Primary documents

Elements area

Taxonomy

Code

Scope note(s)

  • An original "document" which is not the result of a documentation process.
  • "Document" original qui n'a pas fait l'objet d'un traitement documentaire.
  • "Documento" original que no ha sido objeto de un tratamiento documental.

Source note(s)

  • http://vocabularies.unesco.org/thesaurus/concept4219

Display note(s)

    Hierarchical terms

    Primary documents

    Primary documents

      Equivalent terms

      Primary documents

        2530 Archival description results for Primary documents

        2530 results directly related Exclude narrower terms
        Ernest Hale Collection
        GB 0347 D108 · Collection · 1901-1912

        Diaries and scrapbooks created by Ernest Hale as a record of each year from the date he met his (later) wife. The diaries begin in 1901-1902, each year begins on 30 September as that was the day they met. 1901-1902 was the fifth year of their relationship. There are also account books by Ernest Hale showing how much he spent each week, and an account book by Mrs Florence E Hale from 1910-1911 containing household accounts.

        Please contact the Archive for further information.
        GB 0074 CLC/188 · Collection · 1818-1938

        Records of the English Reformed Church, Hamburg, comprising registers (and related papers) of baptisms, marriages and burials. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff.

        English Reformed Church, Hamburg
        ENGLISH CHURCH, OSTEND
        GB 0074 CLC/360 · Collection · 1836-1998

        Records of the English Church at Ostend, Belgium. They comprise registers of baptisms, marriages and burials 1836-1998 (Mss 34987-9), service registers 1904-67 (Ms 38537), register of donations 1860-70 (Ms 38538), cash books 1925-67 (Ms 38539) and miscellaneous papers 1863-1967 (Ms 38540).

        English Church , Ostend, Belgium
        ENGLISH CHURCH, ODESSA
        GB 0074 CLC/359 · Collection · 1883-1918

        Records of the English Church, Odessa, Ukraine, comprising registers of baptisms, marriages, banns, and burials.

        English Church , Odessa, Ukraine
        ENGLISH CHURCH, MOSCOW
        GB 0074 CLC/358 · Collection · 1825-1962

        Records of the English Church, Moscow, Russia, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, accounts and correspondence. They were catalogued by members of Guildhall Library staff in 1964 and 1982.

        English Church , Moscow, Russia
        GB 0074 CLC/357 · Collection · 1912-1958

        Records of the English Church in Minas de Riotinto, Spain, comprising registers or notes of baptisms, marriages and a death 1933, 1950-7 (Ms 23639-41), service register 1931-58 (Ms 23640), and offertory account book 1912-28 (Ms 23640). They were catalogued in 1988 by a member of Guildhall Library staff.

        English Church , Minas de Riotinto, Spain
        ENGLISH CHURCH, HUGHESOVKA
        GB 0074 CLC/356 · Collection · 1902-1919

        Records of the English Church in Hughesovka, Russia [now Donetsk, Ukraine], including transcripts of baptisms, marriages and burials.

        English Church , Hughesovka, Russia
        ENGLISH CHURCH, GENEVA
        GB 0074 CLC/354 · Collection · 1817-1829;1920-1932

        Records of the English Church, Geneva, Switzerland, comprising: register of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1817-29 (Ms 10926A/1); orders of service, 1922 and 1933 (Ms 23514); and official regulations, 1920 (Ms 23515).

        English Church , Geneva, Switzerland
        ENGLISH CHURCH, BRUGES
        GB 0074 CLC/353 · Collection · 1874-1946

        Records of the English Church in Bruges, Belgium, comprising minute books and account book.

        English Church , Bruges, Belgium
        GB 0074 CLC/352 · Collection · 1839-1953

        Records of the English Church, Bagni di Lucca, Italy, including register of baptisms; registers of burials and graves; plan of the English cemetery; service register; preacher's book; financial accounts; minutes of the church trustees; churchwarden's books; and subscription books.

        English Church , Bagni di Lucca, Italy
        GB 0113 MS-ENGLS · 1703-1733

        Two notebooks with clinical details and descriptions of numerous cases, 1730-33

        England , Samuel , 18th century , apothecary
        GB 1556 WL 1318 · 1941-1949

        Papers of Herbert Engel, 1941-1949 comprise copy correspondence from an NSDAP district leader, in Gau Moselland, to a local court official, concerning Engel's wife's refusal to use the Heil Hitler greeting, 1941; copy personal account entitled Der Zusammenbruch und seine Folgen in persönlicher Hinsicht, a detailed report of a German farmer near Koblenz, who describes how the livelihoods of German farmers are threatened by bands of Poles, formerly 'foreign guest workers', 1949.

        Engel , Herbert , fl 1997 , teacher
        ACC/1391 · Collection · 1860-1879

        Records of the Harrow Methodist Church, 1860-1879, including committee minutes, financial records, papers regarding the construction of a Sunday School, article "Early Methodism in Harrow" by Edwin Field, "Handbook of Diamond Jubilee Celebration of The Methodist Church, Bessborough Road, Harrow, 1905-1965" and list of principal dates in history of Methodism in Harrow, 1809-1972.

        Also register of baptisms for Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Enfield Highway, 1860-1879.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        GB 0120 GP/10 · 1951-1972

        Papers of Hugh Mervyn Emrys-Roberts, 1951-1972, comprising indexes and notes on 1951-1952 morbidity study of general practice patients including daily list of patients; patient index cards; summary cards; classification of diseases; incidence of certain conditions ; patients X-rayed; relative humidity throughout period 1951/1952; letters and article and paper by Hugh Emrys-Roberts entitled 'The Evaluation of Hospital Output - 1972', c 1972.

        Roberts , Hugh Mervyn , Emrys- , b1915 , general practitioner
        GB 0074 P85/EMM2 · Collection · 1872-1986

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, West Dulwich, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and banns; registers of church services; papers relating to parish missions; administrative papers including correspondence; papers relating to parish boundaries including plans; Churchwardens' papers; correspondence and faculties regarding the church and church hall; Parochial Church Council minutes; and financial records.

        Parish of Emmanuel, West Dulwich , Church of England
        GB 0074 P87/EMM · Collection · 1886-1990

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Harrow Road, Paddington, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; registers of church services; orders of service; plans of the parish; papers relating to the benefice and the glebe; papers relating to church buildings including the church, vicarage and church hall; financial records; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; and parish magazines.

        Parish of Emmanuel, Paddington , Church of England
        GB 0074 DRO/135 · Collection · 1900-1998

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Northwood, including registers of baptisms, marriage, banns of marriage and church services; orders of service; papers of the incumbent; papers relating to parish boundaries; papers relating to the benefice; faculties, inventories, plans, drawings, photographs, reports, contracts and specifications for the church building, vicarage and church hall; Vestry and Parochial Church Council minutes; minutes of other committees; reports and correspondence; financial accounts; correspondence relating to parochial charities; Managers' Minutes, deeds, plans and correspondence relating to the school; papers of church societies and clubs; parish magazines; yearbooks; historical notes and pamphlets; and photographs.

        Parish of Emmanuel, Northwood , Church of England
        GB 0074 P89/EMM · Collection · 1883-1950

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Northwick Terrace, Maida Vale, including registers of baptisms, marriages and confirmations; records of the Chapel Trustees; Parochial Church Council minutes and accounts; papers of the Infant School and Sunday School; and papers of the District Visiting Society.

        Parish of Emmanuel, Maida Vale , Church of England
        GB 0074 P85/EMM1 · Collection · 1869-1966

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Distin Street, Lambeth, including registers of baptisms, marriages and banns; Parochial Church Council minutes; account book; registers of church services; terrier and inventory.

        Parish of Emmanuel, Lambeth , Church of England
        GB 0074 P83/EMM · Collection · 1886-1945

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Hornsey Road, Islington, including registers of baptisms and marriages; records of the Permanent Church Building Fund; and Churchwardens' financial accounts.

        Parish of Emmanuel, Hornsey Road, Islington , Church of England
        GB 0074 P81/EMM · Collection · 1885-2003

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Hampstead, including registers of baptisms, marriages, banns of marriage and confirmations; registers of church services; preachers' books; orders of service; papers relating to the benefice; Churchwardens' financial accounts; minutes and papers of the Parochial Church Council and the Annual Vestry; papers of church societies including the Emmanuel Men's Society; newsletters and yearbooks; papers relating to the church building, parsonage, and church hall including legal documents, correspondence, photographs, faculties and plans; and financial accounts. Also, Emmanuel Church of England Primary School is located in this parish. Documents relating to the governance of the school from 1999 are catalogued with the parish records.

        Parish of Emmanuel, Hampstead , Church of England
        GB 0074 P73/EMM · Collection · 1843-1963

        Records of the parish of Emmanuel, Camberwell, including registers of baptisms, marriages, confirmations and church services; cash book; inventory; Parochial Church Council minutes and parish magazines.

        Parish of Emmanuel, Camberwell , Church of England
        EMERY FAMILY
        GB 0074 CLC/449 · Collection · 1786?-1870

        Papers mainly concerning William Emery senior, Master of the Feltmakers' Company, including copy portrait, baptismal certificate, sermons written by him, and probate copies of his and his wife's wills, 1810-67. Also papers relating to William Emery junior, Church of England clergyman, including letters to him, with some transcriptions and certificates relating to his professional qualifications and appointments, 1847-70.

        Emery , William , 1825-1910 , Church of England clergyman Emery , William , 1798-1867 , Master of the Feltmakers' Company
        GB 0099 KCLMA Ellwood · Created 1955

        Bound copy of typescript memoir entitled 'Rejoining the Navy', giving a brief summary of his life and career, 1933-1955, and a detailed account of his role as Staff Officer (Trade) to the Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Atlantic Area during Exercise LIFELINE, a NATO exercise in naval control of shipping, 1955.

        Untitled
        GB 0074 CLC/447 · Collection · 1759-1935

        Papers of Sir John Whittaker Ellis, Lord Mayor of London, 1759-1935, including muniments of title to premises in the City of London and Surrey estate; papers relating to the administration of his estatse including rent ledger; household and personal accounts; and papers of his executors.

        Ellis , Sir , John Whittaker , 1829-1912 , Baronet , Lord Mayor of London
        Elliot Family
        GB 0064 ELL · Collection · [1745-1841]

        Papers of the Elliot family including:

        Papers of Lord Gilbert Elliot, 1st Earl of Minto, comprising sixty-two volumes and covering the official correspondence of Lord Minto when he was Commissioner at Toulon and Viceroy of Corsica. In addition, there is an account of the attack and defence of Toulon, 1793, a journal for March 1794, a few loose papers and some correspondence between Elliot, Nelson and Lady Hamilton.

        Papers of Lord Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Earl of Minto consisting of correspondence and papers covering the period when he was First Lord of the Admiralty. There are forty volumes of in-letters and some draft replies in his own hand including the letters from commanders connected with the events of the Carlist war, 1836 to 1841. There are also loose papers which consist of reports and memoranda and correspondence on a wide variety of naval topics. Further naval papers of the 2nd Earl form part of the Minto collection in the National Library of Scotland.

        Papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, content is mainly official and consists of account rolls of the Treasurer of the Chambers, 1762 to 1770, and an account made as Treasurer of the Navy, 1776 to 1777. There are some miscellaneous papers and a few letters, some personal and some official, relating to the settlement of Elliot's naval accounts. There are other papers relating to Elliot as Treasurer of the Navy and as Lord of the Admiralty in the National Library of Scotland.

        Papers of George Eliott, consisting of three cases of orders and letters relating mainly to the siege of Gibraltar.

        Papers of of Hugh Elliot consisting of diplomatic correspondence, 1803 to 1806, and contain sixty-two letters from Nelson (q.v.), together with drafts and copies of Elliot's replies and correspondence with Admiral Collingwood (q.v.). There are also intelligence reports and other material which throw light on the diplomacy of the Neapolitan Court.

        Papers of Adm John Elliot, consisting only of one volume, containing a biographical note and seventy-two letters sent mostly by Elliot to his father or brother, 1745 to 1805. There are also letters received, including some from Lords Sandwich (q. v.) and Barham (q.v.). Also included is a description by Captain Erasmus Gower (q.v.) of Lord Macartney's Embassy to China in 1793 and another of the First of June, 1794.

        Three logs kept by Willaim Elliot between 1803 and 1810.

        Kynynmound , Gilbert Elliot Murray , 1751-1814 , 1st Earl of Minto , Governor General of India x Elliot , Gilbert , 1751-1814 Kynynmound , Gilbert Elliot Murray , 1782-1859 , 2nd Earl of Minto , statesman x Elliot , Gilbert , 1782-1859 Elliot , Sir , Gilbert , 1722-1777 , 3rd Baronet , statesman, philosopher and poet Eliott , George Augustus , 1770-1790 , 1st Baron Heathfield , General Elliot , Hugh , 1752-1830 , diplomat and colonial governor Elliot , John , 1732-1808 , Admiral Elliot , William , d 1811 , Lieutenant
        GB 0098 B/ELLINGHAM · Created 1913-1970

        Papers of Harold Johann Thomas Ellingham, 1913-1970, comprising lecture notes made whilst a student at the Royal College of Science (Imperial College), 1914-1916, relating to chemistry, geology, mechanics and mathematics; biographical papers, 1945-1969; personal papers, 1914-1944, including letters of appointment; membership of societies, 1938-1970; technical assignments, 1940-1954; diary of journeys in Mesopotamia, 1917-1918; reprints of papers, 1932-1954; papers concerning the Royal School of Mines Murchison medal, 1914-1915; Ellingham's illness, 1956-1957; award of OBE, 1962; retirement from the Royal Institute of Chemistry, 1962-1963; general correspondence, including letters from Sir Henry Tizard, 1944-1963; papers and correspondence relating to Professor James Charles Philip, 1931-1946; election as Fellow of Imperial College, 1949; histories of Imperial College, 1946-1958; appointment as Special Assistant, Imperial College, 1963-1970; Imperial College Charter and internal government, 1962-1968.

        Ellingham , Harold Johann Thomas , 1897-1975 , Secretary of the Royal Institute of Chemistry
        ELIZABETH NEWCOMEN SCHOOL
        GB 0074 A/NWC · Collection · 1674-1957

        Records of the Elizabeth Newcomen School, Southwark, including minutes of the Governors of the Schools; admission registers; papers concerning Mrs Newcomen's will and a subsequent legal case between the Wardens of St. Saviour's and her godson, Thomas Lant; and the administration of the property which forms the endowment of the charity.

        Elizabeth Newcomen School
        GB 0074 ACC/1274 · Collection · 1638-1932

        Papers, 1638-1932, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties in Hendon, Manor of Isleworth Syon, Stoke Newington, Hornsey, Tottenham and Enfield, including wills, fines, conveyances, exemplifications of common recovery, mortgages, bonds, bargain and sales and lease and releases.

        Elborne, Mitchell and Company , solicitors
        GB 0074 ACC/1395 · Collection · 1817-1961

        Papers, 1817-1961, collected by the solicitors in the course of their work, comprising deeds and legal documents relating to properties at Chiswick, Hayes, Hendon, Hornsey, Islington, Isleworth, Shepperton, Stanwell, and Shoreditch, including agreements, copies of court rolls, conveyances, mortgages, leases and releases, assignments, letters of indemnity, deeds of covenant and sales particulars.

        Eland, Hore, Patersons , solicitors
        GB 0117 AE · 1898-1970

        Correspondence, diaries and other papers of Sir Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, including some personal papers but largely relating to The Royal Society and particularly to wartime activities and post-war research needs in Britain. The diaries form an almost complete record of Egerton's career during the period 1943-1959. Earlier diaries date back to 1917 and the period 1929-1930, but for the most part they relate to the period 1938-1941.

        Egerton , Sir , Alfred Charles Glyn , 1886-1959 , Knight , chemist
        GB 0100 KCLCA KH/PP25 · 1939
        Part of KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL

        The collection comprises a copy of a diary compiled by the surgeon Harold Edwards in 1939, specifically describing the emergency arrangements undertaken at King's College Hospital with the outbreak of war. Edwards was in charge of implementing these plans and the diary outlines these and the reactions and opinions of staff between September and October 1939.

        Edwards , Harold Clifford , 1899-1989 , surgeon
        GB 0100 KCLCA KH/PP4 · 1858-1937
        Part of KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL

        Papers, 1858-1937, relating to hermaphroditism and hypospadias, particularly concerning their surgical treatment, including correspondence, photographs, diagrams, case notes, case histories, articles from medical journals, newspaper cuttings and text; typed instructions, [1920], with diagrams, for various minor surgical procedures; notes on a surgical procedure [plastic surgery] for the eye area, [1920].

        Edmunds , Arthur , 1874-1945 , Hunterian Professor of Surgery
        ACC/1388-13 · Collection · 1914-1971

        Registers of marriages, 1914-1971.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        ACC/3238 · Collection · 1837-1868

        Notices of marriage for Edmonton Registration District giving name of church or chapel in which marriage is to be solemnized, 1837-1868.

        Edmonton Registration District , General Registry Office
        EDMONTON PARISH
        GB 0074 ACC/1544 · Collection · 1705-1770

        Records relating to poor relief in the parish of Edmonton, 1705-1770, including examinations, warrants and removal orders.

        Various
        EDMONTON METHODIST CHURCH
        ACC/1104 · Collection · 1841-1966

        Records of the Edmonton Methodist Church, 1841-1966, including register of baptisms, papers relating to Edmonton Central Hall building work (including blueprints and printing blocks), register of membership, Junior Society class book, minutes, financial records, obituaries, pulpit notice books, circuit preaching plans and directories and tenancy agreements.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church
        N/C/64 · Collection · 1788-1958

        Baptism and burial register, 1792-1826; register of burials, 1792-1793; general minute book, 1788-1901; Church meetings minute book, 1789-1907; Church book containing notes on foundation of church and membership list, 1789-1862; register of members, 1828-1959; papers of the Sunday School, 1826-1902; minute book of Church Societies, 1844-1876, including Christian Instruction Society, Congregational Chapel Temperance Society, Working Men's Temperance Society and the United Societies' Committee.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        GB 0099 KCLMA Edmonds · Created 1827-1838, 1852, 1879-1881, 1890-1957

        Papers created or collected by Edmonds during the course of his life and career, dated 1827-1838, 1852, 1879-1881, 1890-1957, principally comprising typescript memoirs covering his life and career, 1861-1951, and notably concerning his work at the Royal Military Academy, 1890-1896, and in the Intelligence Division of the War Office, 1899-1901, 1904-1908, his service in South Africa, 1901-1902, and in World War One, 1914-1918, at the Geneva Conference, 1906, as General Staff Officer, 4 Div, 1911-1914, and in the Historical Section of the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1919-1949, written in [1951]; correspondence with Rt Hon Sir Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, 1922-1954, relating to Churchill's book The World Crisis, 1911-1918 (Thornton Butterworth, London,1923-1929, abridged and revised, 1931); letters from FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and his wife, 1903-1939, mainly relating to Edmonds' work on the official history of World War One; correspondence with Maj Gen Sir Ernest (Dunlop) Swinton, 1919-1950; texts of lectures,[1908-1947], notably relating to the American Civil War, 1861-1865, laws of war and the organisation of intelligence and information in warfare; typescript and printed articles, 1893-1957, mainly relating to World War One; official army handbooks and reports by Edmonds and others, 1899-1918, 1945; papers related to World War One collected by Edmonds, dated 1900, 1907, 1914-[1945]; presscuttings, [1906-1943], mainly concerning political and military developments and international relations; photographs, 1895-1918, mainly of Edmonds with Army colleagues.

        Untitled
        EDGWARE AND BOYS MANOR
        GB 0074 ACC/1424 · Collection · 1859-1932

        Records of the Manor of Edgware Boys, including schedule of houses in the manor; papers relating to quit rents and fines; list of tenants; papers relating to the appointment of a steward; copies of court rolls; and papers relating to property in Edgware.

        Manor of Edgware Boys
        GB 0099 KCLMA Edgell P M · Created 1944, 1990

        Typescript copy of account entitled 'The five years of 345 Coy RASC (Royal Army Service Corps), from Baquba to Trieste, 1940-1945', written in Apr 1990 by Edgell, Officer Commanding 345 Company, 1940-1941, with additional notes by LtCol D S L Rolph, Officer Commanding 345 Company, 1942-1945. Typescript copy of account entitled 'Convoy 343. Carrying aid to Russiaacross the Persian mountains in midwinter', written by Capt A G Wallis, Officer Commanding C Platoon, 204 General Purpose TransportCompany, Royal Indian Army Service Corps, relating to the first truck convoy, driven by Indian troops, from Persia to the USSR, Jan1944.

        Untitled
        N/C/07 · Collection · 1784-1939

        Records of the Ebenezer Chapel, King Street, Hammersmith, later the Albion Congregational Church, Dalling Road, Hammersmith, including volume, 1784-1849, containing articles and rules for faith and practice, 1784, roll of church members, 1784-1849 and register of events such as admission of new members, resignation of and invitations to pastors and so on, 1785-1819; Church book, 1881-1938, containing historical account of church covering period 1774-1938, minutes of Church Meetings, 1881-1886, roll of members, 1857-1938, register of marriages, 1881-1938, register of baptisms, 1881-1938, register of burials, 1881-1886; register of baptisms, 1875-[1880]; volume containing minutes of Church Meetings, 1923-1938, history of church covering 1774-1932 and note on the closure of the church, 1938.

        Congregational Church of England and Wales
        Eastern Hospital
        SBHE · Fonds · 1739-1980

        Comprises: administrative records; property and estate records; photographs; medical records; pathology records; staff records; external publications.

        Eastern Hospital
        GB 0074 CLC/168 · Collection · 1728-1877

        Records of the Manor of East Smithfield, City of London. The records comprise: court leet books, 1728-88; and court rolls, 1763-1862.

        Manor of East Smithfield , City of London
        ACC/1388-17 · Collection · 1970

        Register of marriages, 1970.

        Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church