Papers relating to the anthropological work of Virginia Adam in central Tanzania, East Africa, 1953-1963, mainly in the Isanzu region, including field notes, 1961-1963, relating to the social composition of Isanzu villages, food gathering, family and tribal relationships, property, justice, music, education and medicine; general fieldwork sources for the district book of Iramba, 1961-1963, including lists of chiefs, descriptions of native authorities, and maps of the Isanzu and Iambi territories; extracts from, and notes on, articles relating to the land and characteristics of Tanzania, 1960-1962; notes by Adam on the structure and purpose of her fieldwork, 1961-1963; files of notes by Adam on various subjects, 1960-1963, including the Beattie and Tonga tribes, kinship and social networks, child care methods and the position of women in Isanzu, community development projects such as road building and literacy campaigns, tribal economy, a survey of the Mukato village, village expenditure, Isanzu and Iramba rituals mainly relating to birth, marriage and death, the composition of clans with their mythologies and customs, household economy, various aspects of kinship, numbers of livestock held by certain individuals and villages, agriculture, inheritance laws of various tribes, crafts and specialisation, court procedures of the district, rainmaking rituals, the Mangola tribe, and land ownership and local descent groups in Kirumi, medicine, pregnancy and childbirth, and education; notebooks in the Ihanzu language, 1961-1963; a file of notes on village economy, 1953-1957, including notes on traditional systems of African agriculture taken from a World Health Organisation/FAO course in human nutrition; drafts and typescripts of a paper on the organisation of labour, 1961-1963, with a typescript giving a description of an Ihanzu village economy; correspondence with members of the East African Institute of Social Research, 1961-1963, including correspondence between Adam and Audrey Richards concerning terms of employment and areas of research; typescript papers written by Adam on aspects of village life in Tanzania, [1961-1963]; quarterly reports compiled by Adam, October-December 1961 and Aug-Sep 1962, giving details of survey work in the Isanzu region, notably the village of Mukato and the Mbulu district; papers relating to the population of regions within Tanzania, 1961, notably extracts from the 1957 population census, giving a breakdown of male, female and total population numbers by tribe; typescript diaries kept by Adam during her time with the Isanzu, 1961-1963.

Registers of marriages, 1934-1974.

Registers of marriage, 1889-1969.

Registers of marriage, 1943-1973.

United Methodist Church special trust schedules, 1923 (providing details regarding church properties, including the date and cost of the building, the tenure and the custody of the deeds) concerning Brunswick Church and Zion Church, Neate Street, both in the Newington Circuit.

Certificate registering Stratford Conference Hall, West Ham Lane, West Ham for the solemnization of marriages, 1896.

Records of the Shirley Street Methodist Church, Canning Town, comprising minutes of meetings of Trustees 1873-1957.

Records relating to London Fields Methodist Mission, Hackney, comprising list of trustees, 1901 and correspondence concerning the sale of London Fields Mission premises to the London County Council, 1935.

Manchester Road (Cubitt Town) Methodist Church Trust Treasurer's account book, 1879-1938.

Records of Mary Street Methodist Church, Canning Town, including registers of baptism, 1861-1940; request for a piece of land next to Mary Street Chapel to be registered as a place of worship, 18 Feb 1884 and collection journal and Society Stewards's record, 1930-1940.

Mostyn Road Methodist Chapel, Lambeth: marriage registers, 1878-1983.

Marriage registers, 1930-1984.

Records relating to land owned by Fulwell Hall Gospel Temperence Mission, Fulwell Road, Teddington, comprising Charity Commission order approving the sale of land at the rear of Fulwell School Hall, Fulwell Road, Teddington, 1961; abstract of title to the land, with plan, 1961 and conveyance, 1961.

Registers of marriages, 1914-1985.

Records of Harrow Methodist Church, Bessborough Road, comprising Diamond Jubilee pamphlet and Diamond Jubilee Fund donation card, 1965 and Diamond Jubilee and closing service booklets, and accounts, printed material and correspondence regarding the closure of the church, 1967-1973.

Records of the Ruislip Methodist Church, Ickenham Road, 1923-1992, including membership registers; Leaders' Meetings minutes; annual reports; financial accounts; papers regarding the Trustees including minutes and correspondence, especially regarding the construction of new church buildings; minutes of Church groups including the Mission Committee and Women's Work Society; Church magazines and newsletters; programmes, leaflets and booklets; and photographs of church buildings, staff, events and activities.

Records of North Harrow Methodist Church, comprising Golden Jubilee booklet, 1977; Diamond Jubilee booklet, 1987; letter of thanks from Buckingham Palace for royal Silver Jubilee message, 1977; Wesleyan Methodist Missionary Society certificate, 1930?; Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School certificate, 1927 and correspondence regarding Manse Trust, including a copy of the lease, 1939-1948.

Records of Northwood Methodist Church, Oaklands Gate, including register of baptisms, 1905-1985; membership registers, 1975-1980; minutes of annual general meetings and secretary's annual reports for the Men's Circle, 1960-1964; financial accounts, 1905-1985; Trustees' Meeting minute book, 1896-1922; architectural plans, 1963-1975; Minister's correspondence concerning local ministry, manse facilities and local area, 1975; Overseas Missions Committee minute book, 1964-1982; Women's Work Committee minute books, 1956-1990; Men's Circle accounts and subscriptions book; 1955-1976; Prayer fellowship minute book; 1978-1984; illustrated leaflet on church activities, 1960s; historical notes, lists of ministers and related correspondence, 1977-1992; printed material, plans and related correspondence regarding church bazaar, including correspondence with Middlesex County Council regarding licensing, 1928-1955; Jubilee Souvenir booklet, 1946; Monthly newsletters, 1954-1971 and photographs of church exterior, 20th century.

Records of Ruislip Common Methodist Church, comprising leaflet concerning church history and centenary celebrations, 1954 and Property Committee minute book (includes accounts), 1977-1982.

Records of South Ruislip Methodist Church, including order of service for stonelaying services, 1963; Disciples Roll book, 1944-1963; Abstainers Roll book (contains a leaflet giving information on abstaining and an order of service for the dedication of Sunday School teachers and youth workers), 1955-1958; collection journals, 1946-1976; Pulpit notice book, 1951-1977.

Marriage register for Ruislip Common Methodist Church, 1952-1956.

Records of the Harefield Methodist Church including baptism registers, 1865-1982; marriage registers, 1926-1983; Trustee's meetings minute books, 1901-1987; financial accounts and papers, 1863-1963; notices, 1971-1974 and Choir Committee minutes, 1944-1960.

Quarterly Meeting minutes, 1966-1974, for the London Methodist Mission (North) Circuit.

Also Leader's Meeting minutes, 1964-1972 and Leader's Meeting and Church Council minutes, 1972-1983 for Quex Road Methodist Church.

Records of Staines Road Methodist Church comprising Treasurer's income and expenditure books and other financial accounts, 1908-1938 and Collection journal and society steward's record, 1937-1941. The income and expenditure books include insertions relating to the Bell Road Methodist Church, Hounslow and the Brentford and Hounslow Methodist Circuit, 1948-1956.

Marriage registers of Leysian Mission Hall, City Road, London, 1910-1987.

Records of Teddington Methodist Circuit, comprising preaching plans and circuit directories for services at Teddington, East Molesey, Hampton, Sunbury and Hanworth Methodist Churches, 1953 and 1966-1992.

Records of Saint Philip's School, Bethnal Green, comprising minute book of the managers.

Records of the Spitalfields Great Synagogue, 1714-1922. The collection consists of deeds which trace the ownership and tenancies of the former synagogue from 1714 to the early twentieth century.

Memorandum book of the English Church in Siena, including agreement concerning the Protestant cemetery (1843), abstract of receipts and payments (1841-1846), correspondence and notes.

Records of the Dutch Church at Austin Friars, City of London, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; financial accounts; letter books; lists of members; council and committee minute books; memoranda books; legal papers; property records including title deeds; rules and regulations relating to the governance of the church.

The records of the Scots Church before 1856 comprise constitutional documents, registers and records of the congregation, financial material, letterbooks and administrative papers, and deeds. Also papers of Dr Robert Young (1801-1813).

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.

Records of the Hamburg Lutheran Church, including letters patent granting the right to establish the church; registers of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and burials; consistorial act books; papers relating to the construction of the new church in Dalston; and financial accounts.

Records of the Shacklewell Baptist Church, Stoke Newington, including meeting minutes; register of members; and financial accounts.

Collection of records relating to non-established religion in London, including papers of the Freethinking Christians, the Dutch churches in Colchester and Norwich and St Martin Orgar French Church. The record of the latter comprise minutes, lists of members and seatholders, and financial material.

Three volumes of a magazine entitled The Monthly Instructer, possibly produced by Worship Street Sunday School.

The records comprise transcripts by Frederick Teague Cansick of monumental inscriptions in churchyards and burial grounds in Saint Andrew Holborn, Saint Giles in the Fields, All Hallows Bread Street, All Hallows London Wall, Christchurch Newgate Street, Saint Benet Paul's Wharf, Saint Botolph Aldersgate, Saint Mary Aldermary, Saint Mary Woolnoth, Saint Mary Magdalen Old Fish Street, Saint Mary Queenhithe, Saint Sepulchre, Saint James Pentonville Road, All Saints Edmonton and All Hallows Tottenham.

Papers accumulated by the late George Hammond mostly relating to the parish of Saint Sepulchre Holborn. The papers mainly comprise notices, correspondence, accounts and apprenticeship indentures.

Transcripts of baptism, marriage and burial registers for Saint John at Hackney (1545-1812); White Colne, Essex (1558-1812); and Little Waltham, Essex (1538-1812).

Transcripts of the parish registers of Thurcaston with Cropston, Leicestershire, covering baptisms 1561-1800, marriages 1561-1754 and burials 1561-1800.

Historical research and notes on the parish of Saint Michael Bassishaw, including extracts from parish records.

Register of baptisms, marriages and burials for the Aix-les-Bains Anglican Chaplaincy, France.

Records of the British Protestant Church of Saint George, Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal; comprising register of baptisms, 1827-1902 (Ms 23643), register of marriages, 1827-62 and 1945 (Ms 23644), register of burials, 1827-1955 (Ms 23645), and interment certificates, 1905-6 and civil registrations of death, 1911-42 (Ms 23645A). They were catalogued in 1988 by a member of Guildhall Library staff.

Readers are requested to use the photocopies of the registers (Ms 23643/1A, 23644/1A, 23644/1A) rather than the originals.

Registers of services at the Champery Anglican Chaplaincy, Switzerland.

Records of Christ Church Anglican church, Naples, Italy, including burial registers; service books; title deeds; minute books; churchwarden's books; correspondence files; annual reports; financial accounts; and a history of the church.

Records of Christ Church, Trieste, Italy, comprising minutes, accounts and correspondence. They were catalogued in 1964 and 1988 by members of Guildhall Library staff.

Records of the Church of the Ascension, Seville, Spain, comprise: registers of baptisms, marriages and burials, 1865-1936 (Ms 21028) and chaplain's book, 1948-78 (Ms 21029). They were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in 1984.

Service register for the Church of the Holy Ghost, Genoa, Italy.

Records of the Church of the Resurrection, Bucharest, Romania, including registers of baptisms, marriages and burials; banns book; service registers; and financial accounts.

The register MS23634 refers to baptisms, marriages and burials in places outside Bucharest. It is possible the ceremonies recorded in the registers MS24118, MS24119 and MS24120 likewise took place outside Bucharest, although this is not clear from the volumes.

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