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Correspondence, 1905, between Rachel Notcutt and Alice Sargant, relating to the objections to a proposed new site for Bedford College in Bloomsbury, London.

Papers, 1948-1952, relating to the career of Geraldine Jebb, notably Statutes of the Order of the British Empire, presented in 1948, three books containing the signatures of Governors and Members of the Council, staff, and students who subscribed to the presentation made to Jebb on her retirement, 1951, and a certificate recording Jebb's induction as a Fellow of Bedford College. The collection also includes a short printed memoir of Geraldine Jebb by her sister, Eglantyne Mary Jebb [1959-1978].

The material in Dorothy Reich's personal papers covers the years from 1892 to 1981, although the majority relates to the 1950s and 1960s. Her papers include a great deal of material created by Professor Edna Purdie, her teacher and colleague. This is partly due to the fact that on Purdie's death in 1968, Reich took over the editing of 'A History of German Literature' by J.G. Robertson who had also been a Professor of German at Bedford College. Reich's papers therefore include a great deal of material relating to the 3rd and 4th editions of the book edited by Purdie. However, the papers also include material created by Purdie which is unrelated to the publication of the book. The material relating to the revisions of 'A History of German Literature' includes Edna Purdie's correspondence with W.I. Lucas, Professor of German at the University of Southampton, who contributed towards the revisions of the book, and Dr Mary Bearne who assisted Purdie with the section on the Early New High German period. There are also letters from the book's publishers, Blackwood and Sons, about the date of publication for the third edition and correspondence in German between Purdie and the German publishers, Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, regarding a translation of the book into German. There is an extensive collection of handwritten notes and typed manuscripts relating to the revision of the book, including annotated copies of previously published editions. There is also material relating to Henry Handel Richardson, which would have also come into Dorothy Reich's possession through Edna Purdie. Henry Handel Richardson was the wife of J.G. Robertson and was a friend of Purdie's. Her real name was Ethel Florence Lindsey Richardson and she was an Australian author. 'Myself When Young' was her autobiography which she was in the process of writing when she died in 1946. The book was finished by her secretary Olga Roncoroni, with the help of Edna Purdie, and published in 1948. The other material relating to Handel Richardson concerns the publication of a book edited by Purdie and Roncoroni entitled 'Henry Handel Richardson; some personal impressions'. The collection includes material relating to Purdie's career at Bedford College, including papers and correspondence relating to both her teaching and research activities, as well as social aspects of her time at the College, such as her membership of the Wine Association. There are also a number of copies of lectures and publications on the subject of German Literature, which are presumed to have been collected by Purdie. There is a small collection of papers that appears to have been created by J.G. Robertson between 1900 and 1930. These include lectures he gave as well as manuscripts and notes for 'A History of the Romantic Movement', and notes relating to some of his other research topics.

Papers relating to her life and career, 1904-1948, including correspondence and notes, 1904-1906, mainly relating to experiments by Berridge on the fertilisation of Carpinus Betulus (European Hornbeam), and the publication of a paper on the subject by the Linnean Society, notably including correspondence with Professor Margaret Jane Benson, Head of the Botany Department at Royal Holloway College, and a copy of 'Contributions to the embryology of the Amentiferae part II: Carpinus Betulus' by Berridge, Benson and Elizabeth Sanday, [1905]; correspondence, 1912, between Berridge and Professor Margaret Jane Benson, on the collection of new flower samples and the prospective reading of their Amentiferae paper in Dundee; research notes by Berridge, 1910-1948, on a variety of botanical subjects including Carpinus and agglutination, mainly comprising notebooks, notes on articles and experiment notes; notebook, 1948, belonging to Professor Elizabeth Marianne Blackwell, Head of the Botany Department at Royal Holloway College, containing obituaries of Berridge from the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 26 Nov 1948, and Nature vol 161, 17 Jan 1948, with a list of Berridge's papers.

Copies of reviews of books on mathematical subjects, mainly for the ASLIB Book Review, 1957-1977.

Papers of and relating to Professor William Wilson, 1910-1985, comprising personal correspondence with scientists, 1921-1957, mainly relating to Wilson's work on quantum theory and on the theory of general relativity and gravitation, notably Sir John Anderson; Professor Edward Neville da Costa Andrade, Quain Professor of Physics, University of London; Sir Edward (Victor) Appleton, Secretary of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research; Professor Henry Edward Armstrong, Professor of Chemistry, City and Guilds College, London; Sir Ernest Govka Barker; Professor Charles Glover Barkla, Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Edinburgh; Professor Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Langworth Professor of Physics, University of Manchester; Professor Max Born, Tait Professor of Natural Philosophy; Professor Sir William (Henry) Bragg, Fullerian Professor of Chemistry, Royal Institution, London; Maurice, Duc de Broglié; Prince Louis Victor de Broglié, Permanent Secretary of the Academie des Sciences, France; Sir Edwin Deller, Principal of the University of London; Professor Frederick George Donnan; Professor Albert Einstein, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Princeton, New Jersey, USA; Sir Alexander Gray; Professor Godfrey Harold Hardy, former President of the London Mathematical Society; Dr Arthur Headlam; Professor Egil A Hylleraas; Professor Sir John Ledingham, Professor of Bacteriology, University of London; Professor (Edward) Arthur Milne, Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics, Oxford University; Professor John William Nicholson, Professor of Mathematics, University of London; Professor Dr Max Planck, President of the Kaiser Willhelm-Gesellschaft; Sir (Chandrasekhara) Venkata Raman, Director of the Raman Research Institute, Banglore, India; Professor Robert John Strutt Rayleigh, 4th Baron Rayleigh, President of the Royal Institution; Professor Harold Roper Robinson, Professor of Physics and Vice Principal of Queen Mary College, University of London; Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell; Sir Ernest Rutherford, President of the Royal Society; Herbert Louis Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel of Mount Carmel and Toxteth, former Liberal Leader of the House of Lords; Professor Erwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrödinger, University of Vienna; Dr Arnold Sommerfeld; Professor Dr Wilhelm Westphal; Sir Edmund Whittaker, President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh; and Professor Charles Thomson Rees Wilson.

Correspondence relating to research requests for the William Wilson papers, 1960-1985.

Comprising material relating to the Zoology Department at Royal Holloway College, University of London, particularly during the 1960s and 70s; including a large number of photographs depicting staff and students from the Zoology Department, of fieldwork, particularly in freshwater ecology, and of trips to Poland; papers relating to the courses run by Dr Duncan for the Water Board, and research notes, correspondence and photographs on Cartesian Diver Respirometers; proposal for a University of London Institute of Hydrobiology; personal material including copies of Dr Duncan's CV and offprints of journal articles written by her, obituaries, and details of a meeting held in Vienna in her honour, which were collected together after her death.

Papers of Professor Sir William Hunter McCrea, 1890-2004, comprise 10 sections, A-J. Section A: Biographical, presents significant material relating to McCrea's education and career, honours and awards. There are obituaries, interviews and biographical and autobiographical writings. The autobiographical writings consider some of his principal areas of research activity such as 'statistical physics', 'quantum physics', 'Dirac's Large Number hypothesis (LNh) and cosmology', 'solar system problems' and 'Relativity'. Of especial interest for the beginning of his career are the folders of notes made and the 37 notebooks kept by him as an undergraduate and research student at Trinity College Cambridge, 1923-1929, including the period at Göttingen in 1928-1929. Amongst the lecturers and topics represented are P.A.M. Dirac (Modern Quantum Mechanics), A.S. Eddington (Stellar Astronomy), R.H. Fowler (Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory of Gases), D.R. Hartree (Physics of the Quantum Theory), H. Jeffreys (Operational Methods), J.E. Littlewood (Analysis Theory of Series) and F.J.M. Stratton (Stellar Physics). Also presented here are a series of 'personal' scrapbooks beginning with no. 3 '1960-1967 with a few earlier items' and continuing to the end of his life with no.17 '1993-1997'. The scrapbooks document McCrea's career in photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes of meetings, invitation cards, table plans, etc. A series of seven 'general' scrapbooks cover the period 1960-1997 and contain principally press-cuttings, especially obituaries. There is also a great deal of other personal memorabilia in the form of invitation cards, programmes, menu cards, seating plans and similar. Many relate to academic occasions, especially in the University of London or scientific occasions, for example at the Royal Society and the Royal Astronomical Society. Section B, University Career, documents a succession of university positions at Edinburgh, Imperial College London, Queen's University Belfast, Royal Holloway University of London and University of Sussex. There is correspondence relating to his early career at Imperial and Belfast, 1934-1944, correspondence and papers relating to Royal Holloway including the Mathematics Department and continuing after his departure for Sussex, 1945-1984, while the Sussex material documents, amongst other matters, aspects of the work of the Astronomy Centre, 1966-1989. However, the largest group of university material relates to McCrea's teaching which is a particularly valuable record for the earlier part of his career at Edinburgh, Imperial and Belfast and continues at Royal Holloway. There is also teaching material for a number of his Visiting Professorships: University of California, Berkeley in 1956 and 1967 and Case Institute of Technology, Cleveland, Ohio in 1964. Also presented here are McCrea's notes on the university teaching of others (subsequent to his own undergraduate and postgraduate education), including E.T. Whittaker and C.G. Darwin at Edinburgh and J. Todd at Belfast.

Section C, Research, is predominantly the contents of McCrea's titled folders which may include manuscript working, drafts, correspondence and off-prints. The folders cover an extended period from 1928 to the 1980s and are presented in chronological order as far as possible. Folder topics include, amongst many others, relativity, 'Milne Theory', stellar models, interstellar molecules and continual creation. Folder titles may also indicate an association with the work of collaborators, for example 'Kermack - McCrea Problems' in the 1930s, and with that of research students, especially at Royal Holloway. Some of the folders contained drafts for identifiable publications and lectures and assignment amongst the sections of the catalogue was not straightforward. Section D, Publications, presents a major chronological sequence of drafts and related material for McCrea's publications, covering the exceptionally long period of seventy years, 1928-1997. The non-availability of a reliable bibliography of McCrea's publications, especially for the period after 1970, meant that the designation of drafts as intended for publication was sometimes tentative. A separate sequence of reviews by McCrea covers the period 1949-1995. Publications correspondence documents McCrea in a number of advisory roles including journal editor. The largest group of papers relates to the Cambridge University Press, 1964-1991 where McCrea was an editor of the Press's General Relativity series and of the Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics from the conception of the series in 1972. Correspondents include fellow editor D.W. Sciama. Of particular interest is a much shorter sequence of correspondence and papers relating to The Observatory Magazine. McCrea became an editor in 1935 and is referred to as a former editor in 1939. Correspondents include fellow editor R.v.d.R. Woolley and contributors S. Chandrasekhar, T.G. Cowling and E.A. Milne, and offering a paper 'as an outsider' J.B.S. Haldane. Section E, Lectures, presents a major chronological sequence of drafts and related material for McCrea's public and invitation lectures, 1931-1993. The sequence documents the great variety of topics on which McCrea talked and the range of his audiences in Britain and overseas from Oslo in 1936 to Brioni, Croatia in 1990. Also presented here are a small group of lectures by other scientists including a notebook used for McCrea's notes of lectures by A.C. Aitkin, W.O. Kermack and E.T. Whittaker, possibly at an occasion at Queen's University Belfast while McCrea was professor there, and a duplicated typescript copy of a lecture on the meaning of wave mechanics given by Erwin Schrödinger in Dublin in 1952.

Section F, Societies and organisations, presents records of McCrea's association with twenty-five UK and international organisations including the British Association, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, a proposed UK Institute for Theoretical Astronomy, the International Astronomical Union (IAU), the Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), Royal Society and the UK Science Research Council (SRC) / Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC). McCrea's British Association papers cover an extended period 1934-1983 including an early period from 1934 to the beginning of the Second World War when he was involved in various capacities with the work of the Committee of Section A (Mathematical and Physical Sciences). Although the Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies material covers a very short period 1940-1942, this represents the founding of the Institute. McCrea was a member of the Governing Board of the School of Theoretical Physics from 31 October 1940. There is significant documentation of the proposed UK Institute for Theoretical Astronomy, 1960-1966, possible locations being Cambridge (its eventual home) and Brighton. McCrea was a member (later Chairman) of the Subcommittee of the British National Committee for Astronomy which considered the proposed Institute. IAU papers principally relate to its general assemblies and symposia, 1955-1988, the 1935 Paris General Assembly being represented by historical reflections written by McCrea in 1988. McCrea's long association with the Royal Astronomical Society is documented by one of the largest components of the archive. There is a good record in correspondence and other papers of his Presidency, 1961-1963 and of the RAS Club, of which McCrea was President for many years. The most substantial group of RAS papers relates to the history of the Society, McCrea contributing a chapter on the 1930s in the second volume of its history (published 1987) covering the period, 1920-1980. McCrea also had a very long association with the Royal Greenwich Observatory which is extensively documented. There are records of the Admiralty Board of Visitors and its successor, the SRC RGO Committee and of the celebrations of the RGO Tercentenary (1675-1975) in which McCrea took a leading role. He prepared an historical review of the Observatory which was published by the HMSO in 1975, gave a number of papers on the RGO's history and wrote an article for the tercentenary exhibition catalogue. The most significant of his RGO papers, however, are probably those which relate to the decision of the SERC to move the RGO from Herstmonceux Castle in Sussex. McCrea was a very active campaigner against the move. He corresponded with politicians and colleagues and a number of colleagues copied their letters to him. He also wrote on a number of occasions to The Times which published an article by him on 23 April 1986. He attended a meeting of Fellows at the Royal Society, 23 May 1986, and a meeting convened by Patrick Moore, 6 June 1986, to express and to co-ordinate opinions that opposed the SERC's decision. Records of McCrea's Royal Society committee service illuminate developments in British astronomy and space science in the decades following the Second World War. There are also papers relating to two discussion meetings he helped organise: the origin and early evolution of the galaxies in 1979 and the constants of physics in 1983. Finally, McCrea's SRC / SERC material, 1966-1985, provides further documentation relating to British astronomy and space science and the future of the RGO.

Section G, Visits and conferences, provides a useful but incomplete record of McCrea's travel in the UK and overseas to attend all kinds of scientific meetings and conferences. The papers cover the period 1954-1989 and include his Visiting Professorships at University of California, Berkeley in 1956 and 1967, University of Cairo in 1973 and University of Otago, Dunedin, in 1979 and his visits as Royal Society Exchange Visitor to the USSR in 1960 and 1968 and to Egypt in 1981. He was a regular visitor to the University of Liege, Belgium to attend international astrophysical symposia and to the USA to attend Texas Symposia on relativistic astrophysics. Meetings held under IAU and Royal Society auspices are also to be found in Section F. Section H, History of science and scientific biography, represents a major interest and commitment of McCrea. He wrote and lectured on historical and biographical aspects of areas of his scientific interest, especially associated with major anniversaries. He also wrote many obituaries and the Royal Society biographical memoirs of H.H. Plaskett and R.v.d.R. Woolley. There are particularly large accumulations of material relating to Einstein, R.H. Fowler, E.A. Milne, Plaskett, E. Schrödinger and Woolley. Records of his principal historical writing on the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Greenwich Observatory are to be found in Section F.

Section J, Correspondence, is extensive and important and is presented in a number of alphabetical and chronological series suggested by McCrea's own arrangement. It covers the period 1942-1996. There is correspondence with colleagues and others relating to all aspects of his work including research, publications, lectures and visits and conferences. There are many examples of correspondence and papers from members of the public and amateur scientists on such topics as cosmology and relativity theory. Furthermore, there is significant correspondence in other parts of the archive, for example in association with his publications work and his professional affiliations with scientific societies and organisations. Taking the archive as a whole, there is correspondence of note with most of the major scientific figures in his areas of interest and the following list of principal correspondents is therefore highly selective: H. Bondi, S. Chandrasekhar, T.G. Cowling, H. Dingle, J.A. Jacobs, A.C.B. Lovell, R.A. Lyttleton, S.K. Runcorn, D.W. Sciama, J.L. Synge, R.J. Tayler, A. Unsöld, G.J. Whitrow, A.W. Wolfendale and R. v.d.R. Woolley.

Correspondence, photographs and collected material of Una Mary Simpson (nee Roberts), relating specifically to her life in Bombay in the late 1930s, first as a teacher and later as wife and mother.

Papers relating to the careers of Kathleen and Geoffrey Tillotson, 1690-2001 comprise Records of Kathleen Tillotson (KT)'s teaching and administration in the English Department at Bedford College 1929-1971, with correspondence with members of staff and former students 1935-1994; records of her research and writing, including relations with publishing houses, 1932-1995; records of her work as specialist adviser to Government, the British Academy, the British Federation of University Women and others on honours and awards, to universities on appointments and promotions, to publishers on proposed works, etc, 1955-1995; correspondence with and references for fellow scholars, 1929-2001; records of her work with literary societies including the Wordsworth Trust and the Tennyson Society, 1961-2000; personal records including diaries, 1920, 1930s, 1961-2001, correspondence with friends and family, [c.1916]-2001; records, memorabilia and reminiscences of her upbringing and education, in Berwick-upon-Tweed and at Quaker Schools in Yorkshire.

Records of Geoffrey Tillotson (GT)'s teaching at University College, London, 1931-1941, and Birkbeck College, London, 1940s-1960s; records of his academic research and writing, 1932-1969, including notes and drafts for his Victorian volume of the 'Oxford History of English Literature'; poems and short stories; personal records including diaries, 1916-1969, correspondence with friends and family, 1930s-1960s; reminiscences and correspondence from the writing of the British Academy memoir of him by Mary Lascelles.

Kathleen Tillotson's 'old family papers', letters, journals and photographs, 1776-1916, inherited from her father's family, the Lambs of Belfast, and her mother's family, the Davidsons of Fritchley, Derbyshire, including copies of documents relating to history of the Society of Friends, such as Joseph Haughton's account of the 'preservation' of Quakers during the 1798 uprising in Ireland.

Mrs Reid (EJR)'s papers include material inherited from her husband, Dr John Reid (d.1822), several files of correspondence and legal documents relating to the land inherited by Dr Reid from his brother, which throw light on the development of Glasgow's port in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, and letters to and from members of Dr Reid's family, in some of which medical remedies are discussed. Dr Reid's brother, Matthew Reid, appears to have suffered from a condition which caused incontinence or urethral discharge. EJR's own papers largely comprise correspondence. Business correspondence with her solicitor, James Sowton, concerns the lease and purchase of properties in London, including in South Lambeth, Park Square, Cumberland Terrace and Grenville Street; and legal matters relating to Bedford College, such as the lease of the houses in Bedford Square and questions over the need for a licence from the Duke of Bedford for a school on the premises. A valuer's report for fixtures and fittings, 1855, mentioned in a former list of these papers, is now missing. There is one file relating to EJR's sponsorship of pupils at Ockham Industrial School in Surrey and elsewhere, 1859-1862. Personal correspondence, 1832-1865, includes a large number of letters from Eliza Bostock, Henry Crabb Robinson and Mary Clarke (Madame Julius Mohl), a dozen from Anna Brownell Jameson and single letters or small numbers from many other figures in the literary, liberal and feminist circles in which EJR moved, and from Bedford College alumnae. There are typescript extracts from letters from Harriet Martineau; the whereabouts of the originals are unknown. A separate file was found of letters from famous people [not all to EJR] including Florence Nightingale, William Makepeace Thackeray, Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Charles Dickens, and there is an autograph book containing parts of letters, 1834-1862. Material collected by Bedford College relating to the foundation of the College includes papers of Sophia Elizabeth de Morgan, Secretary of the Ladies Committee, 1848-9, typescript copies of extracts from the diary, 1840-1866, and correspondence, 1838-1866, of Henry Crabb Robinson, a copy of a letter, [1860], from Mrs Reid to Jane Martineau and Elizabeth Bostock giving instructions regarding the future of the College and the establishment of the Reid Trustees, and correspondence, 1965, about Dr John Reid. A volume relating to the fund for a memorial to EJR, 1884-1885, has also been added to the archive.

Reports and publications of the Library, 1892-1984, including Annual Reports, 1965-1984; Stock Books, 1892-1976; Registers of Gifts, 1889-1967; Registers of books requested, 1893-1933. Papers and plans relating to the Library, 1944-1970, notably reports, plans and tables relating to the reorganisation of the Library, 1964-1965; report, provisional estimate, memoranda and plans relating to a proposed extension to the Library, 1970. Material relating to Library committees, 1949, 1965-1967, including the Archives Sub-Committee and the Library Representatives Committee. Personnel files relating to former Library Staff, 1952-1974. Library accounts books, 1948-1971. Material relating to Library accessions and donations.

Records of CHARD, 1913; the Tennis Club, 1889-1914; the Browning Society, 1890-1907; Hockey Club, 1890-1904; the Shakespeare Society, 1908-1945; the Lambeth Association, 1891-1939; the Science Discussion Society, 1892-1936; the Sharp Practice Society, 1896-1906; The Christian Union (later Student Christian Movement), 1900-1936; the Swimming Club, 1899-1938; the Boat Club, 1905-1944; the Fencing Club, [1935]; the Ping Pong Club, [1936]; the '47 Society, 1957; the Poetry Society, 1963-1964; and the Savoy Opera Society, 1970-1971.

Minute books of the Finance Committee, 1887-1973; Minute book of the Garden Committee, 1890-1912; Minute books of the Library Committee, 1892-1965; Minute and Agenda books of the Education Council, 1898-1921; Minute books of the Staff and Appointments Committee, 1929-1963; Minute book of the Investment Committee, 1950-1976; Minute book of the Planning Committee, 1959-1965; Minute book of the House Committee, 1887; reports, memoranda and letters relating to the Committee on Chapel Services, 1887, 1896-1898; minutes, reports and memoranda of the Post-War Policy Committee, 1943-1947; Minutes of the Publicity Committee, 1967-1969; Minutes of the Halls of Residence Sub-Committee, 1964-1965; Minutes of the Residential Costs Sub-Committee, 1965-1967; Minutes, Annual Reports and catalogues of the University of London Botanical Supply Unit Sub-Committee, 1950-1982; Minute books containing minutes of ad hoc committees, 1892-1965, on subjects including Chapel services, building, College curriculum, College Constitution, staff salaries and pensions, appointments and publicity.

Photographs, 1886-[1969], of the buildings of Royal Holloway College, including Founder's Building and its statues, various science laboratories, and the grounds. Photographs, 1937-1964, of jubilees and special occasions, including royal visits and farewell dinners. Formal group photographs of the members of Royal Holloway College, 1891-1965; the academic staff, 1894-1899; the staff of academic departments, [1898]-1912; and students of the College, 1890-1943. Photographs of student activities, 1893-[1967], including sports, drama, music and everyday life at Royal Holloway College. Individual photographs, 1896-[1962], of old students, members of the Board of Governors and Council, members of staff, and students. Portraits of Principals and Vice-Principals of Royal Holloway College, 1897-[1935].

Egon Pearson papers,1933-1934, 1955: paper 'Sampling Problems in Industry' given at the 3rd meeting of IARS, Mar 1934, manuscript draft and typescript of text; manuscript notes introducing discussion at the meeting; correspondence relating to the collection of sampling data from industry and other information for preparation of the papers; invitations to attend and post-meeting comments, Dec 1933-Mar 1934.

Some Aspects of the Geometry of Statistics, 1955 RSS Presidential Address, manuscript and typescript with diagrams.

Papers of Lord Lee of Fareham, [1878-1954], notably papers relating to Lee's book Letters that Remain, including proofs for letters intended for the book, including from Lloyd-George, 1917, 1920; photographs of individuals for the book;

invitations to events and programmes, [1920s-1930s]; papers relating to speeches, [1915-1930s], comprising notes and texts, including speeches as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, [1919-1921]; for exhibition opening at Christie's, 1932; press cuttings and Parliamentary reports relating to speeches, printed copies of speeches, [1909-1936], including 'The Need for National Service', 1915, 'The War and After', 1918, 'Lessons of the War', 1936;

original and copy letters, [1894-1946] includingfrom Neville and Mrs Chamberlain, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald, [1920s-1930s]; Winston and Clementine Churchill, 1945; Micheal Balcon, Kenneth Clark, Osbert Sitwell, [1939-1946], Nancy Astor, A J Balfour, Joseph Duveen, relating to the National Gallery and Courtauld Institute, David and Frances Lloyd-George, Field-Marshall Lord Haig, Rudyard Kipling, Ramsay MacDonald; Graham Sutherland, relating to a painting, 1940;
papers relating to Lee's military career, including reference from Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Kitson, 1897; letter concerning Lee, 1898; letter of introduction to Commanding Officers, 1899; letters of authority as Colonel, 1914; army pass, 1914; requisition for petrol and tyres, 1914; permit, 1915; agenda for artillery conference, 1916;
letters relating to Lee's appointment as Chairman of the Radium Commission, 1929, and copy Charter of Incorporation for the Commission; Declaration of Trust between Lord and Lady Lee and the Massey Foundation, 1940;
personal papers, [1878-1945], including passport, 1889; birth certificate, [1868], anecdotes, jokes, press cuttings, printed books and articles, journal, 1889; correspondence and leases of White Lodge, Richmond Park, 1928-1932; letter from Lloyd-George informing Lee of his viscountcy, 1922; letters of condolence to various people and obituaries, [1940s]; correspondence regarding Lee's will, 1945; obituary of Lord Lee, [1947];
papers relating to Chequers, 1917-1953, including abstract of Chequers Estate Act, 1917; articles, guide, 1921, press cuttings, 1920s; correspondence relating to Chequers, including the library, Chequers Trust, silver dessert service presented by Lee, 1938; cartoons by Sir Mark Sykes [of Chequers], [1917];
correspondence concerning pictures and silver, including sale, purchase, restoration work, and some photographs, [1922-1940], including with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927-1928, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, private dealers;
correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt, 1897-1918, and Edith Roosevelt, 1912-1945, including an album of selected letters, 1898-1906, including one labelled by Lee 'possibly Roosevelt's first letter as President', 1901; correspondence with Ethel Derby, [daughter of Roosevelt], [1917-1951];
photographs, [1890-1946], including of the Roosevelt family, the Lees, film stars taken during the Lees' visit to Hollywood, [1930s];

correspondence regarding the establishment of the Conway Hall, London, 1930-1931; correspondence with Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase; papers of Professor W G Constable; papers relating to the Lee Bequest; Harding Collection; Home House Trust; Wilkinson Bequest; MacColl, Panofsky, Ostrer and Samuel Courtauld correspondence; Pilgrim Trust grant for Corpus of English Medieval Paintings; Scientific Department; Summer course; Lee gift to Hart House; draft scheme for the establishment of art history teaching in UK; insurance papers; press cuttings, 1930-1934; speeches relating to the opening of the Courtauld gallery.

Papers of Alexander Joseph Finberg, 1902-1915, comprising albums of newpaper cuttings, 1902-1920, relating to Finberg's own columns, 1902-1915, and the art world in general, 1903-1912.

Papers of Johannes Wilde, 1916-1995, comprising files of working papers including notes, (manuscript and typescript), sketches, correspondence, photographs, lectures and slidelists, 1916-1965. Wilde meticulously wrote out the text of his lectures each time he gave them, making it possible to trace the evolution of ideas from the earlier to the later versions of the same piece.

Working papers relating to Michelangelo, 1922-1965, (the largest section of material in the collection) including general life and work, specific works including the Sistine Chapel, the Pieta, Cartonetti, 'Christ before Pilate'; his relationship with other artists, including Leonardo, Vasari, Raphael, Sebastiano; his drawings, including notes for a short survey of drawings, lectures, and a summary catalogue; his work in Florence, notably the façade of the Church of San Lorenzo, including correspondence with James S Ackerman concerning his book, The Architecture of Michelangelo (A Zwemmer, London, 1961), the Medici chapel and tombs, including lecture of Michelangelo's designs for the tombs, the Sagrestia Nuova, including draft chapter of its history, various works in the Palazzo Vecchio, the Hall of the Great Council, the Sala del Consiglio Grande, 'the Battle of Cascina', 'Victory', 'Leda', including correspondence concerning the publication of an essay, 1957; the Papal Tombs in Rome, the Marcus Aurelius statue in the Piazza del Campidoglio, Rome, the Sistine Chapel, Rome, the 'Battle of Angiare'; note and transcripts of Michelangelo's letters [now at the British Museum and Oxford]; notes on Michelangelo's drawing methods and early drawings;
list and notes of Wilde's new students [1948], catalogue entries for the catalogue of drawings at Windsor Castle, 1953;

notes relating to other artists, 1949-1962, notably Giotto, Leonardo da Vinci, Vasari, Masaccio, Pierino da Vinci, Raphael, Giovanni Bellini, Mantegna, Corregio, Parmagianino, Daniele da Volterra, Sebastiano del Piombo, Marcello Venusti, Giorgione, Antonello, Jacopo de' Barbari, Giovanni de Busi Cariani, Domenico Fetti, Jacometto, Domenico Mancini, Jacopo Palma Vecchio, Tiepolo, Tintoretto, Titian, Dutch/ Flemish painting, including Wilde's MA thesis on Rembrandt, 1916; notes on the collection of Archduke Leopold Wilhelm known as the Theatrum Pictorium, teaching notes, miscellaneous articles and notes including Henry VIII monument, landscape painting, Vasari, Fontanellato;

travel journals, 1921-1957, including notes relating to Modena, Uffizi, Rome, and exhibitions;
correspondence, 1937-1970, including letters to Wilde thanking him for the gift of his British Museum catalogue; correspondence with Paola Barocchi, 1962-1963; Kenneth Clark, 1959-1964; James A Crabtree, 1964, relating to a Michelangelo drawing; Brigadier Roy Frank Johnson, 1954, relating to portraits owned by him and Count Antoine Seilern; Arthur Ewart Popham, 1941-1949, covering production of of the catalogue of Italian Drawings at Windsor castle; private matters, and including some of the travel permits Wilde required during the war; Count Seilern, 1964, 1970; Hugh Squire, 1960, relating to a drawing in his collection;
miscellaneous items including photographs of Wilde and colleagues, [1920s-1930s]; Johannes and Julia Wilde, [1960s]; one of Wilde's parties, undated; copies of speeches given by Wilde on his 60th, 65th and 70th birthdays and by Anthony Blunt at a party, 1961; copy of Peter Kidson's lecture 'The Recent Transformation of Art History', 1995; copies of the editorial and obituary of Wilde, from The Burlington Magazine.

Papers of Philip Webb, 1882-1907, comprising correspondence concerning building restorations in Italy and the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), 1882; correspondence with Giacomo Boni, 1885-1907, (some of Webb's letters to Boni are photocopies), notably concerning Boni's excavations in Venice, including the Piazza di San Marco, restorations to the Ducal Palace, work on the Forum, Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB), sanitation and drainage in Venice, the abbey of Casamari, Orvieto, Bari, personal details, such as their health, Boni's marriage and travels, particularly around Italy and his visits to England, discussions of contemporaries, notably William Morris, Italian architecture, monuments, pictures, buildings, artists, sculptors, archaeology, Boni's lectures; letters from George Wardle, [1887]-1906, notably concerning architecture and reports on buildings for the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) including Ipswich, Orford Church, Dorchester, Oxfordshire, Sandwich, Chichester, Bosham, Sussex, proofs for publication, papers on Pisano, Parengo, work on the 'Holy Graal', personal details, such as health, lodgings and travels; reports on the restoration of Bosham Church, Sussex, 1899, Dorchester Church, Oxfordshire, 1899, Grey Friars Chapel, Chichester.

Papers of Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase, [1930]-1972, comprising notes and drafts for lectures and essays by Boase, 1963-1972 and undated, including maps and photographs, sketches of buildings, notes on people and places; typescript articles and lectures etc, undated; correspondence, 1938-1939, largely with David Wallace, but also including a letter from Dame Freya Stark; photographs and negatives, mostly taken by David John Wallace, of sites of archaelogical interest of the Crusader period, largely located in Greece and Turkey, but also in Cyprus, Albania, Italy and Yugoslavia, undated [1930s]; photographs and postcards of sculptures, general views, architecture and illuminations, mainly located in Great Britain, Greece and the Middle East (many used as the illustrations to Boase's various books on the Crusader kingdoms and the art and architecture of the period), undated; printed maps and leaflets of the Middle East, Italy and Serbia, 1942-1970, both historical and contemporary; miscellaneous publications and printed matter, 1954-1972.

Records of Deputy College Secretary's Office of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1962-1996, including papers relating to College medals, 1962-1982; papers relating to badges of former chairmen of New Zealand Regional Council, Canadian and South African Regional Council, DRCOG candidates, MRCOG prize medal, Court of Patrons' brooch, Vice President's medal, 1962-1985; correspondence and papers relating to admission to Fellowships Ad Eundem, Honorary Fellowships and Court of Patrons, 1975-1989; sample papers preserved from 67 files relating to College representation on outside bodies, 1975-1993; papers relating to the gift of aquarells to the College, 1985-1986; correspondence and papers on the Christmas Lecture, 1980-1996; correspondence concerning National counselling and welfare service for sick doctors, 1985-1990; correspondence and papers relating to the RCOG/RCPATH (Royal College of Pathologists) Joint Report on Fetal and Perinatal Pathology, 1987-1988;

papers relating to International scientific meetings of the RCOG, 1989-1993; correspondence relating to the College Museum, 1990-1994; correspondence and papers of the Press Officer/Assistant to Deputy College Secretary, 1991-1992; papers relating to the European College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ECOG), 1990-1992.

Records of the Annual General Meetings of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1929-1976, comprising attendance book, 1930-1968; minute book of the first to the tenth annual meetings, 1930-1976.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists relating to the Abortion Act 1967 and subsequent amendments, 1964-1982, comprising the principal files of College presidents on the Abortion Act 1967 and the College's involvement in the issue of abortion, from the presidency of Sir Hector MacLennan to the first year of that of Sir Rustan Feroze, plus papers relating to a College enquiry into the first year of the 1967 Act and the College's joint study with the Royal College of General Practitioners of attitudes to pregnancy. The files contain correspondence, reports, copies of the abortion bill, legal opinions, evidence and responses of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists to the Lane Committee of Inquiry, copies of Hansard, memoranda and pamphlets on abortion, press cuttings.

Records of the Joint Medico-Legal Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and Medical Defence Societies, 1985-1998, comprising correspondence files of the Committee, papers on the background to its establishment, some minutes of meetings and publications, including How to Avoid Medico-Legal Problems in Obstetrics and Gynaecology; edited by G Chamberlain & C Orr, 1990.

Competence to Practise: The Report of a Committee of Enquiry set up for the Medical Profession in the United Kingdom, 1976.

Legal, constitutional and other vital records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1927-2002, comprising papers relating to William Blair-Bell's will, 1933-1973; correspondence with solicitors and records relating to the granting of the College's royal charter and legal affairs, 1929-1980; articles of association, ordinances and by-laws, and charters of the College, 1927-1984; Trust deeds and associated documents relating to special funds, 1932-1991; financial and taxation matters relating primarily to the College's charitable status, comprising legal documents, reports and statements, 1932-2000;

records relating to College properties, namely legal records relating to 27 Sussex Place, 1955-1969 and to 8 Kent Terrace, 1983-1986; legal records relating to Birthright (later Wellbeing), 1976-1986; deeds relating to the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1950-1981; legal documents relating to the Australian Regional Council, later the Royal Australian College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RACOG), 1951-1980; records relating to the New Zealand Council of the RCOG Property Society, 1977; signed copies of annual accounts/annual report and accounts, 1931-1995; Insurance Employers Liability Certificates, 1998-2001; miscellaneous legal documents, 1970-1991; seal books of the College, 1931-1971; records of the College pension scheme comprising rules, trust deeds, reports and actuarial valuations and related correspondence, 1969-2001; inventories of RCOG property, 1929-2002.

Papers of the Faculty of Family Planning and Reproductive Health Care of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1953-1993, comprising general correspondence, investigations, guidelines and other records relating to training for instructing doctors, 1971-1993; papers relating to the administration of Joint Committee on Contraception certificates, 1955-1989; records relating to the Joint Committee on Contraception relating to financial matters, 1976-1983; papers relating to the Joint Committee on Contraception sub-committees and working parties, 1977-1990; papers relating to Joint Committee on Contraception conferences, 1978-1992; correspondence between the Joint Committee on Contraception and other bodies, 1972-1984; minutes and papers of the Joint Committee on Contraception, 1972-1993; Joint certificates index book, 1975-1976; correspondence of the Sub-committee on Family Planning and Committee on Contraception and Family Planning, 1971-1972; correspondence of the Joint Committee on Contraception with the Family Planning Association, with related papers, 1973-1986; records of the Sub-committee on Computerisation, 1983-1992.

Correspondence, primarily that of the Chairman, Harold Malkin, minutes and the draft report, 1962, of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Sub-committee to consider the government white paper A Hospital Plan for England and Wales, 1962.

Correspondence and other material relating to preparations for the 'early discharge' survey, 1962-1963. The material relates only to the preliminary survey, and comprises correspondence and related papers, including individual hospital survey papers.

First and second reports of the RCOG Manpower advisory sub-committee, with related correspondence, comments and papers, 1982-1990; photocopies of Hospital Recognition Committee forms: annual review of recognised hospital appointments, which provide data on staffing and training, and obstetrical and gynaecological statistics for individual hospitals, 1979-1980.

Papers of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working party on the role of women doctors in obstetrics and gynaecology, 1984-1987, including Minute book, 1983-1984; Committee meetings' papers, 1983-1985; Working party's secretary's papers, 1983-1984; Committee chairman's correspondence, 1984-1985; Correspondence relating to oral evidence to the working party, 1984-1985; Memorandum of Council on the Role of Women Doctors in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (published report, 2 copies), 1987; Draft report of the working party on the role of women doctors in obstetrics and gynaecology, 1975-1984; Antenatal and gynaecological clinics, questionnaire: Responses; Questionnaires completed by medical students and doctors.

Survey questionnaires of obstetric flying squads, a summary of the survey and correspondence regarding hospital call-out team insurance, 1980-1987.

Papers of an independent committee of inquiry into the publication of articles in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 1994-1995, including correspondence with Members and Fellows of the RCOG, correspondence with those submitting evidence, and final report.

The series comprises the report of the working party, 1991, on Membership of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (MRCOG).

Correspondence, papers and final report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working party on ultrasound screening for fetal abnormalities, 1994-1997, and of the supplementary working group, 1998-2000.

correspondence, minutes and draft conclusions of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) sub-committee considering the College's future attitude to contraception, 1977-1978.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Standing Committees, 1926-2008. In addition to the official agenda, minutes and papers of the committees, their sub-committees and working parties, this sub-fonds contains correspondence, papers and subject files relating to particular committee work.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Welsh Executive Committee, 1977-1988, comprising copy minutes of the Welsh Executive Committee, Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1977-1988.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Subspecialty Board / Subspecialty Committee, 1984-2007, comprising: minute books (1984-2002); agenda, minutes and papers (1984-2007); survey on subspecialisation; requests for funding; correspondence regarding eligibility; sample assessment forms; Chairmans' correspondence; subspecialty guidelines (1991-2003); papers regarding community gynaecology and reproductive health. Trainee files are not retained, although reports on individual trainees can be found in the agenda papers.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Ethics Committee, 1981-2005, comprising agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence; reports on specific issues.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' European Committee, 1991-1998, comprising agenda, minutes and papers of the Committee.

Records of 'The Diplomate' Editorial Board, 1992-1998, comprising the minute book of the Board (1992-1998); minutes and papers (1992-1998); contributors' agreements and correspondence (1993-1998); papers of a study and questionnaire regarding 'The Diplomate' from 1998. The minute book and some of the loose agenda papers cover four planning meetings (1992-1994) prior to the first issue of 'The Diplomate' in March 1994. The last minutes dated April 1998 show no recognition of the fact that 'The Diplomate' was to be imminently disbanded.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Guidelines and Audit Committee, 2000-2004, comprising minutes, agenda and circulated papers; clinical governance and consent advice publications.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Professional Standards Committee (later Professional and Clinical Standards Committee), Contains minutes (2001-2007), 2001-2007, comprising files on the administration of the committee (2000-2002) and a guidance publication produced by the committee in 2002.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Clinical Directors Forum, 2000-2002, comprising files of the Development Manager, Clinical Governance (later Head of Clinical Governance), including administrative correspondence and papers, speakers' presentations and summaries of proceedings.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Continuing Medical Education Committee, 1992-1998, comprising minutes, agendas and circulated papers.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Equivalence of Training Committee, 2005-2008, comprising committee files including agendas, circulated papers and associated correspondence, including decisions about recommendations on individual doctor's applications to the Specialist Register.

Records of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' Hospital Recognition Committee, 1936-2007, comprising correspondence and papers (1936-1994); committee agenda, minutes and papers (1947-2004); files on individual hospitals inspected (1937-2003); lists of recognised hospital appointments for trainees for Membership and Diploma (1975-1999, 2001); guidelines for recognition of hospital appointments (1988-2000); minute books (1951-2007).

Records of the Standing Advisory Committee on Obstetric Anaesthesia and Analgesia / Standing Joint Committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Royal College of Anaesthetists, 1981-2000, comprising: correspondence of the College Secretary regarding the Committee (1981-1991); two instruction manuals produced by the Resuscitation of the Newborn Working Party entitled Basic Resuscitation (Part 1) and Advanced Resuscitation (Part 2), undated [1989]; Committee agenda, correspondence and meetings papers (1989-2000).