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Letters, papers and original drawings including the manuscripts of Marcello Malpighi's works published by the Royal Society.

One volume bringing together texts relating to the "Malpighian controversy" in anatomy, c 1695-1717, plus some receipts, and a second volume recording consultations undertaking by Marcello Malpighi.

Newspapers, journals, pamphlets, speeches, press releases, policy declarations, reports, press excerpts and other miscellaneous materials, from 1955 onwards, issued by the Christian Workers Party (Malta), the Democratic Christian Party (Malta), the Democratic Nationalist Party (Malta), the General Workers' Union of Malta, the Malta Labour Party, the Maltese Labour Movement (U.K.), the Nationalist Party (Malta), and the Progressive Constitutional Party (Malta).

A certification of the nobility of Don Joseph Maltes y Negron, issued by Sebastian Munoz Castblanque, King of Arms, to Philip V of Spain.

Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus of London to Rev George Turner, Kettleburgh, Wickham Market, [Suffolk], 28 Nov 1800. Referring to Malthus's tract An Investigation of the Causes of the present High Price of Provisions(1800). 'I sat up till two o'clock the evening before I went to Bath to finish it that it might come out before the meeting of Parliament.' Referring to the the famous Essay on the Principle of Population: 'The prevailing conversation about the pop[ulation] of the country has caused enquiries to be made about the Essay, which is now nowhere to be bought. This I hope will animate me to proceed in another edition, though to say the truth I feel at present very idle about it'.

Autograph, with signature.

[A letter from James Bonar to Professor H S Foxwell, asking permission to print Malthus's letter, and a corrected proof of the letter for the Economic Journal are filed with Malthus's original letter.]

Letter from Thomas Robert Malthus of London to [David] Ricardo, Esq of Gatcombe Park, Minchin Hampton, Gloucestershire, 9 Oct 1814. 'I think that a letter now and then on these subjects will do us no harm, and perhaps may be the means of settling some important points relating to the metaphysics of Political Economy'.

Autograph, with signature. A note states that Ricardo replied on 23 Oct 1814.

Papers of Edward Horace Man including:

MS 110
Andaman vocabulary, in 25 volumes, English-Andamanese and Andamanese-English.

MS 111
Andamanese grammar, annotated by Sir R.C. Temple, Port Blair, 1878.

MS 112
Loose notes on Nicobar, Andamanese and comparative vocabulary; Port Blair, 1878.

MS 113

Pamphlet entitled 'A grammar of the Bôjingîjîda or South Andaman language', by E.H. Man and R.C. Temple. (Calcutta, Thacker, Spink and Co., 1878) interleaved with manuscript notes.

MS 114

Proof for an article by Man entitled 'Notes on the Nicobarese' by despatched to Bombay 4 Jan 1899 from Port Blair with accompanying manuscript and typescript notes and numerous annotations.

MS 115

Notepad containing manuscript notes on Andaman vocabulary by Amy F. Man, with notes in the margin, by E H Man, 1885-1886. Inserted is a reprint of 'Notes on analogies of manners between the Indo-Chinese races and the races of the Indian Archipelago', by Colonel Yule, with holograph letter of the author to A F Man affixed.

MS 116

Personal papers of E H Man including letters from parents; issue of his school magazine, Uppingham, Oct. 1872, containing memorial to Arthur C Man (inserted photograph); 'Memo of periods during which I have officiated in higher grades'; copies of correspondence dated 1863 between the Superintendent of Convicts, P.W. Island, and Resident Councillor P.W. Island, H. Man; press cuttings; transcripts of poems; reviews of Andaman Islanders and a photograph.

MS 117

Loose notes, botanical and others, [c 1877].

MS 118

Reprints and cuttings from The Times, 25 May 1920 and pamphlets annotated by E H Man.

MS 119

Manuscript vocabulary of the languages spoken by the people of South Andaman, 1875 in 5 volumes with photographs and maps.

MS 119a

'Vocabulary of dialects spoken in the Nicobar and Andaman Isles', by Fr. Ad. De Röepstorff, Extra Assistant Superintendent Andaman and Nicobars, 1874, annotated by E H Man.

Two official Admiralty photographs of the Hong Kong Surrender Ceremony, 1945.

Papers of Management Research Group Number 1, later the Industrial Management Research Association, including annual reports, minutes, reports on research into management-related topics, and correspondence.

Records of the Department of Management Science of Imperial College, 1966-1985, notably papers and brochures concerning the history of the department, 1956-1985; courses and conferences, 1964-1988; reports, 1978-1986; papers relating to the Production Engineering and Production Management Development Committee, 1960-1963; organisation and administration of the department, 1956-1981.

Minutes of the Committee of the Managers of the Residence, 1869-1899; financial material, including Account Book, 1860-1880, Bank Books, 1876-1927, bills and receipts, 1876-1891, and a tax forms, 1924-1926; legal documents, 1870-1894, including a Declaration of Trust, Tenancy Agreements, and lawyers' bills; letters, 1888-1892, from Elizabeth Ann Bostock and Eleanor Elizabeth Smith to Blanche Shadwell and Lucy Russell, Honorary Secretary of the Council, mostly concerning plans for building the Shaen Wing at York Place; general papers and correspondence, 1856-1905, including reports on the drainage at Bedford Square, notes on teaching and curriculum, notes concerning the winding up of the Trust, and the finances of Bedford College, letters concerning the administration of the Residence and the Reid Trust, and death certificates of Shaw and Eldebrook; Report and correspondence of the Residence Sub-Committee concerning the choice of a site for new buildings and the raising of funds, 1901-1907, including papers relating to an offer by the Trustees to give the capital of the Residence Trust to a fund being raised for the rebuilding of the College; correspondence and papers, 1873-1928, relating to the removal of Bedford College to Baker Street and Regent's Park. Plan for a tablet commemorating Sir Hildred Carlile, [1914].

Records of Manaos Tramways and Light Company Limited, comprising: memorandum and articles of association, 1909-23; agreements, trust deeds and related items, 1908-39; share transfer schedules, 1965-1972; register of directors, 1909-1971; minutes of directors' meetings and shareholders' meetings, 1909-1975; annual reports and statements of accounts, 1910-73; papers relating to debenture holders and shareholders' meetings, 1923; correspondence, 1961-1966, 1970; register of documents sealed, 1923-73; register of mortgages, 1909-1971 and blank share and debenture certificates, 1923-71. Also correspondence of the Para Electric Railways and Lighting Company Limited.

Manchester Fire and Life Assurance Company (later known as Manchester Assurance Company Limited) records comprise deeds of settlement 1824 and 1846, and registers of proprietors and/or shareholders 1825-1854 (Mss 16217-221); minutes 1825-1905 (Mss 16222-5); overseas department accounts 1889-94 (Ms 16226) and register of losses 1901-3 (Ms 16227).

Manuscript notebook, compiled in [1804], containing copies of letters, resolutions, reports, certificates of health etc relating to the foundation and early years of the Manchester Board of Health from 1784 to 1804, notably a list of persons ill of the fever at Ashton-under-Lyne, 7 Jan 1796; statistics of christenings and burials for Ashton-under-Lyne, 1790-1791; resolutions of the Quarter Sessions in Manchester, 1784; material relating to fever among the deserters in the castle of Chester,1793-1795.

Bound and illuminated volume containing a letter of thanks to John Grave, Mayor of Manchester, and signed by the members of the Executive Committee of the Manchester National Society for Women's Suffrage.

Manchester Road (Cubitt Town) Methodist Church Trust Treasurer's account book, 1879-1938.

Papers of the Manchester Ship Canal Co, comprising mainly of printed papers, some with marginalia, as in the report of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce on the 'excessive charges' of that port, 1879. Other material includes a detailed analysis of the cost of transit within the region, with a projected estimate of the gains a ship canal would bring, 1885; a copy of the initial bill to authorise the building of the canal, with promoters' case and petitions against, of the same date, as well as maps and plans of the line to be taken by the proposed cut. Copies of numerous bills presented before Parliament on behalf of the company, 1907 to 1956, some with petitions and evidence, are also to be found, together with a copy of the Act authorizing the Manchester City Corporation to lend the company money, 1891, and a report of the special committee appointed by the city to examine the affairs of the company, 1893. There are also some loose papers, including deeds of sale and conveyance, contracts, grants of easement; a register of mortgages, 1885; a shareholders' address book, 1915; a shareholders' prospectus, 1885; and arising out of litigation concerning the company, a number of reports of proceedings in the courts, 1891 to 1927. A collection of pamphlets, 1882, one or two items pertaining to the Bridgewater estates, a user's handbook of instructions, 1894, and a rule book, 1894, have also survived.

Records of the North London Division of the Independent Order of Oddfellows (Manchester Unity); including administrative records such as minutes of the District Committee, circulars and correspondence and printed material and the records of the North London Darts Association dating from 1914-1987. Also records relating to lodges. This is the main series of records and contains minutes, valuation and Annual Returns, membership records including nomination forms and declaration books, Lodge rules annual statements and balance sheets and Ledgers and investment books.

The Lodges covered and the dates are:
Adelaide and Sir William Wallace 1916-1989;
Countess of Darlington 1881-1973;
Craven 1970-1980;
Duke of Cornwall and Highams Park 1902-1987;
Hand-in-Hand and Saint Catherine's and Britons Pride 1983-1989;
Intermediate 1966-1970;
King Edward 1841-1850;
Pride of Islington 1908-1988;
Prince Albert 1840-1988;
Robert Dansie 1965-1988;
Rock of Hope 1936-1972;
Royal Oak 1951-1988;
Saint Martin 1841-1962;
Saint Pancras 1921-1960;
Sir John Lawrence 1872-1989;
Trafalgar (see history for constituent Lodges) 1903-1990.

Records of the Saffron Bloom Lodge of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows Society, including: National Insurance cash books, 1927-1939; group photograph of Lodge members (4 copies), c 1925; framed photograph of J M Turner, n.d.; minute books, 1883-1936; contribution registers, 1913-1931; National Health Insurance sickness and disablement registers, 1926.

Redeemed mortgage, 1849, of £1500 for seven years at 5%.

The archive consists of printed flyers and a pamphlet, an interview transcript, press cuttings and other papers relating to the photographer Melanie Manchot and exhibitions of her work.

The file comprises:

• Curriculum Vitae of Melanie Manchot, c 1998

• Essay by the exhibition curator Maeve O'Brien, of Nottingham Trent University Bonnington Gallery, on the exhibition 'Lifelines' that featured silver gelatin print photographs of Manchot's naked mother, Jun 1998

• Transcript of interview between Manchot and Penny Martin [then archivist at The Women's Library], c 2000

• Four press cuttings relating to the exhibition 'Lifelines', from 'Time Out', 'Scene' and the 'Independent on Sunday', 1996-1998.

• Publicity flyers for exhibitions featuring Manchot's work: 'Behind the Screen', 'The Ugly Show', 'Light Sensitive', 'Lifelines', 1998.

• Catalogue for 'Lifelines' with reproductions of Manchot's photographs and an essay on her work by Sue Hubbard.

Published memoir Can you tell me why I went to war? A story of a young King's African Rifle, Reverend Father John E A Mandambwe, co-written by Mario Kolk, describing Mandambwe's conscription into the King's African Rifles from school in the Malindi area, Nyasaland (Malawi), 1939; training and service in Egypt and India, 1939-1945; postwar life in Nyasaland (Malawi) and South Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), 1945-1964; impact of war service on his life, including recognition in the form of a pension, 1998-2007.

Mandate of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella for movement of artillery, May 1499. Given at Madrid.

Photocopies of papers collected by Joel Joffe, lawyer acting for Nelson Mandela, relating to Mandela's trial in Pretoria (1962) and the Rivonia Trial (1963-1964); including Mandela's application to have the Pretoria trial postponed, Oct 1962; Mandela's address to the court in mitigation of the sentence of five years imprisonment, detailing his political commitment and activities in the African National Congress (ANC), Nov 1962; copy of the indictment in the Rivonia Trial, initial statement made by Mandela to his lawyers, giving details of his early life; notes by Mandela on his life and ANC accociation; copy of Mandela's statement from the dock, signed by Mandela, manuscript notes by Mandela to use if he were sentenced to death, and manuscript notes by Mandela referring to the tribal council called Imbizo.

The records of Charles Henry Waterland Mander, solicitor, comprise cash accounts and ledgers.

Mandingo vocabulary comprising handwritten list of words and phrases from Mandingo and other languages used in Timbuktu, West Africa, collected by Réné Caillié (1799-1838), a French explorer, and the first to return alive from Timbuktu; also mentions African explorers Mungo Park (1771-1806), Captain [George Francis] Lyon (1795-1832) and Major [Dixon] Denham (1786-1828), [Thomas Edward] Bowditch (1790-1824), and others.

Volume recording private work by Dr George A Mandow, 1947-1968, containing manuscript records of patients' names and payments.

Papers of Eva Manes, 1945-1947, comprise correspondence from friends and relatives of the Manes family.

Papers of Eva Manes, 1957, comprise a typscript letter addressed to Eva Manes from an unidentified friend of the family describing what happened to Eva's parents and other friends and acquaintances after her departure from Berlin before the war. The author also describes his own experiences after the war in Berlin.

Letter to Eva Manes from Mrs Reichardt, former friend of the Manes family, 1957. Mrs Reichardt bought the Manes' grand piano for RM 1000 and lived in the same house as Philip Manes and his wife and was a close friend. She writes about arrangements for payment for the piano, about Manes' problems, and also describes her own unhappy fate during the last years of the war and after. She describes the last days before her family's deportation.

Papers of Phillipp Manes comprising the 'Theresienstadt Chronicles', a diary of life in Theresienstadt concentration camp by Manes, 1942-1944; war diaries written by Manes for the benefit of his children, 1939-1942; autobiographical and family history writings; family correspondence; poems and prose and material relating to the German fur industry.

Personal papers of Walter Manes, 1918-1999, includes correspondence with parents; official documentation; papers relating to his time in Shanghai; correspondence regarding emigration to USA and photographs.

Part of letters of Ludovico Manin, Doge of Venice, confirming the brothers Marin, Costantin and Piero Avogadro, sons and heirs of Francesco Avogadro, of his fee of the house and curtilage of Lumezzane in the province of Brescia, 2 Oct 1793.

Papers of W J Manktelow, comprising notebooks compiled during the Chemist and Druggist Course at Brighton Technical College, Sept 1937-June 1938.

Photocopy of typescript account of service of 2 Lancashire Fusiliers in France and Belgium, 14 May-2 Jun1940, notably their evacuation from Dunkirk, 30 May-2 Jun 1940, dated 14 Jun 1940.

Papers of Stuart Edward Mann, 1921-1985, comprising:
writings and notes on Albanian language and literature, 1930-1979; writings and notes on Czech and Slovak languages and literature, 1934-1979, including annotated proofs of his Czech Historical Grammar, and Essays on the history of Czech literature; writings and notes on Indo-European language and on language generally, c 1926-1984, including annotated typescript of An Indo-European Comparative Dictionary; writings and notes on other languages and literature, particularly Armenian and Cypro-Mycenæan, 1927-1980. including many examples of "minimum dictionaries", attempts by Mann to produce basic vocabularies for a wide range of languages; personal correspondence and papers, 1938-1985, including correspondence with publishers and papers on linguistics; reprints of articles by Mann and others, 1935-1984.

Records of the Mann family, comprising title deeds for premises in Isleworth.

Papers, 1913-1938, c1967, some undated, of the Rev Ebenezer Mann and his wife Mabel Mann. They include published newsletters (1913-1938) from Ebenezer and Mabel Mann, detailing their work in Kansu province, China; parts of a typescript work by Ebenezer Mann relating to his years in China; autobiographical notes made by Mabel Mann; and a small collection of photographs of China including photographs (1920-1921) of the aftermath of the earthquake in Lanchow, Kansu province. Also included is a list (1934) of missions and workers in China with the China Inland Mission, prepared by Ebenezer Mann.

Letter from James Mann of Linton Park, [Kent] to an unknown recipient, 23 Nov 1840. Discussing soup and coal subscriptions for the poor of Cranbrook, Kent, who were suffering from the failure of the hops; promising to continue the subscription given by his recently deceased [second] wife [died 3 Aug 1840].

Autograph, with signature. On mourning paper.

Papers of Thaddeus Robert Rudolph Mann, 1938-1984; comprising biographical and bibliographical material, notebooks and reprints on enzyme research, 1938-1954; photographs of the Molteno Institute of Biology and Parasitology, Cambridge, 1925-1960.

Letter from Ethel Edith Mannin to Dr John H P Pafford, [her neighbour] of 62 Somerset Road, London, 16 Dec 1963. '... Yes, indeed I have many causes ... from the defrauded Palestinian Arabs to the Iraqi political prisoners, and various anti perfoming animals and anti vivisection causes in between ...'

With autograph signature.

Official papers relating to Air Council powers to regulate Air Force Establishments, 1920-1924; flying log books, 1933-1958 and photographs relating to the RAF, 1930s; papers dated 1934-1985 relating to service as Commanding Officer at the Marine Craft Detachment in Bridlington, East Yorkshire, including notes and photographs relating to T E Lawrence; papers relating toWorld War Two, including organisation of RAF in Northwest Africa, 1943; papers dated 1946-1953 including lecture notes relating to RAF organisation and management.

Papers of Matthew Manning, [1974-1990], comprising automatic drawings; drafts including of The Link, The Strangers; correspondence of Peter Bander; magazine articles about Manning and psychic phenomena.

Reports, observations, notes and photos of Canada by Thomas Henry Manning, 1936-1946, including descriptive report, Northern Manitoba and South-east Keewatin, 1945; descriptive report and technical report, east coast of Hudson's Bay, Ottawa Islands, etc., 1946 (duplicates of reports submitted to the Geodetic Service of Canada); astronomical observations, topological notes and rough sketch maps of Whale Point and surrounding area, 1936-1938.

(1) Letter from William Manning of 14 New Street, Spring Gardens, [Westminster] to Thomas Tyrell, Esq, 29 Nov 1800. Concerning proposals for the regulation of a new coal market. Asking whether Tyrell sees any difficulty in it being managed by the Lord Mayor of London and whether the Corporation interferes with any market in the City. The building in Mark Lane is open to all on market days, but the Coal Exchange is open to subscribers only; the first buyers do not exceed about one hundred.

(2) Letter from William Manning of Totteridge, Hertfordshire to Thomas Tyrell, Esq, 4 Apr 1801. Discussing the fees to be incurred in passing the Coal Bill through the two Houses of Parliament [ordered Mar 1801; order for second reading discharged 12 May 1801], and the means of paying them. Asks Tyrell to show the letter to Mr Stracey, 19 Fludyer Street, and to confer with him about it.

Both letters are autograph, with signatures, and headed 'private'.

Autograph letter book of Sir August Manns, containing c200 items of correspondence received 1862-1973 (predominantly 1870-1900), comprising short letters addressed to Manns (and a few to his daughter Augusta) from c100 correspondents, mainly eminent composers and musicians of the late 19th century, on musical or personal matters. Some later items appear to have been added by his daughter Augusta Bönten and grand-daughter Louise Bönten. The correspondents include: Johann Joseph Abert, Luigi Arditi, Waldemar Barziel, William Henry Bell, Sir Julius Benedict, Sir William Sterndale Bennett, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Ignaz Brull, Cecile Chaminade, Sir William Cusins, Antonin Dvorák, Sir Edward Elgar, Robert Franz, Niels Gade, Friedrich Gernsheim, Charles-Francois Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Sir George Grove, Frederick Gye, Sir Charles Hallé, John Liptrot Hatton, Ferdinand Hiller, Sir Henry Irving, Charles Lamoureux, Franz Liszt, Hamish MacCunn, Sir George Alexander Macfarren, Walter Macfarren, Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, Jules Massenet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Sir Herbert Oakeley, Sir Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, Ebenezer Prout, Joachim Raff, Anton Rubinstein, Camille Saint-Saens, Sir Charles Santley, Pablo de Sarasate, Xaver Scharwenka, Clara Schumann, Giovanni Sgambati, John Stainer, Sir Charles Villiers Stanford, Julius Stockhausen, Richard Strauss, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Ambroise Thomas, Arthur Goring Thomas, Giuseppe Verdi, Henri Vieuxtemps, Thomas Wingham. 'The Four Ps', a memorandum for young people, manuscript of Manns, 1902; 'Wiegenlied' manuscript of tune by Manns, undated; order of memorial service for Manns, 6 Mar 1907 (MS 6925). Letters (17) to Manns, c1882-c1897: correspondents include Luigi Arditi, Eugene D'Albert, John Carrodus, Robert Hausmann, Sir A C Mackenzie, Alfredo Piatti, Giovanni Sgambati, Anstruther Stirling, Paul Viardot, August Wilhelmi, (MS 6927). Two letters (1895 and undated) to Manns from Andrew Black (1859-1920) and Sir George Henschel (1850-1934) (Ref: MS 6928).

File of letters and documents formerly belonging to ex-King Manoel II of Portugal on the proposed restoration of the Monarchy and the formation of a new government, 1912-1913. The file also contains letters on his proposed marriage to Princess Augusta Victoria of Sigmarigen-Hohenzollern. Correspondents include King George V of Great Britain, Queen Amelia of Portugal, Princess Antoinette Esterhazy, Prince Wilhelm of Sigmarigen-Hohenzollern, Princess Augusta and Princess Louisa of Sigmarigen-Hohenzollern, Lord Roseberry and Ignacy Jan Paderewski.

Papers of the Manor Gardens Centre, 1918-2002, including minutes of the Executive Committee and minutes of the Finance, Staff, House, Mothers, Wards and Trustee Committees; administrative files including annual general meeting working papers, educational visits, requisitioning, health visitors, wards, wages, new building, fund raising, war savings, insurance, clinics, trustees, reports, letters to newspapers, certificates and staff; papers relating to the Holiday Scheme; annual reports; press cuttings; publications including booklets about the work of the Centre and a history of the North Islington Infant Welfare Centre and School for Mothers 1913-1973; financial statements; photographs and printing blocks of mothers and children, staff, special events and Centre buildings; architectural plans.

Records of Manor House Asylum, 1870-1925, comprising six casebooks relating to male and female patients and one of voluntary boarders, both male and female. There is also a file of correspondence to members of the Tuke family and others. The collection includes undated material.

Records relating to property ownership, including leases of premises in Ealing and Chiswick; probates of wills; and extracts from court rolls of the Manor of Hanwell.