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British family, Perak, Xmas 1922
100 x 130 mm. Mounted photograph showing man, woman and small girl on garden seat. The child's ayah stands behind. Inscribed Xmas 1922. Photographers name on mount, J. Uchida, Taiping, Perak. Inscription on folder 'To Mossy with fondest love and best wishes for Xmas and the New Year. [Illegible] age 14 months.'
British Honduras legal manuscripts
Collection of extracts from legal records of British Honduras. Some are copies, others appear to be original documents in the writing of Frederick's father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.
British Honduras manuscripts collected by F.H. Parker, Keeper of Records
Extracts from the archives, news cuttings and various original documents. They appear to have been compiled by Frederick Hardyman Parker, probably as research for a projected history of British Honduras. Some were likely collected by his father, William Alexander Parker, Chief Justice of British Honduras.
'British migration to Western Australia, 1829-50': PhD thesis
A Ph.D. thesis for the London School of Economics, University of London, 385 pages.
British Naval Intelligence Papers, mainly of Donald McLachlan and Patrick Beesly.
The collection includes: McLachlan's papers for "Room 39"; Beesly's papers for "Very Special Intelligence" and for "Very Special Admiral"; and papers of Commander Lloyd Hirst, an intelligence officer.
'British relations with the Spanish colonies': MA thesis
'British relations with the Spanish colonies in the Caribbean, 1713-39', a M.A. thesis for the University of London, 272 pages, with a map.
Broadmead Sunday School Society: Minute Book
Minutes of meetings of the committee of Broadmead Baptist Chapel, Bristol, the first meeting reported as being held on 14 May 1838, the last on 9 January 1872, 70 folios. Pasted inside the front cover is an extract from The Bristol times and mirror, 16 November 1909, being a letter contributed by S.G. Perceval, announcing his discovery of the book.
Brock Family: Artistic Archives
Sketchbooks, designs and finished pieces for books, painted illustrations, newspaper publications, photographs and correspondence.
Brooke Foss Westcott: Recollections of Archbishop Edward White Benson
Brooke Foss Westcott: Sermons and papers
Brooke: The Papers of Rupert Chawner Brooke
This collection brings together items by and about Rupert Brooke from a variety of sources. It includes manuscript and typescript copies of Brooke's poetry and prose, correspondence between Rupert Brooke and others and a number of photographs. A limited amount of biographical and supplementary material, concentrated on items originating after Brooke's death, can also be found in this collection.
Browne: the papers of Edward Granville Browne
The collection consists principally of Browne's Persian Journals, with additional manuscript material relating to his publication of Lubábu ʼl-albáb of Muḥammad ʻAwfí. There are also some of his printed publications and posthumous tributes.
Browne: the papers of Patrick Reginald Evelyn Browne
The collection consists of Royal Warrants for Browne's Appointment to the Quarter Sessions Courts in Essex, the Isle of Ely and Cambridgeshire. There is also a further Royal Warrant appointing Browne as a Justice of the Royal Court of Justice and Letters Patent appointing him one of the Lords Justices of Appeal.
'Browne's expedition to the Zambezi, 1823'
'A narrative of the proceedings of a small party, sent by Captain Owen, of H.M.S. Leven, in July 1823, under the command of Lieut. C.W. Browne, R.N., to explore the course of the River Zambezi on the Eastern Coast of Africa', written by Antonio X. Jozi, an Angolan and one of the survivors of the party. This is an illustrated copy of Bosazza's annotated transcription of Jozi's work (25 pages).
Browning: The Papers of Oscar Browning
Bruce Dickins: Correspondence re Lt. Col Francis Tidy
Buchanan-Smith album of active service in World War I
Album of various sized prints, concerned with Sir Walter Buchanan-Smiths service with the Nigeria Regiment in the Cameroons (plates 1-8) and in German East Africa (plates 159-201). The captions are difficult to read as they are written on dark brown paper in black ink.
Buchanan-Smith glass plates of Nigeria and the Cameroons
A collection of uncaptioned glass plates relating to Buchanan-Smith's service in Nigeria, showing his official residence, duties and travel, and Nigeria’s people and landscape. Y3043ZZ/29 appears to be a Yoruba Oba (chief) from southern Nigeria. It may be possible to identify the images with reference to Buchanan-Smith's Nigerian photographs at Y3043U-Y.
Buchanan-Smith North Borneo [i.e. Sabah] photographs 1903-09
Album of prints, measuring 95 x 70 mm, presumably taken by Walter Buchanan-Smith during his service as a cadet under the British North Borneo Company. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation.
Buchanan-Smith views in the Seychelles
Album containing silver prints of various sizes. The photographs depict Buchanan-Smith's outward voyage to the Seychelles in 1939 and also views in the Seychelles, mainly of scenery but including Government House. Other photographs relate to official and social activities.
Buckinghamshire: extracts and notes
Extracts from Buckinghamshire private Acts of Parliament respecting inclosures, with charities and principal proprietors of lands in the county. Inside the front cover: 'J. Lee, Doctors Commons, 1827', and Lee's bookplate.
Buckinghamshire notes
Extracts and notes, mainly from John Steven's continuation of Sir William Dugdale's Monasticon, relating to Buckinghamshire, in Latin and English. On two flyleaves at the beginning is a list of contents in the hand of John Lee, who has also added on fo. 30v 'No. 123 of Whitmore&Fenns Catalogue for 1827 J. Lee'. Inside the front cover: 'J. Lee, Doctors Commons, 1827', Lee's bookplate, and 'Saml. Sandars, Grove Place, Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks.&7 De Vere Gardens, London, W. 1889'.
'Buddha's prediction': bound collection of material relating to Sri Lanka
Budo Educational Conference
Building work in Islamabad, Pakistan, 1960s
A collection of loose prints measuring 260 x 200 mm, with type-written captions pasted on the reverse. The prints show views of construction work and modern buildings in Islamabad.