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Papers of Sir Walter Henry Cowan containsing two logs, 1893 to 1897, an order book, 1914, and charts and photographs. There are also many semi-official letters received, 1896 to 1947, in particular from Admirals of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham (q.v.) and Sir Roger Keyes (1872-1945). There are also Cowan's letters to Admiral Sir Rudolph Bentinck (1869-1947), which were returned to Cowan; they are of a private rather than of an official nature. There are, however, some official papers relating to the Baltic campaign and a draft autobiography.

Records of the Canadian Pacific Railway Co, comprising Official Logs, 1901 to 1913, originally part of the records of the Registrar-General of Shipping and Seamen, who gave them to the company in 1970. The collection includes log books of three of the 'Empress' line, the Empress of India, the Empress of Japan and the Empress of China as well as of other company ships of the pre-First World War period. The papers are a number of printed pamphlets, time tables and short histories. (Section 3: CPR/: 3ft: 91cm)

Papers of Cairn Line Of Steamships Limited including minutes and related records of the Cairn Line and associated companies from 1891; annual reports and balance sheets, 1893-1971, copies of annual returns, 1909-1972; registers of shareholders, 1892-1964; records of ships' movements, 1908-51; officers' records of service, c 1939-69; and papers relating to the offer made in 1967 by Furness Withy and Co Ltd for Cairn Line stock. There are also some papers of the "K" Steamship Co Ltd, including balance sheets and profit and loss accounts, 1920-75.

Papers of Captain Hubert Edward Dannreuther including papers relating to gunnery matters as well as order books, photos, letters and diaries.

Papers of Devitt and Moore. Those relating to vessels owned, chartered and loaded by the company include: copies of registers of vessels, 1859 to 1897; voyage books, 1883-1917; lists of sailing ships and steamers loaded by Devitt and Moore, 1836 to 1926 and F Green and Co, 1839 to 1918; a log book of the Port Jackson, 1908 to 1909; the log books of the Medway, 1912 to 1913, 1915 to 1916 and one log book of the St George, 1920 to 1921. The business records include: ledgers, 1903 to 1907, 1914 to 1921; cash books and journals, 1910 to 1914 and letterbooks, 1911, 1916 to 1920. the records relating to officers and cadets include lists of ship's officers and cadets, 1864 to 1916; registers of apprentices 1868 to 1899, 1902 to 1903, 1906 to 1917; and registers of midshipmen, 1897 to 1917. In addition there are three volumes of newspaper clippings, 1904 to 1918, note books, miscellaneous correspondence and papers relating to the history of the company, plans of vessels, photographs and sailing schedules.

Papers of Revd John De Vitre consisting of letters and drafts of letters concerning his service but most of the collection is concerned with his family, which originated in Canada with Mathew Theodosius, Marquis de Vitre (d.1771) and his son John Denys de Vitre, who entered the Royal Navy in 1771. There is a mathematical work book belonging to the latter.

Papers of Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas, consisting of bound volumes of official and private correspondence for Dundas's Mediterranean command, 1851 to 1854. There are also letters, reports and memoranda of diplomatic importance in this period.

Papers of Joseph Stafford Dare, consisting of fifty-five certificates of discharge, 1883 to 1901, showing a complete record of his service. There are also testimonials and indentures, diaries, 1885 to 1888, 1898 to 1901, and a notebook of cargoes, loaded and unloaded, in the Athenian, 1900. Collections of pictures and printed books were presented at the same time.

Papers relating to HMS Dryad consisting mainly of manuscripts relating to the education of naval officers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. It includes a 'Plan of Learning' executed by a student at the Royal Academy, Portsmouth, in 1754; the order book of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth containing Admiralty and internal orders, 1839 to 1855; the regulations of the College, 1869, also with officers' signatures; and papers including a report on the sanitary conditions in the College, 1889 to 1890. There are also five notebooks, 1763, c 1770, 1812 and c 1850, kept by naval officers under training, containing navigational notes and calculations; and a small volume containing in question-and-answer form the information required for the Master's examination for the Channel, 1780. Other volumes and documents include: the illustrated log of the BOMBAY, 1864 to 1865, NARCISSUS, 1865 to 1868, BEACON, 1868 to 1869, and GREYHOUND, 1869, kept by Midshipman G E Morrison (fl 1864-76); the record of the BOMBAY includes an account of the loss of the ship by fire. The journal of the SYLVIA, 1876 to 1878, was kept by Sub-Lieutenant Edward Helby (fl 1869-1899) while the ship was surveying in the Korean archipelago and includes descriptions of the area. In addition there are some letters of Lord Kelvin (1824-1907) with reports on a device for taking soundings through a ship's hull, 1905 to 1908; and towing time tables for the sections of Mulberry harbours, 1944.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Children's Department comprising index cards of children in care. Please note access to these records is restricted under the Data Protection Act.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Children's Department relating to staffing, comprising index cards of staff in the Department, 1948-1965. Please note that access to these records is restricted under the Data Protection Act.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Children's Department comprising case files of adoptions, 1943-1947. Access to these records is restricted under the Data Protection Act.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department comprising plans of works carried out on roads and highways in the Middlesex area, 1932-1939.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to estates and housing, 1889-1965, including index cards listing MCC properties; index cards of properties in the Green Belt, and files relating to the administration of MCC properties and land, including some deeds, purchase information, correspondence, plans and photographs. Properties and structures include housing estates, a pumping station, an electricity sub-station, fire stations, footpaths, open spaces, playing fields and sports grounds, civil defence training premises, railway extension, hospital, offices, highways and schools.

Also plans of a clinic, housing estates, schools, street layouts, a sports ground, allotments, a police station and a court house.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to entertainments licensing, 1893-1965, including orders, reports and regulations concerning licences; applications for licensing; reports on the building requirements of premises seeking licences for music, dancing or stage plays; writs, reports and correspondence; prosecutions against unlicensed premises; police reports relating to Sunday opening of cinemas; stage play bonds, and pamphlet 'A short history of the cinema in Middlesex 1910-1965'.

Papers relating to individual premises including cinemas, hotels, music halls, canteens, hippodromes, cafes, arenas, dance halls, lecture halls, sports arenas, restaurants, skating rinks, working men's clubs and theatres.

Records of the Middlesex County Council Clerk's Department relating to the Establishment Committee, 1923-1965, comprising papers relating to staff matters including superannuation, grading, appeals against grading decisions, leave, recruitment, expenses, employment of the disabled, departmental reorganisations, salary scales, equal pay, staff inspections, financial aid, training schemes, bonus schemes, advertising and publicity, correspondence, reports, conditions of service and regulations. Also Joint Negotiating Committee papers, Fire Brigade personnel cards, and papers relating to the transfer of staff to other authorities in 1965.

Records of the Weir Hospital, including visitors books and Committee of Management attendance books, 1920-1971.

Records of the Moorfields Eye Hospital and predecessor hospitals, 1804-1993, including the Children's Ophalmic Convalescent Home, the Central London Opthalmic Hospital, the Royal London Opthalmic Hospital and the Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital.

Records of the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital comprising annual reports, 1938-1942.

Records of the Royal Westminster Opthalmic Hospital, 1869-1956, including minutes of the Ladies Committee, Management Committee and Medical Committee; administrative papers relating to engineering and building; financial records; press cuttings and histories of High Holborn.

Records of Shenley Hospital, 1931-1974, including minutes from various committees including the Middlesex Colony sub-committee, Standing sub-committee, Middlesex Colony Staff sub-committee, Management sub-committee and Mental Hospitals committee; administrative files including resolutions, annual reports, commissioners reports, Board of Control statistics, hospital services statistics, and contract specifications and estimates. Patient records include medical registers, admission and discharge registers, death registers, civil registers of voluntary and certified patients, and matron's reports. There are also records relating to staff and finance, and a large series of hospital plans dating from the 1930's when the hospital was opened. Most are architectural plans of the villas and other buildings which made up the Shenley Complex. There is also a series of plans which covers the whole site showing layouts of the villas and includes an overall key to the coding of the hospital buildings.

Records relating to the Church of the Ascension, Blackheath, comprising leaflet and photograph regarding a new stained glass window installed in 1956 and designed by Francis Spear.

Catalogue of antique fixtures and fittings in buildings in and near Trinity Square, City of London, to be demolished for the new Port of London Authority building.

Records of the parish of All Hallows, London Wall, City of London. The earliest records are churchwardens' accounts, which date from 1455. There are parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns, church services) from 1559, and vestry minutes from 1700. However, most of the records date from the 18th century or later, including poor rate assessments and tithe rate assessments.

Records of All Saints, Skinner Street, City of London, comprising registers of baptisms, 1858-67, and marriages, 1864-9, (Ms 21142-3); and a voucher book including miscellaneous papers and correspondence, 1858-68 (Ms 5140).

Records of the parish of Saint Andrew Undershaft, Leadenhall Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, burials, marriages and banns), financial accounts, rate assessments, overseers' papers including papers relating to the workhouse, deeds and rentals, faculties, drawings and plans, parish magazines, records of the Parochial Church Council, and records of charities and estates.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew, Moor Lane, City of London, comprising registers of baptisms and marriages, banns books; accounts and charity committee minutes.

Records of the parish of Saint Bartholomew the Great, West Smithfield, City of London. The records include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns), rate assessments, Churchwardens' accounts, Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes, legal papers, deeds, plans and photographs, papers relating to the maintenance of the building, charity and school papers, and administrative records.

Records of the parish of Saint Benet Sherehog, City of London, including Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts and other papers; church rate assessments; poor rate assessments; papers relating to parish charities; and papers relating to parish properties.

Records of the parish of Saint Botolph, Aldersgate. The main archive dates from the 17th century, but it also includes churchwardens' accounts from 1466, vestry minutes from 1601 and muniments of title from 1365. Parish registers include baptisms, burials, banns, marriages and church services. The archive includes poor rate assessments; tithe rate assessments; records of the extra-parochial liberty of Glasshouse Yard, which was in the northern part of the parish; and records relating to a number of parish charities, including Dame Anne Packington's School.

Records of the parish of Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate, City of London. The archive dates from the 16th century, with parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) from 1558, churchwardens' accounts from 1567 and vestry minutes from 1616. Poor rate and tithe rate assessments are particularly well represented, with a number of extensive and comprehensive series spanning 1703-1946.

Records of the parish of Saint Clement Eastcheap, City of London. They include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials and banns), vestry minutes, churchwardens' accounts, plans, papers of the overseers of the poor, poor and tithe rate books, and material relating to parish charities and estates.

Records of the parish of Saint Dionis, Backchurch, Lime Street, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) dating from 1538; registers of coffins; Vestry minutes, correspondence and notices; financial accounts; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to parish poor relief; poor, church and tithe rate assessment books; and papers relating to parish charities and properties.

Records of the parish of Saint Faith under Saint Paul's, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, and burials; Churchwardens' accounts; plans; poor rate, church rate and tithe rate assessments; and papers relating to parish poor relief.

Records of the parish of Saint Giles Cripplegate, Fore Street, City of London. The main archive dates from the 17th century, but there are also parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns, burials) from 1561 and estate records from 1553. The archive includes estate and charity material which relates jointly to Saint Giles and Saint Luke Old Street. Saint Luke was established in 1733 from the Middlesex part of St Giles.

Records of the Metropolitan Dispensary, Fore Street: The records comprise minutes of the managing committee, 1833-1924; ledger, 1854-88; and draft petitions and notes, 1854, [1857?].

Records of the Cripplegate Church Foundation: The records comprise minutes 1892-1959 and financial records 1892-1966. Further material relating to the Foundation may be found amongst other parish records: see Ms 25026-7 for meeting papers, 1945-53, and accounts authorised for payment, 1942-62; and Ms 6048/12 for minutes of joint meetings of the vestry and the Cripplegate Church Foundation, 1963-5.

Records of the Cripplegate Foundation: The records comprise minutes 1891-1954 and printed particulars of the constitution of various parish charities with list of meetings 1951-52.

The archive of St Gregory by St Paul includes parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns) from 1559, but the main archive dates from the 17th century. It includes Vestry minutes, parish notices, Churchwardens' accounts, plans, registers of parish apprentices; poor rate books and tithe rate assessments.

Records of the parish of Saint John Zachary, Gresham Street, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minute books; financial records of the Churchwardens and the Overseers; poor rate assessments and church rate assessments.

Records of the parish of Saint James, Duke's Place, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; papers relating to parish poor relief; minutes of the leet jury of the liberty of Saint James Duke's Place; poor rate assessment books; church rate assessment books; and assessment books for other rates.

Records of the parish of Saint Lawrence Pountney, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwarden's accounts and papers relating to poor relief; tithe rate and poor rate assessments; papers relating to parish charities.

The records of Saint Michael Bassishaw include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials, banns) from 1538, vestry minutes from 1669 and churchwardens' accounts from 1617. Also papers relating to parish poor relief; poor rate assessments, and deeds and other documents relating to parish property.

The main archive of St Michael Cornhill dates from the 16th century, but it includes churchwardens' accounts from 1455. Records include registers of baptisms, marriages, banns and burials; preachers' books; church services registers; Vestry minute books; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to parish poor relief; tithe rate assessments; poor rate assessments; papers of parish charities and deed and other documents for parish properties.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael, Crooked Lane, City of London including registers of baptisms, marriages, burials and banns; vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; papers relating to parish poor relief; rate books; deeds and other documents relating to parish property.

Records of the parish of Saint Michael le Querne, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Churchwardens' accounts; papers relating to parish poor relief including Overseers' payments; poor rate books; deeds and other documents relating to parish properties.

Records of the parish of Saint Mary Colechurch, Poultry, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts and poor rate books.

The records of Saint Mary Magdalen Milk Street, City of London, include parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials) from 1558; vestry minutes from 1561; churchwardens' accounts from 1518; Overseers' books of receipts and payments and poor rate assessments.

Records of the parish of Saint Pancras, Soper Lane, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; Vestry minutes; Churchwardens' accounts; church rate assessments and poor rate assessments.

Records of the parish of Saint Sepulchre, Holborn Viaduct, City of London, including registers of baptisms, burials, marriages and banns; Vestry minutes; papers of the Vestry Clerks; papers of the Churchwardens; papers relating to the maintenance of the church building; papers relating to parish poor relief including papers of the Overseers and the workhouse; tithe rate assessment books and poor rate assessment books.

The main archive dates from the 17th century (with parish registers from 1662), but the records also include deeds from 1537. The records of the area of the parish which lay within the City of London are distinct from those of the area which lay within the county of Middlesex. The records of the City of London area of the parish appear first in the catalogue.

Records of the parish of Saint Thomas in the Liberty of the Rolls, City of London, comprising parish registers (baptisms, marriages) 1842-1886 and a volume commemorating the building of the church, 1837-1842.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity, Gough Square, City of London, including parish registers (baptisms, marriages, banns), 1842-1906; vestry minutes, 1845-98 and churchwardens' accounts, 1870-1907.

Records of the parish of Holy Trinity Minories, Haydon Square, City of London. The records of Holy Trinity Minories consist almost exclusively of parish registers (baptisms, marriages, burials and banns) with some poor rate assessment rolls; it is not known whether any other records survive.