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RC - Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Archive
1 - The Commission - correspondence
2 - Board of Management - Chairman
3 - Board of Management - Members' Correspondence
Alexander - Sir Ulick Alexander (1889-1973)
Barlow - Sir (James) Alan (Noel) Barlow (1881-1968)
Boase - Dr. Thomas Sherrer Ross Boase (1898-1974)
Buckmaster - Viscount Buckmaster (Stanley Owen Buckmaster, 1st Viscount, 1861-1934)
Campbell-Bannerman - Rt. Hon. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman (1836-1908)
Cockcroft - Sir John Douglas Cockcroft (1897-1967)
Cox - Sir Trenchard Cox (1905-95)
Crawford - Earl of Crawford and Balcarres (David Alexander Edward Lindsay, 27th Earl, 1871-1940)
Edwards - Sir Fleetwood Isham Edwards (1842-1910)
Elworthy - Lord Elworthy (Sir (Samuel) Charles Elworthy, 1911-93),
Esher - Viscount Esher (Reginald Baliol Brett, 2nd Viscount, 1852-1930)
Farmer - Sir John Bretland Farmer (1865-1944)
Fleck - Lord Fleck of Saltcoats (Alexander Fleck, 1st Baron, 1889-1968)
Geikie - Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924)
Glazebrook - Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook (1854-1935),
Hackett - General Sir John Winthrop Hackett (1910-97)
Hamilton - Sir Edward Walter Hamilton (1847-1908)
Harding - Sir Edward John Harding (1880-1954)
Jackson - Lord Jackson of Burnley (Willis Jackson, 1904-70)
James - Lord James of Hereford (Henry James, 1st Baron, 1828-1911)
Jones - Dr. Thomas Jones (1870-1955)
Kendrick - Sir Thomas Downing Kendrick (1895-1979)
Macmillan - Lord Macmillan (Hugh Pattison Macmillan, 1873-1952)
Marjoribanks - Sir George John Marjoribanks (1856-1931)
Massey - Sir Harrie Stewart Wilson Massey (1908-83)
Medawar - Dr. Peter Brian Medawar (1915-87)
Mowatt - Rt. Hon. Sir Francis Mowatt (1837-1919)
Murray - Lord Murray of Newhaven (Sir Keith Anderson Hope Murray, 1903-93)
Mynors - Sir Humphrey Charles Baskerville Mynors (1903-89)
Nevill - Lord Rupert Charles Montacute Nevill (1923-82),
Nyholm - Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm (1917-71),
Ogilvie - Sir Francis Grant Ogilvie (1858-1930)
Peacock - Sir Edward Robert Peacock (1871-1962),
Pope - Sir Joseph Albert Pope (1914 - )
Probyn - Sir Dighton Macnaghten Probyn (1833-1924)
Revelstoke - Lord Revelstoke (John Baring, 2nd Baron Revelstoke, 1863-1929)
Rideal - Sir Eric Keightley Rideal (1890-1974)
Robinson - Sir Robert Robinson (1886-1975)
Roscoe - Sir Henry Enfield Roscoe (1833-1915)
Rucker - Sir Arthur William Rucker (1848-1915),
Rutherford - Lord Rutherford (Ernest Rutherford, 1st Baron Rutherford of Nelson, 1871-1937),
Shaw - Sir Evelyn Campbell Shaw (1882-1974)
Simonds - Lord Simonds (Gavin Turnbull Simonds, 1st Viscount, 1881-1971)
Smith - Sir Frank Edward Smith (1876-1970)
Stamfordham - Lord Stamfordham (Sir Arthur John Bigge, 1849-1931)
Thring - Lord Thring (Henry Thring, 1st Baron, 1818-1907)
Tizard - Sir Henry Thomas Tizard (1885-1959)
Tryon - Brigadier Lord Tryon (Charles George Vivian, 2nd Baron Tryon of Durnford, (1906-76),
Warner - Sir Frederick Edward Warner (1910 - )
Whiteley - Rt. Hon. John Henry Whiteley (1866-1935)
Wigram - Lord Wigram (Clive Wigram, 1st Baron Wigram of Clewer, 1873-1960)
Woodroofe - Sir Ernest George Woodroofe (1912-2002)
4 - Board of Management, Sub-committees Correspondence
5 - Science Scholarships Committee (Renamed Science and Engineering Fellowships Committee from 2006).
6 - Science Scholarships Committee Members Correspondence (renamed Science and Engineering Fellowships Committee from 2006)
7 - Science Scholarships Committee - Correspondence with External Examiners
8 - The Commission - meetings and memoranda etc
9 - Board of Management
10 - Board of Management Sub - Committees - Minutes
11 - Board of Management - Correspondence re Educational Policy
12 - Medals
13 - Science Scholarships Committee
14 - Science Scholarships Committee
15 - Science Scholarships Committee
16 - Board of Management - Industrial Bursaries. Correspondence with Universities
17 - Board of Management - Naval Architecture
18 - British School of Archaeology at Athens
19 - Royal School of Needlework
20 - Royal College of Music
21 - Queen Alexandra's House
22 - Income Tax
23 - Income Tax: Scholars, Fellows and Bursars.
24 - National Insurance
25 - The Institute of Physics, The Physical Society and the Optical Society.
26 - International Education Board
27 - Research Awarding Bodies
29 - Banking
30 - Commissioners' Investments
31 - Auditors
32 - Finance - Miscellaneous
36 - Inter-Trust Conference
37 - Press Announcement of the Award of 1851 Scholarships and Fellowships
38 - 1851 Scholars who became Fellows of the Royal Society
39B - Press Cuttings
40 - National Physical Laboratory
41A - Acquisition of Pictures, Portraits and Papers
41B - Prince Albert Trust
42 - Garton Scheme
44 - British School at Rome
46 - Various Memoranda
47 - Accounts, Notes and Estimates
48 - Kensington Gore Estate: Museums, Exhibitions and Galleries
49 - Scientific Societies, Other Bodies and the Award of Scholarships
50 - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1853-1989
51 - Archives
52 - Commission's History
53 - Financial Statistics (relating to awards)
54 - Appeals from Organisations and Individuals; Special Awards
55 - Professors' Opinions - Science Research Scholarships, Overseas Scholarships and Research Fellowships
57A - Victoria and Albert Museum
57B - Standing Commission on Museums and Galleries (Formerly Royal Commission on National Museums and Galleries).
58 - Crystal Palace at Sydenham
59 - The Royal Society
60A - Royal College of Organists
60B - School of Art Woodcarving
61 - Scholars' Dinners and Cocktail Parties, and other events.
62 - The Commission's Offices
63 - South Kensington Redevelopment Scheme
64 - Surveyors
65 - Solicitors
66 - Rents
68 - Science Museum
69 - Subways and Railways
70 - Natural History Museum (formerly British Museum (Natural History) )
71 - Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
72 - Prince Consort Statue (Memorial to the Great Exhibition)
73 - Imperial War Museum
74 - Imperial Institute
75 - Royal Albert Hall
77 - Royal Geographical Society
78 - London Building Acts (Consolidation) Bill, 1928-29 Town and Country Planning Act, 1932 London Building Acts (Amendment) Bill, 1939
79 - City and Guilds' College (formerly City and Guilds of London Institute): open space at the rear of the building
80 - Science Scholarships schemes of the 1851 Commission
81 - Whole-time Research Awards
82 - India Museum
83 - Exhibition Galleries
84 - Royal Horticultural Society: Gardens on the Commission's Estate
85 - Free Passages
86 - Charitable Foundations and Trusts, and the Charity Commission
87 - Royal Society Empire Scientific Conference
88 - Printing and Stationery
89 - Hospitality Organisations and Schemes
98 - Estate - Properties outside the Commission's original Estate
99 - Kensington Gore Estate
100A - Albert Court
100B - Albert Hall Mansions
101 - Albert Hall Terraces and Vaults
102 - Cromwell Gardens
103 - Cromwell Road
104 - Elvaston Mews
105 - Elvaston Place
106 - Exhibition Road
107 - Gloucester Road
109 - Jay Mews
110 - Kensington Gore and the Royal College of Art
112 - Queensberry Mews
113 - Queensberry Place
114 - Queen's Gate
115 - Queen's Gate Mews
116 - Queen's Gate Terrace
117 - Thurloe Place
118 - Thurloe Place Mews
119 - 2 Lowther Gardens
120 - Roads on the Estate
A - 1851 Exhibition Correspondence - Letters Received
B - Correspondence and Papers, 1856-1909
C - Signed sets of Minutes of the various Committees of the Commission
D - Housekeeping Records of the Commission's Office
E - Maps, Plans, Drawings and Lithographs
F - Publications
G - Photographs and Lithographic Prints.
H - Collections on Permanent Loan
I - Donations and Acquisitions
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Great International Exhibition 1862
Gottfried Semper
Great Exhibition Building 1851
G. Baxter
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