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Two photographs of Eileen Louise Younghusband, [1910-1920], a coloured miniature as a child, and a black and white photograph as a young girl.

Papers of the youth and student groups of the Liberal and Liberal Democrat parties, 1930s-1990s, including: Union of Liberal Students papers, 1980s, including: mailings; conference papers; financial records; papers on local groups; and, press releases. Young Liberals papers, 1958-1980s (mainly 1970s-1980s), including: constitution, 1975; minutes; conference papers; newsletters; leaflets and other publications. Student Liberal Democrats office files, 1930s-1980s (but only a few items before the 1980s). Papers of Ruth Coleman mainly relating to the Young Liberals and Liberal Students, 1970s-1994.

Photocopy of book containing medicinal and culinary recipes, compiled by Margaret Wynne (? of Wales).

Papers of the journal Work, Employment and Society, a journal of the British Sociological Association, 1992-1994, comprising contributors' files.

Woolly Al Walks the Kitty Back collection comprises transcripts of interviews and videotapes relating to the making of the BBC Timewatch programme, Woolly Al walks the Kitty Back, produced by Brian Lapping Associates Ltd.

Includes interviews with leading British and Argentinian political figures, as well as diplomatic figures from the United Nations. The interviews relate to the Falklands War and issues leading up to and following the immediate conflict.

Papers of Martha Wooley, [1920-1990], comprising material collected by her for a biography of Sir Halford Mackinder.

YMA/WF: papers of the Woodcraft Folk, 1910-1975, including yearbooks and annual reports, 1928-1973; administrative material, 1930-1972, notably agenda and minutes of National Delegate Conferences, the National Folk Council and its various committees, membership details, and financial papers such as account books, paysheets and correspondence; general correspondence, 1929-1972, on subjects including the Public Order Act, Folk organisation during World War Two, conscientious objection, and the organisation of campsites; material concerning teaching undertaken by the Folk, 1938-1956, notably papers concerning National Training Camps, tests and badges; correspondence and papers concerning the National Folkhouse, 1938-1958; publications and propaganda, [1926-1965], also including song sheets, play scripts, draft articles and newspaper cuttings; correspondence and papers concerning relations with other organisations, 1929-1972, notably the Co-operative Union; material relating to international activities, 1931-1975, including correspondence with international youth groups, participation in international children's camps and European conferences; papers relating to local Woodcraft Folk groups, 1924-1973; papers of individual Folk, [1925-1975]; photographs of Folk activities, 1938-1971; printed materials and periodicals, 1910-1973. (114 boxes).

YMA/WF/2003 (accessions M3199 and M3204): Additional papers of the Woodcraft Folk, including minutes, annual reports, correspondence, publications, photographs, c 1929-c 1989 (80 boxes).

YMA/WF/2005 (accession M3293): Papers of the Woodcraft Folk: Mount Pleasant Group, 1970s (1 box).

Executive Committee minutes; annual reports; circular letters and international circular letters; papers, notes and correspondence on subjects including women's suffrage, India, Germany, and the early history of WILPF; printed material, including press cutting books; and additional members' correspondence, notes and papers concerning refugees and immigrants, and lobbying of the United Nations.

Correspondence and papers concerning the administration and incorporation of the Council; papers and correspondence relating to surveys concerning Trade Unions, the employment of teachers in hospitals, women admitted to workhouses, schools, and women's trades and conditions; correspondence and papers relating to the Council's Education Committee, and correspondence concerning Lipton Ltd; letter books and other correspondence, and printed material concerning unemployment in other European countries; correspondence and papers concerning technical education; and completed forms and charts relating to the home work survey.

Annual Reports of the Womens Cooperative Guild, 1893 (10th), 1895-1945 (12th-62nd), 1949-1956 (66th-73rd).

This collection consists of 11 volumes covering activities connected with the Guild, propaganda work, photographs, correspondence, material relating to the "Sheffield Enquiry", promotion of "peoples stores", speeches and leaflets. Includes:
Volume 2: Printed and manuscript material connected with the propaganda work organised by the Coronation Street branch of the Sunderland Co-operative Society, 1902-1904.
Volume 3: Album of photographs relating to the activities at Sunderland documented in volume 2. Includes image of central Guild banner, Guild chain of office and 1906 Guild Congress.
Volume 4: Manuscript, printed material and photographs relating to the activities documented in volume 2, 1902-1903.
Volume 5: Manuscript and printed material, drawings, paintings and photographs relating to the activities documented in volume 2, 1903-1904.
Volume 6: Manuscript and typed material relating to a Guild enquiry on co-operation among the poor in Sheffield, 1902. Arranged in order of each investigator' who participated in the enquiry. The volume also contains manuscript and printed material documenting the propaganda work organised by the Guild which related to the Kingsland Road store of the Bristol Co-operative Society, 1905-1906. Some of the letters, now merged into the chronological sequence, were originally clipped together and marked, in the hand of Miss Mary Spooner, whose reports on conditions figure among them, "Interesting experiment with an 'Out of Debt' Fund".
Volume 8: Press material and correspondence connected with the resignation of the General Secretaryship and Assistant Secretaryship, respectively, on 1 Oct 1921, of Margaret Llewelyn Davies and Lilian Harris.

Copies of evidence to the Wolfenden Committee.

This collection contains speeches by Wise; financial reports on the economic condition of Germany; correspondence regarding the publication of his German diary; pamphlets and reports on reparation payments; studies, notes and papers on government policy; notes regarding economic policy; and notes and correspondence regarding his political life.

Papers of and relating to Sir John Fischer Williams, 1913-1923, notably originals, copies and transcripts of correspondence with Leonard Henry and Catherine Courtney, 1st Baron and Baroness Courtney of Penwith, mainly relating to Williams' role as British Legal Representative on the Reparations Commission in Paris, and the negotiations between France, Germany and Great Britain; a typescript by David Francis Hubbock based on the Williams correspondence entitled 'Letters from Paris: Reparations and the Ruhr crisis of 1923', [1947-1990]; a photocopy of diary notes kept by Williams on the Reparations Commission, 1920; photocopy of notes on Lord Courtney by (Martha) Beatrice Webb, 1918; copies of photographs of Lady Courtney and the Legal Committee of the Reparations Commission, taken at the Hotel Astoria in Paris, 1920s; a list of publications by Williams.

Papers of Brandon Meredith Rhys-Williams, 1965-1988, including political appointment diaries, 1980-1988; correspondence, press cuttings and printed material relating to various Kensington constituency issues, 1979-1988, including local health facilities, education funding, drugs, police and community relations, immigration and refugees, and homosexuality; general constituency correspondence, 1985-1988; papers relating to various Parliamentary campaigns, 1968-1988, notably on child benefit, housing, pensions, and social security; material concerning finance and taxation, 1968-1988, including note, speeches, reports and correspondence relating to finance bills, budgets and taxation; material concerning the many attempts of Rhys-Williams to pass a Companies Bill through Parliament, 1967-1988, including correspondence, draft bills, reports and press cuttings; papers relating to Europe, 1968-1988, including material on domestic opinion, the European Parliament, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, the European League for Economic Co-operation, the European Democratic Group, the European Conservative Group and the European Economic Community; papers concerning Rhys-Williams' interest in social security reform, 1965-1988, including correspondence, printed reports, pamphlets, notes and drafts on subjects such as child benefit, taxation, pensions, basic income guarantee and European social security.

Papers relating to Juliet Rhys Williams' work on economics, taxation reforms, wages policy, and Commonwealth trade; her membership of the European League for Economic Co-operation, the United Europe Movement, the European Movement, and other European groups; correspondence, articles and pamphlets relating to European issues; correspondence, speeches, conference papers and pamphlets from the Liberal Party; material concerning Rhys Williams' involvement in the Conservative Party, mostly relating to the Monday Club and elections; papers relating to commercial television, and film making; documents relating to the building and administration of Cwmbran New Town; papers relating to Rhys Williams' time as Churchwarden of St Anne's, Soho, and as vice-president of the St Anne's Society; material relating to the publishing and winding up of the 'European Review' and the 'Economic Digest'; minutes of the Bishop of Llandaff's Committee on hardship in the Rhondda Valley; Rhys Williams' collected writings, correspondence, and pamphlet and newsletter collections; papers relating to projects and societies in which Rhys Williams was involved; and family papers relating to property owned by the Rhys Williams family, family finances, photographs, Elspeth Rhys Williams (her daughter) and Sir Rhys Rhys Williams (her husband).

Financial records of William Brandt's Sons and Co, a London merchant bank, 1814-1957. The collection consists entirely of volumes of account books.

Papers of (Robert James) Martin Wight, [1939-1972], including research material for books and articles, texts of lectures and talks, conference papers, quotations, press cuttings and correspondence all on subjects including international politics, the United Nations and European unity, World War Two, religion, Russia, and the teaching of history; material relating to societies; and files on the teaching of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The papers consist mainly of correspondence and memoranda relating to the political positions held by Lord Wigg, 1939-1983, and has been divided into the following sections:

1. Early life and personal papers;
2. Early Political Career, 1945-1951;
3. Labour Party Opposition, 1951-1964;
4. Paymaster General, 1964-1967;
5. Later Political Career, 1967-1983;
6. General Elections, 1945-1966;
7. Constituency Papers, 1945-1966;
8. Horserace Betting Levy Board, 1964-1972.
   
   A further 80 boxes of papers relating to the Horserace Betting Levy Board remain closed and unlisted.

Papers of the Wider Share Ownership Council, c1958-c2003, including correspondence, minutes, conference papers, reports and publications, including material relating to the merger with Proshare. Also the personal papers of George Copeman, mainly relating to employee share ownership and business management.

Papers of George Arbuthnot concerning currency, as edited by V D[elves?] B[roughton?]; Papers of Lord Welby concerning the organisation of Government departments, gold coinage, Indian currency, bimetallism, coinage, and the Bank of England; Lord Welby's correspondence; and a compendium of information on British administration in the mid 19th century.

Papers of Sir Charles Kingsley Webster, 1901-1962, including diaries, 1918-1949, including details of work at the Paris Peace Conference, the League of Nations, the United Nations, the Foreign Office and the British Academy; correspondence, 1906-1961, with family, friends, students and colleagues, notably relating to his historical research and writings, academic employment and engagements, European politics, work for the Foreign Office during World War Two, and his work for the British Academy, and the United Nations; material concerning his early career, 1901-1914, including examination papers and conference programmes; papers relating to his work at Liverpool University, 1914-1928, including teaching materials; papers concerning Webster's service during World War One, mainly comprising material relating to the Paris Peace Conference and the League of Nations Union; papers concerning the League of Nations, 1920-1931, comprising reports and memoranda presented to various sessions of the Assembly; papers relating to Webster's work at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, 1924-1932, notably administrative and teaching material, newspaper cuttings and other papers concerning Webster's trips to Germany, Canada and the USA, and copies of articles on reparations and the League of Nations; material concerning his work at the London School of Economics, 1932-1953, including teaching materials such as reading lists, examination papers, lists of students and correspondence relating to funding, and minutes and papers of LSE committees, notably the Editorial Board of Politica; material relating to committees, meetings and visits, 1933-1940, including the International Committee of Historical Sciences, the League of Nations Union, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, the Bloomsbury Society and the British Council; material concerning Webster's work at the Foreign Research and Press Service, Royal Institute of International Affairs (later the Foreign Office Research Department), 1939-1944, on subjects related to international organisation and post-war settlement, including correspondence, memoranda, and minutes of the Minister of State's Committee on Future World Organisation; papers relating to work at the British Library of Information, New York, 1941-1942; papers on the Dumbarton Oaks Discussions on the organisational structure and form of the United Nations, 1944, mainly comprising memoranda and printed material, with personal notes and official conference papers; papers on the United Nations Conference on International Organisation, San Francisco, 1945, including UK Delegation papers, records of meetings, and conference documents; background papers to the Preparatory Commission of the United Nations, 1945-1946, comprising conference documents and committee papers; papers on the United Nations General Assembly First Session and the League of Nations Final Assembly, 1946, including memoranda, minutes, committee papers and records of meetings; material concerning other committees and societies, 1946-1958, including UNESCO; lectures and speeches, [1906]-1960, mainly concerning nineteenth century history and European alliance; papers concerning published works, 1911-1962, including research material, manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and correspondence; newspaper cuttings relating to Webster's career and general political interest, 1909-1961; photographs, 1919-1961, including official pictures relating to Webster's work regarding the United Nations.

Working papers for Professor Norman MacKenzie's edition of the Webb's letters, [1889-1986], published as The letters of Sidney and Beatrice Webb (Cambridge University Press, 1978), including transcripts and photocopies of original letters, whether used in the book or not, comprising general correspondence and correspondence between Sidney and Beatrice Webb; MacKenzie's draft transcripts and notes, with final draft copies of published volumes, including final transcripts of letters used. Correspondendents range from family to prominent social scientists.

East Africa papers: demi official papers of Lord Passfield as Colonial Secretary concerning East Africa and the Joint Select Committee on East Africa.

Papers of Beatrice and Sidney Webb, 1835-[1985], comprising the following: Diaries of Beatrice Webb, 1873-1943, including the original manuscript volumes and various typed transcripts, comprising a detailed account of her life and work, notably relating to the history of socialism in Great Britain. The volumes include entries concerning Charles Booth, the Fabian Society, the Labour Party, trade unionism, the suffrage movement, the LSE, local government, and communism, as well as descriptions of friends, colleagues and acquaintances. The diaries also include entries by Sidney Webb, mainly during their 'world tours' in 1898 and 1911 and a visit to the USSR in 1932. Correspondence, 1853-1947, including correspondence of the Potter family before Beatrice's marriage, 1862-1892, including letters of her parents, Richard and Lawrencina Potter, and her sisters, as well as correspondence between Beatrice and Herbert Spencer, Joseph Chamberlain, Charles and Mary Booth, Professor Alfred Marshall, and Auberon (Edward William Molyneux) Herbert; early correspondence of Sidney Webb, 1885-1892, notably with Graham Wallas and George Bernard Shaw; letters between Beatrice and Sidney Webb, 1890-1940, including material relating to their courtship, marriage, work and life together; general correspondence of the Webbs following their marriage, 1892-1947, with a wide range of correspondents including politicians, Fabians, historians, social scientists, and staff of the London School of Economics and Political Science; additional letters and photocopies of letters given to the Library after the deposit of the Passfield papers in 1949, 1888-1944, including correspondence with Edward Reynolds Pease, Charlotte Payne-Townshend (later Shaw), Professor William Alexander Robson, Mrs Lucia Turin, Herbert George Wells, Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, and Hubert Hall; later correspondence relating to the Webbs, [1970-1985], collated by Norman MacKenzie. Material concerning personal and private affairs, 1865-1948, including financial and legal papers of the Webbs and their families, 1873-1945, such as wills, probates, birth and marriage certificates and insurance policies; material relating to educational awards of Sidney and Beatrice, 1876-1945, as well as papers concerning his Barony; correspondence, legal and business papers concerning property, 1893-1948, including Passfield Corner; financial material, 1902-1947, notably banking correspondence and dividend vouchers; photographs, 1865-1947, mainly of the Potter family and Beatrice and Sidney Webb, and including several of George Bernard Shaw and his wife Charlotte. Material relating to political and public work, 1892-1948, including material relating to the London County Council, 1892-1907; papers concerning the Poor Law, 1909-1948, including the foundation of the National Committee for the Prevention of Destitution, and papers of the National Poor Law Reform Association; memoranda by Beatrice Webb on the administration of the Prince of Wales's Fund, 1914; documents from the International Socialist Congress of Vienna, 1914; material concerning Beatrice Webb's work on the Reconstruction Committee, 1917-1918, including letters from William Henry Beveridge, David Lloyd George and Christopher Addison, and committee papers; memoranda on war aims for the Inter-Allied Labour and Socialist Conference, 1918; political papers regarding Sidney Webb's candidature for the University of London in the general election of 1918, and his role as Labour MP for Seaham Harbour, 1920-1931; prospectus and notices of the Half-Circle Club, 1921; notes by Sidney Webb on the Labour Government of 1924; material concerning the living wage policy of the Independent Labour Party, 1926; political papers of Sidney Webb, 1929-1931, mainly concerning his role as Secretary of State for the Colonies in the Labour Government of 1929, and including a report on the legislative programme of the Parliamentary Labour Party, correspondence with Sir Edward William Macleay Grigg, Governor of Kenya, and notes on the political crises of 1931 and Webb's resignation; notes and drafts of an article by Beatrice Webb on the 1929 Labour Government, 1929-1931; memoranda by Beatrice Webb on Employment Insurance, 1931. Business papers concerning publications, 1890-1947, notably general correspondence between the Webbs and their actual and prospective publishers, 1890-1947; printed prospectuses, advertisements, book jackets, 1898-1941, for Industrial democracy, A constitution for the socialist commonwealth of Great Britain, The History of Trade Unionism, various volumes of English local government, The decay of capitalist civilisation, Methods of social study, and Soviet communism; manuscript notebooks, 1920-1947, mainly in Sidney Webb's hand, containing details of subscribers to English local government, and accounts connected with Webb publications. Printed, typescript and manuscript copies of lectures, interviews, speeches and talks by the Webbs, [1870]-1942, notably texts of lectures given by Sidney Webb at venues including the Working Men's College, the Argosy Society, the Sunday Lecture Society, the Fabian Society, the City of London College, and South Place Institute, 1883-1891, mainly relating to political economy and economic history; printed reports of interviews with Sidney and Beatrice Webb, and speeches and lectures by them, 1889-1942, on subjects including political economy, socialism, the London County Council, education, the USSR and trade unions; reprints and texts of lectures and talks by Beatrice Webb, 1906-1932, and Sidney Webb, 1900-1936, on the poor law, Herbert Spencer, social research, politics, and soviet communism; an album of press cuttings relating to Sidney Webb, 1887-1891. Articles, essays, published letters and reviews by the Webbs, 1877-1945, notably manuscript and typescript essays, 1877-1887, on marxism, economic theory, and social research; typescript copies of articles, 1912-1933, mainly relating to the Labour Party, politics and Soviet Russia; printed copies of articles by Beatrice and Sidney Webb, 1887-1942; published letters, 1897-1910, on trade unions, and destitution; notes and diary entries made by the Webbs during and after a visit to the Soviet Union, 1932; drafts and proofs of books by the Webbs, 1913-[1940]. Bibliographical material and research notes gathered by Beatrice and Sidney Webb during the production of some of their books, 1881-1948, including printed material, scrap books, biographical notes and index cards on subjects such as political economy, social conditions and local government in London, poor law, socialism, trade unionism, and the co-operative movement. Material relating to the Webbs' involvement with the Fabian Society, 1886-1947, including general material and lectures, 1888-1947; papers of the Fabian Research Department and the Labour Research Department, 1912-1929; papers of the New Fabian Research Bureau, 1936-1938; material regarding the Fabian Summer School, 1913-1926; papers concerning the Fabian Women's Group, 1914-1915; and material relating to the Fabian Colonial Bureau, 1946. Papers relating to the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1893-1924, comprising early material concerning the Hutchinson Bequest and Trust, 1893-1924, namely legal documents, correspondence and financial papers; correspondence, legal documents, accounts and maps regarding the foundation, early history and administration of LSE, 1895-1945, including letters from Sir William Henry Beveridge, Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, William Albert Samuel Hewins and others; correspondence regarding library acquisitions, 1934-1935; material concerning LSE buildings, 1898-1903, including correspondence with architects and builders, accounts, maps and plans. Material concerning the New Statesman and the Statesman Publishing Company, 1912-1943, comprising papers relating to the foundation, financing and planned format of the journal, 1912-1913; correspondence with William Pember Reeves, Professor Charles Mostyn Lloyd, (Basil) Kingsley Martin, George Bernard Shaw, Edward Whitley and Ernest Darwin Simon, 1912-1943; financial material, 1913-1943, including banking correspondence, share statements, loan certificates, and circulation figures; material concerning the takeover of the Nation by the New Statesman, 1923; correspondence with Clifford Dyce Sharp relating to his resignation as Editor, 1924; transcripts of Beatrice Webb's diary relating to the journal, 1912-1928. Material published about Beatrice and Sidney Webb and the Potter family, 1869-1960, including press cuttings and short published reviews of published works by the Webbs, 1889-1960; photographs and notes relating to the Potter family, 1869-1947, including Richard Potter, Lady Kate Courtney, Sir Richard Durning Holt and Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps. Papers of the Beatrice Webb relating to the government Reconstruction Committee, 1916-1918, mainly comprising memoranda, reports and letters concerning the work of the Machinery of Government Committee, with proposals concerning the reorganisation of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, the Board of Trade, the Department of Justice, the Board of Education, the Home Office and the civil service, as well as methods of controlling national expenditure; memoranda and reports of the Sub-Committee on Functions of Government Departments; and material created by the Control of Industry and Commerce Panel. Miscellaneous material, 1835-[1950], including items found loose in Beatrice Webb's diary, including the passport of Richard Potter, reports on trade unionism, conscientious objectors, wage regulation in World War One; a letter from Sir Oswald Ernald Mosely to Sidney Webb, enclosing a paper on unemployment and reconstruction, [1930]; cabinet papers on national expenditure and national insurance and pensions, [1930-1931]; material concerning agriculture in the Soviet Union; photographs, [1850]-1932, comprising a photograph album of Sidney Webb's parents, and pictures removed from Beatrice Webb's diary.

Board of Trade papers mainly connected with labour exchanges, national insurance, overseas trade and war time administration.

Record of the inhabitants of Katharine Buildings, Cartwright Street, Aldgate, London.

Materials on trade unionism collated by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, [1814-1924], mainly during research for The history of trade unionism, 1666-1920 (Longmans and Co, London, 1894), Industrial democracy (Longmans and Co, London, 1897) and other works, including manuscript notes relating to various trades, pamphlets and printed material concerning trade unions, trade union rule books, and printed reports and other periodical material.

Materials on local government collated by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1906-1930, mainly during research for their nine volume English Local Government from the Revolution to the Municipal Corporations Act (Longmans and Co, London, 1906-1929) and other works on local government and the poor law, including extensive notes taken from parliamentary papers and acts, books, newspapers and local records, and including bibliographical lists, summaries and reports of interviews with members of local authorities, and material on specific counties; material on the poor law, including correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Commission on the Poor Law, 1905-1909.

Album of photographs of cooperative shops in Leningrad, USSR, given to Sidney Webb by the Leningrad Union of Consumers' Cooperation, 1932.

Papers concerning wartime measures for the relief of distress.

Papers relating to the case Irving v Penguin Books and Lipstadt, 1996, and papers relating to Nazi gold, including the London Conference on Nazi Gold held at Lancaster House, 2-4 December 1997.

Papers of Graham Robert Watson, 1996-1999, including material relating to constituency work, such as correspondence with individual constituents and interest groups, papers concerning elections and subject files on issues including BSE, European monetary union and business.

Papers of John Watkins, from the 1940s onwards consisting of an alphabetical series of correspondence files, mainly with other philosophers including Karl Popper, Imre Lakatos and Paul Feyerabend.

Memoranda on the increased cost of living during World War One, Aug 1914- Jun 1917. Also, Executive Committee of the Workers' National Committee minutes, 11 Sep 1914-10 Oct 1918.

Personal and professional correspondence, articles, manuscripts of books, research material, reviews of books, biographical material, Ada Wallas' diaries, and Graham Wallas' engagement diaries.

Papers of Richard Wainwright MP, c 1868-2005, including personal papers, papers relating to the Colne Valley constituency and general election campaigns, articles, speeches and press releases written by Wainwright and Liberal Party policy papers; papers relating to Richard Wainwright's time at Cambridge University, his work for the Friends Ambulance Unit during World War II and the Rowntree Reform Social Services Trust (now the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust). Further papers relate to his wife, Joyce's, involvement in the Yorkshire Women's Liberal Federation.

Papers relating to Henderson, 1983-1985;
Papers relating to Toplis and Harding, international loss adjusters, 1988-1990;
Papers relating to Herbert Morris' History, 'Cranes and Craftsmen', 1973-1974;
Papers relating to Richard Thomas, no date;
Papers relating to Dictionary of Business Biography (including James Livesey), Business Archives Council, Quinton Hazell and Stones Ginger, no date;
Papers relating to Spillers, 1975-1978;
Papers relating to Simpson, Piccadilly, 1995-1996.

Letters to Charles Villiers, most from Edward Hyde Villiers on family and political matters. The letters are largely undated and in considerable disorder. Many are incomplete.

Papers of John Vaughan-Morgan, Baron Reigate, including correspondence, personal papers, family papers, including relating to his family history, photographs (some from the 1890s), press cuttings, and financial papers (including valuations of antiques, paintings, etc).

Papers of David Vasmer, 1971-2001, comprise papers regarding the Liberal Party and the Liberal Democrats, including documents relating to the merger, conference papers and publications. There are also files relating to the ALC (Association of Liberal Councillors), ASLDC (Association of Social and Liberal Democrat Councillors) and ALDC (Assocation of Liberal Democrat Councillors), including annual reports, minutes, artwork, and publications (such as circulars, leaflets and guides).

This collection consists mainly of the papers of the central organisation of the UNA and relate to the day to day running and administration of the Association. It includes material relating to the establishment and administration of the World Federation of United Nations Associations; minutes and agendas of annual general meetings, organisational committees and campaign committees, including the Working with Africa committee; material relating to the Association's finances and general administration; minutes and correspondence relating to the UNA Trust; correspondence concerning the Media Peace Prize; reports and papers relating to the Falklands War, the Iran/Iraq War, the Middle East, disarmament, peace activities, human rights and the environment; minutes, correspondence and other material relating to International Years; correspondence relating to the United Nations Day and the 40th anniversary of the UN; material relating to the organisation and appraisal of Walk for the World; minutes and newsletters of the International Broadcasting Trust; material relating to the regional groups, the Youth and Student Movement, and the International Student Movement of the United Nations; and UNA publications.

Minutes of the Finance and Organisation Committee and financial reports of the United Nations Association, comprising:

1. Organisation and Finance Committees, preliminary meeting and Committee minutes, 1950.
2. Finance and Organisation Committee minutes, 1950; Office Committee's minutes, 1949-1950; Income and Expenditure, 1949; Draft finance report 1950; Estimates for the year beginning 1 Jul 1951.

Records of the Unicorn Bookshop, [1960-1970], a bookshop specialising in anarchist and sexually subversive publications.

Papers of Ian Townson, including: Bill Thornycroft: letters, 1976-1990; Brixton Faeries and other theatre groups: including play scripts, song sheets, programmes and flyers; Brixton Housing Co-operative: minutes, newsletters and other papers, 1980-1986; Communist Party Gay Rights Committee: includes statements and letters from Bill Thornycroft, 1976-1979; Gay Activists' Alliance: minutes and campaign papers, 1978-1979; Gay Pride: includes minutes of meetings, flyers and correspondence, 1978-1996; History of the Gay Community in Brixton, 1972-1982: interviews, correspondence and other papers regarding a proposed book, 1970s-1990s; Icebreakers: correspondence, leaflets, press cuttings, notes and other papers, 1970s-1995; International Gay Rights Congress: poster and papers, 1974; Lambeth Council: includes papers of a Working Party on Police and Community Relations in Lambeth and Working Party on services and employment for gays and lesbians, mainly 1984-86; National Council for Civil Liberties: papers on gay issues, 1975-1982; 'Nighthawks': papers regarding the film, 1979; papers regarding squatting and gay squats, 1970s; photographs, including gay activists, Brixton riots, demonstrations, Gay Pride marches, squats, squatters and plays; photographs of friends and colleagues of Ian Townson: including Colm Clifford, Julian Hows, Ken Livingstone (in 1976), Bill Thornycroft and many others; South London Gay Liberation Front: minutes, agendas and other papers, 1980-1986; various papers regarding gay events (including discos, dances, Pride), issues and groups (including Gay Liberation Front and Campaign for Homosexual Equality), especially in Brixton/South London: badges, flyers, leaflets, magazines, newsletters, posters, programmes and stickers; gay publications and press cuttings.

Papers of the Tory Reform Group, 1970-2006, including correspondence, minutes of meetings, financial papers, membership records and files regarding events and seminars. Subjects covered include economics, the environment, social policy and Europe (including papers regarding the Single Currency/Euro). The collection also contains papers of PEST - Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism (TRG/1), Parliamentary Mainstream and Conservative Mainstream (TRG/3), and the Macleod Group of Conservative MPs (TRG/4).

Papers and correspondence regarding finance and tax (Labour Party); papers and notes from Titmuss' social administration related research; papers and correspondence relating to the London School of Economics; official papers and notes from Titmuss' involvement with advisory committees and international organisations; overseas research papers and notes.

Letters by Thornely to his fellow MP for Wolverhampton, Charles Pelham Villiers (1802-1898) including some letters by Villiers, bound typescript transcript. Also includes a letter from Thornely to his father announcing his election, 10 Jan 1835, a brief biography of Thornely, and photographs of both Villiers and Thornely.

Betacam taped interviews, transcripts of interviews with leading American political and military figures and conference papers, assembled by Brian Lapping Associates Ltd in research for the making of the BBC programme The Washington Version concerning the Gulf Conflict, 1990-1991.

Material relating to the documentary film series The Last Europeans, 1995, including video tapes of the series and transcripts of interviews with contributors, held on disc. The interviews include discussions with the Rt Hon Anthony Neil Wedgwood 'Tony' Benn; Denis Winston Healey, Baron Healey of Riddlesden; Richard Edward Geoffrey Howe, Baron Howe of Aberavon; David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen of the City of Plymouth; Barbara Anne Castle, Baroness Castle of Blackburn; the Rt Hon Michael Foot; Douglas Richard Hurd, Baron Hurd of Westwell; the Rt Hon Sir Edward Heath; The Rt Hon Neil Gordon Kinnock; Roy Sydney George Hattersley, Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook; and the Rt Hon Anthony Charles Lynton 'Tony' Blair. The Executive Producer was Phillip Whitehead.