Papers, 1865-1887, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising probate of will of Veere Woodman of Great Stanmore, farmer; probate of will of Elizabeth Woodman of Great Stanmore, widow and probate of will of Richard Pyatt of No. 4 Hill Martin Villas, Nightingale Road, Wood Green, gentleman.
Hughes, Minton and Barker , solicitorsPapers of Hugo and Gretel Klein, 1942, comprise translations and copies of the last letters written by Hugo and Gretel Klein of Bad Neustadt, to their children, who they sent to the USA for safety during World War Two.
Klein , Hugo , fl 1942 Klein , Gretel , fl 1942Papers of Edward Victor Hugo, 1915-1918, comprising a diary relating to the Gallipoli campaign, when Hugo was senior medical officer of the hospital ship GASCON, 1915; a diary including maps of Baghdad and Lower Mesopotamia, relating to Hugo's period in India and Mesopotamia, 1916; a diary relating to the period when Hugo was in Mesopotamia, and was appointed CMG, 1917; a diary relating to the period when Hugo was in Mesopotamia, including inserted letters, 1918. The diaries contain references to the weather, movements of the ship, living conditions, and details of patients attended, and include inserted letters and photographs.
Hugo , Edward Victor , 1865-1951 , surgeon and lieutenant colonelPapers of Thomas Byrdall Hugo comprising notes on lectures on anatomy and surgery by Joseph Else, delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, 1780.
Hugo , Thomas Byrdall , fl 1780 , medical studentRecords of the Huguenot Friendly Benefit Society comprising minutes, lists of members, and financial records.
Huguenot Friendly Benefit SocietyPapers of George Redmond Hulbert, comprising his correspondence, 1807 to 1823, with the Navy Pay Office, Navy Prize Office, Treasury, Greenwich Hospital, Doctors' Commons and naval officers. There are also accounts and lists of prizes, including some printed papers, 1793 to 1798. The collection provides detailed information on the procedure followed in the collection and distribution of prize money.
Hulbert , George Redmond , 1774-1825 , naval agentTwo volumes of manuscript notes bound together, containing lectures on the principles and practice of surgery by Astley Paston Cooper, and Benjamin Travers's lectures on diseases of the eye, taken by Hulbert as a pupil, 1807.
Hulbert , John , fl 1807 , medical studentThe collection contains photographs used to illustrate newspaper stories for the Hull Daily News about events in London. The photographs cover a range of subjects and have been organised thematically into 25 series, including: life in London during the Second World War and post-war reconstruction; transportation in London (including railways, roads, rivers and airports); churches; memorials and monuments; bridges; hotels; office buildings; foreign embassies; museums and art galleries; hospitals; sporting venues; markets; government buildings and theatres. There are also photographs showing particularly famous streets in London, photographs of palaces and royal residences in London, of the Tower of London, of Trafalgar Square and Nelson's Column and photographs of the Palace of Westminster (including Big Ben, the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Hall).
Hull Daily NewsThe archive consists of birth and marriage certificates (1876-1880); film, theatre and publishers' contracts for EM Hull's works (1919-1956); one photograph thought to be EM Hull in her wedding dress (one of the only known photographs of the author) (c.1900); one copy of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works (1865) that belonged to EM Hull's father James Henderson; an article by Cecil Hull 'Six Weeks in Southern Algeria' (1930); Edith Maud Hull's suitcase; the following eight books by Edith Maud Hull inscribed to her daughter Cecil Winstanley Hull:
*E M Hull, The Sheik, 1921, Small Maynard and Co
*E M Hull, The Shadow of the East, 1921, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson
*E M Hull, The Desert Healer, 1923, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson
*E M Hull, Camping in the Sahara, 1926, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson
*E M Hull, The Sons of the Sheik, 1926, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson
*E M Hull, The Lion Tamer, 1928, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson
*E M Hull, The Captive of the Saharah, 1931, Dodd, Mead and Co
*E M Hull, The Forest of Terrible Things, 1939, Hutchinson and Company
These were popularly known as 'Desert Romances' and in 2005 were still classed by many booksellers as 'Erotic Fiction'. The archive provides an insight into the contractual and financial affairs of a popular female novelist of the early 20th century.
Hull , Edith Maud , 1880-1947 , nee Henderson , writerNotes relating to Robert Hull, c 1820-1847, including notes of lectures by James Blundell (1790-1877), taken by Hull, and notes on operations by Hull at the Norwich Eye Infirmary.
Hull , Robert , 1795-1856 , physicianLetter from Thomas Harvey Hull of the Worshipful Company of Wheelwrights, Guildhall, London to Captain B J Watkins of the Royal Navy, 27 May 1930. Regretting that no company privileges are available to Watkins's friend, Mr Frederick Beetham, despite the fact that his great-grandfather was Master of the Company in 1835-1836. 'For your friend I cam enclosing a little history of the Company, printed and circulated ... in 1928'.
Autograph, with signature.
Hull , Thomas Harvey , fl 1930 , clerk of the Worshipful Company of WheelwrightsPapers of Edward Charles Hulme, Student in Human and Comparative Anatomy, 1846-1848, and George Robert Skinner, Student in Comparative Anatomy, 1849-1851, comprising a volume containing notes by Hulme relating to the dissections of various animals including Chimpanzee, Sciurus Vulgaris (Red Squirrel), Cynocephalus (Phillipine Flying Lemur), Wombat, Leopard, Ateles (Spider Monkey), Elephant, and Honduras Turkey, 1846-1848; also containing notes by Skinner relating to the dissections of various animals including Rhinoceros, Puff Adder, Ostrich, a malformed foetus, and Malayan Tapir; and notes by Skinner relating to compiling a manuscript catalogue in the Museum.
Hulme , Edward Charles , 1821-1900 , surgeon Skinner , George Robert , 1825-1856 , surgeonAcademic notebooks and indexes, c1947-1976, of Shakespearean vocabulary created by Hilda Hulme.
Hulme , Hilda , 1914-1983 , Lecturer in English LiteratureUniversity of London Officers Training Corps papers, c1910-1952; University of London Society papers, 1906-1942; press-cuttings and publications regarding University of London, c1905-1956; University of London Club papers, c1911-1953; University of London parliamentary elections papers, 1909-1935; University of London Graduates Association papers, 1926-1945; University of London Lodge of Freemasons papers, 1907-1956; articles, publications, draft publications by Humberstone, c1908-1950, including Torrington Square Saved, 1938; correspondence, c1897-1957; Royal College of Science alumni papers, 1907-1926, 1949.
Humberstone , Thomas Lloyd , 1876-1957 , educationistPapers of Baron A von Humboldt, 1783-1848, including letter from Paris, May 1835, to Francois Arago; facsimile of a letter from Sans Souci, 12 Aug 1848, to A K Johnston and five small geographical drawings, done at the age of 16 years.
Humboldt , Baron , Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander Freiherr , von , 1769-1859 , German naturalist and explorerLetters, drafts and notes, 1830-1831, on agriculture, trade with the colonies, bullionism and other matters regarding politics and trade often in connection with fellow customs official Augustus Grenville Stapleton.
Hume , James Deacon , 1774-1842 , customs officialLetter from Jospeh Hume of Bryanston Square, [London] to J F Cardew, Esq, 6 Mar 1828. Referring to the preparation of an analysis of returns of sales of half-pay commissions. Autograph, with signature.
Hume , Joseph , 1777-1855 , radical and politicianPapers of Herbert Alfred Humphrey, 1883-1945, comprising volume of testimonials, letters of introduction, 1887-1915; correspondence, 1900-1918, notably with the Admiralty concerning proposals for a torpedo, 1914, Ministry of Munitions concerning chemical plants, 1917-1918; correspondence with Brunner, Mond and Co, 1890-1919, relating to his employment with the company, experiments with TNT, 1890-1919, and notes and diagrams on the manufacture of calcium nitrate, 1916; correspondence relating to Industrial Chemical Industries, 1920-1946, concerning chemical manufacture, his employment; papers concerning Brunner, Mond and Co, [1930]-1948, comprising notes concerning the history of the chemical plant at Billingham, [1930];
correspondence concerning enemy attack, technical education, 1940-1948; reports and correspondence relating to the Department of Explosive Supplies, Ministry of Munitions, 1915-1917, concerning TNT, manufacture of ammonium nitrate, calcium nitrate, explosives trials; reports relating to war service, 1914-1919, concerning the purification of TNT, shells, Hausser process; correspondence and printed papers relating to war service, 1916, inventions, 1939-1944;
correspondence with professional institutes, 1887-1938; letters, papers and reports relating to visits, annual dinners, 1886-1945; patents, 1895-1934, relating to engines, purifying gases and raising liquids; papers relating to the Metropolitan Water Board, 1909-1913, concerning water pumps; engineering drawings of pump schemes never built [1910-1912]; papers and diagrams concerning projected installation of Humphrey pumps at El Mex, Egypt, 1911-1914; articles, mostly concerning the Humphrey Pump, 1909-1936; photographs and papers relating to the Humphrey Pump, 1913;
student notebooks made whilst a student at Finsbury Technical College and Central Institution, 1883-1887.
Papers, 1900-1925, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Tottenham, Stoke Newington, and Chiswick, including leases, agreements, correspondence, mortgages and deed of covenant.
Humphreys and Parsons , solicitorsDiaries, log books and other papers, 1913-1966, of Cdr Lawrence Antony Humphreys, comprising a photograph album including photographs of Dartmouth Royal Naval (RN) College, Devon, 1914-1916, and ships of the British and German fleets, 1917-1919, subsequently used as a scrapbook for newspaper and other cuttings to 1966; volume entitled 'Operations etc HMS TARANTULA', comprising log of messages received and sent, 11 Mar 1917-11 Mar 1918, while taking part in operations in Mesopotamia from the fall of Baghdad, later used as diary of voyage, Basra to Canton via Hong Kong, 29 Mar-3 Jul 1918, with reflections on anti British disturbances up to 2 Mar 1919; midshipman's journal, HMS BARHAM, 1 Jul 1919-14 May 1920, with latter part of volume used for documents relating to postings and promotions, 1917-1946; diaries (2 volumes), Mar-Jun 1922; syllabus and manuscript notes, Cambridge course for RN Officers, Michaelmas 1922-Lent 1923; volume containing souvenir programmes of the Special Service Sqn World cruise, 1923-1924 (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Hawaii, Vancouver, Canada, San Francisco, USA, Peru, Chile); diaries of the world cruise, 25 Nov 1923-30 Sep 1924; sketch book containing notes on seamanship, HMS INDOMITABLE [1917-1919]; volume of notes on gunnery, HMS INDOMITABLE, HMS VENDETTA, HMS BARHAM, HMS TARANTULA and HMS DRAGON, 1917-1925; gunnery notes, RN College, Greenwich [1926]; gunnery orders, HMS HOOD; drill instructions, HMS DANAE [1930-1933]; term lists, RN College, Osborne, Sep 1914-Jan 1916, and RN College, Dartmouth, May 1916-May 1917; 'Osborne', RN College magazines, Dec 1914-Dec 1916; 'The Britannia Magazine', RN College, Dartmouth, Easter 1916-Midsummer 1917; 'Regulations for German observation groups', a manual for the Artillery Survey Section, translated extracts, Dec 1917; Gunnery Drill Book (Book I) (Admiralty, London, 1913); Rifle and field exercises for His Majesty's Fleet (Admiralty, London, 1913); The danger angle and off shore distance tables by Capt Squire Thornton Stratford Lecky, RN (1916); two editions of Gunnery Drill Book (Book II) (1918) (one revised in 1927); Silhouettes of effective British warships by E L King (Low, London, 1919); Warships at a glance, silhouettes of the world's fighting ships by Frederick Thomas Jane, RN College Osborne (Low, London, 1914); Boats' signal book (1920); Royal Naval handbook of field training (1920); Drill for 4 inch QF Mark XII gun on SI mounting (Submarines) (1928); The Fleet annual and Naval year book (1917); 'The Castillian', Fleet magazine, Jan-May 1925; 'Royal Naval Staff College Magazine', issues 4-6 (undated); humorous pamphlet 'The cruises of HMS Zinnia' (undated); Our Navy, handbook of the British Navy (undated); Lord Fisher on the Navy, articles reprinted from The Times, Sep 1919; Future of navies, articles reprinted from The Times, Nov 1920-Feb 1921; 'Naval athletics', compiled by Maxwell Cunningham (undated); The Battle of the Atlantic, the official account of the fight against U boats, 1939-1945 (HMSO, London); How the war will be won by Capt Bernard Acworth (1940); The Battle of Britain, Aug-Oct 1940 (Air Ministry); Destruction of an Army, 1st Libyan Campaign, Sept 1940-Feb 1941; Parliamentary White Paper by Sir Neville Henderson on the circumstances leading to the termination of his mission to Berlin, Germany, 20 Sep 1939.
Humphreys , Lawrence Antony , d 1985 , CommanderPapers of Cornelius Humphreys, comprising: manuscript notebook containing sermons, 25 Dec 1769-, prayers, copy of letter from Dr Tillotson, (undated); manuscript extract of letter from the Rev C Humphreys to M Forrest (his niece) 13 Apr 1756; Humphreys' copy of Book of Common Prayer, 1714, gift of his wife Agnes, 1760; and transcript of burial monument of Humphreys' and his wife Agnes.
HUMPHREYS , Cornelius , c.1711-1770 , clergymanPapers of (David) Colin Humphreys. Typescript background details of students on Imperial Defence College course, London, 1970; typescript paper by Humphreys entitled 'The history of British Defence Policy 1975-1985', written whilst a student at the Imperial Defence College, London, 1970; typescript and manuscript notes and texts of lectures by Humphreys and papers relating to various conferences, 1981-1984; typescript North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) confidential paper by Humphreys entitled 'Study on the politico-strategic aspects of maritime nuclear warfare in the NATO area', 1979; typescript copy of 1926 official memorandum entitled 'Organisation of the RAF, 1919-1926'; photograph album compiled by Lt James Cranmer (father of Mrs Humphreys), Royal Regiment of Artillery, Middle East, World War One [1915-1918].
Humphreys , David Colin , 1925-1992Typescript account of his service in France and with A Battery, 190 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, 8 Jun 1917 and 1 Mar-5 Apr 1918, notably action at Messines, 8 Jun 1917, and the defence of Bucquoy, Mar 1918, including copies of extracts from his diary, with particular reference to the death of Maj Geoffrey Neame, written in [1964-1982].
UntitledThese papers are largely concerned with Humphreys' involvement in the development and promotion of Latin American Studies in Britain. The collection is roughly divided into three series. The 'correspondence' section includes letters from a variety of people, including British historians such as Hugh Hale Bellot and historians of Latin America and the USA (1934 to 1982). Amongst the papers of committees and conferences promoting Latin American Studies in Great Britain in the second section are: papers of the University College London Advisory Committee and the University Grants Committee on Latin American Studies; correspondence relating to committees; interview papers and reports. The third section contains items created by Professor Humphreys including unpublished papers, and printed newspaper articles.
Humphreys , Robert Arthur , 1907-1999 , historianRecipe and account book with ownership inscription of Thomas Brigstocke Humphreys, Portmadoc, 1859. The book has later been used to accommodate newspaper cuttings (including several relating to members of the Humphreys and Brigstocke families, among them H. Humphreys of Aberystwyth, also a chemist, and various Humphreys in Llanelli) and ephemera. The latter relate to a wide variety of chemists' firms, chiefly in London; these include Corbyn and Co. (see MSS. 5435-5460).
Humphreys , Thomas Brigstocke , fl 1859 , chemistPapers of Sydney Humphryes, 1646-c1668, comprising a volume containing 'receipts' or recipes compiled by Sydney Humphryes, although the volume contains a variety of other hands. Including recipes for fruit waters and hair dyes, as well as treatments for burns, vomiting, the plague, and scrofula.
Humphryes , Sydney , fl 1686 , collector of recipesNotes of the evidence given against Lord Howard of Escrick at the Grand Inquest of the Hundred of Edmonton and Gore in the County of Middlesex; taken by Sir Charles Lee, 1681.
Sir Charles Lee, foreman of the JuryOfficial photographs of Hungary, c 1965, showing the bend of the Danube, cities, Budapest, the bank of the Danube, agriculture and industry.
Hungarian GovernmentPapers of Bernard Albert Hunn, 1949-[1982], relating to his career and research, including: copy of Hunn's degree certificate from King's College London, 1949; notes on elliptic functions, 1950; correspondence, 1951-1953, relating chiefly to the publication of scientific papers on aeronautics; reports from Hawker Aircraft Ltd design department, 1951-1953; technical papers and notes by Hunn, 1952-1956, relating to aeronautical mathematics; draft monograph by Hunn on 'Inertial guidance', 1964; correspondence, chiefly with James Allason, MP, concerning the British defence industry and world markets, 1964-1965; patent applications for 'improved guiding means for spinning missiles', 1959 and for a 'mind simulator' (an electronic model of the human mind), 1982, with essays and notes on the function of the human mind; photographs of a interlock relay system and of Revenue Systems component parts for a card payment system to be attached to a petrol pump; and memoir concerning Hunn's work in Nigeria, 1974-1978.
Hunn , Bernard Albert , 1923-2000 , engineer and mathematicianPapers of social scientist and progressive activist, Peter Hunot, 1939-1971, including: minutes, agendas, administrative correspondence and reports of the Central Board of Conscientious Objection, 1942-1945; pamphlets, leaflets and broadsheets published by the Central Board of Conscientious Objection, and general pamphlets relating to conscientious objection, 1940-1971; photographs of ARP (Air Raid Precaution) and NFS (National Fire Service) staff, committee meetings, bomb damage and the ARP at work, 1939-1945; papers, reports, statements, minutes and correspondence from Hunot's involvement with the National ARP Co-ordinating Committee and the ARP and NFS Review, 1940-1944; pamphlets, periodicals and publications regarding civil defence and ARP duty in Britain and America, 1942-1945.
Hunot , Peter , 1914-1989 , social scientist and progressive activistFour diaries of Bernard Hunt, 1896-1899, giving an account of his experiences in Peru as a mining engineer; extracts from the diaries by his son, Philip B Hunt, 1986.
Hunt , Bernard , fl 1885-1903 , mining engineerCopies of detailed manuscript notes on Hunt's life and military career, 1924-1953, including sportingachievements and details of mountaineering expeditions, especially the British Everest Expedition, 1952-1953.
Hunt , Lord , Henry Cecil John , 1910-1998 , mountaineer , Brigadier x Baron Hunt of Llanfair WaterdinePapers of Lord Henry Cecil John Hunt, [1925-1998], including Hunt's diary of the Mount Everest expedition, 10 Mar-12 Jun 1953; photographs, transcripts of letters and diaries from the 1953 Mount Everest expedition; papers relating to the administration of the Pamirs Expedition, 1962; climbing journals, 1925-1958; extracts from diaries, 1969-1986; papers relating to the celebratory events following the ascent of Everest and the Pamirs Expedition, 1962; papers relating to expeditions including peak 36, Salturo, 1935, Kangri, Zemu glacier, 1937, Kongor expedition, Caucasus, 1958, North East Greenland, 1960, Pamirs, 1962, Greece, Pindus, 1963, Yukon Alpine centennial expedition, 1967, Nepal, 1970s-1990s, the International Karakoram Project, 1980, China, 1980s, Peru, Andes, 1983 and Kulu-Lahul-Ladakh-Kashmir, 1990; maps of Kashmir, Nepal and Mount Everest; lectures, articles and essays on mountaineering; correspondence on mountaineering; papers on mountaineering training; papers relating to mountaineering organisations including In Search of Adventure, Adventure UK, National Association for Outdoor Education, the Foundation for Outdoor Adventure, Alpine Club, Mount Everest Foundation and the British Mountaineering Council; papers relating to the Royal Geographical Society and papers relating to the Empire and Commonwealth Museum.
Hunt , Lord , Henry Cecil John , 1910-1998 , mountaineer , Brigadier x Baron Hunt of Llanfair WaterdinePapers of C J Hunt, Treasurer of the (2nd) Social Credit Party, 1919-1980, including papers relating to the party, the Company of Free Men, the Social Credit Association, and the Social Credit Political League.
Hunt , Charles J , fl 1920-1982 , writer and social credit advocateLetter to Eva Knightley Hunt, 1 May 1937, from Amy Katherine Bullock, matron of the Welsh Mission Hospital, Shillong, Assam, India, relating to common acquaintances from King's, and the running of the Mission Hospital.
Hunt , [Eva Knightley] , fl 1920-1937 , nurseLetter from James Henry Leigh Hunt of [7 Cornwall Road], Hammersmith, [London], 15 Dec [1853-1858] to an unidentified librarian. 'Do not imagine - to speak Hibernice - that I have lost sight of the missing books ... my inability to visit the bookshops is very inconvenient to me ...'.
Autograph, with signature.
Hunt , James Henry Leigh , 1784-1859 , essayist, critic and poet x Hunt , LeighProfessional papers relating to Hunt's involvement in the Royal College of General Practitioners, 1948-79, which he was fundamental in founding, including articles and correspondence published in the lay and medical press, correspondence, committee minutes and notes, covering his role proposing the College in 1951, his work as Honorary Secretary of the Steering Committee in 1952, and of the Foundation Council and then Council of the College, 1953-66, then as President, 1967-70, and during his remaining years, 1971-78, when he continued to be involved with the College's development; papers relating to his life peerage, as a member of the House of Lords, including correspondence, speeches and articles, 1973-83; papers relating to Hunt's other commitments to various institutions and societies, including St Bartholomew's Hospital, the British Medical Association, Royal Society of Medicine, Medical Society of London, the Armed Forces, Department of Health, and the Hunterian Society, as President, member or adviser, mostly articles produced as a result of his involvement with these bodies, 1932-74; and biographic material relating to his personal life, including his curriculum vitae, bibliography, personal notes, and publications resulting from his DM Thesis, undertaken at the Univeristy of Oxford in 1935, 1935-1988.
John Henderson Hunt, Lord Hunt of Fawley (1905-1987)'Journal of a Red Cross VAD member on Special Service during the Great War' (in Malta), 1915-1916. The writer, Rosa Louise Hunt, describes her service with the Voluntary Aid Detachment from 25 Nov 1915 until 5 Mar 1916, in Malta, beginning with the news that she was being posted to a military hospital abroad, but breaking off abruptly while she was still in Malta.
Hunt , Rosa Louise , fl 1915Papers of the Thomas Cecil Hunt including war diaries, notes, reports, etc, from RAMC service in West Africa, India and Iraq, 1941-1945; case records mainly re Crohn's disease, 1953-1968; personal papers and correspondence, 1928-1982; published and unpublished writings, speeches and lectures, 1928-1980; papers on William MacMichael (1783-1838), his great-grandfather and a little material on higher education in the Commonwealth, 1950s.
Hunt , Thomas Cecil , 1901-1980 , gastroenterologistPapers regarding a dispute over the ownership of 1 Dale Place, Apothecary's Row, Wandsworth, including copy of the will of Charles Bostuck of Wandsworth bequeathing the property to Martha Jordan and her family, 184-; papers relating to action of trespass and ejectment, John Doe v William Hunt, at the Guildford Assizes, 1848-49, including lists of jurors, writs of distraint, writs to witnesses; and papers relating to a Queen's Bench plea in the case of Doe (Henry Parker Leigh, Martha his wife, William and Elizabeth Thompson, Sarah Jordan and Maria Slocombe) v. William Hunt, including lists of documents used as evidence, note of fees, counsel's opinion, and abstract of title showing the right of Henry Parker Leigh, Martha his wife, William and Elizabeth Thompson, Sarah Jordan and Maria Slocombe to the property, 1849.
Various.Letter from Hunter and Co, Bank Office of Ayr, [Ayrshire, Scotland] to Ebenezer Gilchrist, Esq of British Linen Company Bank, Edinburgh, 13 May 1822. Relating to business topics.
With signature.
Notes in the hand of Professor H S Foxwell are filed with the letter.
Hunter and Co , Ayr , bankersThe Hunter Family Album, early- mid 20th century, comprising a scrapbook containing material relating to John and William Hunter. Including photographs, postcards, letters, drawings, paintings, press cuttings, manuscript notes, and extracts from journals. Subjects covered include Long Calderwood, where William and John Hunter were born; memorial statues, burials and John Hunter's reinterment; attendance at lectures; information relating to their work and their museums; information relating to their places of residence, for example, Windmill Street, Leicester Square, and Earl's Court; and information about the Hunter family.
Hunter , John , 1728-1793 , surgeon and anatomist Hunter , William , 1718-1783 , anatomist and surgeonPapers of Donald Hunter, 1910-1977. There are two large, parallel series of case files and reference files (section C) relating to a wide range of conditions, most but not all connected with occupational hazards and many being dermatological or osteopathic, as well as factory visit notes, correspondence, both personal and professional, publications, writings, and audio-visual material.
Hunter , Donald , 1898-1977 , physicianPapers of John Hunter, 1699-[1950], comprising manuscripts originally deposited by Sir Everard Home in 1824, late 18th century; further Hunter manuscripts, mid to late 18th century; transcripts of Hunter's lectures and works by unidentified authors, late 18th century to early 19th century; and 'Hunteriana' or material related to John Hunter that has been collected by the College, 1699-mid 20th century.
Hunter , John , 1728-1793 , surgeon and anatomistPapers of or relating to John Hunter comprising notes of lectures delivered by William Hunter, Donald Monro and John Rutherford, (4 volumes), including 'The operations in surgery of William Hunter with the methods of salivating' (1754), 'A course of lectures on the theory and practice of midwifery' by Dr C Mackenzie, London (22 Oct 1770), 'Gravid Uterus' by Monro (1752), lectures on anatomy and musculature by W Hunter, London (1754), lectures on the 'lues venerea' [syphilis] by Rutherford, Edinburgh (1750) and Monro, London (1751) and on rickets by Monro, Edinburgh (1751), and an undated clinical lecture by Rutherford; lecture notes of W Hunter on the brain, muscles, senses, sleep, digestion, circulation and physiology, undated (2 volumes); letter from John Hunter to Edward Jenner, informing Jenner of his election to the Royal Society, 26 Feb 1789; notes of lectures delivered by John Hunter, undated (2 volumes); notes of lectures delivered by John Hunter, 1779-1780; 'A Rationale of Surgery' collected from the lectures of John Hunter by Charles Brandon Trye, 1783 (3 volumes); notebook containing two fragments of manuscripts in the same hand together, comprising 'notes of twelve gratuitous lectures on the principal operations in surgery, delivered annually to the pupils of St George's' by Sir Everard Home, and abbreviated version of 'A Rationale of Surgery', undated; notes of lectures delivered by Percival Pott, undated.
Note: this collection is currently on loan to the Royal College of Surgeons.
Hunter, John, 1728-1793, anatomist and surgeonThe collection comprises one manuscript volume of notes on lectures delivered by John Hunter, Surgeon Extraordinary to King George III, at the operating theatre in Great Windmill Street, London, summarised under the general heading 'The true principles of surgery'. The subject of the lectures include comparison of plant and animal life, such as sensation and movement; treatment of inflamed organs; the effects of poisons; bone fractures; and the identification and cure of various diseases including those of the urinary tract and reproductive organs, 1777.
Hunter , John , 1728-1793 , surgeonPapers of William Hunter, mid to late 18th century, comprising notes taken by unidentified authors, of lectures by William Hunter; and notes taken by unidentified authors, of lectures by William Hunter and William Hewson, c 1772.
Hunter , William , 1718-1783 , anatomist and surgeonNotes of lectures on anatomy and surgery by William Hunter and William Cruikshank, taken by a student. The notes cover a course of 79 lectures given at Hunter's Great Windmill Street School, London, at some time after he had been joined by Cruikshank as assistant in 1771 (cf. MS. 5595). The latter's contribution to the course seems from these notes to have been considerable, suggesting that he was already well-established as co-lecturer. The student was probably John Power (fl. 1791-98), later a surgeon at Market Bosworth, Leics.
Power , John , fl 1791-1798 , surgeonManuscript notes by an unknown student taken from lectures on anatomy given by William Hunter, undated.
UnknownManuscript notes taken from six lectures given by William Hunter entitled 'A course of lectures on the gravid uterus taken down in short hand, as delivered by Dr Hunter in 1772'. This volume was created by the student, 25 Mar-16 Apr 1776, using his original shorthand notes.
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