Papers of the Wellcome Bureau of Scientific Research (WBSR), 1913-1939, comprising reports, administrative records, correspondence and publications. Including papers relating to the Wellcome Chemical Research Laboratories (WCRL), Wellcome Physiological Research Laboratories (WPRL), Wellcome Museum of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, Wellcome Entomological Field Laboratories (WEFL), and Burrough's Wellcome and Co. Also containing papers of Andrew Balfour and papers of Charles Morley Wenyon.
Sans titrePapers of Henry Solomon Wellcome, 1800-1985, comprising articles, publications, financial records, legal records, administrative documents, property details, probate records, marriage and divorce records, diaries, microfiche of letter books, details of events, subscription lists, field and geological reports, press cuttings, photographs, ephemera, objects, and family papers dating back to 1800.
Sans titrePapers of the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science, 1923-1983, comprising publications and the unpublished annual reports of the Wellcome Museum of Medical Science.
Sans titrePapers of the Burroughs Wellcome and Company (BW and Co) and from 1924 the Wellcome Foundation Ltd (WF), [1860-1995], including records of the pre-partnership S M Burroughs Company; papers relating to the founders Henry S Wellcome and Silas M Burroughs; papers of senior managers from BW and Co and WF; legal papers, particularly concerned with Trade Marks and Stamp Duty; marketing records including operational papers, a large collection of images and of publications; financial records, mainly regarding salaries; papers relating to WF sites, including the Wellcome Chemical Works, Dartford; records of Coopers, the subsidiary veterinary company, together with records of Coopers own world-wide subsidiary companies; records of related bodies, the British Insulin Manufacturers Association and The Therapeutic Research Corporation.
Sans titreThe collection comprises material on medical history and notes on scatological remedies used in Mexico, and biographical notes on Dr. Miguel Francisco Jiménez (1813-1876).
Sans titreThe items in this collection relate to the work of the Real Expedición Botánica during the period 1790-1804 and particularly to issues of staffing and facilities. WMS/Amer.38 and 42 focus on the removal of the botanist Jayme Senseve for incompetence, his replacement by the physician José Mariano Mociño, his reinstatement and the issue of payment to Mociño for his work. WMS/Amer.44 relates to attempts by Martin de Sessé y Lacasta to gain space in the Hospital General de San Andrés to carry out tests upon indigenous drugs discovered by the expedition. WMS/Amer.43 summarises the achievements of the expedition with particular reference to their medical side.
Sans titreThe collection comprises two reports by Cadena seeking permission to transfer from Puebla (site of the cathedral of Tlaxcala) to the city of Mexico, on the grounds of ill-health.
Sans titre'The Indian Medical Service: a history of its medical research 1600-1947': unpublished manuscript and draft chapters. This history was apparently undertaken by Colonel Mulligan under the auspices of the Wellcome Trust, with a view to publication. Colonel Mulligan died in 1982 and his work was finished and prepared for publication by Colonel C.W.A. Searle, but was never published.
Sans titrePapers of Arthur Hinsley as Archbishop of Westminster, [1935-1943], including material on the Holy See; Bishop's conferences; synods; religious orders; Vicars General and Chaplaincies; Papal Encyclicals; ecclesiastical and diocesan matters; moral, social and political issues; ecumenism; media, communications and publications; foreign countries; national and international institutions; government; embassies; hospitals; trusts, foundations and communities; lectures; homilies; patronages; personal correspondence; staff; invitations; education; visits and finance.
Sans titreSacramental registers including Baptism, Confirmation, Marriage, Burial and Death registers and Marriage Bans for parishes and churches and priest's registers, including:
Archbishops' Private Chapel: Confirmation registers, 1854-1901.
Bavarian Chapel, Warwick Street: Baptism registers, 1748 -1909 and
Marriage registers, 1747-1840 and 1856-1922.
Westminster Cathedral: Baptism registers, 1809-1906; Confirmation registers, 1856-1909 and Marriage registers, 1856-1914.
Clerkenwell, SS Peter and Paul: Marriage registers, 1979-1985.
Commercial Rd, SS Mary and Michael (including Virginia St Mission): Baptism registers, 1832-1893 and Marriage registers, 1856-1899.
Ealing, Mission of St Joseph and St Peter: Baptism registers, 1772-1855.
Saffron Hill mission (Holy Family): Baptism registers, 1842-1852 and 1855-1876.
Baldwin Gardens mission (St Bridget's): Baptism registers, 1851-1872; Confirmation registers, 1857-1875 and Marriage registers, 1854-1876.
Ely Place mission (St Etheldreda): Baptism registers, 1877-1947; Confirmation registers, 1856-1948; Marriage registers, 1855-1975 and Death registers, 1857-1923.
French Chapel (Little George St, nr Portman Sq): Baptism registers, 1909-1911 and Marriage registers: 1846-1910.
Gower Street, Catholic Chaplaincy: Marriage registers, 1988-1990.
Imperial Chapel: Baptism registers, 1765-1816; Marriage registers, 1766-1805 and Death registers, 1794-1806.
Isleworth, Our Lady of Sorrows and St Bridget of Sweden: Baptism registers, 1746-1809 and Confirmation registers: 1747-1777.
Islington, St John: Index to Baptisms, 1841-1819; Baptism registers, 1840-1844, 1851-1871, 1890-1902; Confirmation registers, 1851-1862 and Marriage registers, 1844-1880.
Kensington, Our Lady of Victories: Baptism registers, 1823-1850, 1852-1922 and Marriage Registers: 1852-1927.
Kentish Town, Our Lady Help of Christians: Baptism registers, 1849-1854.
Lincoln's Inn Fields, SS Anselm and Caecilia (inc. Sardinian Chapel): Baptism registers, 1731-1920; Marriage registers, 1729-1838, 1850-1856 and Death registers: 1858-1861.
Mile End, Guardian Angels: Baptism registers, 1869-1890 and Marriage registers, 1904-1962.
Moorfields, St Mary: Index to Baptisms: 1840, 1845-1854, 1856-1861; Baptism registers, 1763-1907; Marriage registers, 1777-1821; Burial registers, 1819-1853 and Death registers, 1857-1860.
Neapolitan Chapel: Baptism registers, 1772-1855.
Old Hall Green: Baptisms, 1811-1830, 1855-1925; Marriage registers, 1812-1848; Confirmation registers, 1812-1848 and Death registers, 1856-1913.
Palace St, SS Peter and Edward: Index to Baptisms, 1864-1940; Baptism registers, 1857-1963; Confirmation registers, 1863-1886, 1905-1942 and Marriage registers, 1859-1973.
Priests Registers including of: Rev James Barnard, 1764-1788; Rev Joseph Bolton, 1766-1781; Rev George Howe, 1796-1798; Fr Richard Dillon, 1750-1753; Fr James Barnard, 1763-1796; Rev James Barnard, 1791-1800; Rev Elston Lacy, 1715-1743; Rev Thomas Varley, 1767-1786; Bishop Poynter confirmation register, 1826-1843; Bishop Bramston confirmation register, 1826-1843; Bishop Gradwell confirmation register, 1826-1843; Bishop Griffiths confirmation register, 1826-1843; Rev Joseph Hodgson, 1802-1818; Fr John Lindow, 1765-1793; Fr John Lindow, 1793-1798; Fr Peter Brown, 1757-1767; Fr Patrick Moore, 1830-1835; Fr Benedict Short, 1763-1787; Fr Emanuel Dias Santos, 1802-1815; Fr Emanuel Dias Santos, 1815-1828; Fr Joseph Anson, 1803-1812; Fr Thomas Horrabim, 1778-1806 and Fr Thomas Cottrell, 1776-1778.
Romford, St Edward the Confessor: Death register, 1858-1877.
Soho, St Patrick's: Index to Baptisms, 1780-1938; Baptism registers, 1790-1899; Confirmation registers, 1818-1854; Marriage registers, 1838-1856; Marriage Bans, 1858-1886 and Death registers, 1882-1902.
Southwark, St George's Fields: Baptism registers, 1801-1826.
Tottenham, St Francis de Sales: Baptism registers, 1794-1823, 1827-1868, 1890-1929; Confirmation registers, 1856-1905, 1908-1968 and Marriage registers, 1827-1856, 1859-1949 .
Underwood Rd, St Anne (Spitalfields): Index to Baptisms, 1848-1909; Baptism registers, 1848-1920; Confirmation, 1856-1891; Index to Marriages, 1851-1934 and Marriages, 1851-1890.
Venetian Embassy: Baptism registers, 1744-1796 and Marriage registers, 1744-1754, 1772-1788.
Walthamstow, St George: Death registers, 1851-1882.
Sans titreClapham parish records, 1831-1936, including charity receipt book, Clapham burial board minute book, reports of the Surveyor of Highways and papers.
Sans titreLegal papers for the Battersea Park Commissioners, including the purchase of land for the park and leasing of land within the park. The Prince Albert Tavern, Battersea Park, was also owned by the Battersea Park Commissioners and the leases to the landlords are included. There is also a lease of land to Prices Patent Candle Company.
Sans titreMiscellaneous papers relating to the 28th County of London (Wandsworth) Battalion Home Guard. Papers include minute books and other material relating to the Wandsworth Home Guard Social Club, photographs, lists of members of the Battalion, papers relating to anniversary parades, a list of civilian war dead, and other miscellaneous material.
Sans titreRecords of church meetings of the Union Church, Putney, which was on Upper Richmond Road, and the Oxford Road Chapel before and after they joined together. There are minutes of deacons' meetings and minutes of the Finance Committee for the Union Church before the merger. The collections also includes rolls of church members for 1900-1908 and 1936-1957 and minutes of teachers' meetings for the Sunday School.
Sans titreThe collection mainly comprises of letters sent to Ernest Robinson of Tooting while he was on active duty with the MEF during World War Two and afterwards. They include letters from friends in the armed forces, letters from his mother and letters from friends at home in Tooting. There are also photograph albums and religious books.
Sans titreNotebook containing a record of a trip to Petra in 1944, typescript and handwritten accounts of trips in Syria, Mesopotamia and Amman and a poster for an exhibition of Anthony Kersting's photographs.
Sans titreDiaries recording William Halle's daily life, working as an artist and at the Telephone Exchange. He writes about trying to sell paintings to galleries, organising exhibitions and records his worries over money, his health and his sister, who lived in South Africa. The diaries also record his thoughts on various friendships and sexual relationships.
Sans titreWandsworth Tooting Conservative Association records, including annual reports, minutes, notices and agendas of meetings and papers relating to the organisation of the party.
Sans titreThe collection includes: minutes of leaders' meetings; minutes of Trustees meetings; accounts and financial papers for the church; information relating to the Sunday School; correspondence and estimates for re-building the church after it was destroyed by a bomb in 1944; membership registers; records of the Women's Fellowship.
Sans titreArchitects drawings and notes relating to work in Battersea: sketches and specifications for work in St Saviour's Church Hall, Battersea Park Road, 1962 and St Mary's church, Battersea, 1937-1951.
Sans titreProbate of the will of Mrs S Castell, Holroyd Road, Putney, 1928 and probate of Robert Rutter, Wandsworth, 1815.
Sans titreThe collection consists of probate papers and four codicils connected with that probate.
Sans titreTwo volumes owned by Queenie Blogg, Principal of Larne House school, Leathwaite Road.
Sans titreThe collection consists of Minutes of Committee Meetings and Annual General Meetings of the group from 1961-1987. There is also a large scrapbook detailing the activities and workings of the group at the hospital. The scrapbook contains newsletters, newspaper cuttings, thank you letters from staff and patients, photographs of events, and other ephemera.
Sans titrePut together by Barbara Willmott, 1950. Photographs of the family, who grew up in East Hill. Includes a photograph of female munitions workers in World War One, visitors from Freetown, 1948, many family photographs and some loose photographs, some of which are identified.
Sans titreManuscript copies of one-act plays written by William Poel, newspaper clippings relating to a production of Samson Agonistes and a copy of "Monthly Letters" on performing Shakespeare, collected and published.
Sans titreProgrammes and ephemera, including newspaper cuttings, of the Florian Lady Singers, including details of competitions that they took part in. The material belonged to Mollie Simmonds, a member of the choir.
Sans titreProgrammes and ephemera for the Wandsworth Symphony Orchestra which belonged to cellist Mollie Simmonds. Also includes some miscellaneous material for the West Hill Orchestra and the Putney Orchestra.
Sans titreMarriage Registers for Tooting Junction Baptist Church, the Baptist Tabernacle, Battersea Park Road, the Baptist Church, Mitcham Lane and the Battersea Chapel, York Road.
Sans titreMinute books, publications, and ephemera of the Wandsworth branch of NALGO, a union representing white-collar workers, mostly in local government. NALGO merged with the National Union of Municipal Workers and the Confederation of Health Service Employees in 1993 to form UNISON. Most material was generated by the Wandsworth branch, but there are items from the district or national level.
Sans titreVeritas Gas Mantle Works, Garratt Lane. Includes papers belonging to H.G. Morgan, Director, as well as photographs, correspondence, plans and ephemera.
Sans titreA collection of material relating to Harry Cusden Ltd. The collection includes business diaries kept by Harry Cusden, 1919-1943, papers relating to the running of the business including numerous documents relating to war damage repairs, the purchase of the properties, leases, etc. The series also contains personal papers, share certificates and customer correspondence. There is a large collection of photographs including photographs of the exterior of the shops, window displays, staff and staff outings, as well as a large collection of miscellaneous photographs showing family, friends, holidays, events etc. Many of these photographs are unidentified and undated. There is also a series of various price lists and advertisements for the business, trade cards, ephemera relating to Harry Cusden's role as Councillor, newspaper cuttings and other pieces of ephemera.
Sans titreLetters written from Australia, New Zealand and South America from Jackson, a commercial traveller, to his wife Emily, who was living in Wandsworth. Between November 1891 and August 1892 Jackson travelled to Australia and New Zealand, and wrote home to his wife with his impressions of Melbourne, Ballarat, Launceston, Sydney, Christchurch and Dunedin, as well as details of his journeys and everyday activities. In 1893 he went to Brazil and Argentina and was in Rio de Janeiro during a revolution, being forced to leave the city before travelling on to Buenos Aires, including having to spend time in quarantine on the Isla de Flores. His third trip was between October 1894 and September 1895 and was also to South America, visting Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Mendoza, Valparaiso and Iquique. The letters for this trip include a description of crossing the Andes by road and the effects of the altitude. Many of Jackson's letters refer to how much he misses his wife and children and to his daily routine, although he also regularly refers to concerns over his health and occasionally specifically refers to missing his physical relationship with Emily.
Sans titreEdward Ashenden Drawings, 1921-1950.
Sans titreBritish Rail Plans, 1897-1986.
Sans titreThis collection consists of leases and other estate papers, along with same probate material.
Sans titreFour photographs albums containing photographs of Putney, Wimbledon Common and other parts of central London. Also includes an album of photographs of a family holiday to Colnebrook, Buckinghamshire in 1929. The photographs were taken by Mr Coverdale who lived in Cromford Road, Wandsworth.
Sans titreThe collection consists of papers related to the estate of Mrs Mary Ann Brodie and includes trustees' papers, receipts, letters and accounts. There is also material relating to the estate of her husband Frederick John Brodie following his death in 1925.
Sans titreMost of the documents relate to 1 Solna Avenue (also named as Pimpernel, and later as Padva). This was later subject of a compulsory purchase order by the London County Council to form part of the Ashburton Estate. Some documents relate to the owners (the Roffey family builders) and their own residences at 46 Chartfield Avenue (formerly Chartfield Road), 26 Charlwood Avenue and 71B Dorking Rd Epsom; and to other property at 38 and 40 Charlwood Avenue.
Sans titreThe collection consists of an indenture of settlement on the marriage of Mrs M Field, 1866, and a copy of the will and probate of Mary Land following her death, 1884.
Sans titreDocuments relating to Candahar Work, Candahar Road, Battersea.
Sans titreDocuments relating to The Jolly Gardeners public house, Lacy Road, Putney, and the adjoining Vernon Cottage.
Sans titreThis collection consists of a simple transfer of mortgage.
Sans titreA collection of miscellaneous deeds relating to properties in Battersea and Wandsworth including Alma Road; Morgan Crucible Company Ltd and May and Baker, Battersea; Russell House, Balham Hill; 22 and 24 North Street Wandsworth; 40-44 Bridge Road, Battersea; and 32, 35, 36 and 37 Little Europa Place, Battersea.
Sans titreIncludes leases relating to ground on the south side of Fernlea Road, the south side of Selkirk Road, and 157-161 Bedford Hill Road, Balham.
Sans titreThe collection of deeds relate mainly to two acres in North Field, Wandsworth, part of Frying Pan meadow and ten houses standing on it, to mortgages of the premises and the sales of the equity of redemption. The deeds of 26 April 1728 and of 8 June 1767 include other lands in North Field purchased by John Essington.
Sans titreDocuments relating to 3 Albert Mansions, Albert [Bridge] Road, Battersea.
Sans titreLondon County Council Legal and Parliamentary Department Deeds.
Sans titreDocuments relating to 6 Carlton Drive [Road], Putney.
Sans titreThe collection consists of a single bundle of documents concerning the purchase of a property in Balham.
Sans titre