This class contains thirty-two volumes relating to the theory of navigation, mathematics and astronomy, fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. The earliest is Italian, written between 1470 and 1529, entitled 'Ragioni Antique Spettanti all Arte del Mare et Fabriche de Vaselli', which includes entries in many hands on navigational calculations, astronomy, astrology, sailing directions for the Mediterranean and the building and fitting of galleys. Chronologically, the next volume is the 'Regimento de la Declinacion del Sol', a Spanish navigator's manual, c 1500; the next is English, containing mathematical rules for measuring height and length, 1557; then follows 'L'Arte della Navigatione', Italian, with tables and moveable dials, 1567; and the last of the sixteenth century is by a Jesuit, Francisco da Costa (1567-1604). 'Arte de Navegar', written between 1596 and 1598 and illustrated with sketches of the astrolabe and compass. There are three seventeenth-century volumes; a treatise on astronomy by Thomas Willford entitled 'A genuine description and use of the perpetual calendar', 1654, which also contains a description of measures and of 'moveable fairs' around the country; a volume containing navigational exercises, often illustrated, by William Downman, written between 1685 and 1686, with a large amount of other information, including lists of ships, drawings of flags. poems, victualling and measures; and a workbook by Edward Ward, 1698, containing execises in navigation, astronomy and mathematics. The eleven eighteenth-century volumes include a copy of Robert Wright's 'Treatise on finding longitude at sea', 1726; a volume of lecture notes on navigation and astronomy given in Naples, 1755; and a volume in Turkish by Ibrahim Haggi, ca.1800, entitled 'Marifet Nameh' ('Encyclopedia of Knowledge'), on astronomy, architecture and geography. There are twelve nineteenth-century volumes dating between 1804 and 1883, all of which contain navigational and astonomical exercises transcribed by British seamen.

Personal and working papers of Dame Frances Amelia Yates, historian, 1899-1981, including diaries, family documents, notes, working papers, lectures, articles, books, reviews, correspondence and photographs. Topics covered include: Influence of Italy and Italian on English Life, Humanism; Academies; Hermetic Tradition; Occult Philosophy; Neoplatonism; Enlightenment; Shakespeare, Ramon Llull; Giordano Bruno and Art of Memory.

Dissertation by Gerhard Lohmeyer, 'Recht und Zauberei in Nordwest-Amerika: Dissertation zur Erlangung des Doktorgrades der Rechtswissenschaflichen Fakuktät der Johann Wolfgang Goethe' student of the University of Frankfurt, Jun 1948.

Papers of Melville William Hilton-Simpson including:

MS 65

Journals of the Congo expedition: containing narrative of the journey, [1907-1909]. 7 volumes.

MS 66

Manuscript and typescript drafts of Among the hill-folk of Algeria: Journeys among the Shawia of the Aurcs Mountains, by Hilton-Simpson. (London: T. Fisher Unwin. 192I), including 17 photographs and a map.

MS 66A

Annotated proofs of Algiers and beyond: by Hilton-Simpson (London, Hutchinson, 1906).

MS67

Notes by Hilton-Simpson taken in Algeria including on magic, arts and crafts, medical magic, villages, geography, buildings and textiles, 1913-1925.

MS 68

Ethnographical and bibliographical notes by Hilton-Simpson in Algeria, arranged by subject, c 1914-1926.

MS 69

Typescript and manuscript notes used for an article by Hilton-Simpson, 'Some Arab and Shawia Remedies and Notes on the Trepanning of the Skull in Algeria'

The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 43, (Jul. - Dec., 1913), pp. 706-721.

MS 70

Manuscript and typescript drafts of a paper on Berber and Arab surgery for the Royal Society of Medicine, Oct. 1919.

MS 71

Manuscript and typescript drafts for a book entitled 'The wandering Arabs of the Sahara: a sketch of life among the Nomads of the great African desert', by Hilton-Simpson. c 1921.

MS 72

Manuscript and typescript papers on material culture in Algeria including on the modern use of the 'water-clock' in Algerian irrigation, oil mills and the pole-lathe in Algeria and England.

MS 73

Manuscript, typescript and printed papers on the Congo by Hilton-Simpson, [c1910], including 'At the court of an African King', 'Sport at a Congo mission station', 'Two years among strange tribes', 'Buffalo shooting in the Belgian Congo', 'Loango to Kasai' and corrected proofs of introduction and index to Land and Peoples of the Kasai, (London, Constable, 1911-17) with copy of agreement with Constable.

MS 74

Manuscript and typescript papers and notes on North Africa, [1906-1920s] on topics including the cave dwellers of Southern Tunisia; a sandstorm in the Sahara; Algerian children's games and toys; some Algerian superstitions noted among the Shawia Berbers of the Aures Mts and their nomad neighbours; magical medicine; medicine among the Berbers of the Aures; purges and laxatives; charms and superstitions; Shawia festivals; folklore of the Algerian hills and deserts; big game and Tuareg warfare.

MS 75

Notebook containing sketches and notes on Shawia and Arabs.

MS 76

Manuscript and typescript notes on the material culture of the Shawia, [1920s], including on villages, habitations and dwellings; textiles; pottery; woodwork; basketry; leather work; agriculture; irrigation and time measurement; corn milling; olive oil; war and weapons.

Aurore australe de Théophraste A[u]réole Paracelse Archydoxes magiques contenans l'Art de la Chryzopée. Illustrated with a few rough pen-drawings of alchemical apparatus, etc. Written in French, German, and Latin by the same hand throughout, this manuscript contains alchemical, chemical and iatro-chemical receipts and extracts from the works of Paracelsus and his followers. The latest dated receipt, 1748, is found on p. 697 of Vol. I: the 104 ll. at the end of Vol. II contain a copious index.

Manuscript volume, 1694: Rechenbuch. An arithmetic book containing problems, including calculations for finding the date of Judgement Day, the Golden Number, etc, together with astrological information. Some of the problems are set out in verse.

3 letters addressed to Lady Charlotte [full name unidentified], 1844-1869. (1) From Henry Pelham, Earl of Chichester, 23 Mar 1867. Relating to lectures on prophecy and the apocalypse. (2) From George Villiers, Earl of Clarendon, 25 Jan 1869. Relating to consular posts in China. (3) From Queen Adelaide (widow of William IV), [1844]. Congratulating Lady Charlotte on her daughter's wedding to a Mr Turner.

Both letters are autograph, with signatures.

Various photographs of Harold Frost taken throughout his life, c 1914-1970; including of Frost in military uniform during the First World War (n.d.); group photo of Boy Scout troop at the annual London Jamboree, 30 Jul 1920; Boy Scout troop taken in Wembley, Middlesex, 1924; Frost in Boy Scout leader uniform taken at Redhill, c1925; Frost sitting in conversation with Reg Lowe in France. 1920; full length photograph of Frost in doorway with medium 'Patty', c1925; head and shoulders photograph of Frost, c1935; twelve head and shoulders portraits of Frost from different angles, c1935; Frost with friends on swinging garden seat in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex (n.d.); altar of church [possibly St Nicholas] decorated for Harvest Festival, Chignall Smealey, Essex 1942; Frost's house while staying in Dacca (n.d.) (2 copies); Frost sitting with locals in Dacca (n.d.); Frost sitting in a local wagon in Dacca (n.d.); Frost's dog 'Samantha' on beach at Wittering, Sussex (n.d.); studio photograph of Frost seated with book, friend standing, c1965; full length photograph of Frost in verger robes at the altar of St Mary's Church, Banbury, c1970; colour photograph of 'Meditation Lane', Chignal Smealey, Chelmsford, Essex (n.d.).

Papers of Matthew Manning, [1974-1990], comprising automatic drawings; drafts including of The Link, The Strangers; correspondence of Peter Bander; magazine articles about Manning and psychic phenomena.

Papers of author and journalist Paul Tabori (1908-1974), comprising the following: draft typescripts of novels, poetry and works of fiction, 1927-1973; draft typescripts of completed short stories, ideas and fragments for fiction works, 1938-1970; typescripts of non-fiction works, including typescripts of completed books on a variety of topics covering the supernatural, travel, crime, historical and biographical topics and erotica, along with draft non-fiction fragments and ideas, 1930-1973; typescripts of articles for magazines on various subjects including crime, travel, erotica, the supernatural, historical and biographical topics, along with interviews with international political and celebrity figures, 1940-1969; typescripts of film scripts, screenplays or ideas written or edited by Tabori, including scripts for Hammer and London Films, along with stills [photographs] from some of the productions, 1944-1960; typescripts and working scripts written or edited by Tabori for television and radio plays, including material broadcast in the television series, the Errol Flynn Theatre and The Vise, along with stills [photographs] accompanying the working scripts, 1950-1970.

Comprising research files containing press cuttings, correspondence and notes regarding incest, illegitimacy, sexual literature, censorship, homosexuality, banned books, prison reform, the Royal Family, separation, witchcraft, sexual behaviour and venereal disease, possibly for use in his works Sex and Revolution (1934), The Banned Books of England (1937), Above All Liberties (1942) and other publications (1922-1942); typescripts for submission to the 'Encyclopedia of Sexual Behaviour' (n.d.); issues of nudist and health periodicals and offprints of articles by Alec Craig and others (1936-1953).

Bound typescript histories of Tank Corps battalions, brigades and groups during World War One, 1914-1918, written by Tank Corps personnel in [1918-1919]. Bound volumes of official correspondence, reports, memoranda, notes, maps, photographs, operation orders, summaries of information and other papers concerning tank strategy and tactics, 1916-1918, the Battle ofCambrai, 1917, and Tanks Corps operations, 1914-1918, dated 1917-1919. Correspondence between Fuller, M Mitzakis and various military personnel relating to the use of Canal Defence Light (CDL) tanks during World War Two, 1939-1945, dated 1946. Other papers relating to his life and military career, [1889]-1965, including letters to his parents, 1897-1921, notably covering his service in SouthAfrica, 1899-1902, and in World War One, 1914-1918; narrative diaries covering his service in South Africa, 1901-1902, and World War One, 1914-1915; book agreements, 1919, 1956-1965; correspondence with publishers, 1956, 1961-1965; newspaper cuttings, 1945, 1952, 1965-1966, including obituaries of Fuller, 1966; papers relating to the occult, notably including letters from Aleister Crowley, 1905-[1924], and manuscript and typescript texts by Fuller and others, 1910, 1926, [1930] and 1966. Bound typescript text on Gen (William) Edmund Ironside, mainly consisting of extracts from Ironside's letters to Col Roderick MacLeod, 1927-1958, compiled by MacLeod in [1959], and 'A secret service agent in South-West Africa', a bound typescript text on Ironside's service as a British agent among the Boers in German South West Africa, 1902-1904, written by MacLeod in [1965] using Ironside's notes.

The items in this collection relate to accusations of witchcraft made by women in the early 19th century, naming the alleged witch. The papers originate in some part of the empire of New Spain, probably Mexico.

Papers of Alfons Barb, c 1924-1979, including working papers, collection of casts of gemstones, correspondence and offprints. Topics covered include: Magic, Folklore and Amulets; Medieval Magic; Gnosis; Gemstones; Mystery, Myth and Magic; Greco-Roman Numismatics and Archaeology and 'History of Popular Belief and Superstition from Ancient Times to the Present Day'.

Notes, working papers and correspondence of the art historian Otto Kurz, c 1930-1975. Topics covered include: the Baroque, notably the painters Guido Reni, Carracci; faked art; critical edition of Marco Polo's 'Description of the World'; Christian manuscripts; 'Die Legende vom Künstler' (Historiography); astrological manuscripts; Eastern astrology; cultural history of material goods; costume and Jewish Art.

Two works on magic: 'The Magus or Celestial Intelligencer', 1801 and 'Directions for the invocation of spirits', and an essay on spiritual vision, 1802.

Papers on alchemy by Albert Poisson, including correspondence, translations, essays, notes on chemistry, John Dee, the occult, extracts from books on alchemy, 1885-1904.

Papers of Cedric Austen Bardell Smith, [1934]-2003, comprising biographical material including obituaries and tributes; copy of Smith's inaugural lecture as Weldon Professor, Life, Form and Number and papers relating to peace studies including articles published in The Friend.

Near complete run of Smith's publications, 1934-2003; book reviews; unpublished draft of a book on genetics and papers relating to Smith's co-editorship of Colson News including editorial board meetings, correspondence and master copies of all the issues.

Papers relating to talks and lectures chiefly comprising transparencies to illustrate lectures, on topics including genetics, statistical analysis, astrology, linguistics and place names.

Papers relating to 'Blanche Descartes' or 'F de Carteblanche' (an imaginary mathematician under which name a number of mathematicians, including Smith, published their work) including copies of the output of 'Blanche Descartes', 1947-1986 and an article 'The story of Blanche Descartes' in the Mathematical Gazette, 2003.

Fragments of Smith's research papers including computer print outs, punched cards and analysis of figures relating to the work of Michel Gauquelin; papers relating to the analysis of language and manuscript notes on Linkage.

Correspondence, 1966-1993.

Manuscript volume, dated 1488: Mystische Traktate (mystical treatises). Possibly two originally independent manuscripts bound together. Book-guards consist of strips of parchment bearing text in a 14th century script.

Gebetbuch (Book of Prayers), c1521, including prayers to the Virgin (one in verse) and to St Catherine. Preceded by a calendar, including tables for the Golden Number and a table of signs of the zodiac.

Manuscript volume, 15th century: De raptu anime Tundali et visione. Pasted to the inside front cover is a full-page colour illustration of Tundal presenting his manuscript to Pope Eugenius, inscribed: Tondali Visione Eugenio Papae Oblata. Folio 1r bears a fragment of another text, in the same hand, as this manuscript was formerly part of a larger manuscript.

Translation of Meditaciones devotisimas del amor de Dios by Diego de Estella (1576), entitled 'A hundred moste devoute meditations of the love of God. Made by the learned and excellent preacher Diego di Stella of the order of holie St Francis. Now latelie translated into English out of the Italian tongue...[dedicated] to the vertuous and honorable gentlewoman Mris. Marie B:', by the translator, G.B. The translation is dated to the 17th century, and does not appear to have been published.

Consists of 4 hard-bound scrapbooks with some handwritten notes and typescript notes of sittings with mediums of various circles, for example Mark's Tey circle in Essex, 1928-1967. Some letters and press cuttings are enclosed.

Title; "Receuil (sic) d'Oeuvres d'Observations très Curieuses et Utiles dans L'Art de la Chymie." The manuscript belongs to the second half of the eighteenth century, is written throughout in French, and has probably been compiled from the popular books and pamphlets based on the writings of Albertus Magnus and similar authors, of which many were published during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. There are elements influenced by astrology and alchemy.

Papers of Vital Chaussegros on magic and occultism, 1814-[1845].

Volume in 7 parts, originally formed part of one large volume, which has been broken up, and of which parts are wanting, entitled 'Libro cabalistico'. The first four parts are paginated. Part I 'Libro cabalistico. Ho sia una quantita di cabale per trovare, le dene simpatici, per operare, e finali, con il modo di restringere i 90 numeri a 45, a 36, e ancho a meno. Epoi trovare ancora numeri precisi: contenente ruote ho siano sfere, tavole di Simpatici, tavole di Rutiglio, alfabeti, gradi Polari ... Colla tavola delle Feste Mobili ... Raccolte da altri libri, e molte di mia invenzione, fatte scrivere dal Caporale Giovanni Chiti dei Reali Veterani, e da me Bartolomeo Bartolomei, negli anni 1829 e 1830. In questa Citta di Pistoja'. (Paginated 1-66). Part II 'Ruota o sia sfera mattematica con l'insegniamento per operare e per trovare il primo, terzo, o quinto estratto detto la ruota solare e lunare di Rutilio Benincasa ... Dicano copiata in Roma ... nel' anno 1796 da F.F.F. ... Scritto in Pistoja l'anno 1830'. (Paginated 79-106: irregular). Part III 'Ruota con sette cerchi, con i nomi e caratteri dei sette pianeti, e con i dodici segni del Zodiaco, con il loro nome mese, e stelle fisee con il insegnamento per operare, etc. Ed inseguito una quantita di Cabale ... Per il Giuoco del Lotto. Scritto in Pistoja l'anno 1830 (Paginated 107-109). Part IV Tavole di Varalla cappucino. Spiegazione di arcani secreti ho sia insegnamento della squente ruota. Scritta in Pistoja ... 1830' (Paginated 213-220). Part V 'Lunazioni o sia il prospetto comodo per vedere ... quanti giorni sono di luna in qualunque giorno di ogni mese ... Con la lettera del Martyrologio Romano ... Copiata in Pistoja ... 1828' (40 ll.). Part VI 'Dettaglio dei dodici quadri perpetui appartenenti al punto nove annuale delle parte Europea, Polo 48 al Nord', n.d. (27 pp.). Part VII 'Regole cabalistiche variate', n.d. (18 ll. + 4 bl. ll.). Produced in Pistoia.

Notes from lectures of Nicolaus Cirillus, 1699-1735.

Papers of Frederick Gardiner comprising short papers on dermatological subjects, and material for the third edition of Gardiner's Handbook of Skin Diseases.

Occult material including 'Anthologie de l'Occultisme. Choix des meilleures pages des auteurs qui se sont illustrés dans les sciences hermétiques depuis les Temps anciens jusqu'à nos jours. Traductions, notices et préface', 1921, author's holograph MS., except for the 'Préface' which is in typescript with holograph corrections, etc., and a few pages written by the Author's wife, produced in Paris and 'Le Musée des sorciers, mages et alchimistes', author's holograph MS. in 3 folders, the illustrations are not included, signed by the author at the end of the preface, and at the end of the text: 'Paris, 29 Novembre 1928'.

Two manuscripts written by Hockley, each a transcription of an older text, 1829, 1868: 'Four experiments of the Spirits Birto, Agares, Bealpharos and Vassago. Comprising the Forms of Conjuration, Circles, Lamens and Obligations, or Bonds of Spirits-as hath often been proved at the instant request of King Edward the 4th of England'. Author's holograph MS. Text within red rules, pen-drawn coat of arms of Hockley on title, illustrated by two small pen-drawn figures. Produced in London; and 'Book of Good Angels'; transcriber's holograph MS. A transcript of an anonymous ancient book of invocations and talismans, illustrated with two magical figures, and 14 figures of the 'characters and seals of Angels', pen-drawn and coloured in water-colour. Produced in London. 1868.

La Clavicule ou la Clef de Salomon, Roi des Hébreux et fils de David, traduite de l'hébreux, divisée en quatre livres. Les Clavicules de R. Salomon. Traduites par Mr. Pierre Morissoneau, Professeur des langues orientales et Sectateur des Sages Cabalistes. With other tracts on Magic. Illustrated with numerous pen-drawn magical figures, talismans, etc. in gold, silver and colours. In Vol. I the text is in red, black and green: in Vol. II the text is in similar colours, and facing the title-page is a folding figure of a magic Circle in red and green, the text in red. In both volumes there are historiated ornaments, vignettes, tail-pieces, etc., by the calligrapher who signs himself on the title-page of Vol. I 'J. S. Fyot, Écrivain. 1796'.

Papers of Jean-Baptiste Biot, c 1800-1937, including correspondence and a translation of Biot's Memoir on the Circular Zodiac of Denderah.

Notes and reports by Catherine Georgievsky, chiefly on Czechoslovakia comprising, reports on medical history collection and museums in Czechoslovakia, inspected over three visits, 1933-1935; notes on Dr John Dee (1527-1608) and Edward Kelley (1555-1597), with particular regard to their stay in Bohmeia (establishing Kelley's date of death as 1597 and not 1595), 1932-1935; notes on watering places of Czechoslovakia, 1932-1935; Letterbook recording letters sent from Prague concerning acquisitions, 1932-1933; notes on Prague: report on Franzensbad: St John Nepomuk: 2 copies (second lacking note on St John Nepomuk), 1932.

Papers of noted Jungian analyst Michael Fordham, with some papers of his second wife, Frieda Fordham, formerly Hoyle, also an analytical psychotherapist. They include his correspondence with C. G. Jung over a period of several decades and files relating to his work as co-editor of of Jung's published Collected Works, material on the Society of Analytical Psychology (of which Michael Fordham was one of the founders), correspondence with colleagues,and files relating to the infant observation courses at the Tavistock Clinic with which Michael Fordham became involved in later life. There is also a good deal on the evolution of Michael Fordham's ideas, both in his own published and unpublished writings, and in the annotated research material. There is much less surviving material relating to Frieda Fordham's life and career, apart from a substantial amount of correspondence from the years immediately preceding their marriage (PP/FOR/A.3/2), and a few published and unpublished papers (PP/FOR/B.9).

Papers of Robert Eisler, c 1902-1949, including working papers and correspondence. Topics covered include: 'Das Rätsel des Johannesevangeliums'; The Fourth Gospel; Money; Jesous Basileus ou Basileusas; Slavonic Joseph Manuscript; The Alphabet; Dürer; Conventional Titles and True Meaning; Inscriptions; Zeus Olympios; Orpheus; Moses; Christ Vision; Aesthetics; Mythology; Magic and Science; Vanity of Vanities; Palaeoethnography; Greek Civilization and 'Die Landschaftsmalerei in der antiken Kunst'.

Arithmeticae et Astronomicae Auctores Varii: 15th century (possibly 1468) mathematical and astronomical treatises by various authors. Earlier texts written in Italy by one hand; others written by Heinrich Langenstein and Paul of Olmütz (?). Full page diagram of the zodiac on folio 47r.

Manuscript volume with contents dating from the 14th and 15th centuries, comprising a collection of 20 miscellaneous treatises, including 'Dyalethyca', with a commentary and exercise on the Summulae logicorum of Petrus Hispanus and other lectures and exercises in logic of Petrus Zech, alias De Pulka, of the University of Vienna, written by Johannes Sintram at Ulm and dated 1405; other treatises on liturgical and astrological subjects, including works by Johannes De Sacro Bosco; calendars; questions on canon law; verses. The pastedowns are from a 14th-century service book.

Collection including 30 envelopes of negatives showing the demolition of Geraldine and various sites and railway stations around London: manuscript and typescript notes on index cards and envelopes recording information on Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe, and on thought transference messages allegedly received from them; 2 boxes of audio tapes of radio interviews with Cecil King and Lord Northcliffe and of programmes on thought transference and Extra Sensory Perception; books entitled When Men Talk Truth and Lord Northcliffe's Return by Hannen Swaffer, both annotated by Holden (n.d.).

Papers of Harry Price, c500 - 1999, comprising the following: Personal correspondence to and from Harry Price, 1926-1948; typescripts and drafts of plays by Price, c1900-c1940; typescripts and drafts of lectures regarding Sussex, coins and various matters, 1908-1912; papers relating to antiquaries and numismatics, including handwritten notes and catalogues, 1876-c1920; financial and legal records concerning the National Laboratory for Psychical Research, Borley Rectory and Arun Way, Pulborough, including tenancy agreements and correspondence, 1926-1946; papers regarding libel cases and threatened legal action against Price, 1928-1946; accounts and correspondence regarding personal financial matters, 1922-1950; notes and lectures regarding psychical research by Price and others, c1920-c1948; reports and statements regarding psychical investigation, magic and the paranormal, 1772-1948; papers and notes regarding automatic writings, 1909-1943; minutes and papers of the University of London Council for Psychical Investigation, 1934-1936; drafts and typescripts of Price's books and publications, 1922-1948; typescripts and lectures by various authors regarding psychical research, magic and the paranormal, 1886-1948; legal and financial papers concerning Price's books and publications, 1921-1946; correspondence, publicity and reviews regarding Price's books and publications, 1921-1948; scripts, correspondence and legal and financial papers regarding radio and television appearances by Price, 1930-1947; assorted manuscripts regarding psychical research, magic, astronomy and Salop, Shropshire, c500-c1800; press cuttings and cuttings scrapbooks collated by Price and others, 1450-1947; photographs regarding psychical research and other matters, c1850-1948; playbills, posters and promotional material concerning spiritualism, magic and various matters, c1850-1948; cinefilms and videos of psychic experiments by Price and others, 1932-1999; artefacts relating to Price's psychical research and personal items, 1684-c1939; playing cards and artefacts relating to magic, c1850-1939.

Papers of Sir William Crookes include: laboratory notebooks VI to XXI covering topics relating to chemistry and physics and the spectroscope, 1881-1903; a 1926 edition of the book Researches in the Phenomena of Spiritualism (William Crookes, 1898; Strong's Ltd, Manchester, 1926), as well as a 1953 edition by the Psychic Book Club; copies of the Journal of the Society for Psychical Research, Vols 48-49, Numbers 765-771, 1975-1977; Notes for Investigators of Spontaneous Cases by the Society for Psychical Research, 1968; A Selective Guide to Publications in English of the Society for Psychical Research, 1972; nomination forms and publication lists for the Incorporation of the Society for Psychical Research; copies of Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research, Volume 56 part 209, 1974 and part 210, 1976; biographical information on Sir William Crookes such as part of Representative Subjects of the King, notes and folders containing research notes, correspondence and papers on the biography of Crookes, draft biography by E E Fournier D'Albe and photographs.

Papers of August Closs and his family, comprising:
August Closs: Personal Papers
Correspondence with Hannah and Elizabeth Closs (later Closs-Traugott);
Diaries, 1915-1928;

General Correspondence: correspondents include Stefan Andres, 1960-1972; Anthony Blunt, 1976; Albert Einstein, 1930; T S Eliot, 1953; E M Forster, 1955; Sigmund Freud, 1930; John Galsworthy, 1928-1932; Bernt von Heiseler, 1953-1965; Arno and Anita Holz, 1922-1932; F R Leavis, 1948-1953; Thomas Mann, 1929; Christoph Meckl, 1962; J R R Tolkien, 1955;
Correspondence with UK/US based academics: correspondents include F W Bateson, 1956; Jethro Bithell, 1951-1957; Lord David Cecil, 1955; W E Collinson, 1944-1968; David Duckworth, 1972-1989; H G Fiedler, 1936-1944; Stanley Goodman, 1941-1942; G P Gooch, 1946-1963; Brian Keith-Smith, 1966-1982; Sir John Kingman, 1985-1988; Victor Lange, 1951-1973; Eudo C Mason, 1951-1963; Estelle Morgan, 1953-1987; Irene Morris, 1955-1957; Roy Pascal, 1948-1978; Ronald Peacock, 1945-1959; F P Pickering, 1937-1958; Siegbert and Helga Prawer, 1952-1987; Edna Purdie, 1953-1964; Hans S Reiss, 1964-1989; Hermann Salinger, 1963-1966; Paul and Vivian Salmon; David Scrase, 1964-1989; Ernst Stahl, 1963-1969; Ellisabeth and F J Stopp, 1946-1973; John Joseph Stoudt, 1945-1963; H M Waidson, 1960-1978; L A Willoughby, 1952-1977; Roy A Wisbey, 1980-1988; W E Yuill, 1967-1978; E H Zeydel, 1942-1961;
Correspondence with German/Austrian/Swiss based academics: correspondents include Ernst Alker, 1952-1972; Felix Braun, 1942-1948; Hans Egon Holthusen, 1950-1961; Heinz Kindermann, 1949-1974; Frans Koch, 1946-1957; Manfred Lurker, 1968-1972; Horst Oppel, 1946-1985; Arthur Pfeiffer, 1953-1957; Hans Pyritz, 1933-1956; Kurt Schäfer, 1982-1986;
Correspondence with other European based academics: correspondents include Jan Aler, 1946-1959 and Erik Lunding, 1953-1969;
Correspondence with individual academics, Hans Bähr, Roger Loomis, Eirwen and Idris Parry, Friedrich Heinz and the Humboldt Gesellschaft;
War diaries of Max Closs;
Correspondence with L P Hartley, 1955-1972, and letters between Closs and publishers on the publication of the correspondence;
Corrspondence, photos and papers on Theodor Däubler, 1930-1947 and undated;
Correspondence and articles relating to Herman Pongs, 1946-1978;
Notes, articles and reviews by Closs on German literature, 1915-1990;
Papers relating to Bristol University, including correspondence and papers on award of Honorary D.Litt, 1987;
Correspondence and papers on the Bristol/Hannover Link 1947-1987, particularly 40th anniversary celebrations, 1987;
Correspondence with publishers on royalty payments, 1949-1983;

Robert Preibsch papers, 1899-1934, including correspondence, notes on German literature and palaeography, correspondence about the Priebsch/Closs Collection;

Hannah Closs papers 1934-1952, including correspondence, reviews and articles, writings on art, reviews of her work, obituaries and tributes;

Elizabth Closs-Traugott papers, 1951-1988, including correspondence, notes for lectures, articles and reviews, and press cuttings;

Acquired Papers:
Medieval manuscripts: Das Leiden Christi, mss booklet describing a vision by a nun of the Passion of Christ [15th century], Pseudo-Clemens Romanus, early 9th century west German fragment; Heinrich Seuse: Buch der ewigen Weisheit six loose fragments [14th century], Predigten, by German wandering preacher, in Latin, c 1450; wooden cover with pressed calf leather, bearing arms of Pope Paul III Farinesi;
Sixteenth and Seventeenth Century material: Hexenprozesse three folio booklets - original records of witchcraft trials of Catharina Stroblin, 1617; Appolonia Nueberin, 1623, bill to cover costs of difficulties caused by and rewards offered for executed magical persons during the years 1617, 1628, 1629 by Hans Schölern; title deed to land and farm sold by Nette, servant of Graf Dietrich von Plesse to a nunnery, Low German, 1516;
Autograph letters and mss including poems Bittschrift by Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, [undated], and Friedrich von Bodenstadt [undated]; letters from Wilhelm von Humboldt [c 1799], Theodor Storm, 1867, Friedrich and Caroline de la Motte Fourque, 1814, 1927, Eduard Devrient, 1839, August Heinrich Hoffman von Fallersleben, 1864, Friedrich Schlegrl, [undated], Ludolf Wienbarg, 1839, Christina G Rosetti, 1865, James Martineau - letter to J S Mill on the University of London, 1841, Stefan Zweig, 1909, Henriette Hendel-Schütz, 1807, Friedrich Karl von Savigny, 1856.

Papers of and relating to Evelyn Underhill, 1874-1997 and undated, comprising personal correspondence of and concerning Underhill, 1888-1969 and undated, the correspondents including Baron Friedrich von Hugel (three letters, 1911-1916), Underhill's husband Hubert Stuart Moore (117 letters from Underhill to Moore, 1890-1912 and undated, and 30 letters from Moore to Underhill, 1898-1906 and undated), Rabindranath Tagore (typed transcripts of 10 letters from Underhill to Tagore, 1913-1914), and members of the Underhill family, the subjects ranging from Catholicism, travels in Italy, Switzerland and France, publications and lectures, spiritual matters and advice, mysticism, health, and World War Two; correspondence, 1907-[1954], with various publishers concerning Underhill's publications (some posthumous) and broadcasts, including copyright, costs, sales and royalties; manuscripts and typescripts containing proposed holiday itineraries and recording Underhill's impressions while travelling in Italy, Switzerland and France, 1898-1899, 1901-1907; poetry, 1917-1923 and undated, including some work which was published; a speech at King's College London on being elected a Fellow, 1927; an article on 'The Fountain of Life: an iconographical study', published in 1910; material relating to spiritual development, 1921-1939, mainly under the guidance of Baron Friedrich Von Hugel and including transcripts of his letters, 1921-1924, and other items on spiritual advice, confessions, goals and progress; papers relating to retreats and religious writings, 1924-1932 and undated, including notebooks and texts of addresses; printed material by and concerning Underhill, 1926-1941, 1990, including some of her publications; press cuttings, 1891-1949, mainly reviews of Underhill's work but also including early published pieces; sketchbooks and drawings, 1892-1911 and undated, including sketches and watercolours of marine scenes in Britain, ecclesiastical subjects, and Italian and French architecture; photographs, c1925-c1930s and undated, including a photograph and negatives of Underhill (one at Pleshey), a portrait of Baron Von Hugel, marine views, and views of French and Italian castles and towns; material relating to the Underhill family, 1874-1940, including the marriage certificate of Evelyn Underhill's parents, 1874, a family tree, c1891, a copy of Evelyn Underhill's will, 1940, and details of books in Dr Williams's Library, London, which originated from Underhill's library; obituaries of and articles about Underhill, 1941-1997, including theses, bibliographies, memoirs, biographical material and reflections on her work; newsletters of the Evelyn Underhill Association, 1992-1997.

Letters, 1918-1929, of Sadhu Sundar Singh in India to Rebecca Parker, the subjects including his work and activities.

Papers of Nathan Isaacs, 1913-1966, including lectures, unpublished writings and notes, publications and correspondence concerning his psychological and philosophical work.

Mid-seventeenth century versions of astrological works by Bonatti and others, translated by Thomas Blackburne.

Le Pharmacien accomply. Ou le Cabinet pharmaceutique. Contenant des moyens familières et facilles pour bien connoistre, distinguer et médicamenter les maladies ordinaires et extraordinaires qui peuvent arriver à l'homme, tant par préceptes astrologiques et Galénistes que par remèdes chymiques. Avec l'Antidotaire. Le tout reduict en ordre pour suppléer au véritable Médecin, et mis en pratique par F[rère] Is[aac] Q[uatroux] R[éligieux] M[édecin] or[dre] M[inime]. These MSS., now divided into two volumes, formed originally one volume. There is a pen-drawn historiated frontispiece to the 'Antidotaire': texts within black rules. The Antidotire is dated 1662, the other volume 1663.

These papers comprise the manuscript collection of F[rederick] Bacon Frank (1827-1911). They include a medieval medical miscellany (MS.550), material by or relating to the 17th century Yorkshire physician Nathaniel Johnston (MSS.3083-3086 and 6080), and some Bacon family administrative documents (MS.6079). One item relating to Nathaniel Johnston that did not form part of the Bacon Frank collection has been catalogued with it for convenience (MS.3086).

Register of marriages for Hampton Hill Spiritualist Church, Angel Close, Windmill Road, Hampton Hill, 1993-1995.

Contains records of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, its constituent and successor bodies and other related bodies [including Alpha et Omega, Stella Matutina, Independent and Rectified Rite, Fellowship of the Rosy Cross, Societas Rosicruciana in Anglia, Sphere Group, the Order of Great Osiris the Saviour, The Theosophical Society and others]. The collection includes the original cipher manuscripts, later translations of the ciphers, additional ciphers, the 'Sprengel' letters with translations from the German; ritual and instructional texts for both the Inner and Outer Orders in the Golden Dawn and its associated bodies, including ritual grade books, temple diagrams, Flying Rolls, lectures; National and Local administration and membership records including registers, address books, minutes, receipt and undertaking forms, Inner Order diaries, pledge forms, by-laws, circulars, correspondence and ephemera; personal correspondence of several prominent members including Florence Farr, Dr W Wynn Westcott, S.L. MacGregor Mathers, Annie Honiman, Dr Robert Felkin and Christina Stoddart; case files relating to significant events within the Order's history including the expulsion of Annie Horniman, the 'Battle of Blyth Road, the Horos Case, the expulsion of Mathers, the division of the Order, the concordat between the Stella Matutina and the Independent and Rectified Rite, the Court Case between Mathers and Aleister Crowley over the publication of rituals in the Equinox, Felkin's continental investigations and the Stella Matutina's new constitution and daughter temples; regalia and artefacts including Rose Cross Lamens worn by the Inner Order members, Enochian chess boards, a Lotus wand, Westcott's ring and a disk used for divination, Enochian tablets, an earth pentacle, officers' wands, a replica of the Inner Order Vault; photographs, designs and diagrams including temple diagrams and designs used in the vault, including the Garden of Eden before and after the fall of man, the colour scales, the minutum mundum; photographs including a picture of S. L. MacGregor Mathers; printed texts relating to the order, including works by R.A. Gilbert, Israel Regardie and E Howe, and Robert Gilbert's research papers.

Papers created and collected privately by Aby Moritz Warburg and members of his family, and administrative records of the Kulturwissenschaftliche Bibliothek Warburg and its successor institution, the Warburg Institute, 1866-2000. Including records of the history of the Warburg Institute from the beginnings of Aby Warburg's private library to the present day in sections under the following headings: Buildings; Administration; Organization and Activities of the Library / Institute; Annual Reports; Visitors' and Address Books; Accession Books; Account Books and 'Scrap' Book. Personal documents and working papers of Aby Warburg, including his bibliographical notes, notebooks, diaries and journals, drafts of lectures and articles; poems and dramatic sketches. Topics covered include: Contemporary Art; Hamburg University; Early Renaissance and Florentine Art and Patronage: Botticelli, Leonardo, Ghirlandaio, Sassetti; Flemish Art; Transformation of Style; Festivals; Psychology of Art; Pueblo Indians; Art and Astrology in Italy and the North: Palazzo Schifanoia, Luther and the Art of the Reformation, Dürer; Rembrandt; Cosmology; Postage Stamps; 'Mnemosyne-Atlas'. Papers collected by Aby Warburg on the following topics: Hamburg University; Hamburg City Affairs; Hamburg Institutions; Art Historical and other Congresses; Kunsthistorisches Institut (Florenz); First World War and Aftermath and Universities. Photographic Material including negatives and prints.