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Adams Autobiography
GB 0103 MS ADD 401 · 1891

Bound typescript autobiography, 'The Record of a Busy Life', by William Adams, 1891, detailing his life in Chile, London, and the Midlands, including family history, family and associates, business, and other reminiscences, with a two-page printed biography from the Minutes of Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers (vol cxxiv, Session 1895-1896, pt ii) inserted.

Adams , William Alexander , 1821-1896 , engineer
Aguilar Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 378 · 1831-1853

Papers, 1831-1853, of Grace Aguilar. The first part of the collection consists of her manuscript notebooks. The second part is manuscript material in other hands, consisting of a book of tributes to Aguilar, a description of her last illness, and an account for the administration of her estate. The collection also contains copies of several of her printed works.

Aguilar , Grace , 1816-1847 , writer
GB 0103 AKB · 1935-1947

Credit information book, 1935-1947, of Alexander King Brown & Co Ltd.

Alexander King Brown and Co Ltd , textile exporters
Allen Papers
GB 0103 ALLEN · 1895-1984

Papers of George Allen, 1895-1984, including photographs of industrial processes in the Midlands (1920s); papers submitted to the Greene Committee on mining wages in 1942 (1926-1940); memoranda for the Monopolies Commission, including surveys for the Board of Trade (1944-1953); papers relating to Allen's wartime work on both British and Japanese economic matters, 1940-1944; papers relating to Allen's writings, in articles, lectures, and books, mostly on the Japanese economy (c1923-c1982) and papers, correspondence, etc of a more personal nature, including correspondence with Sir William Ashley (c1895-c1984).

Allen , George Cyril , 1900-1982 , economic historian
Altmann Archive
GB 0103 ALTMANN · [1920-1997]

The Altmann collection, [1920-1997], comprises papers of Alexander Altmann; papers of his brothers, Manfred and Erwin Altmann, Altmann family papers and papers relating to the Institute of Jewish Studies. Includes memoirs, diaries, draft manuscripts, research papers, letters, photographs, audio-visual material, family research papers, financial and legal papers and papers relating to publications and conferences.

Altmann , Alexander , 1906-1987 , rabbi Altmann , Manfred , 1911-1999 , chairman of the Institute of Jewish Studies Altmann , Erwin , fl 1920-1930 , brother of Alexander and Manfred Altmann
Alvarez y Gonzalez Agreement
GB 0103 AGCIG · 1890

Agreement between Don Francisco de Paula Alvarez and Henry Clay and Bock and Company Ltd, 1890.

Alvarez y Gonzalez , Cuba , cigar manufacturers
GB 0103 ACEST · 1916-1920

Minutes of meetings of Directors and Stockholders (volume 2), covering the period Febraury 1916 to August 1920.

American Cuban Estates Corporation
Amos Lecture Notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 90 · 1828-1831

Notes for lectures on English law at University College London.

Amos , Andrew , 1791-1860 , lawyer
Ancient History Notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 11 · Created c18th Century

Miscellaneous manuscript notes on ancient history and classical literature.

Anonymous
GB 0103 AAR · 1900-1901

Legal papers, 1900-1901, of the Anglo-Argentine Refrigerating Company Ltd, comprising agreements and an associated letter.

Anglo-Argentine Refrigerating Company Ltd
GB 0103 AATRAM · 1928-1929

Records, 1928-1929, of the Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company Ltd, comprising Report of the Directors to the Shareholders and Proceedings of the Forty-Fifth Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders.

Anglo-Argentine Tramways Company Ltd
Anglo-Saxon Notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 213 · Created c1819

Manuscript notes on Anglo-Saxon morphology and syntax. Watermarked 1819.

Unknown
Armstrong Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 140 · Created 1929-1930

Correspondence, article and reviews relating to the works of August Kekulé.

Armstrong , Henry Edward , 1848-1937 , chemist and educationalist
Ashley Correspondence
GB 0103 MS ADD 246 · Created 1893-1914

Letters from various correspondents to Sir William James Ashley, 1893-1914.

Ashley , Sir , William James , 1860-1927 , Knight , economic historian
Astrological Texts
GB 0103 MS ANGL 6 · Late 15th century-early 16th century

Manuscript volume, dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century, containing astrological texts: the Wise Book of Philosophy and of Astronomy; the Teaching and the Information of the Golden Table of Master Pythagoras; the Book of Palmistry, in the English tongue. Drawings of hands and table of signs of the zodiac in the third text, folios 36r-37v, 48r. Also includes lists of names of men and women in Latin.

Unknown
GB 0103 MS FRANC 1 · 15th century

Manuscript volume, 15th century: l'art de astronomie, a collection of astronomical and astrological treatises, including diagrams.

Unknown
GB 0103 MS LAT 17 · 15th century

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing astronomical and religious treatises, preceded by calendar. Includes astrological treatises, prayers and Latin rhymes. At least some portions of the manuscript were written by a scribe, A D (perhaps Antonius de Meer), at Hertogenbosch in Brabant. Tables and diagrams throughout, some coloured, some with adjustable portions. Coloured ink drawing on folio 11v. Other inserts pasted in, possibly woodcut illustrations, have been removed. One entry on folio 183v is dated 1489.

Unknown
Bagehot Certificates
GB 0103 MS ADD 224 · 1843-1846

Certificates of honour of Walter Bagehot at the University of London and at University College London, 1843-1846.

Bagehot , Walter , 1826-1877 , economist and journalist
Bagehot Notebooks
GB 0103 MS ADD 81 · 1842-1846

Notebooks on lectures on mathematics, languages and political economy attended by Bagehot when a student at University College London.

Bagehot , Walter , 1826-1877 , economist and journalist
Baldwin Papers
GB 0103 BALDWIN · 1930-1970

Papers and correspondence of Ernest Hubert Francis Baldwin, 1930-1970.

The main deposit includes biographical papers, largely documenting Baldwin's academic career from 1934 onwards, including his appointment to the Chair of Biochemistry at University College London, 1950; correspondence, 1951-1968, including personal correspondence and exchanges with scientific colleagues; documentation on Baldwin's research, especially in notebook form, comprising notebooks, 1930-1933, including material documenting Baldwin's work at Cambridge with Dorothy Mary Moyle Needham, Joseph Needham and John Yudkin, a continuous sequence of ten notebooks documenting his research, 1934-1948, and notebooks kept at Woods Hole, 1948, and at Scripps, 1956-1957; extensive material relating to publications, lectures and broadcasts, illustrating Baldwin's role as writer and lecturer on biochemical matters; drafts and correspondence relating to his principal biochemical texts such as Dynamic Aspects of Biochemistry and The Nature of Biochemistry; documentation relating to public and invitation lectures and extensive teaching material prepared for his biochemistry courses at Cambridge and University College London, showing signs of revision and rearrangement, and evidence that they were used in the preparation of some of Baldwin's books; material on visits and conferences, 1948-1965, much of it documenting Baldwin's visits to the USA to attend conferences, give lectures at academic institutions, undertake research and take up visiting professorships; a little printed material on the First International Congress of Biochemistry at Cambridge in 1949.A supplementary deposit comprises biographical material, including documentation on the award of the 1952 Cortina Ulisse Prize by Edizioni Scientifiche Einaudi for the Italian edition of Baldwin's Dynamic Aspects of Biochemistry; photographic materials, including two photograph albums recording the visit to Italy during which he received the Cortina Ulisse award and a group photograph of the participants at the Third International Congress for Experimental Cytology, held at Cambridge in 1933; a small amount of material relating to Baldwin's classic biochemical texts, especially royalty statements; material on visits and conferences, including Baldwin's notes of his visit to the USSR for the All-Union Congress of Physiologists and Biochemists held in Kiev, 1955; additional material relating to Baldwin's visiting professorships in the USA for 1956-1957 (Scripps Institution of Oceanography) and 1965 (University of Kansas).

Baldwin , Ernest Hubert Francis , 1909-1969 , biochemist
GB 0103 BW · c1840-1975

Records of Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd, c1840-1975, including legal and financial papers, correspondence, photographs, some private papers, histories and related papers, and also papers relating to associated companies: Lobitos Oilfields/Peruvian Petroleum Syndicate, the Pacific Loan & Investment Company Ltd, Milne & Company, Tracey Brothers Ltd, the Cia Estanifera De Ocuri, and Balfour Williamson Securities Ltd.

Balfour Williamson & Company Ltd
Ballard Lecture Notes
GB 0103 MS ADD 286 · Created 1840-1843

Student notes on lectures delivered at University College London by William Sharpey, Professor of Anatomy and Physiology, session 1840/41; and notes on the principles and practice of medicine delivered by Charles James Blasius Williams, Professor of Medicine, session 1842/43.

Ballard , Edward , 1820-1897 , medical inspector
GB 0103 BOLSA · c1862-1956

Letter books and accounting records of the Bank of London and South America and its constituent banks, c1862-1956. Letters relate especially to Uruguay from 1864, Argentina from 1865, Brazil from 1868 and Chile from 1888.

Bank of London and South America Ltd
Barker Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 260 · 1895-1970 (predominant 1899-1923)

The bulk of the collection consists of letters from Ker to Olivia (1899-1923). There are also a number of poems and sketches by Ker, photographs by and of Ker, and miscellaneous material relating to him. In addition there are some personal papers of Olivia and her family.

Barker , Lady , Olivia Stuart , 1894-1976 , née Horner , goddaughter of William Paton Ker
Barlow Papers
GB 0103 BARLOW · 1714-1876 (predominant 1821-1876)

Papers of Henry Clark Barlow, comprising papers relating to his Dante studies, both published and unpublished work, including manuscripts and notes for unfinished essays and lectures, titled manuscript notebooks, titled manuscripts, notes from codices and other sources, printed matter, and papers relating to the festivals of Dante; papers relating to his other studies, including a few items on geology and theology, and many sketches relating to the history of art, to architecture and to topography; personal papers, including Barlow's diaries and journals in which he wrote his observations on the architecture, art, geology, history and people of the places he visited, travel notes, and correspondence devoted almost entirely to Dante matters; acquired papers, including photographs, pictures, books, maps, plans, printed matter and ephemera.

Barlow , Henry Clark , 1806-1876 , writer on Dante
GB 0103 MS LAT 24 · 15th century

Manuscript volume, 15th century, containing Bartholomew of Pisa's 'De Conformitate Vitae Sancti Francisci Ad Vitam Domini Jesu Christi' (On the conformity of the life of Saint Francis to the life of our Lord Jesus Christ) and lists of privileges etc granted to the Friars Minor (Franciscans), extracted from papal registers by Marcus Trevisanus, minister of the Roman province. The list is dated 1418 in the rubric on folio 313v.

Unknown.
Bayliss Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 273 · 1903-1962

The papers consist of notes and notebooks of William Bayliss' experiments. There is also correspondence, press cuttings and photographs, a great part referring to the 'Brown Dog Affair' of 1903 and to other disputes between anti-vivisectionists and University College London.

Bayliss , Sir , William Maddock , 1860-1924 , Knight , physiologist Bayliss , Leonard Ernest , 1900-1964 , physiologist
Beesly Papers
GB 0103 BEESLY · 1852-1915

The collection contains correspondence; lecture notes on history; newspaper cuttings; papers of other members of the family, including an undated letter of Danton which belonged to A H Beesly; printed reports; pamphlets containing articles by or about Beesly; other pamphlets and reviews; other printed works; and an autographed photograph of Karl Marx. The correspondence is rather slight and only isolated letters from individual correspondents are preserved. There are sets of Beesly's own letters to Henry Crompton and to Frederic Harrison which were probably returned to the family after his death. There are also a few letters to Beesly's brother A H Beesly and to Alfred Beesly, E S Beesly's son.

Beesly , Edward Spencer , 1831-1915 , positivist and historian Beesly family
Benediktsson Poem
GB 0103 MS ICELANDIC 4 · 19th century or 20th century

Undated holograph poem by Einar Benediktsson, 'Ódáinsaevi'.

Benediktsson , Einar , 1864-1940 , Icelandic poet
Bennett Estate Papers
GB 0103 MS ADD 299 · 1883-1938

Correspondence and papers, 1883-1938, mostly relating to Arnold Bennett's death and the demands on his estate, including his will, arrangements for the funeral, correspondence between the two Mrs Bennetts, the settlement for his daughter, papers of his secretary, financial affairs, and correspondence about sale of rights.

Bennett , Enoch Arnold , 1867-1931 , author and journalist
GB 0103 STANHOPE · 1823-1831

Volume of 35 letters from Jeremy Bentham to Leicester Stanhope, 1823-1831, on topics including the transmission of Bentham's 'Constitutional Code' to Greece; Greek deputies sent to London to raise money for the Greek cause; the reform of government in British India; an account of Bentham's foundation of the Law Reform Association and Bentham's involvement with the Westminster Review. The letters include references to Francis Burdett, Daniel O'Connell, John Bowring; Colonel John Young, Ram Mohun Roy and Joseph Hume.

Bentham , Jeremy , 1748-1832 , philosopher
Bentham (Jeremy) Papers
GB 0103 BENTHAM · 1750-1885

Papers of Jeremy Bentham, 1750-1885, consist of drafts and notes for published and unpublished works, and cover many subjects including: Bentham's codification proposal, a plan to replace existing law with a codified system, an idea which manifested itself in Constitutional Code (London, 1830), a blueprint for representative democracy and an entirely open and fully accountable government, 1815-1832; penal code, which involved penal law giving effect to the rights and duties of civil law, [1773]-1831; punishment, to certain actions which, on account of their tendency to diminish the greatest happiness, would be classified as offences, [1773-1826]; Bentham's Panopticon, a way of maintaining and employing convicts in a new invented building, 1785-1813; Chrestomathia, the secondary school designed by Bentham, 1815-1826; evidence in law, [1780]-1823; religion, and the Church, 1800-1830; logic, ethics, deontology (the science of morality), morals, utilitarianism and the greatest happiness principle, 1794-1834; political economy, [1790]-1819; Supply without burthen or Escheat vice taxation, a proposal for saving taxes, 1793-1795; legislation, including law amendment and law reform, [1770-1843]; procedure, and procedure codes, [1780]-1830; law and issues in other countries, including Greece, Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium and Tripoli, 1810-1830; A Comment on the Commentaries, being a criticism of William Blackstone's Commentaries on the Laws of England, also Bentham's and Blackstone's views on civil code, [1774]-1830; sexual nonconformity, [1774]-1816; Scotch reform, 1804-1809; Court of Lords delegates, 1807-1821; parliamentary papers, and parliamentary reform, [1790]-1831; poor law, and poor plan, 1796-[1845]; correspondence, 1761-1866, including a corrected draft letter to James Madison, President of the United States of America, in which Bentham made an offer to draw up a complete code of laws for the USA, 1811.

Bentham , Jeremy , 1748-1832 , philosopher
Bentham (Samuel) Memoirs
GB 0103 MS ADD 94 · 1790

A book of memoirs of Sir Samuel Bentham, told in a series of letters from himself and others during his ten-year absence from England, 1779-1789. The notebook states it is 'the compilation of a friend', probably Jeremiah Bentham.

Unknown
Best Arithmetic Book
GB 0103 MS GERM 3 · 1694

Manuscript volume, 1694: Rechenbuch. An arithmetic book containing problems, including calculations for finding the date of Judgement Day, the Golden Number, etc, together with astrological information. Some of the problems are set out in verse.

Best , Johann , fl 1694
Bible (Latin)
GB 0103 MS LAT 9 · 14th century

Biblia Latina: fourteenth-century Latin Bible. An insert pasted inside (f 1*r), dated 1859, details the manuscript's later history.

Unknown
Bible (Latin, New Testament)
GB 0103 MS LAT 22 · 14th century

Manuscript volume, 14th century: Novum Testamentum Latinum (Latin New Testament).

Unknown
Biometrika Trust
GB 0103 BIOMETRIKA TRUST · 1901-1916, 1935

Papers relating to the foundation and early days of the journal Biometrika, 1901-1916; papers relating to the Biometrika Trust, 1935.

Biometrika , journal Biometrika Trust
Bithell Letterbook
GB 0103 BITHELL · 1888

Letterbook, May-October 1888, of John Joseph Bithell concerning South American railway construction.

Bithell , John Joseph , fl 1888 , engineer
Black (Arthur) Notebooks
GB 0103 MS ADD 257 · c1890

Twenty-three manuscript notebooks on mathematical statistics which include 'The theory of deviation from an average', the introduction to 'An algebra of evolution', and 'Problems relating to the mathematical treatment of statistics: periodicity and deviation'.

Black , Arthur , 1851-1893 , mathematician
GB 0103 MS ADD 96 · c1785-c1786

Anonymous student's notes on chemistry lectures by Joseph Black (1728-1799) when Professor of Medicine and Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, on subjects including chemicals and heat.

Anonymous student
GB 0103 MS ADD 124 · Created c1847

Catalogue of William Blackburn's law library, c1847.

Blackburn , William , fl c1847 , barrister
GB 0103 MS ANGL 1 · c1531

Manuscript volume, c1531, containing Hector Boece's Chronicles of Scotland, translated into Scots by John Bellenden.

Unknown
GB 0103 MS ANGL 2 · 1600

Manuscript volume, 1600, containing a copy of the translation, into Scots, of Hector Boece's Chronicles of Scotland, continued by Robert Lindsay of Pitscottie.

Unknown
GB 0102 BOLMIN · 1838-1841

Certificates, 1838-1841, of Bolanos Mining Company [Mexico?].

Bolanos Mining Company
Bonney Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 152 · 1885-1920

Letters from Bonney to W J Sollas.

Bonney , Thomas George , 1833-1923 , geologist
Book of Hours
GB 0103 MS LAT 25 · c1470-1480, 19th century

Italian Book of Hours, c1470-1480, beginning Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis (office of the Blessed Virgin Mary). Originally 106(?) leaves, with 19th-century additions: full page colour illustrations and decorated borders, including a Crucifixion, added by Caleb W Wing.

Cribellariis , Marcus , De , fl 1470-1480 , of Venice , scribe
Booth Correspondence
GB 0103 MS ADD 193 · Created 1806-1840

Letters to David Booth from various correspondents.

Booth , David , 1766-1846 , author