1 American civil war No 1, and maps of US. 1861, Virginia and Maryland, and the Valley, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 2 American Civil war No 2, Bull Run, with maps, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 3 American Civil war No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 4 As CGS Conf. forces, appreciate situation in E Virginia end of February, 1862, Lt Col Stewart. 5 Col Henderson's "notes on strategy", Lt Col Stewart. 6 On writing papers connected with military subjects, Lt Col Stewart. 7 Hints on making an appreciation, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 8 Draw up memo dealing with points necessary to bring out in area reconnaissance, Lt Cols Barrow and Hull. 9 American Civil war No 4, Battle of Kernstown, Lt Col Stewart. 10 Exercise in marches, time and space; diagram etc required. 14 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 11 Artillery lecture No 1, Lt Col Furse.

12 Artillery lecture No 2, Lt Col Furse. 13 Marches, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 14 Artillery lecture No 3, Lt Col Furse. 15 Orders for march of brigade, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 16 Instructions for carrying out intelligence course, Col Gough. 17 Memory sketch of position, Lt Col Barrow. 18 American Civil war No 5. Results of Battle of Kernstown, Lt Col Stewart. 19 Orders, and index of sections of FSR affecting issues of orders in the field, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 20 Artillery lecture No 4, Lt Col Furse. 21 Horseback reconnaissance, Lt Col Hull. 22 American Civil war No 6, Front Royal and Winchester, Lt Col Stewart. 23 Artillery lecture No 5, Lt Col Furse. 24 Artillery scheme No 1. 15 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 25 Seven tables etc containing examples of staffs for intelligence force; 'General' or 'Army' HQ etc, Col Gough. 26 Lecture on protection, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 27 American Civil war No 7. Maps of Cross Keys and environs of Richmond, Lt Col Stewart. 28 Intelligence scheme. On occupation of Crete state steps to be taken; strength of intelligence branch &c, Col Gough. 29 Lecture 'The Cardwoll system', Lt Col Whigham. 30 Area reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 31 Cavalry scheme No 1, Lt Col Barrow.

32 American Civil war No 8. Stuart's raid and the 7 Days, Lt Col Stewart. 33 Tactical exercise. Rearguard in retreat. 6 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 34 Artillery lecture No 6 Fire tactics, Lt Col Furse. 35 American Civil war No 9 and maps of Sharpsburg, Lt Col Stewart. 36 Artillery lecture No 7. Fire discipline, Lt Col Furse. 37 Artillery scheme No 2. 15 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 38 River reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 39 Exercise in writing orders (general idea), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 40 Artillery lecture. Heavy artillery and howitzers, Lt Col Furse. 41 American Civil war. Chancellorsville, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 42 Camping scheme. Officers work in pairs, Lt Col Hull. 43 Gettysburg, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 44 American Civil war, scheme 2. Appreciate situation for Lee, July 1st, 1863. Officers work in pairs, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 45 2 lectures. "The battle" and "information", Lt Col Hon G Morris. 46 Allez! Allez! Same as issued for No 1 of senior division - ½ division each day, The Commandant. 47 Report on visit to Woolwich arsenal, Lt Col Furse. 48 Tactical scheme - defence in a wood. 6 parties, Lt Col Stewart. 49 Waterloo campaign: 1st set of notes and all usual maps except field of Waterloo, Lt Col Stewart. 50 Waterloo campaign, 2nd set of notes and map of field of Waterloo, Lt Col Stewart. 51 As CGS to Napoleon, appreciate situation, 8am 17th June 1815, Lt Col Stewart. 52 Billeting scheme, No 1. Officer work in pairs, Lt Col Hull. 53 3 lecture "night operations" with two sets of diagrams, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 54 Military administration scheme, Lt Col Barrow.

55 Tactical exercise, "protection at rest". 2 parts, 7 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 56 Artillery lecture No 10. Mountain artillery, Lt Col Furse. 57 Drafts etc, 1st lecture, Lt Col Whigham. 58 Artillery lecture, No 11 - organisation, Lt Col Furse. 59 Drafts etc, 2nd lecture, Lt Col Whigham. 60 Selection and preparation of position. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Furse. 61 Artillery lecture No 12 - ammunition supply, Lt Col Furse. 62 Horseback reconnaissance, Lt Col Hull. 63 The development of tactics, Lt Col Stewart. 64 Artillery lecture No 13, Lt Col Furse. 65 Artillery lecture No 14, Lt Col Furse. 66 Report on training, while attached to other arms, The Commandant. 67 Notes for lectures on "Austerlitz", "order of battle" and composition of Grande Armee, with map of Ulm to Brunn, 1805, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 68 Cavalry scheme I, protection of cavalry on march, Lt Col Barrow. 69 Tactical exercise, defence of position. 8 syndicates with directing staff, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 70 Artillery lecture No 15, coast defence, Lt Col Furse. 71 Organisation of army administration in India on abolition of military supply department, Lt Col Bols. 72 Austerliz diagram and battlefield, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 73 Artillery lecture No 15. Coast defence, Lt Col Furse. 74 Tactical exercise (Vite! Vite!) - retirement after action. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Stewart.

75 Billeting scheme - 6 syndicates, Lt Col Hull. 76 Scheme prepared by "A" parties of senior division for ST 8th-10th June. 8 parties. Appreciations to be handed in June 3rd, Directing staff and senior division. 76A Tactical exercise. Attack and defence, 6 parties, Lt Col Stewart. 77 Re visit division to Isle of Wight defences, Lt Col Furse. 78 Campaign of 1814. Set of notes for lectures and maps - 6 copies, to each of division, of litho' map, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 79 Tables "E" and "F" - continuation of tables issued with No 25, Lt Col Whigham. 80 Cavalry scheme No 2. Contact squadron. 6 parties, Lt Col Greenly. 81 Artillery lecture, No 18. Coast defence V, Lt Col Furse. 82 Course of instruction in artillery, Lt Col Furse. 83 On billeting and bivouacking of cavalry, Lt Col Barrow. 84 Night operations (tactical exercise). 7 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 85 Reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 86 Cavalry scheme, Lt Col Greenly. 87 Artillery lecture, No 19. Coast defence vi, Lt Col Furse. 88 L of C and advanced base scheme. 5 syndicates, Col Foster and Lt Col Harper. 89 Tactical; exercise; 4 parties under directing staff, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 90 Attack of a position. Two parts, 7 syndicates, Lt Col Stewart. 91 Cavalry Allez! Allez! No 2. 6 parties, Lt Col Whigham. 92 2nd area reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 93 Schemes prepared by "B" parties of senior division for staff tour, 20/22nd July, 8 parties. Appreciations to be handed in on 16th July, directing staff and senior division.

94 Syllabus for examination in "Military history and geography" and "strategy and tactics", Lt Col Hon G Morris. 95 Course of instruction in administrative subjects, Col Foster. 96 Compare supply and transport of modern army with conditions obtaining at beginning of XIXth century, Col Foster. 97 Reconnaissance (rapid) and panorama, Lt Col Barrow. 98 Cavalry schemes: I advanced guard, II flank guard, Lt Col Barrow. 99 Memory reconnaissance, Lt Col Barrow. 100 Salamanca. Notes for lectures and set of four maps, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 101 Syllabus for examination in cavalry, infantry, etc, Col Gough. 102 Syllabus for examination in military engineering, Lt Col Harper. 103 Scheme A, strategy and tactics, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 104 Memory reconnaissance (mounted), Lt Col Barrow. 105 "1866" - notes No 1; maps; small general; German confederation; 'A' strategical, 'B' quadilaterals, Lt Col Stewart. 106 "1866" Notes No 2, Lt Col Stewart. 107 "1866" Notes No 3, Lt Col Stewart. 108 Tactical exercise: delaying enemy's march, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 109 "1866" notes No 4 (Moltke's projects), Lt Col Stewart. 110 Infantry (1st lecture), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 111 "1866" notes No 5 and map of operations to 3rd July '66, Lt Col Stewart. 112 "1866" scheme B. Review criticism of deployment and movements of Prussians between 15th May and 15th June, 1866, Lt Col Stewart. 113 Mobilization scheme. Fill in AF B.89, Lt Col Hull. 114 "1866" notes Nos 6 and 7, Lt Col Stewart. 115 "1866" notes No 8. Maps: operations on the Iser, and positions of both armies on 25th June, Lt Col Stewart. 116 Tactical exercise: advanced guard in pursuit. 9 parties, Lt Col Stewart. 117 Division in enemy's country; billeting and bivouacking, outpost, etc. 9 syndicates, Lt Cols Hull and Hoskins. 118 Cavalry scheme for 28th: measures for security etc of detachment marching to protection of LofC in enemy's country, Lt Col Greenly. 119 Syllabus, work in military law, Lt Col Bols. 120 Infantry (2nd lecture), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 121 "1866" notes No 9; map, "position on 26th June", Lt Col Stewart. 122 "1866" scheme C. State and discuss situation on evening of 26th June, from Austrian point of view, Lt Col Stewart. 123 "1866" notes No 10, Lt Col Stewart.

124 L of C, French and German armies, Lt Col Bols. 125 A. Army system prior to Crimean War. B. Army system introduced by Mr Cardwell, Lt Col Whigham. 126 Colonel Edmond's lecture on "laws and usages of war", Lt Col Bols. 127 To calculate transport and time to evacuate wounded, Lt Col Russell. 128 "1866" notes No 11; and map showing billets of VI Austrian Corps morning of June 27th 1866, Lt Col Stewart. 129 cavalry scheme: Allez! Allez! Continuation of no 118, Lt Col Greenly. 130 Administrative services, India, Lt Col Bols. 131 "1866" notes No 12 (for 2 lectures, 12 and 13), Lt Col Stewart. 132 Notes infantry (3rd lecture), Lt Col Hon G Morris. 133 Uncivilized warfare. Map Sudan expedition, 1884-5, Lt Col Stewart. 134 Cavalry in co-operation with the other arms, Lt Col Barrow. 135 Uncivilized warfare, notes No 2, Lt Col Stewart. 136 Establishments - horses, Lt Col Bols. 137 Bush warfare, Major Hogg. 138 "1866" notes No 14; map, positions 2nd July, Lt Col Stewart. 139 Sadowa, 1st lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 140 Strategy and tactics - scheme D, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 141 Sadowa - 2nd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 142 Colonel Pemberton's lecture on evidence, Col Foster. 143 Sadowa - 3rd lecture, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 144 Some considerations in the realm of strategy, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 145 Section through modern infantry fort, Lt Col Harper. 146 Staff duties Allez! Allez!, Lt Col Whigham. 147 Memoir: four important lessons from 1866 campaign and their application to our cavalry division and 6 divisions, The Commandant. 148 cavalry scheme: short narrative of operations in diary form as kept by squadron commander, Lt Col Greenly. 149 [Map of] Port Arthur, Lt Col Harper. 150 India, Lt Col Stewart. 151 Afghanistan, Lt Col Stewart. 152 Persia, Lt Col Stewart

Papers of Sir Ernst H Gombrich, art historian, c 1956-1999, including notes for the Warburg lecture and lecture invitations, 1962-1964; correspondence, 1956-1976 and obituaries. Topics covered include: Italian Renaissance (15th and 16th Century); Caricature; Art and Psychology; Aby Warburg and 'Festrede anläßlich der Verleihung der Ehrenmitgliedschaft der Akademie der Bildenden Künste an Sir Ernst Gombrich, C.B.E.', 22 Jun 1999.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS COLLECTION IS NOW HELD BY THE EAST SUSSEX RECORD OFFICE

Papers and designs of Peggy Angus, comprising: Business papers and reference material including correspondence, Angus trade cards, Carter tile catalogues, sketch books and photographs of tiles, painted murals and wallpapers in situ. Printed ephemera, comprising cards (postcards, cigarette cards, greetings, advertising cards); booklets (programmes, guidebooks, exhibition catalogues, leaflets, maps); loose papers (handbills, cuttings, calendars, bookplates, posters). Design examples by Angus and others, including oil paintings, prints, collages; wallpapers and wallpaper samples; tiles and floor designs.

Papers and designs of the Silver Studio design practice, comprising:
Personal correspondence and papers of the Silver family, photographs and family albums, personal cards (Christmas, visiting etc).

Business correspondence, business diaries and time books, staff records, studio trade cards, letter heads, order forms, notes and studio inventories, day books and financial records.

Books, magazines and other printed ephemera collected as visual reference material by Silver Studio employees.

Photographic records (glass plate negatives, reference photographs of designs etc); sketch books; printed ephemera, comprising cards (postcards, cigarette cards, greetings, advertising cards), booklets (programmes, guidebooks, exhibition catalogues, leaflets, maps), loose papers (handbills, cuttings, calendars, bookplates, posters).

Silver Studio designs on paper (c40,000 designs for wallpapers, textiles carpets and other domestic furnishings); 5,000 textile samples (both of the Silver Studio and other designers/manufacturers); 5,000 wallpaper samples (loose sheets and albums, both of the Silver Studio and other designers/manufacturers).

Studio objects (door plaque, lamp, paint boxes etc).

Archives of the Royal Opera House (ROH), comprising:
some business records of the ROH and associated companies including Board minutes and papers of various opera companies using the ROH, 1919-1939; box office returns and payment slips for artists and theatre staff, 1919-1939; individual artist files, containing biographical information, prints and photographs 18thc to present]; production files 1946-present; minutes of the Board of the Royal Opera House Ltd, sub-committees, and management groups, 1946-present; files of the General Administrator/Chief Executive Office, and Assistants to the General Administrator, 1946-present; files of the Chairman of the Board 1946-1997; files of the Company Secretary's office, 1948-1996; files of the Personnel Office -2002 (closed); Contract files 1946-1980s (closed);
Opera Company files 1970s - 1999; Ballet Company files 1947-1996; Birmingham Royal Ballet files 1970s-1991; some early performing company files are found with the General Administrator's files; Finance Department records, 1946-present;

19th century correspondence, including letters of Frederick Gye (1809-1878), opera manager; Giovanni Matteo Mario (1810-1883) Italian tenor; Giulia Grisi (1811-1869), and Michael Costa (1810-1884) conductor;

Press, Publication, Community Relations, Marketing and Box Office departmental files, 1980-2000; House Management files, 1948-1999; Orchestra Office files, 1948-present; Friends of Covent Garden files, 1964-1999;

Ballet for All - education initiative files, 1964-1970s; London Opera Centre records, 1963-1970s; Production Office files, 1946-1980; Fly Department files, 1947-1977; Technical Department files, 1952-present;

audiovisual collection comprising:
audio recordings of oral history interviews relating to the Royal Opera House Development Project, 1997-2000; Verdi Centenary, 2001-2002; recordings of interviews and events at the Royal Opera House, 1964-2003;

photographic collection comprising:
photographs by Donald Southern, including black and white negatives and colour transparencies of performances, events and personnel at the ROH, 1959-1991; photographs by John Graham, including negatives of ballet and opera performances at the ROH, 1940s-1950s; photographs by Felix Fonteyn, including negatives of ballet productions from 1950s; photographs by Richard Holttum, including black and white negatives and colour transparencies of the ROH interior and exterior prior to development 1988-1991; photographs by Rob Moore including contact prints and colour transparencies of the ROH development, 1997-2001; Schal time-lapse photography of the development of the ROH, 1996-1999; Historic Monuments Commission photographic survey of the ROH interior and exterior prior to site development 1990-1996; two albums of photographs compiled by Edwin Sachs of the redevelopment of the ROH stage, 1899-1900, and the workshops; glass plate negatives used to create ballet post cards, 1950s-1960s;

collection of music and choreographic scores comprising:
printed songs, 18th -early 19th century; operas scores (vocal and orchestral) and stage managers scores, 1840s-1939; annotated opera stage managers scores 1946- present; annotated ballet stage managers scores, 1946-present; Staff Director's annotated scores for opera productions, 1946-present; Ninette de Valois' printed and manuscript music for ballet, 1920s -1930s; printed and manuscript ballet music, 1840s-1950s;
choreographic scores for ballets performed by The Royal Ballet and Birmingham Royal Ballet;

design and costume and collections comprising:
Yolanda Sonnabend design collection including notebooks, reference files, and related material, 1973-1995;
Ian Spurling collection of designs, photographs and press cuttings, 1975-1994; Toby Ward collection of drawings of the ROH prior to and during development 1996-1999;
Glynne Boyd Hart collection of watercolours of the ROH development, 1998-1999;
Ruth Hurle collection of drawings of back state, craft workrooms, opera and ballet rehearsals, 1930s-1940s;

costumes and accessories, such as headdresses, jewellery, shoes and wigs, worn by artist appearing at he ROH, 1920s-2003;
Comelli costume design collection including artwork by Attilio Comelli and others for costumes of operas performed at the ROH 1880s-1920s;
Costume design artwork, 1946-present; design artwork for sets and props, 1946-present; models of sets for productions, 1946-present; Model Room files relating to ground plans, and technical drawing or set and prop construction 1946 to present; stage and ground plans, 1939; Production Wardrobe files relating to costume and accessories design 1946-present;

miscellaneous large prints and drawings of performers and performances 19th and 20th century;

collection of advertising posters, 19th century-present;

programme collection including programmes for Gala and Special performances, and decorative programmes 1750s-present;

press cuttings of announcements, reviews, interviews, 18th century, 1847-1939; Harold Rosenthal collection of press puttings, relating mainly to the ROH performances, 1847-1950s; press cuttings of reviews and articles about performers and performances, 1946-present;
miscellaneous albums and scrap books relating to Anna Pavlova, and Nellie Melba, amongst others 1920s;

library collection comprising books, periodicals and specialist publication relating to ballet, dance, opera, music and theatre; libretti, 1840-present; playtexts 1776-[1850]; reports commissioned by the ROH and general arts reports 1946-present; ROH publications and souvenir year books 1956-2002;

special collections comprising:
Royal Ballet Benevolent Fund collection of material relating to the celebration of the 50th anniversary of The Royal Ballet (RB), including papers, photographs, press cuttings, programmes concerning the RB and its predecessors - Vic Wells and Sadler's Wells Ballet companies 1931- 1950s;

Spellman Song Sheet Covers containing illustrations of operas, and ballets late 19th-early 20th century;

albums of Lady de Grey albums containing photographs of singers, composers, conductors, mostly autographed, dedicated to (Constance) Gladys De Grey, (1859-1917) Marchioness of Ripon, and opera patron, 1870-1920;

collection of Dame Margot Fonteyn De Arias (1918-1991) ballet dancer, including costumes, accessories, photographs, correspondence and books, 1920s-1980s;

collection of Dame Ninette de Valois (1898-2001) founder of The Royal Ballet, including awards, honours and correspondence, 1947-1993;

collection of Leslie Edwards (1916-2001), principal dancer The Royal Ballet, including photographs 1920s-1980s;

collection of Eva Turner (1892-1990) English soprano, relating to her singing career, including costumes, accessories, photographs, press cuttings, music and books 1920s-1940s;

diaries of Frederick Gye (1809-1878), Royal Italian Opera General manager, 1847-1878, his daughter Clara Gye, and son Ernest Gye, ROH Manager, 1847-1877;

collection of Olive Grime, dancer with the Beecham Opera Company, including press cuttings, contracts, correspondence, photographs, books and costumes, 1920s-1930s;

collection of Reginald Goodall (1901-1990) English conductor, including correspondence and personal papers, 1900-1958.

Notes on figures engraved on rocks in the Great Trap Dyke in the Peacock Hills near Bellary, Karnataka, India. Written by H J Knox in Beechen, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, 17 Nov 1893.

Scrap album by Guybon Henry Damant, [1867-1878], containing photographs of Indian scenes, reprints of anthropological articles by Damant and press cuttings relating to or by Damant. Numerous leaves have been torn out and blank leaves show erased hand writing.

Papers, 1930-1988, of Alexander Swan (formerly Alexander Lebedeff), including general correspondence relating to his career appointments and leukaemia research, 1959-1974; reports and associated correspondence relating to conferences attended by Swan, notably concerning leukaemia, haematology and fibrinolysis, including a paper delivered in 1962 at a Congress of the Society of Haematology in Mexico by Swan entitled, 'A study of fifty cases of acute leukaemia in adults'; notes on individual cases of acute leukaemia in adults at St James Hospital, Balham, London, [1952-1964]; article by Swan entitled 'Ossification in the metastases of a carcinoma of the rectum', [1953]; offprints of articles contributed by Swan and others to professional journals and conferences, mainly relating to leukaemia research, 1937-1971; notebook of Swan's work at the laboratory of the Department of Pathology, University of Hong Kong, [1936-1938]; papers relating to Swan's earlier career in engineering, 1930-1936, including offprints of articles by Swan on the use of concrete beams, methods of calculating building stresses and soil technology, published in Engineering and Commerce and China Reconstruction and Engineering Review; certificates and diplomas, including comprising Diploma in Civil and Railway Engineering certificate, Harbin Polytechnic Institute, China, 1930, and admission as a Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists, 1971; notes prepared for Swann's obituary by his wife, 1980; Dr Alexander Swan: from Siberia to suburbia edited by Barbara Ellis (Call Print Cooperative Ltd, 1988); two photographs of Swan, 1950 and later.

Minutes of the House Committee and photographic postcards.

Administrative records, patient registers, nursing records and photographs.

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

Papers of William Budd, 1829-1869, notably include publications by Budd on various diseases including cholera, typhoid and cattle-plague, 1852-1866; correspondence on cholera and typhoid, 1854-1869; certificates from medical institutions, 1829-1837; posters and public information on vaccination, [1829-1869] and an original lithograph portrait of Budd, published by A B Black, 1862.

Papers of William Allen Daley, 1903-1913, comprise awards and photographs relating to Daley's medical career and achievements. The collection contains medals awarded to Daley, relating to his medical achievements, notably the George Holt Medal, Physiology, University of Liverpool, 1907 (Daley/01/03); photographs and illustrations, including images of staff within various institutions, notably including a photograph of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with a small party including Daley, 1940s (Daley/02/05) and certificates, acknowledging his professional qualifications and additional achievements including his Fellowship of Royal Society of Health, 1926 (Daley/03/06).

Papers of James T Duncan, 1920, contain handwritten research or lecture notes titled 'Principles of standardisation of agglutinable cultures' and include relevant scientific tables and diagrams.

Papers of George Macdonald consist of a diary and photograph albums of malaria eradication work in Malaysia, Singapore and Ceylon with Sir Malcolm Watson, 1937; diaries of his work in Italy and Sicily during World War Two; photographs of malaria control measures during World War Two in the Middle East, Egypt, Algiers, Crete, Sicily, Cyprus and Greece and a personnel file relating to his appointment to the Ross Institute, his overseas visits and his death.

Papers of William Whiteman Carlton Topley, 1913-1944, comprise publications by Topley and others including Major Greenwood and Graham Wilson, and photographs.

Photo library created by a number of different departments within the Post Office, including the Public Relations/Communications department.

Papers of Brian Houghton Hodgson, 1824-1874, comprising annotated British Museum Catalogues, " Brief Notices of Several New or Little-Known Species of Mammalia", 1855; List of specimens sent to British Museum, [1846]; notebook by Archibald Campbell in Nepal and annotated by Hodgson, 1833; catalogue of a collection of Mammalia from Nepal, Sikim, and Tibet, 1856; copies of printed papers, 1846-1848; correspondence, 1836-1874; correspondence and lists concerning the proposed publication of drawings, 1836-1845; descriptions of the animals of Nepal, Sikim and Tibet, 1830-1857; letters from Joseph Hooker to Brian H Hodgson, 1848-1850; lists of drawings and specimens, 1835-1838; lists of drawings and specimens sent to various recipients, 1842-1874; manuscripts of journal articles, 1831-1847; 'Memoranda of manners and habits of the birds of my Collection (according to the numbers attached to the drawings). Done by my native sportsmen or Shikarees and translated by my Writer', 1846-1857; miscellaneous journal articles, 1843-1846; notebook containing copies of letters to Hodgson, 1833-1842; Zoological Memos of 1846 made on the way from Monghys to Darjiling, 1846; Zoology Nepal notebooks, 1824-1827.

Records comprise correspondence and notes relating to the College armorial bearings, 1908-1980, the College flag, 1938-1945 (MA); correspondence relating to photographs of Imperial College and members, 1910-1953 (MN); papers and correspondence relating to paintings and portraits of Rectors, Chairmen, Prince Consort, 1954-1987 (MP).

Records of the Royal Postgraduate Medical School, 1921-1995, including reports of preliminary Committees, 1921; minutes of the Governing Body, 1931-1952; minutes of the Committee of Management, 1947-1974; minutes of the Council, 1974-1985; minutes of the Board of Governors, 1938, 1962-1967; minutes of the School Council, 1934-1947; minutes of the Academic Board, 1947-1983; minutes of the Finance and General Purposes Committee, 1976-1987; annual reports, 1935-1995; prospectuses, 1936-1968;
papers relating to staff appointments, including lists of staff, 1935-[1980], obituaries, transcripts of interviews with staff, monthly salaries, 1935-1940; London County Council war service salaries and wages, 1939-1943;
visitor's book, 1947-1962; press cuttings, 1954-1976; photograph albums and loose photographs, [1935-1965]; negatives, [1959-1985]; 16mm films of various operations;
Medical School reports on work at Hammersmith Hospital, [1936-1940]
copies of The Special newspaper, 1986-1995 (for Hammersmith Hospital and the Medical School); copies of Alumnus News Letter, 1986-1988.

Two small black and white portrait photographs of Miss Victoria Jones (Sister Job).

Bound volume containing 295 colour illustrations of flies (diptera) with Latin descriptions, with the manuscript inscription 'Diptera selected from a larger work published by G W Panzer, Nurnberg, 1793'. Probably extracts from Faunae Insectorum Germanicae Initia [Elements of the German insect fauna], Nuremburg, [1792-] 1793-1813, containing Panzer's short textual descriptions and individual hand-coloured engravings by Jakob Sturm.

Portraits: cheifly photographs, some engravings, of distinguished psychiatrists including from the Institute of Psychiatry, including Clemens E. Benda (1898-1975), Clinical director of MIT; Robert Foster Kennedy (1884-1952), British-American neurologist; Jean Paul Friedrich Richter (1763-1825), German romantic author; Carl (or Karl) Wernicke (1848-1905), German neurologist and psychiatrist; Sir Frederick Mott, founding clinical director of the Maudsley Hospital and the Institute of Psychiatry; Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832); Frederick Lucien Golla, first professor at the Institute of Psychiatry; Sir Henry Maudsley, founder of Maudsley hospital and the Maudsley Training School, (now the Institute of Psychiatry); Thomas Laycock (1812-1876); Theodor Hermann Meynert, (1833-1892), Director of the first Psychiatric Clinic Vienna and pioneer of interdisciplinary work on brain research; Ernest-Charles Lasegue (1809-1883) psychiatrist specialising in persecution mania and hysteria; Sergei Sergeievich Korsakov (1854-1900), Russian neuropsychiatrist; Julius Wagner-Jauregg (1857-1940), first Nobel prize-winner in psychiatry; Bernhard von Gudden (1824-1886), German neuroanatomist; Sigmund Freud (1856-1939); August Forel, (1848-1931), Swiss neuroanatomist and psychiatrist; Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist; Otto Binswanger (1852-1929), Swiss psychiatrist and neurologist; Lucio Bini (1908-1964), Italian psychiatrist; Joseph Jules Francois Felix Babinski (1857-1932), French neurologist, pupil of Charcot; Antonio Austregesilo (1876-1960), founder of Brazilian neurology and psychiatry; Octave Landry de Thezillat (1826-1865) and his wife, Madam Claire Giustigniani Landry (1832-1901); Jules Gabriel Francois Baillarger (1815-1890), French neurologist; Leonardo Bianchi (1848-1927), Italian neurologist; Desire Magloire Bourneville (1840-1909), French disciple of Charcot; Anton von Braunmuhl; C. Charles Burlingame (1885-1950), American psychiatrist; Feruccio Busoni, composer of "The King of Forensic Psychiatry" dedicated to John Gunn; Sir Hugh Cairns (1896-1952) Professor of Neurosurgery at Oxford; Jean-Martin Charcot (1825-1893), French neurologist; Stanley Cobb (1887-1968), American psychiatrist and neurologist; Amarro Fiamberti, Italian psychiatrist; Walter Freeman (1895-1972), led the national American campaign for lobotomy; Egas Monitz, Nobel prize-winner, 1949; Kurt Goldstein (1878-1965) German-Jewish neurologist; Paul Hoch (1902-1964), American psychiatrist; Sir Gordon Holmes (1876-1965), English neurologist and neurosurgeon; Karl Kleist, (1879-1960), German neurologist; Alexis Yakovlievich Kozhevnikov (1836-1902), Russian neurologist; E Charles Lasegue (1809-1883); Albert Pitres (1848-1928); James Jackson Putnam (1846-1918), American neurologist; Paul Ferdinand Schilder (1886-1940), Austrian neurologist; Sir Charles Sherrington (1861-1952), English neurophysiologist; Henri Verger (1873-1930), French neurologist; Sir Francis Walshe, British neurologist; Franz Nissl (1860-1919), German neuropathologist; August Homburger, pioneer child psychiatrist; James Braid (1795-1860); John Elliotson (1791-1868); Alexander Morison (1779-1866), Physician to the Bethlem Hospital and Physiognomist; Sir William Gull (1816-1890); John Alderson (1757-1829), President of the Literary & Philosophical Society; Edward Monro, Physician to the Bethlem Hospital; William Laurence; Forbes Winslow; A.I. Sutherland; Samuel Hitch (1800-1881), Physician to Gloucester asylum; Johann Spurzheim (1776-1832), Professor of Phrenology; George Man Burrows (1771-1846), Chairman of the Association of Apothecaries and Surgeon-Apothecaries and Sir Aubrey Lewis, Medical director of the Maudsley Hospital and post-war founding professor of the Institute of Psychiatry.

Papers of Edwin Child, 1866-1871, notably relating to his experiences during the Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, Sep 1870-Jan 1871, comprising diaries, 1866-1871, containing daily entries recording events and often weather, part of which is written on copies of Lettre-Journal de Paris: Gazette des Absents, 1870; letters (as balloon post) to his family and 'Mary-Ann', describing conditions under the siege, 1870-1871; papers relating to his service in the Garde Nationale de la Seine, 1870-1871, including record of service, testimonial, passes for safe-conduct, identity papers and bread ration coupons; photographs of Child and of scenes of the Franco-Prussian War; printed journals and books comprising French publications largely relating to the siege, 1870-1871.

The collection mainly comprises correspondence, manuscript poems by George MacDonald, photographs, material relating to the membership of the George MacDonald Society and the publication of its journal, North wind, papers relating to plays performed by MacDonald and his family, and offprints of articles and ephemera including lecture timetables, 1845-1997, mainly compiled by Mrs Freda Levson; notably including original correspondence addressed to MacDonald and copies of letters from family members and friends such as his wife, Louisa Powell MacDonald, and John Ruskin, principally on MacDonald's health problems, Octavia Hill, Ruskin's relationship with Rose La Touche, MacDonald's preaching technique and on aspects of theology including the doctrine of providence, 1845-1932; correspondence between members of the Troup family, friends of the MacDonalds, including Charles Edward Troup and Frank Troup, with photographs and extracts from the Troups' published works, 1883-1995; correspondence with William Raeper, author of a biography entitled George MacDonald (Tring, 1987), compiled during its research, including with Lion Publishing, with surviving family members, and with libraries, notably the British Library and Yale University Library, 1984-1987; correspondence with Freda Levson and Richard MacDonald, descendants of George MacDonald, 1970-1982; photographs of MacDonald and family, his various residences and of visits by the George MacDonald Society to Bordighera, Italy, [1860-1986]; manuscript poems by MacDonald, 1876-1887; material relating to the staging of Pilgrim's progress and other drama by MacDonald, 1877-1977; copies of contributions to the journal of the George MacDonald Society, North wind, with proofs of the journal and supporting documentation, 1976-1996; press cuttings and reviews of publications and lecture tours by MacDonald, and of modern editions of his work, 1871-1997; timetables of lectures delivered by MacDonald, copies of library holdings of manuscript material on MacDonald, 1869-1985.

Pen and ink drawings by M.K. Holland of details of church architecture, mainly English and continental, [1845-1848].

Hand coloured engraving of Windsheim (now Bad-Windsheim) in Germany, taken from an edition of Sebastian Münster's Cosmographia.

Small mounted oil painting by Thomas Creswick, of a steam train passing Leighton Buzzard on the London and Birmingham Railway line. A note on the reverse suggests that the work was painted in 1837.

Underdown ecclesiastical architecture and design collection, c 1760-1901, (bought from H. W. Underdown) includes: reproduction of print of Witham Friary (1760); print of drawing by Catton of Cromer, 1798; plate of engravings of arms and seals of Prior and Convent of St Saviour, Bermondsey, 1821; drawing of brass monument in North Mimms church (1823); photolithographs of monumental brasses in Norfolk and Westminster Abbey (1890s). Collection also includes prints of J. M. W. Turner watercolours painted at Farnley Hall.

Papers of Joan Gili, 1844-1997, comprise Catalonia: press-cuttings, leaflets regarding cultural events; some minutes, circulars of the Anglo-Catalan society, 1976-1995; leaflets by British-based exiles protesting against Spanish government; Monserrat manifesto, 1970; memoranda on Catalonia to international organizations, 1950s; posters from Barcelona, 1844-c 1933.

Papers of John Urpeth Rastrick, 1811-1847, comprising a miscellany of correspondence (including drafts of copies of outgoing letters), with notes, engineering drawings and some financial papers (costings, receipts and invoices). Many of the notes and calculations are written in Rastrick's private cipher. Major correspondents include the London shipping iron merchants Henckell and Du Buisson; most of the letters were dispatched to or from London or the industrial areas of South Wales and the West Midlands.

Papers of Professor Frederick Gugenheim Gregory, [1918-1959], comprising notebooks, [1918-1957], with some correspondence, notably concerning nutrition of plants, assimilation, respiration, stomata, metabolism, plant growth, auxins; pencil and watercolour botanical drawings; citation for the award of the Royal medal, 1957; printed papers, 1921-1957; Journal of Experimental Botany, 1957; correspondence.

Correspondence and papers relating to William Marsden, founder of the Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals, and members of the Marsden family, 1820-2000, comprising:
Papers of Frieda Sandwith (b 1894), great granddaughter of William Marsden, relating to her book Surgeon Compassionate - The Story of Dr William Marsden MD, MRCS, Founder of the Royal Free and Royal Marsden Hospitals (published by Peter Davies, London 1960), including biographical notes on Marsden, typescripts of early drafts, titled Honour a Physician and Poor Man's Physician and proof copies, correspondence, 1958-1963; legal documents, including copies of marriage and death certificates for William Marsden, 1820-1867; copy of will of Edith Marsden, granddaughter of William Marsden, including bequest to the Royal Free Hospital; certificates of Freedom of the City of London for William and Alexander Edwin Marsden; family photographs and papers including press cuttings on Vera Johnson (later Bateman), great granddaughter of William Marsden, a dancer who took the stage name Vera de Mersden, 1912-1914;

Album of watercolours, sketches and verses, dated 1841-1877, presented by William Marsden to his niece, Catherine Marsden [who was married to his son, Alexander] including paintings and sketches of India by W D Marsden.

Papers and empemera relating to memorials to William Marsden, including memorial tablet in St Andrew's Church, Holborn, 1974 and the annual Marsden Lecture at the Royal Free Hospital.

Letter from James Jardine of Hanover Street, [Edinburgh] to Robert Stephenson, Esq, civil engineer of Baxter Place, [Edinburgh], 25 Jun 1825. Replying to a note from Stephenson, agreeing to meet at 10 o'clock on Monday at Stockbridge on Lord Moray's ground; reminding Stephenson to give notices to the agents, and have the plan with the levels marked, ready to be inspected on the spot.

Autograph, with signature.

Letter from Irene Wellington to Miss Joan Gibbs, [Dec] 1975. Card bearing a reproduction of a piece of work done by Wellington in Jan 1942, sent with greetings for Christmas 1975 and New Year 1976.

Autograph, with signature.

(1) Letter from Francis William Newman of Weston-Super-Mare, [Somerset] to Mrs Thomas Mozley [Mozley's 2nd wife Elizabeth], 19 Oct 1887. Enclosing 3 photographs of himself, 1851, 1862, and [1850-1900]. Autograph, with signature.

(2) Letter from Miss Winifred Mozley of 2 La Providence, Rochester, [Kent] to [the Director of University of London Library], 1975. Sending the letter and photographs, which she had found among the papers of her brother, James Frederick Mozley. Autograph, with signature.

Scrapbook of portraits (c300) of eighteenth and nineteenth century clergymen, predominantly prints of engravings, with handwritten list/index of portraits attached to cover.

Manuscripts and documents relating to Westmorland, including: Book containing transcript by John Gibson of the Customs, Services and Royalties belonging to the Mannors, Lordships and Townshipps in the Richmond lands within the Barony of Kendal, 1574 (230pp) (1689); Transcriptions of documents relating to Westmorland between 1639 and 1720, possibly the Reverend James Wilson, with enclosed note (January 1904); Illustration and text concerning the Heppe or, Shap Monastery, Westmorland (c1773); Two deeds relating to the land of Lady Fford in Westmorland between Thomas Shepherd of Kirkland, Robert Shepherd of Maitland and Thomas Rowlandson of Kirby, Kendall (first deed), and Charles Benson of Kirkby, Kendall and Thomas Shepherd (second deed) (18 May 1693 and 3 July 1711); Printed test of a 17th century farmhold deed for Maggs How, Kentmere between John Ayrey, Hughe Ayrey and Robert Gilpin (26 November 1623); Deed relating to land in Westmorland between John Price of Dublin, Sir John Lowther and Robert Durkett of Kirekby, Kendall (26 June 1685); Two court summons for John Burn, Battalion Clerk and Clerk of meetings of the militia for neglecting to return a militia for his township (October 1791); Plan of the proposed navigable canal from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Eccleston in the County of Lancaster to Kendal in Westmorland, surveyed by Robert Whitworth (1772); Two Endowed Charities returns for the County of Westmorland (15 July 1868 and 5 September 1895).

Papers of Henry Clark Barlow, comprising papers relating to his Dante studies, both published and unpublished work, including manuscripts and notes for unfinished essays and lectures, titled manuscript notebooks, titled manuscripts, notes from codices and other sources, printed matter, and papers relating to the festivals of Dante; papers relating to his other studies, including a few items on geology and theology, and many sketches relating to the history of art, to architecture and to topography; personal papers, including Barlow's diaries and journals in which he wrote his observations on the architecture, art, geology, history and people of the places he visited, travel notes, and correspondence devoted almost entirely to Dante matters; acquired papers, including photographs, pictures, books, maps, plans, printed matter and ephemera.

Records, [1820s]-1984, of the Chadwick Trust. Administrative papers comprise legal papers setting up the Trust, 1890-1896; minute books, 1895-1983; annual reports, 1962-1978; lists of securities, 1914-1917; corrected booklet The Chadwick Trust, 1926-1937; script of a proposed film treatment of Sir Edwin Chadwick, 1958; signing-in book for meetings, 1972-1980. Financial papers comprise account books, 1958-1979; tax claims, 1972-1976; financial files, 1972-1980; correspondence on tax reclaimed, 1980. Papers on lectures given under the auspices of the Trust comprise announcements of lectures, 1913-1935; printed copies of lectures held under the Trust's auspices, 1930-1967, the subjects including public health and buildings, sewerage, nutrition, disease, air quality, training and public health, medical provision, and public health work overseas; other printed lectures and writings, 1896-1932, the subjects including aspects of sanitation, disease, and Sir Edwin Chadwick. Correspondence comprises general correspondence, 1913-1924, 1971-1982; correspondence of the Clerk of the Trust, 1969-1979; correspondence of G M Binnie, 1944-1980; Charity Commission correspondence, 1962-1978; correspondence relating to medals and a memorial prize, 1966-1978; Trustees, 1969-1977; receptions, meetings and lectures, 1970-1978; blue plaque, 1972-1976; costing of activities, 1974; annual reports, 1974-1979; transfer of the Trust to University College London, 1974-1984. Miscellaneous items pertaining to Edwin Chadwick, [1820s]-1889, include his diary [1820s] and patents of his inventions, 1871-1872. Other acquired papers comprise printed ephemera including circulars against inoculation [1914-1918] and undated printed extracts from a hymn on sanitation. Photographs include undated prints of Edwin Chadwick and other eminent scientists; undated slides for a lecture, including various 19th-century public figures, 19th- and 20th-century mortality rates, and various London hospitals; and photographs, 1980, of a plaque to Chadwick at his birthplace in Longsight, Greater Manchester.

Correspondence and working papers, 1944-1977 and undated, of John Morris, including notes, proofs, manuscript and typescript drafts, comprising material on Roman sources and history, Christianity, Saxon, Celtic and Arthurian sources and history, including Nennius and Gildas; photographs of Anglo-Saxon archaeology, particularly a site at Mitcham, Surrey; typescript of Morris' Londinium: London in the Roman Empire; correspondence and papers relating to Past and Present including articles submitted to Morris for publication and related correspondence; academic correspondence with correspondents in the UK and abroad; papers and correspondence relating to Morris' visit to India, including academic matters and Indian politics and papers relating to Morris' political interests and activities, particularly the Institute for Workers' Control, including printed material.

Papers and correspondence, 1856-1968 (predominantly 1925-1966), of Sir (Gordon) Roy Cameron, comprising notebooks of lecture courses, 1925-1926, given by Cameron at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne; matriculation certificate at University of Freiburg im Breslau, 1927; other biographical and personal material, including printed matter and photographs; 14 letters and cards from Ludwig Aschoff, 1928-1937; scientific and personal correspondence, 1959-1965, with Professor Hou Pao-Chang, Cameron's collaborator on various scientific publications; correspondence on Linacre Lectures given by Cameron, 1964; research notebooks, annotated offprints and other working papers, 1961 and undated, and related correspondence, 1951, 1957-1958, 1961, the subjects including the liver, pulmonary oedema, and the spleen; notes and drafts for invitation lectures and articles, 1962-1966; draft report of the College of Pathologists to the Royal Commission on Medical Education, 1966; obituaries of Cameron and related correspondence with his friends and colleagues, 1966, 1968; material assembled for Cameron's proposed history of pathology, which he did not live to complete, including obituaries, notes and correspondence, 1965-1966, on Ludwig Aschoff, papers and correspondence, 1954-1965, on Julius Cohnheim, papers on Rudolf Virchow, including three letters of Virchow, 1891-1894, and other letters collected by Cameron, among them a letter from W L Begley to William Jenner to accompany a specimen sent to Jenner and William Sharpey, 1856, letters from Jenner to Thomas Barlow, 1891, and from Barlow to Cameron, 1935, concerning the specimen, four letters of R A Kolliker, 1862, three letters from Walter Pagel, 1954, 1961, and a letter from Peyton Rous, 1959.

The second accession comprises further papers of and relating to Cameron, 1917-1968, including various professional and personal certificates, 1917-1966, among them copies of Cameron's birth certificate, various medical registration certificates, and the certificate of his cremation; various photographs, 1920-1962 and undated, some unlabelled, including family photographs, holiday photographs, and formal occasions; correspondence between Cameron and Professor Cyril L Oakley, 1945-1965, on scientific, professional, personal and social matters; typescripts, 1951-1952, for an unpublished book by Cameron on immunology; two official letters to Cameron concerning his knighthood, 1957; Cameron's personal diaries, 1961-1963, including a trip to Italy and a trip to Australia and around the world; proofs of Cameron's Who's Who entries; press cuttings, 1954-1966, including various obituaries of Cameron, 1966; offprints of Cameron's obituaries from the Journal of Clinical Pathology, vol xx (1967), and Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol xiv (1968), and typescript of obituary from The Lancet, 10 Oct 1966; photostat of typescript address at Cameron's memorial service and printed order of service, 1966; letters of condolence on Cameron's death, 1966; miscellaneous printed and typescript material, including articles on scientific subjects and on the history of medicine by Cameron, and obituaries by Cameron of other scientists; various obituaries of scientists other than Cameron, including an offprint of Oakley's obituary of Alexander Thomas Glenny for Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, vol xii (1966), related correspondence, 1966, and other papers on Glenny including photographs and a typescript bibliography.

The papers consist of notes and notebooks of William Bayliss' experiments. There is also correspondence, press cuttings and photographs, a great part referring to the 'Brown Dog Affair' of 1903 and to other disputes between anti-vivisectionists and University College London.

Papers, 1788-1949 and undated, of Vendla Thane, comprising personal papers, 1890, 1910-1949 and undated, such as references, 1910-1911, 1933-1934, passport, 1923, curriculum vitae, 1923, degree certificates, 1927, a few miscellaneous items of correspondence, medical material, photographs, 1888, 1910s-1940s and undated, covering the years of her youth with her parents, her school career, and various Thane relatives, and miscellaneous printed material; genealogical notes on the Klingbergs of Stockholm (descended from the Vasas, the old Swedish royal family), 1788-1902 and undated, possibly written by Jenny, Lady Thane, and including documents about C G Thrström, 1788-1809, papers relating to the engagement and marriage of George Thane and Jenny Klingberg, 1883-1884, and memorabilia relating to Jenny Lind and her family, possibly collected by Lady Thane, and including a manuscript of 'Jenny Lind' by Lady Thane. The papers and photographs date largely from the 1900s and 1910s, and there is little material relating to Vendla's life after the 1930s, or to Sir George Dancer Thane.

Papers and correspondence, 1913-1973, of Sir Francis Martin Rouse Walshe. Personal and biographical documents and correspondence, 1913-1965, include certificates and documentation about appointments and honours; photograph of Walshe at Queen Square, 1915; papers, 1915-1920, relating to service in Egypt; papers relating to visits to the USA, 1924-1925, 1959, 1965; caricature of Walshe, 1948; letters of congratulation on Walshe's knighthood, 1953; a manuscript biographical note by Walshe prepared for the journal Brain, 1965; letters containing recollections of Walshe sent by colleagues for a memorial volume, 1973. Drafts and manuscripts of publications, speeches and addresses, some heavily revised and with later annotations and comments by Walshe, date from 1918-1972, and, besides scientific papers, include some publishers' contracts; reviews of Walshe's published works, chiefly Critical Studies in Neurology (1948) and Thoughts upon the Equation of Mind with Brain (1953); and Walshe's earliest discussion of 'miraculism' in medicine, published in the Catholic Medical Guardian, 1938. Manuscripts and printed material relating to various controversies in which Walshe was involved as a leading member of the Roman Catholic medical community include lectures on stigmatization; a letter from Walshe on the duties of lay Catholics; printed works on religious matters, 1926-1938; a memorandum, 1965, correspondence, 1960-1966, and various press cuttings and printed matter on contraception. There is various correspondence, 1922-1927, 1940-1973, some of it scientific, including a postcard to Walshe from J S Haldane, 1921, and copies of correspondence between William B Bean and Walshe, 1950-1973.

Testimonials, obituary notices, photographs, and some miscellaneous papers including a notebook.

Papers and correspondence, 1846-1974, of David Meredith Seares Watson and his family, largely comprising biographical material and family papers, scientific correspondence, and photographs, also including a few Exchequer receipts, 1568-1622.

Biographical material, 1886-1974, includes Watson's birth certificate, 1886; documentation, including certificates and correspondence, of Watson's career, honours and awards over a period of forty years, including election to the Fellowship of the Royal Society, 1922, the award of its Darwin medal, 1942, and the Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society, 1965; correspondence about the Directorship of the British Museum (Natural History), 1937; correspondence about the presentation album on his retirement from the Jodrell Chair, 1951; correspondence and papers relating to his final retirement from research, 1965; obituaries, 1973; F R Parrington and T S Westoll's memoir of Watson from Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, 1974; an account of Watson's early days and family background by his daughter Janet Vida; recollections by his research assistant Joyce Townsend; Watson's curriculum vita and bibliography.

Family papers include the birth certificate of Watson's father, David, 1846, correspondence with his wife Mary, 1888, and a letter of condolence to Mrs Watson on her husband's death, 1899; diaries of Mary Watson, 1881, 1885; birth certificate of their daughter Constance, 1888, letters from Constance to her brother David Meredith Seares Watson, 1905-1909 and undated; papers relating to Katharine Margarite Watson (née Parker), Watson's wife, including her birth certificate, 1891, marriage certificate, 1917, death certificate, 1969, and various correspondence; papers relating to Watson's daughter Katharine Mary, including letters of congratulation on her birth, 1918, and letters to her parents, 1950, 1955; material relating to Watson's mother's family, including letters of her father Samuel M Seares, 1871, 1879-1882; papers of Charles J B Hutchinson, 1879-1880, who emigrated to Australia after his engagement to Watson's mother was broken off but who remained in correspondence with her aunt, Fanny Rossiter; other Parker family papers, 1929-1972; miscellaneous other personal correspondence, 1896-1965.

Four Exchequer receipts dated 1568, 1580, 1616 and 1622 were found enclosed with a letter to Watson's wife.

Scientific correspondence of Watson, sometimes including photographs of fossil specimens, with leading palaeontologists in Africa, 1947-1953, America, 1915-1964, Australia, 1931-1962, China, 1926-1927, 1935-1964, England, 1913-1914, 1920, 1926-1960, France, 1930-1936, 1945-1956, Germany, Austria, Hungary and Czechoslovakia, 1920-1962, Russia, 1920-1962, and Scandinavia, 1922-1964, and with the palaeontologist Robert Broom, 1911-1950, and Watson's research assistant Joyce Townshend, 1929-1973, also including a few letters from Watson's wife and scientific colleagues, and an obituary of Watson, 1974; correspondence and papers on bones found at Qau, Egypt, 1930-1957, 1972; miscellaneous other palaeontological correspondence, 1912-1967. There are few copies of Watson's outgoing letters before the end of the Second World War.

Photographic material comprises photographs documenting Watson's career, [1912]-1965 and undated, some including colleagues; photographs of scientific colleagues, 1911-1951 and undated, including Watson's predecessor as Professor at University College London, J P Hill, and Robert Broom; album of photographs and signatures presented to Watson, 1951; undated family photographs, including a photograph of Watson as a boy, photographs of members of the Seares and Parker families, and photographs of Watson's wife, Katharine Margarite, and daughter, Katharine Mary; photographs of unidentified fossil specimens.

Royal Society Darwin Medal Award given to Watson, 1942.

Manuscript notes and sketches on a course of lectures on zoology given by Sir Edwin Lankester (1847-1929).

Manuscript items of John Flaxman, comprising his journal, kept by him in Naples in 1788, consisting of manuscript text and drawings; and a commonplace book containing manuscript notes on sculpture and art and some pencil and ink sketches.

Manuscript poem, 17th century, 'Himmelfahrt Der Ordensleute' (ascension of orders), in rhyming couplets. Folio 1r bears an inscription dated 1660, describing the text as a humorous poem on the meeting of the Roman Catholics, Jesuits, monks, etc, with the apostle Peter at the celestial gates, probably unpublished. On the last leaf (f 5v) a copper engraving is pasted, depicting the Rhine and Main from Cologne to Würzburg, and on the water boats full of Jesuits, apparently fleeing. A single Jesuit toils along the river bank with his sack full of treasures belonging to the Roman Catholic Church, which are being lost en route.