Records of the Wood Green and Lower Tottenham Conservative Association, including minutes of the Southgate Conservative and Unionist Association; Executive Committee and Entertainments Committee minutes of the Palmers Green Unionist Association; financial accounts for the Wood Green Constitutional Association; Executive and General Purposes Committee minutes for the Women's Constitutional Association Wood Green Branch; and minutes, correspondence and papers relating to ward organisation for the Wood Green and Tottenham Conservative Association.
Wood Green and Lower Tottenham Conservative AssociationRecords of Welch, Margetson and Company Limited, menswear manufacturers, including memorandum and articles of association; Board minutes; correspondence; annual reports and accounts; photographs of offices in Australia and of staff at work in offices, shops, factories and laundry; file on products, process and other firms; advertising; catalogues and price lists; papers relating to staff clubs; papers relating to property; and notes on the history of the company.
Welch, Margetson and Co Ltd , menswear manufacturersRules of the Waterloo Club, gambling society, with record of attendance of members.
Waterloo Club , gambling societyRecords of Vintry Ward Club comprising: minutes, 1877-1980 (Ms 31354); accounts, 1877-1933, 1968-90 (Ms 31355, 31357); and annual luncheon menu cards, 1951-95 (Ms 31356). Catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1997.
Vintry Ward ClubIncome and expenditure accounts for the Vintry and Dowgate Wards Club.
Vintry and Dowgate Wards ClubRecords of the United Wards Club covering 1877-1996 and comprising: minutes, 1877-2004 (Ms 11722-4, 19293, 21481); registers of members, 1902-59 (Ms 19294); financial records, 1910-65 (Ms 19295-6, 20352); transactions, 1907-29 (Ms 21483); and miscellaneous papers, 1951-96 (Ms 21482, 30762, 36859). They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff between 1966 and 2006.
United Wards Club of the City of LondonRecords of the Union Club including administrative records such as minutes, reports, and correspondence; financial records; membership records and a history of the Club.
Union Club , 1799-1964Personal papers of James Barr, employee of Trumans Ltd, including Transport and General Workers Union cards and papers, Truman's Sports Club rules and fixture lists, and papers relating to the company including redundancy scheme, annual excursions, regulations and agreements, 1939-1989; handbooks, programmes, rules, fixture lists and posters for the London Breweries Amateur Sports Association and the Highgate Harriers Athletic Club, 1951-1979; issues of company publications including 'The Black Eagle', the 'Truman Times', '1666', 'Truman News', 'Truman Topics', 'Watney Truman News' and 'Stag and Eagle' (Watney Combe Reid publication), 1948-1989; annual reports and pension scheme information, 1977-1989; and issues of 'The Master Brewer' and 'The National Brewery Museum Chronicle', 1968-1986.
Truman, Hanbury Buxton and Co Ltd , brewers x Trumans LtdThe records consist of issues of TOT magazines, 1930, and a souvenir programme of a rugby match between London Underground Railways and the Union Sportive du Metropolitain of Paris, 1930.
TOT Staff Magazine x Train Omnibus Tram Staff MagazineRecords of the Southall Labour Party, comprising minutes, financial accounts and membership records for the Uxbridge Divisional Labour Party, the Southall and Norwood Trades Council and Labour Party, and the Southall Divisional/Constituency Labour Party.
Southall Constituency Labour PartyRecords of the South Ealing Conservative Association, comprising minute books; minutes and reports of the Young Britons club; and minutes of the Junior branch (later the Young Conservatives).
South Ealing Conservative AssociationRecords of the Society of Junior Clergy in London, comprising minutes and annual reports.
Society of Junior Clergy in LondonRule books of the Society of Finsbury Archers, with lists of stewards and archers.
Society of Finsbury ArchersRecords of the Samuel Pepys Club, including Administration records (1895-20--), including meeting minutes and agendas, unpublished papers, correspondence, and records relating to club events; Membership records (1903-2003), including lists of members and club rules; Finance records (1910-1991), including annual accounts; Historical notes (19--) including notes on Samuel Pepys and the formation of the club; Photographs (1950-1983) relating to club outings.
Samuel Pepys ClubThe records of the Royal Society of St. George, City of London Branch, comprise minutes of the council 1950-2005 and entertainments committee 1974-1995, and dinner menus 1953-2008.
Royal Society of Saint George , City of London BranchThree Christmas cards and a photograph of the Dibdin Bachelors Club Dance, Ealing.
Various.Records of James Raisin, Labour Party agent, consisting mainly of Organisers' reports on Labour party meetings and events in both the London District from 1946-1969 and the Northern Home Counties Region from 1958-1969.
Raisin , James , d 1974 , Labour Party agentMinute books of the Queenhithe Ward Club.
Queenhithe Ward ClubRecords of the Oriental Club charting the development of the club from its foundation in 1824 through to the present day; most areas of the club's history are well documented.
A particularly full set of minute books are held 1824-1978 for Annual General Meetings, the meetings of Trustees, the Committee of Management, the House Committee and various sub-committees. These volumes record both the major developments in club policy as well as the more routine occurrences and issues which affected the club. Together they give a rounded picture of club life.
Membership records are held 1825-2002 as are staff records 1858-1968. Some closure periods apply to both of these series and you are advised to consult the list in full.
For a wideranging series of records outlining the many different facets of club life, the secretary's papers are useful. Although the collection does not contain a complete set of secretary's correspondence, material held includes administrative files on a wide range of issues, letters dealing with complaints, files arranging club events, notices to members and staff, letters regarding honorary membership, and portrait subscription papers
Records relating to financial matters and club property are also held. Material includes deeds, plans and photographs, as well as a number of chairman's files relating to the financial policies used to save the club in the 1950s, to the purchase of Stratford House and to the leasing of the Hanover Square site.
A number of ephemeral items are also held. These include scrapbooks recording the history of the club, photographs, historical documents and printed material. Most noteworthy are a series of nineteenth century photographs of India and Japan and an important contemporary account of the battle with the Rohillas in 1790s, complete with a coloured drawing depicting the deployment of forces on the battlefield.
Oriental Club , members' clubMinute books of the No 1 Cornhill Club, a professional association for insurers.
No 1 Cornhill Club , professional association for insurersPlans of the New University Club, St James's Street, by Richardson and Gill, architects. While the plans are not dated, it is possible to estimate that they were produced between 1906 and 1938 as the architectural partnership of Richardson and Gill were in operation between these dates.
New University Club , club for graduates of Oxford or CambridgeRecords of the National Amateur Rowing Association. The collection comprises records relating to the administration and finances of the association, 1913-1957, minute books of the Thames Amateur Rowing Association, 1938-1955, and correspondence of Charles Tugwell, 1933-1956.
National Amateur Rowing Association Thames Amateur Rowing AssociationMinute book of the Mining and Metallurgical Club, 1910-1916, with a note dated 2010.
Mining and Metallurgical ClubCorrespondence and accounts of the Middlesex Guildhall Camera Club, also called the Staff Camera Club.
Middlesex Guildhall Camera ClubRecords of the Mayfield Athletic Club, Edmonton, including Executive Committee annual reports, correspondence and financial papers.
Mayfield Athletic Club , EdmontonRecords of philanthropist John MacGregor relating to his charitable work, including letters; scrapbook of pamphlets, newspaper cuttings, hymn sheets, and posters, mainly relating to the Shoe Black Society, the Ragged Schools and general missionary work; album of press cuttings; album of obituary notices for MacGregor; printed ephemera for various charities and sports clubs, including pamphlets and articles by MacGregor.
MacGregor , John , d 1892 , philanthropistRecords of London Youth Matters, consisting primarily of administrative papers including committee minutes and reports; general filing on a variety of topics; financial papers and a small number of publications.
London Youth Matters London and Middlesex Standing Conference of Voluntary Youth Organisations Greater London Standing Conference of Voluntary Youth Organisations Inner London Youth Matters Greater London Youth MattersRecords 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.
London Union of Youth ClubsRecords of the London Schools Football Association. The records show the day to day running of the Association through minutes dating from its foundation in 1892 and finance records spanning 1957-1973. Results and match files are also included along with a series of publications containing handbooks and programmes, and a series of photographs showing many of the London versus Glasgow Representative matches from the earliest in 1905.
London Schools Football AssociationRecords of the London Liberal Party, including minutes and accounts of the London Liberal Foundation; minutes of the Holborn Liberal Association; minutes of the Peckham and Camberwell Liberal Association; and financial accounts of the Willesden East Liberal Association.
London Liberal Federation x London Liberal PartyRecords of the London Labour Party, reflecting the activity of the central body of the Party, the executive committee, and its relation to the affiliated organisations. Records relating to individual parties are the central body's dealings with the parties rather than being the records of the individual parties themselves. There is much printed material, including a fine series of journals, especially the London Labour Chronicle (later, London News) from 1915-1964. The majority of the records are post World War II.
London Labour Party x Greater London Labour PartyRecords of the London Head Teachers Association, formerly the School Board for London Head Teachers Association, including Minute Books; Attendance Registers; Year Books/Diaries; Handbooks; Calendars; Publications; Reports; Programmes and Tickets and Personal Papers.
The records illustrate the varied activities of the LHTA and includes a good selection of Minute Books for Council and other committees. There is also a fine series of SBLHTA and LHTA Yearbooks and handbooks which include a full list of London Schools with names of head teachers.
Records of other activities are also included, for example, menus and programmes for social functions and guides to the Annual Exhibition at Westminster Central Hall. There is a small amount of material relating to Miss Louisa La Teller Swann, LHTA president 1928-9.
London Head Teachers Association x School Board for London Head Teachers AssociationMinutes of the London County Council Sports Club (known as the London County Council Staff Sports Club from March 1924), 1923-1930.
LCC , London County Council x London County CouncilRecords of the London County Council (LCC) Progressive Society, comprising minutes of the Society, including agendas and lists of candidates.
London County Council , Progressive SocietyFixture lists for the Cosmopolitan Banks Chess Club; London Commercial Chess League; Lud Eagle Chess Club and Ministry of Health Chess Club.
London Commercial Chess LeagueRecords of the London Chess Club, including volume of minutes; lists of members and financial accounts.
London Chess ClubPapers of the Enfield East Constituency Labour Party relating to elections and policy. Also nominations books for the Stratford Cooperative and Industrial Society and the Yiewsley and West Drayton District Cooperative Society.
Enfield East Constituency Labour PartyRecords of the Association of Jewish Friendship Clubs, consisting of administrative and financial records (including minutes, enquiries and reports) for the association itself, and for specific areas and clubs. Also correspondence files for individual clubs, both overseas and in Britain.
A further deposit included an extensive run of office files regarding both the administration of the AJFC and relations with affiliated clubs; a large number of photographs of AJFC events such as a handicrafts exhibition, talent competitions, holidays, celebrations and meetings; copies of the "Friendship Club Magazine"; circular letters; club programmes; press cuttings; obituaries and club badges.
PLEASE NOTE: Records can only be accessed with the written permission of the depositor. Contact the Chief Executive, United Synagogue.
Association of Jewish Friendship ClubsRecords of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, 1891-1995. The archives reflect all aspects of the company's history. There are some of the usual company records relating to management, shareholding and administration, but the collection is particularly strong in what may be termed ephemera. There are hundreds of photographs, from 1887 up to the present day, a few films and videos, and large collections of press cuttings, advertisements, menus and even a set of lithographs which were commissioned by the company after the Second World War as a way of brightening up Lyons Corner Houses.
J Lyons and Company Limited , food manufacturers and caterersIssues of the Invalids Magazine Album. This fascinating set of 'scrap albums' are the survivors of a set that was seemingly created over a period of 10 years or more from the beginning of the 1900's to the start of the First World War. It is difficult to do these albums justice in describing them, as they are a treasure trove of charm and innocence. They not only contain articles handwritten by the contributors, but occasional newspaper cuttings and photographs of domestic scenes, landscapes, foreign holidays, and watercolour paintings of flowers, landscapes and 'designs'.
The earliest volumes contain simple stories in melodramatic style, and exhortations by the editors to send in contributions on time. As the contributors grow up we can see the paintings improve, the stories and articles become more considered and the photographs become art rather than snapshots. The later volumes contain articles about the war which had just been declared, photographs of recruitment and a list of some dozen members of the I.M.A. who were then 'in uniform'. As an editorial note put it "...the most terrible war of all times has swooped down down upon us...".
Invalids Magazine AlbumRegister of books borrowed from the Library of the International Food and Wine Society.
International Wine and Food SocietyRecords of the Central Women's Section of the Ilford South Labour Party, comprising minutes and a register of members.
Ilford South Labour Party , Central Women's SectionCharter of the Horticultural Society of London.
Horticultural Society of LondonHonourable Board of Loyal Brotherhood minute book and record of bets made.
Honourable Board of Loyal BrotherhoodRecords of the Harrow and District Field Club, comprising minutes and programmes of meetings (including rules and lists of officers).
Harrow and District Field ClubRecords of the Gresham Club, a City of London dining club. The majority of the records presented to Guildhall Library on the liquidation of the Club in 1991/2 (catalogued as Mss 28834-28864) relate to the Club's time at Abchurch Lane. All Victorian records of the Club, excluding the deed of settlement of 1844 (Ms 28834) and a single notice of annual general meeting of 1845 (Ms 28837), appear not to have survived. The records include constitutional documents, minutes, accounts, records of membership, legal papers, photographs and miscellaneous administrative papers.
The Club's archives also include records of Gresham Club Trustees Ltd (Mss 28861-864), formed in 1915 to administer the lease of the premises at 15-17 Abchurch Lane. It was created to deal with all subsequent property transactions entered into by the Club, and enabled to borrow money, where appropriate, on the strength of the Club's property holdings. For a short history of the Club, written in 1943 for its centenary, see Ms 28856. The background papers used for this history have been catalogued as Ms 28857.
Most of the records are subject to a 30 year closure rule.
Gresham Club , City of London dining clubMinute books of the Gleaners Literary Club.
Gleaners Literary ClubPapers of the Girls' Life Brigade Thames Valley Division, comprising minutes of Divisional Executive meetings, Divisional Annual meetings, and 1st Thames Valley Battalion Council meetings.
Girls' Life Brigade , Thames Valley DivisionFriendly Society of Tradesmen records comprising rules and orders, account of subscriptions, a record of attendance and a record of wagers laid by members.
Friendly Society of TradesmenFriendly Society of Common Councilmen minute book.
Friendly Society of Common Councilmen