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Records of James Ince and Sons, umbrella makers (1871-2005), including: accounts and account books, 1925-1998; miscellaneous account books, including wages books, stocktaking, petty cash, share certificate, insurance and sales/purchase books, 1931-1997; order books, 1972-1990; miscellaneous photographs of James Ince umbrellas, displays at trade fairs, properties and Geoffrey Ince and Wilfred Sears Ince at professional engagements, c1950-1995; promotional material, price lists, catalogues, brochures and umbrella material samples for James Ince and Sons products and other manufacturers, 1900-1995; scrapbooks compiled by Geoffrey Ince concerning his chairmanship of the Bishopsgate Ward Club, the Ward Club's centenary, business history and self employment/tax issues, 1984-1993; Geoffrey Ince's engagement diaries, 1987-1994; papers and correspondence regarding business properties at 298/300 Bishopsgate, 9/10 The Oval and 37 Spital Square, 1946-1986; business leases, wills and property deeds, 1871-1972; private account book of James Ince, Brighton, 1883-1900; copper printing blocks and copper logo plates, n.d.

Various newspapers and journals covering developments and activities during the General strike, including copies of The British Gazette, The British Worker, the Morning Post, the Evening News, the Daily Telegraph, the Daily News, the Daily Mail, the Daily Mirror, the Daily Herald, the Camberwell Borough Advertiser News Bulletin, the Daily Sketch, the Daily Graphic, the Evening Standard and many other local and national publications, 1926.

Contents include:

• Circular letter from Len Sims to Mrs Florence E Greaney regarding diploma award (1p) (24 July 1953)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding test paper (1p) (20 January 1953)

• Study course guide to study (1p) (n.d.)

• Circular letter from A L Williams regarding enrollment on Diploma Study Course (1p) (20 September 1952)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding test paper (1p) (21 April 1953)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding set paper (1p) (20 September 1952)

• Circular letter from A L Williams regarding 1953 Register of Elections (2pp) (October 1952) (2 copies)

• Circular letter to secretaries of constituency Labour parties regarding practical illustrations of election committee rooms (1p) (July 1951)

• Examination hints (1p) (n.d.)

• Circular letter from Len Sims to Mrs. Florence E. Greaney regarding test papers (1p) (4 May 1953)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding examinations with enclosed list of test centres (3pp) (7 May 1953)

• Booklet, 'Practical Illustrations of Election Committee Rooms' by Alan J Herbert (24 pp) (July 1951)

• Booklet, 'Party Organisation' (Labour Party) (58pp) (May 1950)

• Leaflet, 'Labour Groups on Local Authorities' (Labour Party) (4pp) (n.d.)

• Parliamentary Election time-table (1p) (October)

• Booklet, 'Facing the Facts' (Labour Party) (12pp) (August 1952)

• Booklet, 'The Labour Party Constitution and Standing Orders' (26pp) (1950)

• Booklet, 'The Labour Party Constitution and Rules for Constituency Labour Parties and Local Labour Parties in County Constituencies: Sets B & C' (40pp) (n.d.)

• Leaflet, 'Labour Party Study Courses on Electoral Law and Organisation: Franchises and Registration' (8pp) (n.d.)

• Booklet, 'The People's Industry' (National Committee of the Co-operative Party) (28pp) (July 1952)

• Booklet, 'Labour Party Study Course on Organisation and Elections (Set P): Election Procedure' (36pp) (c1950)

• Booklet, 'Election Expenses' (House of Commons) (90pp) (June 1952)

• Leaflet, 'Rules for County Federations of Labour Parties' (4pp) (n.d.)

• Study course rules for answers (1p) (n.d.)

• Study course exmination test paper (1p) (n.d.)

• Labour Party Canvass Return Form L (1p) (n.d.) (2 copies)

• Circular letter from A. L. Williams regarding subscription to 'Labour Organiser' publication (1p) (9 December 1952)

• Circular letter from A L Williams regarding 'Labour Organiser' subscriptions (1p) (20 March 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 01with exam papers (14pp) (1952)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 02 with exam papers (12pp) (November 1952)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 03 with exam papers (14pp) (December 1952)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 04 with exam papers (12pp) (January 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 05 with exam papers (12pp) (March 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 06 with exam papers (12pp) (March 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 07 with exam papers (26pp) (June 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 08 with exam papers (20pp) (June 1953)

Contents include:

• Essay, 'German competition in the clerical labour market in Late-Victorian Britain' by G Anderson, University of Salford (15pp) (c1978)

• Essay, 'The German Gypsy question in Britain 1904-6' by Colin Holmes (21pp) (c1978)

• Essay, 'Dockers, their work and its impact on union organisation 1889-1914' by Noelle Whiteside (14pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'Reactions to Polish miners in Lanarkshire, 1880-1914' by K. Lunn, University of Sheffield (19pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'Aspects of the working-class response to the Jews in Britain, 1880-1914' by Alan J. Lee (20pp) (March 1978)

• Essay, 'The image of the immigrant in English racial populist thought since the First World War' by Richard C Thurlow, University of Sheffield (16pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'The British and American labour movements and the problem of immigration, 1890-1914' by A T Lane (26pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'The beginning of Jewish trade unionism in Manchester, 1889-91' by Bill Williams (24pp) (May 1978)

• Essay, 'Catholics and Socialists in Glasgow, 1906-1912' by Sheridan Gilley (36pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'An immigrant trade union - the Leeds Jewish tailors, 1880-1914' by Joe Buckman (26pp) (c 1978)

DVD, 'The story of Unity Theatre: the theatre of the labour and trade union movement', produced by the Unity Theatre Trust, c 2008.

Includes:

• 'Rent rebates' (3pp) (8 December 1972)

• 'Evicting poor people' (2pp) (12 December 1972)

• 'Students with dependants and the right to supplementary benefit' (3pp) (20 December 1972)

• 'Extra money for homeless single people' (2pp) (11 January 1973)

• 'Tax credits and the rights of women' (5pp) (1 February 1973)

• 'Test case for supplementary benefit for ex-students' (2pp) (3 February 1973)

• 'Poverty and family size' (2pp) (7 February 1973)

• 'Where have all the rent rebates gone?' (3pp) (26 February 1973)

Ephemera, badges, flag and magazine collected at March for the Alternative, London 26th March 2011, including material from UNISON, Unite, Public and Commercial Services Union, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Trades Union Congress, Count Me Out, Green Party, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, UK Uncut, Marxism Festival, National Shop Stewards Network, Socialist Workers Party, Respect Party, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Resistance, Socialist Party, NASUWT and the National Union of Teachers.

Ephemera collected from the anti-EDL protest in the East End of London, Saturday 3rd September 2011. Including material from Defend the Right to Protest, Unite the Union, London Health Worker Network, Right to Work Campaign, Keep Our NHS Public, East London Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Party, National Shop Stewards Network, Save KEMP, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, British Muslim Initiative, Sikhs Against the English Defence League, East London Mosque, Resistance, Tamil Solidarity, International Bolshevik Tendency.

Photographs and correspondence relating to the career and life of journalist Jean Soward, including photographs from her time as fashion journalist with the News Chronicle in Paris, studio portraits, photographs of Vernon Bartlett in Spain during the Civil War and miscelleaneous correpondence, including letters from Vernon Bartlett MP (to whom she was secretary), typescript of short story 'Extravaganza' and typescript poetry (1946-1952).

Collection comprising the papers of the organisation, 1810-1889; notably including handwritten minute book (c175pp) (4 Nov 1811-12 Dec 1825); handwritten minute book (c200pp) (21 Jan 1839-31 Mar 1869); manuscript cash book (c175pp) (7 Oct 1871-3 Jan 1876); manuscript election of generals record book, listing name of candidate, proposer, seconder, date of election and other information (15 Aug 1810-23 Mar 1867); manuscript membership book, including name of member, profession, proposer and number (c250pp) (23 Dec 1815-21 Apr 1837); manuscript laws and rules of the White Dog Benevolent Society, with attached copies of receipts for annuities (7pp) (14 Apr 1853 and Aug 1867); manuscript account sheet of the Society with seven attached tickets for the delivery of coals by Mr Monk of Artillery Passage, Bishopsgate (2pp) (1887-1888); printed form for the receipt of consolidated stock of the White Dog Benevolent Society, made out to several stockholders (1p) (11 May 1888); circular letter to the White Dog Benevolent Society from the Bank of England regarding the National Debt(Conversion) Act, 1888 (1p) (12 May 1888).

Miscellaneous receipts to Ann Bowler, resident of the Bishopsgate area for miscellaneous goods and services, including receipt for one quarter's rent for the Thames water, 25 June 1821; receipt for 2 quarter payments for the paving, cleansing and lighting of London, 29 September 1821; receipt for one quarter's rate for the relief of the poor, paid to Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, 6 October 1821; receipt for two quarters rent for the Thames water, 26 December 1821; receipt for one quarter's rate for the relief of the poor, paid to Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, 6 January 1822; receipt for one quarter's rate for the relief of the poor, paid to Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, 1 April 1821; receipt for one quarter's rate for the relief of the poor, paid to Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, 6 January 1823; receipt for one year's church rate, paid to Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, 6 October 1823; receipt for Quarter's Watch on Lady Day from John Harper, boot maker, 26 March 1827; receipt for one quarter's rate for the relief of the poor, paid to Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, 2 April 1827; receipt for rent for water, paid to the New River Company, 14 May 1827; receipt for Quarter's Watch on Lady Day from John Harper, boot maker, 26 June 1827.

Rent roll for St Botolph's Parish, Bishopsgate, listing streets, buildings and occupiers, 1787-1852.

Includes a handwritten draft of an article, A Tradition of the King's Head Tavern in the Poultry by unknown author, possibly 'Thomson' (27pp) (n.d.); three printed proofs of the article with annotations (March 1852); two handwritten drafts of the article, The London Tavern: Past and Present (17pp and 34pp) (October 1851); two printed proofs of the article, The London Tavern: Past and Present, annotated (2 copies) (1852); edition of Household Words featuring the article, The London Tavern: Past and Present (14pp) (18 October 1851); letter from Charles Dickens regarding the article A Tradition of the King's Head Tavern in the Poultry (2pp) (n.d.)

Material relating to Thomas Hugo pasted into book, 'Walks in the City: No.1. Bishopsgate Ward', including upper body photograph of a seated Thomas Hugo; letter from Hugo to 'HJW' regarding the sale of a document (1p), 12 June 1858; letter from Hugo to unknown recipient regarding attempts to locate 'a treasure' (1p), November 1858.

Papers of co-operative activist and educationalist Robert Leckie Marshall, including: drafts of articles written by Marshall, 1946-1968; press cuttings on various topics, including politics, education, religion and the Labour Party, n.d.; speech notes, 1946-1987; miscellaneous papers and correspondence regarding co-operation and the Co-operative College, c 1950-1988.

Archive of photographer Phil Maxwell (1975-2014) covering his work in Liverpool, the East End of London and Bangladesh, including: c55 digital images attached to Bishopsgate Library's online catalogue; c20,000 digital images, three large boxes and 1 smaller box of photographic prints, three boxes and twenty folders of photographic negatives and slides, two boxes of exhibition posters, postcards and ephemera, six photographic print boxes of photographic prints, and planning documents and exhibition materials

Papers of the Nirmul Committee, including: Newspaper cuttings and publications regarding campaigns and the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1969-2009; Committee papers, 1997-2005; Posters, leaflets and banners regarding campaigns and the Bangladesh Liberation War, 2001-2010; and Photographs of meetings, events and demonstrations, 1992-2009; Press cuttings and other secondary information about fundamentalism, terrorist attacks, human rights violations and war crimes, 1988-2014. (c 1969-2014).

Papers of the National Miners Support Network, 1992-1993, including correspondence and notes, notebooks regarding general matters and speaker's requests and meetings, post book, cash book, lists of individuals and groups affiliated, publicity material and papers regarding Trade Union News (1992 - 1993).

Photographs of performances at the King's Head Theatre, Islington, London, [1970s].

Papers of Gilda O'Neill (1951-2010), including: drafts of published and unpublished works; research notes; press cuttings collected for research and regarding campaigns; notebooks; correspondence with contributors and readers; audio tapes; reviews (1865-2008)

Papers of the Rationalist Association, formerly the Rationalist Press Association, as well as affiliated companies and bodies including CA Watts and Company Limited, Pemberton Publishing Company Limited, Rationalist Benevolent Fund, Rationalist Trust, New Humanist publication, and Thinker's Book Club, (28 January 1872 - 17 September 2006). Includes: Papers of CA Watts and Company Limited, Rationalist Press Association and Rationalist Association, including: Committee minutes, papers and agendas (1929-2005), Financial papers (1895-1994), Legal papers (1872-2005), Papers regarding publishing and promotion (1919-2004), and Papers regarding administration and activities of the organisation (1881-2006). Papers of Pemberton Publishing Company Limited, including: Committee minutes, agendas and papers (1954-2000), Legal and financial papers (1948-2000), Papers regarding publishing and distribution (1962-1982), and Correspondence (1965-1972). Papers of Rationalist Benevolent Fund and Rationalist Trust, including: Committee minutes, agendas and papers (1941-2004), Legal and financial papers (1921-2004), and Correspondence (1960-2004). Papers of the Thinker's Book Club, including: Committee minutes, agendas and papers (1945-1960). Papers of the New Humanist, including: Committee minutes, agendas and papers (1971-1996), General papers and correspondence (1995-2006), and Images used in the publication (1980-2006).

Papers of educational reformer William Rogers (1819-1896), including: miscellaneous certificates, correspondence and papers regarding Rogers' life and career, religious appointments and the administration of St Botolph's without Bishopsgate, 1837-1994; volume of press cuttings of obituaries of Rogers from various newspapers and periodicals, 1896.

Papers of writer and political activist Jean Sargeant (1933-2011), including: correspondence, papers and cuttings regarding involvement with various political campaigns, including the Stop the Seventy Tour, Labour Party and anti-fascist activities, 1964-2008; typescripts and papers regarding Sargeant's publications 'Sign of the times - Woman in the Wapping Dispute' and 'Liberation Christianity on the Wapping Picket Line', including transcripts of interviews, 1986-1992; publications by Sargeant, including typescript of autobiography 'The Turning Point', cuttings of published journalism and various press cuttings, 1970-2003; personal papers, including scrapbook from a visit to London, photograph albums, correspondence with Ray Fletcher MP and order or service for Sargeant's funeral, 1950-2011.

Papers of Spitalfields Trust, including paper about redevelopment of Fashion Street, Durwood Street, Spitalfields Market, Bishopsgate Goods Yard, Rugby Street, Leopold Avenue, Mare Street, Kerbella Street, Lambeth Walk, Mile End Road, Spital Square, Mansell Street, Artillary Lane, Artillary Row, Artillary Passage, Albury Street, Alie Street, Ashfield Street, Fleur de Lys Street, Princelet Street, Shoreditch High Street, Harpur Estate, Greenwich Church Street, Upper Street, Borough High Street, Nelson Square, Clinton Road, Folgate and Elder Gardens, Brushfield Street, Commercial Road, Elder Street, New Road, Quaker Street and Wheeler Street. Also includes papers about CrossRail railway development, Allt-y-Bela in Monmouthshire, Bedford Institute and Sandys Row Synagogue, as well as papers of the Architectual Heritage Fund, Heritage of London Trust, English Heritage, London Borough of Tower Hamlets, Hackney Building Exploratory, Blackheath Preservation Trust, and the Conservation Advisory Group, (c.1977-2006).

Papers of the Stop the War Coalition, 2001-2007, including: posters, ephemera, flyers, newsletters and material produced by the Stop the War Coalition for its demonstrations and campaigns, 2001-2007; papers of Paul Mackney relating to his involvement with Stop the War Coalition and the anti-war campaign, including emails, newsletters, correspondence and ephemera, 2001-2005.

Photographs of Occupy London demonstrations, 2011-2012.

Newsletters, photographs, leaflets, pamphlets, flyers, correspondence, press clippings, emphemera regarding the AIDS charity the Terence Higgins Trust and its activities. Includes:Conference pack - programme, precis of workshops, volunteer application form, guidance about buddying, posters from the THT 4th National Conference, Sharing the Challenge, 1987; The Trust: the newsletter of the THT, May 1987-January 1990; National AIDS Bulletin, 2 issues, December 1988, February 1989; Facts and Figures newsletter February 1988; October 1988; Advertisements for fundraising events, stationery.

Wills (6 vols); precedents (2 vols); Heraldic Miscellanies (24 vols); peers and the peerage (4 vols); topography (1 vol); papers relating to the Talbot family (26 small vols); catalogues and lists (3 vols); royal depositums (1 vol); miscellaneous pedigrees (3 vols); supplementary Catalogue to Visitations of Suffolk (1 vol)

Includes correspondence with Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick and material about the Meyrick family and Goodrich Court.

Manuscripts collected by Augustine Vincent, some also created by him. The focus is strongly genealogical, but other types of content are included. Other identifiable authors, besides Augustine Vincent's son John, include Richard Scarlett (d 1607), Robert Glover (d 1588), Robert Cooke (d 1593), Richard Lee (d 1597), and the antiquarian Richard Gascoigne of Bramham Biggin, Yorkshire (d c 1661). Louise Campbell, editor of the published catalogue (see 'Finding Aids') categorises the volumes as laid out below:

44 volumes of pedigrees and 26 volumes of 'pedigrees and evidences', i.e. pedigrees supported by evidence such as charters. Eight of these 70 volumes are in the hand of Augustine Vincent, a further 4 have a substantial contribution in his hand, and many of the others have additions in the hands of both him and his son.

6 volumes containing pedigrees of one family (or in the case of MS Vincent 207, two families).

44 volumes of extracts from records, and 1 volume by John Vincent of copies or extracts from medieval muster rolls (MS Vincent 29). 17 of the 44 were written either by Augustine Vincent or a clerk working to his instructions; a further 3 include a contribution in Vincent's hand.

29 volumes of heraldic visitations: the original manuscript of the 1615 Visitation of Northumberland, and 28 copies of visitations. 13 of these are in Augustine Vincent's hand, of which 10 are not simple copies but amplified versions. These include expanded versions of visitations he conducted: Northamptonshire, 1618-19 (MS Vincent 113); Warwickshire, 1619 (MS Vincent 126); Leicestershire, 1619 (MS Vincent 127); Rutland, 1618-19 (MS Vincent 132); Shropshire, 1623 (MS Vincent 134). The expanded copy of the visitation of Surrey made by Vincent in 1623 is not in his own hand, but does include some material in his hand bound with it, and some church notes which are not in the record manuscript of the visitation.

2 volumes of visitation papers, mostly in the hand of Richard Lee, who visited 4 counties (Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Shropshire, and Lincolnshire) between 1574 and 1592 as deputy to Clarenceux King of Arms: MS Vincent 181, a rough-book supposed to have been used by him on these visitations, and MS Vincent 195, containing notes of arms from churches and other material relating to Shropshire, probably gathered during his visitation of Shropshire in 1584.

2 volumes of miscellaneous collections of arms from churches and monumental inscriptions: MS Vincent 177, in the hand of Augustine Vincent (various counties), and MS Vincent 197, relating to Leicestershire and five other counties.

11 volumes of baronages or peers' pedigrees. Including MS Vincent 20, 'Vincent's Baronage', containing 396 pages of pedigrees of English peers, mostly in the hand of Augustine Vincent, and with painted arms. Also including baronages in narrative form by Robert Glover (MS Vincent 33), Robert Cooke (MS Vincent 93), and by a scribe working for Vincent (MS Vincent 45) with some marginal glosses in Vincent's hand, and in the form of peers' pedigrees by Richard Scarlett (MS Vincent 22).

Genealogical case papers: MS Vincent 75, miscellaneous papers on the Cornwall family of Burford, Oxfordshire; letters and papers bound into MS Vincent 94 on the Bellingham family, showing Richard Scarlett (d 1607) conducting genealogical research for William Wyrley (later Rouge Croix Pursuivant of Arms), whose clients the Bellinghams apparently were.

Genealogical miscellanies or commonplace books: 6 manuscripts which besides pedigrees and evidences include more heterogeneous material. Includes MSS Vincent 218 and 220, mostly in the hand of Augustine Vincent. A further 5 manuscripts with miscellaneous contents include a quantity of genealogical material, including MS Vincent 94, containing pedigrees by Robert Glover as well as Richard Scarlett's genealogical case papers

Lists of names, compiled for genealogical purposes: 10 volumes, and parts of another 12 volumes, containing lists including tenants in chief of the king, and holders of offices such as sheriffs and justices. MS Vincent 97 includes list of summonses to Parliament in the hand of Robert Glover, and MS Vincent 417, mostly in the hand of Richard Scarlett, includes lists of Knights of the Garter, with narrative material on the Order and some arms

Armorials: 34 volumes of armorials, 5 of which are armorial only in part. Includes painted armorials MS Vincent 152 (known as 'Prince Arthur's Book') and MS Vincent 153, both made by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King of Arms (d 1534). 'Prince Arthur's Book' so called due to the arms on page 1 originally of Henry VIII impaling those of Catherine of Aragon but altered to make them refer to Prince Arthur instead of Henry. This also contains royal arms and badges and a small pen drawing of a young King Henry VIII (p 90). 4 of the 34 manuscripts are written and either tricked or blazoned by Augustine Vincent, including MS Vincent 178, 'Vincent's Ordinary', a manuscript in 2 volumes containing about 15'000 shields of arms. 6 of the 34 armorials contain a series of copies of medieval rolls of arms. 15 of the 34 armorials are wholly, or in the case of 2 manuscripts, partly written and tricked by Richard Scarlett, including 3 of the 6 with copies of medieval rolls of arms.

Precedents, ceremonials, heraldic treatises and historical miscellanies: 14 manuscripts and part of the contents of a further 10 manuscripts. 5 of the collections of precedents are written by Augustine Vincent, assisted by a scribe. These include MS Vincent 151, 'Vincent's Presidents [Precedents]', a collection of precedents relating to Officers of Arms, their creation, organisation as a corporation and government, to orders of precedence, and to the marshalling of ceremonies for the various degrees of nobility, with fine illustrations. Also includes MS Vincent 444, a copy of Nicholas Upton's treatise De studio militari written by Robert Glover and illustrated with drawings, and two manuscripts dating to c. 1500-1550, MS Vincent 25, a ceremonial, and MS Vincent 50, an heraldic treatise.

Titles of honour, precedents concerning inheritance of title: 6 manuscripts, including MS Vincent 57, a copy of Robert Glover's Nobilitas politica vel civilis in the hand of his nephew Thomas Milles, possibly the one from which Milles had the treatise printed in 1608, and MS Vincent 58, written for Vincent and begun in his hand, apparently a version of the treatise printed by William Bird in 1642 under the title The magazine of honour

Grant books: 5 volumes of memoranda of grants of arms, MSS Vincent 157, 161, 162, 163 and 169, originally part of Vincent's collection, have been given the status of Records and are now part of the Record class known as Old Grants. Apart from these 5, 4 manuscripts in the collection (MSS Vincent 61, 86, 88 and 92) include small collections of mostly medieval grants of arms. The first 3 of these are in Vincent's handwriting.

Other manuscripts: the remaining categories of manuscripts comprise:

College of Arms' Waiting Book for the years 1567-1572

2 volumes of funerals (MS Vincent 90, funeral certificates for the years 1568-1611, and MS Vincent 188, painters' accounts for work supplied for funerals, 1594-1605, in the hand of Richard Scarlett)

2 volumes labelled Vincent upon Brooke (MSS Vincent 32 and 215), the manuscript and annotated copy of Vincent's Discoverie of errours

2 copies of the barons' letter to Pope Boniface VIII concerning the English claim to sovereignty over Scotland (MSS Vincent 103[v] and 425) and 1 copy of orders of the Lords Wardens of the Scottish Marches, 1563 (MS Vincent 77)

3 volumes of medieval chronicles and compilations (MSS Vincent 418, 421 and 434) and a 14th century legal formulary (MS Vincent 419), these 4 manuscripts shown by their bindings to have been part of Ralph Sheldon's own personal collection

2 secular cartularies (MSS Vincent 64, the late 14th century 'Pyel Cartulary' and 85, 1608 copy of the Boarstall Cartulary) and extracts in Vincent's hand from a third one (MS Vincent 109)

Treatise on the Inns of Court (MS Vincent 190)

Volume of engravings from Speed's History of Great Britaine (MS Vincent 219)

3 indexes (MSS Vincent 39, 60bis and 228bis)

Gregory King's catalogue of the Vincent Manuscripts bequeathed to the College of Arms by Ralph Sheldon of Beoley in 1684 (MS Vincent 504).

Administrative records, Chaplaincy records, financial records and patient records.

Administrative records, deeds, financial records, patient records, nursing records and photographs.

Administrative records, photographs, miscellaneous records.

Administrative records, records of clinical departments, estates records, finance records, human resources records, nursing records and photographs.

Minutes of Health Authority meetings and records of the District Sub Committees.

Administrative records, financial records, patient records, nursing and midwifery training records.

Administrative records, financial records, photographs.

Minute books, annual reports, plans and reports (taken from LT Chief Executives files).

Comprises: Administrative; Financial; Estates; Photographs of events, individuals and buildings and clinical photographs; Medical Committees and Medical Staffing; Medical Illustrations; Matron's Office and Nursing; Medical Records; Research and Education at St Mark's Hospital: Research Department, Research Foundation, Academic Board,
Academic Institute; Pharmacy; Samaritan Fund, Ladies Association and Friends of St Mark's; St Mark's Hospital Association; Audio Visual Material.

Comprises: Chaplaincy records; Curator of Instruments; Administrative records; Estate records; Matron's office and nursing; Medical records; Pathology records; Radiology records; Operating theatre records.

Comprises: memorandum relating to churchwardens' account book and parish ordinances, [1495]; memorandum of expenses for an obit mass 'for the good benefactors and all Christian souls', 1507; ratification regarding the observance of the feast day of St Audoen alias St Ewin, 1533.

Comprises: Bequests, Wills and Probate; Church Fabric; Constable and Scavenger; Certificates; Churchwardens; Finance; Images and Press Cuttings; Militia; Parish Appointments; Parish Boundaries; Poor Law; Printed Material; Plans of the Church; Parish Property; Parish Registers; Parish Maintenance; Loose Rate Assessment Papers; Registers of Services and Preachers; Tithes; Vicar and Hospitaller; Vestry.

Records of St Nicholas Shambles parish, 1253-1526, comprising churchwardens' account book, 1452-1526; indulgence from Walter [Cantilupe], Bishop of Worcester, to the parishioners of St Nicholas Shambles, 22 Jan 1253; indulgence from Nicholas, Bishop of Kildare, to all who say the Lord's Prayer and Ave Maria for the soul of Simon de Finchinfield, buried in the church of St Nicholas, 8 Sep 1280.

Press-cuttings, letters patent, telegrams and photographs of William Perkin, including one Perkin took of himself aged 14.

Papers of Alfred Wiliam Alcock, 1906-1920s, comprise autobiographical notes on his life and correspondence on the status of zoology in India and the unsatisfactory condition of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.

Material consisting of manuscripts, addresses, lectures, speeches and publications relating to malaria, tropical disease and public health and hygiene in the tropics; research notebooks (1908-1913) relating to his work in Sudan; material on overseas visits; papers and correspondence relating to Balfour's appointment to the School, his illness, death and subsequent memorial fund for Balfour; correspondence received by Balfour while at the School.

Papers of Sir Edwin Chadwick, 1840-1851 and 1954, comprise copies of letters from Chadwick to John Hill Burton on public health matters, 1840-1851, and correspondence between the School, Chadwick Trust and Professor Finer on the copying of these letters, 1954.

Papers of Patrick Alfred Buxton, 1908-1957, relate to his employment as Head of Entomology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 1927-1955, and notably include research notes, correspondence, maps, diaries and publications.

Papers of Guy Pascoe Crowden, 1927-1953, largely relate to his appointment and work as Lecturer in Applied Physiology at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and comprise a comparative study of the development and physiology of identical twins by Crowden; information on the applied physiology course 1930-1931; paper on 'The practical value of physiology to industry' by Crowden, communication to the Department on Industrial Co-operation, British Association for the Advancement of Science, Leicester, 11 September 1933; appointment of Crowden as University Reader in Industrial Physiology and as Professor of Industrial Hygiene; material relating to his service in World War Two.

Papers of Dr Christopher Draper, 1949-1997, includes correspondence, research papers, notebooks, photographs, slides, articles, publications, teaching material, data tables and graphs concerning Christopher Draper's career as a medical officer, researcher and lecturer in tropical medicine. The collection relates to many of Draper's research projects overseas such as malaria studies in East Africa, particularly the Pare-Taveta and Mara regions and material also relates to other short-term projects abroad on behalf of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, World Health Organization or Overseas Development Administration. Research papers concern important work carried out in seroepidemiology, ELISA tests and malaria and teaching material includes slides for lectures, handouts and correspondence with students. Most of the papers stem from Draper's time at the LSHTM although photographs of Draper's posting as medical officer in the Middle East for the Red Cross are included.

Papers of Robert Henry Elliot, [1864-1936], reflect his specialisation in the field of ophthalmology and comprise original drawings, slides and catalogues. The collection notably includes hand drawn and coloured illustrations of diseases of the cornea and each is labelled with a diagnosis; slides, comprising 300 black and white photographs of patients with eye disorders and catalogues, including Catalogue of stereoscopic pictures, Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras, Elliot School of Ophthalmology (Government Press, Madras, 1932). Papers also include photographs of the original layout of display cases within the Elliot collection museum.