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Declaration by a court baron of the Manor of Stebunheath [Stepney], held at Whitechapel, as to six copyhold messuages in Hallowell Street, in the parish of St Leonard Shoreditch.

Minutes of Management Committee, Establishment Committee, Works Committee, Nursing Committee; Secretary's files.

Records of the Manor of Stepney, also known as the Manor of Stebunheath, including court baron books; abstracts of court baron rolls; homage books; enfranchisement books; quit rent books; surveys of manorial lands; maps and plans; records relating to property including leases, assignments, conveyances, abstracts of title, wills, marriage settlements and agreements; and correspondence.

Records of the Stepney Poor Law Union (called the Limehouse Poor Law Union from 1921-1925), 1836-1936, including minutes of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; correspondence; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers for the Limehouse Children's Establishment, the Mile End Old Town Workhouse, the Ratcliffe Workhouse and Bromley House; registers of admission for the Stifford Children's Homes; financial accounts and staff records.

Records of Parish of Stepney Poor Law Union, 1910-1936, including minutes of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; correspondence; admission orders for lunatics; registers for Bromley House and the South Grove Institution; registers for Gray Scattered Homes and Stifford Homes; financial accounts; staff records; plans of Gray's Children's Homes and contract works ledger.

Records of the Mile End Old Town Poor Law Union, 1848-1930, including minutes of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; correspondence; settlement examinations; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers for the Mile End Workhouse and Infirmary; apprenticeship indentures; registers for the Bancroft Road School and the Mile End Scattered Homes; financial accounts; staff records and monthly returns of infant deaths.

Records of Saint George in the East Poor Law Union, 1836-1927, including minutes of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; correspondence; settlement examinations; orders of removal to and from other Unions; registers of lunatics in asylums; registers for the Saint George in the East Workhouse and Infirmary and the Raine Street Workhouse and Infirmary; registers for the Plashet School and Drouet's Home, Tooting; financial accounts; staff records and tradesmen's accounts.

Records of Whitechapel Poor Law Union, 1837-1943, including minutes of the Board of Guardians and various Committees; correspondence; orders of removal to and from other Unions; admission orders for lunatics; registers of lunatics in asylums; registers from the Whitechapel Infirmary and the South Grove Workhouse; registers of children; financial accounts and staff records.

Letter from Robert Stephenson of 24 Great George Street, [London] to Edward Ackroyd, 28 Jun 1845. Concerning the importance of good gradients and the 'engineering of the West Yorkshire [railways]'.

Papers, of Maj Frederick Simeon Dauncey Stephenson, 1930-1973, and publications, 1923-1951, mostly relating to his service with 5 Bn and 7 Bn, The South Staffordshire Regt, Territorial Army, 1923-1950, including five letters received by Stephenson, Mar 1930-Sep 1973, notably one manuscript letter from Edmund Charles Blunden, 2 Mar 1930; manuscript and typescript papers relating to the proceedings of a Court of Enquiry at RAF Station Hednesford, Staffordshire, into the death of an unnamed Aircraftsman of gunshot wounds, 17 Oct 1939; manuscript, typescript and printed financial accounts, 5 Bn and 7 Bn, The South Staffordshire Regt, Sep 1939-Jan 1940; typescript Battalion orders, 5 Bn, The South Staffordshire Regt, by Lt Col Leonard Gerard Muller, Lt Col John William Hinchcliffe and by Stephenson, 4 Sep 1939-20 Jul 1943; typescript movement order for Stephenson to join 1 Bn,, Northamptonshire Regt, 3 Corps, BEF (British Expeditionary Force), France, on attachment for one month, 12 Apr 1940; manuscript account of Stephenson's 'Month's attachment to the BEF, France', 15 Apr-16 May 1940; typescript routine orders by Brig Arthur Ernest Hawkins, 177 Infantry Bde, 9 Oct 1940, with typescript instructions for 59 Div Exercise, North East England, Oct 1940; manuscript draft and typescript of 'Confidential report and history of the 5th Bn The South Staffordshire Regt, 177 Infantry Bde', Oct 1940; typescript memorandum by Stephenson entitled 'Ourselves and Russia', Feb 1942, with manuscript drafts, 1941-1942; six printed news sheets entitled Atlantic War Bulletin. Down, Northern Ireland, Jul 1942; two typescript news sheets entitled 'Punch War Bulletin. Erne and Derry', Northern Ireland, 26 and 28 Sep 1942; three typescript news sheets entitled 'HQ Company News corner', 5 Bn, The South Staffordshire Regt, Jan-Feb 1944; manuscript notebook entitled '106 Town Major. Details of duties', France, 1944. Seven editions of The Staffordshire Knot. The Regimental Annual of the South Staffordshire Regiment (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1924-1927) and (J and W Griffin, Walsall, 1928-1930); three editions of The Staffordshire Knot and The Knot. Journal of the South Staffordshire Regiment, Jul 1949-Jul 1951. Twenty three printed and typescript editions of The Fleet Street Letter, Apr-Sep 1939; sixty five editions of a magazine entitled War (Army Bureau of Current Affairs, 20 Sep 1941-28 Apr 1945); sixty six editions of a magazine entitled Current Affairs (Army Bureau of Current Affairs, 27 Sep 1941-21 Apr 1945); seven editions of The British way and purpose, prepared by the Director of Army Education, Dec 1942-Jul 1943. Also, editions of Field Service Regulations. Volume I. Organization and administration (HMSO, London, 1923); Infantry training. Volume II. War (HMSO, London, 1926); 1st Battalion South Wales Borderers. Battalion tactical doctrine 1927 (Horns and Miller, Devonport, Devon, 1927); Field Service Regulations. Volume II. Operations (HMSO, London, 1929); The lie about the war. A note on some contemporary war books by Douglas Jerrold (Faber and Faber, London, 1930); Small arms training. Volume I. General, rifle, bayonet and revolver (HMSO, London, 1931); Small arms training. Volume II. Light automatic, grenade and small arms anti-aircraft (HMSO, London, 1931); Small arms training. Volume IV. Regulations for the conduct of annual courses and range practices (HMSO, London, 1931); Infantry training. Volume I. Training (HMSO, London, 1932); A study of unit administration (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1933); Covenants with death edited by T A Innes and Ivor Castle (Daily Express Publications, London, 1934); Battle of the Marne 8th-10th September, 1914. Tour of the battlefield (HMSO, London, 1935); Battle of the Aisne 13th-15th September, 1914. Tour of the battlefield (HMSO, London, 1935); The South Staffordshie Regiment News Sheet (Home Edition),1935-1936; What are you going to do about it? The case for constructive peace by Aldous (Leonard) Huxley (Chatto and Windus, London, 1936); Spain at war. A monthly journal of facts and pictures, May 1938; Field Service Regulations. Volume I. Organization and administration HMSO, London, 1939); Military organization and administration by Maj Gen Wilfrid Gordon Lindsell (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1939); Simplified tactical instruction by Lt Col Geoffrey Massey Gamble (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1939); 600 questions and answers on military law by Maj H M Shurlock (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1939); Foundations of soldiering. A study of Regimental soldiering in the British Army by Lt Col Mark Kingsley Wardle (Gale and Polden, Aldershot, Hampshire, 1940); War with honour by A A (Alan Alexander) Milne (Macmillan, London, 1940); How the war will be won by Capt Bernard Acworth RN (Eyre and Spottiswoode, London, 1940); The history of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) 1794-1939 (McLagan and Cumming, Edinburgh [1940]); The defence of Calais by Eric Robert Russell Linklater (HMSO, London, 1941); The Battle of Flanders 1940 by Ian Hay (HMSO, London, 1941); Black record. Germans past and present by Rt Hon Sir Robert Gilbert Vansittart (Hamish Hamilton, London, 1941); Lies as Allies. An indictment of Hitler by Frederic Herbert Maugham, 1st Viscount Maugham of Hartfield (Oxford University Press, London, 1941); Open letter of an optimist by Sir Hugh Seymour Walpole (Macmillan, London, 1941); How Moscow was won in 1917. A chapter in the history of the revolution by Ilse Mintz (Lawrence and Wishart, London, 1941); Fighters ever byPeter Dunsmore Howard (Heinemann, London, 1941); Defence. The Services' Magazine, 1 Oct 1941; Roots of the trouble by Rt Hon Robert Gilbert Vansittart, 1st Baron Vansittart of Denham (Hutchinson, London, [1941]); The fall of France seen through Soviet eyes by Ilya Ehrenburg (Modern Books, London, [1941]); The Highland Division by Eric Robert Russell Linklater (HMSO, London, 1942); Front line 1940-1941. The official story of the Civil Defence of Britain (HMSO, London, 1942); Games and sports in the Army 1942-1943 (The Army Sport Control Board, War Office, London, 1942); That second front. A survey of the strategic and political factors by Cdr Edgar Philip Young RN (W H Allen, London, 1942); The gangsters around Hitler by Dr Otto Strasser (W H Allen, London, [1942]); Churchill by Charles Harvard Gibbs-Smith (Hodder and Stoughton, London, [1942]); Combined Operations 1940-1942 (HMSO, London, 1943); East of Malta, West of Suez. The Admiralty account of the Naval war in the Eastern Mediterranean, September 1939 to March 1941 (HMSO, London, 1943); 'Army Training Memorandum No. 46', General Staff restricted publication, 1943; Shell-fire corner carries on. A graphic description of the war's events at England's gateway by Raymond Arthur Cook (Headley Brothers, London, 1943); The Eighth Army, September 1941 to January 1943 (HMSO, London, 1944); Target: Germany. The US Army Air Forces' official story of the VIII Bomber Command's first year over Europe (HMSO, London, 1944); Soviet documents on Nazi atrocities (Hutchinson, London, [1944]); By air to battle. The official account of the British Airborne Divisions (HMSO, London, 1945); His Majesty's Submarines (HMSO, London, 1945); RAF Middle East. The official story of air operations in the Middle East, from February 1942 to January 1943 (HMSO, London, 1945); Your men in battle. The story of the South Staffordshire Regiment 1939-1945 (Express and Star, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, 1945); 30 Corps in Germany [1945]; A servant when he reigneth by Norman Tiptaft (Norman Tiptaft Limited, Birmingham, Warwickshire, 1948).

Papers, c1909-1976, of Sister Gladys Stephenson, comprising diary of journey to China, 1915; journals of visits to Korea and Peking, 1926, 1936 and undated; journal of her time in the internment camp, 1942-1945; diaries recording daily events, 1946-1971; long letter from Gladys Stephenson, 1945, from the Shanghai internment camp recounting her experiences, and typescript copies; manuscript and typescript accounts of a journey to Hong Kong, Malaya and the Holy Land, 1961; other typescript and manuscript notes, accounts, or addresses by Gladys Stephenson recounting her experiences, largely undated, including one relating to the great floods (1931); two photographs of a chapel used by the Methodist hospital, Hankow, and papers relating to a stained glass window, 1940; printed material on Christianity, missionary work and missionaries, nursing and training, and other aspects of life in China, including hospitals in Hankow, 1909-1976, largely dating, 1920s-1960s.

The archive consists of correspondence between Eva Stephenson and her fiance Maurice Wilkins, covering the period 1910-1914. The letters describe Stephenson's experiences in Holloway prison for suffrage activism in 1910 (some letters are written on prison regulation notepaper), her life as an office worker and her family relationships. Subjects covered include: relationships with other suffragettes in prison; trials of the prison regime; Christmas in Holloway; her relationship with her mother who disapproved of her suffrage campaigning; reflections on her upbringing; employment in an office and enjoyment of her independence; her relationship with her future husband.

With typescript transcriptions of the letters by William Paul Wilkins, son of Eva and Maurice Wilkins (produced in 1998). The transcriptions include a name and place index.

Papers of Capt Thomas Stephenson, comprising order books, 1795 to 1801; a log, 1798 to 1799; a signal log, 1799, and sailing directions of the Channel, North America and the West Indies. There are also two logs of the COLUMBIA, 1814 to 1815, kept by Midshipman F. Thompson, a signal notebook by Thomas Michel, and the personal papers of Lieutenant John Houghton, (1787-1820), 1813 to 1815, a nephew of Stephenson's also on board the COLUMBIA.

Papers of Sir Henry Frederick Stephenson. There are letterbooks for 1868 and 1880 to 1883, and a printed account of the court martial following the loss of the RATTLER. Most of the collection relates to the Arctic expedition, 1875 to 1876. It includes Stephenson's diary in three volumes, a letter-book, a book of general proceedings of the DISCOVERY, a rough survey book and a scrapbook, with letters and orders from Nares and some other loose papers. There are also printed volumes of the official reports of the expedition and of earlier arctic expeditions.

Letter from Magnús Stephensen of Copenhagen to His Excellency the Rt Hon Sir Joseph Banks, 17 Oct 1807. Referring to Banks's visit to Iceland and complaining of the severe effects of war [i.e the Napoleonic Wars] on the trade of that country. 'For it is altogether unavoidable for this Island to escape hunger if it is only to hold out one single winter without being supplied with provisions.'

Written in another hand and signed by Stephensen.

Letter from Joseph Rayner Stephens of Stalybridge, Lancashire to an unspecified recipient, 6 Aug 1853. 'I am afraid it will not be in my power to comply with your request [to sell or give away some of his father's letters]. Continuing that he will try to obtain an autograph of his father's [John Stephens].

Autograph, with signature.

Papers of Canon John Otter Stephens, predominantly relating to All Saints, Tooting, including newspaper cuttings; notices; orders; letters; notes and orders of service. The papers relate to events including the laying of the foundation stone, the consecration of the church, the history of the church, the new organ and the retirement of Reverend Stephens.

Collection of books, papers and photographs relating to the Stephens family of Fowley, [1887-1980], comprising unsorted papers, newspaper cuttings, photographs and postcards relating to the Stephens family and their ships. Including the following: Lloyd's Register certificate confirming classification of the LITTLE SECRET, 1887. Bill of lading and charter party documents for the RIPPLING WAVE, 1890-1892. Bill of lading and charter party documents for the ISABELLA, 1894-1908. Statement of general average for the LITTLE MYSTERY, Captain J.H. Greet, from Herring Neck, Newfoundland, to Figueira with a cargo of codfish, 1905. Statement of general average for the R.T.K., Captain Henry Purches, from Batteau, Labrador, to Seville with a cargo of codfish, 1905. Board of Trade Examination of Oath document for Robert Acford, master of the R.T.K., lost after a collision in 1910. Folder of typescript reports relating to damage and loss of cargo during the voyage of the ISABELLA from Newfoundland bound for Oporto, 1911-1912. Last log of the ISABELLA, 22 April to 11 October 1913. Original photographs of the vessels JANE BANKS, LITTLE GEM, LITTLE MYSTERY, MARIA JOSE, OCEAN SWELL, SPINAWAY and others.

Legal papers from the office of Sir George Stephen, barrister and solicitor, 1807-1841, including writs issued to Sheriffs of London to take up various persons to answer charges in the Court of King's Bench and Court of Exchequer, 1807, 1822, 1826, 1827, 1832 and 1838; memorial of assignment of lease of land in Saint George Hanover Square, 1815; petition for commission in bankruptcy, by Robert Lang of Wilson Street, Finsbury, merchant, against William Abbott, merchant, dealer and chapman, partner with Richard Arthur Maitland of Madras, East Indies, in firm of Abbott and Maitland, 1820; subpoenas for various persons to appear at Gaol Delivery Sessions for City of London to testify against William White and others for felony, 1821; subpoena for George Holt to appear at Middlesex Sessions of the Peace to testify touching bill of indictment against Thomas Odderley Phipps for libel, 1821; correspondence, 1834-1835, and form of proposal for sale of reversionary interest in personal property of Henry Laing of Camberwell, 1841.

Letter from James Stephen, Master in Chancery's Office, London to James Cropper Esq of Liverpool, 7 Nov 1825. 'I have just recd. a letter from our friend [?Zachary] Macaulay informing me of an intended publication of the Liverpool anti-slavery society of which he supposes a copy has been also sent to me. I have not received it, but from what he says of its contents, am afraid of losing a post in saying to you that I earnestly request its publication may be at least suspended, till we can submit to the consideration of your Society the remarks we have to make on it ...' [no such tract was published by the Liverpool Society of the Abolition of Slavery around this time, perhaps due to Stephen's letter]. Discussing current aspects of the problem of emancipation and concludes that direct legislation by parliament is 'the only means by which anything good for the slaves can or will ever be effected. My hopes I lament to say of any early adoption of such means are very faint indeed, but it is nevertheless our duty to call for them ...'.

Autograph, with signature.

The Stephen Sondheim Society Archive documents the life and work of musical theatre composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. The core of the collection was collected by antiquarian bookseller and Sondheim enthusiast Peter Wood- his collection later passed to the Society. Additional material has been added since, filling in gaps in the Peter Wood collection and documenting productions and publications that have occurred since it was transferred to the Society.

Both parts of the Collection contain a range of material on Stephen Sondheim and his work- notably programmes, leaflets, posters and press cuttings. There are also journals, books, audio visual material and collectables. The Collection dates from Sondheim's earliest work to the present and will continue to be added to as his works continue to be performed. There are also documents relating to the work of the Society itself, notably the Stephen Sondheim Society Student Performer of the Year awards (SSSSPOTY).

Papers of Lt Col John Stent, 1943, 1961 and 1991, comprising Tanganyika (Tanzania) driving licence, 1943; discharge letter from War Office, 1961; typescript letter containing vivid reminiscences of his service with the Royal Corps of Signals in Africa, [1990].

Papers, c1910-1983, of Abraham Nahum Stencl, relating to his life and work and to modern Yiddish literature, and comprising papers relating to his life, 1934-1978, including letters received from his family, photographs, press cuttings relating to his life and work, and personal documents; manuscript and printed writings, 1930-1980, in verse and prose, including some autobiographical and works on literature; papers, 1918-1983, largely dating from the 1940s and after, relating to Loshn un Lebn and the Friends of Yiddish circle, other friends and acquaintances, Jewish organisations, and Stencl's involvement in literary events, comprising letters received and other papers, including works by other authors, of over 200 correspondents, some of them annotated by Stencl; ephemera, c1910-1982, accumulated by Stencl, including postcards, membership cards, receipts, tickets, greeting cards, circulars, advertisements, and flyers.

Correspondence of Elise Steiner and other family papers, 1938-1940. The collection documents the day to day activities, hopes and aspirations of a Jewish family in Vienna on subjects including gratitude that at least one child was able to escape and moreover to continue with her education; efforts to find a place on the Kindertransport for Leo Steiner; news of the fate of other family members who had managed to emigrate to various countries and the takeover of the family business. Despite the increasing difficulties of life in Vienna exemplified by the occasional suicide of friends and the growing fear of being out on the streets, there is a sense that life has to go on. Mention is made of the celebration of Jewish festivals and of training for new occupations. Whilst the prospect of emigration recedes, the family continues to make preparations for a future departure by selling off possessions and studying English.

There are descriptive summaries of all the letters (in German). Other papers comprise a typescript copy of the family tree, a copy of typescript notes on Steiner family history and a copy of a photograph.

Papers of Edith Stein, 1999, comprise correspondence between Suzanne Batzdorff and Ian Montrose, with extracts relating to an aspect of the will of Edith Stein.

Papers of Vilhjamur Stefansson including photostats of records from the Arctic, 1851-1909, found by the Canadian Arctic expedition in 1917 on Banks and Dealy Islands and letters, chiefly on Stefansson's interest on Ogden's system of Basic English, 1926-1954.

Papers of Charles Steevens, consisting of a letter to Steevens from the Nabob of Arcot, 1760, and the draft and printed copy of his life written by his grand-nephew, Nathaniel Steevens. Also in the collection is the plan of learning of the Naval Academy, Portsmouth, 1753, of Charles Stevens, midshipman (1735-1756), nephew of Rear-Admiral Steevens, and a book of jokes, morals and proverbs.

Papers of James Alfred Steers, 1928-1970, including diary of voyage to Australia and Great Barrier Reef Expedition, 14 Jun 1928-11 Jan 1929; reports prepared for the Ministry of Town and Country Planning on coasts of England, Scotland and Wales, 1943-1949; report and recommendations by Steers on the conservation of coasts in certain countries of Europe, 1969 and 'Protection of coastal areas', a paper by Steers prepared for the European Committee for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources, May, 1970.

Papers of Philip Wilson Steer, 1836-1962, comprising personal ephemera, 1860-1917, including his birth certificate, 1860; art examination certificates, 1880-1881; permit book for sketching at Dover, 1917; photographs, 1864-1930s and undated, including Steer at various ages and family members;
original pictures by Steer, comprising charcoal drawing of pollarded stump and wall, undated; monochrome watercolour, 1877; monochrome over pencil drawing of Christ healing the sick / raising Lazarus, undated (described as an early work);
papers relating to dealers, notably lists and statements of accounts for pictures sold, by Barbizon House, 1927, undated, by Goupil Galleries, 1909-1937, by Charles A Jackson, 1919-1926, and by David Sassoon & Co, 1927; lists, comprising list of dates of places where Steer worked from 1884, undated, and list of pigments used by Steer, [1970];
letters, comprising correspondence from or to Steer or his parents, 1836-1942, including relating to Steer's Order of Merit, 1931, letters to his family whilst abroad, 1876, 1882-3; letters relating to Steer's memorial, 1942-1943; letters to Dorothea Hamilton concerning the gift of a Steer watercolour as a wedding present to Princess Elizabeth, 1947, and deposit of material to the British Museum, 1945-1946; letters concerning publications relating to Steer, 1942-1962, Steer's estate 1942-1944; lists of subscibers to the Steer Memorial and addresses given at Steer's memorial service and the unveiling of the memorial slab, 1942-1943; articles by Steer on Impressionism in Art, 1891, and by Dugald Sutherland MacColl, 1939; newspaper and magazine cuttings, 1906-1948, including Steer's obituary and will, 1942, 1944, Steer exhibitions, 1943-1945, reviews of publications relating to Steer, 1944, 1945; sales catalogues containing items (furniture, porcelain, pictures, watercolours, books and silver plate) sold from Steer's estate after his death, 1942; miscellaneous papers including invitation to Steer's Memorial exhibition, 1943, booklet for D S Macoll's memorial service, 1949; list of documents given to the Courtauld by Dorothea Hamilton, undated.

Papers of David Martin Scott Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, 1966-1999, including correspondence, 1976-1999, relating to his role as Liberal Party leader, Liberal Party funding and party political broadcasts, European monetary union and foreign affairs; material concerning elections, 1975-1987, notably correspondence and reports by the Joseph Rowntree Social Services Trust Ltd on tactical seats and seat assessments, papers of the General Election Committee concerning policy and election strategy, and correspondence and publications relating to by-elections; papers relating to the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978, including notes on shadow administration committees and correspondence with Labour politicians; material concerning the Liberal/SDP Alliance, 1982-1988, including minutes and working papers of the Joint Leaders Advisory Committee, the Alliance Planning Group and the Alliance Strategy Committee, correspondence concerning the Alliance defence policy and the Alliance Fund; papers concerning the Liberal Party and SDP merger, 1987-1988, notably general correspondence and memoranda concerning the merger negotiations, and media coverage; constituency (Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale) correspondence and casework, 1971-1994; subject files, 1986-1995,comprising correspondence and papers on subjects including agriculture, defence, environment, housing, health, education, transport and Scottish home affairs; general party papers, 1970-1993, relating to party policy, election campaigns and conferences; correspondence and papers regarding foreign affairs c1989-1999, including papers regarding democratic elections, government and human rights in Malawi 1991-1999 and Kenya 1992-1997; desk diaries, 1966-1998; papers concerning Liberal International meetings, 1981-1995; correspondence and papers relating to EDLR meetings 1982-1992; papers regarding Scottish home rule, including the work of the Scottish Constitutional Convention 1969-1994; membership of organisations and charities 1978-1994; audiotapes and videotapes with appearances by Steel c1978-1999; and speeches, articles and press releases (1974-1993).

Records of Welsh steelworks, 1928-1957, including statistical data relating to output, costs, profit and loss, and mainly comprising weekly reports from individual companies and works.

The records of general merchants Steel Brothers and Company Limited mainly comprise annual reports and accounts, photographs and unpublished histories.

Account-book of a medical practitioner in Kinross. In Vol. II is an inserted letter, dated 8 Jan., 1921, from D. W. B. Fleming of Culross to Orr, the Bristol bookseller relating to this MS. Produced in Kinross.

Papers of the Steedman family and related families the Faulconers and Crisps, including bills, apprenticeship indenture, certificates, marriage settlement, pedigrees, sacrament certificates and a history of the firm of John Steedman and Company, Walworth.

Typescript report on the fate of Rabbi Dr F Steckelmacher and his wife during the Nazi era.

Correspondence, 1935-1936 and 1940-1943, between Professor Lizzie Susan Stebbing and Ann Hook, wife of Professor Sidney Hook who was Professor of Philosophy at New York University, mainly on personal matters, but also including details of Stebbing's work as a Professor of Philosophy at Bedford College, University of London, her thoughts on contemporary events in Europe and America, and remarks relating to her failing health. Signed copy of Thinking to some purpose (Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1939), given by Stebbing to Norah McNaulty, Registrar of Bedford College, including a review from the Times Literary Supplement, 4 Aug 1939, and a note from Stebbing.

Correspondence and financial papers of William Stearns (described variously as 'Dr Stearns', 'apothecary', and 'druggist'), and of Major Joseph Sprague and Seth Low (described as 'Dr Low', and 'druggist'), with whom Stearns appears to have been in partnership.

Grant of letters patent (including a great seal) issued to Edwin William Thomas and Edward Nightscales for an improved self acting steam water lift and injector.

The collection contains 30 letters written between 1885 and 1924. Correspondents include William Thomas Stead, Frances Power Cobbe, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Herbert Stead, the Governor of Holloway Prison, Mrs Stead, Mr W Shaen, Miss Kensington the Secretary of Girton College, Mrs Frederic Whyte; the materials also include W T Stead's 'Holloway' New Year Cards, 1885. The letters discuss the Criminal Law Amendment controversy, speeches, his term in jail and emotional state, theology, Leslie Stephens, Edmund Garrett Fawcett, women's suffrage and education, the Royal Commission of 1871, trips for working women and the loan of Millicent Garrett Fawcett's Stead letter collection to a biographer.

Manuscript by Dr Staude, [early 19th century], entitled "Systematische Ordnung der ornithologischen Sammlung des herzoglichen naturalien Cabinets".

Records of the Status of Women Committee including minutes, conference papers, correspondence and publications. Papers mainly date from 1969 to 1982.

1. Statii Thebais, cum glossis interlinearibus et scholis marginalibus. folio 1, recto

2. Nota de tempore Statii folio 122 verso

Incip. 'Queritur quo tempore Staciu,s'

Desin. 'Titus et Domitianus sibi caveant'

In the front is written; 'Liber Regalis Societatis London. ex dono RVD Nathaniel Vincent, DD Feb. 1, 1692/3'

Written in England. Erased inscription at foot of folio 1. The figure or letter 'x' at the head of folio 1 may be a pressmark.

Manuscript notebook compiled by Andrew Henry Lynch, [1812-1819], giving statistics of the population of counties, parishes, baronies and boroughs of Ireland, chiefly drawn from the census returns. Includes notes on the population of Ireland in previous centuries. A label on the back of the volume reads 'Lynch. Irish Statistics'.

Copy of a précis of a statement by Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, made before the Russian ambassador to Paris, Prince Alexander Borisovitch Kurakin, on 15 Aug 1811, ostensibly proposing a basis for negotiations with Alexander I, Emperor of Russia. The document refers to the battle of Rudchek between the Turks and Russians, troops in Danzig, Warsaw and Poland, the size of French armies and Russia's violation of the Tilsit agreements. The source of the copy was a dispatch of the Austrian ambassador to Paris, Karl-Philip von Schwarzenberg.

Statistics produced by the State Commissar for Private Enterprise comprising statistics relating to the investments owned by Jews, Aryans related to Jews, and Jews related to Aryans in Austria c 1938.

Executive Committee minute book of the State Children Aid Association.

State Assurance Company Limited records comprise share records 1891-1955 (Mss 16255, 16257-8), minutes 1891-1944 (Ms 16259) and miscellaneous papers 1917-29 (Ms 16256).

Papers relating to the career of Brig John `Joe' Starling, 1947-1992, including copy of memoir Soldier On! The Testament of a Tom, (Spellmount Ltd., 1992), detailing 45 years of Starling's military career; pamphlets and brochures advertising the Parachute Regiment and the Red Devils display team including The Parachute Regiment: Challenge!, c.1970; Train to be a Parachute Soldier, [1975]; Parachute Regiment and Officer Parachute Regiment, Office of Information, 1985; The Airborne Initiative: The 1990 Airborne Forces Golden Jubilee Appeal, 1989 and recruitment posters; recognition guides including Tips for Tankers: Defeating Soviet Armor, US Army Armor School, c 1955; Recognition Handbook: Foreign Weapons and Equipment (USSR), MOD, 1964; Notes on the Soviet Ground Forces, MOD, 1972; Intelligence Aide-Memoire, Staff College, Camberley, 1976; Threat Recognition Guide, 1 (BR) Intelligence Training Directive, 1984; RAF: Aircraft, Missiles, Vehicles, Office of Information, 1985; Threat Recognition Guide, 1 (BR) Intelligence Training Directive, 1988; and flipbook showing Soviet weaponry and equipment.

Publications including Field Engineering and Mine Warfare, Pamphlet No. 4: Mines - Individual Mechanisms, War Office, 1961; NATO: Facts and Figures, NATO Information Service, 1971; Ranger Handbook, United States Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, May 1972; Northern Ireland: What is it like for soldiers?, HMSO, 1974; Back Pocket Briefs: Royal Navy, Directorate of Naval Staff Duties, MOD, c.1988.

Lecture notes, handouts, pictures, maps and teaching aids on topics including lessons learned at Fibua Tewt, Aden, May-June 1967; battle handling exercises: tank stalk and tank ambush; explosive excavation of trenches; tactical exercises, Joint Services Free Fall Trials Team, May 1971, and the construction of petrol bombs to effectively attack tanks. Photographs including Starling in a rubber estate, evening meal in the jungle, Bukit Prang Base, river crossing, a patrol resting, armoured 3 ton truck, the corpses of Tamil terrorists killed in ambush, captured weapons displayed by an Iban tracker, Malay policemen and Starling, Malaya, 1949; group photographs including Champion and Waterloo Company; Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, July 1947; Royal Military Academy Sandhurst Hare and Hounds; Waterloo Company, July 1948; No 2 Platoon, East Anglian Regiment Training Brigade; Officers, School of Infantry (Platoon Weapons Wing), Hythe, May 1950; School of Infantry Tactical Wing Platoon Commanders Course, August 1950 and the Parachute Regiment Regimental Sergeants Major Convention, March 1973. Also Yemeni flag with National Liberation Front slogan in Arabic, Aden, 1963.

Letter from Walter Fitzwilliam Starkie of Consejo Británico, El Representante en España, Almagro, 5 Madrid to Miss [D] Proctor, 2 Jun 1950.

Copy of "The Star Property Guide", containing advertisements for new housing in Middlesex, Kent and Essex, with illustrations, July 1934.

Staff records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including papers and correspondence relating to Jesse Hobson and J.D. Watson.

Premises records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including press cuttings and papers relating to company offices.

Corporate records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including deeds of settlement; acts of parliament; Board of directors: minutes and agendas, resolutions and presented papers; annual general meeting minutes; annual reports and quinquennial valuations; lists of directors, trustees and secretary; death and burial certificates; notes on memorials related to the Chubb family; statutory declaration and related papers; deed and conveyance of assets; key register for strongroom and seal keys; and papers relating to amalgamation.

Business records of Star Life Assurance Society Limited including policy registers; policies and papers relating to individual policies; prospectuses and almanacs; endowment rates; specimen bonuses; rate books; fund: accounts, reports, stock exchange transactions, ledgers, journals, correspondence and papers; aircraft insurance policy; diaries; agents' instructions and commission rates; prospectuses for overseas business; Australia: letters and share certificates; South Africa: details of annual bonuses, correspondence, rate books; and Star bookmarks.