Papers of the Medical Womens' Federation (MWF), 1879-1988, comprising minutes, 1916-1984; annual report, 1917 onwards; newsletter, bulletin and journal, 1919 onwards; editorial files, 1956-1973; general papers, 1914-1990s; lists of members, 1919-1956; historical files relating to medical education; historical files relating to hospitals founded by women;historical files relating to women in medicine; historical files relating to medical societies; historical files relating to medical women overseas; historical files relating to World Wars One and Two; historical files relating to the archives of the MWF; historical memorabilia; early committee files, 1919-1940s; records relating to general internal and organisational matters, 1940s-1980s; records of relations with other bodies, 1920s-1980s including the General Medical Council, British Medical Association, Ministry of Health, other Government Departments, European Economic Community, Women's Group on Public Welfare, Women's National Commission, Women's National Cancer Campaign, official commissions and committees, and other miscellaneous bodies; records relating to careers and medical education, 1940s-1980s, including medical education, qualification, posts, pay, conditions of service, career opportunites, postgraduate, vocational and refresher training, Career Committee papers, Careers/Liaison Officers information, and miscellaneous matters; subject files, 1950s-1980s; surveys and statistics concerning medical women's careers, 1928-1985; records relating to miscellaneous surveys; surveys and statistics concerning the menopause; surveys and statistics concerning family planning; surveys and statistics concerning old women; records relating to the Research and Scientific Committee and Cancer of the Ovary Research Project; records relating to the Medical Women's International Association, 1920s-1980s; records relating to the Inter-Professional Working Party, 1960s-1970s; personal papers of Dr Alice Emilie Sanderson Clow; publications; ephemera; press cuttings; and records relating to local associations, 1879-1989.
Sin títuloPapers of The Prout Club, 1975-1996, comprising records of the annual dinners including menus, correspondence, order of business, invitation circular, annual toast to Prout, list of attendees, annual balance, and CVs of new members and honorary guests; committee correspondence; and papers relating to the history of the club.
Sin títuloPapers of the Research Board for the Correlation of Medical Science and Physical Education, 1937-1960, comprising records of general meetings, 1942-1956; finance records, 1944-1956; policy committee records, 1937-1956; research committee records, 1943-1950; records relating to research sponsored by the Board, 1944-1960; and miscellaneous papers.
Sin títuloPapers of the Research Defence Society, 1811-1992, comprising papers; administrative records; correspondence; minutes; records of membership, meetings and rules; annual reports; treasurers reports; accounts; RDS publications including Conquest magazine (which was called The Fight Against Disease until 1950); copies of Acts of Parliament, Bills and Royal Commissions, 1786-1915; correspondence and papers relating to animal rights Bills, 1927-1937 and 1965-1980; literature and publications used by the RDS; anti-vivisection literature; newspaper cuttings; tape recordings and films; and photographs and slides.
Sin títuloRecords of meetings of the Sigerist Society, 1947-1955.
Sin títuloPapers relating to The Widow Welch's Pills, 1787-1966, comprising records of C and G Kearsley Limited, London, manufacturers of The Widow Welch's Pills 'justly celebrated for all female complaints'. Including family material and business records.
Sin títuloPapers of the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science, 1923-1983, comprising publications and the unpublished annual reports of the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science.
Sin títuloPhotographs and slides generated by the various Wellcome bodies. Including:
Photographs relating to Balfour's South American Expedition, 1914 and to the Mobile Bacteriological Laboratory 1918.
Photographs depicting the interior arrangement of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, and specific exhibition cases or objects.
Glass lantern slides used for lectures on the history and current work of the various departments of the Wellcome Research Institution.
Photographs mainly depicting the Museum displays and their use by visitors.
Photographs of the Floating Laboratory and its model, and an extensive series of photographs taken for the annual reports.
Two large format albums of prints of interior and exterior views; plus loose photographs including of the cornerstone laying ceremony.
Sin títuloPapers of the Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories, 1899-1943, including the Laboratories' annual reports and reports of the Entomological and Chemical Sections.
Sin títuloThe items in the collection span the work of the Junta during the 1797-1798 smallpox epidemic, comprising a circular announcing the setting up in late 1797 of local charitable societies to be co-ordinated by the Junta, and the Junta's concluding report of early 1798.
Sin títuloThe items in this collection comprise returns from local Thenientes to a survey launched by the Justicia mayor of Sonora province, Patricio Antonio Gómez de Cossio. The subject of the survey was the fruits, trees (economic and medicinal) and medicinal herbs of the province.
Sin títuloThe collection comprises two sets of directives issued by the Mexico City Junta de Sanidad during the 1813 fever epidemics.
Sin títuloPhotographs and publications relating to surgery, elephantiasis and local customs in Nigeria, 1930s-1940s.
Sin títuloRecords of Tyler and Company Limited, wine merchants, including directors' meetings minute books (including annual general meetings); agenda book; register of members and shares; memorandum and articles of association; and financial accounts.
Sin títuloRecords of Wine Ways (Supermarkets) Limited, drinks retailer, including directors' meetings minute books (including board meetings); register of members, directors and secretaries; papers relating to shares and shareholders; register of uses of the company seal; and financial accounts.
Sin títuloRecords of Meux's Brewery Co, a subsidiary of Allied Breweries Ltd, and records of various companies acquired by Meux before it was acquired by Allied. The collection contains the records of the following companies:
Meux's Brewery Company Limited
Thorne Bros Limited
Burge and Company Limited
J and W Nicholson and Company Limited
John Lovibond and Sons Limited
Claude-General Neon Lights
Oldham Sign Service
Each company collection contains corporate records which can include minutes of meetings, memoranda and articles of association, registers of directors and members and corporate agreements. Meux's Brewery Company Limited has a large collection of premises records including early title deeds, mortgage agreements and schedules of properties. There are numerous items of interest including legal papers relating to a court case between Meux's Brewery and the Marquis of Aylesbury circa 1902 (LMA/4435/A/01/011) and a complete set of end of year accounts 1931-1984 for Claude-General Neon Lights (LMA/4435/F/009).
This collection contains records from several business types, breweries, gin distillers (J and W Nicholson and Company Limited), neon light manufacturers and sign makers illustrating the wide variety of functions carried out by Allied Breweries and it's companies.
Sin títuloRecords of Burge and Company Limited, brewers, comprising Directors' meetings minute books, 1928-1930.
Sin títuloRecords of John Lovibond and Sons Limited, 1896-1973. This collection comprises corporate records including minutes of Directors' meetings and General meetings, registers of shareholders, articles of association and a register of mortgages and charges.
Sin títuloThis collection contains outgoing correspondence, diaries, reports, and speeches made by Sir Peter Newsam as the Education Officer of the ILEA. The material makes special reference to the development of policies in the ILEA aimed at improving education provision for ethnic minorities, reponses to the Brixton riots, and the effects of falling school rolls and secondary school reorganisations in inner London.
The records also include policy files kept by Sir Ashley Bramall, Leader of the ILEA, on teachers' pay and the William Tyndale School Inquiry.
Sin títuloRecords of the Aged Poor Society. The records cover an incomplete collection of minute books and annual reports for the Society and Saint Joseph's Alms House, Hammersmith. According to the Society's 'Historic Records' report (1957), no records prior to 1820 have survived.
Despite the gaps in the records, the minutes and reports provide detailed information on the establishment of the almshouses, the use of funds from will bequests, the admission and discharge of aged poor beneficiaries, and the membership and patronage of the Society.
Sin títuloRecords of the John Roan School, Greenwich, and predecessors. This collection contains Roan Estate deeds for property in Greenwich (1473-1955); Governors' minutes, Head Teachers' reports and Clerk and Surveyor correspondence files (1682-1995); Roan Schools administrative records (1866-2002), pupils admissions and discharge registers (1705-1994), various printed material including school magazines (1834-1999), a large collection of photographs depicting pupils and teaching staff (1895-1990), and commemorative trowel, school badges and items of clothing (1876-1979); and school log books (1884-1976) for various schools operating in Charlton.
Records of particular interest are the Roan Estate deeds (LMA/4442/01/01) which are an excellent resource for the research of family and local history of Greenwich from the 15th to the 20th centuries and the admission and discharge registers (LMA/4442/03/02) provide a fairly comprehensive set of details of pupils who attended the Roan Schools. The calendars and prize giving programmes (LMA/4442/03/03) are also useful for researching pupils at the school and the school magazines, prospectuses (LMA/4442/03/03) and head teachers' reports (LMA/4442/02/01) provide detailed information on school activities, events and other developments.
The school represents a good example of the use of increases in charitable gifts and funds in Greenwich from the 17th century and details can be found in the surviving records of the first school, the Grey Coat School, in the Orders of the Feoffees (1682-1716) (LMA/4442/02/01/01/001) and the Register of admissions and discharges (1705-1736) (LMA/4442/03/02/01/001) which includes churchwardens' charity payments to Greenwich poor widows.
The impact of the Second World War on the Roan Schools is documented by a number of records in the collection including the Governors' Clerk and Surveyor's correspondence files which give detailed descriptions of bomb damage in Greenwich.
Information on the school's planning for the evacuation can be found in the Governors' Clerk's files (LMA/4442/02/02) and some lists of pupils evacuated and accounts of the evacuation to Kent and South Wales for four years can be found in reports in the Roan Schools records (LMA/4442/03/01 and LMA/4442/03/03) and Governors' minutes and Head Teachers' reports (LMA/4442/02/01).
Sin títuloRecords of the Exploring Living Memory project, organised by the London History Workshop Centre. This collection contains files relating to the administration and organisation of the Exploring Living Memory workshops, conferences and exhibitions together with copies of images and sample sections of text used in the displays of participating groups and individuals. There are a variety of images depicting individuals, family groups and war time experiences together with images of London both past and present.
Sin títuloThe records of the London Liberal Party are of interest to anyone wishing to study local and/or national politics with reference to London. The working mechanisms of the LLP and achievements of its staff can be assessed, whilst the varying fortunes of the Local Associations and Liberal Party as a whole can be observed. Much of the material gives a fascinating insight into a range of London-wide and national issues, both familiar and contemporary. The records can also provide a useful commentary on the activities of the Greater London Council, Inner London Education Authority and others.
Sin títuloCorporate records of Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including minutes of various corporate meetings (1889-1977), articles of association, partnership documents covering all major partnership agreements including the original agreement between Mr. Whitbread and Mr. Sewell dated 1761, documents relating to the establishment of the limited company including reports and property valuations, papers regarding Company shares, trusts, agreements and patents, contract books, directors' fees journals, registers of seals (1890-1979), royal warrants (1927-1973), policy documents and Company correspondence.
Also included are a substantial collection of managing director Sir Sydney Nevile's papers covering not only all aspects of his work at Whitbread but also his other commitments such as the Institute of Brewing and the Brewing Advisory Committee.
Sin títuloSales records of Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including beer returns (1903-1959), complaints books (1925-1952), excise books (1935-1976), export ledgers (1953-1957), sales and nominal ledgers (1790-1821), estate trade books (1889-1979, these include both public and private trade along with records of the bottling stores), off-licenses and Company interests arranged by region. Also includes summaries, estimates and other sales statistics from across the Company together with papers from the Take Home division.
Sin títuloProduction records for Whitbread and Company Limited, brewers, including papers covering all aspects of the production process such as brewing books for ale (1834-1969) and porter (1804-1976), brewing manuals from the 1960s, Head Brewer's reports, butt books (1925-1937) and fermentation books (1802- 1839). Also included are purchase ledgers and stock books for raw materials (1746-1971), sample and sediment reports (1913-1920) and papers relating to transportation and maintenance of the plants including a horse book (1881-1950) along with documentation on general production statistics.
Furthermore a complete series of notebooks belonging to F.G.S Baker are available running unbroken from 1899 to 1925.
Sin títuloRecords of Whitbread (London) Limited comprising plans and photographs of public houses from the 1960s and 1970s that came under the jurisdiction of Whitbread (London) Limited.
Sin títuloRecords of Mackeson and Company Limited, brewers, consisting of a series of reports from 1925 to 1959.
Sin títuloRecords relate to the operation and acquisition of Top Star Taverns Limited including articles of association, minutes, accounts, and correspondence from the 1970s.
Sin títuloRecords of The Home for Aged Jews (later called Nightingale House and later Nightingale). This collection contains a wide range of records of the Home including minutes, a good set of annual reports, accounts, property and building records, printed material, photographs, film and videos. The archive gives detailed coverage of changes in care work and the life of residents and staff working at Nightingale. Of particular interest are the residents' admission book (1914-1933) and official 'diary' of events (1916) which are a good resource for tracing residents admitted to the Home, and the annual reports (1896-1997) which cover all aspects of the work of the Home including the early introduction of Occupational Therapy and other facilties for residents.
The majority of the archive relates to the later half of the 20th century, although there is a small survival of records from the early period of the Home and its former Charities (from 1879) before its move to Wandsworth in 1907. The minutes include a minute book of the Wandsworth Hospital Group's Jewish Home of Rest, Birchlands Avenue, Wandsworth. The property deeds include deeds of the Farmiloe family, lead and glass merchants of Rochester Row, Westminster.
Sin títuloSouvenir brochure for a Mass Protest Demonstration at Hyde Park, Westminster, organised by the British Non-Sectarian Anti-Nazi Council to Champion Human Rights. The brochure includes an eye-catching swastika motif (symbol with clockwise arms, officially adopted in 1935 as the emblem of Nazi Germany) incorporating Adolf Hitler as the enemy of the Jewish, Catholic and Protestant religions and Liberty.
Sin títuloRecords of the School Mistresses and Governesses Benevolent Institution. This collection contains records relating to the administration of the Institution which provide a comprehensive resource for researching the history of the Institution: its functions, buildings and achievements. For example, the records include a complete set of minutes for the Board of Management for 1843-1979, and a richly evocative set of secretary's letter books for 1846-1849.
The collection also contains records of the individuals that benefited from the accommodation, annuities and temporary assistance offered by the Institution. These records are of use to family historians or for those researching the social history of governesses, women teachers at independent schools, charities, and the care of aged women. They include, for instance, a set of candidate lists which record the personal circumstances of retired or needy governesses applying for annuities for 1924-1938.
Although based in London and Kent, the Institution assisted British governesses throughout the UK and Europe. There are a few instances where governesses stationed further afield were also assisted.
Sin títuloRecords of The Ananse Society, including minutes, correspondence, programmes, press cuttings and stationery. For detailed introductions to these series please see the individual series descriptions in the detailed catalogue.
Sin títuloRecords of HM Young Offender Institute, Feltham. This collection contains records of administration (1910-1951); indexes and registers of prisoners (1923-1975); records of staff (1935-1970); medical records (1939-1973); chaplain's journals (1947-1980); printed material (1934-1964); and an artefact from 1985.
Sin títuloRecords of Crosse and Blackwell Limited, food manufacturers, 1830-2003. The records include business agreements; correspondence; published histories; financial records; papers relating to shareholders; papers relating to production including agreements, ledgers, notebooks, reports, and labels; price lists; papers relating to staff organisations and staff photographs; property records including inventories, leases and photographs; papers relating to advertising including newscuttings, publications, adverts, correspondence and photographs.
Also papers of subsidiary companies including British Vinegars Ltd, Elizabeth Lazenby Ltd, James Kellier and Sons and Allards Wharf Ltd.
Sin títuloThis collection contains memorials to the victims of the terrorist attacks in London on July 7th 2005. This includes Books of Condolence along with Ephemera (cards, flowers and objects) left at the memorial gardens which were established at stations and public gardens in the days following the attacks as a focal point for public mourning.
These condolences have been left by families, individuals, businesses and organisations from all around the world in a variety of languages. Some are personal testaments to those injured, killed or missing, and others more general reactions to the event or expressions of religious belief. Where victims of the attacks are specifically addressed, their names have been recorded where possible. A selection of the names of those leaving messages have also been noted.
This collection will be of interest not only to those studying the events of the War on Terror and its effects on London, but also to those interested in public demonstrations of grief and those examining the role of the media in twenty-first century Britain.
Sin títuloOrganisational papers of the League of Jewish Women, including meeting minutes from various committees; reports; general administrative records; correspondence; papers relating to the organisation of various events and conferences; magazines and press cuttings; and films and photographs.
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Sin títuloRecords of Capita Hartshead, comprising 14 annual Pension Scheme Administration Surveys from 1994 to 2007.
Sin títuloBASF plc Pension Scheme Explanatory Booklets; 'Staff Supperannuation Scheme' (1982) [facsimile]; 'Investing in ourselves and our future' (1997) and 'Defined Contribution Section: your member guide' (2007).
Sin títuloRecords of the East London Chinese Community Centre, comprising photograph of an exercise class at the Centre.
Sin títuloPersonal papers of Tom Lam, charity worker, including photograph of students at the School for Chinese in Vietnam; edition of Chinese poetry; scroll of Chinese calligraphic work; magazines and journals.
Sin títuloPersonal papers of Shu Pao Lim, community worker, including correspondence from the Race Relations and Immigration sub-committee; certificates awarded to Lim for her dedication as a voluntary worker; photographs of Lim and her family in Burma and of Lim receiving the MBE; and Burmese wall hangings.
Sin títuloPassports (British and Hong Kong) belonging to Yee Moon Lam, merchant.
Sin títuloPersonal papers of Wong Ying Chung including Chinese passport; oral history transcript entitled Life in the Laundrette, and family photographs.
Sin títuloPersonal papers of Kin Fong Tey, comprising advertisements for Chinese restaurants, and photographs of London.
Sin títuloPersonal papers of Chun Loy So, including passports, financial records, transcript of oral history recording The London I have seen, and photographs.
Sin títuloRecords of the Mary Ward House Trust and the National Institute for Social Work relating to the historical background, maintenance and restoration of Mary Ward House, 1899-2007.
Records of the Mary Ward House Trust relate to the administration and finances of the Trust, 1996-2007. Papers include correspondence with solicitors, the Charity Commission, English Heritage and Camden Council; memorandum and articles of association; Trustees meeting minutes, agendas and papers; annual reports and accounts; financial records; publications, brochures and newsletters produced by the Trust, and publications and research materials relating to Mary Ward and Mary Ward House collected by the Trust, dating between 1899 and 2002.
Records of the National Institute of Social Work relating to their routine maintenance of the Mary Ward House from their tenancy in the 1960s onwards; including deeds and leases, correspondence, minutes, reports, structural surveys and valuations.
Papers relating to the Mary Ward House Project, including applications to and correspondence with the Heritage Lottery Fund; papers relating to the International Architectural Competition; condition surveys; conservation plans; survey and proposal drawings and plans; fundraising papers; and photographs of the House.
Sin títuloRecords of the Black Experience Archive Trust (BEAT), comprising interviews with members of the black community, conducted by pupils at Park View Academy, West Green, and promotional postcard and T-Shirt.
Sin títuloRecords of the Metropolitan Free Bridges Association, comprising committee minutes and a cash book.
Sin títuloRecords relating to Sir John Herbert Parsons, ophthalmic surgeon, comprising scrapbook relating to his career.
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