Dagenham Parish Council, 1894-1925 (BD75/A/4)

Letter book of Dagenham Parish Council, 1923-1924 (BD75/A/5)

Minute books of Dagenham School Board, 1874-1903 (BD75/B/1)

Ledger of Dagenham School Board, 1894-1900 (BD75/B/2)

Poor rate books for Dagenham, 1839-1879 (BD75/C/1)

Church rate books for Dagenham, 1849-1865 (BD75/C/2)

Sanitary rate books for Dagenham, 1887-1892 (BD75/C/3)

Lighting rate books for Dagenham, 1900-1925 (BD75/C/4)

Highways rate books for Dagenham, 1874-1880 (BD75/C/5)

Poor and sanitary rate books for Dagenham, 1893-1913 (BD75/C/6)

Poor and special expenses rate books for Dagenham, 1914-1922 (BD75/C/7)

Valuation lists for Dagenham, 1893 (BD75/D)

Collection and deposit books for Dagenham, 1907-1928 (BD75/E)

Collectors' statements and books for Dagenham, 1894-1927 (BD75/F)

Receipt and payment books for Dagenham, 1838-1926 (BD75/G)

Allotment ledgers, 1920-1928 (BD75/H)

Dagenham tithe register, 1841 (BD75/J)

This collection comprises the following records of the parish of Barking:

Vestry minute books, 1694-1926 (BD74/A)

Baptism registers, 1558-1812 (BD74/B/1)

Burial registers, 1656-1812 (BD74/B/2)

Minute books of the Overseers' of Barking Parish, 1786-1927 (BD74/C/1)

Overseers' account books, 1765-1798 (BD74/C/2)

Overseers' rate books, 1739-1836 (BD74/C/3)

Valuation lists of the Overseers' of Barking, 1784-1830 (BD74/C/4)

Disbursement books of the Overseers' of Barking, 1819-1820 (BD74/C/5)

Receipt and payment books of the Overseers' of Barking, 1868-1887 (BD74/C/6)

Churchwardens' account books, 1777-1823 (BD74/D/1)

Churchwardens' rate books, 1738-1866 (BD74/D/2)

Surveyors' account books, 1830 (BD74/E/1)

Surveyors' rate books, 1828-1844 (BD74/E/2)

Rate collection books for the Barking Town Ward, 1747-1772 (BD74/F/1/1)

Rate collection books for the Ilford Ward, 1728-1829 (BD74/F/1/2)

Rate collection books for the Chadwell Ward, 1744-1778 (BD74/F/1/3)

Rate collection books for the Ripple Ward, 1744-1779 (BD74/F/1/4)

Poor rate books for Barking, 1837-1916 (BD74/F/2)

Valuation lists for Barking, 1842-1929 (BD74/F/3)

Rental books, 1763-1778 (BD74/G)

Notice books, 1769-1839 (BD74/H)

Apprenticeship books, 1818-1844 (BD74/J)

Land terrier books, 1829-1840 (BD74/K)

Minute book of the Directors' of the Poor for the Parish of Barking, 1855-1893 (BD74/L/1)

Report by the Wharf Keeper of Barking Town Quay, 1893 (BD74/L/2)

Minute book of the Barking and District Savings Bank, 1818-1843 (BD74/M/1)

Declarations and new depositors' books of the Barking and District Savings Bank, 1824-1852 (BD74/M/2)

Records of the Institution of Geologists and its predecessors, 1973-1991, comprising:

Minutes, papers, sample questionnaires, correspondence and reports of the Working Party on Professional Recognition, 1973-1975;

Minutes, correspondence and papers of the Committee and sub committees of the Association for the Promotion of an Institution of Professional Geologists, 1975-1978; Membership lists of the APIPG [incomplete], 1974-1977; Documents relating to the incorporation of the APIPG as the Institution of Geologists, 1976-1977; Draft rules and regulations of the proposed Institution of Geologists, 1977;

Annual reports, agendas and other papers relating to the Annual General Meetings of the Institution of Geologists, 1978-1991; Minutes and papers of the IG Council, 1977-1991; Correspondence of the IG Council [incomplete], 1977-1984; Correspondence and minutes of committees, sub committees, working groups and regional groups of the IG, 1977-1991; Minutes, correspondence and papers of the joint Co-operation Committee, 1985-1991; Annual accounts, 1977-1991; Membership lists (incomplete), 1977-1986; Rules and regulations, 1979-1986; Correspondence, citations and speeches relating to the recipients of the Aberconway Medal, 1980-1989; Obituaries, 1982-1985.

Records of the Geological Society of London, 1807-current, notably comprising:

Minutes and papers of Annual General Meetings, 1840-current; minutes, correspondence and papers relating to meetings of the Council, 1810-current; minutes and papers of Ordinary Meetings, 1807-1998; minutes and papers of Special General Meetings; 1834-2001; Minutes and papers of Standing and Ad Hoc committees of Council, [1810-current] [section is currently undergoing revision]; Charter and Bye-laws, 1810-1993;

Correspondence and other administrative papers relating to the running of the Geological Society, including: Presidents' Papers, 1977-1997; Elected Officers' papers, 1956-1995; Executive Secretary's papers, 1950-2013; Financial records, including bequests, trust funds, 1820-2011; Letterbooks of the Assistant Secretary and other Officers, [1807]-1960;

Administrative records of departments, including: Membership, 1807-current; Conferences and scientific meetings, 1932-2006; Library, 1835-current; Archives and conservation, 1971-2004; Education Department, 1993-1998; Society's Museum, 1808-1911; Publications, 1906-2009;

Portraits and photographs of Fellows, 1792-2011; Images of the interior and exterior of Burlington House, 1873-[1995]; Plans of the Society's apartments at Somerset House and Burlington House, 1828-[1982]; Obituaries and biographical information on Fellows, [1895]-current; Records of the Society's Centenary celebrations, 1907-1908; and Bicentenary celebrations, 1994-1998;

Records of the Geological Society Club, 1824-2006; Records of the Society's Specialist Groups and Joint Associations, 1964-[2009].

Records of the British Congresses of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1923-2005, comprising papers, programmes and material relating to annual British congresses (1924-2004); minute books of the Central Congress Committee (1923-1959); papers and minutes of the Central Congress Committee maintained by officers of the Committee (1949-1980); files from the College Secretary on the Central Congress Committee (1963-1974); papers and correspondence regarding the Scientific Programme and Central Congress Committee (1968-1974); agenda, minutes and papers from the Congress Committee (2002-2005). There is very little information extant concerning the congresses held from 1920-1922, and papers and proceedings of several congresses have not survived.

This collection comprises the following minute books, departmental records, financial accounts, correspondence, building plans and photographs of the Borough of Barking and its predecessors, including the Barking Town Local Board and Barking Urban District Council (1882-1965), relating to the management of the council, public health and housing, highways and town planning, parks, cemeteries and public buildings, education, public libraries, lighting, civil defence, transport, finance, welfare and rates.

Council

Minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1882-1894 (BD2/A/1/1)

Committee minute books of the Barking Local Town Board, 1883-1895 (BD2/A/1/2)

Minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/1)

Committee minute books of Barking Urban District Council, 1895-1931 (BD2/A/2/2)

Minute books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1965(BD2/A/3)

Declarations and acceptance of office books of the Borough of Barking, 1931-1963 (BD2/A/4)

Public health and housing

Minute book of the Barking Town Local Board of Health, 1853-1866 (BD2/B/1/1)

Reports of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1935-1969 (BD2/B/2/1)

General ledger of the Ilford and Barking Joint Sewerage Committee, 1956-1969 (BD2/B/2/2)

Infectious diseases registers of the Public Health Department, 1915-1951 (BD2/B/3/1)

Tuberculosis registers of notifications of the Public Health Department, 1916-1924 (BD2/B/3/2)

Death registers of the Public Health Department, 1936-1965 (BD2/B/3/3)

Research on diphtheria by the Public Health Department, 1958-1961 (BD2/B/3/4)

Photographs of the Public Health Department, circa.1930-1965 (BD2/B/3/5)

Correspondence and papers on housing of the working classes in Barking, 1901-1908 (BD2/B/4)

Correspondence and papers on temporary housing in Barking, 1898-1907 (BD2/B/5)

Correspondence and papers on sewerage and drainage in Barking, 1893-1905 (BD2/B/6)

Correspondence and papers on water supply in Barking, 1895-1901 (BD2/B/7)

File on the National (Coal Strike) Emergency, 1921 (BD2/B/8)

File on population rates in each ward of Barking Urban District Council, 1928 (BD2/B/9)

War damage and repairs ledgers of Borough of Barking, 1940-1945 (BD2/B/10)

Highways and town planning

Correspondence and papers on highways of the Borough of Barking, 1891-1905 (BD2/C/1)

Correspondence and papers on street improvements of the Borough of Barking, 1892-1909 (BD2/C/2)

Correspondence and papers on private street works of the Borough of Barking, 1905-1909 (BD2/C/3)

Correspondence and papers on the Town Wharf of Barking Urban District Council, 1897-1908 (BD2/C/4)

Parks, cemeteries and public buildings

Minute book of the Barking Burial Board, 1884-1897 (BD2/D/1/1)

Register of burials of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1901 (BD2/D/1/2)

Notices of internment of the Barking Burial Board, 1886-1904 (BD2/D/1/3)

Reports of the Grounds Committee of the Barking Burial Board, 1893-1896 (BD2/D/1/4)

Correspondence and papers on Rippleside Cemetery, 1906-1908 (BD2/D/1/5)

Register of graves at St. Margaret's Churchyard, Barking, 1930 (BD2/D/2)

Correspondence and papers on allotments in Barking, 1908-1910 (BD2/D/3)

Education

Minute books of Barking School Board, 1889-1903 (BD2/E/1/1)

Committee minute books of Barking School Board, 1892-1903 (BD2/E/1/2)

Financial accounts of Barking School Board, 1886-1903 (BD2/E/1/3)

Registers of the Attendance Officer of Barking School Board, 1885-1897 (BD2/E/1/4)

Minute books of Barking Education Committee, 1903-1928 (BD2/E/2/1)

Minute books of Barking Education Sub-Committee, 1903-1922 (BD2/E/2/2)

Minute book of Barking Education Children's Care and Kitchen Committee, 1912-1920 (BD2/E/2/3)

Minute book of Barking Education Boot Committee, 1919-1927 (BD2/E/2/4)

Minute book of Barking Higher Education Committee, 1921-1924 (BD2/E/2/5)

Annual reports of the Barking Education Committee, 1934-1941 (BD2/E/2/6)

Correspondence of the Barking Education Committee, 1903-1958 (BD2/E/2/7)

Newspaper cuttings of Barking Education Committee, 1925-1941 (BD2/E/2/8)

Public libraries

Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Committee, 1888-1928 (BD2/F/1)

Minute books of Barking Public Libraries Sub-Committees, 1890-1894 (BD2/F/2)

Letter books of the Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1919 (BD2/F/3)

Issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1900-1961 (BD2/F/4)

Junior issue books of Barking Public Libraries, 1924-1952 (BD2/F/5)

Accounts ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1889-1969 (BD2/F/6)

Statistics ledgers of Barking Public Libraries, 1956-1959 (BD2/F/7)

Lighting

Correspondence and papers on lighting of Barking Urban District Council, 1896-1906 (BD2/G/1)

Revenue accounts ledger on the installation and analysis of electricity, 1935-1966 (BD2/G/2)

Events

Correspondence on Peace Week, 1936-1937 (BD2/H/1)

File on the accession of King George VI, 1936 (BD2/H/2)

Files on the Coronation of King George VI, 1936-1938 (BD2/H/3)

File on entertainments in Barking, 1934-1940 (BD2/H/4)

File on the Anglo-Soviet Pact Anniversary Celebrations, 1943-1946 (BD2/H/5)

File on the V.E. Day Thanksgiving Service, 1945 (BD2/H/6)

Transport

Correspondence and papers on tramways of Barking Urban District Council, 1898-1902 (BD2/J/1)

Files on light railways in Barking, 1896-1908 (BD2/J/2)

Files on the London, Tilbury and Southend Railway Bill, 1902-1908 (BD2/J/3)

Petition on the nuisance caused by motor car and bus traffic signed by the residents of Rippleside,1908 (BD2/J/4)

Correspondence with the Kearney Society, 1924 (BD2/J/5)

Finance

General ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1935-1965 (BD2/K/1)

Rating and valuation

Reports of the Rating and Valuation Committee, 1942-1950 (BD2/L/1)

General and poor rate books for Barking, 1921-1933 (BD2/L/2-3)

General rate demand summary books for Barking, 1934-1964 (BD2/L/4)

Valuation lists of the Borough of Barking, 1930-1965 (BD2/L/5)

Loans ledgers of the Borough of Barking, 1939-1965 (BD2/L/6)

Welfare

Minute book of the Distress Committee of Barking Urban District Council, 1908-1924 (BD2/M/1)

Minute book of the Old Age Pensions Committee of the Borough of Barking, 1923-1934 (BD2/M/2)

The Architectural Association Archives comprise of the administrative and educational records of the Architectural Association Inc. (1847-), encompassing material related to the AA's governance, legal and financial operations, property holdings and educational activities. To date, less than one quarter of all the AA's archival records have been formally catalogued, with the focus of phase one of the cataloguing having been upon basic administrative records, including Council and committee minute books and agendas, constitutional records, Registers of Directors, property leases and vital company documents. Phase two of the cataloguing process is ongoing and is focused upon the educational records of the AA school, its staff and its students.

This collection is comprised of records of the Annual General Meeting of the British Paediatric Association and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health. It includes: Programmes, agendas and minutes of meetings; Scientific papers and presentations;Photographs and films of meetings.

The Archive of the Records of Legal Education Project comprise the entire administrative and research archive of the Co-ordinator, and consist of administrative records, 1994-1998; correspondence files, 1994-1998; progress reports, 1994-1998; background papers on legal education, 1994-1998; papers relating to the Guide to Records of Legal Education and Law Schools, 1994-1998; records relating to the publicising of the Project and its findings, 1994-1998; Records of Legal Education Archives, policy files, 1994-1998; Records of Legal Education Archives, individual record collection files, 1994-1998.

The Records of Legal Education Archives, 1845-2000, consist of:-
A.ACLEC: Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee on Legal Education and Conduct: press cuttings, 1991-1999.
A.ALT: Association of Law Teachers Archive, 1965-1997.
A.BARR: Barrow Inquiry Papers (papers of Ruth Deech, Principal, St Anne's College Oxford and a member of the Inquiry team, relating to the Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities at the Inns of Court School of Law, chaired by Dame Jocelyn Barrow, 1989-1994).
A.CHULS: Committee of Heads of University Law Schools Archive, 1974-2000.
A.CLE: Council of Legal Education Archive, 1845-1997.
A.CLEA: Commonwealth Legal Education Association Archive, 1971-1995.
A.CLRP: Commonwealth Legal Records Project Archive, 1984-1993.
A.LSRG: Legal Skills Research Group, 1987-1994.
A.MARSH: Dr Stan Marsh, law teacher, papers 1968-1995.
A.READ: Professor James S Read, law teacher, papers 1972-1983.
A.RLEP: Records of the Legal Education Project Archive, 1993-1998.
A.SALS: Society for Advanced Legal Studies papers, 1997-1999.
A.SCLE: Standing Conference on Legal Education Minutes, 1991-1994.
A.SLSA: Socio-Legal Studies Association, 1989-1996.
A.SPTL: Society of Public Teachers of Law Archive: 1908-1998.
A.TWIN: Professor William L Twining, law teacher, papers 1965-1994.
A.UKNCCL: United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law Archive, 1960-1989.

This collection comprises the minute books, articles of association, account ledgers, financial journals, wages books, cash books, newspaper cuttings and liquidation papers of Lawes Chemical Company (1872-1970), as well as records of subsidiary companies, including: Acides et Superphosphates Standairt Societe Anonyme (1929-1938), Gwalia Fertilisers (Briton Ferry) Limited (1934-1969), Jersey Trading Company (1948) Limited (1914-1963), Alfred Nightingale and Sons Ltd (1937-1963) and Thomas Fenn Limited (1947-1961).

The archive comprise records of the following committees:

RCPSYCH/K1 - Medical Planning Committee, 1941-1945

RCPSYCH/K2 - British Geriatrics Society/RCPSYCH Joint Liaison Committee, 1979-1990

RCPSYCH/K3 - Faculty of Old Age Psychiatry/British Geriatrics Society Liaison Committee, 1996-2000

RCPSYCH/K4 - British Paediatric Association (BPA)/RCPSYCH Joint Liaison Committee, 1980-1988.

RCPSYCH/K5 - British Psychological Society/RCPSYCH Joint Liaison Committee, 1975-1995

RCPSYCH/6 - College of Occupational Therapists/RCPSYCH Liaison Committee, 1988-1993

Records of properties held by Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1869-2003 covering Hospital buildings, plans, budgets, correspondence and reports. Comprising: GOS/4/1: Plans of first purpose-built Hospital building, and correspondence with the architect, E. M. Barry, 1869-1875, including details of proposed alterations; press-cuttings, and correspondence with Dr West about the buildings; GOS/4/2: Volume, "Building and Sanitary Reports", 1873-1895, including correspondence, bills, plans and reports; some relating to Cromwell House; GOS/4/3: Box file, 'Buildings', including sub-files on new buildings, 1887-1949, namely i. General correspondence on Guilford Street property, 1931-1936, ii Plans of North Block by Charles Barry Jnr, 1890, iii. Cromwell House, 1895-1910, iv. Alterations to buildings and boilers, 1899-1947, v. Cleaning of premises, 1887-1921, vi. The Astor Memorial, 1903-1922, vii. Existing buildings, 1912, viii. Valuations, 1914-1916, ix. Proposed convalescent home, 1931-1932, x. Miscellaneous, 1921-1927, xi. St Christopher's Chapel, 1936, xii. Foundling Hospital site, 1924-1929.

GOS/4/4: Schemes for annual cleaning of Hospital premises, 1900-1915; GOS/4/5: Correspondence concerning new boiler house and redevelopment of Powis Place, 1907; GOS/4/6-8: Correspondence concerning new Out-Patient's Department, 1904-1910; GOS/4/9: Works Manager's correspondence, 1914; GOS/4/10: Works Manager's Electricity and Power Readings for Hospital premises, 1918-1923; GOS/4/11: Works Department Estimates, 1922-1923; GOS/4/12: Oliver Chadwyck-Healey's (Vice-Chairman) papers concerning attempted acquisition of the Foundling Hospital site, 1929.

GOS/4/13: Specification and Plans for the Princess Royal Nursing Home, 1932; GOS/4/14: Designs and correspondence for the Warburton-Lee Memorial, 1934; GOS/4/15: Specifications for new Hospital block (Southwood Building), 1936; GOS/4/16: Reports on, and estimates for, new Hospital block, 1938; GOS/4/17: Maps of Foundling Estate and Hospital properties, with attached schedule of Leases, 1955-1956; GOS/4/18: Reports and Plans relating to proposed office accommodation redevelopment, 1956.

GOS/4/19: Plans of Out-Patients Department area and adjacent play shelter site, Almoner's Office; Tennis Courts and Playground, c 1960; GOS/4/2O: Plans for alterations to Casualty Department entrance, 1961-62 ; GOS/4/21: Site Development Steam Generation plan, 1961; GOS/4/22: Sample French Window design, obtained (? by Dr West) from the 'Hospital Napoleon', Paris, c 1870; GOS/4/23: Building reports and related papers of proposed Joint Development (National Hospital, Morbid Anatomy), 1968-1975.

GOS/4/24: Floor-plan of original Hospital premises (48-49 Great Ormond Street), 1872; GOS/4/25: Correspondence concerning leasing and site development of Hospital premises on the Foundling Hospital estate, 1925-1942 (Guilford Street and Lansdowne Yard): i General correspondence on Guilford Street property, 1931-1936, ii. Proposed purchase of Foundling Estate property in Guilford Street, 1925-1927, iii. Correspondence with King's Fund concerning purchase of Foundling Estate property and developments at Tadworth Court, 1926-1927, iv. Correspondence concerning tenancies of property in Guilford Street and Lansdowne Mews, 1930, v. Legal papers concerning tenancy of properties in Guilford Street and Lansdowne Mews, 1927-1932, vi. Correspondence concerning properties in Lansdowne Yard and nos. 40, 42, 45 and 46 Guilford Street, 1930-1932, vii. Plans and Memoranda concerning Guilford Street, Lansdowne Yard, Dolling's Timber Yard site and related land-usage resolutions, 1927-1929, viii. Correspondence concerning tenancies of 34-36 Guilford Street, 1929-1937, ix. Correspondence concerning usage of Hospital's Guilford Street frontage for removal of deceased patients from Mortuary, 1932, x. Correspondence concerning Guilford Street tenancies and move of tenant Mr Bernhard 1932, 1930-1942.

GOS/4/26-109: Records of the building, furnishing and operation of the Southwood Building and the Guilford Street Nurses' Home , 1930-1955; GOS/4/ 26: Sale of Leases of Guilford Street properties, 1930; GOS/4/27: Architect's Report, 'Why the New Hospital is Necessary', 1934; GOS/4/ 28: Correspondence with Stanley Hall, Architect, 1932-1939; includes plan of possible Hospital redevelopment on the Foundling Hospital site; GOS/4/29: Papers concerning the effect of LCC Building Regulations on the Hospital's redevelopment, including site plans, 1935-1944; GOS/4/30: LCC Questionnaire on Hospital rebuilding, 1937; GOS/4/31: Enquiries concerning the GOS Redevelopment Scheme by other hospitals and institutions, 1937-1938; GOS/4/32: Architects' Reports, Plans, Questionnaires for the Building Committee, 1930-1938; GOS/4/33: Plans and correspondence concerning extension to the existing Astor Out-Patients Building, 1932-1946; GOS/4/34-35: Building contracts with, and records of payments to, Sir Robert McAlpine, Contractors, 1936-1940; GOS/4/36: Use of advertising hoardings on the Guilford Street site, 1936; GOS/4/37: Extension to Hospital Laundry, 1937-1938; GOS/4/38: Master-keys for new building, 1937-1938; GOS/4/39: Pathology Laboratory in new Hospital, 1939; GOS/4/40: Obituaries of Stanley Hall, Architect, 1940.

GOS/4/41: Architect's Report and summary description of new Nurses' Home, 1932; GOS/4/42: Correspondence concerning costs of new Nurses' Home, 1932-1936; GOS/4/43: Clerk of Works' Reports on new Nurses' Home building, 1934-1935; GOS/4/44: Matron's Temporary Flat in new Nurses' Home, 1938-1939; GOS/4/45 Nurses' Home 'Sanitary Annexes', 1936; GOS/4/46: Nurses' Home Electricity Supply, 1937-1938; GOS/4/47: Nurses' Home, Architects' Fees (Messrs Hall and Leslie), 1932-1935; GOS/4/48: Nurses' Home Painting and Decoration, 1933-1938; GOS/4/49: Nurses' Home, Maids' Quarters, 1936-1938; GOS/4/50: Nurses' Home Reception Office, 1954; GOS/4/51: Nurses' Home, Nurses and Sisters' Servery, 1951-53; GOS/4/52: Miscellaneous correspondence on Nurses' Home, and part of the site (36 Guilford Street); GOS/4/53: Nurses' Home, Mural Paintings by the Byam-Shaw School of Art, 1934-1937; GOS/4/54: Nurses' Home, Naming after Princess Royal and RIBA Award, 1937-40; GOS/4/55: Nurses' Home, Staff Recreation Room, 1938; GOS/4/56: Nurses' Home site, Dangerous Structures notice on existing properties, 1933.

GOS/4/57: Correspondence with Royal Standard Benefit Society, Guilford Street, concerning light/access effects of new Hospital buildings; GOS/4/58: Temporary transfer of Dresden and Cohen Wards to Nurses' Home building, 1937; GOS/4/59: Splint Store in new Hospital, 1937; GOS/4/60: Temporary accommodation in Nissen Huts during Hospital rebuilding, 1948; GOS/4/61: Resident Medical Superintendent's Quarters in new Hospital, 1935; GOS/4/62: Re-accommodation of Staff during Hospital rebuilding, 1936-1937; GOS/4/63: Ward Units in new Hospital, 1935-1949; GOS/4/64: Architect's correspondence on miscellaneous design details of the new Hospital, 1938; GOS/4/65: Accommodation/space allocation in new Out-Patients Building, including comments by Clinical Staff, 1938-1946; GOS/4/66: Plans of temporary Out-Patients Deptartment in the old Hospital, 1938; GOS/4/67: Equipment for new Out-Patients Dept., 1939; GOS/4/68: Overtime arrangements for construction of new building, 1936-1939; GOS/4/69: Miscellaneous correspondence on equipment and maintenance of the Southwood Building/Nurses' Home, 1937-1950; GOS/4/70: Schedule of Out-Patient accommodation, c 1939; GOS/4/71: Out-Patients Deptartment keys/security, 1954; GOS/4/72: Nurses' home, plans of new bathrooms/WC, 1953; GOS/4/73: Nurses' Home, Matron's Flat, 1951; GOS/4/74: Rubber Furnishings for Southwood Building/Nurses' Home, 1947-1949; GOS/4/ 75: Nurses' Home, furnishings, decoration, Dispensary and Kitchen, 1936-1953, including set of general floor-plans.

GOS/4/ 76: Skin Therapy Dept. in new Hospital, 1936; GOS/4/77: General furnishings for new Hospital, 1939; GOS/4/ 78: Clocks and paging system in new Hospital, 1933-1938; GOS/4/79: Offices and telephone exchange in new Hospital, 1951-1953; GOS/4/80: Out-Patient Dept., repair of damaged walling, 1947; GOS/4/81: Staff Canteen, 1951; includes general plans of new Institute of Child Health and Out-Patients Deptartment buildings; GOS/4/82: Water softener for new building, 1948-1954; GOS/4/83: Hospital workshops during redevelopment, 1935-1950; GOS/4/84: Sterilising equipment for new Hospital, 1937-1950; GOS/4/85 Ward temperatures in new Hospital, 1946; GOS/4/ 86: Building regulations authority correspondence, 1945; GOS/4/87: Equipment and operation of Hospital kitchens, 1937-1948; GOS/4/88: X-Ray Film Storage, 1936.

GOS/4/89: War-Damage; repair of bomb-damage to 5th-7th floors of Southwood Building, 1947-1958; GOS/4/ 90: Solution Room, 1947; GOS/4/91: Ventilating pipes, 1946-1947; GOS/4/92: Museum and Pathology Laboratory in new Hospital, 1946-1949, file also includes general floor-plans of 2nd-4th floors of Southwood Building; GOS/4/93: Operating Theatres, Equipment and Maintenance, 1947-1954; GOS/4/94: Staircases and fire-escape provision in Southwood Building, 1947-1948; GOS/4/95: Traffic Barrier in Hospital Drive, 1954;GOS/4/96: Wall opposite Southwood Memorial, 1953; GOS/4/97: Ventilation Plant on Balconies, 1952; GOS/4/98-99: Treatment Room floors, 1948-1952; GOS/4/100 Temporary Out-Patients' Deptartment, Bills of Quantities, 1948-1953; GOS/4/101: Redecoration, 1947-1948; GOS/4/102: Conversion to Oil Fuel, 1951-1952; GOS/4/103: Oxygen Mains Supply, 1935-1948; GOS/4/104: Ramp and Linen Store, including plans, 1953; GOS/4/105: Ward screens, 1948-1949; GOS/4/106: Refrigerated centrifuge, 1950-1955; GOS/4/107: Repair of Powis Place, 1945-1953.

GOS/4/108: Financial papers relating to costs of war damage repair, School of Nursing building and Barrie Wing, 1955-1963; GOS/4/109: Correspondence concerning Royal Standard Benefit Society premises, 40 Great Ormond Street, 1950-1953; GOS/4/110: Lists and related correspondence of Hospital residential properties, 1948-1973, including list of title deeds, 1948; GOS/4/111: Sketch plan of room usage in the basement of the surviving Victorian Hospital buildings, 1961; GOS/4/112: Old Building accommodation, 1979, Survey and floor plans, also site plan of whole 'Island Site'; GOS/4/113: 1960 Site plan, insurance valuations of Trust Fund properties, 1970, 1978 security report; GOS/4/114: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England report on the Hospital's buildings, including the Italian Hospital, 1994; GOS/4/115: Illustrated project on parental accommodation 'Great Ormond Street Project', by Sydney Sykes, March-September 1985; GOS/4/116: GOSH NHS Trust Site Plan and staff update literature c 2003.

Records of donors for Great Ormond Street Hospital, comprising: GOS/6/1 Lists and Registers, comprising GOS/6/1/1,Register of Life Governors, 1852-1890; GOS/6/1/2, Register of Life Donors, 1898-1908, with the Hospital's supporters since 1852; GOS/6/1/3-5, General Register of Donations and Subscriptions, January 1891-1900; GOS/6/1/6-7, Register of Life Governors, 1889-1908, with details of their date of joining since 1852, and Register of their Letters of Recommendation for patient admissions; GOS/6/1/8, Register of Donors under 30 Guineas, 1890-1897, with details of their donations since 1852, and Register of their Letters of Recommendation for patient admissions.

GOS/6/1/9, Register of Legacies, 1855-1893, including GOS/6/1/10-11, Registers of Wills and Bequests, 1884-1908; GOS/6/1/12, Register of Legacy Notices, 1903-06; GOS/6/1/13, Annual Register of Subscriptions, 1938; GOS/6/1/14, Financial Secretary's Report Book on Donations, 1923-1925; GOS/6/1/15-38 Correspondence concerning legacies to the Hospital, 1910-1948; GOS/6/1 /39, Legacies correspondence, loose copy Wills and related Probate information, 1909.

GOS/6/1/40-41 Sampled correspondence concerning personal and organisational donations to the Hospital, 1951-1959 and 1965-1969; GOS/6/1 /42-43, Deeds of Covenant, 1936-1953; GOS/6/1 /44, Register of Wills, 1934; GOS/6/1 /45-46, Register of Gifts, 1914-1941; GOS/6/1/48, Register of Ladies Applied to for Patronage, 1910; GOS/6/1/49 Register of Donors for Borough of Holborn Rebuilding Fund, 1933-1934; GOS/6/1/50, Appeal Book for Restoration of Hospital after Wartime bombing, 1945, autographed by members of the Royal Family, the British and United States' Governments, and leading Hollywood actors, actresses and producers; GOS/6/1/51, General Register of Donations, 1965-1971; GOS/6/1/52, Register of Donations to the Samaritan Fund, 1915-1917; GOS/6/1/53-54, Register of Legacies and their Subsequent Administration 1884-1948.

GOS/6/2-4, Major Patrons and Benefactors, comprising GOS/6/2/1-5, Gifts from the Royal family, correspondence regarding opening ceremonies, visits etc, 1872-1977.

GOS/6/3, The W. H. Barry Bequest (gift by William Henry Barry of the Hospital Chapel, and its Endowment for Services in Perpetuity), comprising GOS/6/3/1-6, Service Registers and Bequest agreements with Clergy, 1891-1963; GOS/6/3/7, Correspondence concerning the administration of the Barry Bequest, 1926-1960, including the arrangements for the appointment and transfer of Clergy, discussions on the use of the Chapel for Nonconformist services, the financial administration of the Bequest, a copy of W. H. Barry's Will (1892), and a pedigree of Barry family.

GOS/6/3/11-17, Chapel Baptism Registers, 1866-1988 *; GOS/6/3/18-19, Chapel Prayer Books, 1875; GOS/6/3/20, Order of Service for Hospital Chapel, 1875; GOS/6/3/21Certificate notifying his family of the Baptism of a named patient, 1917, GOS/6/3/22, Certificate of Christian baptism, 2002.

Sir J M Barrie and Peter Pan Copyright Gift GOS/6/4/1-2, Correspondence concerning gift of Copyright of Peter Pan to the Hospital by Sir James Barrie, with subsequent letters and press-cuttings, 1930-1977; GOS/6/4/3, Manuscript text of Barrie's speech to Guildhall Dinner on behalf of the Hospital, with annotated typescript copy, 1930; GOS/6/4/4-6 Correspondence from Sir J. M. Barrie 1929-1932; GOS/6/4/7-8 Membership and Subscriptions Register for the Peter Pan League, and correspondence, 1937-1949.

GOS/6/4/9-189, Correspondence concerning the administration of the Peter Pan Copyright gift, including correspondence with publishers, film companies, theatres, television companies, producers of overseas and foreign-language editions, 1929-1981;( /65 includes 2 letters of J M Barrie, correspondence with Barrie's Secretary, Cynthia Asquith, and reminiscences of the circumstances of Barrie's copyright gift by Hodder's Chairman, 1930-1972, /137 includes details of litigation with the Disney Corporation, 1962-1965; GOS/6/4/190, Correspondence between Lord Callaghan of Cardiff and Sir Cyril Chantler on the circumstances of the 1988 Peter Pan copyright extension to the Hospital, and the assistance given by Lady Callaghan; GOS/6/4/191, Set of Peter Pan commemorative stamps issued by the Royal Mail for the Hospital's 150th Anniversary year, 2002; GOS/6/4/192 Agreement with Samuel French Ltd regarding the licensing rights for amateur stage performances of Peter Pan, 20 October 1977; GOS/6/4/193 Hospital Charity's 'Activity List' of Peter Pan Centenary activities, 2004.

GOS/6/5 Commemorative and Endowed Cot Bequests, including GOS/6/5/1-5, Registers of Special Cots, 1868-1932; GOS/6/5/6 Register of Named Cots and Donors, circa 1930(updated, with amendments to 1968); GOS/6/5/7 Indexed volume listing Named and Endowed Cots, circa 1945; GOS/6/5/8, Register of Commemorative Plates at the Hospital, with information on the circumstances of the commemoration, circa 1955.

GOS/6/5/9-133 Correspondence files on the naming and sponsoring of individual commemorative cots, c 1920-1970, also including general files on the naming and listing of cots, 1936-1969, and files on the design and use of commemorative cot-plates, 1936-1956.

Miscellaneous Fundraising, GOS6/6/1- , including Fundraising dinners 1887-1890; GOS/6/6/7-9 The Imperial Coronation Bazaar, 1902; GOS/6/6/10, Correspondence and Reports concerning fund-raising for the Hospital by the Metropolitan Hospitals Sunday Fund, 1903-1906; GOS/6/6/11, File concerning advertising for special appeal on behalf of war-injured children from Europe, 1914; GOS/6/6/13, Correspondence concerning Appeal for the Children's Hospital City (a proposed new country Hospital under Great Ormond Street auspices), 1921; GOS/6/6/14/1-6, Correspondence concerning the commemorative naming of Wards, 1924-2000; GOS/6/6/15, Correspondence with overseas Donors, 1924-1969; GOS/6/6/16, Correspondence concerning Garden Party at Marlborough House in aid of the Hospital, 1931; GOS/6/6/17, Typescript texts of short stories submitted by Authors without fee for Appeal Fund; GOS/6/6/18, Correspondence concerning the Hospital's Ladies Association, 1937-1938.

GOS/6/6/19, Book of Gratitude, produced by the Hospital to record leading benefactors, 1940; GOS/6/6/21, General correspondence concerning Legacies to the Hospital, 1959-1964; GOS/6/6/23-26, Correspondence concerning the establishment and implementation of the Sir Denis Browne Memorial Fund (for Travelling Scholarships for clinical staff), 1967-1975, including Minutes of the Fund's Committee; GOS/6/6/29, Deed of Grant of Annuity of £120 between the Hospital and Reverend Joshua Wilson Coombs of Nice, in return for endowment of cot in memory of his daughter.

GOS/6/6/30*, Deeds of Covenant to the Hospital, with related correspondence 1934-1957; GOS/6/6/34, Papers relating to Sotheby's Auction of Hospital artworks at Hopetoun House, 1983, including portrait of Margaret Henley (the original inspiration for Wendy); GOS/6/6/3,5 GOSH Fundraising department's Corporate Pack, 1997; GOS/6/6/36, Survey of gifts of over £500 received by the Hospital since 1937, compiled prior to joining the National Health Service in 1948.

GOS/6/7/1-40, Wishing Well Appeal papers, 1985-1989; GOS/6/8/1, Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity fund-raising literature, 2002; GOS/6/8/2 Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity Newsletter, 2003- date.

Records of Hospital Committees of Great Ormond Street Hospital, 1852-2000, comprising: GOS/1, Annual Reports of the Committee of Management and Board of Management, 1852-1947; GOS/1/2 Minutes of the Committee of Management and Board of Management, 1850-1948 (includes the Provisional Committee Minutes Book, 1850-1852, text of Charles Dickens' 1855 speech on behalf of the Hospital, and the award of Honorary Governorship to him in 1858, a letter from Dr Jenner at Osbourne House in 1862, and a letter from Dr Jenner on gift of toys by the Queen in 1876.

GOS/1/3, Minutes of Board of Governors’ Meetings, 1869-1982; GOS/1/3/4- 25, Board of Governors Minute Books,1948-1982; GOS/1/4 Administrative and Executive Committee Minutes, 1938-1952; GOS/1/5/1-19, House Committee Minutes 1867-1938; GOS/1/5/20-44, House Committee papers, 1892-1921; GOS/1/6/1-57 Medical Committee Minutes, 1852-1971; Joint Medical Executive Committee, 1972 -1982.

GOS/1 /6/58, Transitional Executive Committee Minute Book, 1968-1969; GOS/1/6/59- 73, Executive Medical Committee Minute Book, 1971-1982; GOS/1/6/74-92 Medical Committee Papers, 1894-1936.

GOS/1/6/2, Comprising the Minute Books of the Divisional Subsidiaries of the Medical Executive Committee, known as the Cogwheel System, 1971-1990, including the Division of Physicians, the Division of Surgeons, the Division of Radiologists, the Division of Anaesthetists, and the Division of Pathologists.

GOS/1/7 Minute Books of the Joint Committee(on Medical Appointments), known after 1950 as the Medical Appointments Committee, 1894-1965; GOS/1/8 Finance Committee Minutes, 1858-1982; GOS/1/9 Building Committee Minutes, 1876-1981, Building Sub-Committee Minutes; GOS/1/10 Nursing Committee Minutes, 1922-1981; GOS/1/11 Policy and Development Committee Minutes, 1964-1977; GOS/1/12 Research Committee Minutes, 1946-1977; GOS/1/13 Medical Ethics Committee Minutes (including registers of cases for members' consideration), 1969-1984; GOS/1/14 General Medical Staff Committee Minutes,1971-1983; GOS/1/15 Establishment Committee Minutes, Establishment Committee Minute Book, 1948-1951.

GOS/1/16 Junior Staff Committee Minutes, 1930-1933; GOS/1/16/2 Junior Staff Training Committee Minute Book, 1972-1977; GOS/1/17 Doctors' Clinical Club Minutes (including non Great Ormond Street staff), 1875-1896 (includes photographs of annual excursions); GOS/1/18, Private Nursing Committee Minutes, 1917; GOS/1/19 Private Wards Administrative Committee Minutes, 1938-1947; GOS/1/20 Advisory Committee on Nursing Education Minutes,1970-1976; GOS/1/21 Cross-Infection Sub-Committee and Group Infection Committee Minutes, 1964-71982; GOS/1 /22 Organ Transplant Sub-Committee Minutes, 1964; GOS/1/23 Tumour Committee Minutes, 1965-1969.

GOS/1 /24 In-Patients After-Care Trust Minutes, 1913-1938; GOS/1/25 Social Services Committee Minutes,1949-1968; GOS/1 /26 Almoner’s Committee Minutes, 1918-1949; GOS/1/27 Committee of Chairmen Minutes, 1951-1952; GOS/1/28 Pensions Committee Minutes,1931-1933; GOS/1 /28/2 Pensions Committee Standing Orders, 1931-1945; GOS/1/28/3 Pensions Sub-Committee Minute Book, 1928-1931; GOS/1/29, Investment Sub-Committee Minutes,1958; GOS/1/30 Medical Workshop Committee Minutes, 1959-1968; GOS/1 /31 Catering Committee Minutes, 1945-1967;
GOS/1/32 Laundry Committee Minutes, 1952.

GOS/1 /33 Managing Committee Minutes, 1885; GOS/1/34 Reception Committee Minutes for Opening of New (South) Wing, 1892-1893; GOS/1 /35 Imperial Coronation Bazaar Committee Minutes,1902; GOS/1/36 Sub-Committee for the Management of Festival Dinners Minutes, 1857-1863; GOS/1/37 Appeal Committee Minutes, 1908-1909; GOS/1/38 Appeals Council Minutes, 1935-1941; GOS/1 /39 Peter Pan Sub-Committee Minutes,1954-1966; GOS/1 /40 Special Appeal Committee Minutes, 1930-1937; GOS/1/41 Centenary Sub-Committee Minutes, 1948-1952.

GOS/1/42 Local Government Committees on Hospital Reconstruction: GOS/1/42/1Reconstruction Fund, Borough of Holborn Committee Minute Book, 1933-1934; GOS/1/42/2 Reconstruction Fund; Borough of St Pancras Committee Minute Book, 1931-1933; GOS/1/43 Co-ordination Committee Minutes, 1939-1945; GOS/1/44, Law and Publicity Committee Minutes, 1931-1939.

GOS/1/45 Minutes of the London School of Paediatrics, 1941-1945; GOS/1 /46, League of Remembrance Minutes, 1946-1982; GOS/1/47 Institute of Child Health Staff Case Conference Minutes, 1947-1962; GOS/1/47/2; ICH Case Conference papers and GOS/ICH Training prospectus, c 1980-1990s. (These items came from Professor Aynsley-Green’s office.)

GOS/1/48 Sub-Committee on Nursing, Domestic Services, and Supplies Minutes, 1961-1963; GOS/1/49 Minutes of the Select Committee on Metropolitan Hospitals; GOS/1/49/1 Minute Book of the Select Committee on Metropolitan Hospitals, 1889; GOS/1/50 Kampala Sub-Committee (also known as Assistance to Hospitals in Uganda) Minutes, 1957-1969; GOS/1/51/1-4 Agenda Books for major Hospital Committees, 1908- 1935; GOS/1/51/5 Register of Committee Members, 1947-1956.

GOS/1/51/6 File, miscellaneous Committee resolutions, memoranda, membership lists and correspondence, 1903-1942; GOS/1/51/7 Volume containing signatures of Board of Management and Medical Committee members, circa 1940; GOS/1/52 GOSH Health Records Committee Minutes and Reports 1998-2000.

Records of Cromwell House, Highgate (Great Ormond Street Convalescent Branch), CH/3 Financial Records, comprising CH/3/1, Highgate Ledger, containing maintenance costs for Great Ormond Street Convalescent Branch (provisions, salaries, rents etcetera), January 1896 to December 1900; CH/3/2 Cromwell House Wage Book (for Nurses and Servants), September 1869 to December 1910.

Visitors' Books and Report Books, comprising CH/7/1, Cromwell House Visitors Book, 1869-1918, (with leaflet on Regulations for Admission.); CH/7/2 Matron's Report Book, November 1911- May 1922.

Correspondence, comprising CH/8/1 Letters and Press Cuttings Book re Cromwell House, 1867-1873 (includes plan of Dead House, staff memoranda, correspondence on patients and management, leaflets and advertisements about the house produced by the hospital, press cuttings and illustrations. draft regulations and maintenance proposals); CH/8/2 Report of the Sub-Committee on the desirability of retaining Cromwell House.

Patient Registers, comprising CH/9/1, Patient Admissions Register, 1869-1883; CH/9/2, Duplicate Admissions Register, 1869-1880 (with letter from Catherine J. Wood on staffing problems at Cromwell House, dated 9th May 1878); CH/9/3, Patient Admissions Register, 1883 -1891; CH/9/4 Patient Admissions Register, 1893-1898; CH/9/5 Patient Admissions Register, 1904-1910; CH/9/6 Admissions Register to Chronic and Surgical Wards, 1870-1904; CH/9/7 Duplicate Admissions Register to Chronic and Surgical Wards, 1870-1880; CH/9/8 Register of Out-Patients, 1884-1888.

This collection is comprised of records of the various Awards and Fellowships that have been issued throughout the College's History.

Material relating to Thomas Holloway and his family, 1863-1965, including a press cuttings book kept by Holloway, 1863, pamphlets printed by the Governors of Royal Holloway College relating to the life and works of Thomas Holloway, trade literature for Holloway's pills and ointments, reports and addresses on the Holloway Sanatorium, and a catalogue of title deeds relating to Thomas Holloway deposited in Surrey Record Office. Reminiscences, memoirs, verses and novels relating to Royal Holloway College, 1911-1969, notably manuscripts and taped reminiscences by former students of the College, a printed copy of Dolores ( Blackwood and Sons, London and Edinburgh, 1911) by Ivy Compton-Burnett, speeches given at various special College dinners, and manuscripts of College songs and verses about members of staff and students. Press cuttings, articles and obituaries, 1876-1970, extracted from newspapers and journals, on Royal Holloway College, including articles on the College buildings, members of staff, the Council, the College Departments and women's' education in general. Drawings, prints and watercolours, [1879]-1908, of staff, grounds and buildings, mainly sketches of the College buildings used for a promotional brochure, 1895. Ephemera relating to Royal Holloway, [1880]-1965.

Reminiscences, 1899-1984, of Bedford College and its staff, including correspondence, proofs and notes created by Dame Margaret Jansen Tuke during the writing of A history of Bedford College for Women, 1849-1937 (Oxford University Press, London, 1939); reminiscences by Norah McNaulty of Bedford College from 1912-1962; copy of Many a good crusade (Macmillan, New York, 1954) by Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve. Press cuttings concerning Bedford College, 1849-1987, mainly relating to Bedford College history and buildings, including a centenary issue of The Unicorn, a dissertation on the Teacher Training Department from 1892-1919, and cuttings relating to the merger. Drawings and sketches, 1861-1951, of buildings and staff of Bedford College. Ephemera, [1780]-1956, including copies of inscriptions and tablets throughout the College, examples of different stationery used by the College administration, various items of Bedford College uniform, and manuscript notes by Florence Nightingale on India.