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RC - Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 Archive
1 - The Commission - correspondence
2 - Board of Management - Chair
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 (Science & Engineering Fellowship 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
1 - Prince Albert's Archive
1 - Volume I : July 1849 - December 1849
1 - 3 July 1849 Henry Cole to Col. Phipps
2 - 12 July 1849 Prince Albert's list of Commissioners
3 - 16 July 1849 Henry Cole to Col. Phipps
4 - 17 July 1849 Col. Phipps to Henry Cole
5 - 18 July 1849 Henry Cole to Col. Phipps
6 - 22 July 1849 Lord Normanby to Col. Phipps
7 - 30 July 1849 Minutes of Meeting
8 - List of Commissioners suggested by Prince Albert
9 - Draft Commission
10 - Observations on the Commission
11 - Copy of the Commission for the printing and publishing of state papers.
12 - 11 July 1849 Labouchere to Prince Albert
13 - 12 Jul 1849 Henry Cole to Col. Phipps
14 - 24 Jul 1849 Scott Russell to Col Phipps
15 - 30 Jun 1849 Minutes of meeting at Buckingham Palace
16 - 14 Jul 1849 Minutes of meeting at Osborne House
17 - 31 Jul 1849 / 1 Aug 1849 Prince Albert to G. Grey and response
18 - 1 Aug 1849 Authority to visit manufacturing towns
19 - 1 Aug 1849 George Grey to Prince Albert
20 - 23 Aug 1849 Henry Cole to Col. Grey
21 - 1 Aug 1849 Minutes of meeting at Osborne House
22 - 1 Sept 1849 Henry Cole to Prince Albert
23 - Manchester Guardian article
24 - 4 Sept 1849 Henry Cole to Mr Anson
25 - Aug 1849 Dr. Royle's paper on Articles from India
26 - 3 Sept 1849 Minutes of meeting at Balmoral
27 - 10 Sep 1849 Henry Cole to Mr Anston
28 - Article from the Morning Chronicle
29 - 12 Sept 1849 Mr Labouchere to Prince Albert
30 - 20 Sept 1849 Lord Normanby to Col. Phipps
31 - Article from the Journal of Design and Manufactures
32 - 3 Oct 1849 Mr Peter Graham to Col. Phipps
33 - 17 Oct 1849 Newspaper report of the meeting at Mansion House
34 - 18 Oct 1849 Times article
35 - 19 Oct 1849 Article from the Morning Chronicle
36 - 19 Oct 1849 Henry Cole to Col. Phipps
37 - Oct 1849 Cole and Fuller Report
38 - 20 Oct 1849 Article from the Times
39 - Draft of the Proposed Commission
40 - Sept 1849 Report of the Eleventh French Exposition
41 - 19 Oct 1849 Mr. Jones Loyd to the Chancellor of the Exchequer
42 - 26 Oct 1849 J. Scott Russell to Col Phipps
43 - 26 Oct 1849 Henry Cole to Col Phipps
44 - Draft of the Proposed Commission
45 - Data submitted by Henry Cole
46 - 7 Mar 1847 Society of Arts address
47 - 21 Apr 1849 Petition to Parliament
48 - Proceedings at Norwich
49 - Proceedings at Ipswich
50 - 29 Oct 1849 Henry Cole to Col. Phipps
51 - 31 Oct 1849 Digby Wyatt to Col Phipps
52 - 5 Nov 1849 Mr Bramley Moore to Sir G. Grey
53 - 8 Nov 1849 Lord Clarendon to Col. Phipps
54 - 7 Nov 1849 Munday Contract
55 - 25 Nov 1849 Col Grey to Henry Cole
56 - 24 Nov 1849 Digby Wyatt to Mr Hume
57 - 25 Nov 1849 Joseph Hume to Scott Russell
58 - 26 Nov 1849 Minutes of a Conversation - Joseph Hulme and Scott Russell
59 - 26 Nov 1849 Henry Cole to Col Grey
60 - Suggestions for prizes
61 - 27 Nov 1849 Col Grey to Henry Cole
62 - 27 Nov 1849 Henry Cole to Col Grey
63 - 14 Nov 1849 Report by Digby Wyatt
64 - 28 Nov 1849 Labouchere to Prince Albert
65 - 30 Nov 1849 Prince Albert to Labouchere
66 - 28 Nov 1849 Lord Normanby to Col Phipps
67 - 2 Dec 1849 Duke of Richmond to Prince Albert
68 - 2 Dec 1849 Duke of Richmond to Col Phipps
69 - Standard Article
70 - 7 Dec 1849 Mr Drew to Prince Albert
71 - 11 Dec 1849 Col Phipps to Mr Drew
72 - 11 Dec 1849 Henry Cole to Col Phipps
73 - 11 Dec 1849 Henry Cole to Col Phipps
74 - 11 Dec 1849 Labouchere to Col Phipps
75 - 15 Dec 1849 Labouchere to Col Phipps
76 - 19 Dec 1849 Duke of Wellington to Prince Albert
77 - 5 Dec 1849 Henry Cole to Col Phipps
78 - 14 Dec 1849 Digby Wyatt to Col Phipps
79 - George Drew to Col Phipps
80 - 27 Jul 1849 Francis Fuller to George Drew
81 - 24 Nov 1849 Letter in the Daily News
82 - 24 Nov 1849 Henry Cole to Col Grey
83 - 23 Nov 1849 Draft Memorandum
84 - 15 Nov 1849 Prince Albert to the Duke of Richmond
85 - 16 Nov 1849 Mr Bramley Moore to Col Grey
86 - 19 Dec 1849 Henry Cole to Col Phipps
87 - The Times
88 - 20 Dec 1849 Henry Cole to Col Phipps
89 - 21 Dec 1849 Labouchere to Col Grey
90 - 25 Dec 1849 Labouchere to Col Grey
91 - Times article
92 - 2 Jan 1850 Labouchere to Col Grey
93 - 28 Dec 1850 Mr Page to Col Phipps
94 - 26 Dec 1849 Mr Lacy to Mr Page
95 - 21 Dec 1849 Lord Stanley to Lord John Russell
96 - 18 Dec 1849 Duke of Richmond to Lord John Russell
97 - 28 Dec 1849 Lord de Grey to Labouchere
98 - Mr Elphinstone to Labouchere
99 - 17 Dec 1849 Sir C Lyall to Labouchere
100 - 19 Dec 1849 Sir Robert Peel to Lord John Russell
101 - 18 Dec 1849 Mr Gibson to Labouchere
102 - 22 Dec 1849 Lord Rosse to Lord John Russell
103 - 17 Dec 1849 Mr Jones Loyd to Labouchere
104 - 22 Dec 1849 Sir A. Galloway to Labouchere
105 - 21 Dec 1849 Duke of Buccleuch to Lord John Russell
106 - 29 Dec 1849 Lord Ellesmere to Labouchere
2 - Volume II : December 1849 - March 1850
3 - Volume III : March 1850 - June 1850
4 - Volume IV : June 1850 - October 1850
5 - Volume V : September 1850 - February 1851
6 - Volume VI : February 1851 - April 1851
7 - Volume VII : April 1851 - July 1851
8 - Volume VIII : August 1851 - October 1851
9 - Volume IX : October 1851 - May 1852
10 - Volume X : May 1852 - January 1853
11 - Volume XI : December 1852 - August 1853
12 - Volume XII : August 1853 - December 1855
13 - Volume XIII : February 1856 - December 1856
14 - Volume XIV : January 1857 - December 1858
15 - Volume XV : January 1859 - July 1860
16 - Volume XVI : July 1860 - April 1861
17 - Volume XVII : May 1861 - December 1861
18 - Volume XVIII : January 1862 - August 1862
19 - Volume XIX : October 1862 - February 1864
20 - Volume XX : March 1864 - May 1865
21 - Volume XXI : June 1865 - August 1867
22 - Volume XXII : June 1873 - July 1886
A - Box 1
B - Box 2
C - Box 3
D - Box 4
2 - Crystal Palace Drawings
I - Donations and Acquisitions
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Great Exhibition Building 1851
G. Baxter
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