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Copies of papers relating to naval history and salvage operations mostly written by J J Fletcher.

Papers of Sir Walter Morley Fletcher, physiologist, 1885-1933, including correspondence, 1885-1933, reprints, 1898-1914, kymographic tracings, diagrams and photographs, 1902; one file of correspondence and articles on artificial respiration (Schafer method), 1907-1908.

Papers of Capt Matthew Flinders, consisting of three main groups: the first, the papers of Flinders himself, are charts and original journals, 1791, 1793 to 1794 and 1796, and copies, 1798, 1801 to 1803; narratives of his voyages; service papers, 1797 to 1810, and technical notes on subjects in which he was particularly interested, such as terrestrial magnetism; there is a wide range of original correspondence including letters from Sir Joseph Banks and Sir John Franklin (q.v.). Mrs Flinders' papers make up the second group: these consist mainly of letters, 1799 to 1812, including those from Flinders written during the INVESTIGATOR'S voyage, 1801 to 1803, and correspondence with French residents in Mauritius about her husband's captivity. The final group is Professor Flinders Petrie's collection of biographical material, notes, memoirs, newscuttings, etc, on his grandfather's career and correspondence with J F Shillinglaw about a biography of Flinders, which work Shillinglaw failed to complete.

Papers of Henry T Flint, 1904-1972, comprising biographical material, 1925-1972, such as printed obituaries and tributes, educational certificates, trestimonials and job applications, and educational visits to East Africa; notebooks, 1904-1955, including school and university notebooks, notes on articles and books read, lecture notes on scientific subjects, and texts of wartime lectures on radio; manuscript lectures, addresses and working papers, [1922]-1962, on subjects relating to physics, such as radiology, electromagnetism, chemical elements, telegraphy and diathermy; papers relating to Flint's work on various committees, 1945-1968, including the British Medical Association Committee on Radioactive Substances, The Royal Society Committee on Symbols, and the University Grants Committee; manuscript and typescript drafts, proof copies and printed versions of publications by Flint, 1923-1967; material relating to examining, 1947-1969, including external examining at the University of the West Indies and University College, Ibadan, Nigeria; miscellaneous scientific correspondence, 1941-1950.

Records of the Florence Nightingale Hospital for Gentlewomen, 1892-1953, including annual reports, administrative files including correspondence and requisitions, accounts, papers regarding legacies and bequests and legal papers relating to property transactions. There are no surviving medical or patient records for this hospital.

The collection is mostly comprised of diaries written by Florence Turtle between 1917 and 1980. The first three diaries (1917-1919) contain generally brief and sporadic entries. There are then no diaries for the years 1920-1928. From 1929 onwards the diaries contain more detailed entries. There are no diaries for the years 1944, 1946, 1948-1949, 1952-1954, 1962, 1964-1965, or 1967-1970. Florence writes in her diaries about her relationships with family and friends, her living situation, work life, social life, holidays, and local, national and international current events, and records her thoughts and feelings on various matters. Many of the diaries contain additional notes, clarifications and corrections made by Florence in the 1970s. Some of the diaries contain photographs, and also pencil illustrations by Florence. The collection also contains one volume in which Florence reviews the books she reads throughout 1936, and a volume entitled 'Book of Ideas', in which Florence has written quotations from various sources, and also glued newspaper cuttings. The remaining items in the collection are a set of photographs of Florence's family and friends, and a framed certificate of election to the Buyers Association of Great Britain.

Extensive papers of Howard Walter Florey, Baron Florey, relating to almost every aspect of his career in science and public life. The scientific materials include a complete run of laboratory notebooks, 1924-1968, files on the work for which Florey is best known, penicillin and antibiotics, 1940-1962, together with papers, research notes and photographs on mucus secretion, traumatic shock and electron microscopy. Florey's writings are preserved in the form of drafts and proofs of published items, together with relevant correspondence. His correspondence indicates the depth of his involvement in the affairs of particular organisations, notably the Oxford University School of Pathology and the Royal Society. The work of Ethel Florey (née Hayter) and Margaret Augusta Florey (née Fremantle) is also present.

Programmes and ephemera, including newspaper cuttings, of the Florian Lady Singers, including details of competitions that they took part in. The material belonged to Mollie Simmonds, a member of the choir.

Papers of Jean Pierre Flourens, 1834, comprising a letter from Jean Pierre Flourens, Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Academy of Science of the Institute of France, to Richard Owen, 22 Sep 1834. Relating to his publication on the Pearly Nautilus.

Legal and property records of the Flower family. The records are in the form of bound volumes containing the initial deed followed by schedules which include lists of Philip Flower's property, personal and real, lists of mortgages and copies of accounts kept by trustees. The property records relate to 17 and 18 Dover Street, Piccadilly (knocked together to form one property in 1876) and the legal records comprise deeds of release and indemnity for Cyril Flower.

Records of Flower, Ridehalgh and Company, stockjobbers, comprising financial accounts and book of stocks paid and received.

Copy of 'The radix; a new way of looking at logarithms...in five problems by Robert Flower' made in 1877 by Alexander John Ellis with supplementary notes by Ellis including biographical information on Flower.

Papers relating to the Belmont Farm estate in Mill Hill, including deeds and other property ownership documents from various owners of the estate: Peter Hammond, his son-in-law Somerset Davies, and Sir Charles Flower. Also papers relating to Sir Charles Flower's expansion of the estates.

Papers of Sir William Henry Flower, [1845-1883], comprising papers largely created and compiled as Curator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England, relating to a collection of birds' eggs, undated; rough list of contents of store bottles, undated; payments for expenses on specimens for the Museum during 1802-1861, 1861; list of additions purchased for the Museum during 1806-1862, [c1862]; summary of principal duties and occupations of museum officers and servants in the absence of the Conservator, undated; salaries and wages for the museum department, 1861; list of specimens presented by Dr Andrew Murray, 1865; list of specimens presented to the Museum by W L Crowther, [1868]; report on the Hunterian documents held by the Royal College of Surgeons of England, 1868; report on the state of the physiological series in the museum, 1869; description of pathological specimens from the bodies of soldiers who died insane, forwarded by Dr William Julius Mickle, 1876; list of preparations from the College Collection, 1876; list of total numbers of preparations in the Museum, 1877.

papers relating to preparations of specimens, duties of Royal College of Surgeons of England, museum staff; catalogues of physiological and pathological specimens; letter to Alban Doran; correspondence with Thomas Stone; correspondence with Edward Shuter, 1845-1883.

Papers of Brian Hilton Flowers, [1940]-1998, comprising biographical papers, including papers relating to his various appointments, honours and awards, 1958-1990; five notebooks relating to his undergraduate studies at Cambridge from the early 1940s; papers relating to science education and research; wider political interests such as the Suez Crisis of 1956, the entry of Britain into the Common Market in 1971; resignation from the Social Democratic Party, 1989; photographs of Flowers and colleagues; press cuttings illustrating his public profile, 1969-1981;

papers relating to Flower's career at the University of Manchester, 1960-1967, the Science Research Council, Chancellor of the University, 1994-1997; notably correspondence and papers relating to University Grants Committee visits, the Physics Department Steering Committee, establishment of the Honours School of Liberal Studies in Science, office of Chancellor of the University of Manchester; research material comprising a notebook on pulse chambers, [1945-1950], copy of Flowers's DSc submission,1953; papers relating to speeches, lectures and broadcasts, comprising invitations, copies of public speeches, lectures, 1946-1995, including speeches and lectures given as Rector of Imperial College, London, 1973-1985; contributions to House of Lords debates, 1979-; lecture courses given at the University of Birmingham, 1950-1952; the University of Manchester, 1958-1967; broadcast material for BBC radio, 1957-1983;

papers concerning publications, comprising correspondence and drafts, [1945-1985], relating to his books Properties of Matter and An introduction to numerical methods in C++, two unpublished books 'The Structure of Light Nuclei' and 'Group Theory and Nuclear Structure', 1950s; editorial papers, 1970s; publication offprints, [1945]-1990s;

papers relating to societies and organisations, 1957-1998, notably papers relating to the Committee of Enquiry into the Organisation of the Academic Year, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the Catching Up with European Higher Education Fund, the Hungarian Accreditation Committee; the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority, 1958-1977; material relating to his chairmanship of the Computer Board for Universities and Research Councils, the National Physical Laboratory's Steering Committee, the House of Lords Select Committee for Science and Technology and the Nuffield Foundation; correspondence and papers relating to Pugwash Conferences, 1962-1967, Imperial College, University of London; correspondence covering a wide range of professional issues and more personal matters relating to colleagues, friends and family; day files, 1990-1997; correspondence with Jeremy William Bray MP, 1966; Lord Rothschild, 1970s-1980s.

Papers of Ernest Ayscoghe Floyer comprising computations of positions, Egypt, 1892 and other papers relating to Egypt, the Nile valley and Sinai.

Papers comprise a flyer advertising a protest meeting against the Nazi persecution of Jews in Germany, 1938.

Two volumes entitled 'Collectio plantarum nostratum et pro parte exoticarum quae in statu vivo et naturali depictae sunt' containing in all 200 water-colour drawings of plants, with description in Latin, made by Josef Foerchtl 'Pharmacopoeus' of Cologne, with his signature on a fly-leaf in each volume. Produced in Cologne.

Papers of Sir Thomas Foley, consisting of about 630 letters received by Foley between 1797 and 1832. Much of the correspondence concerns the promotion of young officers. There are approximately 140 correspondents; those with more than a few letters include Prince William Henry, Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton (1759-1832), Admiral Sir Richard Keats (q.v. ), Robert Saunders Dundas, Lord Melville (q.v.), Earl St Vincent (q.v.), Admiral Sir Robert Stopford (q.v.), Admiral Sir William Young (1751-1821) and Vice-Admiral Sir William Hope (1766-1831).

Correspondence, mainly to Martin Folkes on a large variety of subjects, including administrative matters for the Royal Society.

Letters and papers of Martin Folkes sent to the Royal Society of London, 1745-1748 and mostly published in the Philosophical Transactions. The majority are initialled by Martin Folkes and endorsed with the dates when they were read to the Society. Partly printed. The papers cover a wide range of scientific subjects, in particular relating to natural history and biology (individual studies of mammals, fish, birds, plants, 'flora and fauna'); and a significant number re experiments involving electricity. Also: magnetism, geology, astronomy, poison, geography, chemistry - metallurgy, medicine, anatomy, and fossils. There are also some papers which pertain to Royal Society business.

Correspondence of the Follow-up Survey Sub-committee of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, the Population Investigation Committee (PIC) and the Institute of Child Health (University of London), 1949-1952, with some agenda and minutes of the Follow-up Survey Sub-Committee. Also includes applications to the Nuffield Foundation, survey forms and summaries of survey data.

Manuscript volume entitled 'Mémoire sur l'administration des Finances', 1787, signed by Séguy de Fontigny, giving an account of the financial reforms undertaken by Jean-Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de Torcy, and highlighting their present relevance. The manuscript is addressed to the Contrôleur Général des Finances.

Correspondence, agendas, memos, drafts and printed reports on topics investigated by the Food (War) Committee of the Royal Society, and the day to day committee business.

Papers of Dingle Foot retained by his secretary J Solomons. These include papers concerning the Ministry of Economic Warfare, notes and letters on the Liberal position on rearmament and the liberties of the subject, also speeches on foreign policy.

Manuscript justification written by Admiral John Forbes of his attitude in refusing to sign the warrant for the execution of Admiral Byng on a charge of neglect of duty in the face of the French fleet off Minorca in 1756. Signed 'J.F.' 16 February 1757.

Notebooks of Alexander Kinloch Forbes, historian of Gujarat, containing notes on Gujarati history, legends and customs, pedigrees, descriptions of historical monuments and translations of inscriptions, compiled from 1849 onwards. The volumes are the remains of a larger body of research materials gathered by Forbes, from which he compiled Râs Mâlâ, Hindu annals of Western India with particular reference to Gujarat (1856). They contain however much additional matter, and indeed Forbes continued to add to them after publication of that work.

Bound manuscript by James Forbes entitled "Bills, Feathers, Eggs, etc., of various Birds in the Torrid Zones", 1818.

Biographical Memoirs notes and papers accumulated by Professor Bryan C Clarke in the process of compiling two Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society: Edmund Brisco Ford FRS (1901-1988); and Arthur James Cain FRS (1921-1999).

Various papers relating to the search for coal and oil in the Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire area of the Midlands between 1900 and 1926, and the presence of oil in England more widely. They include maps, correspondence, reports, proofs of articles and publicity literature, legal documents, and newscuttings.

They mostly cover the period from 1911 to 1919, and relate to the discovery of oil in August 1911 at Kelham, Nottinghamshire, with one file covering a later peiod (1920s) and focusing on coal borings in Lincolnshire.

Draft conference papers and publications on the art connoisseur and author, Richard Ford (1796-1858).

Printed passport (No.11660) issued on 8 Nov 1881 to Thomas Benson P. Ford and his wife to travel on the Continent. The details are filled in in manuscript and the document is signed by Granville George Leveson-Gower, 2nd Earl Granville, the Foreign Secretary, and by the bearer.

Papers of noted Jungian analyst Michael Fordham, with some papers of his second wife, Frieda Fordham, formerly Hoyle, also an analytical psychotherapist. They include his correspondence with C. G. Jung over a period of several decades and files relating to his work as co-editor of of Jung's published Collected Works, material on the Society of Analytical Psychology (of which Michael Fordham was one of the founders), correspondence with colleagues,and files relating to the infant observation courses at the Tavistock Clinic with which Michael Fordham became involved in later life. There is also a good deal on the evolution of Michael Fordham's ideas, both in his own published and unpublished writings, and in the annotated research material. There is much less surviving material relating to Frieda Fordham's life and career, apart from a substantial amount of correspondence from the years immediately preceding their marriage (PP/FOR/A.3/2), and a few published and unpublished papers (PP/FOR/B.9).

French documents collected by Sir George Fordham relating to posts, routes and cartographers in 18th century France including a receipt and two letters signed by Jacques Cassini; a memoir and a letter of Pierre Tardieu and papers of Rigoley d'Ogny including three letters.

Papers relating to the North West Frontier of India, 1928-1933, principally comprising a letter from Maj J Muirhead, 2 Bn, Seaforth Highlanders, describing his experiences in the region, May 27 1928, and photos of Miri Khel camp and surrounding area, including staff of Seaforth Highlanders, 1930-1931. List of commanding officers and stations of 1 and 2 Bns, Seaforth Highlanders, 1881-1929, published as a supplement to Cabar Feidh, vol 5 no 33, [1929]. Papers of David Ogilvy Stewart, namely his burgess ticket for the Burgh of Hamilton, 1828, and orders to attend St James' Palace in connection regarding his duties at Queen Victoria's coronation, 1838.

Notes of lectures by George Fordyce on the natural history of the human body, the materia medica, and the practice of physic, written in a single hand, late eighteenth century.

Lecture notes, taken by various students, 18th and 19th century.

Papers of George Fordyce, late 18th century, comprising 5 volumes of manuscript notes, by unknown hands, of lectures given by George Fordyce. 3 are titled Lectures by Dr G Fordyce, and are written in the same hand; another is titled Dr George Fordice, Lectures on Intermittent and Remittent Fevers, 1784; and the volume titled Lectures in the Practice of Physick is not labelled as containing notes of the lectures of George Fordyce, but has it's contents attributed to him.

Four manuscript volumes containing notes on the chemistry lectures of George Fordyce, taken by an unidentified student [1788];
one manuscript volume containing notes on George Fordyce's lectures on Physiology [1770].

Notes on lectures on materia medica by George Fordyce, taken down by John Bannister, and dated London, 28 June 1782.

Papers of George Fordyce, comprising notes on his lectures on chronic diseases, 1786, and notes on his lectures on acute diseases, 1786, taken by a student, Daniel Jarvis.

Records of the Foreign Banks and Securities Houses Association including minutes, correspondence, annual reports, circulars and newsletters. Many of the correspondence files concern matters of general interest to the Association members, such as fraud and money laundering, taxation, liquidity, securities, mergers, foreign exchange and currency, supervision and regulation, banking codes of practice, legislation, and so on.

Access to records less than 30 years old should be sought from the Association of Foreign Banks (contact details may be obtained from staff).

Records of the Foreign Cattle Market at Deptford, 1864-1988, including general administrative papers (letter books, committee papers, petitions, reports); printed copies of bye-laws, privy council orders and reports; machinery and equipment catalogues and inventories; posters; plans, drawings and maps; general financial papers (tenancy and rental agreements, rent ledgers, statements of income and expenditure, accounts, cash books, acquittance books). Also articles regarding the use of railways at the Market, particularly the Grove Street Tramway.

The earliest of the ten volumes relating to foreign navies are two copies in English of the ordinance of Louis XIV for his navy, 1689. There is also a receipt book of the Treasurer General of Galleys of the French Navy, 1715 to1717; a volume of 1780 listing the French navy, giving the officers, dimensions, construction details and comments on each vessel; a treatise on seamanship, in French, c 1780, which concludes with lists of French and English ships; and the order book of Captain J M Girardias of the INFATIGABLE, 1803 to 1806, together with a bundle of loose orders received. The remaining four volumes contain cuttings, original photographs, plans, building specifications, details of armaments and equipment and copies of reports relating to foreign warships; they were very probably compiled at the Admiralty in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. One deals with Italian warships, ca. 1880 to 1922; the second with French warships, c 1880 to 1906; the third with cruisers and smaller ships of the French Navy, c 1880 to 1906, the German navy, ca.1880 to 1926, and the Russian Navy, c 1885 to 1907; and the fourth volume deals with non-European unarmoured ships and includes details of the United States Navy, ca.1883 to 1922, the Brazilian Navy, 1883 to 1910, the Argentine Navy, 1880 to 1913, the Japanese Navy, 1884 to 1922, the Chinese Navy, 1883 to 1914 and the navies of many powers.

Marriage registers for Forest Gate Congregational Church, Chester Road, 1913-1973, and its successor Plashet Park United Reformed Church, 1973-1990.

Marriage registers for Forest Gate Congregational Church, Sebert Road, Forest Gate, 1950-1972.

Administrative records, Chaplaincy records, financial records and patient records.

Records of the Forest Gate School District, 1854-1898, including minutes of the Board; minutes of the training ship Goliath; annual reports of the managers; Superintendent's reports and journal; copies of out-letters; admission and discharge registers; creed registers; and list of officers.

Records of Forest Hill Brewery Company Limited, including corporate minutes and registers, share certificates, accounts, trade books and property ledgers.

Minute book of the trustees meetings, 1861-1873, including Society Steward's accounts, 1890-1895, general chapel accounts, 1861-1895 and Christmas Tree and Entertainment Committee minutes, 1880.