Showing 17509 results

Papers of the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, 1815-1963, consisting of foundation papers, 1840-1842, including Original by-laws and proposed alterations 1840 and By-laws as revised and adopted by the General Committee 1842; minutes of the Jews and School Committee, 1815-1819, the School and Chapel Sub-Committee, 1854-1874, 1883-1890, the Jewish Refugees Aid Society Committee, 1883-1900, and various minutes of Business of the Committee, 1912-1921; certificates of baptism at Jews Chapel, Bethnal Green, 1885-1894, and health certificates and parents' signed admission conditions for children admitted to Hebrew Schools, 1891-1899; catalogue of the Society's Library, founded in 1827 by Rev Lewis Way; collection of various printed papers concerning the centenary of the Society, 1908-1909; acquired printed papers, including The immortality of the soul and Zillah by Rev H L Harris, 1874, The Jewish Quarterly Review with inserted papers, 1899; missionary journals, reports and newsletters from Mission Stations in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool in the United Kingdom, Paris in France, Hamburg in Germany, Warsaw in Poland, Lwow (Lemberg) in the Ukraine, Bucharest in Rumania, Casablanca and Mogador in Morocco, Algiers in Algeria, Ethiopia in East Africa, Tehran and Isfahan in Iran, 1925-1939; correspondence and various other papers, 1914-1963, including Birmingham Jewish Prayer Union Quarterly, 1936-1939, Requests for Praise and Prayer, 1936-1939, and general correspondence of The Church's Ministry Among the Jews, 1962-1963.

Records of the London Society for Jews and Christians, including minute books; correspondence; financial accounts; reports; bulletins; press cuttings; papers for publication; copies of talks; and programmes and advertisements for meetings and conferences.

Records of the London Shipping Exchange, including financial accounts such as cash books, ledgers, and registers of shares; letter books; members' registers; and papers concerning the liquidation of the Exchange.

Three volumes containing a record of members of the London Schools Swimming Association who received awards from the Royal Humane Society. The awards were given for bravery for saving lives from drowning. The books were created by Joseph Wilson who was president of both the English and London Associations.

Records of the London Schools Football Association. The records show the day to day running of the Association through minutes dating from its foundation in 1892 and finance records spanning 1957-1973. Results and match files are also included along with a series of publications containing handbooks and programmes, and a series of photographs showing many of the London versus Glasgow Representative matches from the earliest in 1905.

Log book kept by Austin Brewer, headmaster of Shillington Street Boys School, while school was evacuated to Cranleigh, including newspaper cuttings and leaflets regarding local events, 1939-1943.

Minutes, 1926-2011; accounts: membership data of London Schools and Colleges Dining Club.

These photographs show life at a selection of London schools, 1895-1905; comprising: the Rosendale Road School, West Dulwich; Anerley Deaf School, Acre Lane; Stockwell Training College; The Chaucer School, Bermondsey; and Sayer Street School, New Kent Road.

Records of the London School of Medicine for Women and related collections including the official corporate records of the London School of Medicine for Women (later the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine), from its foundation in 1874 to its merger with University College London In 1998.

It also contains a number of smaller collections relating to individuals associated with the London School of Medicine for Women, women's entry into the medical profession in Britain, and early women's medical training in India. These are:

Louisa Aldrich-Blake

Elizabeth Garrett Anderson

Sophia Jex-Blake

Countess of Dufferin Fund

Administrative records are open for public inspection. Student files have a general closure period of 100 years from date of birth.

Records of the Royal Free Hospital Medical School (RFHSM) (formerly the London School of Medicine for Women (LSMW) and the London (Royal Free Hospital) School of Medicine for Women, 1874-1998, comprising:

Administrative records, 1874-1998: Annual Reports (printed), 1874-1997; Governing Body minutes 1875-1898; Executive Council minutes 1874-1898; Members of the School minutes 1898-1998, register of Vice Presidents and Members, 1898-1953; Council minutes 1898-1998; Joint meeting between Council and Royal Free Hospital Weekly Board minutes 1928-1943; School Committee [renamed Education Committee in 1930] minutes 1898-1998; Secretary's letter books 1897-1908; volume of letters relating to the foundation and early history of the School and medical education for women, including two letters by Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 1874-1882; Agenda Books for College Committees, 1933-1985; Attendance Books for College Committees, 1942-1998; minutes and reports of temporary and standing sub-committees of Council and School/Education Committee, 1902-1958; Heads of Department meeting minutes 1966-1998; Pathology Unit Joint Committee minutes 1931-1948; Joint Garden Committee (with University of London School of Pharmacy) minutes 1955-1966; Animal House Committee minutes 1933-1975; Interdepartmental Workshop Sub-Committee minutes 1951-1978; General Staff Meeting minutes 1925-1939.

Financial records including minutes of meetings minutes of meetings of the four original Trustees of the School, A T Norton, Dr King Chambers, Isabel Thorne and Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, 1874-1875; selection of audited accounts, 1875-1900; Finance Committee minutes 1910-1978; Gift Books, 1925, 1945-1957.

Student Records: Prospectus (printed) 1874-1998; Register of Students, 1874-1927; Register of Qualified Students, 1877-1951; Register of Clinical Students, 1877-1948; Register of recipients of the Dr Edith Peachey Phipson Postgraduate Scholarship, 1912-1948; Registers of results of school examinations, 1874-1916; Registers of results of professional examinations, 1890-1920; student files 1874-1949 (records for 1874-1891 are incomplete), containing copy of application form, some files also contain attendance and examination records, correspondence and additional biographical information; Students' Council minutes 1905-1914; Students' Union minutes 1914-1970; Students' Union Committee minutes 1914-1971; Students Union Finance Committee minutes 1917-1959; copies of School/Hospital Magazine 1895-1974; Club and Society records, 1941-1961, including Languages Society, 1941-1942, Natural History Society, 1956-1960, Netball Club 1956-1960, Tennis Club 1956-1960, Table-tennis Club 1950-1961 and Lacrosse Club 1952-1959; Students' Aid Fund papers 1942-1970; Sports Ground Advisory Committee minutes and reports, 1926-1929; Old Students' Association financial records including Annual Accounts and Balance Sheets, 1930-1965.

Library records including Library Sub-Committee minutes 1894-1979; account books 1932-1983; acquisition lists 1901-1932; copy of Library Rules [c1894].

Legal and Estates papers including Memorandum and Articles of Association of the School of Medicine, 1898, with related correspondence, 1918-1939, copies of Constitution of the School, 1878, 1890, 1908, with related correspondence, 1926-1931; petitions, drafts and final versions of Charter and Statutes, 1938, and revisions, 1947, 1961), with related correspondence, 1925-1976 and copies of the University of London Act and Statutes, 1959, 1978; Agreements made between the Royal Free Hospital and School of Medicine, 1877, 1883, 1887, 1893, 1898, 1904, 1911, and 1931, with related correspondence, 1892-1936; Correspondence relating to the attempt by the School to purchase the freehold of the land of the School buildings from Foundling Estates, 1925-1927; correspondence relating to the purchase of 72-84 Tavistock Place, and to the construction of an extension to the School, 1938-1953; inventory of fixtures etc at the Pavilion (30 Henrietta St), 1874; inventory and insurance valuation of furniture and effects at the School, 1941.

Correspondence and papers on School Centenary celebrations, 1973-1975.

Photographs of school buildings, staff and students, 1874-1998.

Ephemera, including photographs, papers, medals, prizes and biographical information relating to former staff and students of the School, 1874-1998, mainly donated by alumni and their families or collected by the Honorary Archivists.

Publications and press cuttings on the history of medical education for women, 1869-2001.

Records of Jews' College (later known as the London School of Jewish Studies), including constitution; minutes of meetings of the College Council and various committees; minutes of annual general meetings; student attendance registers; student admission registers; reports on students; papers relating to exams; agreements relating to property; financial accounts; papers of staff; papers relating to teaching; plans; photographs; printed material. Also papers relating to the Library including meeting minutes and reports, agreements, correspondence and centenary celebrations; and papers relating to Northwold Road Synagogue include a congregation scrapbook, congregation attendance register and marriage certificates.

Material relating to the history of the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1895-1947, mainly reminiscences of former students, staff and governors collected as a result of a questionnaire circulated in 1943.

Papers of the London School of Economics, 1895-2000, notably records of the central filing system, 1895-1993, including material relating to academic teaching and research, administration of the School, and relations with outside bodies; unregistered LSE files, 1985-1997, comprising important material not contained in the central files, notably early records, reports, papers regarding the British Library of Political and Economic Science, Directors' files of Sir William Henry Beveridge and Sir Sydney Caine, records of the LSE Student's Union, photographs, press cuttings and publications; records of LSE committees, 1894-1993, mainly comprising minutes; material of the LSE History Project, 1895-1998, gathered during research for LSE: a history of the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1895-1995 (Oxford University Press, 1995), including papers relating to academic courses and departments, finance and trusts, buildings, clubs and societies, and research units, as well as biographical material for Directors, staff and students, press cuttings, reminiscences and photographs; oral history material, 1973-2000, comprising interviews with former academic and administrative staff of LSE; and small deposited collections of material relating to LSE, 1909-2000.

Minute book of the London Salzburg Society, 1931-1935.

Records of the London Salvage Corps including deed of constitution, Committee minute books, annual reports, accounts, papers relating to suspicious fires, statistics, and circulars.

Records of the London Rifle Brigade, comprising registers of subscriptions, minutes, financial records, newsletters and other papers. The records were catalogued at various dates from 1955 by Guildhall Library staff.

London Religious Society records comprising steward's accounts.

Records of the London Regional Savings Committee. Minute books form the major part of the collection, minutes of the LRSC dating from 1965-1977. Also present are minutes of the various sub-committees that were set up, the earliest dating from 1946. Also papers relating to the London Regional Schools Advisory Committee and photographs of various savings campaigns.

Papers of the London Regional Passenger Committee, including minutes, 1986 - 1992; reports, 1987 - 1992; press releases, 1988 - 1992; Quality of Service sub-committee minutes, 1986 - 1990; Information and Facilities sub-committee minutes, 1987 - 1992; minutes of advisory panel on public transport for people with disabilities, 1987 - 1989; Service Provision sub-committee minutes, 1986 - 1990; Performance Monitoring sub-committee minutes, 1986; annual reports, 1987 - 1992; correspondence regarding London Transport appeals, 1984 - 1991 and British Rail appeals, 1985 - 1989.

Also minutes of predecessor body the Transport Users Consultative Committee for London, 1950 - 1984 and annual reports, 1951 - 1961; and minutes of the Transport Users Consultative Committee, 1950 - 1984.

Records of the London Pupil Teachers' Association. This small collection gives an indication of training and pastimes undertaken by girl pupil teachers from the Clapham Branch of the London Pupil Teachers Association.

Record book of the London Provincial Assembly, 1647-1660.

Records of the London Provident Institution, savings bank, comprising: book of rules, 1817-99 (Ms 24521) and depositors' signature books, 1857-1901 (Ms 28944).

Four large registers of depositors of the London Provident Institution recording depositor, address, occupation and age and sum deposited, 1821-1864, including volumes covering the following dates: Volume 1 (18 June 1821-30 Dec 1822), Volume 2 (1 Jan 1850-22 Apr 1851), Volume 3 (15 Sept 1858-15 Jan 1860), Volume 4 (29 Aug 1863-10 May 1864).

Minutes of board meetings of the London Produce Clearing House Limited.

Minute books, account books and annual reports; correspondence (mainly of Henry Tompkins and Donald Fincham as Secretary), with members, with other Positivists, Humanists and Historians, and concerning the August Comte Memorial Trust; notes and papers by Henry Tompkins, including a short autobiography, addresses on positivist subjects, and notes on books he had read; other positivist writings, including pamphlets, reports and the text of talks; and various ephemera and pictures, including photographs of members, broadsheets and programmes, typescripts of correspondence between August Comte and George Lewes, and notes on the history of the Society.

London Port Area Grain Committee records comprise: minutes, 1939-1954 (Ms 23216); and minutes of the establishment sub-committee, 1951-1954 (Ms 23217).

Records of the London Poor Clergy Holiday Fund including: annual reports and accounts, 1918-1968 (in Ms 24920); minutes and meetings papers, 1949-1980 (Ms 24918); financial records, 1892-1982 (Mss 24919, 24923); lists of subscribers, 1892-1982 (Mss 24919-20); records of applicants, 1918-1919, 1937-1939 (Mss 24921-2). Please note that many of these series are incomplete.

London Phonetic Shorthand Writers' Association records comprise: an Association magazine, articles written in shorthand, and miscellaneous letters and notes. They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 2005.

Auction particulars of the London Pavilion, Piccadilly Circus, Westminster.

This series contains correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning permission granted and refused to various companies regarding the operation of bus and coach services. Also includes details of the acquisition of certain routes by the LPTB and references for ex-London Transport employees.

This series contains memoranda, correspondence, reports, minutes of meetings, notes and plans concerning the provision and relocation of bus stops London. Subjects also include stopping arrangements, road works, passenger numbers, road diversions and the provision of street lighting.

LT000020/001: 'Battersea': Memoranda and correspondence concerning road works, siting and resiting of bus stops, provision of new street lighting, clarification of bus stopping arrangements, widening of roads and bus bays as well as the provision of pedestrian crossings. Also includes maps of the areas affected; LT000020/002: 'Bromley': Memoranda and correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, street lighting improvement scheme and bus stopping arrangements. Also includes maps of areas affected in Bromley; LT000020/003: 'Bromley', Memoranda and correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops at locations including Heathfield Road, Keston. Subjects also include road improvements, diversions, road works and inspection visits at potential bus stopping sites. Also includes maps of proposed bus bays and other works, 1962; LT000020/004: 'Camberwell': Memoranda and correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, proposed road works, modernisation of street lighting and stopping positions, 1961-1962; LT000020/005: 'Fulham': Memoranda, correspondence and maps concerning bus stops. Subjects include stopping places at Fulham Broadway near Harwood Road and new street lighting in the area, 1955-1962; LT000020/006: 'Finsbury': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services. Subjects include an experimental one-way traffic system, stopping arrangements and rebuilding works in Finsbury Square, trolleybus stops and new street lighting. Also includes plans of proposed works, such as an intended extension to the stop outside Moorfields Eye Hospital, 1944-1962; LT000020/007: 'Hammersmith': Memoranda and correspondence concerning new bus stops, resiting of stops and stopping arrangements and the construction of bus bays and new street lighting, 1960-1962; LT000020/008: 'Hackney': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus stops, including details of proposed one way working, road works and diversions and stopping arrangements, 1959-1962; LT000020/009: 'Hampstead': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus stops in Hampstead. Subjects include traffic conditions, provision of bus stops, one way traffic schemes, standing arrangements, passenger loadings on certain routes and additional stops. Also includes maps of proposed works sites, 1959-1962; LT000020/010: 'Kensington': Papers concerning bus stops in Kensington. Subjects include changes to bus stops, public lighting projects, work required in connection with stop signs, bus stopping arrangements and plans for roadworks. Also includes correspondence regarding a stop in Addison Road, 1960-1963.

LT000020/011: 'Lambeth'; Papers concerning bus stops in Lambeth. Subjects include queue iregularities, new bus stops and site meetings, proposed road widenings, road works and the site layout of a junction between Stockwell Road and Brixton Road, 1961-1962; LT000020/012: 'Lewisham': Papers, correspondence and minutes of meetings concerning bus stops in Lewisham. Subjects include provision of bus stops at Lewisham Hospital and Catford Garage, road works, one-way schemes, new street lighting, stopping arrangements and queue shelters. Also includes plans of proposed works, such as a branch library at Bromley and a one-way junction between Catford Hill and Stanstead Road, 1959-1964; LT000020/013: 'Leatherhead': Papers concerning bus services at Leatherhead. Subjects include stopping arrangements at Kingston Road and Dilston Road and the provision of bus bays and stops. Also includes lists of passenger loadings on certain routes, 1944-1961; LT000020/014: 'Chelsea': Papers and correspondence, 1941-1949, concerning bus services in Chelsea. Subjects include bus stops along Kings Road, passenger loadings on various routes, alterations to stops, the provision of street lighting and road repairs. Also includes a statement of correspondence dealt with by the Public Relations Office for week ended 17 January 1942; LT000020/015: 'Chelsea': Papers concerning bus services in Chelsea. Subjects include request for a bus stop at Chelsea Bridge Road, stopping arrangements in Kings Road, Fulham Raod and Beaufort Street and passenger loadings on certain routes, 1949-1951; LT000020/016: 'Chelsea': Correspondence concerning the standard of new lamps in Chelsea, proposed bus stops in Sloane Street and Lower Sloane Street, road works and stopping arrangements, 1952-1959; LT000020/017: 'Chelsea': Papers, minutes of meetings and memoranda, 1954-1963. Subjects inculde provision of bus stops at Lower Sloane Street and Sloane Square, stopping arrangements in Kings Road and Beaufort Street, resiting of stops, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines coach services between Sloane Street and London Airport and bus services for the 1959 festival gardens season and arrangements for the funeral of the Colombian ambassador; LT000020/018: 'Harrow': Papers and reports. Subjects include proposed bus bays and stops in Uxbridge Road, passenger loadings on various routes, the reconstruction of a bridge at North Harrow Station, replacement of RT type buses with Routemasters, resiting of stops, proposed sites for bus shelters, the construction of bus bays and road work diversions, 1952-1962; LT000020/019: 'Bermondsey': Papers and correspondence. Subjects include proposed bus stop at Lower Road in Bermondsey, bus turning arrangements, stopping arrangements, passenger loadings on various routes, bus stop markings on the carriageway, new lighting schemes, reconstruction of Canada swing bridge at Redriff Road, proposed stops at the west end of Rotherhithe Tunnel and proposed changes to stop signs, 1958-1963; LT000020/020: 'Hendon': Papers and statistics concerning buses in Hendon area. Subjects include works to the station car park at Colindale Station, bus stops in North End Road, lay-bys on Watford Way, stopping arrangements on North Circular Road, road works, bus stop markings, resiting of pedestrian crossing at Hendon Central Station, passenger loadings and planned roadworks, 1954-1964.

LT000020/021: 'Brentwood': Papers and correspondence concerning buses in the Brentwood area. Subjects include stopping arrangements at Brook Street and Ongar Road and unnecessary obstructions by buses, 1960-1962; LT000020/022: 'Kingston': Papers, diagrams, notices, statistics and correspondence concerning buses in Kingston. Subjects include bus stops in Richmond Road and Cambridge Road, road works in Kings Road, bus lay-bys, proposed new bus bay in Burnham Street, waiting restrictions in streets and passenger loadings on various routes, 1952-1963; LT000020/023: 'City of London': Papers, reports, statistics and correspondence concerning buses in London. Subjects include bus stops at Bishopsgate outside Liverpool Street Station, one-way traffic scheme in Aldgate, proposed bus stop at Ludgate Hill, work required in connection with stop signs, passenger loadings on various routes, inspections and elevated pavements and garages. Also includes a site layout for a proposed development north of Watling Street, 1958-1962; LT000020/024: 'Ilford': Papers, correspondence and maps concerning buses in Ilford. Subjects include a bus stand in Thorold Road, stopping arrangements, provision of bus bays, removal of trolleybus standards, new street lighting and proposed road works, 1958-1962; LT000020/025: 'Heston and Isleworth': Papers, lists, reports and correspondence concerning buses in Hesten and Isleworth. Subjects include the provision of bus stops and street lighting, recommendations for changes to stopping arrangements, road widening schemes, the construction of bus bays, bus stop markings on the carriageway and favourable sites for bus shelters, 1960-1963; LT000020/026: 'Kent': Memoranda and corespondence concerning buses in Kent. Subjects include inspection of bus stops in Maidstone Road and King Street by the Stopping Places Advisory Committee, work required in connection with stop signs and stopping arrangements at Maidstone Road. Also includes a plan of the proposed Swanley Bypass, 1959-1963; LT000020/027: 'Mitcham': Reports, correspondence and maps concerning traffic conditions at Fair Green and Cricket Green, Mitcham; requests for bus stop resitings; proposed construction of bus bays; road widenings and stopping arrangements, 1958-1962; LT000020/028: 'Wimbledon': Papers, 1959-1962, concerning the temporary removal of bus stops in Wimbledon and route arrangements for tennis events in 1962; LT000020/029: 'Woolwich stops': Papers, plans and correspondence concerning changes to bus stops, street lighting scheme and reconstruction of bus stops along Burrage Road, 1962; LT000020/030: 'Middlesex': Correspondence and maps. Subjects include reconstruction of the railway bridge at West Drayton Station and rebuilding of Bath Road, Harlington. Also includes a list of sites for potential bus bays, 1960-1962.

LT000020/031: 'Poplar': Memoranda, correspondence and maps. Subjects include the provision of bus stops and stopping arrangements in Poplar, road works, street lighting and the temporary closure of Blackwall Tunnel. Also includes an agreement with the Stopping Places Advisory Committee on stops and signs for the tunnel approach, 1959-1962; LT000020/032: 'Greenwich': Memoranda, reports, minutes of meetings and correspondence concerning bus services in Greenwich. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, stopping arrangements, proposals for special bus stops during Charlton Football Club home games, delays at Blackwall Tunnel and traffic problems, 1959-1962; LT000020/033: 'Walthamstow': Papers, lists of passenger loading numbers and correspondence concerning road improvements, traffic conditions and street lighting in Walthamstow, 1960-1962: LT000020/034: 'Richmond': Correspondence concerning bus services in Richmond. Subjects include the relocation of bus stops, provision of new stops including one terminating at the Black Horse Pub in East Sheen, provision of street lighting, passenger numbers and proposals for permanent one-way traffic on Richmond Green, 1959-1962; LT000020/035: 'acton': Correspondence concerning bus services in Acton. Subjects include a ban on right-hand turns, one-way traffic schemes stopping and standing arrangements and proposed alterations to bus stop signs. Also includes a plan of the Chase Estate at Park Royal, 1959-1964; LT000020/036: 'Hornsey': Correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, stopping arrangements, passenger numbers and road works in Hornsey, 1959-1962; LT000020/037: 'Surrey': Papers and reports concerning bus services in Surrey, 1960-1962. Subjects include inspections of bus stops by the Stopping Places Advisory Committee, stopping arrangements and accidents occurring on the north-bound carriageway of the Mickleham bypass during 1969; LT000020/038: 'Essex': Inspection reports from the Stopping Places Advisory Committee. Subjects also include the provision and relocation of stop signs. Also includes lists of passengers picked up and dropped off at the Green Dragon stop in Shenfield, 1959-1962; LT000020/039: 'West Ham': Reports and correspndence concerning bus services in West Ham. Subjects inculde the provision and relocation of bus stops, road improvements and construction of bus bays at the Graving Dock Tavern on North Woolwich Road,1958-1962; LT000020/040: 'Tottenham': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Tottenham. Subjects includ road works at Tottenham Hale, provision of bus stops, stop markings on the carriageway and street lighting schemes. Also includes plans of road improvements betwen Graving Dock Tavern and the Silvertown bypass and a proposed bus bay on the high street, 1954-1964.

LT000020/041: 'Southgate': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Southgate. Subjects include the provision and relocation of bus stops, stopping arrangements and diversions due to road works. Also includes plans showing scheduled works, such as the location of a bus lay-by at Aldermans Hill, 1956-1962; LT000020/042: 'Brentford and Chiswick': Reports, memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services in Brentford and Chiswick. Subjects include changes to bus stops, the provision and relocation of stops, proposals for bus bays, road works, stopping arrangements and an unexploded bomb at Carfax Court, Oxford Road, Chiswick. Also includes plans of sheduled works, 1957-1962; LT000020/043: 'Wanstead and Woodford': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Wanstead and Woodford. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, construction of bus bays, passenger numbers on various routes, complaints regarding staff behaviour and a census of passengers at the north-bound stop in Aldersbrook Road. Also includes plans of proposed works, 1959-1962; LT000020/044: 'Walton and Weybridge': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services at Walton and Weybridge, 1959-1962. Subjects include the provision and relocation of bus stops, passenger loadings, the construction of bus bays and roundabouts, fares on route 131 and the effect on bus services of the opening ceremony of the Metropolitan Water Board's new reservoir at Walton-on-Thames by the Queen; LT000020/045: 'Croydon stops': Correspondence concerning the possible relocation of the north-bound bus stop in Thornton Road, near the junction with London Road in Croydon, 1962; LT000020/046: 'Wood Green': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services in Wood Green. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, road works in Turnpike Lane, bus shelters and recommendations for changes to stopping arrangements, 1953-1962; LT000020/047: 'Wood Green': Correspondence concerning the provision of bus stops, including one at Alexandra Palace, Wood Green, 1962-1964; LT000020/048: 'Surbiton': Memoranda and correspondence concerning bus services in Surbiton. Subjects include the provision of bus stops, passenger numbers on various routes, staged stopping arrangements for trolleybus replacement services and scheduled diversions due to works, 1958-1962; LT000020/049: 'Romford': Reports and correspondence concerning bus services in Romford. Subjects include bus stopping arrangements along Upper Brentwood Road, road works at Collier Row Road / Hog Hill Road, the provision of bus stops, temporary diversions, bridge widening, bus bays and road works, 1958-1964; LT000020/050: 'Coulsden and Purley': Papers and memoranda concerning the provision of bus stops, site inspections by the Stopping Places Advisory Committee, stopping arrangements, provision of street lighting, road works and bridge repairs, 1958-1962.

London Passenger Transport Board (LPTB) and Successors: Operating Manager (Central Buses) and Successors: Garage, Works and Depot Papers, 1934-1976: This series contains correspondence, memoranda, reports, statements, drawings, plans, Standing Instructions and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning various subjects including the provision and modernisation of bus washing facilities, the reconstruction and modernisation of garages, the maintenance of gardens, the disposal and sale of surplus and redundant property, engineering works, the tram and trolleybus conversion programmes and instructions for dealing with lost property. Also includes papers and memoranda concerning uniform requirements of transport workers during the period of clothes rationing during and after World War Two.

File level records comprise: LT000013/001: 1 folder 'Chiswick Works', 9 Feb 1934-15 Feb 1934, Memoranda concerning the cost of laboratory work; LT000013/002: 'Washing Facilities', 19 Oct 1934-5 Mar 1940, Correspondence, memoranda and statements concerning the provision and modernisation of washing facilities at garages; LT000013/003: 'Hackney Garage Reconstruction', 25 Sep 1937-30 Jul 1940, Correspondence and memoranda. Also includes sketch drawings of the ticket stockroom; LT000013/004: 'Gardens and allotments at garages', 13 Sep 1938-20 Mar 1939, Correspondence, memoranda and papers concerning the maintenance of gardens at garages; LT000013/005: 'Accommodation - Proposed Garages', 25 Jul 1938-1 Sep 1939, Memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning proposals for additional garages at Giilingham Street and Shepherd's Bush (Wood Lane); LT000013/006: 'Alperton Garage', 1 Sep 1937-14 Dec 1939, Correspondence and memoranda concerning the reconstruction of Alperton Garage. Also includes drawings; LT000013/007: 'Gillingham Street', 27 Nov 1939-14 Mar 1940, Memoranda concerning the maintenance of weighting machines and lists of furniture and equipment for Gillingham Street Garage; LT000013/008: 'Clapham Depot', 20 Oct 1948-23 Feb 1959, Correspondence, memoranda, extracts from minutes of meetings and drawings concerning the reconstruction of Clapham Garage and Depot; LT000013/009: 'Land for garages', 19 May 1950-31 Dec 1956, Correspondence, memoranda, reports and plans concerning the disposal and sale of surplus and redundant property. Includes details of sites such as land near Oakwood Station; Westdown Road, Leyton (Drapers Field); Sussex Place; Watford Bypass; Lea Bridge trolleybus depot; East Finchley Station and King's Cross coach station (Britannia Street).

LT000013/010: 'Leyton', 20 Apr 1944-9 Oct 1958, Correspondence, memoranda, drawings and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning the reconstruction of Leyton Garage; LT000013/011: 'New Cross', 22 Nov 1946-16 Jan 1958, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings. Subjects include lavatory accommodation, the reconstruction of New Cross Depot and the proposed changeover to Central Bus operation. Also includes drawings; LT000013/012: 'Garage wardens', 30 Jul 1946-17 May 1976, Correspondence, memoranda, reports and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning the employment of garage wardens and the control of access to garages, depots, works and generating stations. Also includes a draft organisation chart; LT000013/013: 'Elmers End',14 Sep 1944-10 Nov 1955, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning parking facilities and the reconstruction and extension of Elmers End Garage. Also includes drawings; LT000013/014: 'West Green', 12 Nov 1948-8 Aug 1974, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning engineering works and parking facilities. Also includes drawings; LT000013/015: 'Garage visits', 21 Sep 1939-8 Jul 1964, Correspondence and memoranda concerning the inspection of garages; LT000013/016: 'Heating and lighting of garages and offices', 1 Nov 1939-27 Feb 1953, Correspondence and drawings.

LT000013/016/001: 'Stockwell Garage Relationship of the shops and offices showing the run of duct below the drive in', 28 Nov 1950, drawing (item level); LT000013/016/002: 'Stockwell Garage Shops - East end and boiler room layout', 16 Nov 1950, drawing (item level); LT000013/016/003: 'Stockwell Garage - Pits Area - Heating and HWS installation',16 Nov 1950, drawing (item level); LT000013/016/004: 'Stockwell Garage Canteen and Office Block - Heating and HWS installation', 16 Nov 1950, drawing (item level).

LT000013/017: 'Land for garages', 20 Dec 1956-5 Nov 1962, Correspondence and memoranda concerning the disposal and sale of surplus and redundant property. Also includes drawings; LT000013/018: 'Garages - General', Aug 1951-13 Sep 1976, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning the 1954 schedule of works, the trolleybus conversion programme, the disposal and sale of surplus and redundant property, the modernisation of garages and the washing of buses; LT000013/019: 'Tram Conversion - Stage 1', Jul 1950-Oct 1950, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning the location of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing stops to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created; LT000013/020: 'Tram Conversion - Stage 2', Oct 1950-Jan 1951, Correspondence and memoranda concerning the location of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing stops to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created; LT000013/021: 'Stage 3', Jan 1951-Apr 1951, Correspondence and memoranda concerning the position of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing stops to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created by Central Buses. Also includes plans of Westminster Bridge Road roundabout showing bus and tram routes and stops; LT000013/022: 'Stage 4', Apr 1951-Jul 1951, Correspondence and memoranda concerning the position of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing which stops are to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created by Central Buses; LT000013/023: 'Stage 5', Feb 1951-Oct 1951, Correspondence and memoranda concerning the position of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing stops to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created by Central Buses. Includes Traffic Circular of Central Road Buses, dated 5 October 1951; LT000013/024: 'Stage 6', Sep 1951-Jan 1952, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning the position of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing stops to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created by Central Buses.

LT000013/025: 'Stage 7', Feb 1952-May 1952, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning the position of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing stops to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created by Central Buses. Also includes plan of Holloway Road showing bus routes and proposed bus stops; LT000013/026: 'Stage 8', Oct 1951-Jun 1952, Correspondence, memoranda and extracts from minutes of meetings concerning the position of bus stops on converted tram routes. Includes tables showing stops to be modified or abolished and new stops to be created by Central Buses. Also includes plan of proposed new bus stand at General Gordon Place, Woolwich; LT000013/027: 'Minutes of Operating Managers' (Central Road Services) Meeting, 18 Jan 1954-16 Dec 1954, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include traffic receipts, public relations, staff wages and special bus excursions to horse races.

LT000013/028: 'Minutes of Operating Managers' (Central Road Services) Meeting', 19 Jan 1953-7 Dec 1953, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include the number of accidents involving Central Buses and trolleybuses, failures and delays to road services, staff recruitment and wages, and special arrangements concerning the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; LT000013/029: 'Minutes of Operating Managers' (Central Road Services) Meeting',18 Jan 1952-15 Dec 1952, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include circulation of the staff magazine, accidents involving Central Buses and trolleybuses and staff recruitment and wages; LT000013/030: 'Minutes of Operating Managers' (Central Road Services) Meeting', 5 Jan 1951-4 Jan 1952, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include collection of fares, delays to services, ticket issuing machines and the retention of staff beyond the normal age of retirement; LT000013/031: 'Minutes of the Operating Managers' Meetings', 21 Jan 1949-28 Dec 1949, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include traffic receipts, queues for buses, delays to services, and sales of Christmas cards; LT000013/032: 'Minutes of the Operating Managers' Meetings - Meeting Numbers 1-23', 31 Dec 1947-24 Dec 1948, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include awards for safe driving, analysis of accidents involving Central Buses and trolleybuses, interviews for employees on probation and the preservation of sporting trophies in garages; LT000013/033: 'Minutes of Operating Meeting', 7 Feb 1947-17 Dec 1947; LT000013/034: 'Operating Manager (Central Buses): Operating Meeting',19 Nov 1945-7 Jan 1946, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include on-time buses, refresher courses for drivers returning from the armed forces, accident reports and special arrangements for Victory Week celebrations; LT000013/035: 'Operating Managers' Meetings with Divisional and District Superintendents', 29 Apr 1946-19 Apr 1948, Minutes of meetings. Subjects include staff promotions, rest rooms for women conductors, staff discipline and mechanical breakdowns. Also includes notes and tables of statistics showing traffic receipts and working expenses for use during meetings; LT000013/036: 'Memoranda and Tables - Staff Uniforms', Mar 1949-May 1949, Memoranda concerning uniforms of London Transport staff, and tables showing uniform requirements of staff employed at bus depots; LT000013/037: 'Clothes Rationing Instructions', 7 Oct 1941-8 Apr 1952, Memoranda, correspondence and Government leaflets concerning rationing and the issue of extra clothing coupons for uniforms for transport workers. Includes a booklet entitled 'The 1943-1944 Clothing Quiz', issued by the Board of Trade explaining how to use clothing coupons and providing answers to frequently asked questions regarding the clothes rationing scheme; LT000013/038: 'Tramcars and trolleybuses written off from 1 January 1948', 1 Jan 1948-1 Dec 1962, Register listing date the vehicle was disposed of, its car number, AWRA number and remarks; LT000013/039: 'London Transport Central Road Services Department: Garage and Depot Standing Instructions', Jan 1956-Oct 1968, Standing Orders and instructions issued by the Operating Manager, Central Road Services and the Chief Operating Manager, Central Buses. Subjects include fatal accidents, conductor instructors, cap badges, eyesight examinations for drivers and retention schedules for documents.

Records of the London Passenger Transport Board, including minutes of Meetings of the Board; reports to the Board; album of photographs illustrating the catering facilities afforded by the LPTB to shelterers in the London Tubes during the air raids on London; minutes of Accounts Advisory Committee; plans and sections; tenders, specifications and contracts; Traffic Circulars (Central Buses); papers relating to the Passenger Pooling Scheme; diaries; official booklets, pamphlets and leaflets; and appointment books, issued annually (those filed herewith have had the calendar leaves extracted but the interesting photographs which interspersed them are left in position. They give a true contemporary picture of the life of London and its surroundings, including its building and transport).

Two scrapbooks containing memoranda, correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to the London Parents' Ballot Campaign to save the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA), 1987-1988.

London Parcels Delivery Company records comprise: board of directors' minutes, 1837-46; and notes concerning the early history of the company, circa 1926-9. No other records of London Parcels Delivery Company are known to survive.

This collection contains one panoramic photograph of Stock Road and Selverton Way in West Ham.

Large panoramic photograph of Second World War bomb damage on Stack Road, off Silvertown Way, E16.

Records of the London Orphan Asylum, including assignments; voting forms for admission of orphans; and legal documents relating to property.

London Oil and Tallow Trades Association records comprise: minutes, 1910-22 (Ms 23230-3); scrapbook of notices and letters etc, 1910-16 (Ms 23234); ledgers, 1921-67 (Ms 23235); and cash books, 1935-60 (Ms 23236).

Records of the London Northern Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1933-1964.

Records of the London North Eastern Coroner's District, comprising case papers, 1927-1930.

Corporate records of the London Mutual Life and Guarantee Society comprising copy of chairman's statement at special board meeting and announcement to policyholders of agreement with Eagle.

Business records of the London Mutual Life and Guarantee Society comprising policy for Mark Lemon; unused proposal, policy and related forms, and list of medical referees.

This collection consists of a series of 203 copy negatives of postcards of theatres, music halls and vaudeville performers in London and the suburbs. The collection is accompanied by a set of detailed type-written notes about the London Theatres many of which are illustrated by the negatives.

London Municipal Society records comprising annual general meetings minutes, 1894-1962 (Ms 19526); council meetings minutes, 1894-1950 (Ms 19527); and executive committee meetings minutes, 1894-1963 (Ms 19528).

Photocopies of three letters, 1828, concerning the financial affairs of the London Missionary Society mission in Siberia.

Records, 1764-1966, of the London Missionary Society (LMS), dating mainly from the foundation of the Society in 1795, but with some material from 1774 onwards relating to Madagascar and Mauritius, and a series of 'Extra' correspondence dating from 1764. The records relate to the structure and administration of the Society and mission activity overseas and comprise LMS Home Office minutes and papers, committee minutes, correspondence inward and outwards, candidates' papers, and papers of official deputations; official journals, reports and correspondence from LMS missionaries in the field; special series of 'Odds', a collection of miscellaneous documents including material from the mission field; a large collection of portraits of missionaries; more than 15,000 photographs, showing individual converts, mission staff and buildings, and also depicting the lives, work and pursuits of indigenous peoples, means of transport, topographical scenes and historical events.

Quarterly Meetings minute books, 1807-1847; ledger, 1807-1812; Chapel Fund ledger, 1815-1823 and account books, 1874-1904.

Annual reports of the West London Methodist Mission: "The Work of a Year in Pictures", 1929-1930 and "West London: Its Glory and Tragedy", 1930-1931. Both reports are well illustrated with photographs showing the work of the Mission.

Also typescript document entitled "Church Story: A history of Holly Park Methodist Church, Crouch Hill (Highgate Circuit)" outlining the history of the Church from 1875 to 1927.

Records of the London Methodist Mission (Tooting) Circuit and its constituent Wesleyan and Primitive Chapels, 1897-1980: Balham Hill Church, Colliers Wood Methodist Mission, Emmanuel Mission Hall, Mitcham Church, Southfields Methodist Society, Tooting Central Hall, and Primitive Methodist Churches in Lynwood Road and Oldridge Road, including minutes of various meetings including Local Preachers, Overseas Missions, Women's and Finance Committees; Circuit Schedules; registers of baptisms; financial accounts; correspondence; newsletters; postcards; programmes and histories.