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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
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
1 - 4 May 1850 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
2 - 20 May 1850 Col. Grey to Mr. Labouchere
3 - 21 May 1850 Lord Granville to Edgar Bowring
4 - 7 June 1850 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
5 - 29 Sept 1850 Col. Phipps [to Edgar Bowring?]
6 - 21 Oct 1850 Col. Grey [to Edgar Bowring?]
7 - 5 Nov 1850 Lord Overstone to Edgar Bowring
8 - 2 Jan 1851 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
9 - 15 Jan 1851 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
10 - 15 Jan 1851 Col. Grey to Lord Granville
11 - 18 Mar 1851 Mr. Pusey [to Lord Granville?]
12 - 10 Apr 1851 Mr. Philip Pusey to Edgar Bowring
13 - 11 Apr 1851 Mr. Philip Pusey
14 - 27 Apr 1851 Col. Phipps
15 - 3 Oct 1851 Lord Overstone to Edgar Bowring
16 - 14 Nov 1851 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
17 - 12 Nov 1851 Mr. John Shepherd
18 - 14 Nov 1851 Lord Clarendon to Edgar Bowring
19 - 24 Nov 1851 Lord Clarendon to Edgar Bowring
20 - 24 Dec 1851 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
21 - 21 Jan 1852 Thomas Fremantle to Edgar Bowring
22 - 30 Jan 1852 Sir Richard Westmacott to Edgar Bowring
23 - 12 Feb 1852 Col.Grey to Prince Albert
24 - 18 Feb 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
25 - 23 Mar 1852 William Cubbitt to Col. Grey
26 - 20 Apr 1852 Henry Cole to Col. Grey
27 - 21 Apr 1852 Mr. Wentworth Dilke to Col. Grey
28 - 22 Apr 1852 Lyon Playfair to Col. Grey
29 - 22 Apr 1852 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
30 - 25 Apr 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
31 - 26 Apr 1852 Henry Cole to Col. Grey
32 - 1 May 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
33 - 2 May 1852 Sir W. Cubitt to Col. Grey
34 - 6 May 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
35 - 6 May 1852 Col. Grey
36 - 6 May 1852 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
37 - 8 May 1852 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
38 - 10 May 1852 Henry Owen to Col. Grey
39 - 13 May 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
40 - 14 May 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
41 - 16 May 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
42 - 18 May 1852 C. L. Eastlake to Edgar Bowring
43 - 4 June 1852 Lyon Playfair to Col. Grey
44 - n.d. Baron Villars
45 - 7 June 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
46 - 9 June 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
47 - 11 June 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
48 - 22 June 1852 Lord Granville to Edgar Bowring
49 - 5 July 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
50 - 14 July 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
51 - 21 July 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
52 - 23 July 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
53 - 3 Aug 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
54 - 4 Aug 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
55 - 6 Aug 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
56 - 10 Aug 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
57 - 13 Aug 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
58 - 13 Aug 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
59 - 19 Aug 1852 Edgar Bowring to Col. Phipps
60 - 22 Aug 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
61 - 30 Aug 1852 Mr G. Pownall to Edgar Bowring
62 - 1 Sept 1852 Mr G. Pownall to Edgar Bowring
63 - 23 Sept 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
64 - 26 Sept 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
65 - 1 Oct 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
66 - 4 Oct 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
67 - 8 Oct 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
68 - 9 Oct 1852 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
69 - 20 Oct 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
70 - 25 Oct 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
71 - 25 Oct 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
72 - 26 Oct 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
73 - 28 Oct 1852 Col. Grey to Edagr Bowring
74 - 7 Nov 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
75 - 9 Nov 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
76 - 13 Nov 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
77 - 24th Nov 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
78 - 24 Nov 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
79 - 1 Dec 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
80 - 4 Dec 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
81 - 15 Dec 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
82 - 15 Dec 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
83 - 18 Dec 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
84 - 31 Dec 1852 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
85 - 4 Jan 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
86 - 5 Jan 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
87 - 11 Jan 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
88 - 19 Jan 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
89 - 19 Jan 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
90 - 22 Jan 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
91 - 22 Jan 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
92 - 23 Jan 1853 Lord Overstone to Edgar Bowring
93 - 26 Jan 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
94 - 3 Feb 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
95 - 8 Feb 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
96 - 10 Feb 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
97 - 13 Feb 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
98 - 11 Feb 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
99 - 27 Feb 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
100 - 5 Mar 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
101 - 24 Mar 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
102 - 26 Mar 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
103 - 31 Mar 1853 Lord Clarendon to Edgar Bowring
104 - 1 April 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
105 - 8 Apr 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
106 - 11 Apr 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
107 - 16 Apr 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
108 - 18 Apr 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
109 - 19 Apr 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
110 - 28 Apr 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
111 - 4 May 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
112 - 6 May 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
113 - 9 May 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
114 - 22 June 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
115 - 21 July 1853 Mr Higgins to Edgar Bowring
116 - 28 July 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
117 - 4 Aug 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
118 - 9 Aug 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
119 - 13 Aug 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
120 - 16 Aug 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
121 - 21 August 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
122 - 25 August 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
123 - 1 Sept 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
124 - 5 Sept 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
125 - 7 Sept 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
126 - 7 Sept 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
127 - 15 Sept 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
128 - 19 Sept 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
129 - 21 Sept 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
130 - 26 Sept 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
131 - 7 Oct 1853 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
132 - 15 Oct 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
133 - 17 Oct 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
134 - 18 Oct 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
135 - 20 Oct 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
136 - 22 Oct 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
137 - 22 Oct 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
138 - 1 Nov 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
139 - 3 Nov 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
140 - 10 Nov 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
141 - 11 Nov 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
142 - 16 Nov 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
143 - 16 Nov 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
144 - 18 Nov 1853 C.E. Trevelyan to Mr Gladstone
145 - 20 Nov 1853 Col .Grey to Edgar Bowring
146 - 24 Nov 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
147 - 16 Dec 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
148 - 17 Dec 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
149 - 19 Dec 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
150 - 27 Dec 1851 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
151 - 29 Dec 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
152 - 31 Dec 1853 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
153 - 1 Jan 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
154 - 8 Mar 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
155 - 1 Apr 1853 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
156 - 5 Apr 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
157 - 8 Jul 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
158 - 7 Sept 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
159 - 23 Oct 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
160 - 25 Oct 1854 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
161 - 27 Oct 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
162 - 15 Nov 1854 Edgar Bowring to Mr. Gladstone
163 - 16 Nov 1854 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
164 - 17 Nov 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
165 - 5 Dec 1854 H. Hunt to Edgar Bowring
166 - 14 Dec 1854 Edgar Bowring to Col. Grey
167 - 15 Dec 1854 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
168 - 4 Jan 1855 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
169 - 4 Jan 1855 Sir H. de la Beche to Col. Grey
170 - 5 Jan 1855 Henry Hunt to Edgar Bowring
171 - 7 Jan 1855 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
172 - 12 Jan 1855 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
173 - 17 Mar 1855 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
174 - 30 Apr 1855 Col. Grey to Edgar Bowring
175 - 24 May 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
176 - 7 June 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
177 - 16 June 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
178 - 28 June 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
179 - 10 July 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
180 - 15 July 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
181 - 22 July 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
182 - 24 June 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
183 - 4 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
184 - 4 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
185 - 6 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
186 - 9 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
187 - 14 Aug 1855 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
188 - 4 Sept 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
189 - 16 Sept 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
190 - 22 Oct 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
191 - 25 Oct 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
192 - 31 Oct 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
193 - 20 Nov 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
194 - 26 Nov 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
195 - 8 Dec 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
196 - 12 December 1855 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
197 - 1 Jan 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
198 - 11 Jan 1856 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
199 - 28 Jan 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
200 - 29 Jan 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
201 - 6 Feb 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
202 - 7 Feb 1856 Edgar Bowring to Gen. Grey
203 - 7 Feb 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
204 - 22 Feb 1856 Gen Grey to Edgar Bowring
205 - 27 Feb 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
206 - 1 Mar 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
207 - 19 Mar 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
208 - 23 Mar 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
209 - 23 Mar 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
210 - 21 Mar 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
211 - 1 Apr 1856 Henry Hunt to Edgar Bowring
212 - 2 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
213 - 4 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
C - Box 3
D - Box 4
2 - Crystal Palace Drawings
I - Donations and Acquisitions
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Plan of the Estate 1856
Great Exhibition Building 1851
The House that Paxton Built
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