Memoir of Harold Burnett Hewitt, c 1990, 'Getting by without ambition' covering his education, military service, career in cancer research, and opinions; c.v. and bibliography.

Reminiscences of Peter Dundas Grant of his work in Tanganyika [Tanzania] whilst employed in the Government Medical Service, 1954-1962, entitled, 'Bwana Daktari, or far away and long ago' by 'Mganga was Nyika' [Peter Dundas Grant]: comprising 18 short chapters on individual cases or incidents, written 'about thirty years later'.

Biographical and career details submitted in connection with the award to Professor Sir Ian McGregor of an LLD, University of Aberdeen in 1983.

Tapes and transcripts, 1970s, on which Rethinking General Practice (1983) by M Jefferys and H Sachs was based.

Collection of note-books containing six volumes on Botany and Comparative Ostology, a Register of Photographs, and a Bicycling Diary. The 5 Botanical notebooks and the single volume on Comparative Ostology are illustrated with mounted and other drawings, some in pencil.

Seventy one manuscript and typescript letters from Capt Basil Henry Liddell Hart to Robert Graves, 1939-1961, with typescript articles, extracts and notes by Liddell Hart including 'A reflection on the sustenance of morale', 1942; 'Notes on the Dieppe "reconnaissance in force", from a Canadian soldier', 1942; 'Age-old truths of war', 1942; 'Reprisals on prisoners', 1942; 'Historical note on the defence plan that foiled Rommel's invasion of Egypt in 1942 - by the officer who designed it (E E Dorman Smith)' (Maj Gen Eric Edward Dorman Smith), 1943; 'Three civilisations', 1944; 'Inconsistencies of historical judgment', 1961; 'Notes on the BBC's centenary programme on Haig' (FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig), 1961.

Typescript official correspondence relating to Allied operations in Italy, 1944-1945, between Kirkman, General Officer Commanding 13 Corps, and Lt Gen Sir Oliver (William Hargreaves) Leese, 3rd Bt, General Officer Commanding 8 Army, Mar-Oct 1944, Lt Gen Sir John Harding, Chief of Staff, Allied Armies in Italy, Aug 1944-Jan 1945, and Lt Gen Sir Richard (Loudon) McCreery,General Officer Commanding 10 Corps, and subsequently General Officer Commanding 8 Army, Sep 1944-Jan 1945. Typescript 13 Corps operational instructions and orders, Apr 1944-Jan 1945, with typescript planning notes, dated Apr 1944, for Operation HONKER, the attack to secure the Liri valley for the advance on Rome, Italy, May 1944. Four volumes of narrative diaries, covering Kirkman's career in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, North West Europe and as Deputy Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, Apr 1943-Sep 1945. Printed booklet entitled 'Proceedings of the Royal Artillery Historical Society, 19 Apr 1968, 5 Nov 1968', containing information provided byKirkman on the planning of the Third and Fourth Battles of Cassino, Italy, 1944.

Photocopies of papers relating to his internment as a POW in Thailand, 1942-1945, principally comprising diary of events in Tamnan Camp 25-27 Aug 1945; sketches of life in a Thai POW camp, 1942-1945; diary describing his evacuation from the camp and voyage back to the UK, 1945; newspaper cuttings relating to POWs in South East Asia, 1944-1945; map of the area betweenBangkok and Rangoon, 1945

Capt Sir Basil Liddell Hart's papers reflect his position as the foremost military theorist in Britain between World Wars One and Two, as an influential military correspondent and as a prolific author of books on military theory and history. As such he sustained throughout his life an extensive correspondence with a wide variety of prominent individuals, including those in the armed forces, politicians, playwrights, journalists, military historians, embassy officials and clergymen.The collection includes Liddell Hart's files containing correspondence with several thousand individuals, as well as with government departments and military establishments, and clubs and political parties; his own military writings, including diary notes, memoranda, books, articles, letters to the press and texts of lectures; and an extensive collection of reference material, mainly comprising newspaper cuttings and pamphlets, covering a wide range of topics including military history, politics and society. The collection includes a small quantity of correspondence with Lady Liddell Hart, particularly after 1970.Correspondence with individuals, 1916-1970, with related papers, 1/1-780; general correspondence, 1904-1976, including with Embassy staff, Israeli military personnel, and researchers, 2/1-3241; correspondence with British and overseas publishers, military and non-military journals, news agencies, literary and legal advisers, 1919-1970, 3/1-196; correspondence with officialinstitutions, 1927-1970, including government departments, military establishments and museums, with correspondence relating to official histories of World Wars One and Two, 4/1-39; correspondence with political parties, clubs and organisations, 1922-1970, 5/1-35; letters to newspapers and journals, 1927-1968, 6/1927/1-6/1968/2; writings relating to military matters, 1910-1925, including diaries and notebooks, 7/1910/1-7/1925/13; papers relating to early life and career, 1895-1925, including service in World War One, 8/1-355; manuscripts, typescripts, proofs and reviews of books written or edited by Liddell Hart, with related papers, 1925-1970, 9/1-32, which includes notes on talks with T E Lawrence, 9/13, papers relating to German generals of World War Two, 9/24, and correspondence and papers relating to tanks, 9/28; published articles, including book reviews, with related papers, 1925-1969, 10/1925/1-10/1969/19 plus miscellaneous and supplementary papers; unpublished papers, 1925-1970, including appointment diaries, records of conversations and papers on military matters, and papers relating to Leslie Hore-Belisha, 1937-1957, 11/1925/1-11/1970/1 plus undated memoranda; notes for lectures, speeches, broadcasts and interviews, 1926-1969, with related correspondence, 12/1926/1-12/1969/4 plus miscellaneous papers; papers including presscuttings and copy letters relating to life and career, 1925-1970, 13/1-112; non-military material, including papers relating to religion, philosophy, sport, aviation, science, psychology and fashion, 1913-1969, 14/1-93; reference material, including original and published papers and proofs of publications, relating to military history, politics and society, 15/1-7, 16; military manualsand pamphlets, 1870-1961, 15/8. See below for those individuals who passed their own private papers to Liddell Hart.

Two annotated narrative diaries, 1918-1920, entitled 'Diary of 1st French Army operations, Apr to Aug 1918' and 'British Military Mission to South Russia. Diary of my journey, from Dec 1919 to May 1920'.

Papers relating to McNeill's career, 1942-1946, notably on Army-Air collaboration, 1942-1945, including typescript 'Eighth Army training memorandum No 1' by Lt Gen Bernard Law Montgomery, General Officer Commanding 8 Army, Middle East Forces [1942]; typescript memorandum by McNeill 'Recommendations for reorganisation of AASC (Army-Air Support Control)',1942; printed 'Middle East training pamphlet No 3B (Army and RAF). Direct air support', issued by General Headquarters, Middle East Forces and Headquarters, RAF, Middle East, 1943; typescript war diary of Detachment A, Air Support Control, 5 Corps, Italy, Mar-Jun 1944; typescript report produced by Headquarters 21 Army Group, British Liberation Army, North West Europe, entitled 'Notes on airsupport, June-October 1944', Nov 1944; typescript notes by McNeill entitled 'Offensive air support in the Burma campaign, 1944-1945'; two typescript draft chapters for a projected book entitled 'Air support in North Africa, Pantellaria, and Sicily, 1942-1943' and 'Air support in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945' [1946]; typescript account by Roy Smith entitled 'Air support in the desert: an account of the use of air forces in support of the Army from the Gazala battles in 1942 to the end in Tunisia', 1988.

The Diaries of Dwight D Eisenhower, 1953-1961, consists of a varied body of microfilmed manuscripts that contain several categories of material, arranged chronologically by month and year. Diary entries and dictated correspondence are filed in folders entitled 'DDE Diary'; 'DDE Personal Diary'; or 'DDE Dictation'. The bulk of actual diary entries falls into the years 1953-1956. Another prominent category is memoranda of telephone conversations with the more detailed conversations dating prior to 1959. The largest body of material is the official White House staff memoranda, reports, correspondence, and summaries of congressional correspondence. These types of documents are found in folders labelled 'Miscellaneous', 'Goodpaster', 'Staff Memos', and after 1957, 'Staff Notes'. Herein are the memoranda of conversations, or 'memcons', prepared by Gen Andrew Jackson Goodpaster, Defense Liaison Officer and Staff Secretary to the President of the United States. From 1956 to the end of the administration, 'Toner Notes' were produced, so named for White House staff member Albert Toner, who with fellow White House Research Group member Christopher Russell, prepared daily intelligence briefings for the President. Material in the collection includes entries relating to Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy and the trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg; correspondence with Vice President Richard Milhous Nixon; Prisoners of War exchanges in Korea; rapprochement between Argentina and the US; military aid to Yugoslavia; Eisenhower's 'Atoms for Peace' speech 1953; the situation in Indochina, 1954; the use of psychological warfare in the Third World; relations between the US and the People's Republic of China; France and the European Defence Community; waning British and French colonial ties; the Baghdad Pact, 1955; the Suez Crisis, 1956; US Joint Chiefs of Staff strategic planning in Europe; the Soviet invasion of Hungary, 1956; plans for mutual security arrangements with favoured nations; the Military Assistance Program; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; the African- American civil rights movement; military officer exchanges between Israel and the US; the American, British and Canadian Army Standardization Program; US Department of Defense budgetary matters; the 'Vanguard' satellite program, 1957; nuclear weapons, nuclear strategy and the US-Soviet 'missile gap'. Correspondents include HM King George V; Gen Juan Domingo Peron, president of Argentina; Senator Joseph Raymond McCarthy; Rt Hon Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill; Shri Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India; Dr Konrad Adenauer, Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany; Gen Douglas MacArthur; Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr; Special Assistant to the President Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller; Gen Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle, President of France; Rt Hon (Maurice) Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister of Great Britain; Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev, First Secretary of the Soviet Communist Party and Chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers; (David) Dean Rusk, President of the Rockefeller Foundation; John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959; Herbert Hoover, Jr, Under Secretary of State, 1954-1957; Christian Archibald Herter, Under Secretary of State, 1957-1959.

Microfilmed copies of the manuscript diaries of FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, 1914-1919, and letters to his wife Dorothy Vivian Haig, Aug 1914-Mar 1919. Included in the papers are passages relating to the formation and composition of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), under the command of FM Sir John Denton Pinkstone French, July 1914; Haig's reaction, as General Officer Commanding 1 Army, British Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders (BEF), to the British retreat following the First Battle of Ypres, Dec 1914; plans for the British offensive at Loos, Jul-Sep 1915; correspondence with FM Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener of Khartoum and Broome, relating to the French's command of the Artois-Loos Offensive, Sep 1915; correspondence with Gen Sir William (Robert) Robertson, Chief of General Staff, relating to the proposed increase of British fighting forces in France, Oct 1915; the dismissal of French and the succession of Haig as Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, Dec 1915; Haig's recommendations for Lt Gen Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson as his successor as General Officer Commanding 1 Army, Dec 1915; correspondence with Rt Hon Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane of Cloan, relating to Haig's appointment to Commander-in-Chief, British Armies in France, Dec 1915; orders from Kitchener to Haig concerning proposed Allied offensives in France and liaison with French Gen Joseph Jacques Cesaire Joffre, Jan 1916; letter from Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, to Haig relating to possible British offensives in the Balkans, Iraq and Germany, Jan 1916; discussions with Gen Sir Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, General Officer Commanding 2 Army, British Armies in France, relating to possible British offensives at Ypres, Jan 1916; the German offensive at Verdun and the resultant requests by the French General Staff for a British relief offensive from Ypres to Armentières, Feb 1916; alleged incompetence within 2 Canadian Div command, Apr 1916; discussions with Robertson, Maj Gen Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, Chief of General Staff to British Armies in France, and Brig Gen Richard Harte Keatinge Butler, Deputy Chief of General Staff to the British Armies in France, relating to the proposed offensive at the Somme (Jul-Nov 1916), May 1916; Haig's instructions to Rawlinson, General Officer Commanding 4 Army, British Armies in France, regarding the proposed limited infantry attack on the Somme, Jun 1916; Haig's reaction to British Cabinet criticism of British casualty figures during the Somme offensive, Jul 1916; analysis of German casualty figures during the Somme offensive, Nov 1916; Haig's reaction to replacement of Rt Hon Herbert Henry Asquith, Prime Minister of Great Britain and First Lord of the Treasury, with Rt Hon David Lloyd George, 1916; Haig's reaction to replacement of Joffre as Commander-in-Chief of the French Armies with French Gen Robert Georges Nivelle, 1916; Haig's promotion to FM, 1917; supplies and manpower required for proposed British and French combined Nivelle offensive, 1917; Haig's reaction to German withdrawal to defensive positions along the Hindenburg Line, 1917; Haig's reaction to Calais Conference proceedings, in which combined British and French command council is proposed, 1917; Haig and Robertson' s veto of Gen Sir Henry Hughes Wilson as proposed British Chief of Staff liaison to Nivelle's Headquarters; the re-organisation of the Allied command structure as a result of the Calais Agreement, 1917; the failed French offensive at Aisne, Apr 1917; plans for the Passchendaele Campaign (Jul-Nov 1917) and the choice of General Hubert (de la Poer) Gough's 5 Army as the main British assaulting force, 1917; Haig's fears of a French civil and military collapse, 1917; conference with Gen John Joseph Pershing, Commander-in-Chief American Expeditionary Forces in Europe, Jul 1917; severe criticism levelled at Haig concerning his command of the Passchendaele Campaign, Jul-Nov 1917; Haig's reaction to the establishment of the Inter-Allied War Supreme War Council at Versailles, France, and the posting of Wilson as its British representative, 1918; Robertson's replacement as Chief of the Imperial General Staff by Wilson, 1918; the shortage of British military reserves in France, 1918; the failure of the German 'spring offensives' at Arras, France, Lys, Belgium, and Aisne, France, Mar-May 1918; straining relations between Haig and FM Ferdinand Foch, Marshal of France and Generalissimo of the Allied Forces, France, 1918; the Battle of Amiens, Aug 1918; the terms of the armistice, Nov 1918; perceptions of the Paris Peace Conference and the resultant Treaty of Versailles, 1919.

This microfilm collection contains copied official documents relating to US naval operations and administration in Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, 1940-1955. Many of the microfilmed documents were official reports sent to the Historical Section, US Navy, in 1971, for the purposes of compiling an official history. The collection includes US Navy command papers relating to the planning for naval co-operation between the United States and Great Britain, 1940-Dec 1941; microfilmed copies of Adm Harold Raynsford Stark's typescript diaries during his command of COMNAVEU, including passages relating to the establishment of a combined naval command with Britain 29 Apr 1942-31 May 1944; microfilmed copies of draft chapters of an administrative history of US naval forces in Europe, including an official narrative of US Naval Forces in Europe, 1 Sep 1945-1 Oct 1946, compiled by the Commander, US Naval Forces Europe; an official draft of an administrative history of US naval forces in Europe, Aug 1945-Mar 1947, compiled by the Commander, US Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean; quarterly summaries of US Navy operations issued by the Commander, US Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, 1 Apr 1947-31 Mar 1949; chapters submitted by the Commander, US Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, to the Director of Naval History, US Navy, relating to the transition of US naval forces to a post-war status and the reduction of US forces in the region; microfilmed copies of official reports sent by the Commander in Chief, US Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (CINCNELM), to the Chief of Naval Operations, relating to operations, communications, logistics, personnel, and condition of command of Commander in Chief, US Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean (CINCNELM), 30 Oct 1947-1 Jul 1955.

Edition of 14 Heavy Battery RGA War Diary (Robert Scott, London, 1919), including the war diary, 1914-1919; list of honours and awards to officers, non- commissioned officers, and soldiers who served with the battery; list of officers who served with the battery; and the battery roll of honour, 1914-1919

Copy of official printed message by Gen Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander in Chief, 21 Army Group, to British troops relating to the establishment of an Allied bridgehead in France, 10 Jun 1944; copy of official message by FM Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander in Chief, 21 Army Group, to British troops relating to the liberation of Belgium and France, 17 Sep 1944

Narrative diaries, nine manuscript volumes, as Maj commanding motorised cavalry sqn, 4/7 Dragoon Guards, Palestine, 1938-1939, with typescript nominal roll of officers, non-commissioned officers and men who served with 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards Sqn in Palestine, 1938-1939. Also, two albums of related captioned photographs and one map of Syria and Palestine, scale 1: 1,140, 000 [1935].

Papers of Capt John Martin Oakey, 1915-1959, including correspondence; accounts of service, 1914-1918; war diaries, 1939-1947, including of 7 Bn, Rifle Bde, 1915-1916 and No 1 and No 3 Special Companies, Royal Engineers, 1916- 1919; photographs; sketches; and postcards from his service in World Wars One and Two.

Papers relating to service in HMS GLOUCESTER, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, World War Two, including photocopy of diary, 1939-1940, naval messages, 1940-1943, and photographs; official service records, 1941-1958; and papers relating to naval career, 1949-1964, including article dated 1965, 'A Perspective View of Naval Engineering', on the Electrical Branch of the Royal Navy.

Papers relating to the RAF Levies (Iraq), 1955-1959, including typescript copy of speech by Sir Michael (Robert) Wright, British Ambassador to Iraq at the RAF Levies (Iraq) disbandment parade, RAF Habbaniya, 2 May 1955; typescript copy of report to the Air Ministry by Riall entitled 'The Royal Air Force Levies (Iraq) [1955]; typescript 'The RAF Regiment bulletin report on the RAF Levies (Iraq) - the final two years', 15 Jun 1955; typescript 'Iraq Levies - history prior to disbandment', 1955; edition of The Arab World with article entitled 'The Aden Protectorate Levies', Jun 1959. Papers relating to RAF training, 1950-1958, including edition of Air Ministry Restricted booklet 'Manual of ground defence for the Royal Air Force. Volume 1, Active defence', Jun 1950; typescript course notes, Senior Officers Course, Civil Defence Staff College, Sunningdale, Ascot, Berkshire, Feb 1958; typescript notes on nuclear, biological and chemical warfare, Mar-Dec 1958. Papers relating to the Royal Exodus Hunt, Iraq, 1937-1938 and 1953-1954, including correspondence, bills and accounts, May 1937-Feb 1938; manuscript hunting diary and typescript accounts, 15 Nov 1953-7 Feb 1954.

Papers relating to the campaign in France, 1940, including copy of typescript War Diary, written by Scott Elliot, of 154 Infantry Bde, 1-30 Jun 1940, on the withdrawal and evacuation of 'Ark Force' from Cherbourg, 15 Jun 1940, and copy of typescript 'ARK Force Operation Order No 2', 11 Jun 1940. Papers relating to Sicily and Italy, 1943-1945, including copy of typescript War Diary, written by Scott Elliot, Commanding Officer, 8 Bn, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's), on the attack on Centuripe, Sicily, Aug 1943, with typescript retrospective account entitled '8 Bn The Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders at Centuripe' [1947]; typescript account by Scott Elliot on operations of 167 (London) Infantry Bde, Italy, Sep-Oct 1944; copy of typescript memorandum by Maj Gen John Yeldham Whitfield, General Officer Commanding 56 (London) Div, Italy, entitled 'Battle absentees', Apr 1944, with typescript article by Scott Elliot entitled 'The 5th casualty: battle absentees' [1947]; copy of part of map of northern Italy, entitled 'Coriano', scale 1: 50, 000 [1945]; typescript of 'Operations of British, Indian and Dominion Forces in Italy, 3 Sep 1943-2 May 1945. 56 (London) Div', with maps, prepared by the British Historical Section, Central Mediterranean Forces [1945]; typescript account by Capt Close Brooks, Adjutant, 7 Bn, The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, entitled 'Anzio beach-head' [1946]. Typescript lecture notes by Scott Elliot entitled 'The mental training of the soldier' [1949].

Photograph albums relating to his military career, [1914-1942], notably his service in Northern Ireland, 1920, Hong Kong and Shanghai, 1930, North Africa and India, [1930-1940], and Kenya, 1940-1942, with associated papers, [1914-1942], notably a diary of C and D Companies, 1 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regt, Belfast, 28 Jul-30 Jul 1920.

Microfilm copies of papers relating to his naval career, 1942-1946, principally comprising 'Africa Navy blues', an illustrated account of his experiences in the RN, 1942-1946, written in 1946, covering his service on HMS BIRMINGHAM in a convoy from Egypt to Malta (Operation VIGOROUS), June 1942, and on anti-submarine trawlers in the Bay of Bengal, 1942, during the Allied invasion of Madagascar, 1942, and in South Africa, 1942-1945; diary, 1943-1945. 'War time trawler', a transcript of a broadcast by James McClurg of the South African Broadcasting Corporation concerning his experiences on board an anti-submarine trawler during World War Two, written in [1940-1945].

Papers relating to her life in Singapore, 1941-1942, dated 1941-[1959], principally comprising diaries and personal letters describing her voyage to Malaya, 1941, and life in Singapore, 1941-1942; press cuttings, 1942, 1945-1946, relating to R Adm Ernest John Spooner's appointment as R Adm Malaya, 1942, and to his death on the island of Chibia (Tjibia, Tjebia) following his escape from Singapore, 1942; photographs, 1940, 1946, notably of Capt Sir David Bone and his search party on Chibia during their search for R Adm Spooner, 1946; correspondence relating to Megan Spooner's claim for war damages, 1945-1947. Also an account, 'Fall of Singapore and the Dutch East Indies and defence of Ceylon' by Capt Andrew Nichol Grey, RN, detailing his experiences on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief, Far East, ACM Sir (Henry) Robert (Moore) Brooke-Popham and subsequently Gen Sir Henry Royds Pownall, from early 1941 to Feb 1942, written [1946].

Papers relating to early career including memoirs covering 1903-1935 and Army Record of Service, 1923-1952; campaign in Norway, World War Two, including War Diary, May 1940, operational orders and diary covering preparation of 2 Independent Company for service in Norway; papers including lecture notes and schedules for courses at Special Training Centre, Inverailort Castle, Loch Ailort, 1940-1941; Madagascar, 1942-1943, including photograph album on service with 2 Company Royal Welch Fusiliers and order of battle for Battle of Majunga, Sep 1942; Burma, 1943-1945, including memoir and photograph album, 29 Brigade, 36 Division, official reports and printed histories including the Arakan campaign; Palestine, 1947-1948 including Operation BROADSIDE, 1946, reports and correspondence; transfer of 6 Airborne Division to British Army of the Rhine, 1947-1948; Malaya, including operational papers, photographs and texts of speeches; Suez Crisis, 1956, including reports, maps, photographs and correspondence; Deputy Supreme Allied Commander, 1960-1964 including photographs; and miscellaneous papers relating to postwar career, including memorial address, 1987.

The archive consists of a typescript autobiography by Cartland and a pamphlet about her publications. The autobiography describes her work as a campaigner and in local government as well as her work as a romantic novelist. It includes accounts of her work to provide wartime brides with white wedding dresses and her campaigns to enable traveller children to attend school. She also writes about her romances, marriages and social life.

The archive consists of letters to Mrs Vernon relating to a biography of Philippa Fawcett, the daughter of Millicent, which she wrote in May 1957 and sent in typescript to Miss Douie, the then Librarian of the Fawcett Society and to Miss Philippa Strachey, Secretary of the Fawcett Society for many years, also to Dame Margaret Cole.

The archive consists of birth and marriage certificates (1876-1880); film, theatre and publishers' contracts for EM Hull's works (1919-1956); one photograph thought to be EM Hull in her wedding dress (one of the only known photographs of the author) (c.1900); one copy of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works (1865) that belonged to EM Hull's father James Henderson; an article by Cecil Hull 'Six Weeks in Southern Algeria' (1930); Edith Maud Hull's suitcase; the following eight books by Edith Maud Hull inscribed to her daughter Cecil Winstanley Hull:

*E M Hull, The Sheik, 1921, Small Maynard and Co

*E M Hull, The Shadow of the East, 1921, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

*E M Hull, The Desert Healer, 1923, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

*E M Hull, Camping in the Sahara, 1926, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

*E M Hull, The Sons of the Sheik, 1926, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

*E M Hull, The Lion Tamer, 1928, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

*E M Hull, The Captive of the Saharah, 1931, Dodd, Mead and Co

*E M Hull, The Forest of Terrible Things, 1939, Hutchinson and Company

These were popularly known as 'Desert Romances' and in 2005 were still classed by many booksellers as 'Erotic Fiction'. The archive provides an insight into the contractual and financial affairs of a popular female novelist of the early 20th century.

The archive consists of an illustrated typescript autobiography of Mollie Prendergast spanning the greater part of the twentieth century. Includes accounts of her family history and background; her rural childhood and her time in service; the education and working lives of herself and of other family members; her life in London, including during the Blitz; her work as a civil servant; holidays and trips abroad; and her involvement with left wing political and social action.

Personal notebook of member of the Palmer family, listing details (artists, conductors and composers) of musical works performed under the auspices of the Royal College of Music Patron's Fund, 1919-1939.

Material relating to the literary activity of Charles and Mary Cowden-Clarke and other members of the Novello family, comprising: a. Items related to Mrs Cowden Clarke and her relations in the possession of F H Haines, and memoranda. Typescript. b. Thomas James Serle, Bohun of Sheenly: a tale in verse. Galley proofs. c. Thomas James Serle, A Day Dream in 5 Books (privately printed, 1865). d. Photograph of Thomas James Serle (1979 copy), with accompanying letter from Geoffrey Larken. e. William Shakespeare, Touchstone's part from As you like it. Charles Cowden-Clarke's manuscript copy, with the addition made to his first lecture on Molière and an addition to his third lecture on Molière. f. Frederick Haselfoot Haines: List of material made available to Professor Richard Altick. g. Richard Altick: 5 typescript letters to F H Haines (with some replies) about the loan of Clarke family material, 1943-1945. h. Joseph Alfred Novello, O for the Songs of the Past: a greeting to the Musical Societies of Great Britain (privately printed, 1873). i. Novello, Ewer & Co., Catalogue of Shakespeare Music, 1893. j. Mary Cowden-Clarke, letter to the Illustrated London News on John Keats, 15 Feb 1896. k. Il Secolo XIX. Issues of 9-10 Feb 1893, 12-13 Feb 1893 (including reviews of the first two performances of Verdi's Falstaff).

Correspondence of Constant Lambert (personal and business in relation to music), 1930-1950; papers relating to a proposed biography of Constant Lambert by Angus Morrison, comprising unfinished drafts for the book and related correspondence from Angus Morrison, Dora Foss, Edward Sackville-West, J McKay Martin, Maurice Lambert, Kit Lambert, George G Harrap & Co, 1953-1955; notes on Constant Lambert by Angus Morrison; letters from friends, acquaintances and musical organisations about Constant Lambert, principally to Angus Morrison in response to Morrison's requests in the national press for information on Lambert, 1954-1955; miscellaneous biographical notes, sketches and articles on Constant Lambert (articles etc), 1929-1951; Constant Lambert: various verses and poetry.

Personal documents and working material of Gertrud Bing, c 1892-1964, including visitors' books, diaries, family tree, editor's copies, correspondence and photographs. Topics covered include Aby Warburg's Biography and the history of the Warburg Institute.

The manuscript series, 1760-2001, includes field notes, research notes, vocabularies, transcripts of lectures, essays, cards, drawings, diagrams and photographs of anthropologists. Collections range from single volumes to many boxes and are assigned a numerical running number

1 Sir Alfred Claud Hollis, genealogical notes on the history of Vumba, East Africa, with an account of the descendants of its Diwans, 1899; 2 A L Lewis, stone circles and monuments: a collection of lectures; 3 Réné Caillié, Mandingo vocabulary; 4-5. John Clarke, A vocabulary or dictionary of the Fernandian tongue, 1854; African dialects, Fernando Po, 1841; 6. James Günther, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal dialect called Wirradhurri, 1839; 7. Hugh Stannus, The practice of scarification (tattooing) among the natives of Nyasaland, 1927; 8. James Philip Mills, Mongsen Ao word list, 1926; 9. H J Knox, Notes on figures engraved on rocks in the great trap dyke in the Peacock Hills near Bellarey, 1893.

10-11. William George Archer, Civil justice in tribal India, 1946; 12. Grammar of the Binandele language, Mamba River, British New Guinea; 13. Gerhard Lohmeyer, Recht und Zauberei in Nordwest-Amerika, 1948; 14. Thomas Crawford Johnston, Correspondence on 'Did the Phoenicians discover America?' 1913; 15. Vocabularies: West African dialects; 16-17. R Baudin, Dictionnaire Français-Yoruba; 18. Thomas Vincent Holmes, On some recent criticisms of the Denehole exploration report of the Essex Field Club, 1908; 19. August Vogl, Wahrhafte Heilkunst, 1949; 20. Sir George Laurence Gomme, A handbook to folk-lore, 1890.

21. Francis J Hambly, Peru, the cradle of South America, post 1930; 22-23. Elphinstone Dayrell, More folk stories from Southern Nigeria; Anthropology, 1911; 24. Monique de Lestrange, Contributions à l'étude des plis palmaires chez l'homme, 1945; 25-25a. Adolph Brewster, Genealogies and histories of the Matanitu, 1923; 26. W A Buckingham, Beliefs and religious symbols in the bronze age of England; 27. Charles William Hobley, Anthropological papers by various people and correspondence, 1947; 28. Amedée Vignola, Translation of the introductory chapters and tables, from the French, in Tous les femmes, 1925; 29. G A Turner, Some anthropological notes on the South-African coloured mine labourer, 191-; 30. Tracey Philipps, The continental-European ethnic and cultural composition of Canada, 1947.

    31. Aliston Blyth, Tedi River tribes, 1922; 32. Granville St John Orde Browne, Physical peculiarities of the minor tribes of Mount Kenya, British East Africa, 1915; 33. Sir Herbert Gibson, Notes on the Indian tribes of the Paraguayan and Bolivian Chaco, 1922; 34. John Mathew, Explanation of some of the Australian class names, 1926; 35. H Olaf Hodgkin and others, Malagasy folk-lore; 36. Edward E Long, The mystery of the Sakai; 37. Johann Friedrich Blumenbach, XIV observations on some Egyptian mummies opened in London, 1792; 38. W Champ, Aboriginal vocabulary, 1862; 39-40. Guybon Henry Damant, The wild tribes of north eastern India, 1900; Scrap album, 1867-78.

41-59. Mary Edith Durham, Collection, 1900-1940; 60-63. E Dora Earthy, Collection, 1939; 64. George Bellas Greenough, Ethnological dictionary; 65-76. Melville William Hilton-Simpson, Collection, 1906-26; 77-89. Richard E C Long, Collection, 1885-1950; 90-98. Arthur Bernard Deacon, Collection, 1926-1927; 99. L Marillier, Notes and extracts; 100. Charles Samuel Myers, Anthropometric measurements of Egyptians, 1901-1902.

101-09. Robert Sutherland Rattray, Collection, 1919-1930; 110-19a. Edward Horace Man, Collection, 1874-1920; 120. V Stefansson, Some Eskimo words of possible historical significance, 1911; 121. Paul Schebesta, The Zimbabwe - Kultur in Africa, 1923; 122. E T C Werner, Report on a journey N. and E. of Peking, 1887; 123-39. William Crooke, Collection, [1890]-1921; 140-52. Joseph Barnard Davis, Collection, 1800-1875; 153. Corpus of Indian Pottery: A card-index of Indian cairn and urn-burial pottery forms, 1929; 154. Anonymous, Jujus and Jujuism, 1913; 155-56. Gertrude M Godden, Naga and other frontier tribes of Eastern India, 189-; The Naga tribes, 1897; 157. Joseph Daniel Unwin, Tax and custom, 1913-34; 158. John Ogilvie, Notes and myths of aboriginal Indians of British Guiana; 159. J W Ogilvie Bennett, English native vocabulary of the Woolner dialect, Adelaide River, North Australia, 1869; 160. Francis Turville-Petre, The stone age in Palestine, Syria and Transjordania, 1927.

161. Ponape notes; 162. J M A J Dawson, Aborigines of Malaya, 1956; 163. G B Gloyne, The batik art of Java, 1933; 164. S Gillmore Lee, A study of crying hysteria and dreaming in Zulu women, 1954; 165. Voyages: Extracts from voyages of exploration; 166. Robert Wood Williamson and M Campbell, Bibliographical material in classified form; 167. Pigmentation survey of Scotland, 1906; 168. Great Britain: Colonial Office: Committee of Civil Research. Kenya Native Welfare Subcommittee, 1926-7; 169. Australia: Aboriginals, 1930; 170. Ajit Mookerjee, Bengal folk art, 1949; 171. Father Gardner, Drawings to Excavations in a Wilton industry at Gokomere, Fort Victoria, S. Rhodesia, 1928; 172. Folklore Institute of America: Second session, 1946; 173. G R Carline, Newspaper and periodical cuttings arranged according to subject, 1931; 174. C H Hawes, Individual measurements and observations of about 2700 Cretan men, 1905-9; 175. British Association for the Advancement of Science: Human geography file, 1934-5; 176. International Congress of Anthropological and Ethnological Sciences: Papers, abstracts of papers and press-cuttings, 1934; 177. R J Hunt, Lengua dictionary, 193-; 178. Great Britain: Colonial Office: Extracts from a despatch from the administrator of Dominica, 1918; 179-80. Michael Garfield Smith, The social structure of the northern Kadara, 195-; Social organisation and economy of Kagoro, 1952.

162. Hugh Stannus, Some anthropometrical observations among the natives of Nyasaland; 182. Francis A Allen, The Easter Island monuments and tablets, 1904; 183. E Wynstone-Waters, The arches of the human foot and how they are maintained, 1904; 184. Brab I Purcell, Rites and customs of Australian aborigines, 1893; 185. R A Stewart Macalister and E W G Masterman, Occasional papers on the modern inhabitants of Palestine, 19-; 186. E S Menen, marriage customs among the Nayars of Malabar; 187. F S Brockman, Notes on aboriginal paintings, Australia, 1901; 188. Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Curl Prize Essay, 1950 to date; 189. Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland: Wellcome Medal, 1931 to date; 190. Chicago University Department of Anthropology: Papers, reports and symposiums, 1955-1957.

163. Ioan Myrddin Lewis, The Somali lineage system, 1958; 192-98. Emil Torday, Collection. 1908-1931; 199. Gambia: Native law and customs, 1908; 200. Nigeria, Southern: Reports to Colonial Office, 1906-1907; 201-02. Nigeria, Northern: Enclosures in despatch No. 459 of 9th September 1907; Reports to Colonial Office, 1907-1908; 203. Gold Coast: Native law and customs, 1906-8; 204. Sir Percy Sykes, Persian notes, 1914; 205. James Edge-Partington, Register of objects from the Pacific, 1896; 206. Cyril Belshaw, Economic aspects of culture contact in eastern Melanesia, 1949; 207. Samoan Affairs Office, Pago Pago: Genealogies, 1956; 208. T B Cliffe, anthropological notes on the Afo pagans, 1957-8; 209. Phyllis Mary Kaberry, Report on farmer-grazier relations and the changing pattern of agriculture in Nsaw, 1959; 210. Elphinstone Dayrell, Africa West; 211. Dorothy D Lee, values and mental health, 1958; 212. Association of Social Anthropologists: The teaching of social anthropology, 1958; 213. Susannah Vibert Pearce, The appearance of iron and its use in protohistoric Africa, 1960; 214. Filiberto Giorgetti, La superstition Zande, 1958-60; 215. Laura Longmore, The dispossessed, 1957; 216. Annette Rosenstiel, The Motu of Papua New Guinea, 1953; 217. William Halse Rivers and others, Simbo-English vocabulary; 218. Ruth Fulton Benedict, Miscellaneous notes, 1930-1935; 219-40. Sir Everard Ferdinand Im Thurn, Collection, 1760-1922.

164. H K Fry, Dieri legends [South Australia]; 242. J Gibson Hall, The Alungu chiefs, their families and genealogical tree, 1902-7; 243. Lakemba (Fiji): Drawings by school boys, 1911; 244. H M M Scroggie, The sociology of Ngwaketse diet, 1946; 245. Herbert John Fleure, Anthropometric survey of Wales, 1906-36; 246. Ruth H Finnegan, survey of the Limba people of northern Sierra Leone, 1962; 247. George P Murdock and others, Outline of cultural materials, 1938; 248. E J Wayland, The age of the Oldoway human skeleton, 1932; 249. Neil Gordon Munro, Ainu material; 250. N Dyson-Hudson, The present position of the Karimojong, 1958; 251. H Du Plessis, Die politieke organisasie van die Venda, 1941; 252. Eva Leonie Lewin-Richter Meyerowitz, Akan traditions of origin, 1952; 253. Cambridge Expedition to northern Africa, report, 1964; 254-56. Alice Joan Metge, Some modern Maoris, 1953; Urbanisation and the pattern of Maori life, 1954; The urban Maori, 1953; 257. LSE Report on a conference on applied anthropology, 1963; 258. British Museum, Department of Ethnography: Excavations at Las Cuevas, 1958; 259. Margaret E Kenna and John C Kenna, list of portraits of anthropologists and archaeologists and workers in allied fields, 1966; 260. T B Naik, Anavils, the unspoilt Brahmins, 1954.

165. Brenda Zara Seligman, Genealogies; 262. Brenda Zara Seligman, Seligman's psychology collection; 263. William Charles Willoughby, Index to the Willoughby papers in Selly Oak Colleges, Library, Birmingham; 264. R Webb, Genealogy of the Lihoja, 1964; 265. Eric Wilton Morse, Immigration and status of British East Indians in Canada, 1944; 266. G D Walker, Garo customs and folk-lore, 1967; 267. Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville, Orientation in megalithic monuments and associated papers, anthropological notes on Solomon Islands, Tonga, Fiji and Samoa, and maps of Chinese Turkistan and Kansu, 1892-1936; 268. Marian Smith collection; 269. British Solomon Islands Protectorate: Notes on native custom, tradition, organisation and culture, 1938; 270. F J Language, Kapteinskap onder die Tlhaping, 1941.

166. Otto Friedrich Raum, The social functions of avoidance and taboos among the Zulu, 1960; 272. Adam Kuper, Kinship, marriage, and local groupings among the Ngologa, 1965; 273. P H Brinckner, Brief v. 28.6.1876, Otyikaugo etc.; 274. Anthropolgicky Kongres K 100. Vyroci Narozenin Alese Hrdlicky; 275. Isaac Schapera, Notes on some Herero genealogies, 1945; 276-77. G P Lestrade, Miscellaneous notes on laws and customs of the Bahuruthse; Preliminary summary of main heads of information obtained at Maahoana (Gopane), 1926; 278. Philip and Iona Mayer, Sexual and fighting behaviour among Red Xhosa youth; 279. Sir Arthur Grimble, Gilbertese myths, 1964; 280. J P Luce, Private journal, 1852-1867; 281. G O Whitehead, Spagnolo's Bari grammar, 1933; 282. Philip F W Bartle, African rural urban migration, 1971; 283. G M Clifford, The Igala chiefdom, 1934; 284. Jose Llopis Martin, De genealogia medica, 1970; 285. Antonio A Arantes, Compadrio in rural Brazil, 1971; 286. Nicas Kipengele, Marriage celebration among Wamatumbi and Wapogoro and its relation to canon law, 1961; 287. M R Allen, Report on Aoba, 1969; 288. Allen, Ganguly, Pranab and Pal, Anadi. The Onge of Little Andaman, 1964; 289. James Bol Kalmal, Marriage rights and duties among the Shilluk, 1973; 290. Hans Schindler Bellamy, Problems of Tiahuanaco, 1938.

167. Dugald Malcolm, The Kuna Indians, 1974; 292. Barrington J Howard, Social organisation in Eskimo communities, 1976; 293. P R Foulkes-Roberts, Letters home from an administrative officer in Nigeria, 1924-44; 294. Miriam L Tildesley, Miscellaneous notes, papers, letters, calculations, tables and graphs; 295. Douglas A Lorimer, Racist theory in British anthropology, 1870-1900; 296. James H Chaplin, Tribal art and painting; 297. Charles Staniland Wake, Correspondence 1892-1909; 298. Meyer Fortes, First and second reports on fieldwork, 1934; 299. Hilda Beemer, (Mrs Hilda Kuper), First report on fieldwork, 1937; 300. Margaret Read, Second report on field work, 1936.

168. G Tillion and T Riviere, Sixth report on fieldwork, 1936; 302. Godfrey B Wilson, First report on fieldwork, 1936; 303. Monica Hunter (Mrs Godfrey Wilson), Methods of fieldwork, 1933; 304. G Gordon Brown, Notes on the progress of fieldwork, 1933; 305. S Hofstra, Reports on fieldwork among the Mendi, 1934; 306. Walter Scott, Economic condition of Sind, 1846; 307. Elizabeth Bott (Mrs James Spillius), Miscellaneous papers; 308. Garth A Rogers, Kai and Kava in Niuatoputapu, 1975; 309. James Spillius, Conscience, 1947; 310. Yvonne Blake, Infantile development; 311. Leslie M Young, Notes on various published papers, 1914-1987; 312-13. M S Swede, Scrapbook folders containing miscellaneous newspaper and journal cuttings, 1926-1982; miscellaneous articles and pamphlets, 1945-1983; 314. Stuart E Mann, Albanian literature, 1955, and Laura E Start, The Durham collection of garments and embroideries from Albania and Yugoslavia; 315. Ivor Hugh Norman Evans, Bornean diaries, 1938-1942; 316-17. Laura Longmore, Multi-racial dilemma, 1959; Polygamy among the southern Bantu, 1988; 318. Derek Bickerton, Language and species, 1990; 319. C H Browner et al, A new methodology for medicine; 320. James Weiner, Mountain Papuans, 1988.

169. Derek Frank Bruce Roberts, The geographical distribution of the physical characters of man; 322. George W Stocking Jr, Reading the palimpsest of inquiry; 323. Douglas L Oliver, Somatic variability and human ecology on Bougainville, Solomon Islands; 324. Marilyn Hammersley Houlberg, Yoruba twin sculpture and ritual, 1973; 325. Shanthi Tambiah, Culture as adaptation: change among the Bhuket of Sarawak, Malaysia, 1995; 326. Mark Angus Jamieson, Kinship and gender as political processes among the Miskitu of Eastern Nicaragua, 1995; 327. Alexander Goldbloom, Thomas Bendyshe and the Anthropological Society of London 1863-1871, 1995; 328. Ethel John Lindgren, Anthropological film of the Reindeer Tungus of Manchuria, 1931-1932; 329. Association of Social Anthropologists/Social Science Research Council: Conference on the training and employment of social anthropologists, 1980; 330. Peter Johann Koblenzer, The state of health and the environment of the Rungus Dusun of Kampong Maksangkong-Dampirit of the Kudat Peninsula in the west coast residency of the Colony of British North Borneo, 1959.

170. Bennet Greig, Memorandum on the Indians of the Peruvian Sierra, 1936; 332. Ethnological Survey of Canada: Copies of circular and of schedules, 1899; 333. Margaret Read, The value of social anthropology for nurses overseas, 1939; 334. Jonathan Benthall, 'And what should they know of England who only England know?', 1974; 335. George Soper Cansdale, String figures, 1937; 336. Johanna Felhoen-Kraal, Die Herkunft der sogenannten Portugiesischen Juden, 1942; 337. Kathy Curnow, The Afro-Portuguese ivories, 1982; 338. Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, Journals 1951-2000 and various papers (restricted access); 339. James Edge-Partington, An album of the weapons, tools, ornaments, articles of dress etc of the natives of the Pacific Islands, 1890; 340. Hua Cai, Les Na: une société sans père ni mari (Chine), 1995.

171. Jonathan Benthall, Christianity and British anthropologists, 2000; 342. Suzanne Preston Blier, Kings, crowns, and rights of succession; 343. John Pemberton III, Ere Ibeji from Ila-Orangun, 1981; 344. Joseph Nevadomsky, The Benin bronze horseman as the Ata of Idah; 345. William Robin Gray Horton, Ijo ritual sculpture; 346. Henry John Drewal, Art, history and the individual; 347. Bernice M Kelly, contemporary Nigerian artists, 1988; 348. Gavin D White, Material on Eskimos; 349. William Robin Gray Horton, Untitled about the Ijo of the Rivers Province; 350. S Pughe, Brodribb. A preliminary report ... on the origins and ages of ... man-made structures in ... Kenya; 351. Jonathan Skinner, Impressions of Montserrat, 1997; 352. Arnold L Epstein, A Melanesian masquerade, 1988 (forbidden access); 353. Muhammadu Aliyu, Socio-economic aspects of Saukar Karatu, 1980; 354. Alhaji Isa Kebbe, A sociological analysis of a despised occupation in Hausa society, 1984; 355. Jarle Simensen, The Asafo of Kwahu, Ghana, 1974; 356. Ramon Ramonet Riu, Totem, the first one and the future, 1996; 357. Audrey Isabel Richards, Some aspects of clan structure among the Baganda, 1956 and Problems of Buganda clans, 1961; 358. Z R Dmochowski, Gidan Makama in Kano, 1963; 359. H Fleure, bibliography of his writings 1898-1954; 360. Charles Gabriel Seligman, Shilluk, 1902-1909.

172. Ethel John Lindgren, Notes for the proposed handbook on methods and problems of social psychology and sociology, 1937; 362. W Perkins Foss, The arts of the Urhobo people, 1971; 363. Harold Fullard, Anthropometric cards for an anthropometric survey in Lancashire mid-1930's; 364. Charles Gabriel Seligman, Notes and papers on the art and anthropology of the Massim; 365. Ronald M and Catherine H Berndt, Native labour and welfare in the Northern Territory, 1946; 366. O Werner and Frank Willett, The composition of brasses from Ife and Benin, 1974; 367. Arnold Rubin, Notes on regalia in Biu division, Northeast State, Nigeria; 368. Angelika Tunis, Neue untersuchungen zur Berliner Beninsammlung; 369. Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi, The impact of Europe on African cultures and values, 1974; 370. African Studies Association of the United Kingdom: Meetings, membership, papers, reports, 1973-1974; 370. Jonathan Benthall, Forgetting and reminding, 1994; 372. Ronald G Stansfield, The origins of the International Ergonomics Association, 1979; 373. David J Vandyke-Lee, The conservation of wooden specimens, 1974; 374. David J Vandyke-Lee, Ethnographical conservation, 1974; 375. Ronald G Stansfield, Operational research and sociology, 1980; 376. James Woodburn, Exhibition of material equipment of the Hadza, 1965; 377-78. Myra Bluebond-Langner, The dying child speaks, 1975; Death, self and society, 1976; 379. Juana Elbein Dos Santos, Les Nago et la mort, 1972; 380. William O Oldman, Index to tribes, rivers etc of Africa shown on map, 1919-1923; 381. P F Farina, Il popolo Karimojong; 382. A T H Jolly and Frederick George Godfrey Rose, The place of the Australian Aboriginal in the evolution of society, 1941; 383. Myra Bluebond-Langner and Marianne G Everett, The meanings of death in American society and its implications for health education, 1976; 384. Jeremy Montagu, Musical instruments of the world, 1970; 385. A A Y Kyerematen, Asante Cultural Centre, 1958; 386. Centre d'Analyse Documentaire Pour L'Afrique Noire: Various papers, 1965-1966; 387. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization: Various papers, 1946-1976; 388. Jehanne H Teilhet, Paper to determine precisely who, among the French artists, were the first to feel the impact of, and to find inspiration in, the tribal arts of Oceania and the tribal arts in Africa, post 1966; 389. William Edward Hanley Stanner, Papers concerning New Hebrides administration, 1935-1937; 390-91. Craig Maginnis (Nelson), Notes and papers on the South Seas; Notebooks and pamphlets on the South Seas.

173. William Horsfall, Papers on Tonga; 393. Keith Nicklin, Ekpu, 1988; 394. Patrick Muyendekwa Sikana, Agro-pastoralism and market integration, 1998; 395. Rachael Jane Sara Gooberman-Hill, The constraints of feeling free', 1999; 396. Alan Passes, The hearer, the hunter, and the Agouti head, 1998; 397. Richard Ssewakiryanga and David Mills,Vegetarianus economicus', 1995; 398. David Mills and Richard Ssewakiryanga, Women on top?, 1995; 399. Mary Mugyenyi and David Mills, Feminism, social theory and social reform, 1995; 400. Margaret Sarkissian, What happens when two worlds collide?, 1993; 401. Thomas Johnston, Two essays, 1969; 402.

Papers of Mary Edith Durham, comprise water-colours, drawings and photographs from the Balkans, [1900-1912], many of the pictures are annotated, the paintings and drawings are signed M.E. Durham, 1900 and 17 water-colours, 4 black and white drawings and 2 photographs are mounted. Images depicted include Monastery churches at Deèani and Ipek, 'Moslem' peasants at Podgorica and market places at Cetinje and Cattaro.

Personal and research papers of Dr Bertha Tilly, 1922-1978, comprising:
Research notes on the countryside and towns of Italy, particularly Latium, Campania, Terracina, Atina, Privernum, The Sabines, The Marsi, Tivoli, Praeneste, Anagni, Nersae, Gabii, Lucus Feroniae, Capena, Via Flaminia, Falerii, Ager Faliscus, Nemi and vicinity, Cerveteri and Pratica di Mare.
Virgil Society lecture summaries, 1946-c1955.
Literary papers including notebook containing poems by BT, 1945; typescript of Persephone, a play for children by BT, with incidental music by Jean Hunt, undated; typescript of playThe Mystery at the Seminary or Agorita's Elephant, undated; page proofs, notes and photographs for Vergil's Latium, 1940-1947; roughs and galley proofs of Varro the Farmer, 1973; English translation of Bernhard Rehm: Das geographische Bild des alten Italien in Vergils Aeneis; unpublished typescript and notes Vergilian Excursions: Topographical Studies in the Seventh Aeneid, with Reference to the so called 'gathering of the clans', 1978.
Personal papers including Latin translations and prose compositions done at Bedford College London, 1922-1923; sketch book, mainly of architectural details, for work on MA in Classical Archaeology, 1931-1932; photographs and postcards of Italy, including those sent to the Admiralty during World War Two; presscuttings; reviews of The Story of Camilla, 1956; Offprints of articles on Roman history, 1898-1980.

Letter from Matthew Arnold of Cobham, Surrey to John Churton Collins, 24 Oct 1886. Relating to the teaching of modern literature and modern languages at the universities. Autograph, with signature.

Letter from Sir James Robert George Graham of Grosvenor Place, [London] to an unidentified recipient, 18 Mar 1839. 'The [Morning] Chronicle now reports much better than the other morning papers; but none of them are able to report, as you can. I am greatly obliged by your anxiety to give a good report of my speech on the Corn Laws [delivered in the House of Commons, 14 Mar 1839] ... Not one word was committed to paper beforehand, except the concluding passage which I send in confidence for your use, begging you will destroy it when you have used it ...'.

Autograph, with signature. Marked: 'Private'.

Letter from George Rose of Old Palace Green to John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield, 11 May 1814. Covering letter accompanying a printed copy of a speech delivered by Rose in the House of Commons on 5 May 1814, in favour of the status quo with respect to Corn Laws. He states: 'I am for a full and fair protecting price to the grower'.

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from H Jones of 54 Dorset Street, Fleet Street, London to Colonel [Charles Richard] Fox, 24 Jun 1841. Covering letter (written on behalf of the Property Tax Association) to a printed copy of Joshua Scholefield's speech, (made in the House of Commons on 23 Mar 1841) proposing that a property tax be substituted for the existing customs and excise taxes. Jones forecasts that the proposed property tax 'is likely to become a populat topic at the [forthcoming] elections' and expresses the hope that Fox would be elected MP for Tower Hamlets.

Autograph, with signature.

2 letters from Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe of Woodcoate Lodge, [West] Horsley, Leatherhead, [Surrey] to Silvanus P Thompson, 1894-1898. (1) Asking Thompson to write a book on the life and work of Michael Faraday for a series which Roscoe is editing for Cassells, 25 Mar 1894. (2) Stating that he has read Thompson's book on Faraday and thinks it excellent, 17 Oct 1898.

Both letters are autograph, with signature.

Letter from Tom Turner of Shawlands, Bank Crest, Baildon, Yorkshire to [Thomas] Sturge Moore, 20 Dec 1943. Covering note accompanying a copy of a book of poems by Lionel Johnson, as 'a little reminder of the 1890's'. Autograph, with signature.

Papers of Isabella Roth, 1902-1970s, comprise her personal documents including a copy of her birth certificate, testimonials, and naturalisation certifcate; Isabella Roth's writings including her diary, 'philosophical thoughts' and poems and photographs presumably of Isabella Roth and family.

Records of the H G Wells Society, 1960-1988, comprising: Correspondence, 1963-1971, particularly on the commemoration of the centenary of Wells' birth (1966); circulars and duplicated matter, 1962-1970; financial payments and receipts, 1962-1964; personal papers of Dr Hugh Schonfield, a founder-member of the Society, 1960-1988; manuscript letter from H G Wells to Lady Russell, commenting on a 'break' between Wells and Lord Russell, undated; correspondence, papers and pamphlets on Cosmopolis, [formerly the H G Wells Society] the Open Conspiracy and the Federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals, 1935-1938; catalogue of the H G Wells Correspondence in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with copy of the sale contract, 1954.

Items relating to Iris Murdoch presented to the archives by Anne Rowe. Includes:

1) Papers on a proposed Festschrift on Iris Murdoch collated by Peter Conradi

2) Copies of the newsletter for the Iris Murdoch Society of Japan

3) Press articles on Iris Murdoch

4) Letters written to Anne Rowe and Peter Conradi regarding Iris Murdoch

5) Original text copies of the Iris Murdoch Society Newsletters Nos 1-19

6) Unpublished essay by Rachel Cusk on Iris Murdoch

16 letters with envelopes plus contract letters from Iris Murdoch to the publisher Rolando Pieracinni, regarding his publication of the book 'Something Special' featuring Murdoch's poems.

Items relating to Iris Murdoch from 1939 to 1995. Includes:

1) Uncorrected Proof Copy of Iris Murdoch's 'The Book and the Brotherhood'

2) Booklet: Theology in Scotland Occasional Paper No 1 Apr 1995- 'Iris Murdoch's Giffords' A Study of the 1982 Gifford Lectures Edited by RA Gillies

3) Original copy of 'The Cherwell' magazine Vol LVI No 6 dated Week Ending 03 Jun 1939, including Iris Murdoch's piece 'The Irish- Are they Human?'

4) 6 original letters from Iris Murdoch to a bookseller regarding seeing first editions from the 1980s, with a letter from The Paris Review to Iris Murdoch regarding an interview dated 14 Mar 1977 and a photograph of a book shop.

Handwritten document by Iris Murdoch giving her thoughts on the definition of Love, written on request for artist George Pappas. With an accompanying letter written by Iris Murdoch dated 15 Jul 1969 agreeing to write a piece for him, plus a postcard, brief biography of and review of an exhibition by George Pappas.

First editions of some of Iris Murdoch's novels, and other rare texts- 13 volumes in total. Consists of:

KUAS25/1 Limited edition playscript for The One Alone (Colophon Press, 1995)

KUAS25/2 Copy of A Year of Birds poems by Iris Murdoch, engravings by Reynolds Stone (Compton Press, 1978)

KUAS25/3 Unrevised proof copy of The Time of the Angels (Viking Press, 1966)

KUAS25/4 Copies of Sartre; Romantic Rationalist by Iris Murdoch (Bowes and Borwes, 1953)

KUAS25/5 Playscript of The Italian Girl: A Play,/i> by Iris Murdoch and James Saunders (Samuel French, 1968)

KUAS25/6 Unrevised proof copy of The Italin Girl the novel (Viking Press, 1964)

KUAS25/7 Reprint of Existentialists and Mystics by Iris Murdoch (Delos Press, 1993)

KUAS25/8 Programme for the play The Black Prince adapted by Iris Murdoch's from her novel The Black Prince (1973)

KUAS25/9 First edition of Iris Murdoch's first novel, Under the Net (London, Chatto and Windus 1954). With original dust jacket.

KUAS25/10 First edition of Iris Murdoch's novel, The Sandcastle (London, Chatto and Windus 1957). With original dust jacket.

KUAS25/11 First edition of Iris Murdoch's novel, The Good Apprentice (London, Chatto and Windus - The Hogarth Press 1985). With original dust jacket.

KUAS25/12 First edition of Iris Murdoch's novel, The Book and the Brotherhood, (London, Chatto and Windus 1987). With original dust jacket.

KUAS25/13 First edition of Iris Murdoch's novel, The Message to the Planet, (London, Chatto and Windus 1989). With original dust jacket.

Papers of Iris Murdoch, comprising correspondence with Hazel Bell, editor of The Indexer, concerning Bell's request that an index to all Murdoch's novels be created. The collection comprises Bell's initial letter seeking permission, 1987, and Murdoch's response, stating that she would not like an index to be compiled, 1987; Bell's later letter asking for permission to publish a quote from the letter from Murdoch, 1992, and Murdoch's written response, granting Bell permission to quote her, 1992.