Correspondence of Lt Col George Charles Bradbury on the history of the 10th Baluch Regt, Indian Army, 1983-1991. Subjects include regimental history, uniform and regalia, battle honours, gallantry awards, the origin of the regimental warcry "Kai Kai", and the Officers' Dining Club.

The collection covers both Pettigrew's medical and antiquarian activities, which are intermingled in the material's arrangement. The medical items include correspondence with many medical figures, medical jurisprudence (an Anniversary Oration delivered to the Medical Society of London), corpulence, hydrophobia, medical observations by army officers in India, and an autobiographical memoir of the philanthropist and prison-reformer James Neild (1744-1814), transcribed by Pettigrew and incorporated into his life of John Coakley Lettsom M.D. The antiquarian items include material on Kett's Rebellion, Hindu deities, the library of the Duke of Sussex and correspondence with the Italian antiquary Giovanni Spano (1803-1878) and Gaetano Cara, as part of Pettigrew's role as Vice-President of the British Archaeological Society. Types of material held include notebooks, loose papers, correspondence and diplomas.

Papers of (Chalrles) Neal Ascherson relating to Eastern Europe, comprising:
files of news cuttings, press releases and other papers mainly re Poland taken from West European, American and Polish sources. Some files are arranged chronologically and others by subject and they document the rise of Solidarity in Poland, 1979-1984, the imposition of martial law and Poland under martial law, papers on the Church in Poland, 1978-1981, the visit of Pope John Paul II to Poland, June 1983, the Polish economy, 1980-1985. Also contains single files on Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe in general - arranged by subject.

Transcripts and photocopies mainly from manuscripts in the British Library relating to the Russian travels of Samuel Bentham in 1781-1782. Includes a translation of "Severnoe prichernomor'e v 1775-1800" by E I Druzhinina (Moscow, 1959). Also contains some other related papers including a photocopy of the 1783 diary of Gertrude Harris, sister of the British Ambassador at St Petersburg.

Copy of letter from Joesph Beran, Archbishop of Prague to Dr Alexej Cepicka, Minister of Mustice in the Czechoslovak Government, 6 July 1948. It demonstrates the strength of the church's opposition to the Communist system.

Manuscripts of writings, lecture notes and other notes by Reginald Robert Betts; notes, transcripts and photostats from Latin manuscripts in Austrian and Czech libraries on Jan Hus, Peter Payne and the Reformation and also notes taken from more recent books on these subjects, c 1928-1960.

Memoir containing references to visits (Mary) Daisy Waldegrave (later Bevan) made to Russia in (circa) 1878-1879, 1890 and 1929.

Papers of Lucjan Blit, relating to Poland, particularly the Communist Party, 1913- c 1961.

Papers of George Henry Bolsover on Eastern Europe, 1928-1985, comprising:
Bolsover's writings and related papers on Russia, the Soviet Union and European history, 1928-1985 including his BA and MA theses, lecture notes, texts of broadcasts, book reviews and reports and papers issued by the British Government; reports on study trips and delegations, made by Bolsover and others, mainly by staff of the British Embassy in Moscow, the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, 1954-1982; papers on the School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), including notes on Robert William Seton-Watson, letter on the composition of SSEES Council and drafts of articles by Bolsover on SSEES, 1947-1969; notes on Russian history and the Soviet Union taken from original documents and secondary sources, 1933-1985.

Typescript translation of Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov's memoirs Horatius of the Beretsina: the memoirs of Admiral Pavel Vasilievich Chichagov translated and annotated, with additional material by Dinah Dean. The memoirs provide an account of life in St Petersburg during the reign of Paul I as well as of the battle of Beretsina. In addition the typescript provides an essay on Chichagov by Émil Charles, Chichagov's English will and documents on his British naturalisation; 4 related photographs

Draft of SSEES MA thesis by J G F Druce entitled "The role of Czech men of science in the national revival movement", 1942.

Papers of Sir Arthur John Evans, relating to his journalistic and political activities in the Balkans, comprising:
Articles, lectures, memoranda, notebooks, notes, sketches and correspondence re the Balkans, including Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia and Macedonia, particularly the Adriatic question and possibilities for a South Slav state, 1875-1932; Evans' photographs of Balkan people and places, c 1884, 1932; press cuttings on the Balkans, 1877-1935, including volumes of articles by Evans as Balkans correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, based in Ragusa [now Dubrovnik], 1877-1888, press cuttings on Serbia, Montenegro and the creation of a united South Slav state, 1915-1919 and cuttings re relations between Italy and the new Yugoslav state mainly from the Italian press, 1918-1919; volume of cuttings by or about Evans on archaeology, 1880-1889; pamphlets, press bulletins and off prints mainly on the South Slavs, 1904-1922

Papers of Kenneth Johnston, comprising:
Partial typescript entitled "A History of South-East Europe" comprising a scheme of the work and various chapters covering the period up to 1879; manuscript entitled "Comparative chronology of events in the countries of south-eastern Europe, 5th-20th centuries A.D.".

Typescript by Martti Julkunen entitled "Tukikohta itään vai puolueeton pohjoismma? Kansallissosialistnen Saksa ja Suomi 1933-1939" [A base against the East or a neutral Scandinavian country? National Socialist Germany and Finland 1933-1939] (Turku, 1984).

Papers of Joseph Michael Kitch on eastern European history, 1951-1982, comprising:
General papers on Kitch's career, 1967-1977; papers on the history of Russia and the Soviet Union, c 1967-1978; papers on interpretations of the Cold War, c 1968-1979; papers on Romanian history, c 1953-1980; papers on European history, c 1962-1980; papers on the history of political thought, c 1967-1980; papers on Marxist philosophy, c 1968-1980; papers on economics, c 1952-1980.

Album of memorabilia from Sir James Wolfe Murray's participation in the visit of the British Parliamentary delegation to Russia, 22 January-6 February 1912, includes invitation cards, menus, programmes and an account of the visit by Murray published in the "Morning Post", 8 February 1912.

Letter from Osobyi Komitet po delam Russikh emigrantov v Latvii [Special Committee for the problems of Russian émigrés in Latvia]to the President of the Russian National Committee in London, 27 Aug 1920.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Bernard Pares, 1902-1948, comprising:
Pre World War One papers, 1902-1914, including writings on Russian politics, joint diary on Russian political events written with Samuel Northrup Harper; press cuttings and Russian newspapers;
correspondence and papers on the School of Russian Studies, Liverpool University, 1907-1916, including manuscript and typescript articles for the "Russian Review", and correspondence with Sir Alfred Jones, Liverpool shipping magnate and a supporter of the School;
correspondence and papers on visit to Britain of members of the Russian Duma, June-July 1919;
correspondence and papers on visit of delegation of British public figures to Russia, 1911-1912;
World War One papers, including drafts of his dispatches from the front as British Military Overseer to the Russian Army, 1915-1917, papmplets and newspapers, presscuttings of Pares's articles;
correspondence and papers on the Russian Revolution and Civil War years, 1917-1922, including reports, memos and other papers, press surveys, newspapers, pamphlets and press cuttings, particularly on White held Siberia;
papers dating from the inter-war years, including papers on the education of Russian children in Britain and other relief work for Russian refugees, papers on Pares' visit to the Soviet Union, 1935-1936, correspondence on publications and lectures, correspondence on the Church of England Council on Foreign Relations, pamphlets, reports and press cuttings;
correspondence and papers on the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, 1916-1938, including early plans for the school and Pares' employment as Director; correspondence on Pares's visit to United States, 1929 and lecture notes;
papers dating from World War Two and post-war years, 1939-1948, including mss and working papers for "The fall of the Russian monarchy"; lecture and broadcast notes; letters from American correspondents

Set of cancelled Russian Imperial bonds, 1822-1917, (many issued by Railway companies) selected from those submitted by claimants against the Russian Compensation Fund after the final distribution from the Fund.

Papers of the Institute of Germanic Studies (IGS), 1951-1995, including
Papers, 1951-1961 on repair of war damage and the conversion of 29 Russell Square for the IGS, including plans, correspondence with Surveyors, schedule of work, application for award under National Building Programme, tenders, and contact with the builders;
Papers on production of a "Union List" of periodicals dealing with Germanic languages and literatures in the University Library and libraries of the Colleges and Institutes of the University of London, 1956;
Minutes, correspondence and papers on the Medieval Studies Group project to compile a bibliography and commentary of Wolfram von Eschenbach, 1961-1963;
Papers on Exhibitions at IGS, 1961-1893
Papers on commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the death of Goethe, 1982;
Papers on publication of Germanistik in Festschriften von den Sufängen (1877) bis 1973 IGS Friends Newsletter, 1987-1995;
Visitors Book, 1956-1983.

MA dissertation submitted to Georgetown University, Washington D.C. by Michael Joesph Rura entitled "Reinterpretation of history as a method of furthering communism in Rumania", 1960.

Papers on Hugh Seton-Watson's interests as an academic including papers on Bulgaria, Romania and Yugoslavia and correspondence on the future of SSEES, 1945-1975; papers re Seton-Watson family history, including books and pamphlets by George Seton, HSW's great-grandfather and papers on HSW's father R W Seton-Watson

Two memoranda, written at Belgrade, December 1922 by Sovet Russkikh Chastnykh Zheleznykh [Council for the Russian Private Railways].

Manuscript by M Stakhovich entitled "Nochnoe. Stsena iz russkago byta" [Night time: scenes from Russian life], undated.

MA thesis presented to the Georg-August University, Göttingen by Jekaterina Vaitsenberg-Schwetje entitled "Das Polenbild in der Deutsch und Russischen presse 1860-1870" [The image of Poland in the German and Russian press 1860-1870]

Typescript by Jacques M Vergotti, entitled "Memoirs of a Romanian-American 1940-1990", including material on his work as equerry to King Michael of Romania.

Anonymous typescript, entitled "The western borderlands of the USSR", Jan 1944

Notes for lectures belonging to Thomas Seccombe, on English History 1640-1830.

Also includes flyer for syllabus of a course of 6 lectures on 'Representative Frenchmen' by Hilaire Belloc at Oxford University and syllabus of lectures on 'The age of Frederick the Great' by J.A.R. Marriott, Oxford University.

Papers of the London History Workshop Centre, including; papers and correspondence regarding the origins and formation of the London History Workshop Centre, 1977-1983; minutes and papers of Annual General Meetings and management meetings, 1983-1992; accounts and financial papers, 1983-1991; papers, correspondence and reports regarding projects and publications, 1981-1991; papers, accounts and promotional material of the London History Workshop Centre Sound and Video Archive, 1986-1991; photographs, prints and illustrations covering the late nineteenth century to the mid 1980s and concerning World War One, World War Two, poverty, transport, (railways, cars, buses, trams and the Underground) housing, entertainment, marches and demonstrations, fashion, working life, immigration, the development of London, entertainment, shops and shopping, education, childhood and other areas, c1910-1985; miscellaneous transcripts of oral history interviews conducted by London Weekend Television for the television series, The Making of Modern London, c1985; correspondence and plates for the book Trafalgar Square: Emblem of Empire, published by Lawrence and Wishart, 1975-1976; card backed photographic reproductions used by the London History Workshop for exhibition purposes, c1975.

Papers concerning Jewish community election, 1925, comprise two election pamphlets addressed to the German Jewish community, Breslau.

Papers of Selig Hecht, 1933, consist of two letters written by Selig Hecht, on a visit to Europe. The first, a letter to a colleague back home, outlines the problems facing Jewish academics in Nazi Germany, and introduces the second which is a much more detailed picture of the privations suffered by Jewish academics and also the indifference of the non-Jewish population, and the culmination of a latent antisemitism in the profession that had long pre-dated the Nazi seizure of power. The latter is addressed to Alfred Cohen. Others mentioned include Willstaetter, Fajans, and Alfred Wiener in his role as Syndikus or Director of the Organisation Centralverein deutscher Staatsbuerger Juedischen Glaubens.

Papers of Harold Fraser, 1923-1924, consist of two parts, copies of correspondence from Harold Fraser in Hamburg, to his employers, Helbert, Wagg and Co, merchant bankers based in London, c 1923-1924 (1567/1) which describe the era of hyper-inflation, unemployment and political unrest in Germany; and a translation of a letter entitled, 'A letter from my father about his experiences during the siege and the German occupation of Warsaw', 1940 (1567/2).

Papers of Eleanor Hess, 1872-1990s, document the life of a German Jewish refugee to Great Britain, and, in part, the lives of family members. The papers include emigration and citizenship papers of her grandfather Emil, c1870s; certificates and First World War army records of Julius, her father and correspondence from Eleanor and her brother, Herbert, in Brazil, to their mother, c1950s. The collection includes 2 boxes of family photographs. In addition there is an unpublished memoir of Eleanor, which describes the life of a Jewish girl in Nazi Germany and the experience of emigration to a foreign land.

Papers of Joyce Rozendaal Haldinstein, 1940-1946, consist of the correspondence of Joyce Rozendaal Haldinstein, and relates to her life in Holland under German occupation, her escape across Europe, her internment in Switzerland and her life in the immediate post war years in England and Holland.

Typescript report detailing every aspect of the activities of the Theresienstadt Concentration camp under the following sub-headings: Abteilung für innere Verwaltung; Arbeitszentrale; Wirtschaftsabteilung; Spedition; Landwirtschaft; Produktion; Finanzabteilung; Technische Abteilung; Abteilung fuer Gesundheitswesen.

This diary covers the period of her incarceration at Theresienstadt,12 February 1945-1 July 1945 and is preceded by an 11 page personal account of life under the Nazis from 1934. An addition to the original foreward, dated 1975, suggests that this version is a transcript copy. It includes the following contents list: 'Gestapo order re compulsory labour'; 'assembling in Augsburg'; 'journey into the unknown'; 'arrival at Theresienstadt'; 'first days'; 'office work'; 'no luggage'; 'illness'; 're-found friends-their experiences'; 'camp children'; 'departure of the Danes'; 'arrival of 12,000 KZ inmates'; 'danger of epidemics'; 'Red Cross takeover'; 'Mussolini's and Hitler's deaths'; 'last days before capitulation'; 'last SS men leave'; 'Czechs take over camp'; 'Russians then Americans fight against epidemic'; 'preparations for camp closure'.

Partial alphabetical list (letters R-Z) of names of the survivors of Lodz ghetto, Poland, during World War Two, including date of birth and last known address (1939). Created, 13-27 June 1945.

Copies of original essays, memoranda and private papers, 1936-1943, covering such subjects as the Weimar Republic, the rise of National Socialism, German Communist and Socialist parties and trade unions, and the Jewish refugee problem. Also a fairly comprehensive collection of the 'Political Group Papers' (1941-1943) from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Committee on Reconstruction.

Copy affidavits and statements from former members of the Hielscher group of anti-Nazi German historians, regarding the activities of Otto-Ernst Schüddekopf, historian, 1946-1954.

Papers of the Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten, 1927-1961, including correspondence, circulars and papers of the activities of the Westdeutscher Landessportverband which was affiliated to the Sportbund im Reichsbund jüdischer Frontsoldaten notably on boxing, tennis and football, the activities of the organisation, and the relationship with other bodies such as the Zionistische Vereinigung für Deutschland and the Deutscher Makkabikreis. Letter from Leo Löwenstein regarding the fallen Jewish soldiers of World War One; press cuttings on fallen Jewish soldiers of World War One, (1930s) and obituaries of Leo Löwenstein. Circulars and other papers of the Sportbund des Reichsbundes jüdischer Frontsoldaten. Issue of Der Schild, 28 Sep 1933.

Copy of a letter signed by Puttkammer from the Reichsverwaltung to the obersten Reichsbehörden on the behaviour of servicemen, 1945.

The papers of Siegfried Weiner, early 20th century, comprise a biographical account, written by his daughter; she describes life in Regensburg, Bavaria, the family's the difficulties following their emigration to Palestine, the war of independence and then their return to Regensburg.

Papers of Alfred Pavel Peres, 1939-1948, including minutes of discussions held initially between President Dr Edward Benes and Dr Peres and later also including Dr G Beuer, Dr J Zimmer, Dr Popper, and Dr Girschick, signed by Peres. The subjects of the discussions are wide ranging and necessarily reflect the changing situation vis a vis the effects of war. They include problems regarding the Sudetendeutsch, the formation of a Czech government in exile (-/2); problems of Czech refugees (-/3); report regarding Czech soldiers in France. The papers also include correspondence between Peres and Benes, Jan Masaryk and others. These papers document, in part, the activities of Czech exiles in London during the war and the situation in Czechoslovakia in the immediate post war years.

Papers of Dunera affair, 1940, 1979-1987, relate to the situation of the German and Austrian immigrants sent to Australia and notably include a memorandum sent from Internees Camp Office, No 7 Camp, Eastern Command to the High Commission for the UK, Canberra, setting out their grievances, 1940; letter regarding Julian Layton's activities as member of the Refugee Committee in the Jewish Chronicle, 1979; a history of the Australian Jewish Welfare Society with covering note to Julian Layton, 1981 and articles notably regarding the Dunera, particularly concerning 'Dunera Boys'.

Order from the Führer des SS Oberabschnittes Österreich, Vienna, to all SS units referring to an order of Gauleiter Buerckel that all section leaders were to be responsible for preventing actions by the SS against Jews and that if measures have to be taken against Jews these would be carried out by the authorities and the Gestapo, 5 April 1938.

Papers of Kurt Ferber, 1932-1949, comprise a set of correspondence between Kurt Ferber and a friend in Berlin, Olga Bruewitsch-Heuss; material relating to the Kampfbund für deutsche Kultur; miscellaneous contemporary newspapers and cuttings; and unidentified notes. The correspondence is of particular interest for it provides insight into the mentalities of two ordinary German citizens with special reference to their political and cultural interests. From the content it is clear that Olga Bruewitsch-Heuss is a fervent follower of the Nazis and a virulent anti-Semite.

Correspondence, 1994-1997, regarding the history of Jews in Poland with special reference to the blood libels of Tarnobrzeg and the 1946 Kielce pogrom. Also included is a copy translation of the historical files of Tarnobrzeg.

An account of Kristallnacht by Vincent C Frank in Berlin, who holds the view that it was meticulously planned. This account is the text of a talk given for the Jewish Community, Basel, on 8 November 1998.

A Collection of circa 350 reports on Kristallnacht, and the aftermath, 1938-1939, anonymised to protect the identity of the authors. Collected by the Jewish Central Information Office in the immediate aftermath of the events themselves.

Papers of Political Warfare Executive, 1943, comprise two copies of the French 'Revue de la Presse Libre' No. 45 dropped during in the nights 4th and 5th April until 15th and 16th April 1943.