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Publications by Lt Col Charles MacFetridge: A Memoir of Greece in 1948: A Year of Crisis, privately published, 1987, detailing experiences as British Liaison Officer, XL Greek Infantry Brigade, British Military Mission to Greece, operating in the Pindhos, Grammos and Vitsi mountains, Apr-Oct 1948; Mules in the British Army', a tribute published on the website of the British Mule Society (article no longer available online), [1995]; and British Mule Society booklet The Military Mule in the British Army and Indian Army: An Anthology. Part III: The Mountain Artillery Mule, 2000. Also copy of articleTales from the bushy-topped tree: a brief survey of military sketching', PJ Gough, Imperial War Museum Review No 10, Nov 1995, including mention of MacFetridge.

Typescript extracts from letters home, 1901-1902, describing MacGowan's voyage to South Africa, Apr 1901, his service with the South African Constabulary, May 1901-Jul 1902, and his work as a miner in the Transvaal, Sep-Nov 1902.

Papers of John Macgregor, consisting of a letter from MacGregor's father, one in verse from Hannah More (1745-1833) and a letterbook concerning the loss of the KENT. Some later items, 1869 to 1883, relate to canoeing. There is also a copy of a letter from MacGregor's father-in-law, Admiral Sir James Crawford Caffin (1812-1883), written to his parents in 1827 after the battle of Navarino.

Records of philanthropist John MacGregor relating to his charitable work, including letters; scrapbook of pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, hymn sheets, and posters, mainly relating to the Shoe Black Society, the Ragged Schools and general missionary work; album of press cuttings; album of obituary notices for MacGregor; printed ephemera for various charities and sports clubs, including pamphlets and articles by MacGregor.

Manuscripts and typescripts of MacGregor's work, notably translations into rhymed English verse of The clouds and The knights by Aristophanes; and three essays entitled 'The touch of nature' on the relationship between modern and ancient Greek culture, 'The adventurous Methodist' on warfare in ancient Greece, and 'Fish, flesh and fowl' on Aelian's Historical diversions and On the peculiarities of animals. Material relating to the binding and publication of MacGregor's manuscripts following his death, 1937.

Papers of Sir William Macgregor relating to Labrador, 1902-1909, including astronomical observations, Labrador, 1902-1908; letters from the Hydrographic Office, 1905 and letter from Macgregor to Grenfell, 24 Nov 1909.

MS ADD 64 contains notes on electricity: mostly graphs and diagrams. MS ADD 65 consists of manuscript notes, graphs and diagrams, taken from lectures on electrical technology given by Professor John Ambrose Fleming.

Papers of L R R Machin relating to a climb of Mt. Kenya including diary of the climb, 1920 and photographs of views and members of the party.

Records of the Machinery Users' Association comprising: minutes, 1893-1975; annual reports, 1934-1936; presidential address to the annual general meeting, 1934; register of rating assessments, 1964-1976; press-cuttings, 1922-1923; scrapbooks of miscellaneous documents, 1889-1913; and centenary booklet, 1987.

Correspondence and papers of Margaret Macintyre, 1889-1902, comprising 30 letters from various admirers and acquaintances including Fitzroy Gardner, H Rider Haggard, Sims Reeves, Giulio Ricordi, Arthur Shadwell, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Ellen Terry, (Francesco) Paolo Tosti, Charles H Wade, Cosima Wagner, Siegfried Wagner; correspondence with Adolf von Gross, Bayreuth Festival, regarding her appearance as Sieglinde, 1895; contracts for appearances at Covent Garden, 1889, 1892, 1897; passes for Royal Opera Company performance at Windsor Castle, 24 May 1895; undated cutting from Il Trovatore on Macintyre's performance as Elisabeth in Tannhauser.

Letter from George Macirone of 163 Bishopsgate Street Without, [London] to Henry Clarke, Esq, 29 Nov 1826. Discussing repayment of money due to Macirone.

Autograph, with signature. A copy of Clarke's reply (probably written the following day), is attached.

Mackay and Company Limited records comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1914-23 (Ms 27788); resolution of EGM, 1928 (Ms 27789); accounts, 1923-7 (Ms 27790) and correspondence, 1914-30 (Ms 27791-2).

Letter from Charles Mackay of the Illustrated London News, 9 Milford Lane and 198 Strand, London to Nathaniel Hawthorne, 23 Sep 1857. Explaining that Mackay will leave England on 3 Oct to spend 3-6 months in North America and asking for 'one or two personal introductions'.

Autograph, with signature. Attached to a fly-leaf torn from a copy of Mackay's Memoirs of extraordinary popular delusions vol 1 (1841); the fly-leaf bears the signature of H A [Henry Arthur] Bright.

Papers of Doctor Andrew Mackay, consisting of letters received including several from Maskelyne, 1787 to 1805, and a series, written between 1794 and 1806, by Francis Maseres (1731-1824), the mathematician. In addition, there are several papers relating to his career, a manuscript copy of 'The theory and practice of finding the longitude' and several of his printed works.

Papers, 1881-1891, of Donald James Mackay, 11th Baron Reay, as Governor of Bombay, comprising correspondence, memoranda, petitions and other papers, 1884-1889 and undated, on A'bkari administration (a system of licences for the distillation and sale of spirits in Bombay); correspondence, memoranda, minutes, reports and other papers, 1881-1891 and undated, relating to military and naval subjects; correspondence, memoranda, minutes and reports, 1885-1890 and undated, on education; correspondence and other papers, 1881-1891 and undated, on agriculture; correspondence and other papers, 1884-1889 and undated, on sanitation and water works; correspondence and papers, 1884-1891 and undated, on various other subjects including administration, hospitals, irrigation, railways and finance; addresses of welcome to Lord Reay, 1886-1890 and undated; a drawing of Bombay harbour and accompanying manuscript plan, undated; manuscript map of Karachi Harbour Board, 1887.

Papers of Ronald William Gordon Mackay, c1928-1952, comprising the following. Material relating to European and international affairs c1928-1952 (sections 1-10); writings and collected papers concerning Europe c1940-1951 (sections 11-13); general reference material c1929-1951 (section 14); general political papers 1932-1946 (section 15).

The Ronald MacKeith papers, 1949-1998, include not only MacKeith's own research papers, mainly comprised of reports and published articles, but material relating to the Medical Education Information Unit of The Spastics Society, which he was director of and intimately involved in developing. These files predominately relate to the study groups MacKeith established (programmes, recorders' summaries, typescripts of papers presented and photographs) and Medical Advisory Council and Editorial Board (minutes, memorandum, correspondence). There are also a small number of informational booklets from other medical societies and research material from Martin Bax, who worked closely with MacKeith and succeeded him as senior editor.

Manuscript notes by an unknown pupil taken from lectures on midwifery delivered by Colin Mackenzie, 1774, and letter from Miles Philips relating to the notes, enclosing a list of references on Colin Mackenzie, 1954.

Copies of the papers and photographs, 1930-1935 and undated, of Dr Melville Douglas Mackenzie, relating to his time as Special Commissioner, League of Nations Mission to the Kru (Kroo) peoples of Liberia (1931-1932).

The archive consists of papers regarding the Australian position in respect of equal pay, legal status of women, women's organisations, local government papers; press cuttings. Papers contain minutes, correspondence, questionnaires, official documents, information sheets and leaflets.

Letter from Peter Mackenzie of Glasgow to Joseph Hume, 8 Jan 1834. Returning the 'Major's portrait'. Sends Hume volumes [2 and 3] of the Reformers' Gazette.

Holograph manuscripts. SL V 63 is Carnival (1911). SL V 64 is Poor Relations (1918-1919). SL V 65 is The Seven Ages of Woman (1922-1923). SL V 66 is The Parson's Progress (1923). SL V 67 is The Three Couriers (1928) and SL V 68 is Our Street (1931) . Also contains some correspondence relating to the publication and purchasing of the manuscripts.

Notes of lectures (on medical jurisprudence), on cases, and on diseases such as material on digestion and on hip disease, 1877-[1885].

Papers of Sir James Mackenzie, comprising:

1. CERTIFICATES of degrees, qualifications, society membership, 1878-1913.

2. LEGAL DOCUMENTS: deeds of practice partnership and of premises of Sir James Mackenzie, 1881-1897 and legal documents relating to James Mackenzie Institute for Clinical Research, 1947-1966.

3. PATIENT REGISTERS: Case notes with polygraph tracings, 1890-1907; Appointment books, 1916-1918.

4. POLYGRAPH TRACINGS, 1891-1907.

5. MANUSCRIPTS and PUBLICATIONS: books and articles written and/or by Mackenzie, 1888-1926.

6. CORRESPONDENCE [collected and arranged by Professor Mair in connection with his biography of Mackenzie], including original and copy correspondence with Mackenzie, 1853-1925. Correspondents include Sir Clifford Allbutt; Sir W Morley Fletcher; Sir William Tennant Gairdner; Dr John Hay; Professor Matthew Hay; Sir Henry Head; Joseph Lister; Sir Berkeley Moynihan; Sir James Orr; Sir John Parkinson; Sir Humphrey Rolleston; Dr Gordon Saunders; Sir Charles Sherrington and Sir Almroth Wright; family correspondence with Lady Mackenzie after her husband's death. 1925; correspondence between acquaintances of Mackenzie and Professor Mair for the purposes of his biography, 1960s; correspondence between Professor Mair and Mackenzie Medical Centre, Burnley, 1960-1968
   Correspondence between Professor Mair and Dorothy Mackenzie, 1960s.

7. OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL: Miscellaneous letters, receipts, notebooks, calling cards; press cuttings, including obituaries and programme for unveiling of memorial in Burnley, 1931; Family Bible, 1813, of the Jackson family [Lady Mackenzie's family] with lists of births, 1820-1881.

   8. PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs of Mackenzie, family members, cartes de visites, of memorial in Burnley and of placque in London, 1870-c1960.

   9. ARTEFACTS and MISCELLANEA, Including Mackenzie's original polygraph, c1892; brass plate for "The James Mackenzie Institute for Clinical Research, St Andrews"; support for brass plate for Burnley practice; material and correspondence relating to an exhibition on Mackenzie curated by Anne Darlington RCGP, 1987.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Morell Mackenzie including on goitre and Mackenzie's treatment of the Emperor Frederick III, 1864-1891.

Records of Mackeson and Company Limited, brewers, consisting of a series of reports from 1925 to 1959.

Papers relating to international peacekeeping and relief work, 1979-2000, chiefly by the United Nations, including: papers relating to Commonwealth ceasefire monitoring, Rhodesia [now Zimbabwe], 1979-1980; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Handbook for Emergencies (Geneva, Switzerland, 1982); United Nations Standing Operating Procedures (SOPS), for United Nations missions in Cyprus, 1984, Iraq-Kuwait border, 1991, Cambodia, 1992, and Liberia, 1993; account of Joint Task Force PROVIDE COMFORT for humanitarian relief in Turkey to Kurdish refugees from Iraq, 1991; reports and information bulletins on peacekeeping and relief operations, former Yugoslavia, 1993-1994. United Nations Department of Peacekeeping publications, 1995-1997, including guidelines and handbooks for peacekeeping and policing procedures, and printed maps of disaster relief and peacekeeping operations areas, including Beirut, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cambodia, Ethiopia, Somalia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Also NATO peacekeeping guidelines, and United States Army and British Army Field Manuals relating to peacekeeping and general tactical doctrine 1977, 1985, 1993-1995.

Records of MacKinnon, MacKenzie and Company, general merchants and agents of Calcutta, India; comprising: partnership deeds and other records concerning the establishment and regulation of the company, 1854-1955 (Ms 27793-6, 27838-41); private journals, 1929-51 (Ms 27797); correspondence, 1852-1955 (Ms 27798-814) operational records, 1847-1940 (Ms 27815-27); photographs, ca. 1905-31 (Ms 27828-8A); historical notes, c 1860-1955 (Ms 27829-34, 27847); and accounts, 1927-51 (Ms 27835-7, Ms 27842-6, 27848).

Personal, estate and business papers, c1820-1893, accumulated by Sir William Mackinnon, predominantly during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The material covers a wide range of commercial, imperial and humanitarian topics, and includes correspondence and papers relating to the Imperial British East Africa Company, the British India Steam Navigation Co. and the City of Glasgow Bank.

Papers of Aeneas Lionel Acton Mackintosh comprising copy in Mackintosh's hand of his journal of a sledge journey from SS AURORA laying relief depots for Shackleton's party on the Trans-Antarctic expedition, 25 Jan 1915-15 Apr 1915 and copy of a typescript diary by Mackintosh during the British Antarctic Expedition, 1 Jan 1908-4 Mar 1909.

66 Ear, Nose and Throat pathology illustrations, in pencil, ink and watercolour, by Dr John Stewart Mackintosh, c 1899-1900.

Letters to Margaret Mackintosh, found during renovations at a dilapidated Victorian house in Ealing. There are ninety two letters in all: thirteen from Willoughby, February 1869-August 1872 and January-March 1877; thirteen from James, July 1871-March 1876; six from Ethel, May 1874-early 1877; six from Mary Anne, May 1874-January 1877; six from members of the Holmden family, June 1871-December 1877; one from Mrs. Mackintosh's brother, Alex Macpherson, undated; four from her friends the MacIrvines, September 1874-December 1876, and thirty three from various other friends.

There are also four letters to Willoughby from his uncle Alex, brother and sister-in-law; one to Mary Anne from an unnamed woman friend; one, almost undecipherable, to MA; one to a Mrs. Brodie from a Miss Paul; one to a Mrs. Ferguson from Alex Macpherson; one to "dearest Lucy", unsigned, and one which has neither beginning nor end.

Apart from the letters there is a certain amount of miscellanea: a dressmakers bill; a list of subscribers to a good cause; two prescriptions (Mrs. Mackintosh was troubled by a persistant cough, and Willoughby by asthma); a wedding invitation; a "short account of Miss Macready's last illness and death written by her nurse"; two manuscript verses, one a copy of "Work for the night is coming ...." and the other a long piece of doggerel extolling the virtues and recording the passing of little Nellie, aged about three; and finally two faded photographs, one of a bearded man in Victorian dress and the other of a younger man in an academic gown.

Papers of John Maclear, consisting of Maclear's journal of magnetic observations kept in the CHALLENGER, 1872 to 1876; two logs for the ALERT, 1879 to 1881, and one for the FLYING FISH, 1885 to 1887; captain's out-letterbooks from Maclear to the Hydrographer of the Navy, 1878 to 1882, 1884 to 1887; work books, 1879 to 1882, 1885 to 1886, and two remark books kept by Captain Alfred Carpenter of the MAGPIE 1881 to 1882, annotated by Maclear.

Papers relating to Macleod's career, [1965-1984] notably two copies of an unpublished memoir by Macleod, entitled 'An Artillery Officer in the First World War'; accounts by Macleod of the political and military background to the Battle of Passchendaele (Third Ypres), 1917, and of his command during World War Two of a deception operation by the fictional 4 Army to distract attention from the Normandy landings of 1944, [1966-1984]. Papers relating to the life and career of FM Sir (William) Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside of Archangel and Ironside, notably the unpublished volumes 'A secret service agent in South West Africa', detailing his service as a British agent in German South-West Africa, 1902-1904, and 'Ironside's letters to Col R Macleod', 1931-1959, with enclosures, [1965]; an account by Macleod of significant episodes of Ironside's career, and a review of Laurence Thompson's 1940 - Year of Legend, Year of History (Collins, London, 1960).

Letter from Henry Dunning Macleod of the Oxford and Cambridge Club, Pall Mall, London to Professor H S Foxwell, 11 Oct 1901. Requesting that his [Macleod's] works may be introduced into the teaching of the University [of London].

Autograph, with signature.

Papers of Eliza Millard MacLoghlin, 1905-1928, comprising a collection of typescript poems by MacLoghlin, titled Sir, What are these? and dedicated to "My Niece, Aileen Millard"; 10 manuscripts of music written by W G Cook, for songs based on MacLoghlin's poetry, c 1927-1928; and 4 cards and letters, c 1905.

Macmichael's papers, 1827-1830, consist of his author's copies of The Gold-Headed Cane, interleaved with notes in his hand, 1827 (MS113) and the Lives of British Physicians, with additional notes about William Harvey in his hand, 1830 (MS439).

Correspondence and Papers of Lord Macmillan, 1936-1947, comprising correspondence, memoranda and reports relating to the Trustees of the Natural History Museum and their work. Items 1 and 2 are concerned with the committee on accommodation that Macmillan chaired in 1935 and which reported to the Trustees in 1936, while later items relate to such matters as the Trustees response to the critical memorial by J Graham Kerr, MP, (1945-1946), C Forster Cooper's memorandum on the future development of the Museum (1943) and the crisis over the choice of his successor as Director (1946).

Papers of Donald Macmillan comprise a typescript document entitled Rudolf Hess: Enigma - 1941 by Donald Macmillan, 1980, on the arrival of Rudolf Hess in Scotland, May 1941, which Macmillan witnessed while serving in the Highland Light Infantry.

Papers of Sir Arthur MacNalty, comprising 7 notebooks kept while he was a medical student, 1903-1907; drafts of chapters (written in 1960s) for Health and English History; drafts of chapter on medicine in First World War for History of the Twentieth Century, c 1968.

Records of Macneill and Barry Limited, general merchants and agents of Calcutta, India, comprising: records of Macneill and Company, 1908-67 (Ms 27851-63); Barry and Company, 1883-1944 (Ms 27864-73); Macneill and Barry Limited, 1905-78 (Ms 27874-86); Kilburn and Company Limited, 1942-65 (Ms 27887-91); Kilburn Properties Limited, 1960-5 (Ms 27892); Kilburn and Company (Pakistan) Limited, 1964 (Ms 27893); and Macneill and Kilburn Limited, 1963-4 (Ms 27894). The records include articles of association, deeds, annual reports, financial accounts, reports on business operations, plans, and photographs.

Papers of Capt Alexander Maconochie, 1833-1971, including photocopies of letters concerning the Chair of Geography at London University and his decision to go to Van Diemen's Land, 1833-1836; a statement on his differences with Sir John Franklin, Mar 1839, including copies of letters from F M Innes, J C Macdougall, G Robertson, and Sir Alfred Stephen and original letters from J C Macdougall, 28 Mar 1839, and G Robinson, 22 Mar 1839; 22 letters addressed to Sir John Scott Keltie in his capacity as the Secretary of the Society, 1834-1839; letter from Hobart Town, 22 Jun 1837 on the natives at Port Phillip in Australia and containing a sketch of the structure of Van Diemen's Land and photograph of Maconochie's headstone, 1971.

Typescript and manuscript memoranda and reports produced by Henry Macrosty when Senior Principal at the Statistical Department of the Board of Trade, and in retirement, 1919-1931, covering topics including banking, credit, money distribution, prices and unemployment.

Political and Economic Planning, Study of Income Groups Committee minutes and correspondence, Dec 1935-Sept 1936.

Papers on missions in Madagascar, 1864-1971 (some undated), largely dating from the mid-20th century, possibly collected by Margaret Burke and including some of her own papers, comprising various printed articles, typescripts, manuscript papers, and correspondence, on evangelistic and educational missionary work by the London Missionary Society and Friends Service Council (including its predecessor the Friends Foreign Mission Association) and on local customs, including undated photographs [1920s] of missionaries, indigenous inhabitants and local scenes.

Papers of Humphrey Page Madden, consisting of official service documents; logs, 1923 to 1925, and photograph albums, 1919 to 1923, 1925 to 1927, 1929, 1930 to 1932 and 1934 to 1941.

Papers of Admiral Sir Charles Madden, consisting of the War Diaries of Madden, August to December 1914, and his Grand Fleet Diaries, kept in his official roles, 1914 to 1918, and official service documents, 1877 to 1900.

Also service documents of Sir Charles Madden, 2nd Bt., 1924 to 1946.

Deeds and other legal documents relating to premises at Grove Park, Chiswick, 1888-1909, including papers relating to the Duke of Devonshire letting out Grove House to Joseph Atkins Borsley.

Papers of Sidney Joseph Madge, [1920-1929], comprising notes and transcripts of seventeenth century material relating to the disposal of Crown lands during the Commonwealth period (1649-1658) collated by Madge for his DSc Thesis presented at the London School of Economics in 1929, and published in 1938 as The Domesday of Crown lands: a study of the legislation, surveys and sales of Royal estates under the Commonwealth (Routledge and Sons, London, 1938). The material largely consists of notes and transcripts of Parliamentary Surveys and Parliamentary Land Sales.

Papers relating to Madoc's service in the Royal Marines and his imprisonment in Germany as a POW,1941-1945, including letter and postcard to his wife, Rosemary Madoc, from Crete, Apr 1941; letter to Rosemary Madoc from Maj Gerald Larsen, Royal Marines, Middle East Forces, relating to Madoc's capture, Aug 1941; two hundred and sixty five letters and postcards from Madoc to his wife, as a POW, 1941-1945; letters and postcards received by Rosemary Madoc from captured officers and troops relating to Madoc's bravery in Crete and to life in captivity, 1941-1944; manuscript account by Madoc of his service in the Royal Marines from embarkation with the MNBDO (Mobile Naval Base Defence Organisation), his capture in Crete and subsequent imprisonment in Germany, 1941-1942, written on reverse of register of parcels received by prisoners, 1942; newspaper cutting oflocations of POW camps in Germany [1943]; Madoc's POW identity card, with photograph of Madoc and negative, 1941.

Royal charters granting various privileges to the Bootmakers' Guild, 1632-1645.