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Records of the King's Cross branch of the Associated Society of Locomotive Steam Enginemen and Firemen (ASLEF) (1925-1956), including:

• Minute book (5 August 1948 - 16 February 1950)

• Minute book (2 August 1951 - 6 November 1952)

• Minute book (20 November 1952 - 30 December 1953)

• Minute book (17 March 1955 - 6 September 1956)

• Yearly balance sheet book (1925 - 1936).

Papers of the London History Workshop Centre, including; papers and correspondence regarding the origins and formation of the London History Workshop Centre, 1977-1983; minutes and papers of Annual General Meetings and management meetings, 1983-1992; accounts and financial papers, 1983-1991; papers, correspondence and reports regarding projects and publications, 1981-1991; papers, accounts and promotional material of the London History Workshop Centre Sound and Video Archive, 1986-1991; photographs, prints and illustrations covering the late nineteenth century to the mid 1980s and concerning World War One, World War Two, poverty, transport, (railways, cars, buses, trams and the Underground) housing, entertainment, marches and demonstrations, fashion, working life, immigration, the development of London, entertainment, shops and shopping, education, childhood and other areas, c1910-1985; miscellaneous transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by London Weekend Television for the television series, The Making of Modern London, c1985; correspondence and plates for the book Trafalgar Square: Emblem of Empire, published by Lawrence and Wishart, 1975-1976; card backed photographic reproductions used by the London History Workshop for exhibition purposes, c1975.

Papers of the Liverpool Street Station Campaign (LISSCA), including campaign files containing notes, minutes, circulars, correspondence and membership material detailing the activities and campaigning of the organisation, along with papers, cuttings and photographs relating to Liverpool Street Station and material regarding fundraising campaigns, such as the Railwalk in 1976 (1975-1978)

Committee minute book for St Botolph's Parish, Bishopsgate, 1824-1835, including minutes of meetings of the visiting Trustees, the Railing Committee, the Committee to Confer with the Bishop of London, the Committee on Church Expenditure and others, including the Fire Plug Committee, Committee for Watering the Streets, Committee on Revising the Rates and the Committee on Parish Estates.

Rent roll for St Botolph's Parish, Bishopsgate, listing streets, buildings and occupiers, 1787-1852.

Three rent books, suspected to be from Stepney Green Court, Stepney Green, and Mocatto House, Whitechapel, owned by the Four Per Cent Industrial Dwellings Company, listing occupier, occupation and rent paid (1921-1947).

Includes a handwritten draft of an article, A Tradition of the King's Head Tavern in the Poultry by unknown author, possibly 'Thomson' (27pp) (n.d.); three printed proofs of the article with annotations (March 1852); two handwritten drafts of the article, The London Tavern: Past and Present (17pp and 34pp) (October 1851); two printed proofs of the article, The London Tavern: Past and Present, annotated (2 copies) (1852); edition of Household Words featuring the article, The London Tavern: Past and Present (14pp) (18 October 1851); letter from Charles Dickens regarding the article A Tradition of the King's Head Tavern in the Poultry (2pp) (n.d.)

Papers of Gilda O'Neill (1951-2010), including: drafts of published and unpublished works; research notes; press cuttings collected for research and regarding campaigns; notebooks; correspondence with contributors and readers; audio tapes; reviews (1865-2008)

Papers of the campaign group PartiZans, including: Research material about mining; Newspaper cuttings about mining and other related industrial activities; Newspaper cuttings and reports on the affect these activities have on local communities (indigenous populations) and environments; and Correspondence, (c 1976-2010).

Papers of businessman and public servant Sir Ralph Edgar Perring, 1962-1963, including five large scrapbooks of press cuttings, invitations, photographs and other ephemera relating to Perring's service as Lord Mayor of London, 1962-1963; large photograph album and loose photographs of ceremonial engagements undertaken by Perring as Lord Mayor of London, 1962-1963; papers, estimates, photographs and correspondence with Wilkinson Sword regarding the production and design of a city processional sword, 1962; three volumes of the published work, 'Presentation of the Lord Mayor to Her Majesty's Judges', 1946-1966

Papers of Republic, including: correspondence between Republic members and others regarding various issues, including the Monarchy, current affairs, internal administration, publicity, strategy and personal issues, 1982 - 1992; printed agendas and minutes of the Executive Committee of Republic, 1992-2003; other minutes of Republic, including agendas, minutes and reports of Republic’s AGM, the Steering Committee, AGM and EGM documents and other miscellaneous records, 1982-1999; administrative records of Republic, including financial records (accounts, receipts, financial correspondence, membership forms, bank statements), membership records, material concerning Republic’s constitution, the Republic questionnaire on the constitution conducted amongst MPs and Peers, and Republic Working Party on a Draft Constitution and Reform of the Upper House, 1886-1992; publicity material produced by Republic for campaigns and membership purposes, 1980 - 2003; publications of Republic, including newsletters and journals, emailed newsletters and printed notices, books, pamphlets and journals, 1982-2007; miscellaneous items, including photographs of Republic meetings, audio tape recordings of meetings and public appearances, and press cuttings concerning Republic and republicanism, 1984-2006.

Papers and correspondence of the New Left Archive (1947-1993), compiled by Raphael Samuel, including: correspondence, editorial minutes, press cuttings, drafts and publicity material concerning the founding and administration of Universities and Left Review, 1956-1993; correspondence, financial papers, plans and other material regarding the Universities and Left Review Club and the Partisan Coffee House, 1957-1961; papers, correspondence, notes, minutes and publicity material concerning the student movement and other organisations, 1957-1976; interviews transcripts, notes and other material from Raphael Samuel's work with the Institute of Community Studies, 1957-1962; minutes, papers, teaching papers and reports gathered by Samuel regarding Ruskin College, Oxford, 1899-1993.

Files compiled by researchers on the Spitalfields Inventory including forms detailing the architectural features and structure of a building or small group of buildings in the Spitalfields area with one or more colour transparencies 1990-1991; five boxes of slides of buildings reviewed by the Spitalfields Inventory, 1990-1991.

Papers of the Stop the War Coalition, 2001-2007, including: posters, ephemera, flyers, newsletters and material produced by the Stop the War Coalition for its demonstrations and campaigns, 2001-2007; papers of Paul Mackney relating to his involvement with Stop the War Coalition and the anti-war campaign, including emails, newsletters, correspondence and ephemera, 2001-2005.

The Wensley Family Archive (c 1890-1950) includes the following material:

1) Correspondence and Related Material. This is currently stored in 11 level arch files and is listed under over a thousand item numbers. Some further material continues to come to light and may be offered to Bishopsgate in due course. In the final file there is some material relating to the period after FPW's death consisting of condolence letters and letters from former colleagues.

2) Other Family Papers. Specifically these contain: FPW's diaries; plus those of his wife and daughter. There is also much material relating to Masonic Lodges and social events. There are three note books kept by FPW relating his various arrests of criminals and the commendations he received for these. There are various other items relating to his professional career including two volumes of Hansard from 1928 - together with much family ephemera. There is, for example, an autograph book dating to the early 1920s which contains some curious drawings and watercolours and what appears to be a page containing the signatures of the Arsenal First Team c 1936.

3) Newspaper Cuttings. There are three separate files (the first two in large guardbook folios prepared by FPW) - the third in a lever arch file collated in 2007. The first two contain large amounts of material going back to the 1890s relating to many of the cases with which FPW was involved - in particular there is a large amount of space devoted to the Sidney Street Siege; the Trial of Stinie Morrison (both 1911) and the Thompson Bywaters case of 1921. The third file brings together press cuttings from the period 1911 to 1946 which largely relate to a series of items written by FPW for the Sunday press in the early 1930s.

4) Two Unpublished Typescripts. 1) Burnett, R.J. 1960? Wensley of Scotland Yard: The Life and Adventures of the 'Ace' Detective. It is of interest in that Burnett had access to both Edie Cory and certain former colleagues of FPW from Metropolitan Police Days. In this context item 57 in the collection is a note by Edie in three parts (typescript, manuscript and shorthand) of her earliest recollections which was almost certainly compiled at about this time to inform the writing of the biography. 2) Robinson, D.J., 2007. The Wensley Family at War, Work and Play (1890 to 1950). This book was written by Dr David J. Robinson for family distribution and with a view to forming the basis of a book for commercial publication.

5) Drawings - There are a number of important survivals; in particular some originals pertaining to the Sidney Street Siege (1911) and a cartoon of the 'Big Four' at Scotland Yard.

6) Postcards. Although some are included under 1) where it has been possible to identify the writer, recipient and date - a large number are still separate. The evolution of the postcard as a means of social networking and virtually instant communication is well documented.

7) Manuscript Commonplace Books. Two have been preserved from this period - one relating to FPW and the second to his son Harold William. There is also a third relating to his grandson Harold Cory but this logically forms part of the later collection.

8) Prize Books. Family school prize books are well represented from the period 1905 to 1915 and are in exceptional condition; these include volumes from Dempsey Street School and St Olave's Grammar School.

9) Other Books. FPW had a small library of profession literature and this, together with some other items from the family library, has survived.

10) Photographs - There is an extensive collection of these and they are being identified where possible. Photographs, however, were often printed onto a postcard in the early years of the 20th century - making family and commercial material sometimes difficult to separate.

11) Sheet Music - A small collection of sheet music has survived demonstrating the type of music popular with the family in the 1890s until 1914.

12) Other Ephemera and Artefacts. Other material has survived which is included where it is considered that it may add value to the archive overall.

452 files comprising papers and correspondence relating to Greater London Council transport policy: Collection of papers and correspondence regarding Paul Moore, one-time Greater London Council (GLC) councillor including correspondence; transport and transport policy; miscellaneous campaign material; London Borough of Hounslow papers; Bromley, Croydon, Camden, Hackney papers; TGWU papers; Outside Labour groups.

Photographs, postcards adn other (collected) photographic items depicting dogs and their owners c 1860-1920.

Papers of Achilles Heel magazine, including: minutes, editorial papers, draft articles, correspondence, publications and other material, 1974-1983; Achilles Heel banner, n.d.; papers and correspondence of the Friend Collective, 1979-1980.

Papers collected by Robert Barltrop relating to the Socialist Party of Great Britain, including: 62 photographs of Socialist Party of Great Britain Committee meetings, conferences, rallies, weekend schools, outings and individuals including V.Phillips, J.Fitzgerald, R.F.Offord, Gilles McClatchie, Tom King, Michael La Touche, E.Hardy, Bob Lees, William Kerr, Harry Young and others, c1920 - 1959; 11 ink and pencil sketches by Barltrop of SPGB members, including W.Atkinson, J.D'Arcy, J.Flowers, George Gloss, C.Groves, E.Lake, I Rabinowitz, G.Steed, William Travers, J.Trotman and H.Young, 1953-1957; SPGB ephemera, including handbills and posters for lectures, short policy pamphlets and agendas for 21st and 22nd Annual Conferences, 1908-1973; internal policy documents, including reports, statements and conference papers, 1904-1991; SPGB published material, including the first manifesto of the SPGB and pamphlets by Moses Baritz, Jack Fitzgerald, H.Quelch, Harold Walsby and others, 1905-1980; papers of Wallace Herbert Barltrop concerning his service as a dispatch rider in the Royal Flying Corps, 1917-1919; scrapbook of articles by R.W.Housley for the Socialist Standard, 1915-1933; bound volume of copies of the periodical Left Forum, 1939-1950.

Three scrapbooks containing press cuttings, correspondence, manuscripts and printed material, 1891-1897, regarding Bedford's experiences as Labour candidate for Norwich in the 1892 General Election, his presidency of the General Railway Workers Union, work on the Bethnal Green Board of Guardians and accusations of corruption levelled at him by labour colleagues and trade unionists (1891-1897).

Original papers and publications relating to Bernie Grant's personal life and his public role as a Member of Parliament including the papers of organisations with which he was involved such as the African Reparations Movement, [1963-2000]. The collection comprises correspondence notably relating to the Gulf War, 1990-1991, black businesses, ministerial and general correspondence; personal papers, including tributes and condolences, biographical files and legal papers; speeches; files on a range of subjects including on international affairs such as colonialism, racial incident dossiers, Haringey Council business, trade union papers, press files, on campaigns such as the Broadwater Farm riots, the 'Tottenham Three' and the case of Joy Gardner, Parliamentary and Labour Party affairs and constituency case files; published reference material; ephemera, notably campaign fliers and invitations; artefacts and clothing including African robes such as the ones worn to the State Opening of Parliament, campaign placards, posters and awards/plaques; photographs; audio and video recordings of interviews and speeches, television and radio appearances.

Records of the Bishopsgate Ward Club (1965-2005), including minute book, 1965-1986; cash book, 1976-1987; heraldic shields, n.d.; correspondence, financial statements, bank statements, subscriptions, receipts and minutes, 1999-2005; general papers, correspondence and information regarding visits and events, 1998-2003; committee attendance register, 1943-1988; dinner programmes and rulebooks, 1954-2010; photograph of the Bishopsgate Ward Club Committee, 1962.

Personal and political correspondence to and from Bradlaugh, 1853-1891; drafts and articles by Bradlaugh, 1850-1891; press cutting relating to Bradlaugh, his life and activities, 1860-1969; printed material, including handbills, circulars and other material relating to Bradlaugh and organisations with which Bradlaugh was involved, 1854-1891; family and personal material, including papers, note and photographs concerning family members and his early life, 1824-1891; photographs of Bradlaugh, 1851-1891; papers relating to Prince Jerome Napoleon, 1871; miscellaneous papers on republicanism, 1702-1873; papers on vaccination, 1853-1871; addresses to Bradlaugh on his visit to the Indian National Congress, 1889; artefacts and personal items belonging to Bradlaugh, n.d.; papers concerning Bradlaugh's death and legacy, including correspondence with Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner, press cuttings, reminiscences, memorials and publications, 1889-1900; paper and correspondence relating to the work and activities of Hypatia Bradlaugh Bonner and later family members, 1878-1969; papers relating to Alice Bradlaugh, 1856-1888.

Papers of historian Raymond Challinor (1929-2011), including: correspondence, internal memoranda, minutes and papers regarding International Socialists, 1960s - 1970s; press cuttings of reviews, articles and letters to the press by Challinor, 1960-1981; research materials, pamphlets and papers on Tom Mann, early trade unionism, Chartism, labour history in the North East of England, socialism and the Neptune Yard Strike (shipyard lying-on time dispute) on the Tyne, 1806-2000.

Papers of the City Music Society (1939-2005), including: typescript minutes of the City Music Society, 1944-1994; administrative correspondence between the City Music Society and various organisations and individuals concerning various matters including membership, concert arrangements, musicians, concert pieces and other general matters, 1945-1999; programmes for City Music Society concerts, predominantly at the Bishopsgate Institute and Goldsmith's Hall, 1943-2002; annual reports of the City Music Society, 1943-2002; promotional leaflets and lists of City Music Society concerts, c1949-2005; two scrapbooks of press cuttings and typescript transcriptions of reviews of City Music Society concerts and advertisements, 1949-1981; cash account book of the City Music Society, 1943-1948; duplicate loose copies of `Westerham Press' City Music Society programmes, c1950-1969; invitations for City Music Society concerts, 1948-1999; early Society invoices and accounts, 1947-1962; rules and accompanying correspondence between and regarding founder members, 1949-1988; papers and correspondence regarding the 21st and 50th anniversaries of the City Music Society, 1964-1993; photographs of the City Music Society 50th anniversary concert at Goldsmith's Hall, 1993; papers, press cuttings and other material regarding Ivan Sutton's death and memorial service, 1996; non-City Music Society concert programmes, 1939-1963; members circulars, newsletters and publicity material, 1944-2005; handwritten alphabetical list of musicians who appeared at City Music Society concerts, n.d; annual general meeting, membership and subscription papers, 1949-2000; correspondence regarding works commissioned by the City Music Society with various composers, including correspondence files with Peter-Paul Nash, John McCabe and Geoffrey Burgon, 1970-1988; musical scores commissioned by and performed at City Music Society concerts, c1950-c1999; miscellaneous papers, including artist photographs, invitations and programmes, 1948-2001.

Papers relating to the campaigning and activities of Fathers 4 Justice, donated by Graham Manson, including: press cuttings, campaign ephemera and other material regarding campaign activities, discussions on father's rights and views from the press, including the Santa Claus demonstration (Dec 2003), Dave Chick's trial (May 2004), the flour bomb attack on Tony Blair in the House of Commons (May 2004), demonstration on York Minster (July 2004), demonstration on Buckingham Palace (September 2004), the Hartlepool By-Election (September 2004), handcuffing to Margaret Hodge (November 2004), 2003-2004; press cuttings, campaign ephemera and other material regarding campaign activities, discussions on father's rights and views from the press, including the Downing Street protest (March 2005), fundraiser at the Comedy Store (April 2005), Granada Studios protest (July 2005), the plot to kidnap Leo Blair (January 2006), the egg attack on Ruth Kelly (February 2006), Westminster Abbey protest (April 2006), the National Lottery protest (May 2006), Wimbledon Tennis Championship protest (July 2006), London Eye protest (November 2006), 2005-2006; Police and court papers regarding Graham Manson's demonstration at the A13 Canning Town gantry and Yorkminster demonstration, Fathers 4 Justice press releases and campaign materials, 2003-2004; Magazines and publications including articles on Fathers 4 Justice and their activities, including 'The Rising: the campaign journal for members of Fathers 4 Justice' and 'Family law in crisis: special report for MPs' by Fathers 4 Justice, 2004-2005; Four Fathers 4 Justice sweatshirts, featuring the logos 'Justice is Coming', 'I'm the Daddy', 'I am a Dad' and 'FCUK the Family Courts', n.d.; Audio visual material, including the DVD 'Fathers 4 Justice: The Rising', three CD copies of the website and interview from Arte TV, 2005.

Papers of historian and teacher Jim Fyrth (1918-2010), including: lecture notes on various political topics, 1964-1984; press cuttings, reviews and correspondence regarding Fyrth's various publications, particularly 'The Signal was Spain' and 'An Indian Landscape', 1960-1994; research materials on peace movements, the 1930s, CND, William Morris, fascism and anti-fascism, 1930-1989; correspondence with other historians and activists, and press cuttings, reviews and papers regarding their work, 1936-2010.

Papers of the General Federation of Trade Unions, (1805-2011). Includes: Union Files including National Association of Card, Loughborough Dyers and Scourers Association, Pressed Glassmakers’ Society and other skilled glassmakers unions, Hinckley and District Trimmers’ Union, Derby Trimmers, Dyers and Auxiliary Workers’ Association, Waterproof Garment Workers’ Trade Union, Amalgamated Society of Cricket Ball Makers, London Glass Workers’ Trade Society, Amalgamated Textile Warehousemen, Amalgamated Moulders and Kindred Industries Union, London Glass Workers’ Trade Society, National Flint Glass Makers’ Society, Hinckley and District Hosiery Warehousemen/Menders Association, London Mill Sawyers and Woodworking Machinists Trade Society, Card Setting Machine Tenters’ Society, Card Dressers’ Society, Northern Carpet Trades Union, National Union of Lock and Metal Workers, Arbroath Mill, Factory and Bleachfield Workers’ Union, Associated Metal Workers and Allied Trades, Process and General Workers’ Union, Amalgamated Machine, Engine and Iron Grinders’ and Glaziers’ Society.

Also the Amalgamated Moulders and Kindred Industries’ Trade Union, London Glass Bottle Workers’ Trade Society, Amalgamated Springworkers Union and Allied Trades, Print Block, Roller and Stamp Cutters’ Society, Machine, Engine and Iron Grinders’ and Glazers’ Society, Hinckley and District Hosiery Warehousemen’s Association, Leicester and Leicestershire Hosiery Trimmers and Auxiliary Association, South Durham and North Yorkshire Saltmakers’ Association/West of Scotland Sheet Metal Workers, Braziers and Gas Fitters/Derbyshire United Enginemen, Firemen and Motormen’s Association, Amalgamated Weavers’ Association, Pen and Pocket Blade Forgers’ and Smithers’ Protection Society, Chemical Workers’ Union, Midlands Glass Bevellers’ and Kindred Trades’ Society, Journeyman Felt Hatters and Allied Workers’ Union, Spindle and Flyer Makers Trade and Friendly Society, Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives, Scottish Union of Power-Loom Over-Lookers, Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers, Packing Case and General Woodworkers’ Society, National Union of Club Stewards, Power Loom Carpet Weavers’ and Textile Workers’ Association, Northern Carpet Trades’ Union, Amalgamated Society of Beamers, Twisters and Drawers, National Society of Brushmakers and General Workers, Midland Counties Federation of Hosiery Finishers, National Association of Licensed House Managers, Nottingham and District Dyers’ and Bleachers’ Association, Lancashire Box, Packing Case and General Woodworkers Society, Amalgamated Union of Asphalt Workers, Union of Jute, Flax and Kindred Textile Operatives, Leicester and Leicestershire Auxiliary Workers, General Union of Association of Loom Overlookers, National Union of Domestic Appliances and General Metal Workers, London Jewel Case Makers’ Trade Protection Society, National Society of Metal Mechanics, Associated Metalworkers’ Union, Rossendale Union of Boot, Shoe and Slipper Operatives, United Ladies’ Tailors Trade Union, Power Loom Carpet Weavers and Textile Workers’ Union, Amalgamated Association of Card, Blowing and Ring Room Operatives, Dundee and District, Calendar, Linoleum and Dye Workers’ Union, United Society of Engravers, Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners, Cloth Pressers’ Society, Hosiery and Textile Dyers’ and Auxiliary Association.

Also the Cigarette Machine Operators’ Society, Manchester and District Caretakers’ Association, Amalgamated Society of Textile Workers and Kindred Trades, Amalgamated Society of Operative Lace Makers and Textile Workers, Amalgamated National Union of Quarry Workers and Sett Makers, National Union of Wallcoverings, Decorative and Allied Trades/Wallpaper Workers’ Union, Managers and Overlookers’ Society, National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, Lancashire Amalgamated Tape Sizers’, Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen, Wall Paper Workers’ Union, Scottish Union of Power Loom Tenters, Ceramic and Allied Trades Union, National Society of Pottery Workers, National Tile, Faience and Mosaic Fixers’ Society, Leicester Hosiery Scourers and Bleachers Trade and Benefit Society, National Silk Workers’ Association, Society of Shuttlemakers, Amalgamated Society of Spring Makers, Tool Makers and Grinders, National Union of Stove, Grate and General Metal Workers, Amalgamated Moulders’ Union, Leicester and Leicestershire Trimmers and Auxiliary Association, National Amalgamated Furnishing Trades’ Association, Retail, Book, Stationary, and Allied Trades Employees’ Association, National Union of Hosiery Workers, National Union of Funeral Service Operatives, National Union of Furniture Trade Operatives, Chain Makers’ and Strikers’ Association, Leeds and District Warpdressers’, Twisters’ and Kindred Trades Association, General Union of Lancashire and Yorkshire Warp Dressers’ Associations, London Jewish Bakers’ Union, Screw, Nut, Bolt and Rivet Trade Society, and the Yorkshire Association of Power Loom Overlookers, 1901-1996; Minutes of the Management Committee and Sub-Committee, 1899-1983; Minutes of the Sub-Committee, 1900-1910; Minutes of the Pension Scheme Trustees, 1961-1991; Minutes of the Wages and Insurance Sub-Committee, 1974; Minutes of the Education Trust, 1977-2011; Minutes of the Co-ordinating sub-committee, 1981-1982; Minutes of committees, 1975-1983; Minutes of the Joint Board of the Parliamentary Committee of the TUC, GFTU and Labour Party, 1907-1913; Minutes of the War Emergency National Workers Committee, 1914-1918; Cash book, 1901-1980; General accounts, 1908-1998; Accounts of dispute and benefits claims, 1902-1933; Papers regarding wages and pensions, 1920-1989; Register of benefits, 1915-1933; Service charges, 1998-2004; Subscriptions ledger, 1908-1910; Contributions register and receipts, 1899-1969; Day book, 1971-1994; Rent collection, 1930-1940; Papers, accounts, deeds, lease and policy documents for Central House , Prince’s Road and Woburn buildings, 1824-1981; Submission to the Royal Commission on Trade Unions and Employers Association, 1965; Report, strategy documents and statements, 1939-1990;; Paper regarding the rules of the Union, 1949-1956; Papers regarding students and education, 1983; Report on unemployment, 1977; Papers and correspondence regarding the relationships between the Trade Union Council and General Federation of Trade Unions, 1935-1942; Papers regarding the Multinational Project (Courtaulds Commission), 1974-1975; Papers regarding conferences and annual lectures, 1952-2000; Papers regarding the Royal Commission and the Cost of Living Enquiry, 1948-1965; Papers regarding the union representatives briefing, 1990-2002; Acts of Government, 1805-1898; Diaries of Leslie Hodgson, 1959-1974; Papers regarding ‘Federationist’ including subscriptions book and Scrapbook of articles, 1914-1919; Correspondence and ephemera concerning a meeting between P.Potts (General Secretary, GFTU) and the European Parliament Labour Group, 1982; Correspondence with George Bell, Leslie Hodgson, Alice Prochaska and various Union, 1935-1991; Correspondence regarding loans to the Government, the Federation and City Guild prizes, the Harbour Board, loans to Denton District Council, Flyde Water Board, loans to the Borough of Rochdale, Liverpool Mortgages, Co-operatives Wholesale Society bankers, Company Law Amendment Act, Sydney Whitehead case, industrial dust disease, dispute between Midland Counties Trade Federation and the National Union of Local and Metal Workers, Bedaux system, Federation News, Cartledge vs Jopling, Rookes vs Barnard,London weighting, employment for disabled soldiers, employment of women and young people in factories, unskilled labourers, regional development, Ministry of Health, Ministry of National Insurance, union membership and industrial disputes, 1916-1974; Press cuttings regarding Northern Carpets Trade Union, Power Loom Carpet Weavers' and Textile Workers Union, 1983-1987; Typescripts of 'A History of the GFTU’, and 'A Study of the prospects for economic development in North East Lancashire', 1959.

Minutes and papers of the Inner London Teachers Association Council; Westminster Teachers Association; Hackney South and Shoreditch Constituency Labour Party; National Union of Teachers (NUT); Socialist Teachers Alliance; International Marxist Group; papers relating to Hackney Council and rate-capping.

Photograph album containing 94 photographs of the International Union of Socialist Youth camp held at Skarpnack Aerodrome, Stockholm, Sweden in 1950, belonging to Richard Wallace Jones, including photographs of their arrival in Flushing, a German autobahn, the ferry at Nyborg, the British tents at the camp, various members of the Union of Socialist Youth, the Co-operative Head Office in Stockholm, various views of Stockholm, various views of Helsinborg, bomb damged Hamburg, various views of Amsterdam, and unidentitied photographs, with a letter to Wally, from Reg, regarding ordering additonal copies of some of the photographs in the album (27 August 1950).

Ephemera for candidates in the 2010 General Election, local council elections and local mayoral elections, including the following constiuencies:

• Hackney South and Shoreditch

• Leyton and Wanstead

• Holborn and St Pancras

• Lewisham East

• Poplar and Limehouse

• Streatham

• Hackney North and Stoke Newington

• Cities of London and Westminster

• Hammersmith

• Hackney, Leabridge Ward

• Streatham Hill Ward

• Hackney

• St Katherine's & Wapping

• Blackheath

• Holborn and St Pancras

• Westminster

• Hackney Wick

Contents include:

• Circular letter from Len Sims to Mrs Florence E Greaney regarding diploma award (1p) (24 July 1953)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding test paper (1p) (20 January 1953)

• Study course guide to study (1p) (n.d.)

• Circular letter from A L Williams regarding enrollment on Diploma Study Course (1p) (20 September 1952)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding test paper (1p) (21 April 1953)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding set paper (1p) (20 September 1952)

• Circular letter from A L Williams regarding 1953 Register of Elections (2pp) (October 1952) (2 copies)

• Circular letter to secretaries of constituency Labour parties regarding practical illustrations of election committee rooms (1p) (July 1951)

• Examination hints (1p) (n.d.)

• Circular letter from Len Sims to Mrs. Florence E. Greaney regarding test papers (1p) (4 May 1953)

• Circular letter from Len Sims regarding examinations with enclosed list of test centres (3pp) (7 May 1953)

• Booklet, 'Practical Illustrations of Election Committee Rooms' by Alan J Herbert (24 pp) (July 1951)

• Booklet, 'Party Organisation' (Labour Party) (58pp) (May 1950)

• Leaflet, 'Labour Groups on Local Authorities' (Labour Party) (4pp) (n.d.)

• Parliamentary Election time-table (1p) (October)

• Booklet, 'Facing the Facts' (Labour Party) (12pp) (August 1952)

• Booklet, 'The Labour Party Constitution and Standing Orders' (26pp) (1950)

• Booklet, 'The Labour Party Constitution and Rules for Constituency Labour Parties and Local Labour Parties in County Constituencies: Sets B & C' (40pp) (n.d.)

• Leaflet, 'Labour Party Study Courses on Electoral Law and Organisation: Franchises and Registration' (8pp) (n.d.)

• Booklet, 'The People's Industry' (National Committee of the Co-operative Party) (28pp) (July 1952)

• Booklet, 'Labour Party Study Course on Organisation and Elections (Set P): Election Procedure' (36pp) (c1950)

• Booklet, 'Election Expenses' (House of Commons) (90pp) (June 1952)

• Leaflet, 'Rules for County Federations of Labour Parties' (4pp) (n.d.)

• Study course rules for answers (1p) (n.d.)

• Study course exmination test paper (1p) (n.d.)

• Labour Party Canvass Return Form L (1p) (n.d.) (2 copies)

• Circular letter from A. L. Williams regarding subscription to 'Labour Organiser' publication (1p) (9 December 1952)

• Circular letter from A L Williams regarding 'Labour Organiser' subscriptions (1p) (20 March 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 01with exam papers (14pp) (1952)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 02 with exam papers (12pp) (November 1952)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 03 with exam papers (14pp) (December 1952)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 04 with exam papers (12pp) (January 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 05 with exam papers (12pp) (March 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 06 with exam papers (12pp) (March 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 07 with exam papers (26pp) (June 1953)

• Florence E Greaney's answers to study course test paper 08 with exam papers (20pp) (June 1953)

Contents include:

• Essay, 'German competition in the clerical labour market in Late-Victorian Britain' by G Anderson, University of Salford (15pp) (c1978)

• Essay, 'The German Gypsy question in Britain 1904-6' by Colin Holmes (21pp) (c1978)

• Essay, 'Dockers, their work and its impact on union organisation 1889-1914' by Noelle Whiteside (14pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'Reactions to Polish miners in Lanarkshire, 1880-1914' by K. Lunn, University of Sheffield (19pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'Aspects of the working-class response to the Jews in Britain, 1880-1914' by Alan J. Lee (20pp) (March 1978)

• Essay, 'The image of the immigrant in English racial populist thought since the First World War' by Richard C Thurlow, University of Sheffield (16pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'The British and American labour movements and the problem of immigration, 1890-1914' by A T Lane (26pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'The beginning of Jewish trade unionism in Manchester, 1889-91' by Bill Williams (24pp) (May 1978)

• Essay, 'Catholics and Socialists in Glasgow, 1906-1912' by Sheridan Gilley (36pp) (c 1978)

• Essay, 'An immigrant trade union - the Leeds Jewish tailors, 1880-1914' by Joe Buckman (26pp) (c 1978)

Contents include:

• May Day Bulletin 1, edited by Fondazione Brodolini, Milan (32pp) (April 1986)

• May Day Bulletin 2, edited by Fondazione Brodolini, Milan (32pp) (February 1987)

• May Day Bulletin 3, edited by Fondazione Brodolini, Milan (28pp) (December 1987)

• May Day Bulletin 4, edited by Fondazione G. Brodolini, Milan (31pp) (October 1988)

• May Day Bulletin 5, edited by Fondazione G. Brodolini, Milan (30pp) (April 1989)

• May Day Bulletin 6, edited by Fondazione G. Brodolini, Milan (30pp) (February 1990)

Papers donated by Emma Tait, including: papers, correspondence and circulars concerning Brent East Constituency Labour Party (of which Tait was Chair), 1985-1988; newspapers, press cuttings and photographs regarding the Maida Hill Squatters and Tenants Association, 1977.

Cash book of the Ryde Local Labour Party, including income tax form and letter from the Co-operative Wholesale Society Bankers regarding the tresureship of the Party (February 1927 - November 1942).

Includes:

• 'Rent rebates' (3pp) (8 December 1972)

• 'Evicting poor people' (2pp) (12 December 1972)

• 'Students with dependants and the right to supplementary benefit' (3pp) (20 December 1972)

• 'Extra money for homeless single people' (2pp) (11 January 1973)

• 'Tax credits and the rights of women' (5pp) (1 February 1973)

• 'Test case for supplementary benefit for ex-students' (2pp) (3 February 1973)

• 'Poverty and family size' (2pp) (7 February 1973)

• 'Where have all the rent rebates gone?' (3pp) (26 February 1973)

Ephemera, badges, flag and magazine collected at March for the Alternative, London 26th March 2011, including material from UNISON, Unite, Public and Commercial Services Union, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Trades Union Congress, Count Me Out, Green Party, Venezuela Solidarity Campaign, UK Uncut, Marxism Festival, National Shop Stewards Network, Socialist Workers Party, Respect Party, Socialist Equality Party, Socialist Resistance, Socialist Party, NASUWT and the National Union of Teachers.

Minute book of the North East Leeds Joint Parliamentary Electoral Committee representing the Leeds Co-operative Voluntary Political Party and the North East Leeds Divisional Labour Party (17 October 1926 - 17 June 1928).

Ephemera, badges related to the Alternative Vote Referendum, 2011.

Ephemera collected during the Wapping News International dispute and commemorative material from after the dispute. Including:

• Flyer - public meeting organised by Fleet Street Support Unit Rank and File Printworkers (14 August 1986)
• Flyer - Printworkers March for Jobs Glasgow/Newcastle to Wapping welcome (3 May 1986)
• Flyer - Murdoch is Bad News. Don't Buy the Sun, News of the World, The Times, The Sunday Times
  • Flyer - Printworkers March for Jobs Glasgow/Newcastle to Wapping welcome (3 May 1986)
• Flyer - Daily Mirror Combined Chapels "friendly" march to Fortress Wapping (14 August 1986)
• Typescript flyer - Ideas for helping to make life difficult at Wapping
• Typescript letter - SOGAT London District Council update listing demonstration dates (19 March 1986)
• Flyer - A personal message to the people of Wapping from sacked workers and invitation to a public meeting sponsored by the Daily/Sunday Telegraph SOGAT Federated Chapel (20 March 1986)
• Flyer - Together we can stop Murdoch, how you can help. Published by the New Communist Party
• Typescript letter - appeal from London Wholesale Workers for solidarity in a 'no' vote
• Flyer - Ballot special, Sold Down the River... Past Wapping. Written by printers for Camden Printworkers' Support Group
• Typescript letter - an appeal from the NUJ to leave Wapping and work for other newspapers
• Newsletter - Streets of Wapping Belong to the People. Published by the Tower Hamlets Printers Support Group
  • Typescript newsletter Women Against Murdoch Printer's Wives Support Group
• Typescript letter - London All Union Point of Sale Boycott Campaign
• Handwritten poster - Camden Printworkers' Support Group Grand Christmas Party at Camden Centre (7 December 1986?)
• Typescript letter - invitation to a meeting of the Women Against Murdoch (WAM) Support Group for Wives Affected by the Wapping Dispute (12 November 1986?)
• Poster - advertising a meeting of the support group for women affected by the Wapping dispute (29 October 1986)
• Typescript letter - from the Bromley Left Action Group inviting people to a demonstration against EETPU (18 December 1986)
• Leaflet - titled 'We won't stop Wapping by marching past it' issued by the Joint Chapels Liaison Committee
• Newsletter - Women Against Murdoch (WAM) newsletter no. 5
• Typescript letter - SOGAT London District Council organisational details for TNL NGN dispute (January 1986)
• Poster - Trade Unionists Beware, Rupert's Reward
• Flyer - Demonstration for the right to walk our streets (14 February 1986?)
• Typescript letter - SOGAT update to all members of News Group and Times newspapers (2 April 1986)
• Typescript letter - SOGAT report and ballot paper to all members of News Group and Times newspapers (January 1986)
• Typsecript - offer from News International to SOGAT in confidence
• Proposal from News International to unions, letter from SOGAT to News International members, recommendation from the all unions liaison committee and ballot (September 1986)
• Flyer - addressed to the newspaper reader in Wapping
• Flyer - advertising a marhc from AEU HQ to Wapping (28 October 1986?)
• Typescript letter - SOGAT report and ballot paper (May 1986)
• Typescript letter - from SOGAT to members under News Group pension scheme
• Typescript letter - from SOGAT Machine Chapel regarding BDC 1986 - Scarborough (16 June 1986)
• Press release - by London Machine Branch SOGAT, regarding seeking an injunction against the National Executive Council of SOGAT over the conduct of the ballot on the latest offer from News International
• Typescript letter - SOGAT London District Council to all members regarding the News International dispute agreeing to endorse continued demonstrations at Wapping etc. (19 May 1986)
• Typescript letter - update on the dispute from SOGAT to all members of News International (May 1986)
• Typescript newsletter - London Central Branch Issue 1 (May 1986)
• Typescript instructions concerning picketing and demonstrations from SOGAT (6 August 1986)
• SOGAT strike bulletin Nos. 1, 3 and 4
• Typescript letter - from SOGAT National Picket Control to London District secretary and chairman, branch secretaries and all FOCs/MOCs regarding picketing network and courier service (4 March 1986)
• SOGAT emergency proposition (28 October 1986)
• Flyer - titled 'Fortress Wapping' addressed to the newspaper reader
• Link-Up newspaper produced by a group of activists from all print unions wanting to see a united response to the crisis in the national newspaper industry
• London SOGAT Post volume 1, edition 1 (December 1985)
• Spoof Sun newspaper
• Extract from the Morning Star newspaper

Ephermera, leaflets, newspapers and magazines produced by or regarding Hope Not Hate and its campaigning (2007-2011).

Manuscript family diary of Joseph William Corfield (c 1810-1888), including contributions from his children, especially Emma Ann(a) Corfield (1835-1910). Contains entries on radical constitutional politics, Chartism, current affairs, the anti-slavery movement and women's suffrage, alongside revealing vignettes of family, business and social life. Also includes short diary written by wife Elizabeth Anna Corfield (nee Preston) consisting of notes on family news, visits, holidays and presents (1845-1860).

Typescript paper, 'Ambrose Barker (1859-1953): "Revolutionary Socialist"' by unknown author (68pp) (c 1985).

Papers and reports regarding low pay and wages councils; employment and discrimination in Liverpool; skills centres, Manpower Services Commission; Select Committee on Employment and employment for the over-50s; vocational education and youth training; Training and Enterprise Councils (1981-1993).

Family papers of Charles Frederic Mason and his wife, Mary Rowlatt, 1834-1919, including last will and testament of Charles Frederic Mason (1p), 1 November 1864; marriage certificate of Charles Frederic Mason and Mary Rowlatt, 8 May 1853; manuscript notebook containg handwritten tributes such as poems and songs, written by daughter Isabel Marie Helena Mason and others (c100pp), c1860-1919; bankruptcy proceedings certificate against Richard Rowlatt (Mary's father), 14 April 1836; 'In Memorium' cards for Richard Rowlatt (Mary's father), Eliza Mary Rowlatt, John Ingram Bywater, Eleanor Rowlatt (Mary's mother) and Frances Wignell, 1864-1879; notebook containing handwritten notes and sketches on architecture by Isabel Mason (c100pp), c1905; engagement diary for unidentified person with short entries on the days activities and weather,1878; small handwritten account book for Mary Rowlatt (Mrs Mason), 1876-1879; two receipts for the coffin and funeral arrangement of Patrick Collins (Isabel's husband), 11 January 1912; marriage certificate for William Roberts and Lavinia Rowlatte, 17 December 1859; marriage certificate for Patrick Collins and Isabel Marie Helena Mason, 14 October 1905; statement by Charles Frederic Mason affirming his marriage to Mary Rowlett, 22 March 1867; handwritten accounts of William Jackson Stokes, 1864-1868; handwritten costs of probate for Richard Rowlatt, 1865-1866; five miscellaneous handwritten receipts for Mr Rowlett, 1871-1875; small handwritten payment book for washing services, 1875; City of London certificate for Richard Rowlatt, 1834.

Handwritten list of applicants for gifts from St Botolph's Parish, Bishopsgate, listing name and address, age, marital status and general notes on the circumstances of each case (26pp), 1884-1888.

Set of large, card-backed photographs, taken between 1875 and 1886, and published by the Society for Photographing Relics of Old London (April 1886), including:

• 1. Entrance of the 'Oxford Arms' Inn; 2. 'Oxford Arms' Inn; 3. Entrance of the 'Oxford Arms' Inn; 4. Upper Gallery of the 'Oxford Arms' Inn; 5. One of the staircases at the 'Oxford Arms' Inn; 6. General view of the galleries at the 'Oxford Arms' Inn (originally issued 1875)
• 7. Old houses in Wych Street; 8. Old houses in Wych Street; 9. Old houses in Drury Lane; 10. Old houses in Drury Lane; 11. Lincoln's Inn Gate House; 12. Lincoln's Inn: Old Square (originally issued 1876)
• 13. Churchyard of St Bartholomew, Smithfield; 14. Churchyard of St Bartholomew, Smithfield; 15. Green Churchyard, St Bartholomew, Smithfield; 16. Window at the east end of St Bartholomew, Smithfield; 17. North side and 'Poors Churchyard' at St Bartholomew, Smithfield; 18. North side and 'Poors Churchyard' at St Bartholomew, Smithfield (originally issued 1877)
• 19. Temple Bar; 20. 102 Leadenhall Street; 21. Old houses in Gray's Inn Lane; 22. Shop in Brewer Street, Soho; 23. The Sir Paul Pindar, Bishopsgate Street; 24. Old house in Holborn / Staple Inn, Holborn front (originally issued 1878)
• 25. Canonbury Tower; 26. Canonbury Tower; 27. Barnard's Inn; 28. Barnard's Inn; 29. Barnard's Inn; 30. Old houses in Aldergate Street; 31. Old houses in Aldergate Street; 32. Shaftesbury House, Aldersgate Street; 33. Christ's Hospital; 34. Christ's Hospital; 35. Churchyard of St.Lawrence Pountney; 36. Old houses in Great Queen Street (originally issued 1879)
• 37. General view from Charterhouse Square; 38. Charterhouse: Washhouse Court; 39. Charterhouse: Washhouse Court; 40. Charterhouse: The Cloisters; 41. Charterhouse: The Great Hall; 42. Charterhouse: The Great Hall; 43. Charterhouse: The Great Hall; 44. Charterhouse: The Great Hall; 45. Charterhouse: The Grand Staircase; 46. Charterhouse: The Governor's Room; 47. Charterhouse: Entrance to the Chapel; 48. Charterhouse: Founder's Tomb (originally issued 1880)
• 49. King's Head Inn yard; 50. King's Head Inn yard; 51. White Hart Inn yard; 52. White Hart Inn yard; 53. George Inn yard; 54. Queen's Head Inn yard; 55. Queen's Head Inn yard; 56. Old houses in Borough High Street, Southwark; 57. St Mary Overy's Dock; 58. Old houses in Bermondsey Street; 59. Sion College, London Wall; 60. Oxford Market (originally issued 1881)
• 61. Little Dean's Yard; 62. Ashburnham House: Exterior; 63. Ashburnham House: The Staircase; 64. Ashburnham House: The Staircase; 65. Ashburnham House: The Ante-room; 66. Ashburnham House: The Dining Room; 67. Ashburnham House: The Garden; 68. The Banquesting House, Whitehall; 69. The Water Gate of York House; 70. Lincoln's Inn Fields; 71. Lincoln's Inn Fields; 72. Lincoln's Inn Fields (originally issued 1882)
• 73. Lambeth Palace: The Gate House; 74. Lambeth Palace: The Great Hall; 75. Lambeth Palace: The Lollards' Tower; 76. Old House, Palace Yard, Lambeth; 77. Old houses, Aldgate; 78. Old houses, Aldgate; 79. 'The Golden Axe', St Mary Axe; 80. No.37 Cheapside; 81. No.73 Cheapside; 82. Old house, Great Ormond Street; 83. Old house, Queen Square, Bloomsbury; 84. Shop, Macclesfield Street, Soho (originally issued 1883)
• 85. Old houses, Fleet Street; 86. The 'Old Bell', Holborn; 87. The 'Old Bell', Holborn; 88. St Giles, Cripplegate; 89. Old house, Fore Street; 90. Old house, Great Winchester Street; 91. Austin-Friars; 92. Staircase of Austin-Friars; 93. Doorways, Laurence Pountney Hill; 94. College Street; 95. Innholders Hall; 96. Doorway, College Hill (issued 1884)
• 97. Inner Temple; 98. Inner Temple; 99. Inner Temple; 100. Middle Temple; 101. Middle Temple; 102. Middle Temple; 103. Gray's Inn; 104. Gray's Inn; 105. Clement's Inn: Garden House; 106. Clifford's Inn; 107. Staple Inn Hall; 108. Six small subjects (originally issued 1885)
• 109. St John's Gate, Clerkenwell; 110. Old houses in The Strand; 111. Great St Helen's, Bishopsgate Street; 112. Tennis Court, James Street, Haymarket; 113. Emanuel Hospital, Westminster; 114. Queen Anne's Gate; 115. Chimney-piece, Sessions House, Clerkenwell; 116. Chimney-piece, Court House, St Andrew's, Holborn; 117. Chimney-piece, Tallow Chandler's Hall; 118. Court room, New River Company; 119. Three doorways; 120. Five small subjects (missing) (issued 1886).

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

Papers and correspondence.