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The archive consists of greetings cards, postcards and posters produced by Wildcat Cards; a selection of cards produced by women; slides, negatives, mock ups and proofs, photographs and some original artwork; advertisements and press releases, catalogues, order forms, price lists, artists briefs and press cuttings; correspondence, administrative and financial papers.

Records relating to the Wild family, including mid 18th century presentments at the Manorial Court, assessments for land tax and house tax and deeds and indentures for the manors of Harmondsworth, Harlington, Hamworth, Cranford and Colham dating from 1550 to 1840.

Notes from sermons of Revd John Bower Wilcox, taken by Elsie Harding at Moorsholm Church, Redcar and Cleveland, North Yorkshire, [1974], including 'The Church Year' and 'Saints and subjects'.

Reports, correspondence, publications and related papers, 1927-1977, notably including US War Department Technical Bulletins/TB Med and related correspondence; BBC radio scripts and related correspondence; Medical and sanitary data on various countries, compiled by the Medical Intelligence Branch, Preventive Medicine Division, Office of the Surgeon General, US Army; Information relating to his role as consultant, The Counties Public Health Laboratories; Publications on tuberculosis; Wilcocks' autobiography and watercolour of a typical medical officer's residence in East Africa.

Unpublished autobiography of Charles Wilcocks: 'A Tropical Doctor in Africa and London' with some associated biographical material. Contents: Chapter 1 The First World War Page 1; Chapter 2 Demobilization Page 33; Chapter 3 First Tour in Tanganyika, 1927-30 Page 41; Chapter 4 Second Tour in Tanganyika, 1927-30 Page 73; Chapter 5 Tuberculosis research Page 85; Chapter 6 Third Tour in Tanganyika, 1934-37 Page 99; Chapter 7 At the Bureau of Hygiene... Page 133; Chapter 8 Retirement from the Bureau, 1961 Page 190; Chapter 9 Interlude on greatness Page 201; Chapter 10 Personalities Page 215; Chapter 11 Conclusions Page 232; Epilogue Page 267; Bibliography Page 272.

Letter from William Wilberforce of Elmodon House, near Birmingham to the Reverend William Jay, 30 Dec 1831. 'I feel honor'd as well as gratified by the proof of your esteem and regard for me which you give by desiring to place my name at the head of your new publication'.

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from William Wilberforce of Iver, Buckinghamshire to the [? Home Office], 2 Aug 1823. Asking for 'Mr. Peele' [i.e. the Home Secretary, Robert Peel, later Sir Robert Peel] to consider 'the application of several highly respectable people in favour of Geo. Fish [convicted at Hull] ... that instead of being transported for 7 years according to his sentence, he may be placed in the Penitentiary in the not unreasonable hope that the principles which were instilled into him in his childhood may there be reviv'd'. Requesting that any decision be communicated to him at Elmdon House near Coventry.

Autograph, with signature.

The archive consists of a bound typescript autobiography (c 1952), correspondence (1918-1920), copies of papers written by Wilberforce (1928-c 1960), photographs (c 1885-1960), memorials and an obituary.

Papers of Sir Robert Wigram consisting of two business ledgers, 1810 to 1865, and family legal documents, 1765 to 1826.

Newspaper cuttings from The Daily Telegraph and The Financial Times, 1982-1991, relating to the Middle East, 1982-1991, and modern Germany, particularly with reference to World War Two 1939-1945, and reparations for Holocaust victims, 1987-1997.

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.

Sarah Wigges' recipe book of medical receipts, 1616, including a receipt for "A swift medicine for an ague, by Dr. Gulston," and "Annotations and practicall receipts and processes taken out of Basil Valentin his Triumph wagon of Antimony." Also "Receipts out of ye breviary of health compiled by Andrew Boord, Do in Phisick, on Englishman, imprinted at London 1587" and remedies from Dr. Pratt and Nich. Culpeper. Pages 340-484 and 574-619 are in a later hand than the rest of the MS.

Towards the end of the volume there are 53 pages (with separate pagination) devoted to cookery receipts. These appear to be in the handwriting of "Mo. Wigges" who is, apparently, the daughter of the first owner of the book. There are indexes both at the beginning and at the end of the volume.

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, 1773-1913, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising legal documents relating to properties in Hackney, Edmonton, Hendon, Golders Green, Swiss Cottage, Finchley, Twickenham, Hampstead, Westmoreland and Lancashire, including papers relating to the Carus Wilson family.

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.

These records comprise account books of funerals performed by John Houghton Wickes, 1816-36 and by John Houghton Wickes and Alfred Nelson Wickes 1840-7 and 1855-66.

Account of his service with Middlesex Regt during the Battle of the Somme, 1916.

Papers relating to Robert Whytt, c 1765, comprising a volume containing notes of lectures given by Robert Whytt (1714-1766), William Cullen (1710-1790) and Alexander Monro (1733-1817), written by an unknown hand.

Manuscript volume containing notes on Robert Whytt's clinical lectures, delivered at Edinburgh University, [1760], taken by an unidentified student. Also includes some 'Directions given by the Physician General at the Havannah to the surgeons of the Army relating to the management of the sick'.

Medical papers and letters of Robert Whytt, Professor at Edinburgh Medical School from 1746. Whytt's association with the University began in the years 1730-1734, as a pupil of Alexander Monro (1697-1767). After qualification and general practice, Whytt joined the faculty, becoming an important figure in its establishment as a leading centre of medical education in Europe. These papers span the period of Whytt's working life from his student training through to the teaching and publications of his mature years. The materials are largely professional, although there are a few family items. Manuscripts include notebooks and lectures compiled by Whytt as both student and teacher: drafts of published and unpublished works; case-notes and prescriptions; correspondence and fragments of letters written to Whytt; and miscellaneous other papers collected by him.

A manuscript statement of poor rates collected for one year from Lady Day (25 Mar) 1833 to Lady Day 1834 [in Suffolk]. Signed by Whymper and dated 29th April 1834.

Papers of Edward Whymper, 1871-1911, including computations of heights in the Andes, 1880 and watercolour, 'View of Greenland'.

Records of the Wholesale Chemists and Allied Trades Protection Association, comprising Trade Advisory Committee minute book; prospectuses, and papers relating to the insolvency of a specific company.

Access is restricted to records less than 30 years old where specified and 24 hours notice is required for access to all the records.

Records of John Whitwell, general merchant, comprising account books, 1815-22; memorandum books, 1819-20; letterbooks, 1817-1818 and 1821-1823; business diary, 1821-1822 and correspondence with business associates and family, 1819-1829.

Records relating to the Whitton Park estate, Twickenham, owned by Archibald Campbell, (1682-1761), 3rd Duke of Argyll, including admissions, surrenders, leases, bonds, and extracts from the court rolls of the manors of Isleworth Syon and Twickenham.

Whittington Life Assurance Company records comprise constitutional documents, records of policies, prospectuses and other administrative material. 24 hours notice is required for access to this material.

Registers of baptisms and Chaplain's journals for the Whittington Hospital (Highgate Wing), Highgate Hill.

Papers of Sir Harold Whittingham including A. Personal Papers and Early Career, 1904-1956, including papers on cancer research, Glasgow, 1904-1915; B. RAF Sandfly Fever Commission, Malta, 1921-1952; C. RAF Medical Services, c.1920-1945; D. Biochemistry Lectures, London School of Tropical Medicine, 1926-1930; E. British Red Cross Society, 1946-1959; F. Flying Personnel Research Committee, 1940-1976; G. British Airways Overseas Corporation, 1945-1970; H. International Air Transport Association Medical Committee, 1949-1960; J. World Health Organisation, 1948-1968; K. Commonwealth Development Corporation, 1958-1976; L. History of RAF Medical Services, 1958-1983 and M. Publications, 1911-1975.

Papers of Jack Kilner Whittaker. They contain service papers, logs, charts, photographs and printed material. Most of the collection deals with Whittakers First World War service, especially the Battle of the Falklands, with some items covering the Second World War.

Papers of John Whitsed, early 19th century, comprising a transcript of notes by Whitsed of John Hunter's lectures on Surgery, originally taken by Mr Hopkinson in the early 1780s; letter from William Clift to Dr Whitsed, 6 Sep 1785, regarding the loan of the volume to him; a cutting from The Englishman magazine regarding the manuscripts of John Hunter; a letter from the donor Thomas James Walker MRCS; and a reply of thanks from the College.

Manuscript volumes collected by Richard Whitfield comprising lecture notes taken either by Whitfield or unidentified pupils including:
one volume of notes on a course of anatomy lectures by Henry Cline including lectures on pathology and physiology, 1793, delivered 1787, taken by Whitfield;
one volume of notes on anatomical lectures of Joseph Else delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, [1780], including notes on John Hunter's lectures on anatomy, 1781, taken by an unidentified pupil;
six volumes of notes on Fordyce's lectures on medicine, delivered [1788-1789], taken by Richard Whitfield, [1792], containing lectures on material medica, natural history of the human body, doctrine of diseases, doctrine of fevers, doctrine of inflammations, particular inflammations, inflammation of the mucous membrane, lues venereal, eruptive fevers, chronic diseases, spasmodic disease;
three volumes of notes on lectures on the practice of physic of James Gregory, delivered at Edinburgh, 1814, taken by an unidentified student;
one volume of notes on William Herbeden's lectures containing observations on the history, nature and cure of poisons, delivered at the College of Physicians, 1749, with copy notes made by Whitfield, 1792;
two volumes of notes on surgical lectures by John Hunter, 1786;
four volumes of notes on anatomical and surgical lectures by Alexander Monro, [1788];
1 volume of notes on Percivall Pott's surgical lectures, delivered [1787], taken down [1794];
and one volume titled Pharmacopoeia Chirurgica vel Institutiones Chirugicae.

Registers of baptisms, 1756-1908 and minute book of Church meetings, 1794-1841, including minutes of December 1836-September 1839 relating to the acquisition of a site for and erection of new chapel in Bishopsgate Street and temporary meetings in Bury Street Chapel.

Papers, 1935-1972, of Wilfred Howell Whiteley, comprising his personal correspondence (1956-1972); language material on over 30 Bantu languages collected by Whiteley during his lifetime; and socio-linguistic material. Also included is a major section on Swahili (including papers on the socio-political issues raised over the adoption of Swahili as a national language).

The vast majority of these papers relate to Whiteley's life between 1923 and 1938. They cover the years when she lived in England and are also a useful source for information concerning her travels in India, although there is practically nothing relating to her visit to Rome and the period of her residence in Austria.

There is an extensive series of letters written to Whiteley whilst she was living in England. These letters (MS 949/1B) indicate the friendships and contacts that she made in England and maintained overseas. They also give information about her work and activities during this period of her life. The ephemera and other material collected by Whiteley provides supporting information about her concerns and interests during this period (MS 949/5-7). There is a large amount of photographic material in this collection, the bulk of which was created during Whiteley's travels in India during 1924 and 1925 (MS 949/8-9). As well as being a source of information about Whiteley herself and the places which she visited, the images also give information about the region of Udaipur, its people, architecture and social customs. The photographic material is supported by letters to Whiteley and papers and letters written by her whilst in India (MS 949/3).

There is also a significant amount of material written by Whiteley for her own use (MS 949/4). It is rather difficult to make sense of much of this material, although some of it clearly relates to her interests and research. However, these papers clearly give an indication of Whiteley's state of mind at this period.

Papers of Martha Annie Whiteley, 1897-1934, comprising notebooks containing notes on a course of practical work for science mistresses by Professor Henry Edward Armstrong at the City and Guilds College, 1897; lectures by Professor Tilden, 1898-1899; lectures by Dr Philip at the Royal College of Science concerning physical chemistry, 1899-1900; notes on analysis of organic compounds, 1899; laboratory notebooks, 1902-1931; lectures concerning practical organic chemistry; elementary organic chemistry, [1922-1926]; papers relating to lecture experiments, 1899, 1913; obituary notices; presentation volume, 1934.

Records of Whitelands College Girls' School Old Girls' Association including Secretary's annual reports, membership records, cash books, photographs, event programmes and postcards of the College.

Records of Whitelands College, comprising:

Legal papers, 1930-1978, including land deeds for College grounds at Wandsworth; Charter of Incorporation and papers, 1952-1970; papers concerning memoranda and articles, 1967-1968; Declaration of Trust, Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, 1978.

College government papers, including minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, 1839-1849; Annual reports, 1850-1971; Secretary's reports, 1853-1870; minutes and papers of the College Council, 1849-1974, including the minutes of the National Society Sub-Committee for Whitelands, 1846-1849; papers of the Council of Management, 1930-1998; minutes of the Academic Board, 1952-1976, 1986-1989; minutes and papers of the Academic Council, 1968-1976; minutes of various committees, 1965-1998, including the Academic Records Committee, the Constitution Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Educational Resources Committee, the Establishments Committee, the External Affairs Committee, the Planning and Buildings Committee, the Postgraduate Committee, the Professional Liaison Committee, the Reports and Research Committee, the Staff/Student Committee, the Whitelands Working Group, the Disciplinary Committee, the Residents Committee, the Catering Committee, the Events Committee; material relating to the formation of the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, 1972-1975; College rules and regulations, 1850-1990s; minutes of the College Board, 1983-1991.

Financial material, comprising cash books and ledgers, [1846-1948]; students' fees, 1944-1965; departmental accounts, 1955-1969; wage books and analysis, 1944-1969; petty cash books, 1942-1970; sundries, 1944-1967.

Staff records, 1935-1960; personal material of the staff, 1863-1973, including photographs, correspondence, press cuttings, speeches and exam papers; staff photographs, 1893-1960s.

Student records, 1842-1998, including registers of students, 1842-1914, application forms and reports, 1913-1969.

Records of student activities, comprising Games Club Committee minutes, 1962-1969; papers of the Fencing Club, 1962-1965; student magazines such as The Arras, 1952-1960, Brescia, 1967-1968, Target, 1969-1970, and the Bulletin, 1967-1992; records of the Student Union, 1951-1979, including constitutions, minute books, press cuttings and handbooks; minutes of the Dramatic Society, 1956-1974; programmes for music and drama productions, 1949-1977.

Papers relating to courses, teaching materials and curriculum, 1891-1976, notably books on individual topics and methods of teaching; reading guides; needlework samples; Education Department booklets, 1960s-1978; papers relating to postgraduate courses, 1964-1971; correspondence and printed material relating to the Job Creation Programme, 1977-1978; material concerning teaching resources, 1963-1969, mainly conferences and exhibitions on visual aids; timetables, 1965-1976; Area Training Organisation Enquiry into Teacher Training, 1970-1971; coursework produced by students, 1843-1948, including needlework, embroidery, and crocheting specimens and notebooks on topics including literature, religion, local history and science; examination question and answer papers, results, and certificates, 1871-1956, including a register of marks, 1894-1907; and examination papers and pass lists for the Gillott Scholarship, 1956-1970.

Papers relating to the training school attached to the College, including the school magazine, 1906-1916; a register of mistresses, 1842-1908; a cash book, 1885-1916, and ledger, 1885-1917.

Publicity material, including prospectuses, [1927]-1977 (incomplete); RIHE handbooks, 1976-1978, and prospectuses, 1976-1994; press cuttings, 1856, 1928-1933, 1963-1970.

Papers concerning outside bodies, including the Council of the Church Colleges of Education, 1958-1970; the National Society for Promoting Religious Education, 1970-1976; visitations and inspections from the University of London and the Institute of Education, 1935-1967.

Material relating to College buildings, including papers of the Building Committee, 1854-1863, including a plan of the Whitelands garden and correspondence concerning the Building Fund; copies of plans of the College by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, [1920s]; various publications containing photographs of College buildings at Putney, 1930s; ground plans for buildings at Putney, 1920s-1970s; minutes of the Building Sub-Committee, 1961-1963, 1971; maps and plans relating to rewiring and electrics, 1961-1973;

Papers relating to the Chaplaincy, 1881-1979, notably prayer books, notes and membership lists; Chapel Fund accounts, 1915-1933; material concerning St Osyth's Parish Church, [1928-1930]; Chapel Council minutes, 1931-1961, 1971-1975; service sheets, 1918-1979; papers relating to the College Chapel at Putney, 1927-1931, 1950-1963; photographs.

Records of the Guild of St Ursula (originally the Reading Girl Guild), comprising Guild Annuals, 1880-1975; ledgers, 1892-1967; cash books, 1949-1958, 1966-1974; day books, 1958-1966; Treasurer's file, 1975-1985; papers of AGMs, 1903-1987; membership lists, 1937-1959; reunion records, 1953-1963; papers of the Missionary Branch, 1952-1964; papers of the Benevolent Fund, 1953-1964; service sheets, up to 2000; material relating to Guild regional branches.

Personal material relating to students, 1850-1970, notably memorabilia, correspondence, autograph albums, reminiscences, official booklets, photograph albums, and certificates.

Material relating to the history of the College, 1891-1977, mainly comprising notes and articles by individuals, printed material, as well as photographs and papers relating to the opening of the Putney building, 1931, and Gloucester Court, 1963.

Photographs, 1902-1975, including College buildings at Chelsea and Putney, and the College Chapel; photographs of students, [1865]-1970, including of drama productions.

Papers relating to the connection of John Ruskin with the College, 1864-1978, including correspondence between Ruskin and Henry Dyke, 1864-1869, and Ellen Osborn, the first May Queen, 1881-1882; catalogue of the Ruskin Cabinet, 1883; press cuttings relating to the Ruskin Union and his links to Whitelands, [1958].

Material relating to the annual May Day, 1881-2001, established at the suggestion of John Ruskin, including the dresses, outfits, gloves, bags, capes and bouquets which form the outfits worn by the May Queens and Kings; photographs of each Queen or King, their attendants, and the May Day ceremony, 1881-2001; collection of hand-made gold crosses designed and worn by the May monarchs, 1881-2001; biographical information on each monarch, 1881-2001; account books, 1906-1953; papers of the May Day Committee; historical material including narratives and details of May Day and Rose Queen ceremonies around the world.

This collection relating to Whitelands College consists of minutes of meetings from 1966-1970, as well a copy of the annual report for 1966-1967, and two students handbooks.

Papers, 1933-1955, of Leslie Whitehouse, relating to the language and customs of the Masai, comprising a letter to Whitehouse concerning the proof of 'Masai Social Customs', synopsis of a chapter on the Masai by Whitehouse, and typescript notes, 1933; undated typescripts on Masai grammar and vocabulary; manuscripts on Masai vocabulary and grammar, c1953-1955.

Records of several generations of the Whitehouse family of Islington. The bulk of the collection comprises a range of family correspondence, including letters from family living or travelling abroad in Pennsylvania and New York, USA; Calcutta, India; Wellington, New Zealand; and France. There are also letters from members of the family serving during the Boer War and the First World War; and letters detailing everyday civilian life in London during the Second World War. Other papers include school reports of Henry Whitehouse junior; papers relating to prizes for artwork; Dramatic Society papers; papers relating to Henry Whitehouse junior acting as Special Constable in Islington; papers relating to property in Hornsey and Islington; financial records and family trees.

Three holograph receipts, 1679-1706, of Gilbert Whitehall and two receipts of assignees of Whitehall.

Records of the Whitefields Chapel, Tottenham Court Road, 1790-1939, including registers of burials, service sheets, index of speakers, financial accounts, Council and Finance Committee agenda and minutes, magazines, notices and calendars of activities, correspondence relating to financial, management and organisational arrangements and inventories.

Records include registers of baptisms, 1805-1879 and 1930-1974; registers of marriages, 1866-1882 and 1936-1965; registers of burials, 1756-1845 and 1945-1965; roll of members, 1865-1879; minute books; attendance registers; abstract of title to Burial Ground; visitors' books; 'Signal' magazines; leaflets and newsletters; historical articles; reports and correspondence.

Marriage register for Whitefield Memorial Church and Toplady Hall, Tottenham Court Road, 1943.

Records of Whitecross Street Prison, 1812-1876, including financial accounts, papers relating to the construction of the prison, lists of prisoners, committee minutes and rules and regulations.

Interment order book for the Whitechapel Quaker Burial Ground, 1777-1781, comprising printed orders to the gravemaker, annotated with the name, address, age, date and cause of death, monthly meeting membership and date of burial of the deceased.

Records of the Whitechapel Methodist Mission, 1876-1978, comprising records of the Whitechapel Station (Circuit), 1897-1975, including quarterly meetings and accounts (Section A); records of the central administration of the social work of the Mission, 1893-1978, including records of the Trustees, Executive Committee, financial records and staff records (Section B); records of the Working Lad's Institute, 1897-1975, including records from before its take over by the Reverend Jackson in 1897, and of its later developments, Whitechapel House Tulse Hill and Whitechapel House Maple Place, including photographs (Section C); records of Brunswick Hall and the Night Shelter, 1900-1970, including some accounts of life as a homeless person in 1926 (Section D); records of the holiday homes, Southend, 1901-1954 (Section E); records of Windyridge Hostel, 1925-1977 (Section F) and records of other stations brought by Revd Jackson to Whitechapel, 1876-1974 (Section G).

Records of the Whitechapel Art Gallery (WG) and its predecessor, comprising:

minutes of the Gallery Trustees 1898-1976; Gallery Trustees, Finance and Fundraising committees, 1976-1981; Gallery Trustees, Finance and Building committees, 1981-1986; Gallery Trustees and Finance committees 1987-1988; Trustees, Finance and Joint Trustees committees, 1988-1996; Finance Subcommittee 1950-1951, 1966-1971; Development Trust Planning Group, 1981-1983; and Foundation Trustees, 1984-1995; as well as Development Trust Scheme files, 1978-1982; Gallery Trustees correspondence 1949-1981; Foundation Trustees correspondence, 1981-1989;

annual reports and accounts 1901-present;

early records of the Gallery including files relating to the establishment of the Gallery 1893-1901; correspondence of Gallery Directors and Secretary's 1901-1947; financial records and treasurer's correspondence, 1902-1947; and exhibition files 1901-1947;

Gallery Directors' papers including administrative and correspondence files of Hugh Scrutton, 1947-1953; Bryan Robertson, 1952-1969; Mark Glazebrook, 1964-1973; Jennie Stein (acting Director), 1971-1974; Jasia Reichardt, 1974-1976; Nicholas Serota, 1978-1987;

exhibition files 1947-1990 files, arranged chronologically by year date of exhibition, including correspondence and papers relating to exhibition arrangements such as loan of artworks, sales, valuations, catalogues, private views, and installation;

printed publicity materials including catalogues of Whitechapel Fine Art Exhibitions, 1882-1886; catalogues of Whitechapel Art Gallery exhibitions, 1901-1965-present;

printed posters relating to individual exhibitions, 1956-2002;

press cuttings relating to reviews and listings of WG exhibitions, and some general cuttings about the gallery and the London art scene, 1897-1922, 1952-2002;

guard books containing ephemera - relating to each exhibition, 1949-2002;

records of the Whitechapel Art Gallery Society including correspondence and papers concerning subscriptions 1947-1988; and cash books 1948-1978;

photographs of exhibitions and artists works 1948-1998; photographs and illustrations of the Gallery and its exhibitions, 1901-1939; photographs of the Gallery building, staff and the local area, 1890-1915, 1951, [1972]-1998; contact sheets and negatives of exhibitions and the gallery, 1966-1995;

Gallery visitors books 1949-1965;

Financial records including cashbooks, wages books and exhibition accounts, 1899-1971;

Records of the Whitechapel and Bow Railway, comprising Board meeting minutes; General meeting minutes; minutes of the London, Tilbury and Southend and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Railway Joint Committee; and minutes of the Midland and Metropolitan District Railways Whitechapel and Bow Joint Committee.

Letters from various scientists to Walter White, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society. With occasional material addressed to Charles Richard Weld and others. Usually on Royal Society business.

The archive correspondence can be characterized as the routine treatment of important events. In 1863, for example, Richard Owen wrote to White with brief instructions for his paper describing the feathered dinosaur archaeopteryx. Occasionally the letters are more significant for the Society's history. In an extended note of 1865, ex Royal Society President the Earl of Rosse 'a plain well-grown man, farmer like in appearance' discussed the merits of signing an election certificate for Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892). 'My opinion...was that it would be better to take the broad view and to elect men of great abillity...so as to strengthen the Society in carrying out, in the largest sense, its great object, that of improving natural science'. Tennyson was duly elected, an event which must have pleased White. The assistant secretary had become friendly with the Poet Laureate in the 1850s and White's published diary left a vivid picture of Tennyson reading aloud his Arthurian romances in the offices of the Royal Society.