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Records of the Children's Country Holiday Fund, comprising Executive minutes, Council Committee minutes and annual reports.

Papers of the National Society Training College of Domestic Subjects, including magazines, prospectuses, photographs of staff and students; and papers of Miss A Ramage, staff member, including brochures, photographs of the interior and exterior of Berridge House, and papers relating to the Festival of Britain, 1951.

These records comprise Dame Henrietta Barnett's Autobiographical Memoirs together with autograph letters and other papers in manuscript and typescript by Henrietta and her friend and literary agent Marion Paterson. Most of the records concern travel to the USA, Japan, India and Italy.

Records of the Westminster Synagogue, 1902-2005. The records consist of minutes of the Council, Executive Committee, Search Committee, House and Building Committee and Annual General Meetings; correspondence; publications and printed material, reports and newsletters; and papers of Rabbi Harold Reinhart, Rabbi Albert Freidlander and Rabbi Thomas Salamon.

Publication Guide to London for German Invasion Forces (Militargeographische Angaben uber England). In German.

Guild of Memorial Craftsmen records including minutes and AGMs dating from 1949, a register of members, a short series of accounts and balance sheets and a nice series of photographs showing the work of members.

This glass plate negative shows a street in Totteridge Fields. The street is unidentified and probably dates from around 1910.

Records of the Jews' Temporary Shelter, 1896-1998. The archive consists mainly of minutes, accounts, annual reports, correspondence and registers of inmates of the Shelter and a Shipping Register.

PLEASE NOTE: access to this collection requires the written permission of the depositor. Contact Mr B. Koschland, 23 Vincent Court, Bell Lane, London NW4 2AN.

This collection consists of the working papers of Muriel Smith. They cover the period of the 1950's to the late 1970's when Muriel Smith was working at the London Voluntary Service Council and the Home Office before her retirement in 1979.

The papers include Registry Files consisting of a series of subject files relating to the early work of Muriel Smith from 1952 to 1967 and include files on the Central Housing Committee, the Kenilworth Study Group, Housing, Playgrounds and the Association of London Housing Estates; Community Development Project Files which cover the period 1959-1974 and are mainly concerned with Muriel Smith's work at the Home Office; Voluntary Service Unit papers; correspondence including letters to Ilys Booker (a friend and fellow community development worker); papers relating to The North Kensington Project, Association of London Housing Estates, Tower Hamlets, and the Danilo Dolci Fund; and material produced by Ilys Booker relating to projects that Muriel Smith was also involved in.

Photographs of London arranged in the following sets:

Railway Stations;
Greenwich and Blackheath;
Kenwood House;
London Lamp Posts;
Legal London;
Piers,
River Coast and Ships;
London Churches;
Statues of the Famous;
City of London and Southwark;
Panoramas from Monument;
Aerial Views;
River Thames and Greenwich;
London Views.

Colour transparencies, dating from 1980, of different scenes of events and daily life in London.

These images, dating from 1981 to 1995, are of a number of events in London, as well as changes to the landscape and sights.

These photographs show a variety of images from the East End of London, and in particular the area around Spitalfields, during the 1970s. Included are pictures of churches, a mosque and a synagogue.

These photographs show life at a selection of London schools, 1895-1905; comprising: the Rosendale Road School, West Dulwich; Anerley Deaf School, Acre Lane; Stockwell Training College; The Chaucer School, Bermondsey; and Sayer Street School, New Kent Road.

Photographs showing a wide variety of scenes, events and items from London, 1885-1929.

Photographs from the Associated Newspaper Group, including production scenes during early 1900's; an Ingranic R319 conveyor in the Daily Mail machine room, 17th April 1963; Daily Mail compositors on the stone, 6th May 1963; lino machines at work, 1963; foundry checking plates from auto plate, 1963; Daily Mail machine room, 1963; Daily Mail Editorial subs room, 1970; and production of the Daily Sketch, [1960].

Records of the Loal Government Association, comprising annual balances of the County Councils Association 1911-1985 and a group of records relating to Belgravia Holdings Limited.

Records of the Saint Luke Charity School, later known as Saint Luke's Parochial School, including Minutes of the Trustees from 1882 to 1970, Managers Meetings 1904 to 1980, Subscribers and General Committee Minutes 1813 to 1941, AGM minutes 1916 to 1943, Schools and Estates Committee 1875 to 1904, House Committee 1812 to 1876, School Care Committee 1919 to 1970 and reports and correspondence 1911-1970.

Also financial accounts 1761 to 1944, and receipts 1868 to 1950; and records relating to property owned or bought by St. Luke's Trustees including leases and mortgages for properties in Cleveland Street, Westmoreland, William Street and Marylebone Lane, 1717 to 1976. Pupil records include a short series of Admission Registers 1918 to 1979, Log Books 1913 to 1961 Punishment Books 1947 to 1969, and Pupil Transfer Books 1960 to 1975. There are also a series of pupil files 1915 to 1979, and a series of agreements 1903 to 1938 between managers and teachers along with statements of work.

Also copies of rules and regulations for the Parochial Schools, reports of St. Luke's School 1863 and 1904, Returns dated 1898 and a volume entitled 'Reports of the Commissioners. Charities and Education of the Poor in England and Wales 1815-1839'. There are also plans and maps of the School and its parish 1887 to 1976 and some ephemeral items which include invitations and visitors book for the opening of the new School in 1974, and a series of photographs showing trustees, teachers events and school properties dating from around 1887 to 1970's.

Records of the Standing Conference for Local History, later known as the British Association for Local History. The records comprise: minutes and related papers 1949-1982; Regional Meetings correspondence and related material 1968-1973; subject files covering a large number of topics 1949-1981; general correspondence and papers 1938 - 1981; correspondence and papers regarding publications by the Standing Conference/National Council for Social Service 1951-1982; copies of publications 1950-1983; and The Local History Recording Scheme files which originated from an early NCSS scheme and cover certain counties 1935-1979.

Also minutes 1982-1996, correspondence 1979-1994, administrative files and papers 1981-1997, and editorial files relating to the publication The Local Historian 1970-1990.

Records of the London Union of Youth Clubs, including:

Administration LMA/4232/A: which includes the minutes of Annual General Meetings 1945-1992, Executive Committee 1943-1948, Council minutes and papers 1982-1996, Management Committee 1983-1994, Finance and General Purposes Committee 1980-1983, Participation Sub-Committee 1985, Anti-Racial and Multi-Ethnic Committee 1984-1998, Steering Committee 1982-1983, Working Group papers 1977-1990's, as well as correspondence and statistics 1960's-1990's, papers relating to the merger of the LUYC with the association of Combined Youth Clubs 1992-1995, fund-raising 1983-1995 and grants and awards 1981-1996.

Finance LMA/4232/B: which includes Accounts 1978-1995 and Investments, Legacies and Trusts 1964-1984.

Related Organisations LMA/4232/C: which are the records of the London Girls Fund 1980-1996.

Printed Material/Ephemera LMA/4232/D: consisting of Annual Reports 1948-1997, copies of the LUYC Bulletin 1971-1992 and publications relating to youth clubs dating from the 1970's to 1990's. There are also T-shirts, posters and a banner from the LUYC Young Women's Unit c.1980.

Audio-Visual/Photographs LMA/4232/E: this series contains not only a large series of photographs illustrating LUYC events but films produced by members of LUYC and cassette recordings. These date from the 1960's to the 1990's.

Records of the Southampton Estate, including correspondence, registers, rental accounts, maps and plans; legal papers, particularly relating to the case Lord Southampton vs the Duke of Grafton; correspondence of the trustees of Lord Southampton; and title deeds and other papers relating to properties in Camden, Kentish Town, St Pancras and Kent.

The collection comprises photographs from the Greater London Council Department of Architecture and Civic Design and the Department of Planning and Transportation.

Video of the porters route from Hackney to The City of London, 1999, and video Church Street: The Narrow Way. The story of Church Street from 1500 to the present, 2001.

J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, comprising application forms for and information about The Lyons Club. Dated to the 1960s. Lyons ran sports clubs for staff members and their families, providing sports facilities.

Records of the Byng family relating to their estates, including Wrotham Park and surrounding lands, Barnet; and properties in South Mimms; Potters Bar; Westminster; Berkshire and Hertfordshire. The collection includes some family papers including marriage settlements and wills.

This collection consists of working papers, publications, and ephemera relating to the International Year of the Family (1994).

Photographs of activities at the Cowley Recreational Institution, including fencing, athletics, dance, football, table tennis, martial arts and official visits to the Institution. Also correspondence relating to the use of the photographs in an exhibition by the London County Council.

Records of the London Electricity Board and predecessors, 1883-2003. This collection contains a wide variety of material including minute books, staff records, technical reports, engineers' log books, photographic and printed material (including newsletters, magazines and leaflets and booklets on electricity services) of the LEB (1948-1990) and LEB inherited material from a large number of undertakings operating in the pre-vesting period (1882-1948).

For detailed summaries of the records held in this collection see the introduction to LMA/4278/01 and for the LEB see the introduction to LMA/4278/02 in the catalogue.

Records of the London Archives Users' Forum, comprising Committee minutes (1988-2006), Chairman's papers, publicity, and newsletter (1988-2005), 'Place in the Sun' Heritage Lottery Fund papers (2002-2004), and financial accounts.

Records of the Federation of London Working Boys' Clubs, later renamed the London Federation of Boys' Clubs and then the London Federation of Clubs for Young People. Records consist of administrative papers including minutes, annual reports and arrangements for fundraising events; publications of the federation itself and of its member clubs, souvenir brochures and programmes for federation fundraising events and sporting/ club events and some publications by other bodies, including the National Association of Boys' Clubs and the Variety Club of Great Britain; photographs of fundraising events, sporting and club events, and former chairmen and presidents of the federation; audio-visual material consisting of videotapes of a promotional nature and also of fundraising and club events.

Records relating to Clapham Labour Party. The collection includes minutes of Clapham Labour Party's executive committee and general management committee as well as information on borough and LCC elections. The correspondence referring to Dr MacGregor Reid (President of the Clapham Labour Party in 1926, d 1946), his alleged attack on other Labour and Socialist Parties and ensuing enquiry is especially engaging. However, the records also mention the Battersea Division and contain correspondence of the London Labour Party and national Labour Party. Of particular note are the official Labour Party posters reflecting policy on topics such as farming, coal strikes and the family and its publications about issues such as refugees, Soviet wartime policy and Palestinians in Israel.

Records of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers comprising a 'Nippy' notebook belonging to Ethel Fage, dated to the 1930s. 'Nippy' was the nickname given to waitresses at Lyon's Corner Houses, who wore distinctive uniforms.

Dissertation by Charles Bornat, architecture student. It comprises a comprehensive survey of old London doorways, 1660-1810, and includes sketches and photographs by Bornat.

Guest book for Laleham House, seat of the Earl of Lucan, 1884-1910.

Records of DeClermont and Donner Limited, manufacturers, importers and exporters of and dealers in leather, and their subsidiary companies, 1894-1995. The records include minutes, memoranda and articles of association, accounts, papers relating to shares, and correspondence.

Records of HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs consisting of nominal registers of prisoners 1917-1967, are arranged chronologically within three groups, namely, youth registers, adult registers and Borstal training registers. Indexes have been deposited for each group. In addition a number of unidentified pages of photographs were deposited with the registers.

Personal papers of Millie Miller, Member of Parliament. The collection consists mostly of official parliamentary incoming and outgoing correspondence when Miller held office as MP for Ilford North. There are also maps, plans, brochures, and newspaper cuttings relating to housing in Stoke Newington from the 1930s, and during the late 1950s when Miller chaired the Housing Committee. The correspondence files are varied. Letters include those from; interest groups, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation, the Socialist Medical Association, the Married Women's Association, the Association of Jewish Women's Organisations in the UK, and National Council of Women of Great Britain; local authorities, including Camden and Redbridge Borough Councils and Waltham Forest Area Health Authority; businesses local to the Ilford North constituency, including Thorn Electrical Industries Limited; Ilford North constituents; and letters from other MPs and Ministers.

The material reflects Millie Miller's keen interest in the promotion of women's rights, her membership on various committees and councils, delivery of speeches to women's associations, and her campaigns against girl slavery in the sex industry, battered wives, and sex discrimination. The material also details Miller's involvement in the World Conference of International Women's Year 1975. The correspondence touches on the Government's relations with Israel and the difficulties facing ethnic minorities, particularly Jewish communities. A large proportion of letters relate to Miller's constituency in Ilford North, Redbridge LB, with particular reference to housing, immigrants, and the views of constituents on local and national issues.

Records of the Cannon Brewery Company Limited, 1787-1991. This collection contains corporate, accounts and staff and premises records. Corporate records include minutes of Board meetings and Directors' meetings. It also includes the minutes book of Pelican Caterers Limited, the meetings of which were held at the Cannon Brewery. Staff and accounts records include a salaries ledger and a volume of annual returns. Premises records include documents relating to brewery premises and individual public houses with title deeds and plans, tenancy agreements and documents relating to the transfer of properties with Ind Coope Limited after Cannon Brewery was acquired.

Records of Pioneer Trading Company Limited, comprising minutes of Board meetings and Directors' meetings, 1914-1961.

Records of Beverlys Limited, including board meetings minute book, register of members, memorandum and articles of association, ledger and inventory. Also records of Northern Tea Stores, comprising register of members and register of transfers; and records of Black and Green, including board meetings minute book, registers of members, share registers and memorandum and articles of association.

Records of Valentine Charles (Holdings) Ltd, wine merchants, including directors' meeting minute books; board meeting minute books; combined register of directors, shares and members; and share certificate books including preference shares, ordinary shares and fully paid shares.

Records of Churchill and Williams Limited, wine importers, including minute books of Directors' meetings and annual general meetings; register of members and share certificates.

Records of Byron Gulliver and Sons Limited, off-licence and wine merchants, comprising one Directors' meetings minute book.

Records of Preston Watson and Company Limited, wine and spirit merchants, comprising minute book for directors' meetings, shareholders meetings, annual general meetings and extraordinary general meetings.

Records of Victoria Wine Company Limited, including directors' meetings minute books; agenda books; minutes of Divisonal Management meetings; minutes of Ordinary General Meetings, shareholders meetings and Extraordinary General Meetings; registers of members, directors, secretaries, transfers and annual returns; seal books; registers of shareholders; memorandum and article of association for Victoria Wine Company Limited; annual returns; financial accounts.

Records relating to associated companies including memorandum and articles of association for GEVSO Limited; report of directors for Valentine Charles Limited; financial accounts of Aylward and Sons Limited and financial accounts of Silk and Son Limited.

Also papers relating to the transfer of property between associated companies, including Ind Coope to Victoria Wine-Tyler.

Records of Winchester Brewery, comprising documents relating to public houses owned by the company in Stepney, Camberwell and Lambeth.

Records of Thomas Wylie and Company Limited, wine dealer, comprising directors' meetings minute books (including board meetings and annual general meetings); registers of directors, secretaries, members and share transfers; share certificates; papers relating to share transfers; and annual summary ledger.

Records of John Lovibond and Sons Limited, 1896-1973. This collection comprises corporate records including minutes of Directors' meetings and General meetings, registers of shareholders, articles of association and a register of mortgages and charges.

This collection contains outgoing correspondence, diaries, reports, and speeches made by Sir Peter Newsam as the Education Officer of the ILEA. The material makes special reference to the development of policies in the ILEA aimed at improving education provision for ethnic minorities, reponses to the Brixton riots, and the effects of falling school rolls and secondary school reorganisations in inner London.

The records also include policy files kept by Sir Ashley Bramall, Leader of the ILEA, on teachers' pay and the William Tyndale School Inquiry.

Records of the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company and predecessors, 1823-1894. This collection contains agreements, contracts, licenses, specifications and patents, and related correspondence for the Chartered Gas Light and Coke Company, and other Companies which later merged with the Chartered Company, including Great Central Gas Consumers Company, Imperial Gas Light and Coke Company, and London Gas Light Company.

The records chart the early development of London's system of gas supply and the relationship between different Companies operating London. The agreements contain plans of London and mains supplies, and include gas lighting in the newly built Post Office, in the City of London in 1828, and the supply of coal fuel from Newcastle. The licenses, specifications and patents, and related correspondence illustrate the Companies' use of new methods in the manufacture of gas, such as gas purifying, the active involvement of the Chartered Company's engineers in these inventions, such as George Lowe, Alexander Angus Croll, and Frederick John Evans, and the legal difficulties involved. The contracts cover the construction of gas works at Bow Common, Edmonton, Fulham, Hornsey, Kilburn, Saint Pancras, Vauxhall, and Westminster, and disputes which arose between gas Companies and contracted builders and engineers.

The collection also includes compensation claims from a gas explosion in Islington in 1878, a list of proprietors of the Chartered Company and their addresses in 1829, and the impact from the building of London's 'sub-railways' on gas mains.