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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
C - Box 3
214 - 4 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
215 - 7 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
216 - 10 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
217 - 19 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
218 - 24 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
219 - 25 Apr 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
220 - 12 May 1856 Henry Hunt to Edgar Bowring
221 - 15 May 1856 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
222 - 20 May 1856 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
223 - 22 May 1856 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
224 - 31 May 1856 Henry Hunt to Edgar Bowring
225 - 5 Jun 1856 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
226 - 14 Jun 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
227 - 25 Jun 1856 Labouchere to Edgar Bowring
228 - 30 Jun 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
229 - 5 Jul 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
230 - 7 Jul 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
231 - 8 Jul 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
232 - 11 Jul 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
233 - 15 Jul 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
234 - 21 Jul 1856 Henry Cole to Edgar Bowring
235 - 24 Jul 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
236 - 5 Sept 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
237 - 14 Sept 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
238 - 23 Sept 1856 J. Braidwood to Henry Cole
239 - 26 Sept 1856 Edgar Bowring to Gen. Grey
240 - 29 Sept 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
241 - 1 Oct 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
242 - 6 Oct 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
243 - 10 Oct 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
244 - 24 Oct 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
245 - 2 Nov 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
246 - 5 Nov 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
247 - 18 Dec 1856 Edgar Bowring to Gen.Grey
248 - 19 Dec 1856 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
249 - 21 Dec 1856 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
250 - 6 Jan 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
251 - 13 Jan 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
252 - 13 Jan 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
253 - 20 Jan 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
254 - 4 Feb 1857 Edgar Bowring to Gen. Grey
255 - 7 Feb 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
256 - 23 Feb 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
257 - 24 Feb 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
258 - 4 Mar 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
259 - 5 Mar 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
260 - 7 Mar 1857 Lord Granville to Edgar Bowring
261 - 7 Mar 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
262 - 7 Mar 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
263 - 21 Mar 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
264 - 2 Apr 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
265 - 5 Apr 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
266 - 16 Apr 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
267 - 19 Apr 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
268 - 22 Apr 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
269 - 2 May 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
270 - 10 May 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
271 - 13 May 1856 Edgar Bowring to Col. Phipps
272 - 21 May 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
273 - 2 July 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
274 - 8 Aug 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
275 - 13 Aug 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
276 - 13 Aug 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
277 - 27 Aug 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
278 - 10 Sept 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
279 - 18 Oct 1857 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
280 - 13 Nov 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
281 - 25 Nov 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
282 - 3 Dec 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
283 - 13 Dec 1857 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
284 - 20 Jan 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
285 - 28 Jan 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
286 - 7 Feb 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
287 - 28 Feb 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
288 - 8 Mar 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
289 - 12 Mar 1858 Gen. grey to Edgar Bowring
290 - 14 Mar 1858 Gen. grey to Edgar Bowring
290a - 18 Mar 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
291 - 21 Mar 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
292 - 27 Mar 1858 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
293 - 31 Mar 1858 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
294 - 1 Apr 1858 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
295 - 8 Apr 1858 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
296 - 20 Apr 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
297 - 23 May 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
298 - 30 May 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
299 - 6 Jun 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
300 - 8 Jun 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
301 - 19 Jun 1858 Gen Grey to Edgar Bowring
302 - 1 Jul 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
303 - 7 Jul 1858 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
304 - 10 Jul 1858 Sir C. Phipps to Egar Bowring
305 - 28 Jul 1858 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
306 - 30 Jul 1858 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
307 - 8 Aug 1858 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
308 - 2 Sep 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
309 - 10 Sep 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
310 - 2 Oct 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
311 - 2 Oct 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
312 - 13 Oct 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
313 - 28 Oct 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
314 - 7 Nov 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
315 - 9 Nov 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
316 - 11 Nov 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
317 - 27 Nov 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
318 - 1 Dec 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
319 - 8 Dec 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
320 - 4 Dec 1858 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
321 - 2 Dec 1858 Greenwich Hospital to Edgar Bowring
322 - 11 Jan 1859 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
323 - 16 Jan 1859 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
324 - 28 Jan 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
325 - 1 Feb 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
326 - 6 Feb 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
327 - 8 Feb 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
328 - 10 Feb 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
329 - 12 Feb 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
330 - 22 Feb 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
331 - 2 Apr 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
332 - 8 Apr 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
333 - 14 May 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
334 - 17 May 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
335 - 25 May 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
336 - 28 May 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
337 - 15 Jun 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
338 - 21 Jul 1859 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
339 - 22 Jul 1859 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
340 - 30 Jul 1859 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
341 - 4 Aug 1859 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
342 - 13 Aug 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
343 - 29 Aug 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
344 - 22 Sep 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
345 - 1 Oct 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
346 - 9 Oct 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
347 - 27 Oct 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
348 - 4 Nov 1859 Gen. Gray to Edgar Bowring
349 - 19 Nov 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
350 - 1 Dec 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
351 - 11 Dec 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
352 - 11 Dec 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
353 - 17 Dec 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
354 - 17 Dec 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
355 - 24 Dec 1859 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
356 - 8 Jan 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
357 - 1 Feb 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
358 - 3 March 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
D - Box 4
2 - Crystal Palace Drawings
I - Donations and Acquisitions
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