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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
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
1849 - 1849 Correspondence
1850 - 1850 Correspondence
1851 - 1851 Correspondence
1852 - 1852 Correspondence
1853 - 1853 Correspondence
1854 - 1854 Correspondence
1855 - 1855 Correspondence
1 - 2 Jan 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
2 - 18 Jan 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
3 - 20 Jan 1855. W.M. Fladgate
4 - 24 Jan 1855. Norman MacLeod, Department of Science and Art
5 - 30 Jan 1855. Messrs. John Chatwin and Sons
6 - 5 Feb 1855. Messrs. John Chatwin and Sons
7 - 5 Feb 1855. Protheroe and Morris, auctioneers
8 - 12 Feb 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
9 - 22 Feb 1855. Capt. Francis Fowke, Department of Science and Art
10 - 24 Feb 1855. F. Madge, Treasury
11 - 26 Feb 1855. Henry A. Hunt
12 - 27 Feb 1855. Henry A. Hunt
13 - 4 Mar 1855. George Cross
14 - 5 Mar 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
15 - 8 Mar 1855. James Wilson, Treasury
16 - 13 Mar 1855. G. F. Duncombe
17 - 17 Mar 1855. C. Wentworth Dilke
18 - 19 Mar 1855. Edward Solly, Society of Arts
19 - 20 Mar 1855. E. Wolff and Son, Spitalfields
20 - 20 Mar 1855. Francis Homfray
21 - 22 Mar 1855. W.M. Fladgate
22 - 23 Mar 1855. William Boulton and Son, Redditch
23 - 27 Mar 1855. Baron Charles Dupin, Paris
24 - 29 Mar 1855. G. F. Duncombe, Board of Trade
25 - 30 Mar 1855. Edward J. Payne, Secretary, Birmingham Committee for the Paris Exhibition
26 - 31 Mar 1855. G.F. Duncombe, Board of Trade
27 - 3 Apr 1855. John D. Strang, Hon. Secretary to the Glasgow Committee for the Paris Exhibition
28 - 3 Apr 1855. William Enfield, Hon. Secretary, Nottingham Committee for the Paris Exhibition
29 - 5 Apr 1855. Thomas Bazley
30 - 6 Apr 1855. James Tod, Secretary, Edinburgh Committee for the Paris Exhibition
31 - 7 Apr 1855. Mrs Susan Trahar
32 - 20 Apr 1855. Henry A. Hunt
33 - 24 Apr 1855. Henry Cole
34 - 26 Apr 1855. J.L. Thornton
35 - 27 Apr 1855. Norman MacLeod, Department of Science and Art
36 - 10 May 1855. Baron de Villars
37 - 17 May 1855. Henry A. Hunt
38 - 18 May 1855. Edgar Bowring (draft letter)
39 - 25 May 1855. Lyon Playfair
40 - 31 May 1855. William Edward Steele, Assistant Secretary, Royal Dublin Society
41 - 1 June 1855. W.M. Reeve
42 - 1 June 1855. Peter Le Neve Foster, Society of Arts
43 - 2 June 1855. Henry A. Hunt
44 - 2 June 1855. William E. Steele, Royal Dublin Society
45 - 4 June 1855. H. Tracy Read
46 - 6 June 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
47 - 7 June 1855. Henry A. Hunt
48 - 12 June 1855. George Pownall
49 - 13 June 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
50 - 13 June 1855. H. Tracy Read
51 - 15 June 1855. W.M. Fladgate
52 - 15 June 1855. Memorandum by Edgar Bowring
53 - 21 June 1855. Henry A. Hunt
54 - 25 June 1855. B. Woodcroft
55 - 25 June 1855. Henry A. Hunt
56 - 25 June 1855. Henry. A. Hunt
57 - 28 June 1855. John Walls
58 - 30 June 1855. Draft of the Minutes of the sixty fourth meeting of the Commissioners
59 - 30 June 1855. Statement of the financial position of the Commissioners
60 - 2 Jul 1855. Alexander Duff Gordon, Treasury
61 - 3 Jul 1855. Sir Roderick Murchison, Museum of Practical Geology
62 - 4 Jul 1855. H.T.T. Burney
63 - 7 Jul 1855. Thomas Symons
64 - 8 Jul 1855. W.M. Fladgate
65 - 9 Jul 1855. W. W. Inman, Office of Works
66 - 9 Jul 1855. Edgar Bowring
67 - 13 Jul 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
68 - [13 Jul 1855]. Particulars of purchases at the sale of the Bernal Collection
69 - 16 Jul 1855. Peter Le Neve Foster, Society of Arts
70 - 18 Jul 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
71 - 19 Jul 1855. Peter Le Neve Foster
72 - 21 Jul 1855. Peter Le Neve Foster
73 - 23 Jul 1855. G. F. Duncombe, British Section, Paris Exhibition
74 - 24 Jul 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
75 - 25 Jul 1855. W.M. Fladgate
76 - 26 Jul 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
77 - 31 Jul 1855. W.M. Fladgate
78 - 31 Jul 1855. Estimates for the Civil Services, 1855-56
79 - 1 Aug 1855. E.F. Amuller, Paris
80 - 1 Aug 1855. Joseph Manesty
81 - 1 Aug 1855. Mrs Evans
82 - 3 Aug 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
83 - 4 Aug 1855. Peter Le Neve Foster
84 - 4 Aug 1855. W.S. Sloane Evans
85 - 10 Aug 1855. Mr Tisdall
86 - 12 Aug 1855. V.J. Peigne
87 - 13 Aug 1855. G.F. Duncombe, British Section, Paris Exhibition
88 - 16 Aug 1855. James Hales (Carpet Ground)
89 - 18 Aug 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
90 - 21 Aug 1855.William S. Inman, Office of Works
91 - 4 Sep 1855. Peter Le Neve Foster
92 - 7 Sep 1855. W.M. Fladgate
93 - 10 Sep 1855. Capt. W. Fitzmaurice
94 - 14 Sep 1855. Count Lavradio, Portuguese Legation
95 - 15 Sep 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
96 - 28 Sep 1855. W.S. Inman, Office of Works
97 - 29 Sep 1855. William Kelly, Borough Accountant, Leicester
98 - 29 Sep 1855. W. S. Inman, Office of Works
99 - 3 Oct 1855. W.S. Inman, Office of Works
100 - 5 Oct 1855. Robert Gray
101 - Oct 1855. Mr Tisdall
102 - 6 Oct 1855. Sir Benjamin Hall, Office of Works
103 - 9 Oct 1855. W.S. Inman, Office of Works
104 - 11 Oct 1855. Christian Harkort
105 - 12 Oct 1855. W.S. Inman, Office of Works
106 - 13 Oct 1855. W.S. Inman, Office of Works
107 - 15 Oct 1855. H. Tracy Read, Trade Collection
108 - 17 Oct 1855. Peter Le Neve Foster, Society of Arts
109 - 17 Oct 1855. W.S. Inman, Office of Works
110 - [Oct 1855]. Detailed return showing the number and amount of lots purchased by the Science and Art Department in the Bernal Collection sale
111 - 18 Oct 1855. Mr Tisdall
112 - 18 Oct 1855. The Librarian of Amiens Public Library
113 - 23 Oct 1855. Henry A. Hunt
114 - 31 Oct 1855. Sir John Bayley
115 - 3 Nov 1855. Charles Frost, President, Hull Literary and Philosophical Society
116 - 5 Nov 1855. French Ambassador
117 - 7 Nov 1855. M. Marshall, Bank of England
118 - 9 Nov 1855. Henry A. Hunt
119 - 13 Nov 1855. H. Tracy Read, Trade Collection
120 - 15 Nov 1855. W.J. Tomlinson
121 - 19 Nov 1855. Mrs Mary O'Donnell
122 - 20 Nov 1855. Sir Charles Trevelyan, Treasury
123 - 22 Nov 1855. James Wade
124 - 23 Nov 1855. William Jackson
125 - 23 Nov 1855. William Jackson
126 - 24 Nov 1855. James Wade
127 - 24 Nov 1855. W.M. Tweedy and C. Barham, Royal Institution of Cornwall
128 - 26 Nov 1855. Mrs E. Ballenie
129 - 26 Nov 1855. J.P. Lofthouse
130 - 28 Nov 1855. Professor Edward Solly
131 - 28 Nov 1855. Mrs Mary O'Donnell
132 - 29 Nov 1855. James Wade
133 - 30 Nov 1855. Henry A. Hunt
134 - Nov 1855. Circulars sent to British Exhibitors at the 1855 Paris Exhibition
135 - 1 Dec 1855. Mrs Mary O'Donnell
136 - 1 Dec 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
137 - 6 Dec 1855. James Wade
138 - 6 Dec 1855. Henry A. Hunt
139 - 7 Dec 1855. James Wilson, Treasury
140 - 8 Dec 1855. General Sir Charles Grey (copy letter)
141 - 11 Dec 1855. John Walls
142 - 11 Dec 1855. James Wade
143 - 11 Dec 1855. Mrs Mary O'Donnell
144 - 12 Dec 1855. William Jackson
145 - 13 Dec 1855. Henry A. Hunt
146 - 14 Dec 1855. John Walls
147 - 14 Dec 1855. James Wade
148 - 17 Dec 1855. Fladgate, Clarke and Finch
149 - 28 Dec 1855. John Walls
150 - 31 Dec 1855. Henry A. Hunt
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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