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Word list by James Philip Mills of the Mongsen dialect of Ao, a language spoken in Nagaland, north-east India.

Diaries and notebooks of James Theodore and Mabel Virginia Anna Bent, 1883-1898, comprising:
Mabel Bent's diaries of visits to the Greek Islands, 1883-1884; Greece and Egypt, 1885; Constantinople [Istanbul] and the Greek Islands, 1886; Greece, 1887; Turkey and Russia, 1888; India and Persia [Iran], 1889 (3 volumes); Cilicia, Turkey, 1890; Central Africa (Mashonaland), 1891 (2 volumes); Hadramout, 1893-1895 (3 volumes); Suez, Kourbat and Athens, 1895-1896; Socotra, Yemen, 1896-1897; Greece and Egypt, 1898;
Theodore Bent's diary of visits to Hadramout, Yemen, 1893-94; Muscat, Dec 1894; Socotra, Yemen, Dec 1896-Mar 1897; notebook, containing Greek inscriptions, 1888; notebook on language in Socotra [1896-1897].

Minute books, Annual Reports and Accounts of the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies, (generally known as the Hellenic Society), 1879-2002. Apart from the formal minutes and accounts very little material has been retained relating to the early history of the Society.

Collection of c1000 photographic portraits of scholars of the languages, literature, history, art, archaeology and philosophy of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, c1880-2002. The collection includes framed and unframed studio portraits. Recent additions have mainly been photographs cut from book dust-jackets.

Papers and photographs of Mary Frances Lucas Keene, 1911-1994, comprising:
Personal papers, including diplomas and certificates awarded to Lucas Keene, 1904-1973; personal correspondence including letters from the RFHSM and the University of London, mainly concerning her retirement, and appointment as Emeritus Professor, 1950-1975; letters from Lucas keen to Prof John W S Harris and his wife, Sonia, 1971-1978; notes for speeches, mainly given at London (RFH) School of Mediicine for Women ceremonies, 1933-1954; papers on anatomy teaching and research, including notes, diagrams and photographs, 1921-1951; notebooks containing case notes on dissections of human embryos and foetuses, 1921-1951; Emphemera including Royal Free Hospital Pharmacopoeia and Journal of tje Medical Women;s Federation, July 1951, containing an appreciation of her work; photographs of Lucas Keene, her family and fiends, 1924-1974; group photographs of Anatomical Society meeting, Edinburgh, 1947 and Staff and Students of RFHSM, 1950; album of photographs of the medical school, staff and students, presented to Lucas Keene on her retirement as Professor of Anatomy, 1951

Records relating to the career of George Qvist, surgeon to the Royal Free Hospital (RFH), 1946-1975, and Surgical Tutor, Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine (RFHSM), and and also his wife Dame Frances Violet Gardner, Consultant Physician, RFH, and Dean of the RFHSM, comprising:

Correspondence and papers of George Qvist, relating to his surgical and teaching career, including personal correspondence, photographs and press cuttings, 1952-1979; job applications and testimonials, 1933-1952; copies of articles, lectures and papers by Qvist, 1941-1979, on surgical subjects, and on the National Health Service, particularly the problems facing General Practitioners, 1964-1966; patient photographs from hospitals in the Royal Free Group, 1949-1974, illustrating a wide variety of medical conditions, used by Qvist for teaching and research, including chest photographs, slides and X-Rays acquired by Arthur Tudor Edwards FRCS (d 1946), Surgeon-in-Charge, Department of Thoracic Surgery, London Hospital; obituaries of Qvist, 1981; papers on memorials to Qvist, including the opening of George Qvist Ward in the Accident and Emergency Department at the RFH, and the George Qvist Lectures at RFH, 1986-1990;

Correspondence and papers of Dame Frances Violet Gardner, on her career as a cardiologist at the RFH and as a teacher and administrator at the RFHSM; including personal correspondence and photographs, 1946-c.1981; copies of articles by Gardner on cardiology; photographs and cuttings on Gardner's visit to Saudi Arabia, to advise on the establishment of a School of Medicine at the University of Riyadh, 1966; obituaries, 1989.

Correspondence and papers relating to William Marsden, founder of the Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals, and members of the Marsden family, 1820-2000, comprising:
Papers of Frieda Sandwith (b 1894), great granddaughter of William Marsden, relating to her book Surgeon Compassionate - The Story of Dr William Marsden MD, MRCS, Founder of the Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals (published by Peter Davies, London 1960), including biographical notes on Marsden, typescripts of early drafts, titled Honour a Physician and Poor Man's Physician and proof copies, correspondence, 1958-1963; legal documents, including copies of marriage and death certificates for William Marsden, 1820-1867; copy of will of Edith Marsden, granddaughter of William Marsden, including bequest to the Royal Free Hospital; certificates of Freedom of the City of London for William and Alexander Edwin Marsden; family photographs and papers including press cuttings on Vera Johnson (later Bateman), great granddaughter of William Marsden, a dancer who took the stage name Vera de Mersden, 1912-1914;

Album of watercolours, sketches and verses, dated 1841-1877, presented by William Marsden to his niece, Catherine Marsden [who was married to his son, Alexander] including paintings and sketches of India by W D Marsden.

Papers and empemera relating to memorials to William Marsden, including memorial tablet in St Andrew's Church, Holborn, 1974 and the annual Marsden Lecture at the Royal Free Hospital.

Papers of concentration camp inmates, 1942-1944, comprise copies of correspondence concerning concentration camps and the death of Jews and notably include a letter from the commandant of Gross Rosen concentration camp, Lower Silesia, to the Gestapo, Düsseldorf regarding the disposal of belongings of deceased Jew, Max Zobel, 1942; letter from Ernst Kaltenbrunner to all police chiefs stating that all executions are to be reported to the local justice department, with reasons for the executions withheld, 1942 and a letter from Stürmbahnführer, SD Latvia, suggesting a lack of concern about notifying the relatives of dead Jews, 1942.

Papers of Malwin Warschauer, 1899-1988, including unpublished copy typescript account of the life and philosophy of Malwin Warschauer entitled Tradition, by his son, James J. Walters; copies of sermons; philosophical treatises; lectures; newspaper articles; correspondence with Albert Einstein and Leo Baeck and obituaries.

The papers in this collection consist chiefly of photographs of the work of the sculptor and medallion maker, Fred Kormis, 1913-1987. In addition there is some correspondence mostly relating to his work, including letters of thanks from Lord Mountbatten, Menachem Begin and members of the British War Cabinet during the Second World War, for whom Kormis sculpted medallions.

Personal correspondence of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch with family members, documenting in part the experiences of Anita Lasker-Wallfisch and her sisters in Bergen Belsen concentration camp and in England, 1945, and the experiences of their parents prior to transportation to their deaths, close to the Lublin Ghetto, 1942.

Papers of Edgar Dreyfus and his family, 1939-1948, 1981-1989, notably include passports, identity and ration cards and a false identity card and false ration card for Edgar Dreyfus in the name of Edouard Delmas and correspondence and other papers including a discussion on the existence of a Jewish race.

Heilbrunner's account of life in Dachau, 1933, is a typescript memoir of Jewish inmate, Heilbrunner, in 1933. Written in the form of a narrative in the first person; structured into four chapters, describes in some detail the conditions in the camp and the brutality of the camp guards, contains manuscript annotations and corrections.

Papers of Gurs and other French concentration camps, 1940-1941, include reports and correspondence relating to conditions in Gurs and other French concentration camps, many from former inmates. Reports notably include 'Reports from occupied and unoccupied France' (WL1072/5) and '4000 in Not taube Hilfsorganisationen' (WL1072/11), describing conditions in Saint-Cyprien internment camp and correspondence includes a copy letter from the Archbishop of Toulouse, Jules Saliege (1072/9), and letters from inmates.

Papers concerning Theresienstadt, 1940s, comprise copies of a report by Dr Muneles on the Hebrew book cataloguing project at Theresienstadt, 1945; typescript report regarding Theresienstadt, an inventory of the land and property, 1945; history of Theresienstadt during the Nazi era and typescript report on the situation there, providing statistical information relating to the inmates and transcriptions of documents produced during the camp's existence by both the Nazi camp authorities and the Jewish self-governing body.

Papers of the Morris family, 1901-1905, comprise letters between Frieda Morris' grandmother and father in Poland and her brother and uncle in London. The collection includes translations.

Papers of the Hirsch Family, 1934-1957, comprise personal and family papers of Jonni Hirsch including the copies of Abraham Hirsch's 19th century war record, c 1935; permit to leave the concentration camp Sachsenhausen and a certificate issued by the chief of police, Kiel, which describes Jonni Hirsch as a Mischling I Grade, therefore not classified as Jewish, according to German law 1, 1938.

Papers concerning antisemitic discrimination in the Third Reich, 1935-1940, relating to the workplace discrimination against Jews during this period and notably comprise copies of correspondence including a notification to Willy Kroener, a dentist, that he must have a plaque outside his house stating that treatment is restricted to Jews only, 20 Feb 1939; correspondence to Magdalena Meyerstein, Leipzig, from the Reichstheaterkammer that she can no longer be a member of that organisation, 9 Apr 1937-6 Sep 1940 and a pro-forma letter from the Reichsnährstand, Kleve, Rheinland, regarding the treatment of those who have dealings with Jewish traders, [1930s].

Papers of the office of Reichsführer SS, 1938-1944, mostly emanate from the office of Reichsführer SS and deal with administrative matters. The collection comprises correspondence between the office of the Reichsführer SS and Reichskulturwalter Hans Hinkel (mainly) regarding administrative and cultural matters, 1939-1944 and an incomplete monthly information sheet Befehle und Mitteilungen, 1939-1942. It most notably includes two original letters from Reichsführer SS, Himmler (1144/1/14-/23); an incomplete set of an in-house information sheet providing instructions to SS members on a variety of matters such as dress protocol for visits to concentration camps by SS members (1144/2/4); qualification for wearing the 'Death's Head' ring of the SS (1144/2/2); and orders forbidding membership of clubs deemed inappropriate.

Papers of Libris UK including correspondence concerning editorial issues and associated reviews of published works. Written in English and German. Contains the following files:

Box 1

File 1: Ashton, Rosemary, THE GERMAN IDEA

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, April 1993-January 1994.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work August 1980-June 1995.

File 2: Bosley, Keith, EVE BLOSSOM HAS WHEELS - GERMAN LOVE POETRY

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, May 1995-March 1997.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work 1997.

File 3: Brecht, Bertolt, WAR PRIMER

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, March 1996-October 1997.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work 1997-2003.

Box 2

File 4: Bridgham, Fred, THE FRIENDLY GERMAN-ENGLISH DICTIONARY

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, February 1990-September 1995.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work 1995-1998.

File 5: Bridgwater, Patrick, POET OF EXPRESSIONIST BERLIN - THE LIFE AND WORK OF GEORG HEYM

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1986-1994.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work 1991-1994.

File 6: Brophy, Brigid, MOZART THE DRAMATIST

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1986-1989.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1988-2006.

Box 3

File 7: Dove, Richard, HE WAS A GERMAN - A BIOGRAPHY OF ERNST TOLLER

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1987-1990.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work 1988-1995.

File 8: Dove, Richard, JOURNEY OF NO RETURN - FIVE GERMAN SPEAKING LITERARY EXILES IN BRITAIN, 1933-1945

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1997-2000.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2000-2001.

File 9: Fallada, Hans, THE DRINKER

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1988-1989.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1989-2005.

Box 4

File 10: Fallada, Hans, LITTLE MAN -WHAT NOW?

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1990-1996.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1987-2009.

File 11: Fontane, Theodor, BEYOND THE TWEED - A TOUR OF SCOTLAND IN 1858

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1998.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1997-2005.

File 12: [Franz, Fuhmann, SELECTED STORIES] not published

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 2005.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2005.

Box 5

File 13: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, ROMAN ELEGIES and THE DIARY

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1986-1996.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1986-1998.

File 14: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, SELECTED POETRY

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1990-1999.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1990-1999.

File 15: Haffner, Sebastian, GERMANY: JEKYLL & HYDE

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 2004-2005.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2005.

Box 6

File 16: Heym, Georg, POEMS

One file in three parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1985-2005.

Part 2a and 2b. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2000-2005.

Box 7

File 17: Heym, Georg, THE THIEF AND OTHER STORIES

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1990-1994.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1994-2000.

File 18: Hebel, Johann Peter, THE TREASURE CHEST

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1989-1995.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1994-2010.

Box 8

File 19: [Hofmannsthal, Hugo von, AN IMPOSSIBLE MAN] not published

One file.

Correspondence concerning editorial issues concerning unpublished book, 2004-2013.

File 20: Kastner, Erich, FABIAN - THE STORY OF A MORALIST

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1986-2004.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1988-2005.

File 21: Gansel, Mireille and Kunze, Reiner, 'IN TIME OF NEED' - A CONVERSATION ABOUT POETRY, RESISTANCE AND EXILE

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 2005-2006.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2005-2009.

Box 9

File 22: Lafitte, Francois, THE INTERNMENT OF ALIENS

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1987-1988.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1987-2003.

File 23: Lukacs, Georg, GERMAN REALISTS IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1988-1992.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1989-1996.

Box 10

File 24: Grenville, Anthony and Malet, Marian, CHANGING COUNTRIES - THE EXPERIENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT OF GERMAN-SPEAKING EXILES FROM HITLER IN BRITAIN FROM 1933 TO TODAY

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1999-2010.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2004-2009.

File 25: Munsterer, Hanns Otto, THE YOUNG BRECHT

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1986-1994.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1992-1998.

File 26: Morike, Eduard, MOZART'S JOURNEY TO PRAGUE and SELECTED POEMS

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1994-1996.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1997-2005.

Box 11

File 27: Reves, Nigel, HEINRICH HEINE: POETRY AND POLITICS

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1993-1994.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1994-1996.

File 28: Schiller, Friedrich, WILLIAM TELL, A PLAY

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 2001-2005.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2005.

File 29: Trakl, Georg, POEMS & PROSE

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1996-2008.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2000-2005.

Box 12

File 30: Williams, Jenny, MORE LIVES THAN ONE - A BIOGRAPHY OF HANS FALLADA

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 1996-2008.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 1998-2009.

File 31: Wizisla, Erdmut, WALTER BENJAMIN AND BERTOLT BRECHT - THE STORY OF A FRIENDSHIP

One file in two parts.

Part 1. Correspondence concerning editorial issues, 2003-2009.

Part 2. Correspondence, papers, regarding reviews and reception of the published work, 2005-2009.

Correspondence files of the General Secretary and the Assistant Secretary of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, 1937-1989, mainly relating to agreements with various manufacturers, businesses, organisations, and other trade unions, and to union organisation; also includes a "History" file, 1860-1970, and a collection of trade union rule books, 1912-1963; printed works, comprising The Garment Worker: official organ of the Tailors' and Garment Workers' Union, 1926-1991; Circulars to Executive Board Officials and Branches, 1954-1985; Minutes of Special Executive Meetings, 1953-1955, 1960-1968; Membership Summary, 1951-1970; Report of Proceedings of General Conference, 1963-1989.

Memorabilia of Philip Henry Wood (1904-1970) and Hilda Mary Wood (nee Smith) (1902-2005), East London College students 1921-1924. Includes a memoir of the lives of Philip and Hilda Wood, with original and reproduced photographs. Also includes two original East London College netball and tennis blazers.

Selected documentation, including reports, photographs, film (DVD and VHS), books and ephemera, from various projects. Including the Staging Human Rights and Changing the Scene projects, amongst others. Mainly English, some Portuguese.

Archives of Queen Mary University of London, formerly Queen Mary Westfield College, 1989-2000, comprising Governing body and committee minutes, 1989-2006; Annual reports, 1989-2008; Prospectuses, 1989-2008; Academic Board Standing Committee papers, 1989-2006; Library Committee minutes, 1989-1995, and Accessions Registers, 1990s; Students' Union Society Newsheet and other publications, 1989-2008; Presscuttings, 1989-1996.

Archives of Queen Mary College, 1887-1989, containing records of the People's Palace, 1887-1939, East London Technical College, 1896-1909, East London College, 1909-1934, and Queen Mary College, 1934-1989. Comprising of sub-collections: (QMC/PP) Records of the People's Palace c1885-1987; (QMC/HR) Personnel Records of Queen Mary College c1911-1990; (QMC/PS) Principal's records of Queen Mary College 1910-1990; (QMC/Realia) Archives Realia consisting largely of photographs, memorabilia and ephemera, dating from c1900-1989. (QMC) The main series includes the following.

Governance and management papers: East London College Committee indexes to meetings 1907-1913; Governing Body minutes books and indexes 1913-1989; Registrars letter books regarding academic staff, 1911-1921; Academic Board minutes, 1913-1985, with Standing Committee papers, 1987-1989; Faculty Board minute books, Committee of Deans minute books c1935-1986; Faculty of Arts Board minutes and papers, 1933-1987; Faculty of Science Board minutes and papers, 1933-1977; Faculty of Science minutes and papers, 1948-1980; Committee for Medical Studies minutes, 1934-1961; Faculty of Engineering minutes and papers, 1935-70; Joint Committee on Staffing and Staff Reductions Sub-board, 1980s; Queen Mary College Committees and Staff lists 1980-1989; Strategy Planning documents 1985-1989; Finance and Planning papers 1970-1989; University Grants Committee 1985; Engineering administation papers 1920-1940; Library Committtee minutes and accession lists 1934-1990; Jarratt Report response 1986; AUT papers 1990-1994; Appeal for funds 1935-1937.

Reporting and information dissemination: Calendars c1897-1989; Prospectuses 1930-1989; Annual reports 1949-1989; Accounts annual reports 1977-1989; Directory of courses 1980-1989; Magazines, East London College and Queen Mary College Magazine, Mole, Leapardess, Cub, 1910-1989; Students' Union Society minutes, 1932-1935; Hobbies and Interests Club 1988-1989; Alumni magazines, College News Bulletins and Newsletters, c1964-1989; Condensate (Chemistry Department Magazine) 1972-1989; Press cuttings 1917-1989.

Subject files containing ephemera and photographs regarding events and celebrations; societies and associations; people; faculties; buildings, c1900-1989.

Student records including student cards arranged alphabetically by surname, c1906-1989.

Nuclear reactor log books, papers and correspondence c1963-1984.

Photographs, negatives slides, and promotional materials: 2 photograph albums 1938-1962; Publicity photographs 1970-1990; Negatives for magazines and printed materials c1980-1990; Cinefilm of events and other films produced concerning the College c1930-1960; Promotional videos 1960-1980s; Negatives with index covering all subject areas, events and key staff members, c1970-1989.

Memorabilia: Graduation gowns c1930-1940s; 2 College flags c1940-1950; 3 blazers c1913-1920s; Medals, gifts, College shields, c1880-1989.

Papers relating to the development of the Chemistry Department, and relating to student activities on campus including, posters for the Socialist Worker, Socialist Society, and posters and adverts for student protest and events.

Two wall charts, attached to wooden struts, used to display depictions of Lavoisier's Experiment and Diffusion chart in lectures at East London College 1920s and 1930s, ascribed to James Riddick Partington.

Four photographs of the demolition of the Chemistry Building in 2011.

Papers of Rachel Fowler comprising note books on world travel and Andre Thevet (1502-1590).

Includes papers, publications, photographs, posters, leaflets, booklets, correspondence and press cuttings regarding squatting and housing protests in the UK and internationally. 34 files/folders. Predominantly late 1970s/early 1980s, [1970-2012].

Papers of Michael Cecil John Barnes (b 1932), including: handwritten notes and photographs taken by Barnes during War-on-Want mission to India and West Bengal shortly after the Pakistani 'crackdown', May 1971; handwritten notes and photographs taken by Barnes on a Parliamentary Delegation visit to Bangladesh, November 1973; miscellaneous papers relating to Bangladesh and Bengali politics, including newsletters, photographs of a visit by Sheikh Hasina to the United Kingdom Immigrant Advisory Service (UKIAS) and press cuttings, 1971-1989.

Papers of activist and historian Noreen Branson (1910-2003), including: wartime correspondence between Noreen and husband Clive Branson regarding miscellaneous and personal topics, 1941-1943; photographs of artwork and paintings by Clive Branson, n.d.; miscellaneous papers, press cuttings and correspondence regarding Clive Branson's death in 1944 and papers concerning Branson's art career, 1941-1944; typescript Communist Party of Great Britain papers of various classes and publications, possibly compiled by Noreen Branson, c1945; handwritten notes on books, pamphlets and conferences, possibly by Branson or Emile Burns, c1945 -1950; press cuttings regarding the stock exchange and the economy, 1967.

Papers of Colin Campbell, 1957-1970, including: papers and minutes of the British Humanist Association, 1959-1969; papers, minutes and promotional material regarding the University Humanist Federation, 1959-1970; papers, reports and ephemera regarding the National Secular Society, 1957-1964; completed questionnaire forms from and papers relating to a survey of Humanist groups conducted by Campbell and the BHA, 1963; completed questionnaire forms from and papers concerning a BHA/NSS survey, 'Who are the Humanists?', 1964; copy of Colin Campbell's PhD thesis, 'Humanism and the culture of the professions: a study of the rise of the British humanist movement, 1954-1963' (435pp), 1967.

Papers concerning the personal archive of Anna Coote (1954-1983), including: notes about a reappraisal of a case of a woman's dismissal from work and the industrial tribunal hearing; the labour situation; papers concerning various cases of dismissial of female employees from various employers, including testimonials; articles on a range of topics, including industry and the law, women at work, outside work schemes, the duties of a Personnel Officer; transcripts of interviews with various secretaries and employers, as well as letters describing personal experience of being a secretary; and typescripts of chapters from a proposed book on secretaries (1954-975). Also included are government publications and documents that relate to the personal archives (1971-1983), including: material relating to a decision of industrial tribunals and court cases; documents relating to the Sex Discrimination Act 1975; copies of parliamentary debates on the Sex Equality Bill, 1983; Social Security Pensions Act 1975; second review of the Race Relations Act 1976; documents relating to the Abortion Act 1967, and the Abortion (Amendment) Bill 1975; "How M.P.s vote on abortion"; Abortion, 1976; Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Bill; Matrimonial Causes Act 1973; Equal Pay Act 1970; Anti-Discrimination Bill 1971; Employment Protection Bill 1975; Children Bill 1975; report on the circumstances of families 1967; survey of women's employment 1968; proposals for a tax-credit system, 1972; proposals for a new pensions scheme 1974; government proposals on employment and training, 1973; equality for women, 1974; the select committee on violence in marriage, 1975; select committee on the Anti-Discrimination (No 2) Bill, 1972-1973; sixth report from the expenditure committee on the employment of women, 1972-1973; and the report of the committee on one-parent families, 1974.

Papers of co-operator and Christian socialist Paul Derrick, 1947-1987, including pamphlets and publications by Derrick concerning socialism, co-operation, economics, Christian socialism and other subjects, 1947-1987; papers and correspondence concerning common ownership, 1968-1975; typescripts drafts by and correspondence with R.H.Glover, 1969-1974; correspondence and papers concerning the Robert Owen Bicentenary Association, 1970-1974; papers, correspondence and minutes of the Christian Socialist Movement, 1962-1981; miscellaneous correspondence regarding political, co-operative and general issues with politicians, colleagues and others, 1952-1974; typescript and handwritten drafts of published and unpublished articles, c1950-1975; personal papers and correspondence, 1967-1971.

Papers of socialist and academic John Dore (1930-2006), including: press cuttings regarding various aspects of Dore's career including the 1962 local election result, his (unsuccessful) 1964 parliamentary candidature for Heston and Isleworth, 1962-1964; copies of various newspapers covering details of Dore's political activities, including the Richmond and Barnes Clarion, Heston and Isleworth Clarion, Twickenham Courier, The Voice of Malta, Wembley South Citizen, Socialist Outlook and FACT Newspaper, 1935-1963; election ephemera, notes for speeches and papers relating to Richmond and Barnes CLP, Heston and Isleworth CLP, Labour League of Youth, Greater London Council and concerning early Labour Party membership, 1948-1981; correspondence regarding Dore's candidature in Heston and Isleworth, with Richmond and Barnes Labour Party, and the Fabian Society, 1956-1975; papers, press cuttings, reports and ephemera from Dore's employment by the Malayan Government concerning Malaya, its political and social conditions and rice production, 1954-1959.

Papers of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (1978-2005), including: accounts and financial records, 1980-2005; chair and annual reports, 1979-2007; annual general meeting minutes and papers, 1980-1997; nomination forms, membership and attendance records, 1985-1996; legislative submissions, 1980-2001; papers, press cuttings and other material regarding various GALHA campaigns concerning "cures" for homosexuality, Coventry County Council and their ban on a Campaign for Homosexual Equality meeting, the armed forces, Section 28 and the age of consent, 1978-2000; press releases, 1990-1993; papers deposited by founder members George Broadhead and Jim Herrick including papers, journals, photographs and other material, 1979-1995.

Papers of engineer and socialist Reg H.Glover, 1962-1973, including typescript and handwritten drafts of the autobiography, Thimble Pie by Glover, n.d.; correspondence to and manuscripts by Glover regarding the Coventry 'Gang' System, the engineering trade, strikes and other matters, 1962-1973.

Papers of librarian and bibliographer Charles Goss (1864-1946) including: personal material concerning the life and family of Charles Goss, including typescript chronology, information regarding his home in Kevington, birth and marriage certificates, articles on Goss by C.W.J.Harris and photographs of Goss at various stages of his career, c1891 - 2001; papers concerning the professional career of Goss, including papers concerning his appointment as librarian at the Bishopsgate Institute, annotated copies of his books Crosby Hall: A Chapter in the History of London and The London Directories, 1677-1855 with correpondence used in their completion and letters concerning Goss's activities, 1832 - 1968; press cuttings of letters, articles and book reviews by Goss from various newspapers on topics including librarianship, biography, Christmas and the benefits of novel reading, along with cuttings of reviews of Goss' works Crosby Hall: A Chapter in the History of London, The London Directories, 1677-1855 and A Descriptive Bibliography of the Writings of George Jacob Holyoake, 1889 - 1936.

Papers of educationalist, writer and humanist (Clifford) James Hemming (1909-2007), including: curriculum vitae and obituary notices, 2007-2008; personal material, including texts of interviews, cartoons and poems/jottings, 1987-2008; miscellaneous articles, papers and published letters, 1951-1999; correspondence, 1962-2000; press cuttings and ephemera, 1945-1960; papers regarding involvement with the World Education Fellowship, 1969-2008; programme for the James Hemming Essay Prize, 2009; copy of Hemming's PhD, Some Problems of Adolescent Girls, 1957; photographs, 1977-2007.

Papers of co-operator and secularist George Jacob Holyoake, 1831-1985, including correspondence to and from Holyoake regarding various topics at all stages of his career, including press cuttings of correspondence with Dr Kalley and correspondence between Holyoake, Austin Holyoake and Thomas Cooper, 1837-1943; series of engagement diaries kept by Holyoake, including brief handwritten notes on daily events and ephemera, including handbills, press cuttings and letters concerning meetings, lectures and public and political events pasted into pages, 1847-1905; printed material relating to all aspects of Holyoake's career, including handbills for lectures and addresses by Holyoake and meetings of co-operative societies, secularist organisations and other political movements, press cuttings of letters by Holyoake to the national and local press, various articles by Holyoake and others, and reviews of addresses and works, circulars and miscellaneous ephemera produced by Holyoake and supported movements, and various handwritten documents regarding Holyoake's political and personal life, 1831-1978; press cuttings of serialised articles and columns written by Holyoake for various national, local and international newspapers and periodicals, including London Correspondence, Town Talk, Private Correspondence, Our London Letter and other articles produced for the Brighton Guardian, Agricultural Economist, The Sun and the Co-operative News, along with press cuttings regarding the opening of Holyoake House in Manchester and the unveiling of the Holyoake Memorial at Highgate Cemetery, London, 1867-1911; loose press cuttings collected and compiled by Holyoake and relating to his life and work, including cuttings concerning visits to America and Canada, co-operation, co-operative congresses and festivals, co-operative societies, parliamentary reform and other miscellaneous cuttings concerning lectures and letters by Holyoake, secularism, republicanism, atheism and other various topics, 1857-1911; miscellaneous publications and notebooks by Holyoake, including manuscript drafts of works, early notes on lectures and their content, predominantly at the Birmingham Mechanics Institute, log books containing diary notes and thoughts, papers relating to the London Atheistical Society, accounts relating to Fleet Street House, London and press cuttings of letters by Holyoake written under the name `Ion', 1838-1861; miscellaneous manuscripts relating to Holyoake's life and career, co-operation and secularism, along with press cuttings and ephemera, including material relating to mathematics, Brighton, spiritualism, trade unions, grammar, the Newspaper Stamp Abolition Committee, the Social Economist, along with papers relating to Holyoake's arrest in 1842, Fleet Street House, London, the Congress of Social Reformers, Leeds Secular Society, the Thomas Allsop Prize Essay Competition and the Polish Legion, 1839-1978; galley proofs of printed copies of articles by Holyoake on various topics, 1893; press cuttings and extracts from journals concerning biographical details of Holyoake, his life and work, along with articles and obituary material published following his death in 1906, 1875-1917; minute books of the Travelling Tax Abolition Committee, of which Holyoake was Chairman, including handwritten minutes and printed statements, circulars and Committee documents pasted into each volume, along with loose circulars, ephemera and press cuttings concerning the Committee and its work, 1877-1901; minutes and papers of the Garibaldi Special Fund Committee, including Central Committee minutes, muster roll, ephemera, press cuttings and fund certificates recording members of the British Legion of excursionists to Italy, along with more general material relating to Garibaldi, Italian Unification and reaction in England, including cuttings from the Illustrated London News and secondary articles, 1860-1985; circulars, ephemera and press cuttings regarding to the Holyoake Testimonial Fund, including letters to subscribers, fund reports and a programme for a performance by the Victoria Dramatic Club in aid of the Fund, 1853-1889; four photographs of Holyoake taken late in his life, n.d.

Administrative papers of the History Workshop Journal, including: minutes of the HWJ Editorial Board, 1997-2008; accounts and papers regarding financial matters, 1998-2007; HWJ editorial log files, 2001-2008; copyright agreements, log sheets, abstracts, biographies, licenses and editorial critiques for issues of History Workshop Journal, 2002-2004; accounts and other financial and publication papers concerning Oxford University Press, 1994-2006; HWJ editorial timetables, 1999-2006; papers regarding the Raphael Samuel memorial and HWJ Workshop and events, 1999.

Records of James Ince and Sons, umbrella makers (1871-2005), including: accounts and account books, 1925-1998; miscellaneous account books, including wages books, stocktaking, petty cash, share certificate, insurance and sales/purchase books, 1931-1997; order books, 1972-1990; miscellaneous photographs of James Ince umbrellas, displays at trade fairs, properties and Geoffrey Ince and Wilfred Sears Ince at professional engagements, c1950-1995; promotional material, price lists, catalogues, brochures and umbrella material samples for James Ince and Sons products and other manufacturers, 1900-1995; scrapbooks compiled by Geoffrey Ince concerning his chairmanship of the Bishopsgate Ward Club, the Ward Club's centenary, business history and self employment/tax issues, 1984-1993; Geoffrey Ince's engagement diaries, 1987-1994; papers and correspondence regarding business properties at 298/300 Bishopsgate, 9/10 The Oval and 37 Spital Square, 1946-1986; business leases, wills and property deeds, 1871-1972; private account book of James Ince, Brighton, 1883-1900; copper printing blocks and copper logo plates, n.d.

DVD, 'The story of Unity Theatre: the theatre of the labour and trade union movement', produced by the Unity Theatre Trust, c 2008.

Includes:

• candidate booklet for Labour Party internal elections (including leader, treasurer, National Executive Committee and National Policy Forum) (31pp) (2010)

• candidate booklet for selection of Labour candidate for the London Mayor elections 2012 (3pp) (2010)

• ballot paper (1p) (2010)

• Labour Today (27pp) (Autumn 2010)

• flyer for the Co-operative Party (2pp) (2010)

• tickets for the Labour Party leadership draw (n.d.)

Ephemera collected at SlutWalk, London 11th June 2011, including leaflets produced by Women Against Rape, Marxism Festival, Revolution Socialist Youth and London Feminist Network.

Ephemera collected from the anti-EDL protest in the East End of London, Saturday 3rd September 2011. Including material from Defend the Right to Protest, Unite the Union, London Health Worker Network, Right to Work Campaign, Keep Our NHS Public, East London Socialist Workers Party, Socialist Party, National Shop Stewards Network, Save KEMP, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, British Muslim Initiative, Sikhs Against the English Defence League, East London Mosque, Resistance, Tamil Solidarity, International Bolshevik Tendency.

Includes:

• Richmond Labour Party Young Socialists agenda 1st October 1979 and report on the first meeting held at Star House on 13th September

• Advertisement for Zimbabwe National Demonstration Sunday, November 11, London. Produced by the Zimbabwe Emergency Campaign Committee

• Leaflet entitled 'Animals in Laboratories' by Animal Aid

• Membership application card for Labour Party Young Socialists (LPYS)

• Moscow News, No. 23, Sunday June 4, 1989.

Papers, minutes and other material regarding meetings and actions of Stop the War against Mozambique (SWAM)/Mozambique and Angola Solidarity (1977-1994).

Material relating to the Occupy London movement:

• Initial statement of Occupy LSX

• Press cuttings relating to the movement and occupation at St Paul's.

Records of the Saffron Bloom Lodge of the Manchester Unity Oddfellows Society, including: National Insurance cash books, 1927-1939; group photograph of Lodge members (4 copies), c 1925; framed photograph of J M Turner, n.d.; minute books, 1883-1936; contribution registers, 1913-1931; National Health Insurance sickness and disablement registers, 1926.

Papers, newsletters and ephemera concerning CND and the peace movement in West London, 1982-1997, including: newsletters, ephemera, minutes and reports of Acton CND, 1983-1997; newsletters of CND branches in Shepherd's Bush, Fulham, Pimlico, Hillingdon, Chiswick, Bromley and Twickenham, 1984-1990; newsletters and papers regarding the activities and protests of Hounslow CND, 1983-1989; papers regarding Hounslow Nuclear Free Zone and Anti-Nuclear week, 1983-1987.