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Major accessions to repositories in 2015 relating to London |
Local
- Alfred Frederick Joseph Chorley (fl 1931-1959), charter mayor: papers and photographs and other records 1931-1959 (ACQ2015/024)
- Benjamin Lack (fl 1908-1938), Honourable Secretary of Barking Labour Party: papers and photographs rel to Barking Labour Party 1908-1938 (ACQ2015/004)
- Norman Ernest Martin (1939-1998), mechanical engineer: papers and correspondence 1938-1998 (ACQ2015/047)
- Vera Merritt (1906-1979): scrapbooks concerning the history of the Girl Guide Movement and activities of the 1st Riverside District Rangers Company 1906-1979 (ACQ2015/027)
- Meredith Myears (fl 2015): digital photographs of the visit of the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh to Chadwell Heath Community Library (16 July 2015), taken by Meredith Myears 2015 (ACQ2015/035)
- Harold Wand (1909-1991), local historian and president of the Barking and District Historical Society: papers and corresp incl letters from Colonel A E Loftus c1930-1995 (ACQ2015/028/BD 352)
- Porter Glenny Ltd, estate agents, Grays: records and papers rel to business and family 1728-1931 (BD 349)
- Becontree Swimming Club: corresp, diaries, papers, registers and photographs 1989-1999 (ACQ2015/054)
- Chadwell Heath Townswomen's Guild: minutes, scrapbooks, attendance register and other records 1943-2015 (ACQ2015/039)
- Dagenham Rotary Club: minutes, corresp and other records 1937-1987 (ACQ2015/012)
- Mobile Museum: material rel to housing estates in Barking and Dagenham 2000-2015 (ACQ2015/051)
- Valence House Museum: records incl reports and plans rel to the redevelopment of Valence House Museum 2007-2010 (ACQ2015/056)
- Photographs of the construction of houses on the Becontree Estate c 1925-1932 (ACQ2015/023)
- Eastbury Manor House: visitors' books 1977-2012 (ACQ2015/002)
- Longlands Primary School, Bexley: log books, registers and photographs 1905-2015 (LAXLGL)
- St Thomas More Catholic Primary School, Bexleyheath: corresp, registers and photos 1965-2012 (LAXSTM)
- Hugo Powell (1919-2014), sculptor: microcassettes containing oral history of sculptor Hugo Powell, sketches and press cutting relating to the 1948 Olympics victory plaques c1948-1996 (A16/2015; A18/2015)
- Willesden General Hospital: collection contains in-patient and staff registers, and minute books of various committees 1895-1971 (A3/2015)
- Personal letters (50) between husband and wife (Dolly and Bert) written just before and during First World War c1912-1915 (A1/2015)
- Bromley and Downham Old Boys' Club: records incl minutes and promotional material c1955-1983 (Accession 2015/017)
- Anne Naysmith (1937-2015), concert pianist and "Car Lady of Chiswick": books of condolence 2015 (HALS/ARC367)
- Montagu Sharpe (1856-1942), King's Counsel, antiquarian, author and local historian: hand-drawn, printed and annotated maps 1900-1925 (HALS/ARC390)
- Brentford and Chiswick Borough Council: Borough Charter Day photographs 1932 (HALS/ARC397)
- Chiswick Lodge Hospital: material collected for booklet on history of the hospital 1911-2004 (HALS/ARC371)
- Currey & Co LLP, solicitors, London: corresp, letter books and other records 1839-1920 (2843)
- Grosvenor Estates Ltd, property agents: additional deeds and lease plans 1894-2010 (2853)
- All Saints Church, Ennismore Gardens, Knightsbridge: additional service registers, preachers books, etc 1849-1939 (2861)
- Queen's Gardens Association, Bayswater: additional minutes, financial and administrative records 1940-2011 (2834)
- Queen's Westminster Rifles: muster roll 1891 (2857)
- St Clement Danes Holborn Estate Charity: minutes, corresp and almshouse records 1879-2002 (2851)
- St Clement Danes parish, Westminster: additional records 1868-2013 (2824)
- St Mary-le-Strand parish, Westminster: additional records 1726-2009 (2825)
- St Peter's Church, Eaton Square, Westminster: additional records 1877-1936 (2832)
- Westminster Bridge: minutes, accounts and other records c1737-1868 (2841)
- Reece family, pharmacists, Piccadilly: legal case papers c1970-2000 (2849)
- Anthony Jolliffe (b 1938), Lord Mayor of London: cuttings and invitations 1971-1980 (D-SAJ)
- Acton Community Forum: minutes 1999-2014 (443)
- Ealing Philanthropic Institution: minutes, accounts and reports 1881-2008 (437)
- Hunsden family of Enfield: family papers 1657-1921 (MA3)
- Irene Bridgeman (1927-2002): autograph book, with pictures and messages, and handwritten cookbook 1942-1945 (EA4)
- Broomfield House Owners Association: administrative records c1930-1950
- Ediswan Reunion Association: material incl photographs, minutes, lists of members rel to the Association 1932-1993 (MA6)
- Enfield Urban District Council: documents, maps and plans relating to property and land sales 1820-1931 (HD3)
- St George's Rambling Society: photo albums and minute books 1921-1925 (HB1)
- Collection of documents, maps and plans relating to the development of land for housing in Edmonton, mostly rel to land acquisitions by Edmonton Freehold Land and Builders Society Ltd 1850-1938 (HA3)
- Air Training Corps 85 (Enfield and Southgate) Squadron: documents and photographs rel to Air Training Corps 85 (Enfield and Southgate) Squadron 1939 (HC3)
- Carden & Godfrey, architects, London: plans and papers 1954-1980 (A14218)
- Denis Dunbar Gibbs (1927-2015), physician: photographs and papers, incl photos of Abney Park Cemetery, East End pubs, and large photos of Dr Gibbs' Wildlife in a Hackney Garden exhibition c1980-1989 (2015/05)
- Abney Park Cemetery Co Ltd: large-scale plans of the cemetery, showing burials (2015/13)
- Art House Foundation: research work for creation of artwork displayed at Hackney Archives 2014 (2015/09)
- Clissold Residents' Association: records of the Association incl minutes, correspondence, membership details c1972-2000 (2015/08; 2015/18)
- Discover Hackney Partnership, community project: records incl minutes, publicity and planning documents 2006-2013 (2015/11)
- Hackney City Farm: material incl minutes, publicity, records rel to the farm's creation, plans, photographs and corresp c1985-2015 (2015/23)
- Hackney Learning Trust: records incl minutes, reports, project work and corresp 2002-2012 (2015/21)
- Laburnum Boat Club: records of an HLF project 'Regent's Canal Through the Ages' 2014 (2015/03)
- Charles Daniel Miller (fl 1938-1990), sailor: records incl ration card, unemployment book, handwritten biographical details and itinerary of ports visited during service c1938-1990 (ADB. 15.38, ADB 15.39)
- Lowe and Shawyer Nursery, Uxbridge: records incl financial papers, corresp and company history 1906-1962 (ADB.15.24)
- Hounslow Soroptimists: scrapbooks 1943-1994 (HALS/ARC370)
- Need and Taylor's Educational Charity, Brentford: minute book 1856-1959 (HALS/ARC380)
- Air raid damage in the district of Feltham incident records 1940-1941 (HALS/ARC365)
- Copenhagen Youth Project: records incl finance, administration, fundraising, projects and photographs 2000-2010 (S/CYP)
- Whatman family, papermakers, of Vinters: records of Whatman Paper Mill, Springfield, incl of H Reeve Angel & Co, paper merchants, London 19th-20th cent (KHLC-2015/59)
- Kingston-upon-Thames Borough Council: education and school committee files 1999-2007 (KT344)
- Thames Ditton Skittle Club: records of the Thames Ditton Skittle Club 1897-1972 (KX600)
- Fisher family: personal papers rel to Sidney E and Mary Alice Fisher incl Sidney Fisher's First World War military documents c1900-1980 (ARC/2015/10)
- Michael David Trace (1937-2006), photographer: negative series of Lambeth photographic survey c1970-1987 (ARC/2015/13)
- Belgrave Hospital for Children, Clapham: records incl correspondence, photographs and ephemera 1898-1987 (IV/322)
- Brixton Hill Methodist Church: marriage and baptism registers, minutes of leaders meetings and Sunday school minutes 1825-1979 (ARC/2015/03)
- Duckie: HLF supported project, incl interviews with Paul O'Grady and others associated with the Royal Vauxhall Tavern 2014 (ARC/2015/01)
- Lambeth Metropolitan Borough Council: seals 1914-1970 (ARC/2015/20/2)
- Royal Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults (MENCAP), Lambeth branch: records incl minutes, accounts and photographs 1953-2014 (ARC/2015/8)
- Oral history recordings of reminiscences of the Lacamo Dance Hall building, Streatham and its subsequent businesses including "The Cat's Whiskers Club", "The Studio", "The Ritzy" and "Caesar's Nighclub" 2014-2015 (ARC/2015/21)
- Friends of Honeywood Museum: accounts, minutes, newsletters and marketing 1990-2014 (Acc 921)
- Holy Trinity Church, Wallington: parish registers 1868-2012 (Acc 918)
- Cyril Ewart Lionel Grant (1919-2010), Guyanese actor, musician, writer and poet: additional papers rel to World War Two c1940-2010 (B15/041, B15/163)
- Sir Stephen White (d 1678), grocer and alderman: financial and legal letters, papers and deeds rel to Irish plantations in East Meath 1654-1677 (B15/118)
- Fulham Bridge Co: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1729-1865 (DD/0119,DD/0301)
- Hammersmith & City Railway Co: deeds, plans and papers (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1859-1938 (DD/1081)
- Hammersmith Bridge Co: minutes, corresp, shares, contracts, specifications, deeds, etc (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1756-1888 (DD/0008, DD/0478)
- Frederick Huth & Co, merchants and merchant bankers, London: additional letters, certificates and notes rel to banking, especially in South America 1811-1875 (CLC/B/087)
- JD Langton & Passmore, solicitors, London: partners' minutes and agreements, financial and client records incl records of predecessor Whale & Wates and George Whale of Woolwich and successor firm of Stoneham Langton & Passmore c1799-2000 (B15/054)
- James Lock & Co Ltd, hatters, London: additional partnership agreements, corresp, stock book, premises deeds, photographs, printed material, history research, advertisements and artwork c1732-1998 (B/LK)
- Maxwell Stamp plc, economic consultants, London: Head Office files rel to African projects, records of the Lusaka and Nairobi offices c1965-1975 (B15/094)
- Rotax Ltd, manufacturer of automotive electrical equipment, Willesden: private ledger 1956-1972 (LMA/4677)
- Turner & Debenham, solicitors, St Albans: papers of the firm, Thompson family and other families and clients, mainly deeds rel to City of London properties (British Records Association deposit BRA 2951 Thompson and Debenham) 1402-1911 (B15/122)
- Andrew Weir & Co Ltd, shipowners and managers: directors and agm minutes, share registers, scrapbook incl posters and brochures, company magazines, photographs and drawings of directors and ships, incl records of the Bank Line Ltd, United Baltic Corporation Ltd and other Andrew Weir Group companies 20th cent (B15/149)
- All Saints Church, Highgate: records 1864-2004 (DRO/196)
- Association of Lloyd's Members (ALM Ltd): Troubled Syndicates and other files c1983-2000 (B15/095)
- Broadway Congregational Friendly Society, Hammersmith: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1905-1938 (DD/0045)
- Central Committee of the Anglican Church in Belgium: official circulars from Belgian Ministry of Justice, appointments of clergy and corresp rel to residence and work permits, Belgian royal decrees rel to individual chaplaincies 1887-2005 (B15/064)
- Christ Church parish, Cockfosters: registers 1839-1937 (DRO/171)
- Christians in Finance: minutes, annual accounts, scrapbooks, newsletters, photographs 1888-2013 (B15/181)
- Coleman Street Ward Club, social club, London: minutes, membership records, etc 1929-2005 (B15/172)
- Conference of Local Authorities Owning Electricity Undertakings in Greater London: minutes, agendas, reports, printed bills and memos, general and reorganisation of electricity distribution files 1917-1948 (B15/014)
- Fulham Palace Road Congregational Church: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1906-1985 (LMA/4116)
- Hammersmith and West Kensington Synagogue: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1890-2001 (DD/1097)
- Hammersmith Methodist Circuit: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1811-1974 (DD/0370)
- Holy Trinity Church, Florence: additional records 1820-1963 (CLC/369)
- Jewish Historical Society of England: minutes, financial records, corresp, etc 1897-2012 (B15/185)
- Livability, Christian disability charity: records of the Shaftesbury Society, Ragged School Union, John Grooms and Finsbury Mission 1840-1990 (B15/171)
- London Natural History Society: additional records 1937-2015 (B15/034)
- Metropolitan Water Board: additional records 19th-20th cent (ACC/2558)
- Munster Park Methodist Church, Fulham: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1880-1995 (DD/0976)
- National Neighbourhood Watch Association: minutes and papers 1997-2004 (B15/019)
- Oaklands Congregational Church and Askew Road Methodist Church, Hammersmith: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1856-1987 (DD/0713)
- Richard Reeve's Foundation, educational charity, London: minutes, cash books, committee papers, etc 1673-2011 (B15/079)
- Society of Merchants Trading to the Continent: minutes, members' attendance and lists incl card index, wine ledgers, etc 1803-1993 (B15/168)
- St Paul parish, Hammersmith: records incl registers (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) c1629-1999 (DD/0071, DD/0746, DD/818)
- Tavistock and Portman National Health Service Trust: additional files 1927-2007 (B15/111)
- Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant: minutes and papers 2011-2012 (B15/003)
- Toynbee Hall, the Universities settlement in East London: additional minutes and financial records 1888-2005 (LMA/4683)
- Walham Green and Fulham Methodist Circuit: records (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1802-1972 (DD/0344,DD/0368)
- Warsaw Anglican Chaplaincy: records 1910-2010 (B15/063)
- Worshipful Company of Masons: additional records 1809-1996 (CLC/L/MB)
- Fulham manor records incl court minutes (transferred from Hammersmith and Fulham Archives) 1804-1932 (DD/0014, DD/0015, DD/332)
- Moors family of Croydon: family papers 1919-2014 (AR1120)
- Croydon Area Gay Society: records incl administrative documents and newsletters 1971-2014 (AR1113)
- Croydon Performing Arts Festival: records incl financial records, annual general meeting minutes, programmes, syllabuses and photographs 1924-2014 (AR1118)
- Croydon Players: scrapbook and letters belonging to Barry and Grace Robinson, co-founders of the Players 1923-1969 (AR1100)
- South Norwood United Reformed Church: church records incl registers, commemoration books, service sheets and photographs 1857-2014 (FR2/14)
- Spring Park Floral Group: records of the group's activities incl photographs, programmes and committee minutes 1961-1983 (AR1123)
- Walter John Chambers (1880-1971), Ilford Postman: autobiography, incl and account of his work as a postman in Ilford 1880-1970 (319)
- Elizabeth Jane Craig (1869-1958), chairwoman of the Ilford Women's Association (1910-1914): documents incl photographs, letters and certificates 1900-1958 (305)
- Beryl Elsie Staples (1929-2014), Ilford resident: personal papers 1936-1962 (312)
- Ilford Operatic and Dramatic Society: records incl photographs, news cuttings, programmes, posters, tickets, flyers 1919-2015 (320)
- London Borough of Redbridge: photos of members of Ilford Urban District Council c1900-1920 (301)
- Newbury Park Synagogue: records incl photographs, newspaper cuttings, programmes 1968-2014 (316)
- John Constable (b 1952), poet and dramatist: personal papers incl records rel to Crossbones Burial Ground 1984-2015 (2015/18)
- Philip Polglaze (fl 1980-1999), photographer: images of Peckham 1980-1999 (2015/30)
- Southwark Pensioners' Action Group: records 2001-2004 (2015/36)
- Ernest Parker, soldier: letters (digital copies) to members of his family from Bermondsey while on active service in Greece in World War One 1916-1918 (2015/19)
- Lakanal House, Sceaux Gardens estate, Camberwell: condolence books for victims of fire 2009-2010 (2915/5)
- Ronald Lewis (b 1928), resident of Tower Hamlets: oral history interview rel to his early memories of childhood games, local characters and shops on Ford Street and his account of being evacuated twice from the area in World War Two 2015 (O/IND/4)
- Hellen Martin: oral history interview with the granddaughter of the photographer William Thomas Whiffin 2015 (O/IND/3)
- Leon Rogers (b 1940), resident of Tower Hamlets: oral history interview 2015 (O/IND/2)
- John Veness, managing director of Sneath Group Holdings: oral history interview 2015 (O/SNT/2)
- William T Whiffin (1878-1957), photographer: records c1910-1979 (TH/9503)
- Coverdale and Ebeneezer Congregational Church, Shadwell: records 1827-1965 (TH/9508)
- Letters from Robert Holmes of Petworth to Richard Wishaw, attorney, of Staple Inn 1750-1751 (17951)
National
- Cecil Victor Shadbolt (1859-1892), balloon photographer: lantern slide collection mainly of South London, incl aerial views 1882-1892 (CVS01)
- Charles Barry (1823-1900), architect: personal papers incl corresp with A W N Pugin, pamphlets rel to the Pugin-Barry controversy and papers rel to other projects incl the laying out of Trafalgar Square 1844-1940 (BAR/31)
- Edward Middleton Barry (1830-1880), architect: watercolour drawings rel to the construction of the Palace of Westminister c1865 (HAR/4)
- John Hardman & Co Ltd, artists in stained glass: working drawings by John Hardman Powell rel to the construction of the Palace of Westminster c1855 (HAR/4)
- Palace of Westminster Munitions Unit: scrapbook and files containing photographs, newspaper clippings, forms, production figures and drawings 1940-1957 (WMU)
- Lord Chamberlain of the Household: plans of Cambridge Cottage, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew c1905 (QX 15-0022)
- Rachel Whiteread (b 1963), artist: maquettes or 'try-outs' for the artist's Unilever commission for the Turbine Hall, Tate Modern 2005-2006 (TGA 20151/2)
- Lawrence O'Hana Gallery, London: records 2003-2005 (TGA 201519)
Special
- Photo-Reportage Ltd: negatives taken for in-house staff magazines published in London and Essex 1965-1998 (PHOTO-REPORTAGE)
- Hampstead Humanist Society: minutes, papers and accounts 1922-2015 (HHS)
- North Paddington Community Darkroom: exhibition panels, photographs, slides and audio tapes 1979-1998 (NPCD)
- Palestine Solidarity Campaign, London branch: records 1983-2003 (PSC)
- River Christian Centre: records rel to activities in Canning Town incl a/v material, newsletters, photographs and slides 1950s-1999 (RCC)
- Brixton Art Gallery: papers, pamphlets and ephemera 1985-2011 (AC2015/46)
- Efiba Arts and African Cultural Development: oral history project with community activists rel to the development of multiculturalism in Haringey from 1968 to 2014 2015 (AC2015/47)
- Elimu Mas Band: oral history project rel to the band's history performing at Notting Hill Carnival since 1981 2014 (AC2015/40)
- Primrose Hill Labour Party, London: attendance register 1950-1958 (1444)
- Thomas Bevill Peacock (1812-1882), physician to the London Chest Hospital: pamphlet and printed book collections, private journals 1746-1881 (RLHPP/PEA)
- Barts NHS Group: microfilmed patient case notes and associated indexes for The Royal London Hospital, The London Chest Hospital, Mile End Hospital, Bethnal Green Hospital and St Bartholomew's Hospital c1948-2000 (RLHLH/M; RLHLC/M; RLHME/M; RLHBG/M; SBHB/MR)
- Forest Healthcare NHS Trust: board minutes and agenda papers (copies) 1991-1997 (RLHFH/A/3)
- London Chest Hospital: operations registers 1956-2008 (RLHLC/M/1)
- Newham University Hospital: maternity and obstetrical registers 1975-2004 (RLHFG/M; RLHNG/M)
- Royal London Hospital: Institute of Pathology reports and registers 1949-2004 (RLHPI)
- Royal London Hospital, Dermatology Department: records incl papers rel to survey of lupus vulgaris patients and case files of patients of Dr J H Sequiera c 1900-1959 (RLHLH/DER)
- Royal London Hospital League of Nurses: records incl corresp re foundation, membership lists, minutes, accounts and private papers of Miss McPherson 1931-2007 (RLHLN)
- Waltham Forest Health Authority: hospital post mortem records 1977-1983 (RLHLA)
- Whipps Cross Hospital: death and mortuary registers 1979-2014 (RLHWX/M)
- J? Costale (fl 1814-1815), surgical student: MS notes from the second course of surgical lectures delivered by John Abernethy at St Bartholomew's Hospital c1814-1815 (SBHG2015/03)
- Margaret Helene Jackson (fl 1940-1949), student nurse: training notes c1940-1949 (SBHG2015/06)
- Metropolitan Hospital, Hackney: operation and mortuary registers 1960-1983 (SBHT2015/03)
- St Bartholomew's Hospital Medical School, London: photographs of doctors and medical students incl images of men serving in Boer? War c1880-1905 (SBHT2015/09)
- St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, Medical Photography Department photographs of patients, staff and events c1900-1995 (SBHT2015/10)
- St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: histology and assorted mortuary and post mortem registers 1992-2004 (SBHT2015/13)
- Survey of tenants occupying property confiscated from the former Priory of St Bartholomew 1561 (SBHG2015/23)
- Wellcome Historical Medical Museum: photographs of exhibits for travelling international exhibitions and London museum 1935-1939 (WA/HMM/EX/L)
University
- Kingston University: degree ceremony programmes for Kingston University and its predecessor bodies c1950-2010 (KUAS161)
- Kingston University: records of Kingston College of Technology (later Kingston Polytechnic) Geology Society, incl minute books, registers of attendance at meetings and newsletters c1951-1970 (KUAS163)
- William Loring (1865-1915), first Warden of Goldsmiths' College: personal corresp and papers, chiefly rel to the First World War 1905-1916 (LOR)
- The Other Cinema, London, major distributor of radical film in the UK: records c1960-1999 (TOC)
- Nicandros Bouras (fl 1976-2014), professor of psychiatry: papers 1976-2014 (Acc 3181)
- Vicente Soto (1919-2011), novelist and translator: corresp, drafts and notes rel to his life and work as a Spanish writer in exile in London 1945-2001 (Acc 3219)
- Peek Frean & Co Ltd, biscuit manufacturers, London: papers of Donald Alfred Clark rel to his work at Peek Frean, incl PF Assorted, journal of the Peek Frean Club, of which he was editor c1960-1969 (MS 5548)
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