Records of the Museum of London Board of Governors, Court of Common Council, including minutes, 1961-1997 and letter books, 1962-1998. Please note that records 1975 onwards are closed.

Papers of Leslie Cope-Cornford, consisting of letters, 1902 to 1927, received by Cope-Cornford from Rudyard Kipling and others, thanking him for copies of his books, discussing the politics of the day and personal matters. The correspondence with Professor Sir Geoffrey Callender (1875-1946), refers to a scheme to establish a national maritime museum and there are many letters from Callender to Mrs Cope-Cornford, 1928 to 1938. Also present are two volumes of Press Cuttings of his own work, serving as a portfolio of his journalistic career.

Papers of Sir Astley Paston Cooper, [1800-1825], comprising volume of notes on his lectures on surgery, delivered at St Thomas's Hospital, taken by an unidentified student, [1814-1825] (G/PP2/8), with loose manuscript notes ((G/PP2/9);

three volumes of notes on his lectures on surgery, taken by an unidentified student, [1813-1825] (G/PP2/10-12);
notes on his lectures on fungoid testis, taken by an unidentified student {G/PP2/13);
prescription for chilblains, attributed to Sir Astley Cooper, undated, with letter concerning authenticity, 1993 (G/PP2/13b).

Diary of Henry Cole,1858-1859, during which time he became sole secretary of the Department of Practical Art, established by the Board of Trade to capitalise on the success of the Great Exhibition by promoting the teaching of design for industry.

The collection is divided into four main groups: The first group contains papers relating to William Clift's work as conservator of the Hunterian Museum. This is the largest of the four groups and contains a number of sub divisions such as explanation and display of specimens, expanding the collections, administration of the museum, and correspondence. This group also contains the transcripts made by Clift and others of the Hunterian manuscripts. The second group contains work carried out by William Clift as an illustrator for publications. The third group contains a small amount of personal material that is in the collection. The fourth group contains transcripts and copies of manuscript material by William Clift that is held in other repositories such as the Natural History Museum.

Papers of the Campaign Against Museum Charges (1970-1972), including: file of papers, correspondence and press cuttings regarding CAMAC and the campaign against museum admission charges, 1970-1972; posters for the campaign against museum charges, produced by CAMAC, including poster designed by Alan Fletcher and Colin Forbes, winner of a British Poster Design Award for 1971-72, n.d.

Miscellaneous historical essays, written by individuals employed by or associated with the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. Authors include Alban Doran (1849-1927), Charles Thompson (1862-1943) and Marion Spielmann (1858-1948).

Letters from Frank Buckland to Prince Christian of Schleswig Holstein, 1869-1879. Most are written from the Salmon Fisheries Office, but some are from his 'Land and Water' office. They concern fish, pheasants, Buckland's Museum, seals, and his new book dedicated to Prince Christian, among other topics.

Papers of the British Committee for the Restitution of the Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles, (BCRPM), 1820-2004 including press releases, copies of newspaper cuttings and correspondence chiefly between Eleni Cubitt and Anthi Poulos Jones, Chairman and General Counsel for the Committee on the Parthenon. Reports, newsletters and correspondence to government officials seeking support, the latter mainly from David Hill, Director of International Affairs for the Australian Committee for the Restoration of the Parthenon Marbles. Photocopy of Report from the Select Committee on 'The Earl of Elgin's collection of Sculptured Marbles', Mar 1816. Correspondence and reports from Hansard relating to early day motions concerning the Marbles and brief lists of debates on the Marbles in Commons and Lords, 1816-1999. Correspondence and data relating to surveys of MPs on their support for the return of the Marbles, 1984 and 2001. Press releases, correspondence, reports and proceedings relating to the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on 'Cultural Property: Return and Illicit Trade.' Correspondence, press releases and press cuttings relating to 'Parthenon 2004', campaigning for the British Government to agree for the temporary return and display of the Marbles to Greece in time for the 2004 Olympics. Correspondence, exhibition texts, list of photographs, etc, relating to the touring exhibition 'Stones of No Value, Monuments of the Gods', 1998-1999. Papers and reports relating to meetings of the UNESCO 'Intergovernmental Committee for promoting the Return of Cultural Property to its Countries of origin or its Restitution in Case of Illicit Appropriation', 1980-2003. Papers, correspondence and newspaper articles relating to publication of book by William St Clair, Lord Elgin and the Marbles, particularly on the controversy surrounding the restoration of the Marbles by the British Museum which removed their original surface finish, 1998-2001. Publications and press cuttings on the Parthenon marbles, 1998-2003. Photographs, chiefly of BCRPM exhibitions. British Museum study on cleaning the Marbles, 1932. Papers relating to exhibitions and other BCRPM publicity and financial papers including accounts, 1993-2001.

Handbill advertising for corpses for Edwin Brady's "Borough Museum", at the "Hole-in-the wall", formerly St George's Tavern, 204, High Street, Borough, Southwark. The bill refers to the crypt and rates of St George the Martyr, Southwark, c.1898-1901.

Papers of Sir James Berry, 1888-1927, comprising medical notes titled Thyroid cases- History and Correspondence, for surnames WA-WIL and WIL-ZUP; drawings and notes relating to specimens in the museums of Charing Cross Hospital, Middlesex Hospital, St Marys Hospital, Westminster Hospital, St George's Hospital, Guy's Hospital, University Hospital, St Thomas's Hospital, King's College Hospital, Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, Bristol University and Bristol Royal Infirmary; pictures of cases of hare lip and cleft palate; medical notes titled Operations for goitres- Notes of cases 1-26; 126-1549; and manuscript notes and annotations of publications Hare-lip and cleft-palate (1912), and Diseases of the thyroid gland and their surgical treatment, (1901).

Photographic material accumulated by the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI), relating both to the history of the AAGBI and to the wider history of anaesthesia and associated subjects from 1774 to 1997, largely comprising prints and slides, both colour and black and white, some undated, including some copies. The photographs include a series of portraits of the AAGBI Council, members of staff, and the AAGBI Group of Anaesthetists in Training (GAT) Council, and a large series of photographs used in the AAGBI publication Anaesthesia News. The collection also covers a wide range of subjects in the history of anaesthetics, and includes numerous portraits (including some photographic copies of oil paintings) of individual anaesthetists, including many eminent figures such as John Snow, Joseph Clover and Sir Ivan Magill, and various Presidents of the Association; photographs of anaesthetists at work; photographs of places associated with eminent anaesthetists and the history of anaesthetics, including various hospitals; photographs of anaesthetic apparatus of the 19th and 20th centuries, sometimes in use, and of various related medical procedures, including dentistry, obstetrics, and intensive care; photographs relating to A Charles King and his instrument-making business A Charles King Ltd, including its premises at Devonshire Street, London; photographs of the practice of anaesthesia in wartime, including World War One, World War Two and the Gulf War; photographs of documents relating to the history of anaesthesia, including some relating to Queen Victoria; photographs of events including conferences, award ceremonies and social events; photographs of the Association premises at no 9 Bedford Square, London, including its museum; photographs of exhibitions on the history of anaesthetics at no 9 Bedford Square held annually from 1987.

Archive, 1932-2002, of the Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland (AAGBI), also including some material relating to the history of anaesthesia dating back to 1848:

Council minutes, 1932-1995; Annual General Meeting minutes, 1932-1988, 1997, and various other papers, 1934-1995 (with gaps); Advisory Committee minutes, 1978-1984, and papers, 1987; papers of various other committees, including the Safety Committee, Education and Research Committee, Archives, Library and Museum Committee, International Relations Committee, and Finance Committee.

Records of the Group of Anaesthetists in Training (GAT), including yearbook, 1993, 1995, 1997; GAT committee election papers, 1998-1999; circulated papers concerning 'New Deal Working Patterns', 1997.

List of Linkmen, 1995-1997; Linkmen's newsletter, 1995-1997, 1999.

Papers on constitutional matters, including transcript of grant of arms, 1945; constitution, 1962; amendments to rules, 1971 and undated; report on the constitution of the Council, 1974; printed Memorandum of Association [after 1981] and Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1985; copy of coat of arms, 1991; papers on composition of Council, its sub-committees and working parties, 1992-1993; Standing Committee in the Republic of Ireland constitution, 1997.

Album containing photographs and obituaries of Presidents, 1932-2002; Presidents' newsletters, 1970-1971, 1978; miscellaneous Presidential correspondence, including letters from HRH Princess Margaret (Patron of AAGBI), 1990-1998; list of Presidents (1932-1992), 1993; undated album containing photographs and biographies of officers; papers relating to elections, 1984-1998.

Annual reports, 1933-1999 (with gaps), including lists of members to 1969.

Papers relating to membership, including material on Fellowships, 1946-1949, 1953, honorary membership, 1987-1996, and subscription rates, [1991]-1995; lists of members, 1976-1995 (with gaps).

Accounts, 1983; directors' report and accounts, 1987-1995 (with gaps); financial papers, including charitable donations, 1991, 1995-1996.

Printed or typescript reports of the AAGBI, its Working Parties, or Irish Standing Committee, 1963-1997, on subjects including staffing and manpower, anaesthetists' workload, stress, the Lewin Report (1970) on the organisation and staffing of operating departments, provision of anaesthetic services and accommodation, private fees, dental anaesthetics and anaesthesia in general practice, day case anaesthesia, paediatric anaesthetic practice, management of trauma, intensive care, management of pain, use of drugs, anaphylactic shock, HIV and other viruses, anaesthetic equipment, recovery facilities, standards of monitoring, and other professional techniques and practices.

Publications of AAGBI, comprising guidelines, booklets and leaflets (largely aimed at Anaesthetists), 1975-1998, on subjects including anaesthetists' workloads, career appointments, professional references, fees for and conduct of private anaesthetic practice, anaphylaxis under general anaesthesia, prescription of Noscapine, consent forms, checklist for anaesthetic machines, standards of monitoring, obstetrics, intensive care, AIDS and Hepatitis B, and other professional matters; also including some information leaflets on anaesthesia aimed at the general public.

Programme of the first Scientific Meeting, 1957; papers on the Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM), 1991-1997; papers on the Winter Scientific Meeting (WSM), 1992-1997; papers, including programmes and minutes, relating to various other AAGBI meetings, seminars, training events, lectures, dinners and other events, 1958-1998, including some joint events with other bodies, and some events relating to the history of anaesthesia rather than its current practice. Papers of the GAT ASM and annual Linkman Conference, 1995-1998, including some sound and video recordings, 1997. Ephemera and other material relating to events, including congratulatory address on the silver jubilee from the Finnish Society of Anaesthetists, 1957; historical note on AAGBI for the golden jubilee, 1982; diamond jubilee flag, 1992; ephemera relating to various social events, 1967-1998; menus for AAGBI Ancient Brethren Luncheon, 1995-1997; visitors' books, 1951-1972, 1984.

Various papers relating to honours and prizes awarded by the AAGBI, 1946-1998, including the Sir Ivan Magill Gold Medal and John Snow Silver Medal, John Snow lecture, and Pask Certificate of Honour; undergraduate prize essays, 1987-1997 (with gaps); entries for the AAGBI Safety Prize, 1995, 1997; reports and papers of recipients of travel grants and scholarships, 1997-1998.

Papers, 1984-1987, including correspondence, plans, press cuttings and other printed material, relating to the appeal for funds, acquisition and opening of the new AAGBI headquarters at no 9 Bedford Square, London, including material relating to the earlier history of the premises.

Papers, 1953-1995, relating to the King collection of historic apparatus, including its acquisition, and to the administration of the AAGBI museum, archives and library, including advertisements for museum exhibitions on the history of anaesthesia, 1991-1997 (with gaps), and offprint of K Bryn Thomas's 'The A Charles King collection of early anaesthetic apparatus', Anaesthesia, vol 25 no 4, October 1970.

Papers, 1947-1999, on professional issues accumulated by the AAGBI, relating to anaesthetics but also touching on wider medical issues, including papers of AAGBI working parties on professional topics, and also papers and publications, for instance reports and discussion documents, produced by government bodies (e.g. NHS Executive and Audit Commission) and by other medical organisations, including other professional bodies representing anaesthetists in the UK and overseas, among them papers relating to the implications of the creation of a College of Anaesthetists and the structure of anaesthetic organisation, 1974-1979.

Various papers relating to international conferences, 1978-1999, including joint meetings of the AAGBI.

Papers, 1857-1998, relating to the history of anaesthetics, including material on eminent anaesthetists, such as Sir Ivan Magill, John Snow and Sir Robert Macintosh, and the restoration of graves of some eminent anaesthetists; anniversaries in the history of anaesthesia including the 150th anniversary of the first public administration of ether at Massachusetts General Hospital (1846); the history of anaesthetic apparatus; a letter written at Lucknow, India, concerning an amputation, 1857; memoirs including Vernon Hall's Reminiscences and Anaesthesia in India 1939-1946 (privately published, 1997); published items including copies of articles on chloroform and vinic ether, 1875, and vapour of aether, 1933, and a facsimile edition, 1996, of Allen & Hanburys Ltd catalogue of anaesthetic and oxygen apparatus (1938); material relating to the history of the AAGBI, including its coat of arms.

Miscellaneous printed items relating to other organisations, 1987-1997, including the Pain Society.

Administrative records of St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, 1836-2001, comprising minutes of meetings of St Thomas's Hospital Medical & Surgical School 1836-1845; St Thomas's Hospital Collegiate Establishment Committee 1847-1852; Committee of Lecturers 1849-1979; Medical and Surgical Staff Officers 1864-1901; Obstetric Physicians 1866-1879; Surgeons' Meetings 1867-1924; Physicians Meetings 1871-1879; Museum Committee 1865-1879; Registration Sub-committee (and Publication Committee) 1867-1896; Medical School Committee 1871-1879; various committees 1880-1909; School Council 1913-1921; Medical Council 1929-1939; Combined Hospitals Committee 1934-1939; St Thomas's Hospital Gazette Committee 1953-1968; House Committee 1973-1974; School Academic Board 1978-1982 (copies); School Council 1978-1982 (copies); Finance Committee 1980-1982 (copies); Index 1971-1881; Committee members 1937-1947; Rules and Regulations 1874-[1886];

Dean's and Secretary's Files 1929-1946; General administrative files 1870-1873, 1938-1975; Anatomy Catalogues c.1904; Museum Catalogues 1829; Library Committee Minutes 1888-1985; Library Suggestions Book 1935-1957; Library Accessions Register 1952-1972; Library Annual Reports 1939-1979; Lambeth Hospital Medical Library Subcommittee 1964-1976; History of Works of Art committee 1984-1990; Librarian's administrative files 1945-1990; Biographical Information 1960s-1980s; Research Subject files (A-Z) 1825-1990; Material relating to Archive collections 1933-2001; Library Financial Accounts 1955-1989;

Departmental Records 1945-1955; St Thomas's Hospital Medical School timetables and notices 1932-1940; Examinations question papers, 1909-1976;

Building estimates 1867; War Memorial Fund Committee 1919-1932; War Memorial Fund files 1919-1927; Cash books 1953-1979; Ledgers 1934-1972; Journal of payments 1980-1981; Working papers for annual accounts 1974-1978; Register of Benefactors 1963-1981; Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund 1967-1982; Wages books 1908-1910; Publications Ledger 1936-1938; Annual Accounts 1842-1845; Deeds 1892-1895.

Papers collated by Gene Adams relating to her work in museums education, especially for the Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) including:
Publications written by Adams relating to museums education [1970s]-1990; papers relating to her work as an art teacher, including writings by pupils and photographs of their work,1960s; papers relating to her educational work at the Geffrye Museum, [1959]-1975; papers relating to her work on various projects relating to the Spitalfields area, 1976-1996, including the Spitalfield trail and related activities created for the Geffrye Museum, conservation of the Spitalfields area, and an exhibition on the history of the area to raise awareness of its endangered architecture which later became a travelling exhibition; papers regarding her work on museums education for ILEA, [1975]-1990, including correspondence, education project based at the historic houses of the Greater London Council (GLC), projects Adams' worked on for other museums in London, in-service teacher training course in museums, the 'Museum Visits' guide including the museum charts, a museums index, survey of the usage of London museums by schools, other surveys relating to museums, correspondence regarding her advisory service for London museums, and other files; papers regarding her work as a freelance educational advisor, 1988-1999; sound and visual recordings relating to her work for the Geffrye Museum and ILEA, [1972-1988]; collection of photographic slides of her educational work mostly relating to her work for the Geffrye Museum, ILEA and images relating to the Spitalfields exhibition, [1974-2002]; general publications collected by Adams during her research on education on museums, including leaflets and teachers packs created by local area museum services or individual museums in the UK and abroad and press cuttings.