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Ireland: civil list payments for the year beginning 25 March 1709.

Prospectuses for mortgages, debentures, shares, and other forms of capital issued by asset managers J Henry Schröder Company for the construction of various Latin America infrastructure including railroads and cities. The prospectuses have been listed for each company, which were formed to improve infrastructure in Peru, Chile, Cuba, Argentina and Brazil.

Manuscript letterbook, 1675-1686, with some loose manuscript letters, memoranda and papers, c1682-c1705. There are also two manuscript notes from N D Davis to John Cordy Jeaffreson from the 19th century.

Correspondence, notes and newspaper cuttings.

Five letters from Sir William Jenner to Dr Charles John Hare, discussing his appointment (presumably as royal physician), 1861; referring to a charitable donation, 1867; news of his family and house, 1890; on admitting women to the College (University College London), opposing the admission of women to the profession, and family news, 1895; and discussing Hare's lectures and other matters, mentioning the Queen and referring to practical arrangements relating to Jenner's whereabouts (undated). Press cutting, including an obituary of Hare from the British Medical Journal, 1898.

Charter of the Jews in Pisa and Leghorn, signed Ferd. Bardi 15 Ag. 1667. Also including four letters, the first two dated 1614, and the last 1667.

Papers of the Parkes family, 1634-1865. The main part of the collection consists of letters to Joseph Parkes. In addition, there are a few letters to his elder brother Josiah, to their father John, and to other members of the family. There are also a few miscellaneous papers. The Parkes family deeds are also part of the collection, consisting of family deeds, subsidiary title deeds, grants of mineral rights, deeds held as Trustees, and miscellaneous. The deeds are dated 1634-1800 and the correspondence is dated 1801-1865.

The collection is divided into: personal history; the Department of Phonetics at University College London; lecture notes; published and broadcast work; unpublished research work; correspondence; acquired printed material.

Papers of Snaebjörn Jónsson, 20th century, comprising press cuttings, letters and photographs.

Papers and correspondence, 1939-1981, of Professor Joseph Anthony Charles Thomas concerning his work, comprising manuscript and typescript notes for lectures attended while a student at Cambridge, 1939-1947; typescripts and manuscripts for The Institutes of Justinian; typescripts and manuscripts, including translations, for various articles, lectures and talks, some unpublished; texts for his lectures at Nottingham, 1953-1954, Glasgow, 1955-1961, and University College London, 1965-1980 and undated; general correspondence, 1953-1978, correspondence concerning book reviews, 1962-1980, correspondence concerning articles, 1966-1969, 1975-1981, and correspondence concerning outside talks, A Casebook on Contract, Textbook of Roman Law, and The Institutes of Justinian.

The collection includes current and rare editions of Joyce's publications, critical and background literature. Archival material consists of the Lidderdale papers (1915-1983), which includes letters to Jane Lidderdale (god-daughter and joint biographer of Harriet Shaw Weaver, and Lucia Joyce's literary executor); copies of letters to Harriet Shaw Weaver (Joyce's patron and publisher); and papers, letters and photographs of Lucia Joyce (Joyce's daughter). The Weaver papers (1914-1958) include material relating to James and Lucia Joyce, and press cuttings. The Joyce Centenary papers contain various news cuttings etc from 1982. The Lucia Joyce Bequest (1924-1982) includes personal documents, letters, cards and photographs relating to Lucia Joyce.

Manuscript volume, late 15th or early 16th century, containing Juvenal's Satirae 1-16 (satires).

The first part of the collection consists of correspondence, notes, drafts and revised translations for Kabdebo's edition of translations of the poems of Attila József. The second part of the collection consists of 19 letters and manuscript poems for inclusion in 'UCL Poetry 1969', a poetry seminar workshop, edited by Kabdebo.

Papers of Sir Bernard Katz, [1927-2003] including papers relating to summer schools and conferences; departmental administrative papers of the Biophysics Department, University College London; papers relating to the Journal of Physiology; papers relating to the Royal Society; personal and scientific correspondence; off prints; lecture notes; working papers including for unpublished work; papers relating to overseas visits and photographs, diagrams and glass plates of scientific subjects.

Papers, including personal and professional correspondence; a heavily annotated copy of A.J.Ayer's 'Thinking and Meaning'; proof copy of J.E.McTaggart's 'Philosophical Studies'; Keeling's work on time and other reviews and articles; reviews of Keeling's own works; draft and proof articles for 'Encyclopaedia Britannica' and related correspondence; Keeling's birth and death certificates and documents relating to his will; 2 letters from Bertrand Russell (photocopies); a photocopy of details of Keeling's imprisonment as a conscientious objector in the First World War.

Papers of Dr William Martin, Captain William Jaggard and Keen himself, concerning William Shakespeare. Includes papers on Jaggard's case against Hunter Charles Rogers over forged Shakespeare documents.

Correspondence of and papers relating to Sir Bernard Augustus Keen, 1931-1982, comprising correspondence between Keen and Sir (Alfred) Daniel Hall, 1931, then Director of the John Innes Horticultural Institution, relating to the setting up of the Agricultural Research Council and the offer to Keen of the position of Secretary, also including a letter from Hall commenting on Keen's report on Indian agriculture; letters of farewell to and from Keen and press cutting on his retirement from East Africa and return to Britain, 1954; letters from Sir (Edward) John Russell, 1962-1963, relating mainly to Russell's history of agricultural science in Britain, but also recalling Keen's appointment at Rothamsted in 1913 and [Ernest?] Rutherford's praise of his book The Physical Properties of the Soil (1931); letters from G D H Bell on Keen's retirement as Editor, Journal of Agricultural Science, 1965; letter of condolence from Royal Meteorological Society on Keen's death, 1981; Sir (Herbert) Charles Pereira's memoir of Keen for Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol xxviii (1982), with related correspondence of Pereira, 1982.

The collection consists of published and unpublished works including lectures, essays, poems and reviews by Ker; notes for works and lectures covering the whole of Ker's career; correspondence collected by Chambers; and miscellaneous material including Chambers' notes and writings on Ker, Ker's personal and administrative papers, obituaries of Ker, and other papers.

Manuscript lecture notes and papers concerning Latin and philology.

Manuscript poem entitled 'Ulster soldier', dated 13 April 1942 at Omagh.

Letters to Roger Kingdon from Daniel Jones, Professor of Phonetics at University College London 1921-1949, with carbon copies of Kingdon's replies.

Manuscript catalogue of a collection of small specimens of minerals, classed and arranged according to R Kirwan (by him, or following his principles).

Manuscript volume [1620s]: Christoph Kotter's 'Mystisches Manuskript', comprising declarations of mystical experiences made before the civic and ecclesiastical authorities of the town of Sprottau. With 20 pen drawings of visions in the text.

Papers of Lionel Sharples Penrose, 1806-1974, comprising personal papers relating to Penrose and his family, 1806-1974; papers relating to the professional training, medical, scientific and voluntary work of Penrose, 1918-1972; letters, mainly to Penrose, 1915-1973.

Manuscript 'Glossaire des moeurs, coûtumes etc de France', compiled by Jean Baptiste de La Curne de Sainte-Palaye for his Glossaire de l'ancienne langue françoise, 18th century, and comprising an alphabetical arrangement of topics on French manners and customs, with marginal references giving the volume and page of the manuscript or printed source from which the extracts were made.

Coloured plan of the La Plata Cold Storage Works [Argentina?], 1905.

Letters on scientific matters, mostly to M. Dumont (1812-1824); letter from Camille Lamouroux to 'Phillippe' (1895); with correspondence, invoices and catalogue (1904) relating to the sale of these manuscripts.

Papers of Rowena Lamy, 1908-1956, comprising poems, writings, notes and correspondence.

Manuscript notes and sketches on a course of lectures on zoology given by Sir Edwin Lankester (1847-1929).

Manuscript paper, 'Contributions to evolution theory', sent to the zoologist Sir John Graham Kerr on 1 September 1922. All red marks, and probably all ink marks, done by Kerr.

Papers of Amicie Lebaudy including correspondence, mainly in support of Paul Déroulède and Gabriel Syveton, 1899-[1905]; personal diary, 1900-1908; notes by Lebaudy and correspondence relating to Dr Leon Petit and Soeur Candide, [1910-1912]; biography of Lebaudy and typed copy of an article 'Le Gaulois 30 Mai 1890'.

Papers of the Sanatorium du Mont des Oiseaux in Hyères, France, [1900-1909], including hospital registers, account books, invoices, letter book, correspondence of Dr Leon Petit including with Amicie Lebaudy, appointment books, equipment inventories and press cuttings.

Correspondence in English relating to the Lebaudy Collection at the Bodleian Library, 1912-1914.

Lectionarium Pro Sanctis Diebus Et Festis (lectionary for holy days and feasts). Apparently incomplete. On the modern binding is: Sermones de sanctis. saec. XII (12th century sermons on saints).

Manuscript volume, 15th century: Uber Wichbilde, Lehenrecht Vnnd Lantrecht (a lexicon of information on Wichbilde, Lehenrecht and Lantrecht).

Manuscript volume, 1462: Heiligenlegenden (Legends of the Saints). A parchment leaf at the end of the manuscript bears liturgical text in Latin in a 14th-century hand.

Grant by Leopold I to Friderich Caspar and Johann C Herman of Neuhoff, 17th century.

Legal papers of Lord Lester on various cases, 1989-1998, pertaining to Derbyshire County Council v Times Newspapers Limited, House of Lords, 1989 (concerning libel and freedom of speech); Pepper v Hart, House of Lords, 1992 (concerning Derek John Pepper and John Thornton Hart, the payment of tax by public school teachers for reduced fees for their sons, the relationship between Parliament and the judiciary, and whether the intentions of the law and comments in the House of Commons, not just the words of a statute, should be used as evidence in court); Equal Opportunities Commission v Secretary of State for Employment, House of Lords, 1993 (concerning Patricia Elizabeth Day, and the relationship between European Community and UK law); Fayed v the United Kingdom, European Court of Human Rights, 1993; Queen and Chief Constable of Sussex ex parte International Ferry Traders Limited, House of Lords, 1998.

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Letters from Francis Galton to Mrs M.G. Lethbridge.

Most of the notes are not in Lewis's hand. They are draft footnotes and suggestions for a preface for an illustrated edition of Juvenal, apparently produced by Lewis's students, though not published. There are other notes on classical archaeology and philology, and also notes on the Turkish language.

Notebooks containing lecture notes, notes on medieval French architecture, and lists of architecture students and lecture titles for various sessions.

Papers of James Lighthill, 1970s-1990s including working papers; lecture notes and transcripts; conference papers; off prints of articles; drafts and proofs of publications by Lighthill; correspondence; personal awards and honours; papers relating to the Royal Society; audio cassettes and papers relating to the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics.

Papers of Malcolm Lilly, 1957-2003, comprising biographical papers including obituary; curriculum vitae; bibliography; list of theses supervised and an account of Lilly's efforts to secure membership of the Institution of Chemical Engineers.

Notebooks, 1962-1998 and research notes, 1965-1997, including on control systems, fermentation and progesterone conversion.

Papers relating to biochemical engineering at University College London (UCL), including on the history of development of biochemical engineering at UCL; the Advanced Centre for Biochemical Engineering; the Interdisciplinary Research Centre; research grants, teaching, training and personnel.

Publications by Lilly, 1962-2003; manuscript and typescript drafts for publications and unpublished drafts and correspondence relating to journals with which Lilly was associated with as author, reviewer or editor.

Transcripts of Lilly's public and invitation lectures, 1966-1996, including on 'Immobilised Enzyme Reactors', Developments in Biocatalysis', 'Two-liquid phase biocatalytic reactors', 'Industrial use of Biocatalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis' and 'Biochemical Engineering - It's Contribution to Society.' Also untitled and draft lecture notes and visual material.

Papers relating to twenty four British and international organisations and societies including the European Commission, the European Federation of Biotechnology; the International Organisation for Biotechnology and Bioengineering and the Institute for Biotechnology Studies.

Papers relating to Lilly's consultancy work with twenty one commercial organisations including Beckman Instruments; Beecham Group Ltd and Merck Sharp and Dohme Research Laboratories.

Papers relating to visits and conferences, 1964-1998, including programmes, lists of participants; abstracts and Lilly's notes on proceedings.

Correspondence, 1966-1998, including references and recommendations.

Notes on a course of lectures on botany, delivered by John Lindley, Professor of Botany at London University. The notes were taken by Thomas Howitt, with pencil sketches in the text. Six pages of notes are of a later period, probably not by Howitt.

Correspondence and poems. Includes a letter from W. P. Ker, Quain Professor of English Language and Literature at University College London from 1889 to 1922.

The collection comprises letters to James Loch and other members of his family. Many of the letters concern the founding and early management of University College London, then known as London University, and matters relating to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. There are a few letters relating to personal and family matters.

One hundred and sixteen letters to Sir Oliver Lodge from various correspondents.

Archives of the London Mathematical Society, 1853-1994, the bulk comprising c500 letters to Thomas Archer Hirst, 1853-1892, mainly in his capacity as a member of the LMS, including a letter inviting him to the first meeting of the Society, and also reflecting his travels in Europe, including letters from prominent European mathematicians. The letters include several from Henry M Bompas, 1865, 1874-1879; Arthur Cayley, 1858-1891 and undated; Michel Chasles, 1858-1871 and undated; Luigi Cremona, 1864-1892 and undated; Augustus De Morgan, 1861-1869; Georges-Henri Halphen, 1875-1879; Amédée Mannheim, 1866-1891; Julius Plücker, 1866-1868; William Roberts, 1859-1865 and undated; George Salmon, 1858-1878; [Hermann Cäsar Hannibal?] Schubert, 1877-1884; Henry John Stephen Smith, 1865-1876 and undated; William Spottiswoode, 1862, 1865, 1883; Cyparissos Stephanos, 1877-1887; Rudolf Sturm, 1874-1892; James Joseph Sylvester, 1859-1888 and undated; Barnaba Tortolini, 1858-1863; Richard Townsend, 1865-1878; John Van Voorst, 1864-1867; and there are a few letters from Hirst himself. The archive also includes a bound notebook containing a manuscript catalogue of the LMS library by R A Sampson, 1891-1893; miscellaneous administrative correspondence and papers, 1964-1975; membership lists, 1966-1972; binder of papers of H T J Norton on mathematics, with correspondence, largely to E H Neville, regarding their disposition in the LMS archive in c1938, and also including bibliographical material on elliptic functions, apparently compiled by Neville [1930s-1950s]; miscellaneous letters and papers on research, 1986, 1992-1994.

Papers of the Society for Promoting Christianity amongst the Jews, 1815-1963, consisting of foundation papers, 1840-1842, including Original by-laws and proposed alterations 1840 and By-laws as revised and adopted by the General Committee 1842; minutes of the Jews and School Committee, 1815-1819, the School and Chapel Sub-Committee, 1854-1874, 1883-1890, the Jewish Refugees Aid Society Committee, 1883-1900, and various minutes of Business of the Committee, 1912-1921; certificates of baptism at Jews Chapel, Bethnal Green, 1885-1894, and health certificates and parents' signed admission conditions for children admitted to Hebrew Schools, 1891-1899; catalogue of the Society's Library, founded in 1827 by Rev Lewis Way; collection of various printed papers concerning the centenary of the Society, 1908-1909; acquired printed papers, including The immortality of the soul and Zillah by Rev H L Harris, 1874, The Jewish Quarterly Review with inserted papers, 1899; missionary journals, reports and newsletters from Mission Stations in Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool in the United Kingdom, Paris in France, Hamburg in Germany, Warsaw in Poland, Lwow (Lemberg) in the Ukraine, Bucharest in Rumania, Casablanca and Mogador in Morocco, Algiers in Algeria, Ethiopia in East Africa, Tehran and Isfahan in Iran, 1925-1939; correspondence and various other papers, 1914-1963, including Birmingham Jewish Prayer Union Quarterly, 1936-1939, Requests for Praise and Prayer, 1936-1939, and general correspondence of The Church's Ministry Among the Jews, 1962-1963.

The London University Examiner, edited by Wilfred Collet and Charles Dobson, parts 1-15 (except 11-12), 1833.

Papers, c1914-1989, of Dame Kathleen Lonsdale.

Biographical material includes correspondence and papers relating to imprisonment in Holloway Prison, with Lonsdale's own accounts of her time there; diaries and personal notebooks, 1946-1969; letters of congratulation on election as Fellow of the Royal Society (1945); various photographs dating from school to her later years.

Papers relating to Lonsdale's teaching and administrative work at University College London include papers on teaching undergraduate and postgraduate courses; significant documentation relating to laboratory personnel, research funding and general university administration; papers relating to the 'Round Table on Peace Studies', which proposed the establishment of a centre for research into international conflict at the University.

Research material, 1924-1970, consists of Royal Institution papers comprising notebooks, one dating from Lonsdale's first period there (1923-1927), correspondence with colleagues such as W H Bragg and J M Robertson, and Lonsdale's notes and drafts for various research topics; correspondence and papers from her University College years covering many different areas of research, including diffuse scattering of X-rays, thermal vibrations in crystals, methonium compounds and urinary calculi (the latter topic particularly well documented and including several case studies), and including a large group of photographs, mostly of X-ray diffraction patterns.

Papers on the preparation of volumes of the International Tables for crystal structure determination from Lonsdale's chairmanship of the Commission on Tables (1948) comprise drafts, notes and correspondence with colleagues and publishers.

Extensive papers relating to publications, lectures and broadcasts include drafts of articles, on subjects including peace and religious issues, also including obituaries and biographical articles on various individuals, books, book reviews, obituaries, and letters to newspapers and magazines, the latter principally on the issue of atomic weapons; general correspondence concerning publications; drafts of lectures, 1945-1970, including ethics and the role of science in society; a large series of lecture notes, 1933-1970; scripts for broadcasts, on topics ranging from crystallography to religion, 1945-1967.

Papers on foreign and domestic travel, 1943-1971, relating to conferences and lectures, on crystallography, science ethics, and work for the Society of Friends, including her visit to China (1955) and her world tour (1965).

Papers relating to organisations, notably the British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) and the International Union of Crystallography (IUCr), including material relating to a number of International Congresses of Crystallography, also papers relating to participation in Pugwash Conferences on World Affairs, 1958-1970, and papers concerning prison reform and the running of Bullwood Hall Borstal, Essex.

Correspondence, 1927-1974, comprises two main sequences, one arranged alphabetically, the other chronologically; 'day files', principally carbons of outgoing correspondence, 1966-1969; a sequence of references and recommendations; also including correspondence relating to Lonsdale's period of imprisonment (1943). Correspondents include scientists such as Max Born, W H Bragg, W L Bragg, E G Cox, Dorothy Hodgkin, Judith Milledge, L C Pauling and A J C Wilson.

Manuscript notes on William Golden Lumley's lectures in English Law, delivered at University College London.