Records of Whitelands College, comprising:

Legal papers, 1930-1978, including land deeds for College grounds at Wandsworth; Charter of Incorporation and papers, 1952-1970; papers concerning memoranda and articles, 1967-1968; Declaration of Trust, Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, 1978.

College government papers, including minutes of the Committee of Council on Education, 1839-1849; Annual reports, 1850-1971; Secretary's reports, 1853-1870; minutes and papers of the College Council, 1849-1974, including the minutes of the National Society Sub-Committee for Whitelands, 1846-1849; papers of the Council of Management, 1930-1998; minutes of the Academic Board, 1952-1976, 1986-1989; minutes and papers of the Academic Council, 1968-1976; minutes of various committees, 1965-1998, including the Academic Records Committee, the Constitution Committee, the Curriculum Committee, the Educational Resources Committee, the Establishments Committee, the External Affairs Committee, the Planning and Buildings Committee, the Postgraduate Committee, the Professional Liaison Committee, the Reports and Research Committee, the Staff/Student Committee, the Whitelands Working Group, the Disciplinary Committee, the Residents Committee, the Catering Committee, the Events Committee; material relating to the formation of the Roehampton Institute of Higher Education, 1972-1975; College rules and regulations, 1850-1990s; minutes of the College Board, 1983-1991.

Financial material, comprising cash books and ledgers, [1846-1948]; students' fees, 1944-1965; departmental accounts, 1955-1969; wage books and analysis, 1944-1969; petty cash books, 1942-1970; sundries, 1944-1967.

Staff records, 1935-1960; personal material of the staff, 1863-1973, including photographs, correspondence, press cuttings, speeches and exam papers; staff photographs, 1893-1960s.

Student records, 1842-1998, including registers of students, 1842-1914, application forms and reports, 1913-1969.

Records of student activities, comprising Games Club Committee minutes, 1962-1969; papers of the Fencing Club, 1962-1965; student magazines such as The Arras, 1952-1960, Brescia, 1967-1968, Target, 1969-1970, and the Bulletin, 1967-1992; records of the Student Union, 1951-1979, including constitutions, minute books, press cuttings and handbooks; minutes of the Dramatic Society, 1956-1974; programmes for music and drama productions, 1949-1977.

Papers relating to courses, teaching materials and curriculum, 1891-1976, notably books on individual topics and methods of teaching; reading guides; needlework samples; Education Department booklets, 1960s-1978; papers relating to postgraduate courses, 1964-1971; correspondence and printed material relating to the Job Creation Programme, 1977-1978; material concerning teaching resources, 1963-1969, mainly conferences and exhibitions on visual aids; timetables, 1965-1976; Area Training Organisation Enquiry into Teacher Training, 1970-1971; coursework produced by students, 1843-1948, including needlework, embroidery, and crocheting specimens and notebooks on topics including literature, religion, local history and science; examination question and answer papers, results, and certificates, 1871-1956, including a register of marks, 1894-1907; and examination papers and pass lists for the Gillott Scholarship, 1956-1970.

Papers relating to the training school attached to the College, including the school magazine, 1906-1916; a register of mistresses, 1842-1908; a cash book, 1885-1916, and ledger, 1885-1917.

Publicity material, including prospectuses, [1927]-1977 (incomplete); RIHE handbooks, 1976-1978, and prospectuses, 1976-1994; press cuttings, 1856, 1928-1933, 1963-1970.

Papers concerning outside bodies, including the Council of the Church Colleges of Education, 1958-1970; the National Society for Promoting Religious Education, 1970-1976; visitations and inspections from the University of London and the Institute of Education, 1935-1967.

Material relating to College buildings, including papers of the Building Committee, 1854-1863, including a plan of the Whitelands garden and correspondence concerning the Building Fund; copies of plans of the College by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, [1920s]; various publications containing photographs of College buildings at Putney, 1930s; ground plans for buildings at Putney, 1920s-1970s; minutes of the Building Sub-Committee, 1961-1963, 1971; maps and plans relating to rewiring and electrics, 1961-1973;

Papers relating to the Chaplaincy, 1881-1979, notably prayer books, notes and membership lists; Chapel Fund accounts, 1915-1933; material concerning St Osyth's Parish Church, [1928-1930]; Chapel Council minutes, 1931-1961, 1971-1975; service sheets, 1918-1979; papers relating to the College Chapel at Putney, 1927-1931, 1950-1963; photographs.

Records of the Guild of St Ursula (originally the Reading Girl Guild), comprising Guild Annuals, 1880-1975; ledgers, 1892-1967; cash books, 1949-1958, 1966-1974; day books, 1958-1966; Treasurer's file, 1975-1985; papers of AGMs, 1903-1987; membership lists, 1937-1959; reunion records, 1953-1963; papers of the Missionary Branch, 1952-1964; papers of the Benevolent Fund, 1953-1964; service sheets, up to 2000; material relating to Guild regional branches.

Personal material relating to students, 1850-1970, notably memorabilia, correspondence, autograph albums, reminiscences, official booklets, photograph albums, and certificates.

Material relating to the history of the College, 1891-1977, mainly comprising notes and articles by individuals, printed material, as well as photographs and papers relating to the opening of the Putney building, 1931, and Gloucester Court, 1963.

Photographs, 1902-1975, including College buildings at Chelsea and Putney, and the College Chapel; photographs of students, [1865]-1970, including of drama productions.

Papers relating to the connection of John Ruskin with the College, 1864-1978, including correspondence between Ruskin and Henry Dyke, 1864-1869, and Ellen Osborn, the first May Queen, 1881-1882; catalogue of the Ruskin Cabinet, 1883; press cuttings relating to the Ruskin Union and his links to Whitelands, [1958].

Material relating to the annual May Day, 1881-2001, established at the suggestion of John Ruskin, including the dresses, outfits, gloves, bags, capes and bouquets which form the outfits worn by the May Queens and Kings; photographs of each Queen or King, their attendants, and the May Day ceremony, 1881-2001; collection of hand-made gold crosses designed and worn by the May monarchs, 1881-2001; biographical information on each monarch, 1881-2001; account books, 1906-1953; papers of the May Day Committee; historical material including narratives and details of May Day and Rose Queen ceremonies around the world.

1 Books to read, F-G War, 1870, Col Braithwaite. 2 Outline of theatre of war, 1870, Col Braithwaite. 3 War Office scheme, for practice in minute writing etc. 4 syndicates, The Commandant. 4 2 railway maps of 1870, French and German, Col Perceval. 5 Strengths of British, French and German navies, Lt Col Harper. 6 Scheme 1, 1870. As CGS French army draw up memo and draft orders &c. 14 syndicates, Col Braithwaite. 7 Programme for visit to 1870 battlefields, Col Braithwaite. 8 Reconnaissance of defended port with view to attack on land side. 10 syndicates, Col Banon and Lt Col Harper. 9 Railways in South Africa, Col Perceval. 10 Memoir - how far are strategical and tactical lessons of 1815 etc confirmed or modified by war in Manchuria, The Commandant. 11 4 maps issued for lecture on "Cavalry", Lt Col Barrow. 12 Discuss suggestions in p.118, part 3, FOA 1870, re employment of French cavalry, Lt Col Barrow. 13 1st railway exercise. 6 syndicates, Col Perceval.

14 Discuss occupation of Weissemburg by Douay's division, Col Braithwaite. 15 2 [maps] of position at Woerth, Col Braithwaite. 16 Discuss action De Failly should have taken on 5.8.70. 4 syndicates, Col Braithwaite and Lt Col Ross. 17 As Gen. Staff Officer in Berlin state hostile acts to be committed before formal outbreak of war with England, Lt Col Harper. 18 Continuation of No 8 (Scheme 1). Attack of defended harbour, Col Banon and Lt Col Harper. 19 Spicheren, 2 plans and 1 plate of profiles, Lt Col Ross. 20 II railway exercise - 6 syndicates, Col Perceval. 21 Showing arrangements on beach for disembarkation. Issues for lecture by Capt. Gilpin-Brown RN, Col Banon. 22 Staff arrangements for overseas expeditions, Col Banon. 23 Colmbey, Lt Col Ross. 24 Scheme no 3. Discuss actions of v. Kameke, v. der Goltz, and v, Alvensleben re Spicheren, Colombey and Mars la Tour. 11 syndicates, Col Braithwaite. 25 Lecture - cavalry in battle, Lt Col Barrow. 26 Dimensions &c of British warships and destroyers, Col Banon (Comdr. Jeffreys). 27 Combined naval and military staff tour - papers 1-4 - first tour - general and special ideas. 10 parties, The Commandant. 28 Embarkation scheme. Ist part - prepare instns for movement to docks etc, 7 syndicates. IInd part. Command tables, maps, plans, instns etc necessary, Col Banon. 29 As C. of S. to Macmahon 22-8-70, draw up project for operations of "Army of Chalons". 14 synds, Lt Col Ross. 30 Cavalry scheme. Detaining hostile force, Lt Col Barrow. 31 2 maps - 1 position on morning of 18th Aug and II attack of IXth Corps Gravelotte, Lt Col Furse. 32 Stocks of raw material and foodstuffs, Lt Col Harper. 33 Re foreign officers travelling in Germany, and summary of laws dealing with espionage on Continent, Col Banon. 34 3 of 1870. I position of 10th armies 24-28th Aug. II B of Beaumont. III Sedan, Lt Col Rose. 35 Regns affecting requisitioning in France and Belgium, Col Banon. 36 Von Werder's campaign in the south-east of France 1870-71, The Commandant.

37 Part III. 1st three days work at College with naval officers, The Commandant. 38 SC officers on East Coast, The Commandant. 39 Part III. Re-embarkation, The Commandant. 40 Exercise in setting tactical scheme. Division divided half red, half blue (attack and defence), Col Perceval. 41 Comparison between Walley of R.Po and the Valley of the Severn, Col Perceval. 42 Appreciation; Scheme with opposing forces (Severn Valley); Blueland (Gloucester); Redland (Bath), The Commandant. 42A Operation orders, order of battle and red and blue forces, The Commandant. 43 Billeting in depth, requisitioning and living on the country, Cols Banon and Perceval. 44 Notes and points in connection with Severn Valley staff tour June 1st-4th, The Commandant. 45 2nd exercise in setting tactical schemes. "Advance and rear guard commands". Division divided into two parties. Individual work, Col Perceval. 46 Table of Indian pack transport, Lt Col Barrow.

47 Scheme for staff tour in Wales. I exercise. From all officers - minute from GOC epdn. To C-in-C India, The Commandant. 47A Part II. Ex II. Composition of columns. Standing orders for forces. Staff and 3 parties. 47B Notes for directing staff and train arrangements. 47CNarrative and table of road spaces. 48 Mountain warfare, Lt Col Stewart. 49 Advantages and disadvantages of billeting and bivouacking for cavalry, Lt Col Barrow. 50 Communication scheme, Lt Col Harper. 51 Communication scheme of 23rd June, Lt Col Harper. 52 General idea and special ideas Northland and Westland. Appreciations 1st exercise - opposing forces, The Commandant. 53 Report on training with other arms, The Commandant. 54 Arrangements for tactical fitness examination. 12 parties. Selected schemes worked out on ground, Cols Banon and Perceval. 55 Ordnance depot. General Hospl and supply depot, Col Banon. 56 Combined scheme. Part I. General and special ideas. Reconnaissance of area of concentration, Cols Banon and Perceval.

57 Schemes selected from work sent in, in connection with No 54. Tactical fitness examination, Officers of Division. 58 Notes on, and solution of certain points raised during staff tour in North Wales, Lt Col Stewart. 59 Tables and distributions of Divinl. Signal Co, Lt Col Harper. 60 Combined scheme. Part II. Staff duties. Connected with disembarkation of large force, Col Banon. 61 Combined scheme Part III Staff duties. Connected with advanced base and billeting and bivouac arrangements, Col Banon. 62 Second exercise for "tactical fitness examn." Separate scheme issues to officers on Junr Divn staff tour, Cols Banon and Perceval. 63 Exercise [blank space] writing orders for change of direction of large force. Issues in place of part IV, combined scheme, Cols Banon & Perceval. 64 Points brought out in connection with wildland staff tour 12th-16th July, The Commandant. 65 Staff duties. Arrangements for carrying out a review, 4 syndicates, Col Banon.

66 General idea with special ideas for opposing forces. Preliminary work - appreciations and orders for movements, The Commandant. 67 tactical scheme, night operations. Two sides. Red 7 parties, Blue 1, Col Perceval. 68 Staff duties. Army manoeuvres. 3 syndicates, Col Banon. 69 Trees of Japanese army staff system, Lt Col Barrow. 70 Trees of Russian army staff system, Lt Col Barrow. 71 Points raised in connection with Insp. Staff tour, with 2 appendices, (A) on fortresses by the CGS and (B) on railways by Lt Col Whigham. 72 Syllabus of lecture "Cavalry in co-operation with the other arms", recapitulation of ways in which cavalry can co-operative, and three maps, Lt Col Barrow. 73 Order of battle Japanese forces etc, Col Perceval. 74 Japanese mobilization and syllabus of lecture, Lt Col Whigham. 75 Administration of a training grant. 3 parties, Cols Banon and Perceval. 76 Distribution of troops in Manchuria '04 and syllabus of lecture "Russian mobilization", Lt Col Whigham. 77 Rations carries with field troops in Russian army, Col Banon. 78 Belgian scheme, Part I. 7 syndicates, The Commandant.

79 Syllabus of lecture on & paper of names and lengths of Trans-Siberian railway, Lt Col Whigham. 80 [Map] to illustrate advance of 1st Japanese army through Korea, Col Banon. 81 [Map] to illustrate Battle of the Yalu, Lt Col Furse. 82 Belgian scheme, Part II, same syndicates as for Part I, The Commandant. 83 3 maps illustrating landing of 2nd Japanese army and battle of Nanshan, Lt Col Ross. 84 [Map] showing situation in Manchuria 8th June '04, Lt Col Furse. 85 [Map] illustrating battle of Te-li-ssu, Lt Col Furse. 86 Yeomanry schemes. Ought they to have a separate training manual? 11 syndicates in 2 groups, The Commandant. 87 Cavalry scheme, Lt Col Barrow. 88 Situation in Manchuria, 22.8.04, Lt Col Ross. 89 Home Defence Scheme, Part I, The Commandant. 90 Reinforcements to expeditionary force and base record office (all officers), Lt Col Whigham. 91 Set ofthree [maps] to illustrate battle of Laio Yang, Lt Col Ross. 92 Home defence scheme Part II. 7 syndicates, The Commandant. 93 Instructions for utilization of local resources scheme. 12 syndicates in 3 groups, The Commandant. 94 The defence of India (lecture), Lt Col Stewart. 95 The defence of India. 7 syndicates, The Commandant. 96 Education scheme. 8 syndicates in 3 groups, The Commandant. 97 Illustrating Mischenko's raid, Lt Col Barrow. 98 Subjects treated in Part I of memoirs, The Commandant. 99 On fighting in enclosed country, The Commandant.

1 War office scheme - 6 syndicates, The Commandant. 2 Books to read on Franco-German war, Col Perceval. 3 Skeleton general map, 1870, Col Perceval. 4 Railways in war, 1st lecture and tables showing military control of railways in European states, Lt Col Whigham. 5 Distribution and strength of fleets, Lt Col Harper. 6 Describe 1870 theatre of operations on E of Mocelle. Individual work, Col Perceval. 7 As officer of French GS, decide positions of German forces at start of 1870 war and proposed course of action for 2nd August. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Ross. 8 1st set of questions and answers for combination schemes. Directing staff and 10 syndicates, The Commandant. 9 Railways in 1870 campaign, with maps of railways used by French and Germans, Lt Col Whigham. 10 Reconnaissance of defended harbour with view to attack from land side.

10 syndicates, Col Perceval. 11 2nd combined scheme, with cipher message and specimen operation orders, The Commandant. 12 1st railway scheme, diagram, etc reqd, Lt Col Whigham. 13 Railway working for military traffic, Lt Col Whigham. 14 Battlefield tour April-May, Col Perceval. 15 Cavalry in co-operation with the other arms, and maps of Vauchamps and Ligny, Lt Col Barrow. 16 Cavalry lecture - German cavalry at commencement of Franco-German war, Lt Col Barrow. 17 Cavalry scheme No 1, Lt Col Barrow. 18 3rd combined scheme. (Specimen operation order attached), Col Gough. 19 Memoir for 1910, The Commandant. 20 Combined railway and embarkation scheme. General idea and 1st exercise, railway reconnaissance, Col Gough & Lt Col Whigham. 21 Franco-German war, scheme no 2. Discuss action de Failly should have taken, etc. 10 syndicates, Lt Col Ross. 22 Diagram of chain of command for disembarkation on an open beach, Col Gough. 23 Allez! Allez! No 4, Lt Col Harper. 24 Positions at Woerth, Col Perceval. 25 Railway scheme no 5. Continuation of no 20. Exercise 2, Lt Col Whigham. 26 Allez! Allez! No 5, Lt Col Furse. 27 Set an Allez! Allez! Scheme by syndicates, The Commandant. 28 Arrangements for disembarkation on an open beach, Captn Baird, RN. 29 Disembarkation scheme, part II. Continuation of no 10. Transport data and sketch map attached. 6 syndicates, Col Gough & Lt Col Harper. 30 Set of 3 [maps] to illustrate battle of Spicheren, Lt Col Ross. 31 Allez! Allez! No 6, Lt Col Ross.

32 Positions of forces night of 13.8.1870, Lt Col Ross. 33 Scheme No 3, 1870. Situation as on August 5th. Orders, etc, MacMahon should issue. Individual work, Col Perceval. 34 German cavalry in 1870, Lt Col Barrow. 35 Stocks of raw material and foodstuffs held, Lt Col Harper. 36 Combined railway and embarkation scheme, exercises 2 and 3. 8 syndicates, Col Gough and Lt Col Whigham. 37 Allez! Allez! No 7, Lt Col Barrow. 38 Combined naval and military staff tour, 4th-6th April. General idea; programme of work; and copy of reconnaissance of 1907. 4 parties and staffs, The Commandant. 39 Re foreign officers travelling in Germany, and laws dealing with espionage, Col Perceval. 40 Allez! Allez! No 8, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 41 Franco-German war, scheme No 4. 10 synds, Lt Col Ross. 42 Two [maps] to illustrate Battle of Gravelotte, Lt Col Furse.

43 Three [maps] for lectures "From Gravelotte to Sedan". Positions 24/28 Aug. Beaumont. Sedan, Lt Col Ross. 44 Allez! Allez! No 9, Lt Col Stewart. 45 German cavalry in 1870; syllabus of lecture and 3 sketches of cavalry movements, Lt Col Barrow. 46 Continuation of no 38; re-embarkation, (military), Col Gough. 47 Allez! Allez! No 10, Lt Col Hull. 48 Allez! Allez! No 11, Lt Col Whigham. 49 General and special ideas and instructions for 2nd combined naval and military staff tour. 10 parties, The Commandant. 50 Officers to draw up schemes for junior division staff tour. 8 parties under A; 8 parties under B, The Commandant. 51 Exercise in setting a tactical scheme, Col Perceval. 52 Tactical Allez! Allez! Scheme No 1, Col Perceval. 53 Intelligence lecture and tables for intelligence force, etc, Col Gough.

54 General and special ideas, staff tour, May 31-June 3. 4 parties. Part I, appreciations etc, The Commandant. 55 Specimen forms in connection with lecture on administrative reconnaissance, Col Foster. 56 Reconnaissance and administrative scheme for 6th. 6 parties, Col Foster. 57 Cavalry Allez! Allez! No 2. 5 parties, Lt Col Barrow. 58 Students to prepare Allez! Allez! Scheme. Half division, 8 parties. Conference full division on 22nd, The Commandant. 59 Allez! Allez! Scheme No 3, 5 parties, Lt Col Ross. 60 Part I (individual work); minute describing suggested operations; Part II 'Order of Battle' etc; Part III special idea or actual exercise, with rough sketch map, The Commandant & Lt Col Stewart. 61 Lecture - protective cavalry, Lt Col Barrow. 61a Cavalry scheme, No 2, Lt Col Barrow. 62 The NW frontier of India, with sketch map, Lt Col Stewart. 63 Mountain warfare, Lt Col Stewart. 64 Communication scheme, with wireless telegraph co: 4 parties, AH.Qrs and 3 divisions, Lt Col Harper. 65 Train arrangements for Welsh staff tour, Col Foster.

66 Tables, order of battle, establishments etc for Welsh staff tour, Lt Col Stewart. 67 Tactical Allez! Allez! No 4. 12 parties, Lt Col Furse. 68 General and special ideas for staff tour, 13-15th July. 1st ex: appreciations, The Commandant. 69 Allez! Allez! No 5. 7 parties, Lt Col Ross. 70 Cavalry scheme; individual work, Lt Col Greenly. 71 Allez! Allez! Scheme no 6, 5 parties, Lt Col Furse. 72 Supply and medical arrangements, part I, 5 syndicates, Col Foster. 73 Tactical reconnaissance, 3 syndicates, The Commandant. 74 Re report while attached to other arms, The Commandant. 75 Analysis of peace establishments, squadron of Br: cavalry, Lt Col Whigham. 76 General and special ideas for inspection staff tour of 10/12th October. Appreciations as commander of Brown or White army. 1st exercise, The Commandant. 77 Ceremonial scheme; 6 syndicates, Lt Col Whigham.

78 Ammunition and supply vehicles in the field. Move table, supply units: daily ration table (specimens), Col Foster. 79 Tactical exercise - 6 syndicates, Col Perceval. 80 Manchurian campaign. Scheme A. Discuss Japanese plan of campaign, Col Perceval. 81 Set of 5 schemes for 5 syndicates: 1, to show French officers comm.. services. 2, inspection of brigade. 3, examination in tactical fitness. 4, cavalry brigade operations. 5, public schools training corps field day, The Commandant. 82 Manchurian campaign, scheme B: as General Mischenko, appreciate situation 3.5.'04, Lt Col Furse. 83 Japanese mobilization R-J War, Lt Col Hull. 84 Russian mobilization R-J War, Lt Col Hull. 85 Russian and Japanese staff systems, Lt Col Whigham. 86 Battle of the Yalu, Lt Col Furse. 87 Manchurian campaign, scheme C. Explain causes which led to failure of General Kuropatkin's plan before Liao Yang. 12 syndicates, Lt Col Ross. 88 Railways in the Russo-Japanese war, Lt Col Bols. 89 Cavalry scheme - attack, Lt Col Barrow. 90 Approximate situation in Manchuria, 8.6.'04, Lt Col Furse. 91 Battle of Talissu, Lt Col Furse. 92 [Maps] to illustrate advance to, and Battle of Liao-Yang, Lt Col Ross. 93 Lecture, cavalry in Manchuria, Lt Col Barrow. 94 Lecture, naval operations Manchurian campaign, Captn Drury-Lowe, RN. 95 Allez! Allez! Cavalry division covering march of an army northwards, Lt Col Whigham. 96 Belgian railways, Lt Col Bols. 97 Belgian scheme, Pt I. Appreciations etc, The Commandant. 98 Jubaland scheme, Pt I. Suggested scheme of operations, Col Gough.

99 Distribution of Belgian army, Lt Col Hoskins. 100 draft circular letter re "reserves", The Commandant. 101 English and German cavalry formations, Lt Col Greenly. 102 Lists of parties for war game, Col Perceval. 103 Cavalry scheme. As C-in-C of blue mobilized forces say what is required of cavalry division and mounted troops, Lt Col Greenly. 104 Home defence Pt I. Memo for CID of adequacy of home defence arrangements, Lt Col Harper. 105 [Tables] to explain wall diagrams: march and supply of proportion of A. Tps and 3 divisions, Col Foster. 106 Home defence, Pt II. 6 syndicates, Lt Col Harper. 107 Distribution of naval forces, Captn Drury-Lowe, RN. 108 Some cavalry maxims, Lt Col Barrow. 109 India, Lt Col Stewart.

110 Afghanistan, Lt Col Stewart. 111 Persia, Lt Col Stewart. 112 Discuss principles governing employment of machine guns in war, Lt Col Hoskins. 113 Russia in Asia, Lt Col Stewart. 114 Lake's marches in pursuit of Holkar, Lt Col Barrow. 115 Scheme for writing orders for night operations. 10 syndicates, Col Perceval. 116 Jubaland scheme Pt II. 8 syndicates, Lt Col Gough. 117 [Maps] to illustrate lecture on Cromwell's cavalry, Lt Col Greenly. 118 Tactical exercise in night operations. 6 syndicates, Lt Col Hon G Morris. 119 Establishment, work etc of Record Office, Lt Col Hull. 120 Establishments and Wajheir flying column, Col Gough.

Collected archive relating to the Tower of London (ToL) comprising: General Documents including Act of Parliament for regulating the nightly watch, 1756; newspaper containing account of fire at the ToL, 1774; newspaper containing account of fire at the ToL, 1788; newspapers containing accounts of the fire in the Grand Storehouse, 1841; report describing the removal of the Regalia from the Jewel House during the fire in the Grand Storehouse, 1841; report that the Public Records had not been affected by the fire in the Grand Storehouse, 1841; regulations for HM Royal Palace and Fortress of the ToL, 1878; regulations for HM Royal Place and Fortress of the ToL, 1882; account of the fire bomb raid on the ToL, 1940; regulations for HM ToL, 1946;

General maps and plans including map of London, 1560 (mid 19th century copy); map of London, 1862 (copy); plan of the ToL, 1597 (reduced 19th century copy); plan of the ToL, 1597 (18th century copy); plan of the ToL, 1660 showing suggested alterations (copy); plan of the ToL, c.1680 (copy); plan of the ToL, 1681-1689; plan of the ToL, c.1682 (copy); plan of the area occupied by the Royal Mint, 1701 (copy); map of the Tower Liberty, 1720; map of the Tower Liberty, 1754; plans of the White Tower, 1754; plan of the ToL and St. Catherines, 1754; plan of the ToL, 1760; plans of the White Tower, early 19th century; plans of the White Tower, 1815; Ordnance Survey plan of the ToL and Tower Hill, c.1900; various plans of works carried out at the ToL, 1960-present; plan showing the re-arrangement of the area to the south of the White Tower, c.1965; plan of the ToL, 1966; elevations of the White Tower, 1966;

General photographs of the ToL, c.1850, c.1890, c.1898; ToL and the Royal Mint, c.1850-60; ToL from the Wharf, c.1870, 1888; c.1890, c.1899, c.1910; the Cradle Tower after the reinstatement of the first floor, c.1878; interior views of the ToL, c.1880; the demolition of the Horse Armoury, 1883; ToL from the river Thames, 1888, late 19th century; the Byward Tower from the west, c.1890; the Byward Tower from the east, late 19th century; ToL from the west, late 19th century; the Grand Storehouse pediment, late 19th century; ToL from the north west, late 19th century; the Beauchamp Tower, late 19th century; photograph of the Byward Tower, late 19th century; the Middle Drawbridge soon after construction, c.1910; the White Tower, 1914; Tower Green, 1922; the entrance to the ToL, mid 20th century; the second floor of the White Tower, c.1939; Aerial photos of the ToL, 1949, c.1960, 1970, 1987;
and stereoscopic photographs of the Bell Tower, and the Byward Tower, mid 19th century; ToL from Tower Hill, c.1870; ToL from the west, late 19th century; and the Waterloo Barracks, late 19th century;

General guidebooks to the Tower including An historical description of the Tower of London and its curiosities, David Henry (published from 1757-1803); A new history and description of the Tower of London, David Henry (published from 1810-1834); The Tower: its histories, armories and antiquities, John Hewitt (published from 1841-1854); A short history of the Tower of London, Joseph Wheeler (published from 1842-52); The Tower of London; its armouries and regalia, H G Clarke (c.1855); A sketch of the Tower of London, A. Harman (published from 1859-1884); 1The people's history of the Tower of London and visitor's guide (c.1875); Authorised guide to the Tower of London, W J Loftie (published from 1886-1897); Authorised guide to the Tower of London, W J Loftie [much abridged version (published from 1885-1920); The Tower of London - a guide for catholics, C L Jones (published from 1913-1931); Authorised guide to the Tower of London (Ministry of Works, published from 1923-46); The Tower of London (Ministry of Works, published from 1953-1967); The Tower of London (Department of the Environment, 1974); The pictorial story of the Tower of London [title varies slightly] (Pitkin Pictorials, published from 1950-1969); Her Majesty's Tower of London (Pitkin, published from 1973-1996); Royal fortress : the Tower of London (Department of the Environment, 1978); The Tower of London: a young visitors guide, P Hammond (1981); Tower of London (Department of the Environment, 1984); Her Majesty's fortress of the Tower of London (Department of the Environment, 1987); Inside the Tower: the alternative guide, James Bartholomew (1990); The Tower of London: the official guidebook (Historic Royal Palaces, 1996); as well as a number of foreign language guides;

documents and photographs relating to Officers of the Tower, including Report on the state of the ToL by Sir John Peyton, 1597; expenses of Sir John Peyton, Lt. of the Tower, 1598; Commission signed by Oliver Cromwell appointing John Miller, Captain and Major of the company of foot appointed to garrison the ToL, 1652; letter from Col. John Berkstead, Governor of the ToL to the Commissioners of the Navy, 1653; warrant signed by John, Lord Berkeley to Col. William Legg, Lt. Governor of the Tower, authorizing the issue and replacement of weapons, 1668; Muster roll of the ToL garrison, 1691; journal kept by George, Earl of Northampton, as Constable of the Tower, 1712-15; two letters from Viscount Falmouth to Earl Cornwallis, Constable of the ToL, 1760; warrant appointing Louis Grauze to be yeoman or under porter to the ToL, 1787; letters patent appointing Francis, Earl of Moira, to be Constable of the ToL, 1806; warrant granting William Kinchin the right to collect duty on goods landed at Iron-Gate stairs, 1808; ticket and order of service for the funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 1852; photos of nine yeoman warders with the Resident Governor, (undated); photographs of eight yeomen warders (undated).; photograph of the Officers of the Tower and the Yeomen Warders, about 1890; photogravure of yeomen warders practicing with partisans, late 19th century; photograph of 12 yeomen warders in undress uniform, late 19th century; photograph of the changing of the guard, late 19th century; photograph of the Kings House, 1914; photos of the King's House, c.1920; photograph of the ToL from the west with the signatures of the Officers of the Tower on the mount, 1917; photograph of the Officers of the Tower, 1917; photos of the handing over of the colours of the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1923; blueprints for the sealed pattern yeomen warder's partisan, 1985;

Documents, and photographs relating to the prison and prisoners, including Warrant signed by Henry VII for the provision of clothing and bedding to Lord Willam of Devon and William de la Pole, 1506; documents relating to the trial and execution of Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, 1601; warrant relating to the detention of Robert Johnstone, 1662; regulations relating to the opening, guarding and closing of the gates of the Tower, c.1680; list of inscriptions in the Salt Tower, 1856; Guidebook - A short sketch of the Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London, W.R. Dick (c.1860); Ferdinand Buschmann papers, early 20th century ; Prisoners of the Tower compiled by A.H. Cook, 1959; inscriptions in the ToL; Guidebook - Prisoners in the Tower (Pitkin, 1972-94); guide to the inscriptions in the Beauchamp Tower, c.1985; Condensed summary of prisoners at the Tower originally compiled by A.H. Cook and revised by B.A. Harrison, 1986; the first prisoner of the 20th century [Hans Lody], 1987; stereographic photographs of the block and axe, mid 19th century; stereographic photograph of the block and axe, about 1890; photographs of the interior and exterior of the Bloody Tower, late 19th century; and interiors of the Bell Tower and the Beauchamp Tower, late 19th century;

newspaper articles relating to the prison and prisoners including the execution of James Radcliffe, Earl of Derwentwater, and William Gordon, Viscount Kenmure, 1715; the imprisonment and execution of Charles Radcliffe, 1746; the imprisonment of Lord Lovat, 1747; the release of John Wilkes from the Tower, 1763; the imprisonment and release of Brass Crosby, Lord Mayor, and Alderman Oliver from the Tower, 1771; the Gordon Riots, 1780; the imprisonment of Lord George, 1780; the imprisonment and release of Henry Laurens, 1780-82; the imprisonment and release of state prisoners, 1794; the imprisonment of Francis Burdett, 1810; the escape of Lord Nithsdale, 1816;

material relating to the Crown Jewels including newspaper account of Margaret Moore's attempt to steal the crown, 1815; photographs of the Crown Jewels, late 19th century, and the Crown Jewels on display in the Wakefield Tower, about 1900; stereographic photograph of the new Jewel House, late 19th century; and guidebooks: The Crown Jewels (Ministry of Works, 1949-67); The Crown Jewels at the Tower of London (Ministry of Works, 1968); The Crown Jewels of England (Department of the Environment, 1986);

material relating to the Menagerie, including broadsheets containing verses on the deaths of three lions at the Tower, 1681, and one entitled `the she lyon's speech in the Tower', early 18th century; newspaper account of a fight between a lion and two tigers, 1830; and documents relating to the presentation of animals to the Prince Regent, 1816-20;

material relating to the Tower Record Office including letter and receipted bill from Robert Lemon, Tower Record Office, 1806; and notes of the Keeper of the Record Office, John Bayley, c.1820;

material relating to the Tower and the Church including printed Act of Parliament granting a piece of land with the ToL for use as an additional burial ground, 1811; plan of the Church of St. Peter ad Vincula, 1842; photograph of the interior of St. John's Chapel, late 19th century; and guidebooks titled The chapels royal of St. Peter ad Vincula and St. John the Evangelist, HM Tower of London (Pitkin, 1971); and The chapels of the Tower of London (Department of the Environment, 1987); Notices of the Historic Persons buried in the Chapel of St. Pete ad Vincula in the Tower of London D C Bell (London, 1877)

material relating to Tower Bridge including photographs of the official opening of Tower Bridge, 1894; and of Tower Bridge, late 19th century; tickets and programme for the opening of Tower Bridge (1894); Welch's A Short Account of London Bridge Welch, (1894); copy of the Act empowering the corporation of London to build a bridge over the River Thames near the Tower of London (August 1885);

there is also a collection of prints and engravings depicting people, events, external and internal view of the tower and plans;

collection of photocopied material from the National Archives (Public Record Office) relating to the Tower, including copies and transcripts of Exchequer records, 1425-1508; Chancery records, 1455-1655; State Papers, 1569-1585; War Office records, 1681-1752; Office of Works plans; records of the Ancient Monuments Laboratory, 1739-1832; and manuscripts held in the British Library, c.1485-1715.

Letter from William Ewart Gladstone of Hawarden, North Wales to Sir Joshua Walmsley, 29 Oct 1868. Replying to his request for a portrait of Gladstone. 'I am haunted by the belief that I am under a prior engagement'.

Autograph, with signature.

Papers of Alfred Hugh Fisher, 1936, comprise a letter to 'Tom' [Sturge Moore]. 'I think you may care to read a note [enclosed] ... of what old F.G. Stephens said to me in 1902 about the batch of sketches [D G] Rossetti gave to [E C] Burne Jones and destroyed on seeing them one day afterwards in Burne Jones' room'.

Records relating to the Office of the Armoury, the Ordnance Office (Board of Ordnance), and the Armouries museum comprising:

records of the Office of the Armoury including letter from Sir Henry Lee regarding the Office of the Armoury, c.1579; list of armourers at Greenwich, 1599; inventory of arms and armour in the Office of the Armoury, 1603; list of wages of armourers at Greenwich, 1610, 1612; list of armourers at Greenwich, 1612, 1624; list of wages of the armourers at the Tower of London, Greenwich and Woolwich, 1615; a petition from Francis Ingoldsby for his arrears of wages as Keeper of the Armoury at Greenwich, 1623; letter to Sir Robert Pye authorizing the payment of wages to the armourers at Greenwich, 1627; inventory of arms and armour in the Office of the Armoury, 1650; report by the Commissioners of the Admiralty concerning the wages of the armourers in the Tower of London, 1653;

records of the Ordnance Office/Board of the Ordnance records including Ordnance Office account book, 1547-1553; Ordnance Office debenture book, 1606-1607; Ordnance Office receipted indenture, 1633; extracts from a receipt of Stores ledger, 1645, 1648; warrant signed by John, Lord Berkeley to Col. William Legg, Lt. Governor of the Tower, authorizing the issue and replacement of weapons, 1668; ledger of receipts, returns and issues of arms from the Tower of London, 1675-79; proposed contract for brass guns, 1682; letters patent appointing William Meesters to be Keeper of the Stores of Ordnance at the Tower of London, 1691; warrant of appointment of John Harris to be furbisher of small arms at Hampton Court and St. James's, 1711; Rules, orders and instructions for the government of the Office of the Ordnance, 1760, 1769, 1804, 1829, 1841; regulations for official of the Ordnance Department, 1855; letters patent in favour of Stephen Remnant for the right to manufacture cannon, 1761; letter signed by the 3rd Duke of Richmond and Master of the Ordnance, 1784; An Act for transferring One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State the Powers and Estates vested in the Principal Officers of the Ordnance, 14th August 1855 [i.e. relating to the abolition of the Board of Ordnance]; proof books;

Corporate records relating to the management of the Tower Armouries under the control of the Board of Ordnance, the War Office, the Office of Works and the Department of the Environment comprising:

Visitor attendance records including: book listing daily attendance figures for the Tower Armouries, 1851; book listing daily attendance figures for the Tower Armouries, 1857-1864; warders book giving the numbers of visitors to the Tower Armouries, 1859-1861; attendance book of artists admitted to the Armouries, 1870-1894; warders book giving the numbers of visitors to the Tower Armouries, 1871-1872; visitors book, 1913-1993; register of students' tickets, 1914-1939; day books and diaries, 1913-1938; visitors book to the study collection, 1961-1971; visitors book, 1961-1975;

photographs of Viscount Dillon (curator, 1895-1915), early 20th century, and Charles ffoulkes (curator and master, 1910-1938), 1916;

documents relating to the transfer of responsibility for the Armouries to the British Museum and the Office of Works, c.1905; letter books 1939-1947, with index 1939-1946; annual reports compiled by Charles ffoulkes, 1913-1938; Charles ffoulkes' report on the Tower Armouries, 1938; Summaries of grant-in-aid received, 1953-1983;

minute relating to changing the name of the officer in charge of the Armouries from Curator to Master of the Armouries, 1935; Staff book 1915-1917 staff occurrence books, 1939-1956; records relating to the relocation of staff during the Second World War, 1939-1945; Wardens Diaries, 1870-1871, 1876-1877;

records relating to the permanent displays at the Tower of London comprising:

papers including letter from Samuel Meyrick to the Board of Ordnance describing his redisplay of the Armouries, 1827; the Spanish Armoury; redisplay of the White Tower by J.R. Planche, 1869; plan of the Small Arms Room, c.1910; volume recording renumbering of exhibits 1914-1915; the redisplay of the White Tower by Charles ffoulkes, c.1920; the Sporting Gallery, 1971-1996; the Oriental Gallery, 1971-1996; the Board of Ordnance Gallery, 1977-1996; improvements to the White Tower displays, 1984-1988; redisplay of instruments of torture, 1989; proposals for the redisplay of the White Tower, 1989; the 18th/19th Century Gallery, [1996]; tenders for the redisplay of the White Tower, 1994; redisplay of the White Tower, 1994-1998; and copies of records relating to provision of wooden figures, 1685-1749; documents relating to the Spanish Armoury; redisplay of the White Tower by Samuel Meyrick, 1826-1832; and alterations to the Horse Armoury, 1850-1851; Gifts and Purchases register 1916-1939 (covering 1840 -1939); file concerning inventory check with location list, 1922-1935; list of uncatalogued items, 1981; administrative files relating to old displays, loans of items, and war time arrangements for the armouries;

stereographic photographs of the Horse Armoury, mid 19th century and c.1870;

photographs of displays of arms and armour in the White Tower, etc., 1884-1895; the Horse Armoury, c.1890, and late 19th century; Queen Elizabeth I and her page on display in the White Tower, late 19th century;

records relating to temporary exhibitions held at the Tower of London including papers relating to the Kings and Captains, 1949';Greenwich Armour', 1951; Brunswick Armour', 1952;Armour from Innsbruck', 1954; Spanish Royal Armour', 1960;Japanese Armour', 1965; Royal Sporting Guns', 1968; Prisoners of the Tower', 1997-1998; Treasures from the Moscow Kremlin', 1998;The Menagerie', 1999-2000;` Millennium Exhibition', 2000;

exhibition catalogues including Exhibition of armour of Kings and Captains from the national collections of Austria (1949); Exhibition of armour made in the Royal Workshops at Greenwich (1951); Exhibition of arms, armour and militaria lent by HRH the Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg at the Armouries of the Tower of London (1952-1953); Exhibition of Spanish royal armour in HM Tower of London (1960); Exhibition of Japanese armour (1965); Royal sporting guns at Windsor / Howard Blackmore (1968); Treasures of the Moscow Kremlin (1998); and guidebook, The Royal Menagerie at the Tower of London (1999); Records relating to buildings and works at the Tower of London including documents relating to repairs, 1825-1826; plans for the conversion of the `C Store' into the New Armouries, 1947; correspondence relating to the plans for a new entrance to the New Armouries, 1949-1959; correspondence relating to the New Armouries building, 1947-1965;

four photograph albums containing images of museum objects (some from the Royal Armouries collection) [1900-1950]; Collections of slides and postcards; Richard Williams' photograph albums and scrap books; original drawings by Dr Sir Samuel Rush Meyrick c.1830, used for the publication Meyrick and Skeltons' Engraved Illustrations of Ancient arms and armour, 1830;

microfilm collection including copies of Rough register of the Chapel, held in the British Library; Hewett Catalogue; Yeoman Warder's Dividend books 1660-1700; State Papers held in the National Archives (Public Record Office) relating to the Board of Ordinance;

photocopy collection comprising copies and transcripts records from the National Archives (Public Record Office) including Exchequer records, 1360-1600; Chancery records, 1455-1655; State Papers, 1523-1681; War Office records, 1589-1841; and manuscripts in the British Library, 1499-1725.

Printed topographical map made up of 7 separate sheets (one titled Mayence) glued together showing the border region of France and Germany with approximate centre on Homburg representing approximately 220 miles east-west and 250 miles north-south. The 1918 front line is hand drawn and coloured as are national borders. Enemy airfields housing bomber units are indicated by coloured markers. This map is complementary to JSCSC IF 2/2.

Papers relating to British railway history, especially that of the Great Western Railway (GWR) and railways in the London area, including books, maps, periodicals, timetables and several thousand photographs, c 1920s-1980s. The books represent a strong collection on British railway history from earliest times to the early 1980s. There are some substantial runs of major periodical titles. There is a large collection of early railway maps including Airey and Railway Clearing House (RCH) maps; also Ordnance Survey maps and railway junction diagrams, a substantial collection of Bradshaw guides, working and passenger timetables, with the following archival material:

Clinker Collection comprising notes and correspondence relating to the publications of Charles Ralph Clinker on railway history, particularly his Register of closed passenger stations and goods depots in England, Scotland and Wales, 1830-1977 (1963, revised 1978) and papers relating to his 1982 revision of the History of the Great Western Railway (London, 1964) by E T MacDermot; timetables, including those for the Bristol area, 1880s-1970s; General Strike, 1926; timetables during other strikes, 1920s; Great Western and Midland, various notices; Midland and South Western Junction Railway timetables, 1885-1947; operation instructions, GWR, London Midland and Scottish (LMS), London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), Southern Railway (SR); GWR working of stations, 1939-1965; LMS Railway train marshalling, 1943-1944; LMS timetables, 1890s-1940s; train arrangements during World War One and World War Two, 1914-1918, 1939-1945; papers relating to Broadgauge conversion; papers relating to Golden Valley Railway and Leominster-Kington Railway; ephemera relating to the Hay Railway, 1811-1977; Southern Railway plans for stations west of Salisbury, 1905- (mainly 1920s-1930s); Severn Bridge, General Manager's file, 1936-1943; logging of train performances, 1918-1927; books and periodicals, including rare and 19th century printed material on the early railway system, particularly guidebooks and station instructions.

Garnett Collection, mainly comprising railway maps, particularly those produced from 1869 by John Airey, an employee of the Railway Clearing House (RCH), and subsequently by the RCH itself, and also includes Ordnance Survey maps and railway maps produced by the various railway companies; catalogues and research notes by Garnett, including lists of maps prepared by Airey and the RCH, 1869-1960; Macaulay [Zachary] series for Great Britain, Ireland and London, 1851-1908; notes on tramways and railways in Port Talbot area; catalogues of station handbooks, 1851-1956, and railway junction diagrams (the Airey and RCH maps, station handbooks and junction diagrams were used to determine ownership of stations and junctions for commercial purposes).

Research notes and photographs relating to Railway structures by Stuart Kear (9 vols); typescript of Chronology of the construction of Britain's railways, 1856-1922 by Leslie James; research notes by John Palmer on 19th century railway periodicals and the Eastern Counties Railway in its formative years; research notebooks and papers of Harold Vernon Borley on the history of railways in London, used for his Chronology of London railways (Railway and Canal Historical Society, Oakham, 1982).

Locomotive and General Railway Collection, featuring several thousand photographs (photographer unknown) of British locomotives, particularly steam trains, 1920s-1970s.

Wookey Collection, comprising several thousand photographs of British railway stations and signal boxes.

Mowat Collection (of Professor Charles Loch Mowat, 1911-c1969), comprising 2500 photographs in albums of railway scenes, 1926-1969 (mostly 1942-1969, with a few before 1924). These are mostly of small and medium sized railway stations (trains are generally incidental), covering most of the United Kingdom, with particular emphasis on the GWR and Wales, with coverage of Somerset and Dorset, Midland and South Western Junction, Lincolnshire, Midland Railway in the West Country, Great Eastern, Glasgow and Edinburgh Suburban, Bristol Suburban, Ireland, and narrow gauge lines in the UK such as Ffestiniog, Penrhyn, Bishop's Castle and Ditton's Prior. He also covered south east of Manchester in 1962, including the Hayfield, Macclesfield, Buxton (London North Western and Midland) and North Staffordshire lines. The collection also includes Mowat's index to his photographs and 14 notebooks containing track diagrams and notes on the stations he photographed, c 1920-1969.

2 letters written to Florence Farr/Emery. (1) From Sir Arthur Wing Pinero, 2 Aug 1892. Requesting a photograph of Farr. (2) From [Elizabeth] Robins, 26 Oct [1890s]. Agreeing terms for a permformance by Farr's.

Both letters are autograph, with signatures.

Portraits, mostly of Members of the Geological Society of London, 1792-2011, comprising of oil paintings, portrait busts, prints and drawings and sculptures of individuals notably including:

Mary Anning; William Babington; James Scott Bowerbank; William Buckland; Thomas Henry De la Beche; Hugh Falconer; Archibald Geikie; George Bellas Greenough; Henry Thomas Huxley; Charles Lyell; John MacCulloch; Gideon Mantell; Roderick Impey Murchison; William Pengelly; John Phillips; Joseph Prestwich; Andrew Crombie Ramsay; Adam Sedgwick; William Smith; Abraham Gottlob Werner; Henry Woodward.

Also 1,042 black and white photographs of Fellows who were chiefly active between the 1850s and 1920s, including Foreign Members and Correspondents; images of groups, notably a meeting of 'The British Association at Newcastle in 1838' and 'Discussion on the Piltdown Skull', 1915; images of Presidents of the Society, 1833-2011; images of winners of medals and funds, 1947, 1980-2003; images of staff of the Geological Society, 1863-1997.

Papers of Major Arthur GREIG, 1910-1958, comprising:

Nine field maps of the Western Front, 1910-1918, relating to Captain Arthur Greig's military service in the London Scottish Regiment during the First World War (1914-1919); autobiographical notes by Greig probably made in 1958, covering his employment at the Society until the period until 1951.

Letter from P K Seaman of HMS Wolverine, docked at St Helena, to his father, 1 Jun 1851. '... I have already told you that we have caught 3 slavers ...'.

Autograph, with signature. 4 sketches of vessels captured by the Wolverine are pasted to the second leaf of the letter.

The collection contains a typescript diary of his life and work, particularly of his time spent in the New Hebrides (Vanuatu) from 1907. Also includes letters and photographs.

Wash and line drawing.

Correspondence to and from Florence Farr, photographs of Florence Farr, reviews of Modern Women, flyers of plays, performance programmes. There are photographs, some signed, showing her in acting roles and in her time in Ceylon. Amongst the remaining items there are performance programmes and posters.

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.

Sketch of the eclipse of the sun, 1820; handwritten "explanation of plate"; sketches including grain worms, root worms, dust brands of wheat; title jacket for "Prospectus Operis Botanici" by Joseph Plenck (1788); short note describing Bauer's sketch of 2 December 1829.

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 created by Alfred Claude Bromhead during his time in Russia, 1916-1917, and a varied collection of miscellany compiled by him, with items dating from 1510 to the 1930s. These include a contemporary illustration of the funeral procession of Anne of Cleves in 1557 and a collection of engravings of the life of the Virgin by Alberto Durer from 1510. There are also volumes of sketches of London and letters and newspaper cuttings, the subjects of which include the history of London, criminology and The Gentlemen's Magazine.

Papers of Professor Harold Munro Fox, 1905-1968, comprising biographical papers, 1905-1965; notebooks and working papers, 1915-1967, including a journal, scientific observations and photographs relating to the Suez expedition, 1924-1925, laboratory notebooks,1925-1967; broadcast talks to schools, 1937-1939; lectures, chiefly from his last years at Bedford College, 1953-1955; publications, 1960-1967, including notes, correspondence, obituaries; personal and scientific correspondence, 1936-1970.

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.

Papers of Lord Willis Jackson, 1916-1970, comprising papers transferred from his office in Imperial College, namely personal and biographical papers, 1923- 1970, including student notebooks, [1923], visits abroad, 1961-1968, speeches and addresses, 1950-1970, family correspondence, Parliamentary correspondence, 1957-1970, photographs [1916]-1967, mainly of official events, laboratories and apparatus, Willis Jackson; papers relating to Associated Electrical Industries and Metropolitan-Vickers, 1951-1969, notably appointment as Director of Research and Education, 1953, correspondence and press cuttings, 1951-1969, engineering and staff courses, 1954-1959; papers relating to Imperial College, 1950-1969, notably lectures and speeches, 1950-1968, correspondence, 1953-1970, including with Professor Colin Cherry, 1950-1969, the Rector, Lord Penney, 1967-1970, papers concerning academic matters, 1955-1968, Committees, 1963-1969, societies and associations, 1950-1970, Electrical Engineering Department, 1964-1969; correspondence with Ministers, reports and papers relating to Government Departments, principally concerning committees and advisory councils, 1944-1970, notably the Admiralty (later Ministry of Defence), 1950-1968, Ministry of Education, 1954-1969, Ministry of Technology, 1965-1970, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, 1944-1965, Ministry of Overseas Development, 1965-1969, Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (ORCD), 1961-1969, University Grants Committee, 1953-1969, Royal Commission on the Civil Service, 1953-1958, Delhi Institute of Technology, 1957-1970; correspondence, reports and committee papers relating to the Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1950-1968; correspondence, 1950-1970, notably with professional institutions and associations, such as the Association of Supervising Engineers, 1960-1968, Educational establishments, notably the University of London, 1953-1970, Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, 1951-1970, Sir Eric Ashby, 1959-1966, Bertram Vivian Bowden, 1958-1968, Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, 1957-1969, British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), 1961-1969, Sir John Douglas Cockcroft, 1953-1964, Dennis Gabor, 1951-1969, Sir Harold Hartley, 1961-1968, Eric Balliol Moullin, 1953-1958, Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, 1958-1964, John Arthur Saxton, 1960-1967, Joseph Sidney Weiner, 1967-1968.

autobiographical scrapbooks, 1916-1970, from Lady Jackson, comprising 91 loose-leaf binders compiled from 1952, containing heterogeneous papers, including photographs, biographical material such as letters of appointment, comments and narratives, manuscript and published texts of lectures and speeches, press cuttings, social correspondence, travel schedules and reports on visits.

Papers of Professor John Stodart Kennedy, 1915-1993, comprising biographical and autobiographical papers, 1915-1992, including Kennedy's autobiographical notes, family and personal papers, diaries;
papers relating to research, 1939-1992, documenting most stages of his scientific career from the 1930s, including wartime service; his periods at Cambridge, Imperial College and Oxford, categorised alphabetically by topic including aphids, behaviour/behaviourism, ethology, locusts, mosquitoes and motivation; photographs and observations in Albania, 1939; drafts and exchanges of ideas for his book of 1992;
papers and correspondence relating to Imperial College, 1963-1987; papers relating to lectures, papers and broadcasts, 1935-1987; publications, 1939-1992; societies and organisations, 1937-1991, including the Anti-Locust Research Centre; scientific and general correspondence, 1937-1992, with friends and colleagues such as Donald Livingston Gunn, Vincent Brian Wigglesworth, many overseas correspondents including scientific exchanges; papers relating to references and recommendations, 1954-1991, including correspondence with editors, authors and publishing houses; photographs, 1942-1985, notably of the work of the Middle East Anti-Locust Unit, 1942-1944, wind-tunnels, group photographs of meetings and symposia.

Records of committees of the Governing Body, Board of Studies and Rector of Imperial College, comprising papers of the Vacation Work Committee, notably annual reports, 1935-1956, introductory leaflets, [1957-1976], papers relating to the International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Expertise, including correspondence concerning vacation training, 1956-1975, conference, 1962, Memorandum and Articles of Association, 1960, (GD1); papers of the Appointments Board, including minutes, 1912-1971, reports, 1920-1933, and correspondence, 1969-1971, statistics, 1926, 1954-1961, sub-committees papers 1953-1963, correspondence, 1920-1945, 1960-1961 (GD3); papers relating to careers, notably booklets, 1912-1956, talks, 1985, recruitment programme, 1986-1994, annual report, 1996 (GD4);
Overseas Students Committee papers, including minutes, 1958-1970, introduction courses, 1961-1964, correspondence between Chairmen and the Rector, 1958-1963 (GDAA); Senior Common Room Committee minutes, 1956-1972 (GDAC); Exploration Board papers including minutes, 1955-1973, reports, 1955-1981, reports and correspondence relating to expeditions, 1936-1971, photographs and maps of expeditions, 1956-1966 (GDAE); Garden Committee minutes and correspondence, 1959-1967 (GDAG); Student Residence Committee papers, including minutes 1957-1988 (GDAH); Catering and Conference Services Management Committee minutes, 1985-1988 (GDAI); papers relating to Computing Committees, including minutes of the Computing Commitee, 1960-1980, Computing Policy Committee, 1971-1975, Computing Services Committee, 1971-1974 (GDAK); papers relating to Health and Safety, comprising Safety Committee (later the College Safety Council and Technical Advisory Safety Committee) minutes, 1966-1980, Safety Council minutes, 1975-1992, Safety precautions for the use of equipment and laboratories, 1970-1974, Safety Officer annual reports, 1964, Safety policy, 1976-1991, permits for students, 1937-1965; papers relating to accidents, 1975; papers relating to the Radiation Safety Committee, including codes of practice, 1957-1986, Rector's correspondence, 1960-1976, Health and Safety visits, 1972-1982 (GDAS); Parking and Traffic Committee minutes and correspondence, 1958-1988, papers of Sir Patrick Linstead, 1962-1966 (GDAT);
papers of the Joint Committee of the Union, Rector and Governors, 1968-1970 (GDB); notes and correspondence relating to Rector's meetings with non-professorial staff, 1957-1971 (GDC); Dean's Committee minutes, 1954-1979 (GDD); papers of the Rector's Policy meetings, 1979-1987 (GDDE); Management and Planning Group papers, 1987-1992 (GDDM); Growth Points Steering Committee papers, 1969-1971 (GDDP); papers relating to Heads of Departments' meetings, 1968-1988, (GDK).

Papers of George Slater, [1922-1949], comprising notebooks, containing drawings, photographs, maps, expenses and letters; notes on Leighton Buzzard, 1922, journals of field trips to Rügen, Germany, 1926, Switzerland, 1926, notes of trips to the Rhone Glacier, 1927, Capetown, South Africa, 1929; notes on a book and Geoloogical papers, 1929; reprints of papers, photographs of model glaciers; correspondence, [1925]-1949.

Correspondence and papers of Dr Moses Gaster, his family, and the family of his wife Lucy (née Friedlander), 1796-1973, dating largely from the 1870s to the 1930s, also including some material on Gaster's life and work which post-dates his death. Many papers relate to Gaster's activities in his official posts, notably as Haham, to his interests in Jewish affairs and Zionism, and as a scholar, but the collection touches upon a wide range of topics in late 19th and early 20th century history, including the history of Rumanian Jewry and Anglo-Jewry. The bulk of the collection comprises Gaster's correspondence, which includes letters from Jewish and Zionist organisations in Britain, Europe and Jerusalem, from newpapers, periodicals and publishers, and from a large number of individuals outside Gaster's family, including eminent British, European and American Jewish scholars, rabbis and public figures, such as members of the Adler, Gollancz, Mocatta, Montefiore and Rothschild families, and with non-Jewish public figures, but it also includes a wide range of other material. The main series mostly cover much or all of Gaster's adult life. Some material of the same type or on the same subject is separated between different sections of this large collection.

Correspondence series include letters from organisations and individuals outside Gaster's family, one sequence sorted alphabetically by correspondent; one sequence sorted chronologically, 1874-1939, with a few other items, the earliest dating from 1854; a sequence of undated letters, sorted alphabetically; letters received by Gaster on the emigration of Rumanian Jewry, including to England, 1900; Gaster's out-letters and copies of letters written by him, 1887-1939; copies of letters from Gaster to the Zionist Chaim Weizmann dating from the 1900s and 1910s; letters not written by or addressed to Gaster, 1870-1939 and undated.

A series of bound volumes contains press cuttings and other items, largely printed, including circulars and pamphlets, with some letters received and written by Gaster, and relates to various subjects, although much of the material was apparently bound haphazardly; the contents, overall dating largely from 1879-1939 but with items of 1796, 1838-1849, and 1867, include persecution of Jews in Rumania and elsewhere; emigration; Anglo-Jewish matters and the Anglo-Jewish Association; hospitals and schools; lectures, weddings, and other functions; the Board of Deputies of British Jews; Shechita; the Slaughter Bill, 1911; the Spanish-Portuguese congregation, including Bevis Marks Synagogue and Gaster's 25th anniversary as Haham, 1912; Independent Order of B'nai B'rith; letters congratulating Gaster on his engagement, marriage and birth of his children, and on the 'Gaster Anniversary Volume' ; Zionism, including the Jewish Colonial Trust, and Zionist Congresses in 1905, 1907 and 1913; Palestine; the Royal Asiatic Society; the Folklore Society.

Printed ephemera, dating from the 1870s to the 1930s, includes invitations to lectures, weddings and other events; visiting and greeting cards and condolences.

Papers, 1890-1896, on the Ramsgate affair relate to Gaster's association with the College there, the controversy over his management, and events leading up to his departure in 1896.

Papers relating to Zionism include copies of letters between Gaster and Theodor Herzl at the turn of the 20th century and other Zionist correspondence and papers up to the Balfour Declaration of 1917; file of letters and telegrams, some copies, from Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, 1906-1908; volume of minutes of Council meetings of the London Zionist League, 1904-1910; microfilms of Zionist sources, among them Herzl letters held elsewhere.

Pamphlets, 1944-1950, relate to the Anglo-Jewish Association, a London conference of Jewish organisations, Palestine, the Jews in Britain, and Jewish Relief Units in Germany.

Working papers include notebooks, many undated, relating to Gaster's studies (from the 1870s) and later research; typescript and some manuscript reviews, sermons, letters to the press, obituary articles or notices, speeches and articles by Gaster; loose press cuttings of Gaster's reviews and articles, and cuttings on Gaster himself and his areas of interest; reproductions of texts and manuscripts and working notes by Gaster on his scholarly research.

Papers on Gaster's life, work and estate include a photostat manuscript catalogue of Gaster's Hebrew, Samaritan and other manuscripts and printed books, with annotations postdating Gaster's death in 1939; papers relating to Gaster's manuscripts which passed to the British Library, John Rylands Library and Rumanian Academy, including manuscript and typescript descriptions of manuscripts, and correspondence, 1925-1926, 1941, 1961-1962, on their disposal; papers dating from the 1940s to the 1960s on the estate of Gaster's wife (d 1940) and disposal of her books and on Gaster's will, estate and the disposal of his books and manuscripts including his Judaica, the sale of his Rumanian library to the School of Slavonic Studies, the disposal of Samaritan and Hebrew manuscripts to the John Rylands Library, his papers at University College London; material, including press cuttings and papers to 1971, on Gaster's publications, including a copy of his 'History of the Ancient Synagogue ... in Bevis Marks ... 1701-190' (published in 1901); papers to 1961 on the 'Gaster Centenary Publication' (first published in 1936), the centenary of Gaster's birth in 1956, and his publications; papers on Gaster's life and work following his death in 1939, including a file of Vivian Gaster's correspondence on his father to 1973.

Personal papers include Gaster's appointment diaries; congratulations on Gaster's engagement (1889); various rolled or printed addresses to Gaster as Haham, from Jewish communities; certificates, including one for Gaster's election as Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, 1930; letters of congratulation and cuttings on Gaster's 80th birthday (1936); typescript autobiographical notes and reminiscences by Gaster; papers on Gaster's death, 1939, including a scrapbook of cuttings.

Family papers include a genealogical roll of the Gaster family; two photograph albums, largely undated but apparently dating from the latter 19th century, many items unlabelled but some taken in Bucharest, Breslau and London and some identified as members of the Friedlander and Gaster families; correspondence, comprising letters from Gaster's family in Rumania, 1873-1939 and undated; Gaster's original letters to his family in Rumania, from 1874; letters from Gaster to his wife and children, 1885-1939 and undated, and a diary of Gaster on a journey to Palestine, 1907; letters to Moses Gaster from his wife Lucy, between Moses and Lucy and their children, and from the Friedlander family to Moses and Lucy Gaster, 1888-1939; letters from Lucy to her parents, Michael and Bertha Friedlander, before and after her marriage, 1880-1922; Friedlander family correspondence including letters from Michael Friedlander to his wife Bertha, from 1866, and to the Friedlanders from the Gasters; other letters received by the Friedlanders from their family and others, largely 1870-1927 and undated. Other Friedlander papers comprise papers of Michael Friedlander, including notes, and working papers and correspondence relating to Jews' College, including its administration and courses; and the diary of Bertha Friedlander (wife of Michael Friedlander and mother of Lucy Gaster, née Friedlander), 1893-1898.

Files of various legal documents belonging to Mark Haymon and relating to C K Ogden and his work, including papers about the Orthological Institute and the Basic English Foundation, c1930-c1965; correspondence regarding various publications, letters to, from and concerning C K Ogden, and general correspondence, 1910-c1955; material post-dating C K Ogden's death, including press cuttings about C K Ogden's death, papers about the British Council, photographs, papers on the Japanese language, copies of C K Odgen's Basic Words, and other papers and journals, 1957-1992.

Papers of Alex Helm, c1950-1970, comprising manuscript notebooks and working papers for the published works A Geographical Index of the Ceremonial Dance in Great Britain, English Ritual Drama, a Geographical Index, and The Chapbook Mummers' Plays; typescript drafts for lectures and unpublished works; material for proposed publication on English traditional ceremonial costume, includes photographs; correspondence; collected source and published material; and offprints of related published works of co-authors.

Papers of and relating to the Horsley family, comprising papers of Sir Victor Horsley; papers of Eldred, Lady Horsley; papers of Siward Horsley and of Oswald Horsley; papers of Pamela, Lady Robinson, including items relating to the Babies Club in Chelsea; papers of Stephen Paget, author of Victor Horsley's biography; photographs and postcards. Victor Horsley's papers include large sections on his medical career, his service in the army during the Great War, and his political and social interests, including his involvement in the temperance movement and the Medical Defence Union, support for the suffragettes and for Home Rule for Ireland, and his role in the reform of the bodies representing the medical profession: the General Medical Council, the British Medical Association, and the Royal College of Surgeons. His personal papers reflect his interest in archaeology and genealogy.

South-Western Polytechnic, Chelsea Polytechnic, Chelsea College of Science and Technology, and Chelsea College Photographs and Illustrations, 1891-1986. These comprise photographs of interiors of the Manresa Road buildings including chemistry and biology laboratories, library, gymnasium, cookery classroom and engineering workshops, [1895-1985]; exteriors of Chelsea buildings, 1891-[1985]; College events and student activities including outings, theatre productions, geology field trips, opening ceremonies, retirement drinks and sporting fixtures, [1920]-1986; portraits and group photographs of students and staff, notably departmental group photographs, photographs of successive Principals and other senior staff, sporting teams, 1900-[1985]; 12 boxes of 16mm film loops of electronics-related lecture material, [1970].

Manuscript history of ancient armour with illustrations.

Collection of papers relating to Bedford College, University of London, 1849-1992, namely charters, deeds and statutes of Bedford College, 1849-1985, including foundation documents; records of the Council, 1849-1985, including minute books, register books, outwards letter books and correspondence, and legal documents mainly relating to property held by the College; papers of the Ladies Committee, 1849-1893, including minutes and documents relating to the Lady Visitors; papers of the Governors, 1849-1985, including minutes of the AGMs and Special General meetings, and of the Fellows sub-Committee; papers of the Reid Trustees, 1860-1992, mainly comprising legal, administrative and financial papers relating to the Trust, and including material relating to the Reid Scholarships, 1871-1992; papers of the Managers of the Residence, 1860-1928, including minutes, financial material, legal documents, correspondence, and building plans, notably material relating to the move of Bedford College to Baker Street and later Regent's Park; papers of the Committees of the Council, 1868-1985, mainly comprising minutes, correspondence and papers; papers of the Academic Board, 1909-1965, mainly comprising minutes, committee papers and standing orders; papers of the Academic Committees, 1928-1985; papers of the Faculties, 1907-1985, comprising minutes and committee papers; papers of the Academic Departments, 1849-1985, including departmental files, reports, registers, financial material, building plans and material relating to staff publications; papers relating to Bedford College Library, 1886-1974, including committee minutes, Library working files, correspondence, lists and registers, and building plans; papers of the Principal's Office, 1843-1985, including correspondence with academic departments, material concerning policy and merger issues; Bedford College personnel material, 1900-1985, including staff files, 1900-1985, papers relating to staff appointments and conditions, minutes and papers of the Department Staffing Committees; papers of the Registry, 1849-1985, mainly comprising student records such as register books, course lists, scholarship details, examination records, college publications including prospectus leaflets, timetables and College Calendars, and Registrar's papers relating to financial and academic management of the College; papers of the Secretary's Office, 1849-1985, including material concerning ceremonial occasions, public lectures, gifts and bequests to the College, memorial funds and trusts administered by the College, the administration and award of prizes and scholarships, correspondence with academic departments, London colleges and national bodies, papers relating to financial and funding bodies, and correspondence with academic and residence staff; financial documents of Bedford College, 1849-1983, including the main financial registers, 1849-1965, early accounts, 1856-1866, annual accounts, 1894-1977, material relating to students' accounts and scholarships, 1861-[1965], material relating to staff salaries and revisions, 1894-1976, household accounts, 1910-1969, and account books for special funds, 1894-1968; papers relating to the buildings and residences of Bedford College, 1873-1985, notably material relating to fundraising for building schemes, plans and correspondence concerning building and development at the Regent's Park site, 1910-1980, Bursar's papers, 1924-1985, relating to the maintenance of College buildings, correspondence and papers relating to the purchase, lease and maintenance of College Halls of Residence; papers relating to student associations, 1894-1984, including the Bedford College Union Society, the Bedford College Student's Association, the Bedford College Old Student's Association, and the Bedford College Association; Bedford College magazines, 1886-1985; papers of the clubs and societies of the College, 1894-1974, mainly comprising correspondence, accounts, minutes and printed material; records of the staff associations of Bedford College, 1917-[1989], such as minutes, accounts and reports of the Association of University Teachers (AUT), the Bedford College Assistant Staff Association, the Bedford College Staff Association, and the Staff Athletics Club; various unofficial records relating to the College, [1780]-1987, namely reminiscences, press cuttings, drawings and sketches; photographs, [1849-1985], of Bedford College, its staff and students.

Papers relating to fundraising for the buildings of Bedford College, 1897-1981, notably minutes, 1897-1905, and correspondence, 1905-1917, of the Endowment and Buildings Fund Committee; minutes and papers of various Appeals Committees, 1906-1916; correspondence, 1910-1933, concerning financing of building schemes at the Regent's Park site; papers of the Extension Fund Committee, 1919-1932, including committee minutes, minutes and correspondence of the Publicity Sub-Committee, appeal letters, programmes and leaflets for fundraising plays. Material relating to building and development at the Regent's Park site, 1910-1947, including architects' correspondence, mainly from Basil Champneys, concerning plans for the new Bedford College buildings at Regent's Park and the progress of the building work, 1910-1917; Champney's plans, 1913, for the Administrative Block, Senior Common Room, and Science Blocks A and B; plans by Haddocks of the Bursar's Office, 1922; plan and elevations of South Villa, 1926, by Simpson and Maxwell Ayrton; engineer's plans for the Botany Greenhouse and the heating system in the Physiology Laboratory, 1925; plans and watercolour impressions of the Tate Library, 1910, by J R Smith; coloured plans for the layout of rooms in the Physiology Laboratories, [1913]; Maxwell Ayrton's plans, 1925-[1930], for the Tuke Building; correspondence and plans relating to the drainage system at Bedford College, 1920-1947. Papers concerning post-war rebuilding of the Regent's Park site, 1942-1980, notably plans, 1942-1957, by Maxwell Ayrton of Oliver Block, the Herringham Building, the North Science Block (Darwin Building), and extensions to the Tuke Building; correspondence, papers and plans relating to the Tuke-Darwin Infill, 1966-1972; correspondence and plans relating to the Development Programme, 1964-1980, including a report on future library accommodation in the Acland Building, 1971, and proposed plans for an Oliver Infill, a Bedford College Union Society Building and a North Spur, 1979-1980; correspondence concerning the purchase of land for sports facilities, 1922-1925 and 1969-1971. Bursar's papers, 1924-1985, relating to the maintenance of Bedford College buildings, including minutes of the Premises Sub-Committee (Bursar's Meetings), 1965-1976, and minutes and papers of Special Bursar's meetings, 1982-1984; minutes, papers and accounts, 1966-1981 of the Refectory; Bursar's correspondence, 1924-1959; Bursar's working papers, 1978-1981; Bursar's copy of a management study on the efficiency of the Bedford College Administration, 1971, and the Peat-Matwick Report on the financial implications of the merger with Royal Holloway, 1983; minutes and papers of the Safety Committee, 1974-1985, and the General Services Sub-Committee, 1979. General material relating to the Bedford College Halls of Residence, 1873-1982, including legal correspondence concerning the lease and purchase of residential properties, 1922-1953; minutes and papers of the Lodgings Sub-Committee, 1892-1921, formed to vet accommodation offered to students; bound volume of letters offering lodgings to students, 1934-1937; correspondence concerning general policy matters, 1956-1974, and financial management, 1974-1982, of residential Halls; minutes and papers of the Halls of Residence Sub-Committee, 1976-1978; Boarding House accounts, 1873-1901. Correspondence and papers relating to the purchase, lease and maintenance of specific properties used as Halls of Residence, 1895-1985, namely 7, 8, 9, 10 and 28 York Place; South Villa; 17, 20, 35, 36 and 37 Dorset Square (Notcutt House); Bedford College House (Adamson Road and Buckland Crescent), later Lindsell Hall; Hanover Lodge, including plans and Warden's papers; Tennyson Hall; York Gate and Nottingham Terrace; The Holme; Broadhurst Gardens; Nottingham Place (Rachel Notcutt Hall); and St John's Lodge.

Reminiscences, 1899-1984, of Bedford College and its staff, including correspondence, proofs and notes created by Dame Margaret Jansen Tuke during the writing of A history of Bedford College for Women, 1849-1937 (Oxford University Press, London, 1939); reminiscences by Norah McNaulty of Bedford College from 1912-1962; copy of Many a good crusade (Macmillan, New York, 1954) by Virginia Crocheron Gildersleeve. Press cuttings concerning Bedford College, 1849-1987, mainly relating to Bedford College history and buildings, including a centenary issue of The Unicorn, a dissertation on the Teacher Training Department from 1892-1919, and cuttings relating to the merger. Drawings and sketches, 1861-1951, of buildings and staff of Bedford College. Ephemera, [1780]-1956, including copies of inscriptions and tablets throughout the College, examples of different stationery used by the College administration, various items of Bedford College uniform, and manuscript notes by Florence Nightingale on India.

Photograph of Marian Nelson in a graduation gown, [1885-1890], and a Gilchrist Medal, ribbon and case [1884-1909].

Volume containing a report by the Historical Manuscripts Commission on the papers of Fox held at Imperial College, University of London, 1974; reprints of an obituary from Biographical memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol 14, Nov 1968; programme of a ceremony at Bordeaux University to confer an honorary doctorate on Fox, Oct 1965, including a photograph of the presentation; Darwin Medal and presentation volume relating to its award to Fox by the Royal Society of London, 1966; Linnean Society Gold Medal and case, 1959; medal, probably presented to Fox with his honorary doctrate of science at the University of Bordeaux, 1965.

Obituaries of Cole, 1994, taken from the Transactions of the Institute of British Geography, the Independent, the Times, and the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Journal. Papers relating to a Bedford College geobotanical project [Project Gamma for Trust Mining] in Botswana, 1967-1970, including receipts and financial documents, 1967-1969, concerning expenses for the land rover used in the project; copies of Geobotanical Transect Sheets and Plant Ashing Sheets, 1968-1970; carbon book, 1970, containing a monthly report by Cole on the progress of the project during March, including work completed, summary of results, lists of plant and soil samples, maps, plans and photographs; carbon books, 1969-1970, belonging to André Boshoff and containing copies of correspondence relating to the analysis of soil and plant samples and reports on the progress of the project from Feb 1969-Feb 1970; field maps of Mwaku Pan, Botswana, [1968-1970].

Notebook, 1922-1957, containing the results of Geology students in examinations, practical and field work, and including names of students and class sizes; field report, 1923, by Hilda Kathleen Cargill (later the wife of Leonard Hawkes), on a Geology expedition to Edinburgh, Scotland, led by Hawkes, containing photographs of the expedition members; Murchison and Wollaston Medals, awarded to Professor Hawkes by the Geological Society in 1946 and 1962 respectively; expedition report from Iceland, 1901; geological trimming hammer.

Papers of Lord Lee of Fareham, [1878-1954], notably papers relating to Lee's book Letters that Remain, including proofs for letters intended for the book, including from Lloyd-George, 1917, 1920; photographs of individuals for the book;

invitations to events and programmes, [1920s-1930s]; papers relating to speeches, [1915-1930s], comprising notes and texts, including speeches as Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, [1919-1921]; for exhibition opening at Christie's, 1932; press cuttings and Parliamentary reports relating to speeches, printed copies of speeches, [1909-1936], including 'The Need for National Service', 1915, 'The War and After', 1918, 'Lessons of the War', 1936;

original and copy letters, [1894-1946] includingfrom Neville and Mrs Chamberlain, Stanley Baldwin, Ramsay MacDonald, [1920s-1930s]; Winston and Clementine Churchill, 1945; Micheal Balcon, Kenneth Clark, Osbert Sitwell, [1939-1946], Nancy Astor, A J Balfour, Joseph Duveen, relating to the National Gallery and Courtauld Institute, David and Frances Lloyd-George, Field-Marshall Lord Haig, Rudyard Kipling, Ramsay MacDonald; Graham Sutherland, relating to a painting, 1940;
papers relating to Lee's military career, including reference from Lieutenant Colonel Gerald Kitson, 1897; letter concerning Lee, 1898; letter of introduction to Commanding Officers, 1899; letters of authority as Colonel, 1914; army pass, 1914; requisition for petrol and tyres, 1914; permit, 1915; agenda for artillery conference, 1916;
letters relating to Lee's appointment as Chairman of the Radium Commission, 1929, and copy Charter of Incorporation for the Commission; Declaration of Trust between Lord and Lady Lee and the Massey Foundation, 1940;
personal papers, [1878-1945], including passport, 1889; birth certificate, [1868], anecdotes, jokes, press cuttings, printed books and articles, journal, 1889; correspondence and leases of White Lodge, Richmond Park, 1928-1932; letter from Lloyd-George informing Lee of his viscountcy, 1922; letters of condolence to various people and obituaries, [1940s]; correspondence regarding Lee's will, 1945; obituary of Lord Lee, [1947];
papers relating to Chequers, 1917-1953, including abstract of Chequers Estate Act, 1917; articles, guide, 1921, press cuttings, 1920s; correspondence relating to Chequers, including the library, Chequers Trust, silver dessert service presented by Lee, 1938; cartoons by Sir Mark Sykes [of Chequers], [1917];
correspondence concerning pictures and silver, including sale, purchase, restoration work, and some photographs, [1922-1940], including with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1927-1928, British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum, private dealers;
correspondence with Theodore Roosevelt, 1897-1918, and Edith Roosevelt, 1912-1945, including an album of selected letters, 1898-1906, including one labelled by Lee 'possibly Roosevelt's first letter as President', 1901; correspondence with Ethel Derby, [daughter of Roosevelt], [1917-1951];
photographs, [1890-1946], including of the Roosevelt family, the Lees, film stars taken during the Lees' visit to Hollywood, [1930s];

correspondence regarding the establishment of the Conway Hall, London, 1930-1931; correspondence with Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase; papers of Professor W G Constable; papers relating to the Lee Bequest; Harding Collection; Home House Trust; Wilkinson Bequest; MacColl, Panofsky, Ostrer and Samuel Courtauld correspondence; Pilgrim Trust grant for Corpus of English Medieval Paintings; Scientific Department; Summer course; Lee gift to Hart House; draft scheme for the establishment of art history teaching in UK; insurance papers; press cuttings, 1930-1934; speeches relating to the opening of the Courtauld gallery.

Papers of Hans Andreas Hammelmann, comprising working files, compiled [1950]-1969, arranged by artist, containing photographs of pictures, correspondence and articles, for the artists: David Allan, Peter Angelles, P Angier, William Austin, Antonio Baratti, Francis Barlow, Bernard Baron, Francesco Bartolozzi, Basire, Baumgarten, Anthony Benoist, Benoit, Thomas Bewick, George Bickham, Nicholas Blakey, François Boitard, Louis Philippe Boitard, Jacob Bonneau, F Boucher, Bowyer, Edward Francesco Burney, Charles Catton Jnr, Louis Cheron, J B Cipriani, B Cole, William Cole, John Collins, Collyer, Bartholomew Dandridge, Delacroix, John Devoto, Claude Dubosc, John Ellis, Paul Fourdrinier, Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard, Jean Honoré Fragonard, Fuseli (son), Henry Fuseli, John Gilpin, Sawrey Gilpin, Joseph Goupy, Hubert Gravelot, Simon Gribelin, Moses Griffith, Simon Grignion, Joseph Grisoni, Louis Du Guernier, Sir William Hamilton, Jonas Hanway, Francis Hayman, Joseph Highmore, William Hogarth, James Hulett, Walter Jackson, William Kent, Elisha Kirkall, Knapton, Marcellus Laroon, Philippe Jacques de Loutherbourg, Thomas Major, J Marchant, Mercier, Conrad Metz, John Hamilton Mortimer, George Michael Moser, Johann Sebastian Muller, John Nixon, Pietro Antonio Novelli, Piazetta, John Pine, Arthur Pond, Ravenet, William Wynne Ryland, Paul Sandby, T Sandby, G Scotin, Robert Smirke, Stendhal, Thomas Stothard, John Sturt, Tardieu, Isaac Taylor, Sir James Thornhill, John Tinney, John Vanderbank, Van der Gucht family, Vivares, Samuel Wale, Anthony Walker, Antoine Watteau, John Webber, Richard Westall, George M Woodward, John Wootton, Thomas Worlidge;
photographs, photocopies and notes relating to eighteenth century book illustrations, compiled [1950]-1969; correspondence relating to specific artists and general matters, some with photographs and articles, 1950-1969, notably from the National Gallery of Scotland, 1950, Professor Lawrence Gowing, 1953, National Gallery of Ireland, 1969, Ashmolean Museum, 1959, 1966, British Museum, 1966, Bibliotheca Nacional, Madrid, 1968, Nottingham Museum and Art Gallery, 1951, Courtauld Institute, Witt Library, 1952, Bodleian Library, 1952, Royal Library, Windsor, 1967, Ruskin Galleries, Isle of Wight, 1967, Lewis Walpole Library, Connecticut, 1969;
papers of T S R Boase, 1953-[1974], comprising printed articles, exhibition catalogues, correspondence and two card indices, one of eighteenth century artists and illustrators, and one of authors; original prints and autographs, 1740, 1780 and undated, notably six prints of paintings in Vauxhall Gardens by Francis Hayman; three letters with autographs, 1795-1931; miscellaneous items, [1950s-1960s], including card indices on eighteenth century illustrated books and literature, cuttings from catalogues, photographs of Hammelmann 's friends/family, Victorian book illustrations; general articles and publications, 1864-1969, some by Hammelmann.

Papers of Percy Moore Turner, 1905-1952, comprising folders relating to various artists and works of art including John Sell Cotman, John Berney Crome, Honoré Daumier Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Peter De Wint, Thomas Gainsborough, Francisco de Goya, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, Varin and Diego Velazquez, and museums including the Louvre, Paris; catalogues of pictures at Staunton Harold, 1922; an exhibition by Richard Parkes Bonington, 1937; Percy Moore Turner's collection of engravings, etchings, lithographs and other prints, 1951; correspondence relating to gift of pictures to the Louvre, 1947-1948, and P M Turner's estate, 1951-1952; photographs of paintings, undated, from the British Museum, Castle Museum, Norwich, National Gallery, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, and the Tate Gallery; newpaper cuttings, 1925-1950, including some relating to the Courtauld.

Papers of Philip Wilson Steer, 1836-1962, comprising personal ephemera, 1860-1917, including his birth certificate, 1860; art examination certificates, 1880-1881; permit book for sketching at Dover, 1917; photographs, 1864-1930s and undated, including Steer at various ages and family members;
original pictures by Steer, comprising charcoal drawing of pollarded stump and wall, undated; monochrome watercolour, 1877; monochrome over pencil drawing of Christ healing the sick / raising Lazarus, undated (described as an early work);
papers relating to dealers, notably lists and statements of accounts for pictures sold, by Barbizon House, 1927, undated, by Goupil Galleries, 1909-1937, by Charles A Jackson, 1919-1926, and by David Sassoon & Co, 1927; lists, comprising list of dates of places where Steer worked from 1884, undated, and list of pigments used by Steer, [1970];
letters, comprising correspondence from or to Steer or his parents, 1836-1942, including relating to Steer's Order of Merit, 1931, letters to his family whilst abroad, 1876, 1882-3; letters relating to Steer's memorial, 1942-1943; letters to Dorothea Hamilton concerning the gift of a Steer watercolour as a wedding present to Princess Elizabeth, 1947, and deposit of material to the British Museum, 1945-1946; letters concerning publications relating to Steer, 1942-1962, Steer's estate 1942-1944; lists of subscibers to the Steer Memorial and addresses given at Steer's memorial service and the unveiling of the memorial slab, 1942-1943; articles by Steer on Impressionism in Art, 1891, and by Dugald Sutherland MacColl, 1939; newspaper and magazine cuttings, 1906-1948, including Steer's obituary and will, 1942, 1944, Steer exhibitions, 1943-1945, reviews of publications relating to Steer, 1944, 1945; sales catalogues containing items (furniture, porcelain, pictures, watercolours, books and silver plate) sold from Steer's estate after his death, 1942; miscellaneous papers including invitation to Steer's Memorial exhibition, 1943, booklet for D S Macoll's memorial service, 1949; list of documents given to the Courtauld by Dorothea Hamilton, undated.

Photographs and pictures of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, 1633-2001. The majority of photographs depict the membership and social history of the College and include presidential portraits and photographs of Fellows and Members, prominent obstetricians and gynaecologists, visitors to the College, meetings and study groups. There is also a class of photographs of College buildings. Donated and deposited material also includes photographs and slides of clinical disorders and specimens.

Records comprise portraits, pictures and other memorabilia relating to William Blair-Bell, 1920-1996; presidential portraits, 1927-1995; portraits of Fellows, 1935-1991; photographs of Honorary Fellows, 1921-1997; photographs of annual dinners, 1931-1954, 1998; photographs of admission ceremonies, 1931-1992; College buildings, 1930-1991; Royal visits, 1931-1990; Council and officers, 1934-1992; photographs of meetings, members and artefacts of the Gynaecological Visiting Society, 1911-1973; British congresses of obstetrics and gynaecology, 1933-1999; photographs of overseas groups and other photographs relating to the profession overseas, 1935-1997; RCOG study groups and educational courses, 1979-1995; photographs and paintings donated to the College by Professor Preston Maxwell, 1898-1935; presentations, awards and lectures, 1949-1995; Strachan collection of portraits of eminent medical men, c1693-c1847; ceremonial and related paraphernalia and artefacts and gifts to the College, 1931-1992; miscellaneous photographs relating to the history of the College and of obstetrics and gynaecology, 1929-1999; decorative pictures, 1633-1957; photographs of pathological subjects transferred from the College Museum, 1950s-1978; photographs and drawings presented to the College by Professor John Chassar Moir, 1932-1957; photographs of eminent medical men collected by Sir Anthony Alment, transferred from the College Library, 1921; photographs and memorabilia relating to Sir Norman Jeffcoate, 1946-1975;

undated portrait photographs of eminent medical persons; Donald Whatley Roy photographs donated to the College Archives by A D Roy, 1903-1935;

collection of miscellaneous photographs transferred from the College Library, undated.

Original drawings, published by William A Liston and William Glen Liston, in "A Study of Trichomonas Vaginitis in Hospital Practice in Edinburgh", in Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology of the British Empire, 46 (1939), pp 474 -502 , 1939; letter from W G Liston to Aleck Bourne, Museum Curator, dated 6 Aug 1939, describing the drawings, 1939.

The item comprises a sheet of pencil sketches of various instruments, including the Chamberlen forceps.

Records of the Polytechnic Cycling Club and its predecessor, 1883-2006, including:

AGM Minutes, 1904-1995 [incomplete] ; AGM Agendas, c.1913-1989 [incomplete] ; Annual Reports of the Honorary Secretary, 1949-1989 [incomplete] ; Statements of Accounts, 1906-1989 [incomplete] ; Attendance Logs, 1922-1989 [incomplete]; Committee Minutes and meeting papers, 1902-1934, 1949-1957, 1976-1980, 1985-1988, 1992-1997 ; Attendance Logs, 1949-1950; Honorary Secretary's Correspondence, 1908-2002 [incomplete];

Finance Committee: Minutes, 1913 ; Agenda and budget, 1914 ; Budgets 1925, 1927; Statement of Accounts, 1906-1962 [incomplete]; Account Books, 1903-1980 [incomplete]; Invoices, receipts and working papers, 1889-1981 [incomplete]; Honorary Treasurer's Correspondence, 1908-1977; Membership records: Subscription Books, 1889-1929 [incomplete], 1958; Register of Members, 1912-1943 [incomplete];

Path and Road Committee papers: Minutes, 1930-1940 ; Notes regarding standards, 1937, n.d.; Race and Track Committee papers: Minutes, 1899 ; Accounts, 1926 ; Track record distances, n.d.;Social Committee: Annual dinner menus, 1899-2003 [incomplete]; Cinderella Dance programmes, 1904-1910 [incomplete]; Season and Winter Programmes, 1937-1961; Miscellaneous social activities 1904-1952; Honorary Social Secretary's Correspondence, 1924-1960;

Medals and trophies: medal requirements, 1966; 1967 medal list; lists of trophies 1978; medal boards, shields and cups, 1888-1981

Cycling events and results:race start cards, results cards and route cards, 1919-1968 ; Race records, 1883-1960; Prizes Book, 1928-1939; Lists of champions, 1891-1972;

Members' memorabilia: Cuttings albums and articles, 1891-1989 [incomplete];
Cap Badges, 1878-1978 [incomplete]; Album of cuttings, photographs, memorabilia and correspondence relating to the career to J.E. 'Jenny' Walters, 2 July 1899-12 Jan 1910; David Ricketts Collection of photographs, memorabilia and correspondence, 1938-2000; Harry Payne Collection of articles and photographs, 1901-2002;

Publications: The Polytechnic Cycling Club Gazette, 1891-1968; Newsletter, 1964, 1985-2006 [incomplete]; and excerpts from RSP Magazine, [1966]-1989; Members' Handbooks, 1893-1968 [incomplete]; Rules Books, 1926- 1960 [incomplete]; Fixtures Booklets, 1899-1958 [incomplete]; Road and Track Programmes, 1892-1962 [incomplete]; Prospectuses, 1902-1913 [incomplete]; Published histories of the PCC: History of the Polytechnic Cycling Club 1878-1899, souvenir of the Coming of Age dinner, 9 Dec 1899; The PCC Jubilee 1878-1928, speech of J. Brothwell recounting the history of the PCC, after Jan 1929; The Polytechnic Cycling Club 100 Years, 1878-1978;

Photographs of trophies, cycling and social activities, 1891-1985.

Records of the Polytechnic Harriers, 1896-1985, including: Committee papers: Minutes and meeting papers, 1893-1894, 1910-1971, 1973-1986; Annual Reports of the Honorary Secretary, 1952-1970 [incomplete]; AGM Agendas, 1955-1958 [incomplete] ; Honorary Secretary's Correspondence, 1931-1985 [incomplete]; Administrative Papers, 1914 and n.d.;

Financial records: Balance Sheets, 1910-1956 [incomplete]; Account Books, 1923-1956 [incomplete]; Annual Accounts, 1934-1957 [incomplete]; Invoices, receipts and working papers, including correspondence 1922-1956 [incomplete]; Membership records, 1905-1912;

Athletics events and results: Race results1928-1965 [incomplete]; Race attendance records, 1946-1950; Polytechnic Marathon: Official programmes, 1908-1983 [incomplete]; results, 1948-1982 [incomplete]; Map of 1908 Marathon route; Marathon Race and Athletic Sports Meeting Programmes, 1909-1983 [incomplete] some annotated with results; Sward Trophy Programmes, 1953-1972 [incomplete]; British Games Programmes, 1949-1959 [incomplete]; miscellaneous programmes, 1920-1975;

Medals and trophies: Shields and medals, 1908-1983; Documentation regarding the Sporting Life Trophy, 1969;

Members' memorabilia: Newspaper cuttings albums and articles, 1928-1978 [incomplete]; Arthur Winter Collection, 1900-1976 (material collected by A E Winter during his writing of a history of the Poly sports clubs);

Publications: The Polytechnic Harriers Gazette, 1896-1898- bound volume; The Polytechnic Harriers Gazette, 1896-1901 - unbound copies [incomplete]; Newsletter, 1958, 1975; Rules Books, 1956 and n.d.; Fixtures Booklets, 1933-1938 [incomplete]; Published histories of the Harriers: They Made Today- A history of 100 years of the Polytechnic Sports Clubs and Societies by Arthur Winter. Published by the Poly Harriers, 1980; The Polytechnic Harriers 1883-1933, by Ernest H L Kleinscroth (later Clynes) with forward by JEK Studd, March 1933; The Polytechnic Harriers 1933-1983, by David Barrington, April 1983; From the legend to the living- the history of the marathon race from its inception in Ancient Greece BC 470 and the history of the Poly marathon from 1909 to its Diamond Jubilee year 1969 by A E H Winter; Miscellaneous publications, 1930s-1957 and n.d.

Photographs: loose photographs c.1890s-c1980s; album containing photographs 1908-1913, album containing press cuttings and photographs 1905-1920; album containing a press cutting from Sporting Life 1883 and page of signatures, 1981, includes photographs c.1900-1925; album containing photographs c.1945-c1970; album containing photographs c.1896-1939; album containing photographs 1945-1983.

Records of the Polytechnic Parliament, 1883-1970, comprising minutes recording the business of the Council which administered the society's affairs, 1883-1916, 1920-1965, 1970; minutes for sittings of the parliament, 1892-1915, 1920-1964; constituency books, 1883, 1930s; motion books, 1884-1915, 1923-1926; members' address book, 1890s; file of typescript orders and rules, 1933; file re amendments, 1930s; Conservative party records, 1930s; attendance books, 1934-1960s; printed constitution, 1948; report to Development Committee and related papers, 1954; subscription book, 1950s-1960s; undated standing orders and rules; two undated photographs, including Polytechnic Parliament in session in Fyvie Hall (in no 309 Regent Street).

The collection was assembled and annotated by Leslie Henry. The items mostly relate to Joseph Stacey, but a few concern Henry. The largest group is of photographs, with a few cuttings, relating to the evacuation of Regent Street Polytechnic School of Hairdressing to Winscombe in Somerset from 1939-1942; a few letters, photographs and cuttings relating to the careers of Stacey and Henry, 1938-1975.