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ROCK LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/192-35 · Collection · 1806-1942

The Rock Life Assurance Company records comprise: deed of settlement and related papers 1807-1901; minutes, prospectus and circulars 1806-1937; miscellaneous papers relating to directors, auditors and agents 1812-1909; records relating to the company's emblem c 1807; elevation of the company's offices, 1807; dinner menus 1868-1906 and volume relating to the Society for Equitable Assurances on Lives and Survivorships 1762-1817.

Permission to publish any material must be obtained from the depositor.

Rock Life Assurance Co
GB 0064 ROD · Collection · [1746-1792]

Papers of Robert Roddam, comprising an almost complete service record from 1746, including a log, 1759 to 1778, together with letter and order books, 1746 to 1783, 1789 to 1792, and two signal books. There is a very full administrative correspondence during the American War of Independence and the 1790 crisis. There are no personal papers in the collection.

Roddam , Robert , 1719-1808 , Admiral
RODNEY
GB 0074 E/RY · Collection · 1705-1855

Collection of documents relating to the ownership of various premises in Whitechapel, Marylebone, Kennington, Saint Pancras and Finsbury.

Various.
Roehampton Garden Society
GB 0347 D50 · Collection · 1893-2004

The collection is made up of minute books, a register of attendance, and a register of prizewinners at the annual flower shows. There is also a run of Monthly Bulletings produced by the society and a run of show schedules.

Please contact the Archive for further information.
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-157 · Collection · 1835-1883

Roger Cunliffe, Sons and Company records comprising partnership agreements 1835 and 1851-83.

Roger Cunliffe, Sons and Co , merchants and discount bankers
ROKEBY, MORRIS (LORD)
GB 0074 ACC/0034 · Collection · 1811-1830

Papers of Lord Morris Rokeby, including mortgage for property in Edmonton, statement of debts and letters.

Unknown
ROMFORD SYNAGOGUE
GB 0074 ACC/2712/RMS · Collection · 1948

Records of Romford Synagogue consisting of an account book for membership contributions.

PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.

Romford and District Synagogue
Ronalds Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 206 · Created 1860-1893

Memoirs of his life and family, with correspondence and papers.

Ronalds , Sir , Francis , 1788-1873 , Knight , electrical engineer and meteorologist
RONEYS {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/2196 · Collection · 1920-1928

Papers collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising lease of two cottages on Williams Farm, Crews Hill, Enfield, by Admiral Sir Hedworth Meux to Crews Hill Club, 1920; agreement between Crews Hill Club and C A Whitcombe for latter to act as professional golfer to club, 1926; lease by Trinity College, Cambridge to Crews Hill Club of land forming part of Rectory Farm, Enfield, 1927.

Also agreement and lease by Earl of Lucan to Captain Edgar Archer of Church Farm, Laleham, 1921 and 1924 and assignment of lease of the same property by Captain Archer to Charles Norris, 1928.

Roneys , solicitors
ROOKS RIDER {SOLICITORS}
GB 0074 ACC/2607 · Collection · 1877-1971

Papers, 1877-1971, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Ealing, Shepperton and Twickenham including leases, mortgages, abstracts of title and trust deeds.

Rooks Rider , solicitors
GB 0074 ACC/1648 · Collection · 1881-1914

Papers, 1881-1914, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties owned by the Knightley family, particularly Thomas Edward Knightley, in Poplar, Norton Folgate (a street in the City of London), Finsbury, Tulse Hill and Tottenham.

Rooks, Rider and Company , solicitors
Roots, Thomas (fl 1749-1756)
GB 0120 MSS.4254-4255 and 6033 · Collection · 1749-1853

MISSING SINCE 1983. Account books and Post book, relating to Roots' business as an apothecary, 1749-1853.

Roots , Thomas , fl 1749-1756 , apothecary, Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey
ROSE, JOHNSON AND HICKS
GB 0074 ACC/0365 · Collection · 1555-1728

Papers, 1555-1728, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, including deeds relating to premises in Uxbridge, Hillingdon, and licence granted by James II to Richard Blome of London, for the sole right of printing and publishing his 'History and Chronology of the Old and New Testaments' for 14 years, 1688.

Rose, Johnson and Hicks , solicitors
ROSE-TROUP, Frances
GB 0402 JRT · 1889-1919

Collection of news cuttings from American and English newspapers on African subjects, especially the Emin Pasha Expedition, made by Mrs Rose-Troup, 1889-1896.

Troup , Frances , Rose- , fl 1889-1896
ROSS GOOBEY, ALASTAIR
GB 0074 LMA/4529 · Collection · 2005-2008

Clippings of obituaries for Mr Alastair Ross Goobey, pensions fund manager, from various national newspapers, and photographs of Goobey and other attendees at the inaugural Ross Goobey lecture at The Cass Business School.

Ross Goobey , Alastair , 1945-2008 , investment manager and pension fund manager
ROSS GOOBEY, GEORGE HENRY
GB 0074 LMA/4481 · Collection · 1905 - 1999

Papers of George Henry Ross Goobey relating to his career in pensions fund management, investments and related advice to businesses and other organisations, attendance at conferences, benevolent and charity work, sports especially golf and his personal life.

The collection is particularly rich in documenting Ross Goobey's involvement in pensions fund management and investments and related institutes and associations.

LMA/4481/A: Records of Imperial Tobacco pension fund scheme and investments; speeches delivered by Ross Goobey in his capacity as pensions fund manager and director; papers and notes on investment subjects including copy of the paper "The place of Ordinary Stocks and Shares in the portfolio of large Funds"

LMA/4481/B: Records from Ross Goobey's executive directorship at Hill Samuel, including copy of conference presentation 'The Investment Scene'; correspondence and advice based on investment philosophy; reports from Western regional office and correspondence between Hill Samuel and Church of Ireland

LMA/4481/C: National Association of Pension Funds Limited (NAPF) conference programmes including draft copies of speeches and presentations delivered by Ross Goobey as both President and delegate; conference pack for 50th Jubilee conference in 1975; itinerary and reports from visit to South Africa; invitations and personal correspondence

LMA/4481/D: Papers relating to Christ's Hospital School including valuation schedules looking at disposition of investments in equity market; Founder's Day dinner programmes for 1958-1986; drafts of speeches and toasts delivered by Ross Goobey; information booklet on the history of Christ's Hospital; minutes of Property and Investments Sub-Committee meetings and papers of the Amicable Society of Blues

LMA/4481/E: Records of actuarial, investment and pensions bodies including conferences attended by Ross Goobey as speaker/delegate; organisations with which he corresponded as guest and advisor, and papers relating to his appearances in television and print media

LMA/4481/F: Papers of other businesses and organisations with which Ross Goobey was involved, including Livery Companies (mainly Worshipful Company of Gold and Silver Wyre Drawers and Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Blenders); trade associations and institutions; sports organisations; clubs and charities. Correspondence with organisations including copies of talks given by Ross Goobey and associated notes

LMA/4481/G: Personal papers including general correspondence and household and family documents .

Goobey , George Henry Ross , 1911-1999 , pension fund manager
GB 0120 MSS.4260-4261 and 6117 · 1910-1916

The collection consists of diaries, correspondence and other papers from the period in which Ross was medical officer of the coolie ship Hong Bee, travelling between Penang and the China coast via Hong Kong. MS.6117 includes a temporary commission in the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1916.

Ross , Donald Mars Morphett , 1865-1921 , naval surgeon
GB 0102 PP MS 8 · Created 1890-1957

Papers, 1890-1957, of Sir Edward Denison Ross and his wife Dora, comprising his correspondence, including that with his wife (1902-1940); personal material including diaries and notebooks of Lady Ross; articles, lecture notes, language material and notes gathered by J. A. Chapman whilst editing Denison Ross's autobiography Both Ends of the Candle published in 1943.

Ross , Lady , Dora , 1869-1940 , née Robinson
Ross , Sir , Edward Denison , 1871-1940 , Knight , Orientalist
GB 0113 MS-ROSSDALE · 1928-1953

Chronological notes on the medical history of Sir Anthony Eden, Prime Minister.

Rossdale , George , fl 1926-1970 , physician
GB 0120 MSS.7521-7523 · 1861-1932

Three notebooks connected to the same Ross-on-Wye medical practice including notebook from William Edward Green’s student days, 1861, containing notes on anatomy and biochemistry, pharmaceutical formulae, notes on childbirth and notes on physiology and chemistry; general notebook of William Edward Green, the cover bearing a faded label reading "Club Prescription: Bate's Charity" and notebook of Walter Holcroft Cam, Arthur Llewellyn Baldwin Green and George Marner Lloyd, recording particular cases and noteworthy items from the medical press, 1932.

Green , Arthur Llewellyn Baldwin , fl 1902-1970 , physician Green , William Edward , fl 1867-1922 , physician Cam , Walter Holcroft , fl 1909-1938 , physician Lloyd , George Marner , fl 1934-1995 , physician
GB 1556 WL 912 · Collection · 1902-1970s

Papers of Isabella Roth, 1902-1970s, comprise her personal documents including a copy of her birth certificate, testimonials, and naturalisation certifcate; Isabella Roth's writings including her diary, 'philosophical thoughts' and poems and photographs presumably of Isabella Roth and family.

Roth , Isabella , b 1896 , Jewish refugee
GB 1538 S30 · 1939-1953

Professional and clinical papers of William Rotheram, 1939-1953, including his Curriculum vitae, forming part of his application for the chair of dental surgery at London University, c.1945; series of undated obstetric and gynaecological case notes; undated notes made in preparation for MRCOG examination; case records submitted for the MRCOG examination, c1949; papers relating to Rotheram's examination and election as MRCOG, 1953; bound illustrated typescript of "Pulpar Diagnosis by a Thermionic Oscillatory Circuit" by Rotheram, undated; offprint of "Pulpar Diagnosis by a Thermionic Oscillatory Circuit" by Rotheram. British Dental Journal, 1940, with associated correspondence, 1940; bound typescript of "Electronics in Maxillo-facial Surgery" by Rotheram, 1948; bound typescript of "Diagnosis of Swelling about the Jaws" by Rotheram, undated; bound typescript of "An Electronic Method for Immediate Visual Recording of Heart Rate" by Rotheram, paper given to Royal Society of Medicine 26 Jan 1948; series of case notes relating to members of HM forces treated by Rotheram as specialist maxillo-facial dental surgeon. Some of these notes were intended for publication in the British Dental Journal, c1945-1946.

Rotheram , William , d 1977 , gynaecologist
ROTHERHITHE CHARITY SCHOOL
GB 0074 A/RCS · Collection · 1743-1818

Papers of Rotherhithe Charity School, comprising vouchers, subscription lists, and financial accounts of the Treasurer and Schoolmaster.

From these documents it would appear that subscriptions were collected and the schoolmaster's accounts submitted quarterly, and the treasurer's account made up from these and other documents half-yearly. Though some of the vouchers relate to the schoolmaster's accounts, others presumably belong to treasurer's accounts no longer extant; all have been placed in quarterly bundles, since conclusive evidence on the original arrangement is lacking.

Rotherhithe Charity School
ROTHERHITHE MANOR
GB 0074 M/71/RTH · Collection · 1548-1918

Records of the Manor of Rotherhithe, including court books for views of frankpledge, courts baron and courts leet; minute book; rentals; and statement on the bounds of the Manor.

Manor of Rotherhithe
GB 0074 CLC/B/178-05 · Collection · 1912-1941

The records of Roumanian Consolidated Oilfields Limited comprise: memorandum and articles of association, 1912; papers regarding amalgamations with other companies, 1912-3; minutes of board meetings, 1912-41; directors' annual reports and accounts, 1912-38 and accounts for 1937; ledger, journal and cash book, 1918-39; reports on company property, 1912; accounts of destruction of company oilwells, 1917.

Roumanian Consolidated Oilfields Ltd
Rounds, Philip Rigby
GB 0102 MS 380572 · 1946-1948

Manuscript journals, Aug 1946-Sep 1948, of Philip Rounds, including the period while he worked for the teak merchants McGregor & Co in Toungoo, Burma (Myanmar), containing detailed daily entries including religious reflections, his preparations and journey to Burma, work and life there, and trip home via Africa, also including notes of letters sent and finances. Also includes miscellaneous inserted ephemera, some undated, including invitations, advertisements for hotels, and press cuttings.

Rounds , Philip Rigby , b 1921 , clergyman
ROUPELL, George (fl 1834)
GB 0074 E/ROU · Collection · 1649-1878

Papers of the Roupell family relating to property in Charlton and Woolwich, including rentals, accounts and plans. Documents relating to a distillery in Paddington and to appointment as a gaoler at Newgate appear to be unconnected to the family. It is possible that they are linked with the legal practice of Robert G. Roupell, Q.C., or G. B. Roupell.

Roupell , George Boone , fl 1834 , master in Chancery
Routh, Edward John: letter
GB 0096 AL104 · Fonds · [1854]

Letter from Edward John Routh of 19 Dorset Square, London to [Augustus De Morgan], [1854]. Thanking him for a testimonial sent to accompany Routh's [unsuccessful] application for the professorship of mathematics at the [Royal Military] Academy, Woolwich. [The post was given to Matthew O'Brien, previously astronomy lecturer at Woolwich.]

Autograph, with signature.

Routh , Edward John , 1831-1907 , mathematician
GB 0074 ACC/0797 · Collection · 1907

Sales particulars for The Lodge, Hendon Lane, Church End Finchley, 1907.

Rowby Son and Royce , solicitors
ROWE AND PITMAN (FIRM)
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-158 · Collection · 1902-1958

Private ledger of Rowe and Pitman, stockbrokers.

Rowe and Pitman , stockbrokers
GB 0099 KCLMA Rowell · Created 1915-[1921], [1970-1980], 1983

Copies of papers and photographs relating to his military career, 1915-[1921], dated 1915-[1921], [1970-1980] and 1983, principally comprising letters to his father, 1915-1916; his flying log book, 1915-1917, covering his service with 1 Reserve Aeroplane Sqn, Royal Flying Corps, UK and with 8 and 12 Sqns, BEF, France; notes and texts of lectures relating to aerial combat tactics, produced by instructors at the Royal Flying Corps School of Aerial Gunnery, 1916; his diary, 1918, including details of his work [as an experimental pilot with the Aircraft Directorate and the Air Board]; notebook containing notes on the performance of various aircraft, [1918-1921]; 'Memoir of service with the Royal Flying Corps, 1915 and 1916', written in [1970-1980].

Untitled
GB 0074 CLC/B/192 · Collection · 1684-2007

Records of Sun Insurance Office Limited as well as companies which merged with Sun Insurance, such as Alliance Assurance Company Limited; and subsidiary companies such as Bath Sun Fire Office, Patriotic Assurance Company of Dublin and London Assurance. The records include policy registers; administrative papers; minutes; reports; financial records; deeds; publications and photographs.

THESE RECORDS ARE SUBJECT TO A 50 YEAR CLOSURE PERIOD. LIFE POLICY REGISTERS, CLAIMS REGISTERS AND EMPLOYERS' LIABILITY POLICY REGISTERS ARE CLOSED FOR 75 YEARS.

Various.
GB 1446 Manuscripts · Collection · 1760-2001

The manuscript series, 1760-2001, includes field notes, research notes, vocabularies, transcripts of lectures, essays, cards, drawings, diagrams and photographs of anthropologists. Collections range from single volumes to many boxes and are assigned a numerical running number

1 Sir Alfred Claud Hollis, genealogical notes on the history of Vumba, East Africa, with an account of the descendants of its Diwans, 1899; 2 A L Lewis, stone circles and monuments: a collection of lectures; 3 Réné Caillié, Mandingo vocabulary; 4-5. John Clarke, A vocabulary or dictionary of the Fernandian tongue, 1854; African dialects, Fernando Po, 1841; 6. James Günther, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhurri, 1839; 7. Hugh Stannus, The practice of scarification (tattooing) among the natives of Nyasaland, 1927; 8. James Philip Mills, Mongsen Ao word list, 1926; 9. H J Knox, Notes on figures engraved on rocks in the great trap dyke in the Peacock Hills near Bellarey, 1893.

10-11. William George Archer, Civil justice in tribal India, 1946; 12. Grammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea; 13. Gerhard Lohmeyer, Recht und Zauberei in Nordwest-Amerika, 1948; 14. Thomas Crawford Johnston, Correspondence on 'Did the Phoenicians discover America?' 1913; 15. Vocabularies: West African dialects; 16-17. R Baudin, Dictionnaire Français-Yoruba; 18. Thomas Vincent Holmes, On some recent criticisms of the Denehole exploration report of the Essex Field Club, 1908; 19. August Vogl, Wahrhafte Heilkunst, 1949; 20. Sir George Laurence Gomme, A handbook to folk-lore, 1890.

  1. Francis J Hambly, Peru, the cradle of South America, post 1930; 22-23. Elphinstone Dayrell, More folk stories from Southern Nigeria; Anthropology, 1911; 24. Monique de Lestrange, Contributions à l'étude des plis palmaires chez l'homme, 1945; 25-25a. Adolph Brewster, Genealogies and histories of the Matanitu, 1923; 26. W A Buckingham, Beliefs and religious symbols in the bronze age of England; 27. Charles William Hobley, Anthropological papers by various people and correspondence, 1947; 28. Amedée Vignola, Translation of the introductory chapters and tables, from the French, in Tous les femmes, 1925; 29. G A Turner, Some anthropological notes on the South-African coloured mine labourer, 191-; 30. Tracey Philipps, The continental-European ethnic and cultural composition of Canada, 1947.

    1. Aliston Blyth, Tedi River tribes, 1922; 32. Granville St John Orde Browne, Physical peculiarities of the minor tribes of Mount Kenya, British East Africa, 1915; 33. Sir Herbert Gibson, Notes on the Indian tribes of the Paraguayan and Bolivian Chaco, 1922; 34. John Mathew, Explanation of some of the Australian class names, 1926; 35. H Olaf Hodgkin and others, Malagasy folk-lore; 36. Edward E Long, The mystery of the Sakai; 37. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, XIV observations on some Egyptian mummies opened in London, 1792; 38. W Champ, Aboriginal vocabulary, 1862; 39-40. Guybon Henry Damant, The wild tribes of north eastern India, 1900; Scrap album, 1867-78.

41-59. Mary Edith Durham, Collection, 1900-1940; 60-63. E Dora Earthy, Collection, 1939; 64. George Bellas Greenough, Ethnological dictionary; 65-76. Melville William Hilton-Simpson, Collection, 1906-26; 77-89. Richard E C Long, Collection, 1885-1950; 90-98. Arthur Bernard Deacon, Collection, 1926-1927; 99. L Marillier, Notes and extracts; 100. Charles Samuel Myers, Anthropometric measurements of Egyptians, 1901-1902.

101-09. Robert Sutherland Rattray, Collection, 1919-1930; 110-19a. Edward Horace Man, Collection, 1874-1920; 120. V Stefansson, Some Eskimo words of possible historical significance, 1911; 121. Paul Schebesta, The Zimbabwe - Kultur in Africa, 1923; 122. E T C Werner, Report on a journey N. and E. of Peking, 1887; 123-39. William Crooke, Collection, [1890]-1921; 140-52. Joseph Barnard Davis, Collection, 1800-1875; 153. Corpus of Indian Pottery: A card-index of Indian cairn and urn-burial pottery forms, 1929; 154. Anonymous, Jujus and Jujuism, 1913; 155-56. Gertrude M Godden, Naga and other frontier tribes of Eastern India, 189-; The Naga tribes, 1897; 157. Joseph Daniel Unwin, Tax and custom, 1913-34; 158. John Ogilvie, Notes and myths of aboriginal Indians of British Guiana; 159. J W Ogilvie Bennett, English native vocabulary of the Woolner dialect, Adelaide River, North Australia, 1869; 160. Francis Turville-Petre, The stone age in Palestine, Syria and Transjordania, 1927.

  1. Ponape notes; 162. J M A J Dawson, Aborigines of Malaya, 1956; 163. G B Gloyne, The batik art of Java, 1933; 164. S Gillmore Lee, A study of crying hysteria and dreaming in Zulu women, 1954; 165. Voyages: Extracts from voyages of exploration; 166. Robert Wood Williamson and M Campbell, Bibliographical material in classified form; 167. Pigmentation survey of Scotland, 1906; 168. Great Britain: Colonial Office: Committee of Civil Research. Kenya Native Welfare Subcommittee, 1926-7; 169. Australia: Aboriginals, 1930; 170. Ajit Mookerjee, Bengal folk art, 1949; 171. Father Gardner, Drawings to Excavations in a Wilton industry at Gokomere, Fort Victoria, S. Rhodesia, 1928; 172. Folklore Institute of America: Second session, 1946; 173. G R Carline, Newspaper and periodical cuttings arranged according to subject, 1931; 174. C H Hawes, Individual measurements and observations of about 2700 Cretan men, 1905-9; 175. British Association for the Advancement of Science: Human geography file, 1934-5; 176. International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences: Papers, abstracts of papers and press-cuttings, 1934; 177. R J Hunt, Lengua dictionary, 193-; 178. Great Britain: Colonial Office: Extracts from a despatch from the administrator of Dominica, 1918; 179-80. Michael Garfield Smith, The social structure of the northern Kadara, 195-; Social organisation and economy of Kagoro, 1952.

  2. Hugh Stannus, Some anthropometrical observations among the natives of Nyasaland; 182. Francis A Allen, The Easter Island monuments and tablets, 1904; 183. E Wynstone-Waters, The arches of the human foot and how they are maintained, 1904; 184. Brab I Purcell, Rites and customs of Australian aborigines, 1893; 185. R A Stewart Macalister and E W G Masterman, Occasional papers on the modern inhabitants of Palestine, 19-; 186. E S Menen, marriage customs among the Nayars of Malabar; 187. F S Brockman, Notes on aboriginal paintings, Australia, 1901; 188. Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Curl Prize Essay, 1950 to date; 189. Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Wellcome Medal, 1931 to date; 190. Chicago University Department of Anthropology: Papers, reports and symposiums, 1955-1957.

  3. Ioan Myrddin Lewis, The Somali lineage system, 1958; 192-98. Emil Torday, Collection. 1908-1931; 199. Gambia: Native law and customs, 1908; 200. Nigeria, Southern: Reports to Colonial Office, 1906-1907; 201-02. Nigeria, Northern: Enclosures in despatch No. 459 of 9th September 1907; Reports to Colonial Office, 1907-1908; 203. Gold Coast: Native law and customs, 1906-8; 204. Sir Percy Sykes, Persian notes, 1914; 205. James Edge-Partington, Register of objects from the Pacific, 1896; 206. Cyril Belshaw, Economic aspects of culture contact in eastern Melanesia, 1949; 207. Samoan Affairs Office, Pago Pago: Genealogies, 1956; 208. T B Cliffe, anthropological notes on the Afo pagans, 1957-8; 209. Phyllis Mary Kaberry, Report on farmer-grazier relations and the changing pattern of agriculture in Nsaw, 1959; 210. Elphinstone Dayrell, Africa West; 211. Dorothy D Lee, values and mental health, 1958; 212. Association of Social Anthropologists: The teaching of social anthropology, 1958; 213. Susannah Vibert Pearce, The appearance of iron and its use in protohistoric Africa, 1960; 214. Filiberto Giorgetti, La superstition Zande, 1958-60; 215. Laura Longmore, The dispossessed, 1957; 216. Annette Rosenstiel, The Motu of Papua New Guinea, 1953; 217. William Halse Rivers and others, Simbo-English vocabulary; 218. Ruth Fulton Benedict, Miscellaneous notes, 1930-1935; 219-40. Sir Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn, Collection, 1760-1922.

  4. H K Fry, Dieri legends [South Australia]; 242. J Gibson Hall, The Alungu chiefs, their families and genealogical tree, 1902-7; 243. Lakemba (Fiji): Drawings by school boys, 1911; 244. H M M Scroggie, The sociology of Ngwaketse diet, 1946; 245. Herbert John Fleure, Anthropometric survey of Wales, 1906-36; 246. Ruth H Finnegan, survey of the Limba people of northern Sierra Leone, 1962; 247. George P Murdock and others, Outline of cultural materials, 1938; 248. E J Wayland, The age of the Oldoway human skeleton, 1932; 249. Neil Gordon Munro, Ainu material; 250. N Dyson-Hudson, The present position of the Karimojong, 1958; 251. H Du Plessis, Die politieke organisasie van die Venda, 1941; 252. Eva Leonie Lewin-Richter Meyerowitz, Akan traditions of origin, 1952; 253. Cambridge Expedition to northern Africa, report, 1964; 254-56. Alice Joan Metge, Some modern Maoris, 1953; Urbanisation and the pattern of Maori life, 1954; The urban Maori, 1953; 257. LSE Report on a conference on applied anthropology, 1963; 258. British Museum, Department of Ethnography: Excavations at Las Cuevas, 1958; 259. Margaret E Kenna and John C Kenna, list of portraits of anthropologists and archaeologists and workers in allied fields, 1966; 260. T B Naik, Anavils, the unspoilt Brahmins, 1954.

  5. Brenda Zara Seligman, Genealogies; 262. Brenda Zara Seligman, Seligman's psychology collection; 263. William Charles Willoughby, Index to the Willoughby papers in Selly Oak Colleges, Library, Birmingham; 264. R Webb, Genealogy of the Lihoja, 1964; 265. Eric Wilton Morse, Immigration and status of British East Indians in Canada, 1944; 266. G D Walker, Garo customs and folk-lore, 1967; 267. Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville, Orientation in megalithic monuments and associated papers, anthropological notes on Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, and maps of Chinese Turkistan and Kansu, 1892-1936; 268. Marian Smith collection; 269. British Solomon Islands Protectorate: Notes on native custom, tradition, organisation and culture, 1938; 270. F J Language, Kapteinskap onder die Tlhaping, 1941.

  6. Otto Friedrich Raum, The social functions of avoidance and taboos among the Zulu, 1960; 272. Adam Kuper, Kinship, marriage, and local groupings among the Ngologa, 1965; 273. P H Brinckner, Brief v. 28.6.1876, Otyikaugo etc.; 274. Anthropolgicky Kongres K 100. Vyroci Narozenin Alese Hrdlicky; 275. Isaac Schapera, Notes on some Herero genealogies, 1945; 276-77. G P Lestrade, Miscellaneous notes on laws and customs of the Bahuruthse; Preliminary summary of main heads of information obtained at Maahoana (Gopane), 1926; 278. Philip and Iona Mayer, Sexual and fighting behaviour among Red Xhosa youth; 279. Sir Arthur Grimble, Gilbertese myths, 1964; 280. J P Luce, Private journal, 1852-1867; 281. G O Whitehead, Spagnolo's Bari grammar, 1933; 282. Philip F W Bartle, African rural urban migration, 1971; 283. G M Clifford, The Igala chiefdom, 1934; 284. Jose Llopis Martin, De genealogia medica, 1970; 285. Antonio A Arantes, Compadrio in rural Brazil, 1971; 286. Nicas Kipengele, Marriage celebration among Wamatumbi and Wapogoro and its relation to canon law, 1961; 287. M R Allen, Report on Aoba, 1969; 288. Allen, Ganguly, Pranab and Pal, Anadi. The Onge of Little Andaman, 1964; 289. James Bol Kalmal, Marriage rights and duties among the Shilluk, 1973; 290. Hans Schindler Bellamy, Problems of Tiahuanaco, 1938.

  7. Dugald Malcolm, The Kuna Indians, 1974; 292. Barrington J Howard, Social organisation in Eskimo communities, 1976; 293. P R Foulkes-Roberts, Letters home from an administrative officer in Nigeria, 1924-44; 294. Miriam L Tildesley, Miscellaneous notes, papers, letters, calculations, tables and graphs; 295. Douglas A Lorimer, Racist theory in British anthropology, 1870-1900; 296. James H Chaplin, Tribal art and painting; 297. Charles Staniland Wake, Correspondence 1892-1909; 298. Meyer Fortes, First and second reports on fieldwork, 1934; 299. Hilda Beemer, (Mrs Hilda Kuper), First report on fieldwork, 1937; 300. Margaret Read, Second report on field work, 1936.

  8. G Tillion and T Riviere, Sixth report on fieldwork, 1936; 302. Godfrey B Wilson, First report on fieldwork, 1936; 303. Monica Hunter (Mrs Godfrey Wilson), Methods of fieldwork, 1933; 304. G Gordon Brown, Notes on the progress of fieldwork, 1933; 305. S Hofstra, Reports on fieldwork among the Mendi, 1934; 306. Walter Scott, Economic condition of Sind, 1846; 307. Elizabeth Bott (Mrs James Spillius), Miscellaneous papers; 308. Garth A Rogers, Kai and Kava in Niuatoputapu, 1975; 309. James Spillius, Conscience, 1947; 310. Yvonne Blake, Infantile development; 311. Leslie M Young, Notes on various published papers, 1914-1987; 312-13. M S Swede, Scrapbook folders containing miscellaneous newspaper and journal cuttings, 1926-1982; miscellaneous articles and pamphlets, 1945-1983; 314. Stuart E Mann, Albanian literature, 1955, and Laura E Start, The Durham collection of garments and embroideries from Albania and Yugoslavia; 315. Ivor Hugh Norman Evans, Bornean diaries, 1938-1942; 316-17. Laura Longmore, Multi-racial dilemma, 1959; Polygamy among the southern Bantu, 1988; 318. Derek Bickerton, Language and species, 1990; 319. C H Browner et al, A new methodology for medicine; 320. James Weiner, Mountain Papuans, 1988.

  9. Derek Frank Bruce Roberts, The geographical distribution of the physical characters of man; 322. George W Stocking Jr, Reading the palimpsest of inquiry; 323. Douglas L Oliver, Somatic variability and human ecology on Bougainville, Solomon Islands; 324. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg, Yoruba twin sculpture and ritual, 1973; 325. Shanthi Tambiah, Culture as adaptation: change among the Bhuket of Sarawak, Malaysia, 1995; 326. Mark Angus Jamieson, Kinship and gender as political processes among the Miskitu of Eastern Nicaragua, 1995; 327. Alexander Goldbloom, Thomas Bendyshe and the Anthropological Society of London 1863-1871, 1995; 328. Ethel John Lindgren, Anthropological film of the Reindeer Tungus of Manchuria, 1931-1932; 329. Association of Social Anthropologists/Social Science Research Council: Conference on the training and employment of social anthropologists, 1980; 330. Peter Johann Koblenzer, The state of health and the environment of the Rungus Dusun of Kampong Maksangkong-Dampirit of the Kudat Peninsula in the west coast residency of the Colony of British North Borneo, 1959.

  10. Bennet Greig, Memorandum on the Indians of the Peruvian Sierra, 1936; 332. Ethnological Survey of Canada: Copies of circular and of schedules, 1899; 333. Margaret Read, The value of social anthropology for nurses overseas, 1939; 334. Jonathan Benthall, 'And what should they know of England who only England know?', 1974; 335. George Soper Cansdale, String figures, 1937; 336. Johanna Felhoen-Kraal, Die Herkunft der sogenannten Portugiesischen Juden, 1942; 337. Kathy Curnow, The Afro-Portuguese ivories, 1982; 338. Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Journals 1951-2000 and various papers (restricted access); 339. James Edge-Partington, An album of the weapons, tools, ornaments, articles of dress etc of the natives of the Pacific Islands, 1890; 340. Hua Cai, Les Na: une société sans père ni mari (Chine), 1995.

  11. Jonathan Benthall, Christianity and British anthropologists, 2000; 342. Suzanne Preston Blier, Kings, crowns, and rights of succession; 343. John Pemberton III, Ere Ibeji from Ila-Orangun, 1981; 344. Joseph Nevadomsky, The Benin bronze horseman as the Ata of Idah; 345. William Robin Gray Horton, Ijo ritual sculpture; 346. Henry John Drewal, Art, history and the individual; 347. Bernice M Kelly, contemporary Nigerian artists, 1988; 348. Gavin D White, Material on Eskimos; 349. William Robin Gray Horton, Untitled about the Ijo of the Rivers Province; 350. S Pughe, Brodribb. A preliminary report ... on the origins and ages of ... man-made structures in ... Kenya; 351. Jonathan Skinner, Impressions of Montserrat, 1997; 352. Arnold L Epstein, A Melanesian masquerade, 1988 (forbidden access); 353. Muhammadu Aliyu, Socio-economic aspects of Saukar Karatu, 1980; 354. Alhaji Isa Kebbe, A sociological analysis of a despised occupation in Hausa society, 1984; 355. Jarle Simensen, The Asafo of Kwahu, Ghana, 1974; 356. Ramon Ramonet Riu, Totem, the first one and the future, 1996; 357. Audrey Isabel Richards, Some aspects of clan structure among the Baganda, 1956 and Problems of Buganda clans, 1961; 358. Z R Dmochowski, Gidan Makama in Kano, 1963; 359. H Fleure, bibliography of his writings 1898-1954; 360. Charles Gabriel Seligman, Shilluk, 1902-1909.

  12. Ethel John Lindgren, Notes for the proposed handbook on methods and problems of social psychology and sociology, 1937; 362. W Perkins Foss, The arts of the Urhobo people, 1971; 363. Harold Fullard, Anthropometric cards for an anthropometric survey in Lancashire mid-1930's; 364. Charles Gabriel Seligman, Notes and papers on the art and anthropology of the Massim; 365. Ronald M and Catherine H Berndt, Native labour and welfare in the Northern Territory, 1946; 366. O Werner and Frank Willett, The composition of brasses from Ife and Benin, 1974; 367. Arnold Rubin, Notes on regalia in Biu division, Northeast State, Nigeria; 368. Angelika Tunis, Neue untersuchungen zur Berliner Beninsammlung; 369. Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi, The impact of Europe on African cultures and values, 1974; 370. African Studies Association of the United Kingdom: Meetings, membership, papers, reports, 1973-1974; 370. Jonathan Benthall, Forgetting and reminding, 1994; 372. Ronald G Stansfield, The origins of the International Ergonomics Association, 1979; 373. David J Vandyke-Lee, The conservation of wooden specimens, 1974; 374. David J Vandyke-Lee, Ethnographical conservation, 1974; 375. Ronald G Stansfield, Operational research and sociology, 1980; 376. James Woodburn, Exhibition of material equipment of the Hadza, 1965; 377-78. Myra Bluebond-Langner, The dying child speaks, 1975; Death, self and society, 1976; 379. Juana Elbein Dos Santos, Les Nago et la mort, 1972; 380. William O Oldman, Index to tribes, rivers etc of Africa shown on map, 1919-1923; 381. P F Farina, Il popolo Karimojong; 382. A T H Jolly and Frederick George Godfrey Rose, The place of the Australian Aboriginal in the evolution of society, 1941; 383. Myra Bluebond-Langner and Marianne G Everett, The meanings of death in American society and its implications for health education, 1976; 384. Jeremy Montagu, Musical instruments of the world, 1970; 385. A A Y Kyerematen, Asante Cultural Centre, 1958; 386. Centre d'Analyse Documentaire Pour L'Afrique Noire: Various papers, 1965-1966; 387. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Various papers, 1946-1976; 388. Jehanne H Teilhet, Paper to determine precisely who, among the French artists, were the first to feel the impact of, and to find inspiration in, the tribal arts of Oceania and the tribal arts in Africa, post 1966; 389. William Edward Hanley Stanner, Papers concerning New Hebrides administration, 1935-1937; 390-91. Craig Maginnis (Nelson), Notes and papers on the South Seas; Notebooks and pamphlets on the South Seas.

  13. William Horsfall, Papers on Tonga; 393. Keith Nicklin, Ekpu, 1988; 394. Patrick Muyendekwa Sikana, Agro-pastoralism and market integration, 1998; 395. Rachael Jane Sara Gooberman-Hill, The constraints of feeling free', 1999; 396. Alan Passes, The hearer, the hunter, and the Agouti head, 1998; 397. Richard Ssewakiryanga and David Mills,Vegetarianus economicus', 1995; 398. David Mills and Richard Ssewakiryanga, Women on top?, 1995; 399. Mary Mugyenyi and David Mills, Feminism, social theory and social reform, 1995; 400. Margaret Sarkissian, What happens when two worlds collide?, 1993; 401. Thomas Johnston, Two essays, 1969; 402.

Various anthropologists
GB 0120 RAMC · 17th century - 20th century

Reports, diaries, memoirs, photographs and memorabilia given to the Royal Army Medical Corps Museum and Library by former officers and men of the Corps. Some date back to Marlborough's campaigns of the late 17th century; there is also material relating to the continuing European and Imperial conflicts of the 18th and early 19th centuries, the Crimean War (1854-1856), the Boer War and the Balkan conflicts of the early 20th century, the two World Wars, the Korean War and other smaller conflicts thereafter.

Royal Army Medical Corps
GB 0074 LMA/4172 · Collection · 1841-2005

Records of the Royal Association for Deaf People. The collection contains a wealth of information relating to the development of work with Deaf people over the 19th and 20th centuries in London and south-east England, including relief of the necessitous poor in the 19th century, the establishment of Deaf church communities from the 1880s and the early promotion of Sign Language as a recognised form of communication in the 1850s by Reverend Samuel Smith.

The records include:

Corporate records (LMA/4172/A) in relation to the Association's Trustee Committee, Standing Subcommittee, Executive Committee, Building Committee, Spiritual Subcommittee, Personnel Committee, Property and Personnel Sub-Committee, Finance and Fund Raising Committee, Public Relations Subcommittee, secretary's correspondence, annual reports, agreements, permanent year end papers, annual general meetings, Board of Trustees papers, and Essex Deaf Council.

Financial and Staff records (LMA/4172/B) consisting of accounts, legacies, salaries and expenses, and Staff meetings Minutes, and administration.

Records of Saint Faith's Home (LMA/4172/C) consisting of minutes of the Management Committee, accounts, and registration.

Branch and Mission Church records (LMA/4172/D) in relation to Croydon Branch, Saint Barnabus Church in Lerwisham, Saint Matthews Mission and Saint Paul's Hall in Walworth, Woolwich Deaf and Dumb Mission in Beresford Square, Saint Bedes in Lambeth, All Saints in Croydon, Saint Saviours Chapel on Oxford Street, Saint John of Beverely on Green Lane, All Saints in West Ham, and Saint Cedd in Romford.

Printed Material and photographs (LMA/4172/E) consisting of press cuttings, magazines and newsletters, events material and talks, photographs, posters/leaflets and advertising material, staff resources, and historical notes.

Audio-visual records (LMA/4172/F) consisting of videos and audio cassettes.

Electronic records (LMA/4172/G) consisting of documents saved on a CD.

Property records (LMA/4172/H) in relation to 120 Selhurst Road in Croydon, 26 Harold Road in Essex, and 4 The Drive in Middlesex.

Royal Association for Deaf People x RAD , Royal Association for Deaf People Royal Association in aid of the Deaf and Dumb x RADD , Royal Association in aid of the Deaf and Dumb
GB 0074 ACC/2305/06-1 · Collection · 1890-1960

Corporate records of the Royal Brewery Brentford Limited, including Directors' meetings minutes; agreements; share records; registers of seals; articles of association; and annual reports and accounts.

Royal Brewery Brentford Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/2305/06-2 · Collection · 1926-1957

Financial records of Royal Brewery Brentford Limited, including loans and deposits accounts; general ledger; audited profit and loss accounts; invoices and bank account books.

Royal Brewery Brentford Ltd
GB 0074 ACC/2305/06-3 · Collection · 1926-1957

Property records of Royal Brewery Brentford Limited, including quarterly rent journal; insurance register for licensed premises; premises repair order book; tenants' dilapidations ledger and tenancy agreement.

Royal Brewery Brentford Ltd
GB 0074 LMA/4710 · Collection · 1803-2005

Records of the Royal Caledonian Education Trust from its inception, including records of the Royal Caledonian Asylum and School LMA/4710/D, the Gaelic Chapel LMA/4710/E, the Society of Old Caledonians LMA/4710/F, including copies of the groups magazines. Also includes Records of Governance LMA/4710/A including Court of Governors and Directors minutes, Finance records LMA/4710/B and early accounts, as well as records of early subscribers to the school; Records of Administration LMA/4710/C these include the Secretary’s correspondence and the main series of registers of petitions and admissions of the pupils to both the Asylum and School dating from 1819; Records of the Asylum and School, including class registers, log books and reports of the school staff (Headmaster, Matron, School Mistress and Medical Officer) . There are also a large series of photographs of pupils and school events as well as a series of scrap book and press cuttings covering school events, Clan days and sports days and the Caledonian Ball.

Royal Caledonian Education Trust xx Royal Caledonian School
ROYAL CHORAL SOCIETY
GB 0074 ACC/2370 · Collection · 1871-1985

Records of the Royal Choral Society. The archive is divided into seven sections: administrative records, including a series of individual concert files; financial records; membership records, which include attendance registers and audition files; concert records and programmes; publicity records including posters and newspaper cuttings; files of printed musical scores, arranged by piece, and including programmes for concerts featuring the work; miscellaneous records, which comprise information and programmes relating to other choirs, magazines of the society, or which include articles on the society or choral singing in general, and photographs of choir members, soloists and conductors.

Highlights of the collection include a comprehensive, although not complete, series of concert programmes from 1873-1985, including the programme for the last concert to be held in the Queen's Hall before its destruction during World War II. There are also manuscript copies of "Eryri" by Alun Hoddinott. This piece was composed for the investiture of the Prince of Wales in 1969 and the collection has a copy both of the original score, for 16 soloists, chorus and orchestra, and the revised version for baritone solo, chorus and orchestra.

Royal Choral Society x Royal Albert Hall Choral Society
GB 0074 ACC/0923 · Collection · 1845-1965

Records of the Royal Commercial Traveller's School, 1845-1965, including a photograph of a painting of John Robert Cuffley; copy of minutes of a Meeting held at the London Tavern on 30th December 1845 concerned with the founding of this school; a brief record of principal events from 1845 to 1905; press cuttings; papers relating to Royal patronage of the School; papers relating to fundraising; copy of a speech delivered by Charles Dickens about the Schools in December 1859; event programmes; copies of the rules of the Foundation; Memorandum of Articles of Association of the Royal Commercial Travellers Schools Trust Limited; annual reports 1945-1967; prospectus and photographs of the buildings at Hatch End, Pinner.

Commercial Travellers' School , 1845-1918 x Royal Commercial Travellers' School , 1918-1965 x Royal Pinner School , 1965-1967
ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE
GB 0074 CLC/B/107-02 · Collection · 1753-1964

Records of Royal Exchange Assurance, comprising fire policy registers 1753-1870 (Mss 7252-5); inventories of works of art relating to policies 1822-1913 (Ms 10461); court and committee minutes 1825-1964 (Mss 16235-243, 16245-6, 16250); financial records including life journals and ledgers 1842-1943 (Ms 16251-4); accounts of affiliated companies 1908-1944 (Ms 31634); reports 1838-1957 (Ms 16246A-249); stock ledgers 1838-1927 (Ms 16233) and some staff records 1906-19 and 1927 (Ms 16244).

Mss 16232 and Ms 16234 have been returned to the depositor.

Please note that 24 hours notice is required for access to Mss 16232-54 and 31634.

Royal Exchange Assurance
GB 0100 KCLCA RHW/CN · 1904-1907

Royal Herbert Hospital case notes, consisting of volume of notes on operations, 1904-1907, carried out by Maj Gen Sir Maurice Holt (then Major RAMC), a specialist on operative surgery.

Royal Herbert Hospital
GB 0074 CLC/275 · Collection · 1553-1989

Records of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem. About three-quarters of the records are solely of Bridewell Royal Hospital and have been catalogued as Bridewell Royal Hospital; the other quarter are joint records of the Royal Hospitals of Bridewell and Bethlem and have been catalogued under that name. A few records are essentially of Bridewell but have some Bethlem subject content. The joint records are largely constitutional, court, accounts and joint estate records, with some clerk's correspondence relating to both hospitals.

The archive has been catalogued in one block, regardless of whether individual records are of Bridewell Royal Hospital only or of Bridewell and Bethlem jointly. The archive includes Constitutional records; Minutes; Legal papers; Accounts; Clerk's papers; Prison records; Apprenticeship records; School records; Legacies; Estates records; Bridewell Chapel records; Bridewell Precinct records; and officers' private papers.

There is a general 30 year closure period. Pupil records have a 100 year closure period.

Bridewell , Corporation of London Bethlem Royal Hospital , Corporation of London x Priory of St Mary of Bethlehem x Bethlehem Royal Hospital
ROYAL LONDON MILITIA
GB 0074 CLC/535 · Collection · 1871-1888

The records comprise: account book, 1871-9 (Ms 09410A), and general fund ledger, 1883-5, and signed enrolments, 1885-8 (Ms 09410B). It is not known whether any other records survive of this Militia.

Royal London Militia
Royal Maternity Charity
GB 1538 S60 · 1761-1949

Papers of the Royal Maternity Charity, 1761-1949, including minute books, 1761-1949; 'Rough minute books', 1772-1826 and case-book of Robert Barnes at the Royal Maternity Charity, Oct 1857-Oct 1858.

Royal Maternity Charity x Charity for Attending and Delivering poor Married Women in their Lying in at their Respective Habitations x Lying-in Charity for Delivering Poor Married Women at their Own Habitations Barnes , Robert , 1817-1907 , physician
GB 0074 CLC/381 · Collection · 1886-1964

Records of the Royal Memorial Church of Saint George, Cannes, France, comprising memorandum and articles of association of the Duke of Albany Memorial Church Society, 1886 (Ms 23615); register of baptisms, 1887-1960 (Ms 23616); service registers, 1887-1964 (Ms 23617); and church inventory, 1907-31 (Ms 23618).

Royal Memorial Church of Saint George , Cannes, France
ROYAL MILITARY ASYLUM
O/576 · Collection · 1817

Apprenticeship indenture for John Campbell, resident in the Asylum, apprenticed to George Campbell, shoemaker, 1817.

Royal Military Asylum