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Major accessions to repositories in 2023 relating to London |
Local
- St John's Sidcup Amateur Operatic Society: programme 1968 (PA101B)
- Belle Grove Park Estate: deeds 1829-1879 (PEBGP)
- Foster's Primary School, Welling: charity accounts 1998-2022 (LAXFPS)
- Mandala Productions Ltd, London: 'Women in Reggae' podcast, a conversation incl Carroll Thompson, Diane White (BBMC), and Jacqueline Crooks nd (ACC/2023/15)
- Warren Reilly (fl1990-2023), local artist: research and personal papers, incl school ephemera from St Mary's C of E, QPCS, Wykeham and St Andrew's and St Francis C of E schools; NLHF project exhibition posters and ephemera for end of residency exhibitions c1990-2023 (ACC/2023/16)
- Dr Michael Kerney (1934-2022), geology lecturer at Imperial College: local collection containing research papers, drafts of lectures, maps, photographs, 35mm transparencies; detailed notes with plans on the compilation of Greenwich Council’s published catalogue of locally listed buildings; detailed notes on local buildings, brick and stonework, paving; framed anonymous watercolour view from Shooters Hill, 1845, also included late 20th cent (2023.7)
- Brenda Robinson (fl1977-1984): collection of documents, poems and personal drawings and items rel to the construction of the Thames Barrier, collected during her time working on the project 1977-1984
- Kathleen Dunn (fl1939-1945), of Eltham: small family collection, incl material rel to Reginald Dunn, a conscientious objector during the Second World War, and letters and papers rel to this and the time he spent in prison 1939-1945
- May Victoria Davis (fl1915-1918): autograph book containing illustrations and short texts collected by the owner while working at the Royal Arsenal during the First World War. Many entries are by soldiers, some by other women. Davis eloped with a soldier from the Scots Guard in her lunch break in March 1918 1915-1918 (2023.11)
- Rio Cinema, Dalston: posters and programmes 1987-2023 (2023/15)
- Future Hackney, participatory arts project supporting London’s communities to share and archive their own histories: photographic prints, digital image files and oral history transcripts from three projects: Protest Stories; Ridley Road Stories, Gillet Square Stories 2019-2023 (2023/31)
- Josiah Field (fl1824-1847), Bank of England senior cashier, of Dalston: account book 1824-1847 (2023/09)
- Stephen Hill (fl1991-2000), general strategic advisor for Hackney Council and the Estate Development Committee: Holly Street, Trowbridge and Nightingale Estate Regeneration working files and reports 1991-2000 (2023/03)
- Petition by Churchwardens concerning dispute about rebuilding of property on Fleet Street burnt down during Great Fire of London 1667 (Accession number: B23/007)
- Mary Elizabeth Edmonds Benevolent Trust: minutes; fund accounts with correspondence 1924-2003 (Accession number: B23/065)
- George Farmiloe And Sons Ltd., lead and glass merchants, London: order books and operational records; finance and staff records; product catalogues and promotional material; deeds; Farmiloe family papers; records of predecessor and associated bodies such as Island Lead Mills 19th-21st cent (Accession number: B23/075)
- Anthony Crosby (1792-1857), artist and historian: correspondence, notebooks, notes, one sketch, printed material 1811-1852 (Accession number: B23/103)
- SPID (Social, Progressive, Interconnected, Diverse) Theatre, community youth theatre, London: oral history project recordings 2021-2023 (Accession number: B23/100)
- Chiswick manor: grant of licence (1767) and extract from court rolls (1773) 1767-1773 (Accession number: B23/064)
- Stock Exchange Clerks Fund: minutes; Claude Lemon Memorial Fund minute book; Annual Reports; SECPF Century history publication; Applications Book; Fiftieth Anniversary Dinner menu and table plan; Stock Exchange Journal vol. IV, no. 4 Spring 1978; Athletic Club Walk; folder of printed material and history notes 1873-1978 (Accession number: B23/025)
- Chiswick and Kew Jewish Group, community group: minutes and documents about events 1999-2005 (AD319)
- Neighbours in Poplar (NIP): reports, photographs and audio-visual material 1992-2023 (TH/10363)
- South Poplar and Limehouse Action for Secure Housing (SPLASH): material rel to the governance and projects such as Easts Meets West Know Your Roots, Blackwall Reach and Robin Hood Gardens and Millennium Green projects 1988-2023 (TH/10404)
- Manju Chaudhuri (fl1980-2020), educationalist and author: records rel to her work, in London Borough of Tower Hamlets Language Support Service, and teaching career. Also her publications for children from her publishing house, Veda Books, and books as an author, incl publicity for 'Horizon. A collection of short stories', 2020' c1980-2020 (TH/10313)
- Harrington (Harry) Delisle Cumberbatch (b1943), MBE for services to African Caribbean people with mental health problems in Tower Hamlets: papers on Tower Hamlets Afro-Caribbean Association 1984-1991 (TH/10424)
- Merceron family of Bethnal Green: property and family papers, mainly of Joseph Merceron (1764–1839), businessman, property developer, parochial politician and magistrate, and his son Henry Merceron (1792-1864). Incl papers of Lush and Merceron, solicitors of Wellclose Square c1701-1924 (TH/10448)
- Stepney Community Trust oral history project 'Home Machinists (Seamstresses): Untold stories of first-generation Bangladeshi Women in East End (1970-90)': digital oral history recordings 2020-2021 (TH/10466)
- Teviot Action Group (TAG): correspondence, reports and printed material rel to campaigns for community services on the Teviot Estate in Poplar, incl albums (9) and scrapbooks of photographs and display boards (2) rel to youth work 1996-2023 (TH/10402)
National
- Theatre Royal Stratford East: archive 20th cent (Add MS 89683)
University
- Nigel Wright (fl1970-1980): papers, incl material rel to the White Lion Free School in London, as well as other free schools 1970s-1980s (DC/NW)
- Women's Environmental Network, pressure group, London: newsletters, publicity, campaign papers, photographs and background material 1988-2016 (5WEN)
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