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Photocopy of 'From carriage to Concorde', typescript memoir covering his life and career, 1917-1981, notably his military service in Gibraltar and India, 1930-[1932], in the UK, 1940-1943, and in India, 1943-1945, including an account of the explosion of the US ammunition ship FORT STIKINE, Bombay, Apr 1944, his work for the Abbey Road Building Society, [1932-1934], asa salesman, 1936-1940, and in the brewing industry, 1945-1960, written in 1981.

Papers of Eric Templeton Lummis including correspondence, photocopies and research notes on the following topics: D-Day landings, 1944; County Regiments, Lt Col Wallace (Commander 1st Battalion Suffolk 1912-1915) and Corporal Todd (1725-1763); Lummis' pay file and Men's Pay Book, 1937-1938; typescript personal accounts: 'What did you do Grampa?', Lt Col Gough and 'A Canloan Officer' R.F. Fendick; pamphlets: 'Volunteers in Suffolk', Major ER Cooper (1935); 'The Cambridgeshire Regiment', WF Badcock [1990-1999]; 'Called Up', GJ Scriven (1976); Regimental Stretcher Bearers in Action, GJ Scriven (1972) and 'The Price of Citizenship', Ngata (1943); Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, 1981-2000; Army Quarterly and Defence Journal, 1989-2000 and The Military Historical Society Special Number, 1987, 1988 and 1998.

Papers of William Murrell Lummis including The Soldier's Small Book, HMSO, 1902; Soldier's Pay Book for use on Active Service, 1916-1917 and typescript extracts of First World War diary.

Papers of W H Russell Lumsden, 1941-1950, comprise material on a Malaria survey of Transjordan in 1941-1942 by No. 3 Malaria Field Laboratory, Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) and a subsequent report.

Letter from John Lunan of Spanish Town, [Jamaica] to Rear-Admiral Sir Home Popham, 15 Oct 1819. Sending a copy of his book, which 'he flatters himself ... may assist Sir Home in obtaining a knowledge of our Slave Code'.

Autograph, unsigned.

Notes and papers relating to his military career, 1939-1940, written in [1939-1940] and 1968, principally comprising 'A record of visits to France and Belgium in May and June 1940 as DDMO', dated [1940], written accounts of his work as Deputy Director of Military Operations, 1939, and his role in the British Military Mission to Turkey, May- Jun 1939, dated [1939-1940],and various drafts of these three texts, heavily annotated by Daisy Allenby, wife of 2nd Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and of Felixstowe (then Mrs Daisy Neame), 1939-1940; notes of anecdotes concerning Hitler, written by Lady Allenby in [1939-1940]; correspondence and papers concerning Sir Winston Churchill's 80th Birthday Presentation Fund, 1954, notably an account [by Lady Allenby] of [her] meeting with Churchill and his family on 29 Nov 1954, dated 1954.

Copies of documents relating to Romanian foreign policy, c 1932-1936 made in the archives of the Romanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. These papers were used by Dov Lungu in preparing his Ph.D thesis, presented to Queen Mary College, London in 1976 entitled "The problem of Soviet-Romanian relations in Romanian foreign policy under Nicolae Titulescu, 1932-1936".

Records of the Lunuva (Ceylon) Tea and Rubber Estates Limited, including articles of association, minute books, annual reports, circulars to shareholders, statements of yields, statistics regarding the estates, maps of the estates, and correspondence.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Marine chronometer rating book kept by C Lupton, watchmaker.

Personal account by Louis Lustig of his arrest for treason in March 1938 and his subsequent imprisonment in Sachsenhausen concentration camp.

Papers of Luxton and Company, fishmongers, mostly letters to John Hawkins Luxton relating to trading and family matters.

Letter from William Lygon, Lord Beauchamp, of 13 Belgrave Square, London to Sir William Jameson Soulsby [private secretary to the Lord Mayor of London], 22 Jun 1914. Thanking him for his congratulations [on being made a Knight of the Garter].

Autograph, with signature.

Papers relating to Lying-In hospitals, comprising an almanack with a print of the City of London Lying In Hospital, 1773 and a cutting from the Nursing Times relating to the closure of the General Lying In Hospital, 1971.

Royal Naval Air Service/RAF pilot's flying log book, 1918-1924; three RAF pilot's flying log books, 1924-1926, 1934-1936 and 1937-1946. Four photograph albums, with many captioned photographs of Lynch's service in Turkey and southern Russia, 1919, and Iraq, 1931-1934, also 51 photographic negatives, mostly of southern Russia, 1919. Personal papers and photographs,1917-1946, including printed RAF certificate for the completion of a course in 'Aerial gunnery and bombing, Eastchurch, Kent, 1924, congratulatory letter to Lynch, concerning a successful air display, from AVM Cyril Louis Norton Newall, Air Officer Commanding Wessex Bombing Area, 1931, and printed service history, compiled by Lynch's son, 1994.

Records of Lyndhurst Road Congregational Church, Hampstead, comprising Church manuals including reports and Ministers addresses, 1883-1891; Lyndhurst Road Church news sheet, 1935 and Lyndhurst Hall report, 1954-1955.

Papers of Tony Lynes, 1957-1997, including research papers, correspondence and publications concerning various fields of social policy and administration collected by Lynes in his own research and as advisor to various organisations and individuals. Includes: material relating to research conducted as an assistant to Richard Titmuss and as an advisor to the Labour Party on social security policy; notes and papers concerning Lynes' involvement with the formulation of social security legislation; research material concerning pension schemes and policy (both domestic and international), housing, immigrants, asylum seekers, taxation, unemployment and work undertaken with his wife, Sally; papers, correspondence, reports and publications from and relating to Lynes campaigning and research into the functioning and operation of the Social Fund, 1988-1991.

Papers relating to property owned by the Lyon family in Turnham Green, Chiswick, including assignments, mortgage, and demise.

Letters relating to the South African War received by Gen Hon Reginald Arthur James Talbot and other members of the Talbot family, [1899]-1901, including letters from Lyttelton and Maj Gen Edward Stuart Wortley, dated [1899]-1901, describing operations in Natal, 1899-1900, and Transvaal, 1900-1901, and operations against Gen Christian Rudolf De Wet. Copies ofletters from Lyttelton to his wife and family, 1899-1916, notably covering his service in South Africa, 1899-1904, his work as Chief of General Staff and First Military Member of the Army Council, 1904-1908, and as Commander-in-Chief, Ireland, 1908-1912. Copies of seven letters from Talbot to Katherine Lyttelton, 1900-1906, mainly concerning his command of the army of occupation, Egypt,1900-1903, and Lyttelton's military career, 1900-1906.

Personal papers of the Lyttelton family containing correspondence of Neville Lyttelton, Katherine Lyttelton and daughters Lucy, Hilda and Hermione to and from family and friends, including photographs and ephemera. Also includes a sub-fonds containing additional personal papers of the Grenfell and Lyttelton families.

Neville Lyttelton to family, 1852-1909, 1911-1924; Family to Neville Lyttelton, 1852-1930; Neville Lyttelton to his wife Katherine 1883-1926; Katherine Lyttleton to her family, 1867-1927; Family to Katherine Lyttelton 1886-1916; Katherine Lyttelton to her husband Neville 1883-1926; Friends to Katherine Lyttelton 1877-1940; Various correspondence with friends, predominantly with Katherine Lyttelton, but also Neville Lyttelton, 1888-1938, including Sir Edward Grey, Lady Dorothy Grey, Lady Pamela Grey, George Curzon, Lord Alfred Milnes, Violet Gascoyne Cecil, Patrick Duncan, John Morley, Dorothy and Janet Ward, Alfred Lyall; Various family correspondence c1850-1937, including letters between Lucy Masterman and Katherine and Neville Lyttelton, Hilda Grenfell and Katherine and Neville Lyttelton, Arthur Grenfell to family and Hermione Hichens and Katherine and Neville Lyttelton. Includes letters exchanged between Neville and Katherine Lyttleton during the Second Boer War, 1899-1902.

Additional family papers of the Grenfell and Lyttelton families, including:

Early Grenfell letters 1840s-1890s, including Sofia Grenfell c1840s-1870s, letters from Francis Grenfell to family during service in Zulu War 1877-1881, Lord Grenfell letters to Lola c1890s-1925, including notes on the Ladysmith Campaign during Boer War and experiences as Governor of Malta, Letters from and about Harold M Grenfell c1899-1918.

Letters to Francis Grenfell, from Wilfred Grenfell 1899-1915 and Rivy (Riversdale) Grenfell 1905-1914. Letters from Francis Grenfell and Rivy Grenfell sent from active service in the 1st World War, to family, and the war diaries of Francis Grenfell 1914-1915 containing reports on military engagements. Francis Grenfell letters to Lola and Rivy 1899-1911. Letters and papers of Francis Grenfell, c1902-1915. Letters from Rivy Grenfell to NMG and Juanita 1915 and Lola Grenfell 1900-1912. Papers regarding the deaths of Rivy Grenfell 1914 and Francis Grenfell 1915, Rivy Grenfell tributes, correspondence and their letters 1914-1917, press cuttings about the twins 1914-1920, Francis Grenfell's grave 1915, Francis and Rivy Grenfell notes on their lives by Lola Grenfell.

Letters to Lola Grenfell about death of Francis 1915, and the Francis and Rivy Memorial Fund 1917. Correspondence between Lola Grenfell and the ICAA (Islington Invalid Children's Association), concerning raising funds 1915. Letters from family and friends 1880s-1940s to Lola Grenfell. Lola Grenfell letters to family and friends 1880 to 1939. Notebooks of Lola Grenfell, with copies of letters received during 1st world war.

Letters from Hilda Grenfell to members of her family, 1914-1915, 1935, 1940s, 1953. Extracts from letters to Hilda Grenfell, relating to the wars, 1907-1940. Letters to Hilda Grenfell from Lady Lyttelton, 1897-1941 and from Sir Neville Lyttelton 1890-1912. Hermoine Hichens letters to Hilda Grenfell, Lady Lyttelton and Arthur Grenfell 1907-1941. Hilda Grenfell letters to Arthur Grenfell 1908-1940s. Arthur Grenfell letters to Hilda Grenfell, 1907-1923. Letters to Hilda Grenfell from family and friends, 1932-1961. Hilda Grenfell collection of autographed letters from various including Stanley Baldwin 1937, John Buchan 1935, Dominick Leslie 1908, Lord Salisbury 1915, Eleanor Roosevelt 1942, Lady Cynthia Coville 1935, Lady Robert Cecil 1939, Curzon 1916, Queen Elizabeth R II 1944.

Letters to Arthur and Hilda Grenfell from Harry St Leger Grenfell 1913-1920s, 1929, 1932-1935, 1944, 1948. Letters from Harry St Leger Grenfell to family 1926-1927, 1933, 1939-1944, 1938-1950. Letters about Major Harry St Leger Grenfell wounded in India 1944.

Arthur Grenfell to various members of family 1915-1939. 1st World War letters, concerning Arthur Grenfell and his wound, and tributes to him from senior officers, 1914-1918. Arthur Grenfell, 1st world war reports sent from the front line. Certificates signed by Winston Churchill recognising Arthur Grenfell's gallantry 1916, 1919. Letter from William Joynson Hicks thanking Arthur for support in bringing down general strike 1926.

Pascoe St Leger Grenfell, Robert Grenfell, John Grenfell, letters regarding war and peace, c1900-1917. Letters from and about Cecil A Grenfell during the 1st World War 1915-1917, 1900 and 1923. Press cuttings and letters concerning the deaths of Julian and Gerald Grenfell, 1915, also refers to deaths of their cousins, Francis and Rivy Grenfell. Letters from Wilfred Grenfell, Katie Grenfell and Diana Grenfell, to Grenfell family, 1932.

Letters to Lady Lyttelton, from her mother 1877-1883, and family and friends 1870s and 1900 and 1908-1941, including, from Hilda Grenfell, 1908-1910, 1912, 1916-1930, Hilda and Arthur Grenfell 1913-1923.

Mary Caroline Countess of Lovelace wills 1897-1928, property and estate. Dame Katherine Sarah Lyttelton 1932 will. Ralph Gordon Noel Milbanke, Earl of Lovelace and Baron Wentworth will, capital account, and letters from solicitors to Lady Lovelace, 1925, 1930, 1935.

Family letters to Hermione Lyttelton (later Hichens) 1906-7. Hermoine Hichens letters to Hilda Grenfell, Lady Lyttelton and Arthur Grenfell 1907-1941.

Sir Neville Lyttelton as Chief of General Staff, memoranda and official correspondence and reports concerning the army, the war with various including Arnold Forster, Sir William Townshend, 1903-1916. Address of welcome to Sir Neville Lyttelton on his return from South Africa from parishoners of Hagley 1901. House of Commons vote of thanks to Sir Neville Lyttelton and others for gallantry in Campaign on the Nile 1896-1898, 1899. Sir Neville Lyttelton press cutting and obituaries 1931.

Lyttelton family photograph albums and loose photographs, including Neville, Katherine, and their children, in India and elsewhere c1890-1910; Katherine Lyttelton and Neville Lyttelton c1870s; Arthur Grenfell 1896, 1914; Neville Lyttelton with his children, in India, South Africa, c1886-1915; South Africa, East Africa, Suez Canal, Zanzibar, Tonga, Italy, 1903-1904; Contemporaries of Sir Neville and Lady Lyttelton including, Sir Edward Grey and his wife Dorothy Widdrington c1899 and family, c1900-1910; Belgium refugee family 1914-1918; Henry G.O.Bridgeman, Mrs Asquith (Lady Oxford), Sir John Morley, Mary Augusta Ward c1910; Earl Grey inaugural address c1890s; Rifle brigade on heights Quebec c1870; Duke of Connaught 1886.

Photographs of Mrs James Stuart-Wortley c1890, Stuart Wortley and Lyttelton relatives c1870s, James Stuart Wortley, George Lord Lyttelton, 1 Lyttelton forbear, 2 forbears of the Grey family, Hermoine Lyttelton, Lucy Lyttelton, Mary Grenfell, Arthur Grenfell at Eton and Harrow, 1891-1892.

Album presented to Lady Lyttelton for her support for Belgium refuges, November 1915, including signed poems, and various sketches depicting war scenes and Belgium refugees by various Belgium artists, 1915. Painted, signed card gift to Lady Lyttelton from people of Pretoria 1904.

The collection includes letters, mainly concerning suffrage, written between, from and to Lady Constance Lytton and a number of correspondents including Miss Strachey, Miss Flatman, Dr Alice Ker, Miss Daisy Solomon, Rose Lamartine Yates, Mrs Terrero, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Miss [Margaret] Ker, Elizabeth Robins, an open letter to Friends at a Prisoners' Dinner, and a letter from June Mills about Lady Constance Lytton.

Records of M Milne Limited, comprising register of members, including share transfers and register of directors and secretaries.

Copies of correspondence, 26 Apr 1946-21 Nov 1988, mostly from Hermann Maas, a German protestant minister, to Paul and Martha Rosenzweig, two siblings, Jewish 'Mischlinge' emigrés, whom Maas helped to save from the Nazis.

Papers of the Macafee Committee comprising Committee minutes and papers, 1962-1966; background papers and final report, 1959-1966; minute book of the Committee, signed by the Chairman, 1966-1967.

Manuscript draft of parts of George, Earl Macartney's work "An account of Russia MDCCLXVII" [1767] The order of the sections differs considerably from the published version which also includes chapters on history and arts and sciences as well as tables of exports and imports. There are various textual differences, usually minor.

MS. 3352: Copy dated c1805 of a journal of a voyage from London to Cochin-China, 11 September 1792-15 June 1793. Note on verso of leaf 2 signed 'J.B.' (Sir John Barrow (1764-1848), Secretary to the Admiralty, and founder of the Royal Geographical Society) states 'This journal was written by Lord Macartney on board the Lion merely for his own amusement and to pass away a few heavy hours on a very long sea voyage'. MS. 5746: Correspondence and papers relating to medical services in Madras, 1782-1787, comprising 2 letters to Macartney from John Ruding, surgeon, Chingleput, 1782, 1783; letter to Macartney from James Hodges, Masulipatam, 1783; letter to Macartney from George Bell (d.1789), surgeon, Tanjore, 1783; Committee Minute on a proposal by Macartney for a fixed establishment of surgeons, 1784; letter to Macartney from Terence Gahagan, surgeon, enclosing a copy of his plan for the reform of the medical department, Vellore, 1787 (the plan is addressed to Macartney's successor as Governor of Fort St George, Madras, Sir Archibald Campbell).

Letters and cards by Rose Macaulay to Eric Gillett, editor and publisher, c1932-c1939.

Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay of Holly Lodge, Kensington to Augustus De Morgan, 12 Aug 1858. Inviting him to discuss the meaning of the initials 'P M A C F' [apparently: 'Père Mansuete, A Cordelier (or Capuchin) Friar', Confessor to the Duke of York (afterwards King James II) and author of a broadside account of the death of King Charles II].

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay of Holly Lodge, Kensington to[Augustus De Morgan], 14 Aug 1858. Referring to his interpretation of 'P M A C F' [apparently: 'Père Mansuete, A Cordelier (or Capuchin) Friar', Confessor to the Duke of York (afterwards King James II) and author of a broadside account of the death of King Charles II].

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay of Albany to Augustus De Morgan, 14 Oct 1853. Thanking him for some papers. 'I am afraid I shall not live to write the history of the American war. Indeed heaven knows when I shall have done with King William'.

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay to Augustus De Morgan, 2 Jan [1853]. Answering an enquiry about Bishop Burnet. '... whoever wishes to obtain full information must read volume after volume of squibs, and controversial pamphlets. I have myself sermons, tracts and lampoons relating to the honest bishop which would fill a book-shelf.'

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay of Holly Lodge, Kensington to Augustus De Morgan, 3 Nov 1857. Referring to Father Mansuete (Confessor to the Duke of York, afterwards King James II, and author of a broadside account of the death of King Charles II) and to the position of Roman Catholics in England at that time [late 17th century].

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay of Holly Lodge, Kensington to Augustus De Morgan, 7 Nov 1857. Thanking him for a copy of his pamphlet [Answers to the questions communicated by Lord Overstone to the Decimal Coinage Commissioners; (London, 1857)]. 'I will frankly own to you that you seem to me greatly to overrate the advantages and greatly to underrate the inconveniences of the change which you recommend.

Autograph, with signature.

Records of the Maccabi Union of Great Britain, 1943-2002. Please note written permission from the depositors is required to access these records.

This collection reflects how the Maccabi organisation functions on an international, European and national level. The hierarchy of authority is evident in the way the series of records have been organised. The Maccabi World Union, International Maccabiah Committee and European Maccabi Confederation are represented in the holdings mostly through official reports. However, although the records for the Maccabi Union of Great Britain start with the official minutes of what was to become the National Executive Committee, it is the personal correspondence from key figures in the Union, for example Eric and Beryl Rayman, which greatly enhance our understanding of this organisation.

It is apparent from the records that the Maccabi Union GB has many related parts to it. This demonstrates the level of organisation involved and fund raising necessary to run a major youth movement. The Maccabi Foundation, an independant body, has, as its main purpose, a funding function for Maccabi activities. This itself was previously linked to a company called Maccabi Stadium Limited. The Maccad Agency Limited, also no longer functioning, charged commission from companies to advertise in Maccabi Union publications. This commission was most likely ploughed back into the Union's activities.

The Maccabi Century Club took over the activities of the Sportsmen's Century Club in 1992. This club was founded by generous, wealthy men who ran one fundraising event per year at the Dorchester Hotel. The "Century" referred to the fact that this stag dinner function cost 100 pounds per head for 100 people. By 1992 the cost of the ticket had risen to 500 pounds and the number of attendees increased. Fine speakers, fine food and wine and top names in cabaret ensured a memorable evening. Over 33 years these dinners raised over 1,000,000 pounds to keep the Maccabi movement alive. The Maccabi Century Club continued this work with a slightly altered structure, that is, that the fundraising work is shared with the Maccabi Centurions. This Club is no longer operating.

By far the most comprehensive series of records is that of sports events and games. The Maccabiah is covered from the 3rd to the 16th Games. A set of photographs of the 1950 Games is of particular interest as it shows not only the opening cermonies in Israel but members of the team from Great Britain and the competitors as they take part.

The involvement of the Maccabi Union Great Britain in the Maccabiah, European and North American Games is known to us mainly through the personal papers of Ken Gradon who served the Union in many capacities. Ken Gradon was a key figure in the development of the Maccabi Union because he has served at all levels. He was, among other roles, President of the Maccabi Union Great Britain, Honorary President of the European Maccabi Games, a member of the International Maccabiah Committee on a personal basis, nominated to stand for committees of the Maccabi World Union and standing on the British Maccabiah Organising Committee.

The photographic collection includes meetings, conferences, dinners and other events held between the 1940s and 1960s with particular reference to Maccabi Association London depicting speakers, audiences and assembled groups, the Jewish Welfare Unit ambulances, and the opening of the Maccabi running track at Hendon Stadium in 1953. Among the ephemera there are football league trophies, sports caps and T-shirts, commemorative pennants, banners and plaques.

Besides the Maccabiah, individual sports are represented through the files of affiliated sports groups such as the Maccabi Southern Football League and Wingate Football Club, as well as the Union's own records of certain sports and their annual tournaments, such as table tennis, athletics and cricket.

Papers of James Eugene MacColl MP, comprising files on subjects such as Africa, the Church, crime and delinquency, education, housing and planning, local government in theory and practice, and race relations; papers relating to the Labour Party and parliamentary matters; personal papers; writings; and correspondence with constituents.

Papers of Sir William MacCormac, 1884-1902, comprising photographs and press cuttings, 1899-1902; casebook, 1884; and letters, 1895-1900.

Papers relating to the application of William MacCormac for the post of assistant surgeon at St Thomas's Hospital, 1870-1871; also letter to MacCormac from S L Wallace, concerning the repayment of a sum of money, May 1873.

Papers of John MACCULLOCH, [1808-1858], principally comprising:

Proofs and publications of John MacCulloch - Author's reprints of nine papers published in the 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London, 1811-1817; Printed proofs of John MACCULLOCH's paper, "On malaria", parts 1 and 2, from the 'Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature and the Arts', 1827; Proofs for John MACCULLOCH's book 'Proofs and illustrations of the attributes of God, from the facts and laws of the physical universe; being the foundation of natural and revealed religion', 1832-[1837];

Prints and drawings by John MacCulloch, including - the Channel Islands, 1811; granite tors of Cornwal and Devon, 1814; Glen Roy, 1817; Western Isles of Scotland, 1819; Conwy and Dunkeld, [1808]-1822, although file contains some later material not by MacCulloch; Pentland Hills and Dumfriesshire, [nd, c.1810s]; 'Illustrations of the Highlands of Scotland', [c.1820s]; album of sketches and prints, [1810-1832];

Maps and sections by John MacCulloch - Sections, elevation and plan of the strata of Heligoland, 1809; Watercolours of fracturing of veins in limestone with sections, 1811; Geological map of Scotland, 1836 [poor condition].

William Mansell Macculloch's volumes of notes on geology, 1880-1881.

Photocopies of extracts from MacDermott's autobiography, 'An enriching life', privately printed in 1979, primarily concerning the death of his brother in France, Jan 1916, MacDermott's work in shell shop at Harland and Wolff Ltd, 1916, his experience of the Easter Rising, Dublin, Apr 1916, his military training in Belfast and the UK, 1916-1917, his service in France, Belgium and Germany, including the Battle of the Lys, Apr 1918, and the second Battle of the Marne, Jul-Aug 1918, his legal training, 1919-1921, and his reading of FM Sir Henry Wilson...his life and diaries by Sir Charles Edward Callwell (Cassell and Co, London, 1927) and Revolt in the Desert by Thomas Edward Lawrence (later Shaw) (Jonathon Cape, London, 1927) and also including a tribute by to MacDermott Lord Robert Lynd Erskine Lowry, Baron Lowry, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.

Papers of Alexander Macdonald, 1881, comprise a letter to John Salkeld, bookseller asking him to forward J Godkin's 'Land War in Ireland'.

The collection mainly comprises correspondence, manuscript poems by George MacDonald, photographs, material relating to the membership of the George MacDonald Society and the publication of its journal, North wind, papers relating to plays performed by MacDonald and his family, and offprints of articles and ephemera including lecture timetables, 1845-1997, mainly compiled by Mrs Freda Levson; notably including original correspondence addressed to MacDonald and copies of letters from family members and friends such as his wife, Louisa Powell MacDonald, and John Ruskin, principally on MacDonald's health problems, Octavia Hill, Ruskin's relationship with Rose La Touche, MacDonald's preaching technique and on aspects of theology including the doctrine of providence, 1845-1932; correspondence between members of the Troup family, friends of the MacDonalds, including Charles Edward Troup and Frank Troup, with photographs and extracts from the Troups' published works, 1883-1995; correspondence with William Raeper, author of a biography entitled George MacDonald (Tring, 1987), compiled during its research, including with Lion Publishing, with surviving family members, and with libraries, notably the British Library and Yale University Library, 1984-1987; correspondence with Freda Levson and Richard MacDonald, descendants of George MacDonald, 1970-1982; photographs of MacDonald and family, his various residences and of visits by the George MacDonald Society to Bordighera, Italy, [1860-1986]; manuscript poems by MacDonald, 1876-1887; material relating to the staging of Pilgrim's progress and other drama by MacDonald, 1877-1977; copies of contributions to the journal of the George MacDonald Society, North wind, with proofs of the journal and supporting documentation, 1976-1996; press cuttings and reviews of publications and lecture tours by MacDonald, and of modern editions of his work, 1871-1997; timetables of lectures delivered by MacDonald, copies of library holdings of manuscript material on MacDonald, 1869-1985.

Papers of George Macdonald consist of a diary and photograph albums of malaria eradication work in Malaysia, Singapore and Ceylon with Sir Malcolm Watson, 1937; diaries of his work in Italy and Sicily during World War Two; photographs of malaria control measures during World War Two in the Middle East, Egypt, Algiers, Crete, Sicily, Cyprus and Greece and a personnel file relating to his appointment to the Ross Institute, his overseas visits and his death.

Letter from George MacDonald of 39 Melville Street, Edinburgh to Mr [Robert] Balgarnie, 21 Jun 1885. Thanking him for an invitation, which he hopes to accept. 'I suppose the month of August would do for Scarborough - but so far we are not even sure that we shall not be in Bordighera before the end of that month. We are getting very good gatherings here.'

Autograph, with signature.

Macdonald, Hamilton and Company records comprise: partnership deeds, declarations of trust, power of attorney, and correspondence 1907-55 (Ms 27784-6, 38570-6); plans of offices 1919-20 (Ms 27787), and histories 1934-5 (Ms 38577).

Margaret MacDonald's correspondence, papers and lectures, on subjects including factory and shop legislation, the employment of women, housing, the Licensing Bills of 1901-1902, Sunday School teaching, vagrant children, women's organizations and women's suffrage, and the Franco-British Exhibition at Hammersmith in 1908. James Ramsay MacDonald's papers, correspondence and press cuttings on subjects including the financing and aftermath of World War I, Labour Party policy and his leadership of the party, working conditions, and women's education.

Papers of George Macdonald dealing predominantly with the later stages of his career, 1938-1977, although there is some material relating to his pre-war activities. They reflect his work as an international figure in the prevention and control of malaria, his involvement with numerous governmental and non-governmental bodies, his relationship with colleagues, his numerous tours on professional business, and his research and writing.

Papers relating to his service in Borneo, 1965-1966, dated 1965-1967, principally comprising notes on his visit to Tawau Naval Station, Sabah, Malaysia, 4-7 Oct 1965, written on 7 Oct 1965; directive from Maj Gen George Harris Lea, Director of Borneo Operations, outlining Macdonald's responsibilities as Commander, Naval Forces, Borneo, 6 Jan 1966; report to Commander FarEast Fleet on naval operations in Borneo, 1963-1966, written in 1966.

Papers relating to his service as ADC to FM Sir John Greer Dill, 1940-[1943], including 1 Army Corps routine orders by Dill, 1940; notes, maps and papers concerning 1 Army Corps manning exercise, Apr 1940; notebook giving details of plan for moving 1 Army Corps HQ from Quincey to Grammont, France, 1940; notes and drafts of letters written as ADC to Dill, 1940-1943;German propaganda leaflets, [1940].

Papers relating to the Dogra Regt, Indian Army, 1923-1944, including typescript notes by Brig John Parke Fullerton on 3 Bn, 17 Dogra Regt, 1923-1940; typescript notes by Maj Peter Lewis Gell and Tom Roe on the redeployment by air of 5 Indian Div from Arakan to northern Burma, Mar 1944; typescript notes entitled 'The story of Havildar Rattan Singh MM, 3 Bn, TheDogra Regiment' [1945]; typescript notes entitled 'A brief history of the 8th Independent Infantry Bde in Malaya, Nov 1940-Feb 1942' [1945]; typescript 'An abridged history of the Dogra Regiment' [1975]; typescript notes by Col Francis Cortland Simpson, General Staff Officer 1, 17 Indian Div, Burma, 1942, on the demolition of the Sittang Bridge [1983]. Papers relating to operations of 156 (East Africa) Independent Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery, Royal Artillery, Kenya, 1952-1955, including typescript notes on the history of artillery units in East Africa and operations in Kenya, 1952-1955, with photographs of Kenyan recruits, 3.7 inch heavy anti-aircraft guns and 25 pounder guns.

Geological and route notebooks of William Archibald MacFadyen, 1920-1948, including pre war notebooks in Egypt, Farsan Island, Romania, British Somaliland; Iraq and Syria, notebooks made during World War Two in North Africa, Sicily, Corsica and Italy and notebooks made in post war British Somaliland for the General Survey.

Papers of Robert Macfarlane relating to his research, mainly on blood coagulation; notes and drafts for his biographies of Sir Alexander Fleming and Lord Florey, [1930-1986].