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GB 0098 MS/AD19 · Created 1951-1959
Part of ST MARY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

Works records of St Mary's Hospital Medical School, 1951-1958, comprising estimates for alterations to 42-76 Sussex Gardens to form a new student's hostel, (Wilson House), 1951-1953; specifications and bill of quantity for St Mary's Hospital Medical School North wing extension, 1958-1959.

St Mary's Hospital Medical School
GB 0117 MS/13 · sub-fonds · 1770-1771
Part of Manuscripts General

Works on botanical classification [by Nathaniel Matthew Wolf] in two parts comprising 1. 'Tentamen botanicae characteristicae sistens genera plantarum perfectiorum' , pp.1-117 and 2. 'Article d'une leavee de l'auteur, addressee a JHM, au sujet de sa botanique characteristique, pp.119-128.

Wolf , Nathanael Mattheus , von , 1724-1784 , physician and astronomer
WORKS DEPARTMENT: GENERAL
LCC/WKS/GEN · Collection · 1889-1911
Part of LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL

Records of the London County Council Works Department, 1889-1911, including historical account of the Works Department, 1892-1909, together with statements presented to the Council of the results of works executed by the Works Department; suggestions by the Deputy Chairman of the Council as to the organisation necessary to enable the Council to execute its own work; draft statement of works ordered to be carried out under the superintendence of the Parks Department; analysis of the prices submitted at tender for each of 70 contracts between 1891 and 1896; printed reports, accounts and inquiries into the working of the Works Department; booklets of orders and instructions for foremen; posters and catalogues of sale relating to the disposal of plant and materials on the discontinuance of the Works Department and the steamships and other equipment to be sold after the discontinuance of the passenger steamboat service.

LCC , London County Council x London County Council
WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT
GB 0074 ACC/3397 · Collection · 1916

Papers relating to the Workmen's Compensation Act 1906, comprising memorandum and notices issued by Bow County Court regarding an accident at Abram Lyle and Sons, Sugar Refiners, Victoria Docks.

Bow County Court
GB 0074 O/529 · Collection · 1876-1878

Minute book of Workman's Neutrality Committee, includes address on School Board Election from the General Political Vigilance Committee.

Labour Representation League , Workman's Neutrality Committee
GB 1538 M53 · 1998-2000

Agenda, minutes, papers and final report of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists working party to audit structured training, 1998-2000.

Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
WORKING MEN'S COLLEGE
GB 0074 LMA/4535 · Collection · 1842-1997

Records of the Working Men's College, London. This collection includes minutes of the governing committees of the college, including Directors Minutes (1857-1878); Council Minutes (1854-1997) and Executive Committee Minutes (1863-1989). Corporation ledgers (1875-1945) and College ledgers (1858-1905) chart the financial fortunes of the College. Most of the plans that survive are of the Crowndale road site but there is also one file of plans of the Great Ormond Street building. Lists of students (1854-1873) form part of the collection, the earliest of which records the occupation of students. Student participation in college life was not confined to the classroom and the records of the student clubs form a significant part of the collection.

Also within the collection is a volume recording donations made to the Working Men's Association, the organisation from which the College emerged.

Working Men's College , London
GB 1975 Working Class Autobiographies · Created 1790-1945; copied 1984-1989

Photocopies of c230 manuscript and typescript autobiographies of English, Welsh and Scottish working class individuals, c1790-1945, collated and copied by John Burnett, David Mayall and David Vincent for their The autobiography of the working class (Harvester Press, Brighton, 1984-1989). The majority of authors recall memories of their childhoods and early working lives in the late 19th century and early 20th century.

Burnett , John , b1925 , historian Mayall , David , b1953 , historian Vincent , David , b1949 , historian
GB 0101 ICS 106 · 1936-1944

Photocopy of papers of Leon Szur relating to the Workers' Party of South Africa, 1936-1944: comprising handwritten statement of aims and appeal for support [c1944]; photocopy of Afrikaans translation of The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marks and Friedrick Engels, with introduction by Leon Trotsky, [?1936]; statement by the Workers' Party of South Africa on the 19th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution, [1936].

Szur , Leon , fl 1944 , communist activist in South Africa
Workers' Film Association
GB 1924 WFA · 1938-1947

Financial records of the Workers' Film Association, 1938-1947, comprising: Purchases Journal/Day Books (outgoings), 1941-1946; Sales Journals, 1941-1946; Cash Books (Incomings and Outgoings), 1938-1947; Petty Cash summary, 1941-1946; Sundries Ledger, 1941-1946 (accounts with suppliers and creditors).

Workers' Film Association
GB 1924 WEA Districts · 1914-1992

Records of Workers' Educational Association (WEA) Districts comprising constitutions and minutes, 1914-1970, and publications, 1920-1992.

Workers' Educational Association
GB 1924 WEA · 1903-1995

Archives of the Workers' Educational Association, 1906-1995, comprising central organisation records, 1906-1995; records of the WEA Central Joint Advisory Committee, 1910-1958; records of WEA districts, 1914-1992; and records of the Workers' Education TUC Committee, 1919-1964. Central Labour College archives, 1909-1918; and archives of the International Federation of Workers' Educational Associations, 1945-1986. Papers and pamphlets of R H Tawney, President of WEA, 1896-1962; papers and publications of Ernest Green, General Secretary of WEA, 1920s-1960s.

Association to Promote the Higher Education of Working Men , Workers' Educational Association
GB 1924 WEA CJAC · 1910-1957

Records of the Workers' Educational Association Central Joint Advisory Committee comprising minutes of committees, 1910-1957; annual reports, 1909-1958; correspondence/subject files, 1936-1957; presscuttings and ephemera, 1915-1930.

Workers' Educational Association , Workers' Educational Association Central Joint Advisory Committee
GB 1924 WEA WETUC · 1919-1964

Records of the Workers Education Trade Union Committee comprising minutes, 1919-1964; annual reports, 1920-1959; and books and pamphlets, 1921-1957.

Workers' Education Association , Workers Education Trade Union Committee
GB 1924 WEA Central Organisation · 1903-1995

Records of the central organisation of the Workers Educational Association (WEA), 1903-1995, comprising constitution and standing orders, 1906-1995; minutes, 1903-1973; annual and national conference minutes, 1907-1983; Executive & Council minutes, 1908-1973; Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes, 1913-1973; Women's Advisory Committee minutes, 1914-1915, 1979-1983; and Education Advisory Committee minutes, 1940-1967. Correspondence/subject files, 1907-1985, including R H Tawney re: early tutorial classes; Russell Committee of Enquiry into Adult Education, 1969-1973; and post-war adult education, 1941-1948. Publications including annual reports, 1903-1983; monographs, 1903-1993; reports, 1908-1969; WEA periodicals, 1909-1995; WEA pamphlets, 1910-1973; WEA Outlines series, 1920s; and Tawney's addresses to WEA Conference, 1932-1953. Photographs, 1905-1977. Presscuttings and scrapbooks, 1907-1977. Statistics, 1964-1989.

Association to Promote the Higher Education of Working Men , Workers' Educational Association
Work, Employment and Society
GB 0097 WES · 1992-1994

Papers of the journal Work, Employment and Society, a journal of the British Sociological Association, 1992-1994, comprising contributors' files.

Work, Employment and Society
Wordsworth, William: letter
GB 0096 AL195 · Fonds · [1838 ]

Letter from William Wordsworth to G B Airy, Astronomer Royal and member of the University of London Senate, [Mar c 1838]. Supporting John Thomas Graves's application for the post of Registrar to the newly-formed university.

Autograph, with signature.

Wordsworth , William , 1770-1850 , poet
Wordsworth, William
GB 0096 MS 282 · 1840

Manuscript of a William Wordsworth sonnet entitled On a portrait of the Duke of Wellington on the Field of Waterloo, by Haydon, suggested by Haydon's 'Picture of the Duke of Wellington upon the field of Waterloo, twenty years after the battle' (painted for St. George's Hall, Liverpool.) It comprises 14 lines of verse, with some alterations in the text.
A note on the page reads 'Composed while ascending Helvellyn. Monday August 31st 1840. Wm Wordsworth. Private at present'. The manuscript appears to be in the hand of Mary Wordsworth.

Wordsworth , William , 1770-1850 , poet
GB 0100 KCLCA Wordsworth · 1881-1911

Papers of John Wordsworth, 1881-1911, comprising manuscript texts of 395 sermons delivered at King's College London and elsewhere, 1881-1904, each annotated with dates and places of delivery; letters to the Reverend Henry Julian White concerning Wordsworth, copies of Wordsworth's obituaries, 1911; manuscript notebook, possibly by Wordsworth, concerning doctrinal themes, largely relating to the training and work of the clergy.

Wordsworth , John , 1843-1911 , Bishop of Salisbury
WORCESTERS MANOR
GB 0074 ACC/0813 · Collection · 1512-1838

Records of the Manor of Worcesters, Enfield, relating to property transactions, including quitclaim, bargain and sales, wills, common recovery, and leases.

Manor of Worcesters , Enfield
GB 0074 B/WPCG · Collection · 1844-1884

Records of the Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company, later the Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company, 1844-1884, comprising minutes of meetings of the Directors and the Proprietors, and deed of settlement.

Woolwich Consumers Protective Gas Company x Woolwich, Plumstead and Charlton Consumers Gas Company
GB 2121 Woolwich Polytechnic Day Schools · 1906-1951

Records of Woolwich Polytechnic Schools, 1906-1951, comprising Woolwich Polytechnic Boys Secondary School admission registers, 1906-1923; reports on boys, 1907-1928;
Junior Technical School for Boys admission registers, 1913-1940; record of boys' engineering trades, 1913-1941;
Junior Technical School for Girls admission registers, 1912-1940; report forms for girls, 1913-1951;
Junior Art Department forms, 1930-1940;
Commercial School reports, 1913-1918;
School of Domestic Economy reports, 1914-1919;
photographs of the schools, [1906-1950].

Woolwich Polytechnic Day Schools
WOOLWICH POLYTECHNIC
GB 2121 Woolwich Polytechnic · 1890-1989

Records of Woolwich Polytechnic, comprising minutes of the Trustees, 1891-1895; minutes of the Governing Body, 1894-1970; minutes of Committees of the Governing Body, 1895-1970; minutes of the Education and Finance, General Purpose Committee, 1896-1941, including sub-committees, building, recreation, schools, equipment; minutes of the Polytechnic Council, 1891-1903; minutes of the Polytechnic Trustees and Friends, 1891-1895; minutes of the Young Man's Christian Institute Social and Recreative Committee, 1895-1901; minutes of the Woolwich Polytechnic Social and Recreative Committee, 1901-1903; minutes of the Technical Board of Studies, 1923-1934; minutes of the Technical and Trade Board, 1937-1945; minutes of the Board of Studies, 1932-1934; minutes of the Academic Board, 1935-1960; registers of members of the Governing Body, 1895-1961; Governors' attendance books, 1935-1989; Governing Body handbooks, 1898-1970;

Woolwich Polytechnic sundry reports, 1890-1902; Principal's reports, 1900-1903; Principal's Report on the Social Side, 1905; Principals' reports, 1905-1950; reports of the Governing Body, 1905-1970;

administrative records, comprising Secretary's files, 1907-1973, notably applications for recognition to the Board of Education, 1907-1913; letters to T A Denny concerning buildings for Woolwich Polytechnic, 1890; licences to erect buildings, 1898-1902; minutes of meetings of Secretaries of London Polytechnics, 1939-1960; minutes of Head's meetings, 1953-1963; papers relating to the refectory and Refectory Advisory Sub-committee, 1940-1961; technical education, 1956-1961; teaching staff, 1959-1964; administrative staff, 1962-1972; financial records, comprising report and financial statements, 1892-1969; block grant files, 1911-1971; City Parochial Reports, 1927-1937, on the work of London Polytechnics; papers relating to trusts and prizes, comprising declarations of trusts and trust deeds, 1901-1931, Charity Commissioners order, 1960;

annual reports, 1904-1925, 1967-1970; prospectuses, 1891-1971, including for schools associated with Woolwich Polytechnic; calendars of classes, 1895-1934; information leaflets, including calendars of dates, 1953-1971; Students' Handbook, 1904-1933; albums of press cuttings, 1894-1907, 1958-1968; photographs of student classes, 1899; photographs for prospectuses, 1901-1905; internal views of the Polytechnic, including cookery school, laundry, club rooms, engineering workshop, ladies tailoring, playing fields; albums of staff photographs, 1950s-1960s, presentations, staff cricket matches, coats of arms; photographs of Governors, 1891-1970; Chairmen of the Governing Body, 1891-1973; Principals, 1893-1970;

magazines of Woolwich Polytechnic and Day Schools, 1905-1970, comprising The Pom-Pom, 1905-1906; The Polytician; The Probationer; Secondary School magazine, 1923; The Polygon, 1933-1954; Polly, Cycling Club magazine, 1948-1952; Chanticleer, 1948-1959; Proceedings of Woolwich Polytechnic Engineering Society, 1908-1914; Broadsheet, 1965; Principal's newsletter, 1969; staff bulletins, 1934-1953; staff journal, 1970; minutes, 1952-1957, and correspondence, 1950-1957, of the Magazine Board;

student records, comprising student record cards, 1900-1910; registers of attendances, 1905-1912; students' schedules, 1932-1945; class attendance books, 1908-1912, 1932-1964; student record sheets, 1912-1932; teachers' class reports, 1912-1976; class reports, 1953-1954; course reports, 1957-1961; examination results and reports, 1948-1957; statistics relating to students and student hours, 1946-1967; School of Art student record sheets, 1914-1932; School of Arts and Crafts record sheets, 1941-1943;

minutes of Woolwich Polytechnic Union of Clubs and Societies, including Woolwich Polytechnic Association, 1891-1903, 1929-1933, 1943-1968; annual accounts, 1960-1970; correspondence, not dated; Woolwich Polytechnic Students' Union handbooks, 1960-1970;

student theses and dissertations, [1929-1970];

Woolwich Polytechnic Lodge Ladies Festival programme, 1978.

Woolwich Polytechnic
H44 · Collection · 1912-1981

Records of the Woolwich Memorial Hospital, Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority, and Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee, 1912-1981. Papers include committee minutes, reports, press cuttings, rules, case regsiters, plans and prospectuses.

Woolwich Memorial Hospital x Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority , National Health Service Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee , National Health Service Woolwich Memorial Hospital x Woolwich and Plumstead Cottage Hospital
WOOLWICH MEMORIAL HOSPITAL

Records of the Woolwich Memorial Hospital including Board of Management minutes and papers, 1926-1948; general Committee minutes, 1918-1956; annual reports, 1912-1947; Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1913; rules and bye-laws, 1914; plan of the hospital mortuary, 1927; midwives registers of cases, 1945-1975; scrapbook containing notices concerning building and opening of hospital and newspaper cuttings, 1924-1931 and colour prospect of Hospital by architects, Messrs W A Pite and Son and Fairweather, 1921.

Woolwich Memorial Hospital
WOOLWICH MAGISTRATES COURT
GB 0074 PS/WOO · Collection · 1898-1979

Records of Woolwich Magistrates Court, 1898-1979, including court registers; court minute books; Married Women Act orders; Guardianship of Infants Act orders and bastardy complaints.

Court registers record the date of the hearing, the name of the informant or complainant (often the police), the name of the defendant, a brief note of the offence and the decision of the magistrate. Court minute books or notebooks are rough notes of the proceedings recording the gist of the evidence given.

Domestic proceedings: A married woman under the provisions of the Summary Jurisdiction (Married Women) Act 1895 and subsequent Acts could go to a magistrates' court and apply for orders which in certain circumstances would enable her to separate from her husband, have custody of any children and receive maintenance from him. Under the Poor Law Amendment Act 1844 a mother expecting a bastard child or who had given birth to one could obtain a maintenance order against the putative father.

Woolwich Magistrates Court
H18 · Collection · 1935-1974

Records of the Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee, comprising correspondence files, 1935-1974, on subjects including the Endowment and Amenities Fund; land and buildings of the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the constitution and reorganisation of the National Health Service; maternity services at the British Hospital for Mothers and Babies; the Medical Planning and Joint Health Services Committee; the standardisation of medical records; training schools for nurses; staff appointments and resignations and the Group Officers and Hospital Secretaries' Meeting.

Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee

Records of the Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee, including Hospital Management Committee minutes, 1948-1974; Establishment Committee minutes, 1948-1969; Finance Sub-Committee minutes, 1948-1974; General Purposes Sub-Committee minutes, 1948-1973; Group Medical Advisory Committee minutes, 1948-1973; Memorial Hospital Medical Advisory Committee minutes, 1948-1974; the Division of General Practice and Community Medicine minutes, 1972-1973; Nursing Sub-Committee minutes, 1949-1969; Nursing and Midwifery Education Committee minutes, 1969-1974; Joint Staff Consultative Committee minutes, 1967-1969; Supplies Sub-Committee minutes, 1949-1969; reports, 1969-1974 and newspaper cuttings, 1957-1974.

Woolwich Group Hospital Management Committee , National Health Service
GB 0074 B/WEQG · Collection · 1832-1865

Records of the Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company, 1832-1865, comprising small collection of minutes and annotated copies of deed of settlement and indentures amending it.

Woolwich Equitable Gas Light and Coke Company
WOOLWICH COUNTY COURT
GB 0074 CCT/AK/23 · Collection · 1872-1995

Records of Woolwich County Court, 1872-1995, including minute book; ordinary summons books; ordinary actions books; judges' note books; bills of sale and court service expenditure ledger.

Woolwich County Court
WOOLWICH BOARD OF GUARDIANS
WOBG · Collection · 1861-1932

Records of the Woolwich Board of Guardians, 1861-1932, including minutes of meetings of the Board; correspondence with government departments including the Ministry of Health; orders for settlement, removal or relief; registers of lunatics; Woolwich Institution (workhouse) registers including admission and discharge, creed and deaths; Medical Officers record of examinations of inmates at the Woolwich Institution; registers of children in care including baptisms at the Woolwich Union Chapel, apprenticeship indentures, boarded out children, children at Roman Catholic establishments, children in the Infirmary, children in the workhouse and children held in outlying establishments (ones outside the Union); registers for Plumstead Workhouse, including admission and discharge and creed; admission and discharge registers for the Goldie Leigh Cottage Home for Children; quarterly returns of the British born wives and children of interned aliens [foreigners]; financial accounts and registers of staff.

Woolwich Board of Guardians x Woolwich Poor Law Union
WOOLWICH ARSENAL
GB 0074 ACC/1601 · Collection · 1731-1961

Deeds relating to lands, mainly in Plumstead and Erith, purchased by the War Department for the extension of Woolwich Arsenal and subsequently sold by the Ministry of Defence to London County Council, 19 December 1975.

Details of property given are very scanty but marginal plans aid in location of the plots. The deed packets also contain some related papers.

War Department
GB 0074 ACC/2326 · Collection · 1897-1928

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising mortgage for the leaseholds on 20, 22, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40 and 42 Whittingstall Road, Fulham, 8 Jan 1897; assignment of the residue of the leasehold terms of 28, 30 and 32 Whittingstall Road, Fulham, 2 Jan 1928; acknowledgement of right of production and delivery of a will 2 Jan 1928.

Woolsey and Woolsey , solicitors
GB 0114 MS0090 · 1942-1964

Papers of Ronald Francis Woolmer, 1942-1964, comprising personal items, 1962; press cuttings, c1962; lectures, 1958-1962; publications by Woolmer, 1942-1964; Bernard Price Memorial Lecture, 1962-1964; notes and photographs, 1950s-1960s; and other publications, 1960-1962.

Woolmer , Ronald Francis , 1908-1962 , anaesthetist
GB 0099 KCLMA Woolly Al walks the kitty back · 1982, 1981-1992

The television documentary Woolly Al walks the kitty back examines the international diplomatic efforts to prevent armed conflict between Britain and Argentina over the Falkland Islands, 1982, focussing in particular on the shuttle diplomacy of Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982. The collection includes video recordings and transcripts of interviews conducted in the making of the documentary, as well as news footage and sound recordings relating to the conflict.

Interviews were conducted with eyewitnesses from the Argentine, Britain and United State of America, and included politicians, diplomats and military personnel involved in the development of the British and American response, both diplomatic and military, to the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), 2 April 1982.

Interviewees include Alexander Meigs Haig, Jr, US Secretary of State, 1981-1982; James M Rentschler, US Special Advisor to US President Ronald Wilson Reagan, and National Security Council Western European Department, 1982; Dr Jeane Duane Jordan Kirkpatrick, US Permanent Representative to the United Nations, 1981-1985; Caspar Willard Weinberger, US Secretary of Defense, 1981-1987; Gen Vernon Anthony Walters, US Ambassador-at-large, 1981-1985; Thomas Enders, Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, US State Department, 1982; Brig Gen Basilio Lami-Dozo, Commander-in-Chief, Argentine Air Force, and member of the ruling Military Junta, 1982; Ambassador Gustavo Figueroa, First Secretary, Argentine Foreign Ministry, 1982; R Adm Roberto Moya, Chief of the Argentine Military Household, and Naval member of the Malvinas Working Group, 1982; Dr Nicanor Costa Méndez, Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1982; Wenceslao Bunge, Argentine industrialist and unofficial diplomatic representative of the Argentine Air Force, 1982; Estaban Takacs, Argentine Ambassador to the US, 1982; Sir (John) Nicholas Henderson, British Ambassador the US, 1979-1982; Rt Hon Sir John William Frederic Nott, Secretary of State for Defence, 1981-1983; Francis Leslie Pym, Baron Pym of Sandy, Bedfordshire (Lord Pym), Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, 1982-1983; Rt Hon Cecil Edward Parkinson, Paymaster General and Chairman of the Conservative Party, 1981-1983, and Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, 1982-1983; AF Terence Thornton Lewin, Baron Lewin of Greenwich in Greater London, Chief of the Defence Staff, 1979-1982; and Sir Robin (William) Renwick, Head of Chancery, British Embassy, Washington DC, US, 1981-1984.

Brian Lapping Associates
GB 0097 FALKLANDS · Collection · 1980-1992

Woolly Al Walks the Kitty Back collection comprises transcripts of interviews and videotapes relating to the making of the BBC Timewatch programme, Woolly Al walks the Kitty Back, produced by Brian Lapping Associates Ltd.

Includes interviews with leading British and Argentinian political figures, as well as diplomatic figures from the United Nations. The interviews relate to the Falklands War and issues leading up to and following the immediate conflict.

Brian Lapping Associates
GB 0114 MS0076 · Early 18th century

Papers of John Thomas Woolhouse, early 18th century, comprising two manuscript volumes written in French and Latin, probably containing transcripts of lectures given by Woolhouse. The title on the spine reads Traite des Malad. de l'Oeil.

Woolhouse , John Thomas , 1666-1734 , oculist
Woolf, Virginia: letter
GB 0096 AL493 · Fonds · [1924]

Fragment of a letter from Virginia Woolf to an unknown recipient, [1924]. 'We [?Virginia and Leonard Woolf] are here [?in London] till October ... I'm so sorry about Lady Colvin' [?a reference to the death of Frances Colvin, the wife of Sir Sidney Colvin on 1 Aug 1924].

Autograph, with signature.

Woolf , Adeline Virginia , 1882-1941 , née Stephen , novelist and critic x Stephen , Adeline Virginia x Woolf , Virginia
Woolf, Leonard Sidney
GB 0096 MS 995 · 1967

Two typescript letters to Professor W.A. Davenport, Oct-Nov 1967, relating to Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse.

Woolf , Leonard Sidney , 1880-1969 , editor, author and civil servant
GB 0097 WOOLEY · [1920-1990]

Papers of Martha Wooley, [1920-1990], comprising material collected by her for a biography of Sir Halford Mackinder.

Wooley , Martha , fl 1920-1990 , biographer
GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP89 · 1921-1985

The papers of Sidney Wooldridge comprise correspondence, lecture texts, a bibliography and photographs, 1921-1965, most notably correspondence concerned with the development of the Department and the Joint School of Geography set up between King's and the London School of Economics, including the move of Geology to Royal Holloway College, 1921-1985; typescript lecture text by Wooldridge entitled 'The Trend of Geomorphology', 1958; bibliography of Wooldridge's work, 1964; correspondence relating to the establishment of a memorial fund in honour of Wooldridge, 1963-1965; photographs of field trips, 1954; order of service for the funeral of Sidney Wooldridge.

Wooldridge , Sidney William , 1900-1963 , Professor of Geography
WOODYER, Caleb (fl 1787)
GB 0100 G/PP1/70 · [1787]
Part of GUY'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL SCHOOL RECORDS

Papers of Caleb Woodyer, comprising one manuscript volume titled 'Lectures on surgery by John Hunter, notes taken by Caleb Woodyer', with notes on 67 lectures, [1787], with index to lectures on the back of the volume. 418pp

Woodyer , Caleb , fl 1787 , medical student
WOODY, Robert (1770-1823)
GB 0113 MS-WOODR · Fonds · [1800]-1823

Manuscript prescription book of Robert Woody, Surgeon, of Tamworth, Staffs, [1800]-1823.

Woody , Robert , 1770-1823 , surgeon
WOODWARD, Arthur (1917-2008)
gb803awo · Collection · 1901-2008

Arthur Woodward's papers comprise course notes and examination papers relating to his horticultural training, references and papers relating to job applications, and correspondence, papers and photographs relating to his work as Parks Superintendent.

Woodward , Arthur , 1917-2008 , horticulturalist
Woodside, Moya
GB 0120 GC/39 · 1938-1989

Papers of Moya Woodside including leaflets of the Society for Constructive Birth Control, Belfast, with some National Birth Control Association material, c 1937-1942, reminiscences of work in birth control, 1981, 1984, and histories of the Edinburgh Brook Centre.

Woodside , Moya , b 1907
GB 0099 KCLMA Woods T F M · Created 1932-1970

Typescript thesis for MD (Doctor of Medicine), Dublin University, entitled 'The prevention of malaria in a military cantonment in northern India' [1933]. Correspondence, 1935-1954, mostly personal letters of thanks and congratulations, including letter from Edwina Cynthia Annette Mountbatten, Countess Mountbatten of Burma, following a visit to military hospitals in West Germany, 1950. Typescript 'An account of the first two years with the East African Groundnut Scheme' [1948]. Correspondence, pamphlets and certificates, relating to retirement from the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1961-1962, awards and appointments, 1950-1977, and the Royal Army Medical Corps centenary celebrations, 1960. Typescript minutes of meetings of the Council of Col Commandants, Royal Army Medical Corps, 1964-1969. Correspondence and papers relating to Royal Army Medical Corps Regimental ties, uniform and dress regulations, orders, decorations and medals, 1966-1968. Correspondence relating to visits to military establishments as Col Commandant, Royal Army Medical Corps, Jan-Dec 1967. Correspondence with the War Office, 1961, and the Ministry of Defence, 1969-1970, relating to pay and conditions of retirement as President of the Command Standing Medical Board, Military Hospital, Tidworth, Hampshire.

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GB 0099 KCLMA Woods G G · Created 1889-1908

Photograph album entitled 'Ellichpur, Berar, India, September 1893', containing 136 captioned photographs, Sep 1889-Jul 1894, including visit to Brussels and Ostend, Belgium, 1889; Mandalay and Rangoon, Burma, Dec 1889; Bombay, India, 1892; the arrival, mounting and testing of 10 inch breech loading gun, Colabra South Battery, Bombay, Mar-Sep 1892; photograph of Lt Gen Hon Sir James Charlemagne Dormer, Commander-in-Chief, Madras, India, examining large calibre gun, Beder Fort, Beder, India, Dec 1892. Photograph album containing 150 captioned photographs, Jun 1894-Mar 1908, including Simla, India, 1894; the Bhori Ghaut Railway, and the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, India, 1896-1898; Burma, 1906-1907, with printed article by Woods entitled 'A motor car in the Southern Shan hills of Burmah' from Indian Motor News, Aug 1908. Photograph album containing 84 photographs on expedition in Mongolia, Apr-May 1902, with typescript report by Woods to the Deputy Quartermaster General for Intelligence, China Force, Tientsin, North China, entitled 'General report on tour to Lama Miao and back via the Wei Chang (Imperial hunting grounds)', Aug 1902; also, printed report entitled 'China Expedition - Despatches', 24 Sep 1902, by Maj Gen O'Moore Creagh, General Officer Commanding China Force, published in The Royal Engineers Journal, 1 Jan 1903. Photograph album containing 129 captioned photographs, many colour tinted, of Japan and the USA, 1904, and the UK and Switzerland, 1905. Two photograph albums containing 72 captioned photographs including Tientsin and the Yangtse river, China, 1904, and Kilkeel, Ireland, 1905.

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GB 0402 HCW · Collection · 1905-1928

Diaries and notebooks of Henry Charles Woods, 1905-1928, recording political and economic affairs in the Near East, Balkans and Europe, 23 volumes.

Woods , Henry Charles , 1881-1939 , author and journalist
WOODS, Ethel Gertrude
GB 0402 EGW · Collection · 1921-1985

Papers of Ethel Gertrude Woods, 1921-1985, including a typescript of 'Scenery, its nature and origin' (confused pagination, approx 350 pp), unpublished; 87 watercolour and black and white sketches and diagrams prepared by Miss K Chandler Thomson as illustrations; note on the author; covering letter from donor, William Skeat (nephew) and other correspondence concerning the MS with Dr Joby of the Open University, 1985.

Woods , Dr , Ethel Gertrude , 1865-1939 , née Skeat , geologist
GB 0099 KCLMA Woods A G · Created 1943-1945

Papers relating to his service with the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1943-1945, principally comprising official report by [Woods] on waterproofing technology, 1945; official reports on the waterproofing of 'A' and 'B' vehicles and equipment, 1943-1945, by Brig Hugh Roberts Howard, Deputy Director Mechanical Engineering (Wading), War Office, 1944-1945; 'Waterproofing of army equipment for amphibious operations', official report by Woods, [1943-1945]; photographs of wading tests on army vehicles, 1944; Combined Operations pamphlets on the responsibilities of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, 1944, and the waterproofing of vehicles and equipment, 1944; 'The Army waded ashore', a typescript account of the role of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in the preparations for D Day, 6 Jun 1944, written by Woods in [1944-1945].

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