Records of Smith Kendon Limited, 1826-1987. The collection mainly comprises the papers of Donald Smith and his capacity as Managing Director and Chairman of Smith Kendon Limited, including papers relating to the formation of the business such as articles of partnership and certificates of registration; deeds and other legal documents relating to property owned by the company; insurance policies; inventories; correspondence; minutes of meetings; Donald Smith's business diaries; sales figures; financial accounts; papers relating to stock and stock control; papers relating to sales; papers relating to products including recipe books; advertising; reports; staff records and papers relating to the Second World War.

This collection consists mainly of property records (such as assignments, probates, leases and mortgages) relating to premises in Middlesex and London. It also contains twentieth-century sales catalogues and advertising brochures for properties.

Papers, collected by the estate agents in the course of their work, comprising sales particulars, 1948-1949.

Sales particulars, 1834-1947, for the following properties:

• 35 and 36 Foley Street, Regent Street, Saint Marylebone
• 5-storey building, Buckingham Street, Strand, Westminster; with plan and elevation.
• 16 and 17 Kings Parade, Kings Road, Chelsea.
• Estate in Frederick Street, Hampstead Road, Saint Pancras, including a brewery; with plan.
• Suite of chambers, Albany, Piccadilly, Westminster.
• 133 Barnsbury Road, Islington; house and shop.
• 6 Holford Place, Pentonville, Finsbury.
• 2 Pont Street, Belgravia, Westminster.
• 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25 and 27 Malden Crescent, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras and adjacent land; with plan.
• The Queen's Arms, Weston Street, Southwark, with adjoining building land. Land and vaults at Maze Street and Saint Thomas Street, Southwark; with plan.
• 6 Euston Square, Saint Pancras with stabling in Seymour Row.
• 110 and 116 High Street, Poplar. Houses and shops; with plan.
• Building estate, Clifton Road, New Cross, Deptford; with plan.
• 166, 168 and 170 Park Road, Crouch End.
• Building land at Chapel Road, Church Road, Mitcham.
• 5, 7, 10, 12 and 14 Linscott Road, Lower Clapton, Hackney.
• 126 and 127 High Street, Whitechapel, Stepney. Bank, office and warehouse premises.
• Pedrail Transport Works on the corner of Wyfold Rd, and Kingwood Road, Fulham.
• 40-46 and 60-72 (even) Bowland Road, Clapham, formerly Crescent Road, Clapham, Wandsworth.
• 26-40 (even) Balham New Road, Balham, Wandsworth.
• 311-321 (odd) York Road, 254-260 (even) York Road, Lambeth, 61-63 (odd) Battersea Park Rd, Battersea.
• 'Collingtree' 68 Norbury Crescent, Norbury.
• 93 Finchley Road, Hampstead.
• 31 and 35-53 (odd) Pendle Road, 35-41 (odd) Penrith Road, 30 and 32 Parklands Road, Streatham, Wandsworth.
• Property known as 'Clarence Cinema', Hackney in Mare Street at the junction of Clarence Road and Lower Clapton Road, Hackney; with plan.
• 'Neilgherry' 77 Stanhope Avenue, Finchley.
• 8 Balham Hill, Balham, Wandsworth; with plan.
• 11 Motcomb Street, Belgrave Sq., Westminster; corner shop premises.
• Details of forthcoming auction sales.
• Royal Parcel Mail Yard, 11-29 Seward Street, Goswell Road, Finsbury; stabling and cottages; with plan.
• 129, 131 and 133 Mare Street, Hackney; with plan.
• Building site at 11-29 (odd) Seward Street, Goswell Road, Finsbury; with plan.
• 21 Culmore Road, 123 and 125 Asylum Rd 18, 20 and 22 Marmont Road, Peckham, Camberwell.
• 10 St James Street, Bedford Row, Westminster; with plan and photograph
• 1 Fleming Road, Walworth, Southwark.
• Site and premises and 10 houses 65, 66, 67 and 68 George Street, and 80, 82, 86, 88, 90 and 92 Euston Street, at Euston, Saint Pancras; with plan.
• 41 Sloane Avenue, Chelsea.
• 'Clarence House' Mare Street, Hackney.
• 'Villa Bellevue' 23 Umfreville Road, Green Lanes, Harringey.
• 127 Fortess Road, Kentish Town, Saint Pancras; shop premises.
• 'The Poplars' 159 Upper Brockley Road, Brockley, Lewisham; houses and garages; with plan.
• 1 and 3 Bannockburn Road, Plumstead 139 Maxey Road, Plumstead, 13 and 15 Abbey Grove, Abbey Wood.

Legal, administrative and financial records, some relating to the Carpenter family, including letters; accounts; papers regarding various companies including the London Life Association and the Liberation Building Society; legal papers and court proceedings; deeds for premises at Hampstead, Ealing, Kentish Town and Wood Green; advertisements and handbills; papers regarding the police forces; job applications; sales particulars for the Globe public house in Shoreditch; deeds for the George public house in Finchley; copies of wills; and pamphlets.