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          GB 0813 POST 109 Series · Series · [1909]-2003

          The earliest material in this series consists of artwork commissioned by the Public Relations Department and its predecessors to be printed and distributed as posters and greetings telegram forms.

          It includes designs for posters that were subsequently published under the publication references IRP and PRD and a number of adopted greetings telegram designs, it also contains many designs for both posters and greetings telegrams that were rejected.

          The Public Relations Department approached many artists to produce designs for posters and greetings telegram forms and the series includes work from noted artists such as: Tom Eckersley, Frank Newbould, Edward McKnight Kauffer, John Nash, Jan Lewitt and George Him, Pat Keely, Barnett Freedman, Claudia Freedman, Rex Whistler, Margaret Calkin James, Edward Bawden and John Farleigh.

          Later material includes artwork produced for a variety of purposes, such as publicity leaflets, press advertisements and designs for logos, vehicle livery, postal equipment and letter boxes.

          Material consists of paintings and pencil and ink drawings, it also incorporates various techniques such as lithography and computer aided design. The series also contains a number of photographs and transparencies as well as annotated printed proofs for designs.

          There are also a number of items relating to logo and logotype design and branding of the Post Office and its services, including artwork for the redesign of the GPO logo by MacDonald Gill in 1934.

          Also included are a number of original illustrations produced by artist, Ben Maile in 1990 for inclusion in a Post Office commissioned book: 'First Post: From Penny Black to Present Day'.

          No further information available
          Post Office Publicity
          GB 0813 POST 110 Series · Series · 1934-present

          When Stephen Tallents became GPO (General Post Office) Public Relations Manager in 1933, he decided to adopt the use of posters to carry information from the Post Office to the public. The bulk of POST 110 consists of over 6000 posters produced by the Post Office from the creation of its Public Relations Department in 1934 up to the present day.

          Posters were initially produced for distribution to schools as an educational aid, or for display on mail vans, but soon the decision was taken to produce posters specifically designed to be displayed inside public offices; subject matter included public information and sales of philatelic items.

          Posters for internal purposes were also produced by the Joint Production Council from the 1950s, these variously encouraged staff to be industrious, vigilant and to be thrifty.

          Many well-known artists and designers have been commissioned by the Post Office (particularly in the 1930s-1950s) to produce posters. These artists include Peter Huveneers, Hans Schleger (Zero), Abram Games, Austin Cooper, Eric Fraser, Jan Lewitt, George Him, Tom Eckersley, Edward McKnight Kauffer, Harold Sandys Williamson, Frederic Henri Kay Henrion, Hans Arnold Rothholz, Ronald Searle and Barnett Freedman.

          POST 110 also includes POPOS (Post Office Point of Sale) display instructions produced for branches, giving information on the display material they should obtain and display for particular periods. It also includes other publicity material such as leaflets and calendars.

          There is an ongoing project to catalogue POST 110, with the main focus currently on the posters; there are 1,837 posters catalogued and available for viewing via our online catalogue, the majority of these records also include images of the posters.

          Not given
          GB 0813 POST 108 Series · Series · 1906-2000

          This series comprises publications, reports, minutes and correspondence on the establishment, operation and development of the Public Relations Department (PRD) and its predecessors and successors. It also contains records on the communication and marketing activity of the Post Office, as well as advertising, training, and educational material produced by the PRD and other Post Office departments.

          No further information available
          GB 1556 WL 659 · Collection · 1944

          Confidential circular letter to leading government officials, 27 Jul 1944, from Dr Lammers, Reichsminister and Chef der Reichskanzlei, regarding the Nazi government's public treatment of the bomb plot of 20 July 1944.

          Lammers , Hans Heinrich , 1879-1962 , Reichsminister
          GREATER LONDON COUNCIL
          GLC · Collection · 1810-1988

          Records of the Greater London Council, 1810-1988. Papers of the Architect's Department including the Building Regulations Division, Street Naming Section, District Surveyors, Education Division, Maintenance Division, Engineering Division, Structural Engineer, Historic Buildings Division, Housing and Town Development Branch, Technical Publications, Photograph Library, Plan Registry, Special Works Branch and Technical Policy Division; and papers of the GLC London Community Builders.

          Papers of the Director-General's Department, including papers of the Administration Division, Finance Division, Personnel Division, Registry and Dispatch Division, Record Office and Library, Director-General's Board, Public Health and Safety Programme Board, Ceremonial Office, Entertainments Licensing Group, Ethnic Minorities Unit, Housing and Technical Services Committees, Industry and Employment Branch, Intelligence Unit and Policy Study Groups, Judicial Services Section, Majority Party Secretariat, Member's Support Unit, Minority Party Secretariat, Police Committee Support Unit, Professional and General Services Committee, Programme Office, Policy and Resources Group, Public Relations Branch, Public Services and Fire Brigade Department, Planning Transport and Industry Group, Scrutiny Committee, Secretariat, Scientific Services Branch, Town Development Committee and Women's Committee Support Unit. Also Committee agendas, minutes and papers, periodicals, and publications of the Council.

          Papers of the London Fire Brigade administrative branch. Papers of the Public Health Engineering Department, including the Rivers Branch and the Solid Waste Management Branch. Papers of the Housing Department, including the Controller of Housing and Technical Services, the Directors of Housing, the Development Branch, Management Branch, Professional Services Branch, Renewals Branch and Thamesmead Branch. Papers of the Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Department including the Design and Technical Policy Branch and the Maintenance Branch.

          Papers of the Medical Adviser's Department including the School Health Division, Health and Housing Division, Inspectorate, Mental Deficiency case files and Slum Clearance case files. Papers of the Recreation and Arts Department including papers of the Director of Development and Controller of Operational Services, papers of the General Landscaping Division, Housing Landscaping Division, Thamesmead Landscaping Division, Planning and Strategy Division, Architectural Design and Construction Division, General Practice Surveying Division, Entertainments and Fairs Division, Information and Publicity Division, Sports Division, Grants Branch, Open Space and Recreation Branch, Horticulture Division, Open Air Entertainments Division and Parks Department.

          Papers of the Supply Department. Papers of the Transportation and Development Department, including papers of the Controller of Transportation and Development, papers of the Construction Branch, Statutory Division, Local Plans Division, Land Use Section, Programme Management and Resources Branch, Cycling Project Team, Chief Traffic Engineer, Traffic Control Division, Plan Registry, Traffic Management Section, Transport Planning Branch, Environmental Management Division, and Policy and Projects Division. Also Greater London Development Plan files, photographs, technical publications, and Greater London traffic surveys.

          Also papers of individual members of the GLC including Ken Livingstone, GLC Leader 1981-1986; Paul Boateng, Chairman of GLC Police Committee, 1981-1986; Sir Horace Cutler, GLC Leader, 1977-1981; papers of staff clubs and societies and non-GLC publications concerning the Council and its work.

          GLC , Greater London Council x Greater London Council
          Family Planning Association
          GB 0120 SA/FPA · 1901-1976

          Records of the Family Planning Association from its inception as National Birth Control Committee in 1930, until the major organisational changes following the 1974 NHS Act; records of predecessor bodies subsequently assimilated; records of affiliated clinics, including substantial collection of records of the North Kensington Women's Welfare Clinic; papers of Margery Spring-Rice and of Caspar Brook; photographs, pamphlets, ephemera, posters

          National Birth Control Committee National Birth Control Association Family Planning Association Birth Control Investigation Committee Birth Control International Information Centre Society for the Provision of Birth Control Clinics Workers' Birth Control Group North Kensington Women's Welfare Clinic Walworth Women's Welfare Centre Manchester and Salford Women's Welfare Clinic Rice , Margery , Spring- , fl 1924-1969 , superintendent of the North Kensington Women's Welfare Clinic
          Brook , Caspar , 1920-1983 , Director of the Family Planning Association
          COL/CC/BRA · Subfonds · 1968-1970
          Part of CORPORATION OF LONDON

          Minute book of the Barbican Arts Centre Joint Working Party, Court of Common Council, 1968-1970. The Working Party was concerned with planning matters which would lead to the successful operation of the Barbican Arts Centre. They co-ordinated with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the London Symphony Orchestra, dealt with public relations matters to do with the Centre, the appointment of technical and management consultants, and the appointment of the Centre's first Manager, Henry Wrong.

          Corporation of London
          GB 0074 ACC/2305/26-7 · Collection · 1958-1970

          Records of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including precis of news reports about the brewing industry; examples of advertising including a gramophone record; papers relating to public houses; and publicity department correspondence and subject files relating to various events, company activities and aspects of the brewing industry.

          Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewers
          GB 0074 ACC/2305 · Collection · 1558-1983

          Records of various constituent, predecessor and associated companies of Courage, Barclay and Simonds, brewers; with records relating to licensed and other premises (distinguished by the reference PH). The amount and type of papers vary from company to company, and include corporate records, accounting records, sales and production records, papers relating to premises including breweries and public houses, papers relating to staffing, personal papers of individuals and public relations department records.

          The constituent, predecessor and associated companies for which there are records in this collection include (for further information please consult the separate sub-fonds entry for each company):

          Anchor Taverns Ltd
          Arndale - Horselydown Ltd
          Arthur Cooper (Wine Merchant) Ltd
          Ashby's Staines Brewery Ltd
          Ashford Valley Cyders Ltd
          Ashton Gate Brewery Company Ltd
          Barclay Perkins (Sudan) Ltd (Blue Nile Brewery)
          Barclay Perkins and Co. Ltd
          Basingstoke Town Properties Ltd
          Bournemouth Wine Company Ltd
          Bristol Brewery Georges and Co. Ltd
          Bristol United Breweries Ltd
          C.N. Kidd and Son Ltd
          Camden Brewery Company Ltd
          Camwal Ltd
          Cantrell and Cochrane Ltd
          Carlos and Thrale Ltd
          Catering Services (Newark) Ltd
          Chandlers Ltd
          Charles Beasley Ltd
          Charles Kinloch and Co. Ltd
          Charlton Brewery Company Ltd
          Clinch and Co. Ltd
          Courage and Barclay Ltd
          Courage and Co. Ltd (including Courage (Central) Ltd; Courage (Eastern) Ltd; Courage (Export) Ltd and Courage (Western) Ltd)
          Courage Group and Courage Ltd
          Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd
          Couratown Property Developments Ltd
          Crocker Brothers Ltd
          Dartford Brewery Company Ltd
          Farnham United Breweries Ltd
          G. Hall and Co. Ltd
          George Raggett and Sons Ltd
          H. and G. Simonds Ltd
          H. and G. Watts (1935) Ltd
          Harmans Uxbridge Brewery Ltd
          Herbert Stebbings and Sons Ltd
          Hodgson's Kingston Brewery Company Ltd
          Horselydown Property Investment Company (Developments) Ltd
          Horselydown Property Investment Company Ltd
          HPIC: associated companies
          James Hole and Co. Ltd
          John May and Co. Ltd
          Kingston Brewery Property Company Ltd
          Lawn and Alder Ltd
          London and Provincial Shop Centres (Horselydown) Ltd
          London and Provincial Shop Centres Horselydown (Slough) Ltd
          McGeorge and Heppenstalls Ltd
          McManus - Horsleydown Ltd
          Medway Mineral Waters Ltd
          Mumford Hotels Ltd
          Nevile Reid and Co. Ltd
          Nicholson and Sons Ltd
          Noakes and Co. Ltd
          Oakhill Brewery Company Ltd
          Octagon Brewery Ltd
          Old Brewery Property Development Company Ltd
          Phillips and Sons Ltd
          Plymouth Breweries Ltd
          R. Halley Ltd
          Reffells Bexley Brewery Ltd
          Royal Brewery Brentford Ltd
          Saccone and Speed Ltd
          Santovin Ltd
          Sheffield and District Public House Trust Company Ltd
          Shepton Mallet Town Street Investments Ltd
          Slough Retail Centre Ltd
          South Berkshire Brewery Company Ltd
          South Coast Bottling Company Ltd
          Star Brewery Company Ltd
          Stratford Catering Company Ltd
          Style and Winch Ltd
          Torquay Brewing and Trading Company Ltd
          Town and City Properties Ltd
          Union Breweries Ltd
          Wheeler's Wycombe Breweries Ltd
          Whepstead Properties Ltd
          Wolton and Attwood Ltd
          Yardley's London and Provincial Stores Ltd
          York Mineral Water Company Ltd.

          Courage Ltd , brewers
          GB 0074 CLC/B/029-04 · Collection · 1821-1988

          Records of the Committee of London Clearing Bankers, later known as the Committee of London and Scottish Bankers, including minute books of various Committees; papers relating to advertising, public relations, exhibitions and shows including photographs; papers relating to the banking information service; papers relating to bank staff associations and employment in banks; statistics; papers relating to banking arrangements for coal, gas, electricity, transport, iron and steel, shipbuilding, agriculture, industry, exports, small firms, students and the disabled; and papers relating to matters concerning banks including income tax, bank taxation, stamp duty, professional secrecy, nationalisation, security and fraud, hours of business, accounting procedures, legislation, investments, foreign currency and debit rates.

          Restricted access to later records.

          Committee of London Clearing Bankers x Committee of Bankers x Committee of London and Scottish Bankers
          GB 0074 ACC/2706 · Collection · 1946-1980

          Records of the Business Equipment Trade Association (BETA) and related organisations. The collection includes a complete run of 27 volumes of council minutes, from July 1951 to December 1980. The minutes reflect the association's preoccupation with its role as a public relations body, and with issues affecting its membership, such as VAT or decimalisation. Issues discussed reflect the changing commercial climate, illustrating the increased use of microelectronic technology, although individual products are seldom mentioned unless they are the subject of a dispute. Considerable time is also given over to general internal and administrative matters, and to the continued examination of BETA's aims and activities. Two divisional minute books provide a taste of the activities of the association's sections. Council working papers and correspondence include duplicate minutes of council meetings, reports to council on executive committee meetings, press cuttings, and correspondence relating to association luncheons. A sample of the association's journal is also included.

          BETA , Business Equipment Trade Association OABETA , Office Appliance and Business Equipment Trades Association
          BRITISH BANKERS ASSOCIATION
          GB 0074 CLC/B/029-01 · Subfonds · 1920-1988

          Records of the British Bankers' Association, including General Council, Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting minute books; annual reports; financial accounts; papers of Committees including the Foreign Exchange Committee and the Fiscal Committee; public relations papers including press releases and circulars; papers regarding bank employees; papers regarding the EEC Banking Federation; rules, regulations and other papers relating to membership; and papers relating to various matters of interest to the banking community including income tax, security, fraud, liquidity, clearing house payments, inter-bank cooperation, legislation, bankruptcy, credit, audits and taxation.

          Restricted access to later records.

          British Bankers' Association , society promoting the interests of banks
          GB 0097 BOHM · Collection · 1920s -1990s

          Papers, mainly relating to Dr Anne Bohm's post as External Relations Consultant to the London School of Economics, 1920s-1990s. The papers include reports on visits and correspondence regarding setting up associations and friends groups, 1970s-1980s. In addition, there are some programmes for plays, ballet and concerts, and some lecture notes on George Bernard Shaw, 1920s-1940s. Most files relate to an individual country and include: reports on visits; correspondence regarding policy, setting up associations, friends groups, and similar; lists of donors; programmes of visits.

          Bohm , Anne , 1910-2006 , Dean and Registrar of the Graduate School, London School of Economics
          GB 0074 LMA/4243 · Collection · 1923-1992

          Subject files of committees of the Association of County Councils. The subjects are diverse and cover various aspects of the work and policies of local government. The committees from which files were retained were:
          Agriculture 1936-1992;
          Community Services 1977-1990;
          Education 1941-1990;
          Fire Service and Emergency Planning 1947-1992;
          Highways 1969-1991;
          Housing 1985-1992;
          Local Government Finance 1976-1991;
          Local Government Reorganisation 1971-1986;
          National Parks 1973-1977;
          Planning 1949-1992;
          Police 1923-1990;
          Policy 1976-1989;
          Press and Public Relations 1985-1990;
          Social Service 1968-1992.

          Also some papers of the Association of County Chief Executives.

          Association of County Councils