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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
D - Box 4
359 - 20 Apr 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
360 - 7 Jul 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
361 - 11 Jul 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
362 - 18 Jul 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
363 - 18 Aug 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
364 - 19 Sep 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
365 - 26 Oct 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
366 - 9 Nov 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
367 - 9 Nov 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
368 - 11 Nov 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
369 - 17 Nov 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
370 - 22 Nov 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
371 - 4 Dec 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
372 - 12 Dec 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
373 - 13 Dec 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
374 - 21 Dec 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
375 - 23 Dec 1860 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
376 - 28 Jan 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
377 - 29 Jan 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
378 - 27 Mar 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
379 - 9 Apr 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
380 - 6 May 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
381 - 14 May 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
382 - 18 May 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
383 - 23 May 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
384 - 10 Jun 1861 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
385 - 11 Jun 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
386 - 10 Jun 1861 Philip Cunliffe-Owen to Edgar Bowring
387 - 13 Jun 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
388 - 29 Jun 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
389 - 15 Jul 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
390 - 17 Jul 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
391 - 18 Jul 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
392 - 23 Jul 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
393 - 30 Aug 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
394 - 20 Sept 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
395 - 24 Oct 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
396 - 5 Nov 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
397 - 15 Nov 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
398 - 17 Nov 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
399 - 19 Nov 1861 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
400 - 19 Jan 1862 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
401 - 21 Feb 1862 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
402 - 21 Feb 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
403 - 24 Feb 1862 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
404 - 1 Mar 1862 Col. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
405 - 12 Mar 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
406 - 21 Mar 1862 Mr Ryan to Edgar Bowring
407 - 29 Mar 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
408 - 31 Mar 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
409 - 18 Apr 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
410 - 29 Apr 1862 Sir C. Phipps to Edgar Bowring
411 - 10 May 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
412 - 21 May 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
413 - 31 May 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
414 - 21 Jun 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
415 - 7 Jul 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
416 - 2 Aug 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
417 - 12 Nov 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
418 - 14 Dec 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
419 - 18 Dec 1862 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
420 - 25 Dec 1862 Gen Grey to Edgar Bowring
421 - 25 Jan 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
422 - 6 Feb 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
423 - 28 Mar 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
424 - 23 Mar 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
425 - 22 May 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
426 - 24 May 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
427 - 17 June 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
428 - 19 Jun 1863 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
429 - 20 Jun 1863 Mr. Ryan to Edgar Bowring
430 - 20 Jan 1864 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
431 - 6 Mar 1864 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
432 - 15 May 1864 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
433 - 10 Oct 1864 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
434 - 7 Oct 1864 Gen. Grey to Edgar Bowring
2 - Crystal Palace Drawings
I - Donations and Acquisitions
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Estate Plan c.1862
Plan of the Estate 1856
The House that Paxton Built
G. Baxter
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