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Agence France Presse
GB 0102 PP MS 13 · 1965-1972

Press reports, 1965-1972, of Agence France Presse from Jakarta, Indonesia, chiefly by Brian May, on foreign affairs, including relations with Malaysia, Japan, the United States, and others; foreign aid; visits of overseas politicians; political affairs, including the Indonesian Communist party and Muslim parties; political unrest, including student militancy; the Chinese community; natural disasters and disease; sport; affairs in West Irian (Irian Jaya); economic policy, industry, mining and agriculture.

Agence France Presse , French news agency
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
GB 0074 CLC/B/015 · Collection · 1895-2001

Ashanti Goldfields Corporation Limited archives comprising minutes, correspondence, accounts, staff registers and photographs. Please note that the White Staff Agreement Registers, 1897-2001 (Ms 35350) contain sensitive personal information and are closed for 75 years.

Ashanti Goldfields Corporation Ltd x AngloGold Ashanti
BARTRAM, BETTY E. M.
GB 0074 LMA/4762 · Collection · 1950s-1989

Career papers working for Strauss, Turnbull and Company, stockbrokers and Consolidated Gold Fields PLC, Queens Road; Walthamstow redevelopment campaign correspondence and cuttings; and personal cookery recipes.

Bartram , Betty E M , b 1930 , typist
BATEMAN FAMILY
GB 0074 ACC/0828 · Collection · 1720-1860

Records of the Bateman family relating to their property in Ealing, Elbow Lane (later Little College Street) in the City of London, Tottenham; and out of London in Chesham, Buckinghamshire; and Kimberworth, Yorkshire (this latter including coal mines).

Bateman , family , of Brentford and Ealing
GB 0097 COLL MISC 0003 · 1863-1905

Pay books of Bell Brothers South Brancepeth Colliery (South Durham, Brockwell seam and Busty seam) and Clarence Iron Works.

Bell Brothers Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers, colliery and quarry owners, Middlesbrough Cleveland
Birmingham, Walter Barr
GB 0102 MS 380661 · Created 1955-1977

Papers, 1955-1977, of Walter Barr Birmingham, comprising bibliographies and publications relating to economics in West Africa including Migrations into the Gold Coast (1955) and The State and Labour Migration in the South African Political Economy, with Particular Respect to Gold Mining (1977). It also contains the Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the West African Institute of Social and Economic Research (1956).

Birmingham , Walter Barr , fl 1952-1977 , Professor of Economics
GB 0102 BOLMIN · 1838-1841

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

Bolanos Mining Company
Bolivia: Political Pamphlets
GB 3032 L 320 PAM · 1965-

Bolivian political pamphlets sollection comprising pamphlets, reports, government publications, programs, bulletins, conference proceedings, dossiers, leaflets, communiqués, histories, declarations and manifestos, 1965-[2005], issued by ACLO (Organization), ANPROCA, Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights, Asamblea Permanente de Derechos Humanos de Bolivia, Asociación de Educación Radiofónica de Bolivia ERBOL, Association for Education in Journalism, Bolivian Government Ministries, Carrefour International, Catholic Church, Central Obrera Boliviana (COB), Centre d'Information Bolivie, Centro de Información y Documentación de Bolivia, Centro de Investigación y Promoción del Campesinado, Centro de Producción Minera (Bolivia), Centro Dermatológico de Monteagudo, Centro Internacional de Cooperación para el Desarrollo Agrícola, Comisión de Estudios y Acción Social de la Conferencia Episcopal Boliviana, Comité de Solidaridad para la Defensa de la Democracia en Bolivia, Confederación Independiente de Campesinos de Bolivia, Confederación Nacional de Trabajadores Campesinos de Bolivia Tupaj Katari, Congreso de Pueblos y Organizaciones Indias de Sud América (2nd : 1983 : Tiahuanacu, Bolivia), Consejo Indio de Sudamérica, Congreso Nacional Minero (XVI : 1976 : [La Paz]), Corte Nacional Electoral (Bolivia), DIAL, Federación Departamental de Trabajadores Campesinos de Cochabamba, Frente de Unidad Democratica y Popular (Bolivia), Instituto Promotor de Inversiones en Bolivia, MIR (Revolutionary movement : Bolivia), Movimiento Indio Tupaj Katari, Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario (Bolivia), Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario Auténtico (Bolivia), Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario de Izquierda (Bolivia), Partido Comunista de Bolivia, Partido Demócrata Cristiano (Bolivia), Partido Socialista-1 (Bolivia), Plenaria Nacional Sindical, Programa Khana Educación - Promoción - Radio, Radio San Gabriel (La Paz, Bolivia), Segundo Encuentro de Pequeños Productores (1979 : La Paz), Sindicato Minero de Siglo XX, Studie-Aksie Groep Oosterveld v.z.w.(SAGO), Unesco, Unión Nacional de Instituciones para el Trabajo de Acción Social, Unión Nacionalista del Pueblo (Bolivia), United Nations, Universidad Boliviana Tomas Frias' de Potosi, Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Vanguardia Obrera Comunista, Washington Office on Latin America.

Institute for the Study of the Americas
BORNEO COMPANY LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/123-11 · Collection · 1856-1967

Records of the Borneo Company, as follows:
1.Deed of settlement; memorandum and articles of association: Ms 27174-7;

  1. Board, AGM and committee minutes; annual reports and accounts: Ms 27178-90;
  2. Secretary's papers: Ms 27191-8;
  3. Accounts: Ms 27199-231;
  4. Overseas operations records:-
    Agency and general agreements-Ms 27232-43;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27244-58;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27259-76;
    Philippines-Ms 27277;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27278-304;
    Siam-Ms 27305-29;
  5. Investments, takeovers and subsidiary company papers:-
    Australia-Ms 27330-45;
    Canada -Ms 27346-50;
    Hong Kong-Ms 27351;
    Colombia-Ms 27352;
    Cuba-Ms 27353;
    India-Ms 27354-5;
    Java and Sumatra-Ms 27356-9;
    Malaya and Singapore-Ms 27360-400;
    Netherlands-Ms 27401-2;
    Sarawak, North Borneo and Brunei-Ms 27403-19;
    Siam-Ms 27420;
    United Kingdom-Ms 27421-3;
  6. Publicity and sales material: Ms 27424-6;
  7. Staff records: Ms 27427-43;
  8. Property records (London only): Ms 27430-6;
  9. Centenary celebrations and notes for centenary history: Ms 27437-43;
  10. Photographs: Ms 27444-66;
  11. Branch records:-
    Sarawak: Kuching-Ms 27467-70;
    Siam: Bangkok -Ms 27471-4.
Borneo Company x Borneo Co Ltd
GB 0098 B/BOVEY · Created 1892-1908

Papers of Professor Henry Taylor Bovey, [1892]-1908, comprising research papers and notes relating to the strength of materials, hydraulics and electrical engineering, design of bridges and the pin-connected principle, [1892-1902]; papers relating to engineering and mining courses, [1898-1908]; address as Imperial College Rector, 1908.

Bovey , Henry Taylor , 1850-1912 , civil engineer
GB 0108 SC MSS 020 · 1863-1870

Correspondence, comprising a private letter book 1863-1867, and correspondence and reports relating to the laying of the West Indies cable 1869-1870. The private letter book contains bound letters refering to cable laying in India, the West Indies and Brazil, resistance testing to find faults on cables in a long letter to Fleeming Jenkin, mining companies with which Bright was involved, the Steam Engine Improvement Company and the Railway Lubricating Company. The volume contains many blank pages and some pages have been cut out. Some letters are illegible because of the very faint copy, and there appears to be a double impression on some pages suggesting that a second letter may have been copied onto the same page. The loose correspondence relates to the setting up of the West India and Panama Telegraph Company and includes reports and correspondence concerning the laying of the cable. Some of the papers were used in a court case in 1872 between the West India and Panama Telegraph Company and the India Rubber Company for failing in their contractual obligations.

Bright , Sir , Charles Tilston , Knight , Telegraph engineer
CAMP BIRD LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/036 · Collection · 1881-1963

The archives of Camp Bird Limited, mining company, consist of minutes, reports and accounts, financial material and correspondence. The archives include records of subsidiary companies including Tekka Taiping Limited; Grahams Trading Company Limited and subsidiaries and Davis and Soper Limited.

These records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice to view.

Camp Bird Ltd , mining company
GB 0074 CLC/B/040 · Collection · 1898-1975

The records listed below are of the London office of the Central Provinces Manganese Ore Company. They include:

Ms. 15907-21: Foundation and constitution: initial activities, agreements, memoranda and articles of association, share capital, shareholders, allied companies etc;
Ms. 15922-7: Management: AGMs, powers of attorney, proprietors and board minutes;
Ms. 15928-40: Finance: accounts, ledgers, journals, cash books, assets, taxation;
Ms. 15941-71: Administration: office diaries, correspondence;
Ms. 15972-8: Prospecting licences;
Ms. 15979-97: Mining leases;
Ms. 15998-16040: Mines inspections, reports, plant and machinery etc;
Ms. 16041-54: Ore analysis, mining methods etc;
Ms. 16055-83: Marketing: sales, contracts, prices, freight, shipments, duties;
Ms. 16084-95: Photographs, maps, plans, drawings of mines and activities;
Ms. 16096-116: Personnel: records of directors, managers, engineers, mineworkers etc., salaries, contract labour, staff provident fund;
Ms. 16117-20: Property: India (except mines) and England;
Ms. 16121-31: Miscellaneous papers: the company, the industry, Indian affairs;
Ms. 16132-43: Manganese Ore (India) Limited: foundation, agreements, minutes, reports etc.

All the records are held off-site and therefore require 24 hours notice for access.

Central Provinces Manganese Ore Co Ltd , 1924-1975
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-034 · Collection · 1914-1973

Records of Chenderiang Tin Dredging Limited, including articles of association and circulars to shareholders.

Chenderiang Tin Dredging Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/046 · Collection · 1900-1951

Records of the Chinese Engineering and Mining Company Limited, comprising minutes of the board of directors; cash books; share ledgers; mining ledgers and shipping ledgers.

Chinese Engineering and Mining Co Ltd
Clarke, Hyde
GB 0096 MS 168 · 1830

Dating from 1830, volumes one and two concern the mining laws in Mexico. Volume three is a translation of Francisco Xavier de Gamboa's Comentarios a las ordenanzas de Minas.

Clarke , Hyde , fl 1830 , legal writer
CLARNEY, Peter (fl 1972)
GB 1924 Clarney · 1972

Photocopy of personal diary of 1972 coal mineworkers strike by Peter Clarney, member of National Union of Miners (NUM) Yorkshire Area.

Clarney , Peter , fl 1972 , coal miner
COAL POOL
GB 0074 CLC/B/017-07 · Collection · 1907-1934

Minutes and financial records of the Coal Pool, later the Colliery Pool, an association for sharing colliery insurance claims.

Coal Pool , insurance for collieries x Colliery Pool , insurance for collieries
Colombia Land Records
GB 0103 COLOMBIA · 1906-1907

Records, 1906-1907, relating to mines in Colombia, comprising title deeds for the mines 'La Chata', 'Dolores', 'Huanchaca' and 'La Guaduera'; receipts for tax on those mines; grant of rights in the mine 'Huanchaca' from Henrique Campo to Christopher E Dixon.

unknown.
GB 106 7CFD · Fonds · 1920-1931

The archive consists of letters from Charlotte Despard to Charles Wilson (1920-1932) ; photograph of Mrs Wilson (c. 1920); and a diary of a trip to the USSR (1930).

The letters cover the periods 1920-1922 and 1930-1932, and were written to Mr Charles Wilson of Willington, County Durham, Mr Wilson was a political activist who worked with the Durham miners, and Mrs Despard lectured to his students in 1921 and 1930. In the letters Mrs Despard refers to Mr Wilson's poetry; she also sent him a poem that she had written. She refers to her own political activities, in Ireland, lecturing for the Labour Party against British Policy in India. She also mentions several of the illnesses that were beginning to restrict severely such activities.

Despard , Charlotte , 1844-1939 , President of the Women's Freedom League
EMMA SILVER MINING COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-071 · Collection · 1879-1880

Records of the Emma Silver Mining Company, comprising annual report and accounts for 1879, notice of AGM 1880 and blank voting forms.

Emma Silver Mining Co
GB 0108 SC MSS 002 · 1809-1961

Manuscript volumes, correspondence and papers by Michael Faraday including material based on original Faraday documents 1809-1961, comprising six volumes in total covering subjects on botany; chemistry; colour; fire eating; galvanism; gas lighting; light; magnetism; meteorology; lightning; preserving drawings; removing glass stoppers; scientific apparatus; details of his visits with Davy to France and Italy 1813- 1814; visits to copper works and state mines in Wales 1819; visit to the Isle of Wight 1824; manuscript notes on lectures given by Faraday to the City Philosophical Society 1816-1819; general observations; experiments; notes including scientific subjects as well as anagrams; etymology; recipes for gin and ginger beer; humour; love; memory; oratory; philosophy; Rochefoucault; Shakespeare; 'Chemical Love Letter.' 1816-1846; chemical notes [1822]; notes on experiments on electric lamps powered by batteries 1854 and a letter to John Tyndall; c 750 manuscript correspondence between Faraday and scientists, politicians and the general public 1812-1867; letters and draft letters by Faraday written from the Royal Institution 1853-1863; committe minutes from a subcommitte set up to conduct experiments in optical glass 1828-1835; papers relating to the wear and production of coinage at the Royal Mint 1835; papers relating to table-turning 1853-1864; Faraday's French passport 1856; notes on Faraday including his illness and his refusal of the post of President at the Royal Institution 1864-1872.

Faraday , Michael , 1791-1867 , chemist and physicist
GB 378 LDGSL/348 · Series · 1889-1998

Personal papers, notebooks and diaries relating to Sir Lewis Leigh Fermor, particularly his early life. Personal papers include marriage certificate to second wife (Lady Frances Fermor), and birth certificate of son (Patrick Leigh Fermor), CV, photos, and his initial contract with the Geological Survey of India, with diaries covering 1902-1904 and 1908, and notebooks on natural history.

The series also includes extensive correspondence between Lady Frances Fermor, the Geological Society, and other individuals on the subject of Lady Fermor's will and the establishment of the Fermor Fund and Fermor Lecture, as well as the will itself and conditions of the Fund.

Material ranges in date from 1889 to 1998.

FERMOR , Sir , Lewis Leigh , 1880-1954 , Knight , geologist FERMOR , Lady , Frances Mary , 1898-1990 , née Case , 2nd wife of Lewis Leigh Fermor Geological Society , 1801-
FORD, James [fl 1890s-1920s]
GB 378 LDGSL/1061 · Series · 1900-1926

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.

FORD , James , [fl 1890s-1920s] , mining engineer and colliery agent The Newark Collieries Newark Coal and Oil Company Lincolnshire Coal Boring Syndicate
GB 0098 B/FRAYLING · Created 1913-1983

Papers of Bryan Edwin Frayling, 1913-[1983], comprising his memoirs, "Back to Front" and "The Rest of It", [1980-1983]; notes on mining, made whilst at the Royal School of Mines (Imperial College), 1913.

Frayling , Bryan Edwin , 1893-1986 , mining engineer
French mining legislation
GB 0096 MS 119 · [1761]

Manuscript volumes containing a selection of legislation and concessions given for the exploitation of French mines, compiled by 'le Sr Bruyard', Senior Clerk of [Daniel Charles] Trudain [de Montigny, Comptroller of Finances, Director of Bridges and Embankments], 1758, with details of legislation from 1413-1761. Includes a historical survey, a chronological table of legislation and concessions, general dispositions for the exploitation of the mines, and legislation and concessions for mining in each généralité. There is also printed matter bound into each volume, mainly comprising government edicts relating to the subject.

Unknown
GENERAL MINING ASSOCIATION
GB 0074 CLC/070 · Collection · 1829

Deed of Settlement of the General Mining Association.

General Mining Association
General Strike, 1926
GB 1924 General Strike · 1926

Trades Union Congress correspondence and papers relating to the Miners' Dispute and the General Strike, 1926, comprising:
TUC reports of meeting with the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, Apr 1926, and other notes;
Letters from individuals, trade unions and labour organisations to the TUC, May 1926;
Circular letters and printed leaflets issued by the TUC, May 1926;
Local reports and bulletins sent to the TUC by Strike Committees, Trades Councils, and Trade Unions, arranged by region, Greater London, North West, Yorkshire and Humber, Northern, Wales, Scotland, South East, South West, East Anglia, West Midlands and East Midlands;
Correspondence and papers on production and distribution of the TUC's daily strike bulletin; The Daily Worker, May 1926;
TUC Intelligence Committee correspondence and papers, May 1926;
TUC summaries of wireless bulletins on the Miners' Dispute and the General Strike, May 1926;
TUC Progress of Strike Reports, 6-10 May 1926;
TUC General Council Bulletin, 4-14 May 1926;
TUC Publicity and Communications Committee correspondence and papers, 2-14 May 1926;
TUC special committee papers, particularly Powers and Orders Committee and Food and Essential Services Committee;
TUC Speakers' notes on the Miners Dispute and the General Strike;
Copies of TUC Despatch Rider codes;
Official and contemporary reports including copies of the TUC's daily strike bulletin, The British Worker and the Government's British Gazette, May 1926; Foreign press articles; international trades union reactions; Sunday Worker news bulletins, Non trade union circulars including the Manchester Evening News, Foyles News Bulletin, the London Tramway Workers, the Independent Labour Party, and the Food Education Society.

TUC , Trades Union Congress
Guthrie Corporation
GB 0102 GUTHRIE · Created 1869-1975

Records, 1869-1975, dating largely from the 20th century, of the Guthrie Corporation, its predecessors and associated companies, comprising letterbooks and financial records, relating chiefly to plantation interests in Malaya and Singapore.

Messrs Guthrie & Co
Guthrie & Co Ltd
Guthrie Group
Guthrie Estates Agency Ltd
Guthrie Corporation
GB 0074 CLC/B/112 · Collection · 1844-1995

Records of Harrisons and Crosfield Limited, traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products. The catalogue includes: corporate records (including articles of association, agreements, minutes and annual reports and accounts); share records; internal administration records (including directories of operations, directors' and general letter books); accounting records; operational records (including reports on estates); branch records (including correspondence and accounts); insurance department records; papers concerning the careers of directors; staff records; premises and property records; historical notes, photographs and plans; records of subsidiary companies, and companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents.

The archive includes records relating to Harrisons and Crosfield's activities as secretaries and/or agents for other companies. As these records were generated as part of Harrisons and Crosfield's role as secretaries and/or agents for another company, they have been catalogued as records of that particular company. However, they comprise correspondence and other papers of the head office of Harrisons and Crosfield, and supporting papers acquired by Harrisons and Crosfield (e.g. memoranda and articles of association, and annual reports and accounts) to assist in that role. The records of the companies for which Harrisons and Crosfield acted as secretaries and/or agents are arranged so that each company is followed by its subsidiary companies (if any).

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Harrisons and Crosfield Ltd , traders in tea, coffee, rubber, timber, chemicals, and other agricultural products
GB 106 7BEH · Fonds · 1962-1986

The archive consists of transcripts of interviews with members of the Women Against Pit Closures group collected by Betty Heathfield, relating to their involvement in the 1984-1985 miners' strike. It includes a draft of an unpublished book by Betty Heathfield about the strike entitled 'Women of the Coalfields' based on these oral history interviews. This portion of the collection is available in the form of transcripts that have been anonymised to protect the identity of the interviewees.

The archive also consists of transcripts of oral history interviews, collected by Betty Heathfield, with older members of the Women's Co-operative Guild (WCG) and working papers and drafts on the history of the Guild; papers relating to the WCG and Age Exchange Theatre Company, 1983. This portion of the collection is uncatalogued and not yet available.

Heathfield , Betty , 1927-2006 , women's campaigner
HESELTINE POWELL AND COMPANY
GB 0074 CLC/B/115 · Collection · [1830-1965]

Records of Heseltine, Powell and Company, stockbrokers, including a register of clients, clients stock ledgers, correspondence, diaries and financial material. Some of the records relate to the mining industry, and to the funding and development of railroads in America. There are also papers regarding the loss of stock certificates on the S.S. Titanic.

Heseltine, Powell and Co , stockbrokers
GB 0103 LABA/HILL · 1865-1891

Papers, 1865-1891, of Charles Stephen Hill, comprising share certificates and related documents for 20 companies (mostly mining companies - gold, silver, copper, lead and tin) in Latin America, the United States, Australia, India and the United Kingdom.

Hill , Charles Stephen , fl 1865-1891 , investor
Hill, John
GB 0096 MS 673 · c1703

A volume entitled Customs of ye Stanarys & Journall of ye Convocators 1703. It relates chiefly to the stannary of Blackmore, but also other Cornish stannaries. Concludes with a note that information used 'were copied out of a manuscript I had of Mr Thomas Hawkins. Signed John Hill.'

Hill , John , fl 1703 , [tin miner]
GB 1556 WL 963 · Collection · 1939-1944

Papers of Paul Hollander relating to internment camps, 1939-1944, notably including a report on cases of murder at the penitentiary camp of Hadjerat m'Guil where 9 people were murdered, including details of the camp officers; statements by Oliver von Schneditz, Joseph Breuer, Gerard and Kurt Huschak to the director of Kanadja; report on the attitude of leading coal mine personnel; copy of a report on a visit to the French internment camps of Colomb Behar, Kenadja (Algeria) and Bour-Arfa (French Maroc) with a list of men in charge of the camps and remarks on their personality and statistics on internees from French internment camp in North Africa who enlisted in the British Pioneer Corps.

Hollander , Paul , b 1908 , journalist
HONG KONG TIN LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-086 · Collection · 1927-1990

Records of Hong Kong Tin Limited, including articles of association, annual reports, and circulars.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Hong Kong Tin Ltd
GB 0098 B/HUNT · Created 1896-1986

Four diaries of Bernard Hunt, 1896-1899, giving an account of his experiences in Peru as a mining engineer; extracts from the diaries by his son, Philip B Hunt, 1986.

Hunt , Bernard , fl 1885-1903 , mining engineer
GB 0102 IMC/CBMS/A · 1910-1945
Part of INTERNATIONAL MISSIONARY COUNCIL

Joint archive, largely dating from 1910-1945, of the International Missionary Council and Conference of British Missionary Societies, relating to co-operative missionary endeavours in Africa (chiefly British Africa, but also including areas under Belgian, Portuguese and French control).

General files on Africa include records on missionary work and related issues including land rights, colonial administration, diet, co-operative organizations, customs including polygamy, initiation, and witchcraft, medical work, and alcohol traffic; the IMC and its relation to African mission councils; International Institute of African Languages and Cultures; population and health in Africa; Africa Education Group, relating to educational policy, provision and finance, including women's education, training of educational missionaries, African marriage customs and their relation to Christian practice, adult education, and missionary work in rural areas; High Leigh (Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire) Conference (1924) on educational missionary work in Africa; Le Zoute Conference (1926) on missionary work in Africa; educational policy; Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies, relating to Colonial Office policy (including British colonies outside Africa), the topics including women's education, use of the vernacular and bilingualism, teacher training, language teaching, social and economic development, finance, indigenous art, biology, superannuation, English examinations, and higher education teaching materials, with sections relating to particular African colonies.

Files on East Africa include general records on British colonial policy and administration, agriculture, and Swahili; and education in East Africa. Files on Kenya include records on the Kenya Missionary Council and Christian Council of Kenya; the political situation and land question; indigenous labour and slavery; Indian population; and educational policy, practice, finance, the conscience clause in religious education, women's education, and educational advisor; and correspondence on missionary work and related issues. Files on Tanganyika include records on the Tanganyika Missionary Council, relations between different missionary societies, indigenous life, colonial administration, German and other missions; Tanganyika Mission Property Trust; and education in Tanganyika. Files on Uganda include records on land tenure, education, including women's education, and Swahili; and missionary societies in Ruanda-Urundi. Files on Abyssinia comprise records on missionary work and religious freedom, including the Italian occupation.

Files on West Africa include general records on education, including the Phelps Stokes Commission. Files on the Gold Coast include records on education, colonial administration, the Basel Mission, the Bremen Mission and other missionary societies, the Christian Council of the Gold Coast, medical and educational missionary work. Files on Sierra Leone include records on education. Files on Nigeria include records on the Christian Council of Nigeria and other Christian and missionary organisations and on education. Files on the Cameroons include records on various missionary societies. Files on French Africa include records on education.

Files on French West & Equatorial Africa include records on missionary activity and education. Files on the Congo include records on the Congo Protestant Council, missionary activity and conferences, religious freedom and interdenominational relations including Roman Catholicism; Belgian government policy regarding missions and the Brussels Bureau representing Belgian missions; education; and missionary work of various nations.

Files on Portuguese Africa include records on missionary work, including medical work, and interdenominational relations; religious liberty, Portuguese government policy, and the Lisbon Centre for liaison. Files on Portuguese West Africa include records on the Angola Evangelical Alliance, Portuguese colonial administration, and various missionary societies. Files on Portuguese East Africa include records on the Portuguese East Africa Evangelical Missionary Association, work of various missionary societies, religious liberty and Portuguese government policy.

Files on Central Africa and Nyasaland include records on colonial administration, work of missionary societies, land tenure, indigenous labour and slavery, and on colonial educational policy in Nyasaland. Files on Northern Rhodesia include records on the General Missionary Conference of Northern Rhodesia, colonial administration, mining, and education; and on the United Missions in the Copperbelt, including its foundation, policy, annual reports, finance, miners' unrest, property, education policy, women's work, social welfare, literature and literacy, British Committee, correspondence with other societies, reorganisation, Team/Field Committee, and personnel. Files on Southern Rhodesia include records on the South Rhodesia Missionary Conference, indigenous affairs including land tenure, education, indigenous preachers, and colonial administration. Files on South Africa include records on the General Missionary Conference of South Africa and the Christian Council of South Africa, missionary work, indigenous affairs including land tenure, interethnic relations, and education. Files on South and South West Africa includes records on German missions and indigenous affairs. Files on the protectorates of Swaziland, Basutoland and Bechuanaland include records on education and the transfer of the protectorates to South Africa.

There are also files on the Egypt Mission Property Trust.

International Missionary Council Conference of British Missionary Societies
International Tin Council
GB 0097 INTERNATIONAL TIN COUNCIL · c1930-c1970

This collection consists of reports, statistics, and publications relating to the operations of the International Tin Council in the United States, the Belgian Congo, and Bolivia. The collection also encorporates material relating to world tin production before the establishment of the ITC, including papers on buffer stocks and tin mining in Malaya and Burma during the 1930s.

International Tin Council
Keating Collection
GB 0369 KEA · 1911

Papers relating to gold mines in Tomsk, Russia, 1911, including; permission for Daniel F Keating to explore certain locations for one year and translation giving numbers and dates on the Tomsk mining records of locations; plan showing Petro-Pavlov River, houses, workshops and domestic accomodation and translation; plan of Petropavlovsky gold bearing alluvial mine; translations of leaseholds deeds and plans of the Petro Pavlovski, Veliki-Nicolaefski, Stephano-Tikvinski, Bolshe-Ivanofski and Nijni-Tooloyul gold bearing mines.

Keating , Daniel F , fl 1911 , mining engineer
KELLAS LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-092 · Collection · 1906-1913

Records of Kellas Limited, comprising board and general meetings minute book.

Kellas Ltd
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-094 · Collection · 1915-1989

Records of Killinghall (Rubber) Development Syndicate Limited, including articles of association; annual reports and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Killinghall (Rubber) Development Syndicate Ltd
KILLINGHALL TIN LIMITED
GB 0074 CLC/B/112-095 · Collection · 1929-1987

Records of Killinghall Tin Limited, including articles of association; annual reports and circulars to shareholders.

Access to records less than 30 years old (or records less than 70 years old which relate to staff) should be sought from Elementis plc (contact details may be obtained from a member of staff).

Killinghall Tin Ltd
LAMONT AND WARNE
GB 0074 CLC/B/227-114 · Collection · 1938-1940

Papers of Lamont and Warne, coal merchants, including contracts, correspondence and notes of sale for orders with a number of collieries in Great Britain, and gas and other companies supplied with coal.

Lamont and Warne , coal merchants
GB 2603 Lloyd · 1953-[1982]

Papers of Albert Lancaster Lloyd, 1953-[1982], comprising materials relating to traditional folk music from around the world, especially Eastern Europe, notably newspaper cuttings, photographs, typescript notes, drafts of articles, diaries, notebooks, broadcast scripts and texts of lectures on subjects including:
English folk music, including erotic songs, ballads, carols, London songs, Morris dancers, North-East songs and poetry.
Romanian folk music, [1955-1973], including notes on subjects including costume, customs, instruments, proverbs, social life and topography, as well as a large number of photographs depicting native song and dance.
Hungarian folk music, [1946-1970s], including notes on subjects such as art, custom, dance, history and instruments.
Bulgarian folk music, [1954-1960s], including papers, correspondence and photographs on costume, dance, recorded music, and topography.
American folk music, [1949-1967], including materials on cowboys, blues and jazz, spirituals, work songs and vagrants.
Industrial song, [1950s-1970s], including miners, textile workers, political songs, and American work songs.
The collection also includes material on Chinese and Australian traditional music.

Lloyd , Albert Lancaster , 1908-1982 , folklorist
MACGOWAN, Trooper H E
GB 0099 KCLMA MacGowan · Created 1901-1902

Typescript extracts from letters home, 1901-1902, describing MacGowan's voyage to South Africa, Apr 1901, his service with the South African Constabulary, May 1901-Jul 1902, and his work as a miner in the Transvaal, Sep-Nov 1902.

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GB 0096 AL397 · Fonds · 1824

Letter from John Thornton Leslie-Melville of Old Broad Street, [London] to J D Powles, 10 Dec 1824. Stating that he does not wish to injure the market, but at the same time wishes Powles to sell 100 more of his (Melville's) Colombian mine shares at the first favorable opportunity, as his broker says that 50 shares had been sold that morning at £19 10s.

Autograph, with signature.

Melville , John Thornton , Leslie- , 1786-1876 , 9th Earl of Leven and 8th Earl of Melville x Leslie-Melville , John Thornton