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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
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
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
1 - 15 Aug 1853 Minutes of 60th Meeting of Commissioners
2 - 31 Aug 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
3 - 10 Sep 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
4 - 12 Sep 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
5 - 17 Sep 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
6 - 15 Sep 1853 Col Phipps to Edgar Bowring
7 - 21 Sep 1853 Col Phipps to Edgar Bowring
8 - 23 Sep 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
9 - 23 Sep 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
10 - 14 Oct 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
11 - 15 Aug 1853 Minutes of the 60th Meeting of the Commissioners
12 - 17 Oct 1853 Mr Gladstone to Col Phipps
13 - 18 Oct 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
14 - 15 Oct 1853 Mr Gladstone to Lord Granville
15 - 17 Oct 1853 Mr Gladstone to Lord Granville
16 - 21 Oct 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
17 - 23 Sep 1853 Edgar Bowring to Mr Gladstone
18 - 1 Sep 1853 Statement by Henry Owen
19 - Sep 1853 Estimates by James Higgins
20 - 6 Sep 1853 Statement by Henry Owen
21 - 24 Oct 1853 Windsor Castle Meeting
22 - Henry Cole Pamphlet
23 - 29 Oct 1853 C.E. Trevelyan, Secretary to the Treasury, to Edgar Bowring
24 - 28 Oct 1853 Treasury Minute
25 - Times Article
26 - 8 Nov 1853 Article
27 - 16 Nov 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
28 - 15 Nov 1853 Thomas Cubitt to Col Grey
29 - 16 Nov 1853 Mr Gladstone to Prince Albert
30 - 16 Nov 1853 Lord Granville to Prince Albert
31 - 16 Nov 1853 Lord Malmesbury to Prince Albert
32 - 17 Nov 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
33 - 17 Nov 1853 Mr Gladstone to Prince Albert
34 - 17 Nov 1853 Prince Albert to Mr Gladstone
35 - 18 Nov 1853 Mr Gladstone to Prince Albert
36 - 17 Nov 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
37 - 18 Nov 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
38 - 15 Dec 1853 Henry Cole to Col Grey
39 - 17 Dec 1853 Charles Wood to Prince Albert
40 - 31 Oct 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
41 - Act of Parliament
42 - 21 Feb 1854 Minutes of 61st Meeting of Commissioners
43 - 20 May [1854] Times Article
44 - 21 Jun 1854 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
45 - [June 1854] Kensington Road Act
46 - 24 Mar 1854 Mr Gladstone to Prince Albert
47 - 25 Mar 1854 Prince Albert to Mr Gladstone
48 - 3 Jul 1854 Question in House of Commons
49 - [1854] Times & Chronicle
50 - 8 Jul 1854 Disraeli to Col Grey
51 - 8 Jul 1854 Edgar Bowring to Gen Grey
52 - 16 Nov 1854 Edgar Bowring to Col Grey
53 - 15 Nov 1854 Edgar Bowring to Mr Gladstone
54 - 18 Nov 1854 Edgar Bowring to Gen Grey
55 - 28 Feb 1855 Minutes of the 62nd meeting of the Commissioners
56 - 2 Apr 1855 Edgar Bowring to Gen Grey
57 - [1855] Paris Juries
58 - 27 Jun 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
59 - 13 Jul 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
60 - 30 Jun 1855 Minutes of the 64th meeting of Commissioners
61 - 20 Jul 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
62 - 21 Jul 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
63 - 22 Jul 1855 Col Phipps to Edgar Bowring
64 - 23 Jul 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
65 - 24 Jul 1855 Prince Albert to Lord Palmerston
66 - 26 Jul 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
67 - 27 Jul 1855 Lord Palmerston to Prince Albert
68 - 1 Aug 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col. Phipps
69 - 2 Aug 1855 Lord Palmerston to Queen Victoria
70 - 3 Aug 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col Phipps
71 - 4 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
72 - Estimates & Civil Services 1855 - 1856
73 - Article
74 - 4 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
75 - 2 Aug 1855 Ayes and Noes
76 - 6 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
77 - 3 Aug 1855 Edgar Bowring to Col. Phipps
78 - Birmingham & Midland Institute
79 - 25 Nov 1855 The Globe Article
80 - 23 Nov 1855 Morning Chronicle Article
81 - 24 Nov 1855 Times Article
82 - 24 Nov 1855 Morning Post Article
83 - 24 Nov 1855 The Economist Article
84 - 24 Nov 1855 Lyon Playfair to Gen Grey
85 - 24 Nov 1855 Col. Phipps to Prince Albert
86 - 23 Dec 1855 Lord Ashburton to Prince Albert
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 International Exhibition 1862
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