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Papers of Sir Aston Webb, comprising general correspondence relating to Imperial College buildings, 1908-1920.

Records of South Kensington Development Schemes, 1936-1948, and Imperial College Expansion Scheme, including proposed schemes for South Kensington, 1936-1945; minutes of the Sites Committee, 1945-1950; plans and correspondence relating to the South Kensington site, 1944-1947; notes and plan of the Chemical Technology extension, 1949; new biochemistry building, 1950; purchase of various properties on Queen's Gate, 1937-1969, including war damage compensation; papers relating to the development of Silwood Park Field Station, Sunninghill, Berkshire, 1954-1957; minutes of the Dean's Committee, later Development Committee, 1953-1970, with correspondence (IA);
papers relating to academic posts, 1953-1962, including new chairs, 1953; postgraduate bursaries, 1955-1957 (IB);

papers relating to Imperial College Expansion Scheme, including press cuttings, 1946-1970; early history, 1950-1955; reports and plans for the expansion scheme, 1958; correspondence concerning the proposed demolition of the City and Guilds College building, 1955-1956; notes concerning future Student Union facilities, 1955;
papers of Sir Patrick Linstead, Rector, including correspondence concerning the expansion scheme, 1944-1966, notably the retention of the Imperial Institute building, 1955; the Collcutt (now Queen's) Tower, 1956-1957; 170, Queen's Gate, 1957-1963; accommodation for departments, 1959-1965; new hall of residence (Linstead Hall), 1963-1969;
papers relating to the demolition programme and architects, including correspondence with the architects, 1951-1963; plans and finance, 1953-1967; demolition programme, 1954-1957; Imperial Institute, 1955-1956; building programme, 1957-1958; use, restoration and occupation of Queen's Gate and Prince's Gardens, 1957-1962; Royal College of Science adaptations, 1957-1962; correspondence relating to the Roderic Hill Building, 1949-1962; Biochemistry building, 1964-1967; adaptations to the Royal School of Mines, 1958-1970; papers relating to the Falmouth Gates, including the Memorial fund, 1962-1965; design of the gates, 1964-1969; report and correspondence relating to landscaping, 1958-1967; souvenirs from the demolished Royal College of Science building, 1956-1977;
papers relating to halls of residence, including Prince's Gardens, development scheme, 1957-1962; acquisition, 1954-1960; architects, 1956-1976; occupiers of the site, 1860-1959; correspondence relating to Linstead Hall benefactions, 1963-1975, extension, 1976-1980 and building specification, 1964; correspondence concerning Southside Halls opening and maintenance, 1963-1966; papers concerning Weeks Hall, 1956-1975, including the opening, 1958-1959, structural failures, 1973-1975;
papers relating to the Mechanical Engineering Building, 1956-1960, including contract documents, 1956-1957; papers relating to the Physics Building, 1953-1975, including planning, 1953-1964, opening of the Blackett Laboratory, 1975; correspondence and opening programme relating to the Huxley building 1966-1976; correspondence relating to the College Block, 1958-1969; papers relating to the Science Museum Library, 1953-1962; college estates development plan, 1992 (IC).

Records relating to former students of Imperial College, 1896-2001, comprising records of old students, including Rectors' and Registry papers; registers of the Associates and old students of the Royal College of Chemistry, Royal School of Mines and Royal College of Science, 1896; Royal School of Mines, 1920-1961; Royal College of Science, 1909-1951; Central Technical College Old Students' Association reports and members, 1902-1973; City and Guilds College register of students 1884-1934; service lists for Imperial College, 1921; City and Guilds College, 1941-1942 (SR);
records of the Development Office, notably copies of the alumni magazine IC Matters, 1992; papers concerning events held by the Friends of Imperial College, 1991-1998; the Alumnus Office, including alumni address book, 1990; alumni printout, 1935-1985, (SRA);
papers relating to Imperial College mascots, including Boanerges, 1977-1980, Clementine I, II, Jezebel (ST);
papers relating to War Memorials, notably minutes of the Memorial Fund Committee, 1899-1908; Imperial College War Memorial and Athletic Ground Committee, 1919-1922; War Memorials for the City and Guilds College, 1922, 1950-1962; Royal School of Mines, 1948 (SW).

Records relating to the acquisition and maintenance of Imperial College buildings, 1883-1991, including building sites, 1907-1910, correspondence concerning the development of a precinct, 1964-1974, aerial photograph of South Kensington, London, [1960s]; correspondence relating to accommodation for college staff and students, 1958-1974;
minutes and papers of the Buildings Committee and Estates Committee, 1984-1998; correspondence concerning services to college buildings, including with the Office of Works, 1909-1942, lifts, 1929-1956, central control systems, 1979-1996;
correspondence with the Royal Geographical Society concerning their site, 1919-1924; notes on the Royal School of Needlework, and correspondence concerning the purchase of the school by Imperial College, 1883-1956; articles and press cuttings concerning Queen's Gate houses, 1891-1969, correspondence relating to 170 Queens Gate, including purchase, 1936-1948, plans, 1960;
papers relating to the Royal School of Mines building, 1903-1954, including correspondence with the architect, 1908-1921, use and alterations to laboratories, including the Bessemer Laboratory, 1903-1954; papers relating to the Goldsmith's Company's extension of the City and Guilds (Engineering) College, including correspondence with the architect, 1908-1921, the opening, 1926, the Hawksley Memorial Laboratory, 1908-1921; Huxley Building, 1918-1977, including government occupation, 1918-1919, maintenance and adaptations, 1958-1977; Royal College of Science, 1908-1971, including correspondence concerning its' use by the University of London, 1908-1971; City and Guilds College Waterhouse building, 1881-1883, including specification, 1881, plans, 1883;
Imperial College Student's Union, 1909-1956, including specification, 1910-1911, estimates for an extension, 1927-1928, residential hostels, 1924-1975;
correspondence relating to the chimney shaft of the Albert Hall, 1916-1954; papers relating to 52-55 and 69-72 Princes Gate, 1972-1981; correspondence on the use of the Chelsea Physic Garden by Imperial College, 1912-1976.

Records of Imperial College relating to the Architectural Association, 1960-1970, comprising press cuttings and correspondence on the proposed merger with Imperial College, 1960-1970, minutes and correspondence of the Joint Negotiating Committee, 1963-1969.