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SLV/13 contains four holograph letters written by Ralph Waldo Emerson to his publisher John Chapman. SLV/105/13 is a first edition of Poems by Ralph Waldo Emerson including a manuscript copy of the poem Concord Monument, 1844-1867.

Manuscripts of 'The Vision of Piers Plowman' and 'La Estorie del Evangelie'. The 'Piers Plowman' manuscript is written in a set book-hand on both sides of 97 folio leaves of vellum and is bound in modern white pig skin. The first page of the manuscript is decorated with an illuminated capital in blue, with red and brown ink penwork heightened with gold; the capital at the beginning of each Passus is blue with red ink decorations; Latin words in the text, names and the beginning and end of each Passus are written in red ink.

'La Estorie del Evangelie', a manuscript poem of 2206 lines, is written in the same book hand as 'The Vision of Piers Plowman', on both sides of 17 folio leaves of vellum. A space has been left for the initial 'S' but there is otherwise no rubrication, though spaces possibly for illustration, appear between the various sections of the manuscript.

The collection, 1900-1987, consists of records created by the Academic Council (AC 1) and faculties, boards, committees and other bodies of the Academic Council. These are:
Academic Registrar (AC 2),
Standing Sub-Committees (AC3),
Joint Standing Committee of the Academic Collegiate Councils (AC 4),
Faculties (AC 5),
Faculty Boards (AC 6),
Academic Advisory Boards (AC 7),
Boards of Studies (AC 8),
Special Advisory Boards (AC 9),
Special Advisory Committees (AC 10),
Overseas Colleges in Special Relationship (AC 11),
Teachers Section (AC 12),
Scholarships (AC 13),
Central Research Fund (AC 14),
Published texts of Lectures (AC 15).

There are also 143 uncatalogued boxes (Ref. AC) containing material dating from 1846-1999. This includes minutes, academic registrar correspondence, Academic Advisory Board papers, Board of Studies papers, scholarships papers, financial papers, memorial lectures, Joint Committee of Academic Council and Institute of Education papers, Joint Committee of Academic Council and Collegiate Council on Latin American Studies papers, Academic Working Parties papers, Subject Area Review Committees/Committee of Academic Organisation papers, Committee on Organisation and Administration of the Schools of the University papers, Sub-Committees papers, Correspondence/Reports on Specific Issues, Deans Committee for Review of the Arts papers, General Medical Council and General Dental Council papers and Examinations papers.

The material comprises minutes, agenda and supporting paperwork for meetings of the Board of Givernors, the Executive Committee, the Commerce Degree Bureau Committee and the Board of Educational Advisors; administrative papers, including correspondence, memoranda, file notes and balance sheets relating to the establishment and administration of the Bureau and the insitution of degrees in Commerce; annual reports and reports by the Commerce Degrees Committee and various sub-Committees; students registered with the Bureau; prospectuses and lists of books acquired by the Bureau library.

This collection comprises a notebook with typescript copies of minutes inserted and other loose minutes, financial details and a poster.

The collection comprises meeting papers for the Joint Committee on Computing Facilities, Central Co-ordinating Committee Computing Services, Users' Sub-Committee, Directors' Sub-Committee, Computing Services and Management Sub-Committee, Managers Panel, Software Management Panel, Planning Sub-Committee, Allocation of Resources Committee, Standing Medical Computing Committee, London Computing Policy Committee, Policy Sub-Committee and publications by the University Computing Services.

Papers of Margaret Stevenson Miller, 1929-1975, comprising:
papers on research into the economy of the Soviet Union, 1929-1941, including pamphlets and cuttings on finance, papers on transport in the Soviet Union, c 1934, papers on transport, agriculture, finance and housing in the Soviet Union c 1939-1952, papers on the clothing industry in the Soviet Union, 1941-1950, papers on the economic regions of the Soviet Union, 1044-1947, papers on trade unions in the Soviet Union, 1945-1946, lecture notes on the economics of the Soviet Union, for lectures given by Miller at George Washington University, c 1946-1947, papers on town population in the Soviet Union, 1961-1964, papers ion agriculture in the Soviet Union, 1961-1964, papers on trade between the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1970-1971, papers on economic reform in the Soviet Union, 1945;1961-1975, papers on Conference of representatives of the British and Soviet public, Armenia, 1974, papers on Miller's visit to the Soviet Union, Aug 1968;
papers on School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) Old Students' Association, 1951, 1950-1962,including "Memorandum of evidence: submitted on behalf of the School of Slavonic and East European Studies Old Students' Association - To the Committee of Enquiry into the future policy of the School", Apr 1971

Album of photographs showing the British Miners' Delegation on a tour of the Soviet Union hosted by the Miners' Union of the USSR, 1926, given to the British Delegation as a gift from the Soviet Delegation. The photographs show the Delegation in Leningrad, Moscow, Tutla, Kharkov, Artemovsk, Krasnogorsk, Shterovka, Gorlovka, Skakhta, Rostov, Kislovodsk, Grosny and Baku.

Typescripts entitled "The Yugoslav History" and "A history of Yugoslav Letters", written by Paul Mitrovich at Sarajevo, 1965, and a letter from Mitrovich's daughter Milica Kirk Mitrovic to Hugh Seton Watson, which she sent him with the typescripts.

Album containing photographs including of Moscow, rural scenes and schoolchildren entitled "These Photoes [sic] are made by the Pupils of [Moscow] School No. 14", c 1962.

Photographs (10) of lithographs by Vojtech Kubasta, with explanatory notes issued to mark the bicentenary of the birth of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1956; Photographs (28) relating to Mozart and Prague, stamped "Bedrich Renner, Prague", with list.

Photocopies of letters written by Aleksei Semenovich Musin-Pushkin while Russian Ambassador to London to Count ?N I Panin, Empress Catherine II and Baron Fredr. Nolikens Chiffrerade

Visitors' book and list of titles (with Russian titles translated) exhibited at National Book League exhibition entitled "Art books from the Soviet Union", 1978

Photograph album entitled "Norway and Russia" containing black and white and coloured photographs of Norway, Russia (mostly St Petersburg) and other European cities, c 1895

Research material from the "Families, entrepreneurs and entrepreneurial values" project comprising:
audio tapes of forty six Russian life story interviews with two and in one case three members of different generations of twenty two families in Moscow and Leningrad, 1991, there are transcipts and translations of most if the interviews; related papers including interview summary sheets, a draft interview guide for interviewers and the end of project report

Writings on Leon Petrazycki, Professor of Jurispridence, Uniersity of Warsaw, by Georgii Konstantinovich Guins and Baron Alexander Felixovich Meyendorff, 1931.

Picture postcards and some postcard sized illustrations, 1806-1946 (mainly 1898-1914). Most of them depict Russian scenes and people but there are also cards from Estonia, Finland and Britain. Some of the cards had been sent to Edmund W Richardson as editor of "The Picture Postcard". Relatively few however have been used and sent through the post. Subjects include Russian peasants and farming scenes, 1901; Russian military forces, 1905; Anti-Bolshevik propaganda postcards c 1918; Russian cities, Kiev, St Petersburg, Yaroslav and Streln, 1898-1909; street scenes in Moscow and Petrograd after the Revolutions of 1905 and 1917; Kiev, 1946

Album of illustrations from the "Illustrated London News" entitled "Russo-Turkish War, 1876"

Two part printed diary of events in the Servo[Serbian]-Bulgarian War, 1885, compiled by the Intelligence Branch, Quarter-Master General's Department of the British War Office by Major G C Wynne under the direction of Colonel A S Cameron. These papers are duplicates of those kept at the Public Record Office.

Unpublished play entitled "Syn Aleksandra", written by Dmitrii Shliapentokh, probably in the 1980s or early 1990s.

Dafts of chapters V, VI and conclusion of a PhD thesis by Harold Gordon Skilling presented to SSEES entitled "The German-Czech national conflict in Bohemia, 1879-1893".

Papers, 1926-1984, of Alan James Juby, relating to the development of anaesthesia and anaesthetic apparatus.

Records relating to Juby's career comprise typescript lease of premises at no 34 Devonshire Street, St Marylebone, London, to Arthur Charles King, 1926; typescript financial accounts of A Charles King Ltd, 1942, 1946; printed catalogue with illustrations of anaesthetic apparatus produced by A Charles King Ltd, undated [mid-20th century]; typescript copy letter from I W Magill to the Editor of The Lancet, 1942, concerning A Charles King's inquiry in 1932 for rotameters for gas and oxygen rather than anaesthetic flowmeters then in use, and their subsequent adoption; records relating to patent specifications, including photographs of apparatus, for Juby's work for A Charles King and subsequently for the British Oxygen Company Ltd, for improvements in retaining devices for anaesthetic mouthpieces, 1929, a portable stand for gas cylinders, 1929, an instrument for introducing intra-tracheal catheters, 1929, improvements in endotracheal tubes, 1953, improvements in cuffed catheters, 1955, improvements in gas-administering apparatus, 1956, connectors for endotracheal tubes, 1959, and means for producing a spray of gas-entrained liquid, 1960.

Records relating to organisations comprise reports and notices of meetings, lectures and other events, 1937-1984, of organisations including the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Anaesthetists, the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons Faculty of Anaesthetists, and the British Oxygen Company Ltd; dinner menus (some with collected signatures) and other ephemera, 1955-1971, including photographs including British Oxygen Company events, 1956-1957, and undated menu belonging to A Charles King.

Other records comprise printed booklets, articles, brochures, leaflets, diagrams and typescripts, 1939-1976, on subjects in anaesthetics including equipment (including apparatus produced by A Charles King Ltd and the British Oxygen Company Ltd), the development of anaesthetic techniques and drugs, and the history of anaesthesia and eminent anaesthetists including printed Inventory of the A Charles King Collection of early anaesthetic apparatus present to the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland by A Charles King March 6th 1953; copies of the K Bryn Thomas's article, 'The A Charles King Collection of early anaesthetic apparatus', Anaesthesia, vol xxv, no 4 (Oct 1970); and various British Standards, 1950-1970, on anaesthetic and other medical equipment.

Miscellaneous papers, 1982-2001, of Dr David Wilkinson, relating to his interest in the history of anaesthesia, including ephemera such as programmes, posters and menus relating to conferences and other events, 1982-2001, letters inviting Wilkinson to deliver lectures, 1985, 2001, copy of article in BMA News reviewing a lecture he delivered, 2001, article by Wilkinson on 'Archives: What's the Point?', Anaesthesia News, 2001, and notes relating to coats of arms, 2001.

Society of Apothecaries of London: Galen Medal collection, 1925 to date, comprises papers relating to the Galen Medal awarded by the Society of Apothecaries. The papers include those concerning the history of the award, correspondence with the Royal Mint, reports of the Medal Committee, correspondence regarding nominations, correspondence with recipients who include Walter Ernest Dixon, Alexander Fleming, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, autograph book of recipients, 1985 to date, and records of presentation dinners, 1990s.

The records of the Salvation Army's UK Territorial Headquarters include the following collections:

• Administrative Papers, twentieth century

• Candidates department, 1880-2003

• Corps Records, 1880s-2010s

• Divisional Records, 1880s-2000s

• Employment Plus UK, 2009

• Emergency Services and Red Shield Defence Services, 1901-1999

• Goodwill Department (formerly the Slum and Goodwill Department), 1890-1994

• Men's Social Services, 1880s-1978

• Photographic and Exhibition Unit, 1967-2009

• Social Services Department, 1892-2012

• Staff Department, twentieth century

• Women's Social Work Department, 1887-1982

• Youth Department, 1890-2005

The records of some departments have been fully catalogued; others are awaiting formal arrangement. See online catalogue or enquire for details.

Papers of Sir James Mackenzie, comprising:

1. CERTIFICATES of degrees, qualifications, society membership, 1878-1913.

2. LEGAL DOCUMENTS: deeds of practice partnership and of premises of Sir James Mackenzie, 1881-1897 and legal documents relating to James Mackenzie Institute for Clinical Research, 1947-1966.

3. PATIENT REGISTERS: Case notes with polygraph tracings, 1890-1907; Appointment books, 1916-1918.

4. POLYGRAPH TRACINGS, 1891-1907.

5. MANUSCRIPTS and PUBLICATIONS: books and articles written and/or by Mackenzie, 1888-1926.

6. CORRESPONDENCE [collected and arranged by Professor Mair in connection with his biography of Mackenzie], including original and copy correspondence with Mackenzie, 1853-1925. Correspondents include Sir Clifford Allbutt; Sir W Morley Fletcher; Sir William Tennant Gairdner; Dr John Hay; Professor Matthew Hay; Sir Henry Head; Joseph Lister; Sir Berkeley Moynihan; Sir James Orr; Sir John Parkinson; Sir Humphrey Rolleston; Dr Gordon Saunders; Sir Charles Sherrington and Sir Almroth Wright; family correspondence with Lady Mackenzie after her husband's death. 1925; correspondence between acquaintances of Mackenzie and Professor Mair for the purposes of his biography, 1960s; correspondence between Professor Mair and Mackenzie Medical Centre, Burnley, 1960-1968
   Correspondence between Professor Mair and Dorothy Mackenzie, 1960s.

7. OTHER BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL: Miscellaneous letters, receipts, notebooks, calling cards; press cuttings, including obituaries and programme for unveiling of memorial in Burnley, 1931; Family Bible, 1813, of the Jackson family [Lady Mackenzie's family] with lists of births, 1820-1881.

   8. PHOTOGRAPHS: Photographs of Mackenzie, family members, cartes de visites, of memorial in Burnley and of placque in London, 1870-c1960.

   9. ARTEFACTS and MISCELLANEA, Including Mackenzie's original polygraph, c1892; brass plate for "The James Mackenzie Institute for Clinical Research, St Andrews"; support for brass plate for Burnley practice; material and correspondence relating to an exhibition on Mackenzie curated by Anne Darlington RCGP, 1987.

Archives of the Worshipful Company of Drapers comprising:

Company charters including Letters Patent, 38 Edward III, 15 July 1364; Letters Patent, 17 Henry VI, 30 November 1438; Inspeximus Charter, 6 Edward IV, 26 July 1466; Letters Patent, 1 Richard III, 21 May 1484; Charter, 4 James I, 19 January 1606/7; Supplemental Charter, 56 Victoria, 1892-3; Charter, 1 Edward VIII, 1936; Supplemental Charter, 2 Elizabeth II, 1953-4; Letters Patent, 13 Elizabeth II, 14 May 1964;

records of governance including Ordinances and oath books, c 1460, 1662; Court of Assistants' Reperatory books, 1513-1603; Court of Assistants' rough minutes, 1525-6, 1531-6, 1553-5, 1711-1727; Court of Assistants' extracts from records and minutes books, 1507-1640; Court of Assistants' records 1603-1742; Court of Assistants' minutes 1734-present; Court of Assistants' agendas, 1836-present;

Court of Wardens' minutes, 1659- present;

Finance and General purposes Committee minutes, 1841- present; Estates Committee minutes, 1880-1996; Education Committee minutes, 1862-1994; Tottenham High School for Girls' minutes, 1887-1890; People's Palace Sub-Committee minutes, 1893-1895; Sir William Boreman Foundation minutes, 1905-present; Howells' School, Denbigh, Governors minutes, 1927-1999, and Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes 1927-1975; Bancroft's School minutes, 1838-2000; Charities Committee minutes, 1994-present; Investments Committee minutes, 1996-present.

minutes of ad hoc committees including Rebuilding Drapers' Hall, 1667-1672, View and Value of Lands, 1668-1672; Concerning Royley's Trust, 1679, Preparations for Lord Mayor's Show, 1675-1744, Special committee appointed to consider amendment of standing orders and other matters, 1945-1951, Special Committee appointed to review the Company's trusts, 1946-1965, Hall improvement Committee, 1959-1963, Drapers' Company Sexcentenary Committee, 1961-1964;

memoranda books, 1711-1902 (incomplete);

copies of Company letters out, 1823-1994;

Financial records including Wardens' accounts, 1431-1718 (incomplete); Renters Warden's accounts, 1605-1710; ledgers, 1710-1952; financial journals 1718-1963; cashbooks and rough cash books, 1665-1957; day books, 1894-1917; proof of cash books, 1834-1894; balance of cash books, 1908-1824; petty cash books, 1773-1938; receipt books, 1625-1919; analysis of expenditure books, 1871-1921; bill books, 1704-1784; tables of expenditure, 1907-1954;

records relating to apprenticeship and membership to the company including Freedom and Bindings books, 1603-present; Freedom lists, 1567- present; printed lists of Freemen, 1842-1859; Declarations of Freemen, 1814-1988; Quarterage books, 1605- present; Livery records including lists of Livery men and lists of Court members, 1604- present; Fee books relating to Bindings, Freedom and Quarterage fees, 1740-1965; Declarations of the Masters and Wardens including Disbelief in Transubstantiation, 1689-1876, and the Company Oath, 1871-1970; Wardens of the Yeomanry Books, 1560, 1615-1691; Dinner books, 1563-1860; guest books, 1821-1932; Waiters' account books, 1823-1892; Wine record books, 1806-1925;

records relating to rents from properties let by the company including Renters' account books, 1481-1719 (incomplete); Rentals books, 1581-1970 (incomplete); Rentals miscellaneous books, 1898-1940 (incomplete); Cartularies, 1490-1694. (incomplete); Rent Collection books 1808-1959 (incomplete); Land Agents' record books, 1858, 1874-1894; Surveyors' record books, 1822-1954 (incomplete); insurance books, 1833-1963;

records relating to charitable functions of the Company including Company Poor Roll books, 1779-1899; Pension books, 1760-1897; Register of Almspeople, 1844-1933; Bequest and legacy administration books, 1604-1685; Abstract of deed and wills, 1568-1674;

collection of Corporate documents including deeds and documents relating to property transactions, arranged alphabetically by parish, 12th- 19th centuries;

plans of farms and buildings, ground plans, and elevations relating to Company's properties, some no longer in their possession, throughout England, but mainly located in the South East.

photographs, depicting the furniture, fittings and works of art of the Company, interior and exterior views of the Drapers' Hall and buildings with connections to the Company, events and ceremonies, Masters, members and staff, 1870s-present;

microfilm copies of The Drapers' Company County Londonderry Estate Archive (D/3632) now held by the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI).

Records donated by the British Records Association relating to the garment trade in London, 1840-1899, comprising deed of partnership for carrying on the trade of a tailor in Skinner Street, Snow Hill, London, 1840; licence of patent for improvements in materials used in the manufacture of bonnet fronts and ruches, 1860; letters patent for an invention for improvement in sewing machines, 1880; deed of partnership for the Eclaire Button Hole Sewing Machine Company, London, 1887; assignment of one-third share of an invention for improvements in button hole sewing machines, 1887; apprenticeship indenture, 1899, to train as a milliner.

Records of C & A Ltd, comprising records mainly related to fashion design and promotion, 1920s-1950s, namely photographs of the C & A clothing factory (CANDA MFG Co. Ltd), 1950s; campaign advertising posters for C & A in Germany, 1950s; guardbook of advertisements from the Manchester Evening News which announced the launching of C & A's Menswear department; portfolio of Margrit Seck designs for C & A adverts, 1950s; promotional videotapes, 1980s; corporate brochures and handbooks, History of Hereford House, Oxford Street; slides of advertisements, 1920s-1962.

Papers compiled by Caroline Cox relating to raves and the rave scene in Britain, [1989-1992], comprising press cuttings, invitations, leaflets, flyers, publicity material and articles.

Records of the Federation of Clothing Designers and Executives, comprising volumes of pattern cutting layouts for a wide range of garments for men and women, including jackets and suits, possibly for tailoring exercises, [1916-1970].

Collection of textile swatches made by Hayes Textiles Limited, 1960s, a British company that designed and manufactured headwear for Nigerian women.

Records of the London Office of the International Wool Secretariat, 1940s-1970s, comprising publicity photographs of womenswear, menswear and some childrenswear, mainly from the UK but including some from Europe and the USA.

Records of the London Alliance of West End Cutters, 1967-1987, comprising minutes of the committee, 1978-1986; minutes of general meetings, 1975-1986; members' attendance book, 1978-1987; papers relating to the Alliance, including rules [post 1949], 1979; correspondence, 1979-1981; programmes of lectures, 1977-1983; menus for annual dinners, 1967-1980; correspondence and papers relating to the winding up of the Alliance, 1986; photos of Stanley Fries at work (Saville Row tailor and Secretary of the London Alliance of West End Cutters), [1960s].

Collection of audio tapes and information booklets entitled 'Develop Your Business for the Clothing Industry', 1985-1989, produced by PROFITS, the Professional Fashion Industries Technology Service run by the London College of Fashion. The packs cover topics under the headings such as 'Your Factory', 'Your Money' and 'Your Employees.

Records of the Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association, later Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' General Friendly Society, 1893-1993, comprising minutes of the Committee and general meetings, 1973-1977, 1989-1993; balance sheets, 1894-1978; rules of the Association, 1893-[1964]; publicity leaflets, 1950s-1970s; benevolent fund accounts, 1981-1992; accounts and papers relating to the dissolution of the Society, 1977-1978; correspondence relating to the future and dissolution of the Society, 1976-1978; correspondence relating to the merger of the Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association Benevolent Fund with the Tailors' Benevolent Institute, 1993.

Personal papers comprising, notes, letters, diaries, papers, photographs, drawings, notebooks, lecture notes, and ephemera belonging to Charles Quinn, 1857-1862; Charles Wilson, 1909; John Seddon, 1910-1912; Cyril Thompson 1910; Thomas Baker, 1935-1937; D P McPherson, 1938-1939; James Melia, 1940s; William McGregor, 1939; Michael Chapman, 1961-1964; L D Reay-Remmett, 1947-1977; Patrick J Dunning, 1941-1975; T K Bowker, 1954; W F Hastings, 1924-1933; William L Harper, 1922-1923; Gerald Richmond, 1930-1933; George Bentley, 1932-1935; David John Cunningham, 1935-1938; P Flanagan, 1950; Brian Spelman, 1959; Colin Campbell, 1999; Frank Breen, 1939-1940; F A Stanier, 1942; John J Nihill, 1960-1998; John Palmer, 1986; John Clark, 1900; Vincent Cody 1913-1915; Patrick Fagan, 1918-1921.

Also includes miscellaneous items such as notebook recording college egg consumption, 1891-1894; file relating to Les Freres de l'Instruction Chretienne en Angleterre, 1848-1861; Regulae assistaetis localis, 20th century; Praesidium of Our Lady of the Assumption, minutes 1961-1968; scrap book 1888-1909; file relating to the Kenya Athletics team, 1991; and other photographs.

Personal papers of John Russell comprising:

four volumes containing papers collected by Russell, including his printed articles, verse, photographs, letters, cuttings, certificates, testimonials, printed programmes, watercolours, play script arranged in Vol 1, [1877]-1901; Vol 2, 1901-1914; Vol 3, 1914-[1920] with appendix to Vol 2 1901-1914; and Vol 4 [1920-1936];

manuscript notebook containing extracts, sayings, verses, [1908-1915]; bundle of verses both printed and manuscript; uncut volume of A book of the verses of 'JR' printed by and for his friends, 1914; scrapbook containing cuttings of Russell's verses printed in various publications, 1890-1934; scrap book, [1876], containing poems, verse, miniature sketches, cartoons and watercolours; music manuscript scrap book containing music and words for songs;

volume of photocopied letters of John and Elizabeth Russell to Aneurin Williams MP (1859-1924) [1884-1921], (from the Williams Archive); photocopies of letters to John and Elizabeth Russell from James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937), 1925-1937 (8 letters); photocopies of letters to Dr and Mrs Horton from Ramsay Macdonald, 1917-1936 (1866-1937) (4 letters).

Records created and used by St Agnes' Home, Pevensey Bay, Sussex. Includes the following: Minutes of the local committee, 1952-1968; Admissions registers, 1947-1972.

Records of Morden College comprising:

Minutes of the Trustees of Morden College, 1708-date and various ancillary papers; Trustees' annual reports, 1940-1988; Chaplain's reports, 1854-1983; Medical Officers' reports, 1932-1939, 1952-1983.

Records relating to membership of the College (including residents and outpensioners: Registers, 1700-1952; personal papers c.1800-1930 (incomplete); personal files c.1930-date.

Legal documents including letters patent to Sir John Morden for the Manor of Old Court, and related trust deeds, 1699; transcripts and probate of the Will of Sir John Morden, 1702/1708; deeds of appointment of Trustees, 1712-1865; leases of College property 1700-date; Attorney-General v Lubbock and others, 1831-1836; Attorney General v Thomas M Weguelin and others (Trustees of Morden College) relating to the Charity Commission and appointment of Trustees, 1879-1880.

Financial records including annual accounts 1708-date (incomplete); rent books (chiefly 20th century); certain tax and tithe papers; investments, 1807-1898; bequests, 1709-1995; endowment funds, 1809-1917; surveyors' accounts, 1770-1914; solicitors' accounts, 1770-1910.

Administrative papers including Rules and Orders 1700-1947; correspondence with the Charity Commission, 1870-date; files relating to staff: Treasurer/Clerk to the Trustees, 1782-1976, Chaplains, 1842-1892, Medical Officers, 1742-2000, and others; buildings maintenance, 1810-date; artefacts owned by the College; amenities provided for residents.

Records relating to the Chapel including: Chaplains, 1707-1991; Registers of Services, 1916-1990; burials; pew rents; miscellaneous service sheets.

Records relating to the College history including: Historical notes for lecture on Morden College by Reginald Saw [1962]; The Manor of Old Court: an historical account by Reginald Saw, 1961; Morden College: the title deeds of the trustees from 1708-1853 (abstracts) by Reginald Saw, 1962; The Wricklemarsh Estate: summary of deeds and documents by Reginald Saw, 1959; Morden College 1700-1901, H L Hall [1910].

College publications include Morden College Newsletter (weekly newsletter for residents) 1975-date; Ralph Perring Court, Beckenham, Newsletter (monthly newsletter for residents), 1999-date. See also Allied Materials (below).

Photograph collection, 1865-date, includes photographs of College events, artefacts, places (building exteriors, interiors and grounds), people (trustees, chaplains, visitors, members, staff); photograph albums, 1913-date.

Scrapbooks of ephemera: advertisements and other news cuttings, 1823-1981; scrapbook including 'In memoriam' cards, visiting and trade cards, newscuttings, 1850-1900; scrapbook of obituaries, photographs, newscuttings, 1932-1972; scrapbook 'Life in the College', 1954-1959; L & M Baker's Morden College Library scrapbook of programmes and news cuttings.

Papers of the Refugee Council relating to all aspects of refugee history, policy and practice, both in the UK and worldwide, from the 1950s to the time of writing. The collection comprises published books and journals, published and unpublished articles and reports; conference papers; pamphlets and leaflets; newsletters, research papers including interviews, questionnaires and case studies; field reports; working papers; statistical data; press cuttings; bibliographies and audio-visual resources including videos, DVDs, tapes, CDs, multi media CD-ROMs, photographs and slides. Topics include conditions in the countries of origin of refugees; causes of flight; migration; asylum; assistance and relief programmes; adaptation and integration of refugees into new communities; groups including ethnic groups, religious groups, gender groups, age groups, social class and family; and organisations including intergovernmental and non-governmental organisations.

Papers of Charter 87, 1987-1997, including minutes of a Steering Group; a complete run of the 'Newsletter' and occasional publication 'News Updating'; correspondence, chiefly with the Home Office and press cuttings relating to asylum-seekers and refugees.

Records of the West Ham College of Technology and its predecessors, 1898-1970, comprising:

Minutes of the Board of Governors, 1959-1965; Minutes of the Board of Studies, 1924-1960; Minutes of the Academic Board, 1964-1969; minutes and report of the University Board, 1933-1958; Board of Education circulars, 1911-1919;

Correspondence and general administration, 1911-1970, notably the establishment of the new Polytechnic, 1968-1970;Annual Report, 1966-1967;

Day student lists (incomplete),1914-1961; Sessional reports for evening and part-time courses (incomplete), 1905-1957; Fee Registers, 1949-1955; Exam results (incomplete), [1914]-1957;

Exam papers, 1951-1956; Prospectuses and Course Handbooks (incomplete), 1899-1970;

Records of the Engineering Department, 1904-1962; Financial records (incomplete), 1948-1970; Records of the Students' Union and its Clubs (incomplete), 1930-1970; Staff and student publications, 1963-1970; Student Laboratory Reports, 1955-1964;

Minutes of the Technical Instruction Committee of the County Borough of West Ham, 1898-1918; Minutes of Council and Reports of Committees of the County Borough of West Ham, 1946-1964; Minutes of Education Committee of the County Borough of West Ham, 1954-1963.

Minutes of the Executive Committee, 1927-2003; Annual reports 1925-1934, 1957-2003; printed Memorandum and articles of association, 1967-1989; Constitution, adopted 1995; League publications including leaflets 1920s-2003; posters [1990s-2003]; Wildlife Conservation(formerly titled Cruel Sports, changed in 1980s) journal of the Against Cruel Sports, Jan 1927-2003; League Doings, bulletin of the League Against Cruel Sports, 1940-1959 (quarterly newsletter); press releases 1978-1995; Support Group press releases 1994-1996; copies of Letters to the Editor (letters and cuttings) 1979-1995; correspondence files, 1990-1994;

Files relating to Fell and moor land working terrier clubs, including cuttings and related papers, 1985-1994; terrier work, 1992-1993; Badger cases - adjourned and dismissed [1985-1994]; Shooting News - lists of adverts, letters and articles by people with convictions (re badgers and dog fighting) 1982-1990; Undercover Britain - the killing set, Channel 4, 18 Jan 1994 including response from the Countryman's Weekly and the Broadcasting Complaints Committee [1994]; Hare coursing bill research 1975-1976; Creatures and wild plants protection Bill (Mr P Hardy) 1975 and Badger Bill (Lord Arran) 1973; Badger convictions adjourned or dismissed cases and investigations [1983-1995]; Research file - lamps, cats, baiting/diggings, terrier men photos, anti-fox campaign; Hunt monitoring files, including applications forms and handbooks and lists of hunts, 1994-1997;

News cuttings relating to cruelty to animals, arranged annually by subject including hunt havoc; fox hunting; deer hunting; hare hunting, beagles, bassets and harriers; hare coursing; mink, coypu and otter hunting; illegal blood sports; badger baiting and dog fighting; letters - pro blood sports, anti blood sports and miscellaneous; hunt bans - councils, farmers, landowners; shooting, fishing and poisoning; poaching, cross-bows and airguns; terrier work, ferrets; illegal activity; League fundraising shows, walks, trails and sanctuary publicity; drag hunting and bloodhounds; miscellaneous animal welfare; conservation general and falconry; European blood sports; personalities, other animal welfare groups; political; opinion polls; BSE / mad cow disease; hunt saboteurs; pro-blood sports - violence and damage; illegal blood sports - dog fighting; badger digging, baiting, cockfighting and bull fighting; hunt bans - councils, farms, landowners, National trust, church and MOD; conservation; Alan Meale - wild animals Bill ; Foster Bill and Committee; Bateson Report and Ban; 1926-1967s, (7 files); 1980-2001 (420 files);

LACS support group newsletters, 1992-1994, including letters from the following groups- West Midlands, Bucks, East Dorset, Bath and Bristol, Salisbury, Leeds, Wiltshire, Aberdeen, Isle of Wight, Leicester, Stamford, North East, Banbury, Basingstoke, Gloucester, New Forest, Sussex area, North Hampshire, East Yorkshire, Caerphilly and district, Yeovil, Berkshire, Cornwall, Bedfordshire, Cheshire and Shropshire, Southampton and Waterside;

pro-hunt and non-League leaflets [1970s];

non League publications including those of bodies monitored by the League, including Countryman's Weekly, 1995-2001; BBC Wildlife 1995-1997; British Field Sports Society Country Sports, 1987-1995; British Wildlife (with indexes) 1991-1996; Earth dog - running dog, 1996; Horse and Hound, 1970s, 1986-2001; Hounds, 1997; Hunting, 1994-1996; National Geographic, 1996-1998; Shooting Gazette, 1993-1995; Shooting News, 1983-1993; Shooting Times, 1975-6, 1995-2001; Sporting Dog, 1992, 1994; The Field 1977-78, 1983-2001; The Veterinary Record, 1994-1996; Wildlife Conservation, 2001; RSPCA Annual Reports, 1959-1983 (incomplete);

photographs including black and white, and colour images relating to League activities, arranged in the following categories: Beagling, basset hounds, fox hunting, stag hunting, deer, sanctuaries, dog fighting, buck hunting, hare coursing, shooting; cock fighting, hares and rabbits, fell hunting, wild birds, mammals, fur trade, fluffy foxes (domesticated), drag hunting, foxes general, Euro, kennels, hunting scenes, digging out - terrier work, mink hunting, number plates and tax discs, hunt havoc and violence, meetings, fundraising, personalities - pro and anti, people, exhibitions, annual and extraordinary general meetings, general, Council hunt bans, demonstrations, marches and rallies, [1959-2003];

slide collection of images relating to the League's activities, arranged in the following categories, fox, hare, pro-hunt supporter, LACS AGMS; legal; mink and otter; badger / dog / cock sports; deer; sanctuaries and wildlife; snares and traps; European blood sports; drag and blood hound hunting; other organisations; anti-hunt supporters; politicians; shooting and falconry; hunt monitoring; hunt bans; hunt havoc; artificial earths; farm animals; miscellaneous, 1974, 1981-2003;

film and videos collection including footage of hunt monitoring, and television programmes concerning League activities, 1960s-2003;

audio cassettes recordings of radio broadcasts, reports, interviews and meetings relating to League activities, 1983-1996.

The Library holds a collection of Bank Exhibition Announcements (1991-2000) which is a collection of flyers, cards and press releases produced by the artists' group Bank, to announce their exhibitions.

Records of Goldsmiths' College, University of London, comprising:

Governing Body material such as minutes of the Goldsmiths' College Delegacy, 1904-1988; minutes of the Managing Committee of Goldsmiths' College (later the Governing Body), 1907-1939; Annual Reports, 1936-1992; reports and financial statements, [1990s]; minutes of the Academic Board, [1988-1991]; minutes of College committees, 1979-1994, including the College Services Sub-Committee, the Residential Provision Advisory Group, the Buildings and Maintenance Sub-Committee, the Committee on the Future Status of the College, the Warden's Advisory Group, the General Purposes Committee, and the Refectory Services Advisory Group.

Papers relating to the Training Department, including minutes of the Academic Board, [1935-1947]; statistics of applications for admission, 1929-1946; Student Handbooks, 1910-1916, 1921-1926; prospectuses, 1906-1958; lists and photographs of students, 1918-1956; photographs of groups of students, all named, 1921, 1923-1925; staff registers, 1905-1936; minutes of staff meetings, 1905-1946; estimates of the Department of Education and Science and the Inner London Education Authority estimates, 1969-1975; volume of Training Department Hymns and carols, 1910.

Papers relating to the Evening Department, including announcements of events and courses, 1948-1949, 1954-1966; sessional papers, [1954-1960]; log of the Department, 1954-1970; notebook containing personnel notes on staff and students, 1954-1969; miscellaneous material relating to the Department, especially its future, 1897-1970s; prospectuses, 1931-1932, 1937-1939, 1946-1955; programmes for 'the rally', an annual At Home of the Department, [1951-1961]; statistics, 1960-1965, including student enrolment and exam results; material relating to the Ian Gulland Memorial Lecture, 1978-1987; prospectuses of the Evening Department, the Department of Adult Studies, the Department of Continuing and Community Education, the School of Adult and Community Studies, and the School of Adult and Social Studies, 1962-1988.

Prospectuses for the School of Art, 1963-1974.

Papers relating to the Library, including Annual Reports, [1967-1987]; Library Accession Registers, [1920s]-1968; minutes and papers of the Library Sub-Committee, 1954-1979; and Library Bulletins, 1970-1977.

Goldsmiths' College material, including College Prospectuses, 1975-1998; College Ordnances and Regulations, 1988-1994; prospectuses for the Department of Arts, Science and Education, 1962-1974; prospectuses for part-time courses, 1979-1999; Goldsmiths' Handbook, 1896-1897; College Calendars, 1960-1994, and staff handbooks, 1966-1977; and student pass lists, 1995-1996.

Papers concerning buildings, notably material relating to alterations and adaptations to the Wrotham Building and Margaret McMillan House, [1970s]; as well as files on the staffing of Rachel McMillan House, [1970s].

Papers of Goldsmiths' College staff, notably records of George Cecil Wood, Registrar, 1958-1977, mainly comprising correspondence regarding the administration of the College; records of Shane Guy, Secretary and Registrar, [1978-1991], notably on financial management, the building of the new Library, and strategic issues; and records of Anthony E. Firth, Deputy Warden, 1977-1989, comprising correspondence files on subjects including the National Centre for Orchestral Studies, staff reviews, the Council for National Academic Awards, visitations, PR material, the various Schools of the College, the Scheme of Management, the Students' Union, attempts to gain School status with the University of London, student accommodation, building management, the charter and statutes, the future of the College, the Finance Office, and links with Queen Mary and Westfield.

Lee Centre Archive, 1973-1991, including publications, 1974-1991; minutes of staff meetings, 1973-1991; papers relating to the bar and social club, 1973-1986; minutes of the planning committee, 1973-1986; reports and notes on the reading scheme and basic studies, 1973-1990; papers relating to residential weekends, 1974-1990; conference papers, 1988-1989; details of courses, 1981-1991; reminiscence projects, 1981-1989; library and bookshop records, 1984-1986; files relating to the history of the Centre; newsletters, 1974-1984; and publications, 1985-1988.

Papers relating to student associations, including material concerning the Old Students' Association, 1906-1989, including minutes, membership lists, accounts and yearbooks; papers of the Goldsmiths' College Association, 1981-1989, including minutes and letters from members; records of the Evening Students' Association, 1934-1988, including minutes, accounts, student lists, and a visitors book; correspondence of the ESA, 1984-1989.

Material relating to the history of the College, [1893-1960], notably photographs, articles, press cuttings and reminiscences; press cuttings relating to Goldsmiths' College, 1978-1999; photographs of Goldsmiths' College exteriors and interiors, 1905-1920; and photographs of buildings, [1980s-1990s].

Publications, including copies of The Goldsmithian (also known as Smith), 1892, 1906-1959, 1961; copies of Smiths' News, the student magazine of Goldsmiths' College, 1972-1976, 1985; copies of The Anvil, magazine of the Evening Students' Assocation, 1935-1949; copies of Hallmark, the newsletter of Goldsmiths' College, 1988-[2001]; and the Goldsmiths' College Staff Bulletin, 1978-1990.

The archive includes field recordings, papers, drafts of articles, notebooks and a set of index cards from Kenneth A Gourlay's ethnomusicological research on the musical cultures of the Karamojong of Uganda, in Nigeria and in Papua New Guinea.

Records relate to the organisation and running of LIFT festivals and other events from 1981-2001 and include material about the companies that performed, planning documents, directors' notebooks, technical and artistic documents, and research and marketing material. Records exist here that also show the history of the company since its inception and include board papers and funding documents. The photograph and video series includes promotional material from companies and documentation of festival events, and spans 1981-2001, as does the audio collection which mainly includes recordings of LIFT talks and discussions. There are also some objects in the collection that are related to LIFT events. A large collection of international festival programmes also spans 1981-2001 and print material such as programmes, flyers, and posters exists for this period also.

Records of the National Campaign for the Arts, [1945-1998], comprising material relating to international arts policies in Africa, Asia, Australia, Canada, USA, Europe, Denmark, France, Italy, Germany, Republic of Ireland, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Greece and Turkey, [1980s-1990s]; material concerning government dealings with the arts, including Reports of the Education, Science and Arts Committee, correspondence with MPs from the Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties, and surveys of Local Authority arts spending; Reports of the Arts Council of Great Britain, 1945-1994, including reports on the national arts and media strategy; papers relating to regional Arts Boards in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; papers concerning quangos such as the British Council, the Crafts Council, the Museums and Galleries Commission and the Scottish Museums Council; material relating to arts organisations, including ABSA, the BBC, the British Film Institute, the English National Opera, the Independent Television Commission, the London Arts Lobby, the National Lottery and the Royal Opera House; subject files relating to types of art form, notably architecture, broadcasting, dance, education, film, literature, museums, libraries, music, opera, orchestras, radio, theatre and visual arts; publications relating to the arts in Great Britain; and correspondence files of officers of the NCA, [1985-1990].

Archives of Dr. J. H. Baron's work in the field of health care arts, including records of the organisation 'Hospital Arts' (1980s).