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Thesis entitled: "The Distribution of Electricity in Rural Areas 1926 to 1963 An Investigation"

Thesis entitled: "The Distribution of Electricity in Rural Areas 1926 to 1963 An Investigation"

0.4 linear metres

Manuals for the ICL 'One Per Desk' microcomputer

16 floppy disks and 15 manuals

ICL Rair Computer manuals and system floppy disks

13 sheets, including reference sheet to the 12 monthly sheets

Centenary calendar of Standard Telephones and Cables Limited

2 items

GenAir Operations Logs

2 items

Script and Story Outline for Coronation Street

2 volumes, 1 magazine and 1 file of papers

Publications relating to the Dragon 32 Computer

3 photography albums and 1 certificate

Lilli Palmer Collection

1 item

Volume entitled "The Birch family history"

3 items

Advance 86 User Guide

2 items (32 pages & 24 pages)

Newspaper supplements of the Portsmouth Evening News relating to the Mary Rose ship

1 item

Report entitled “Awareness of Biotechnology in Schools” commissioned by the Department of Trade and Industry

2 items

Polaroid Image System camera manuals

10 pages

Article entitled: "Inside the Atomic City. How Los Alamos Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"

5 items

IBM computing manuals

1 item

Interview with R Page regarding the British chemical industry

1 volume

PhD thesis entitled: "The trend to standardization: product development in the British motor cycle industry 1896-1916"

1 packet containing 2 items

Instruction Manuals for Commodore 64 Computer

4 pages

Typescript entitiled: "A paper on the Stirlings of Methven and their amazing machine"

244 pages

Thesis entitled: "George Parsons and the Parrett Works 1834-1875"

1 sheet

Poster depicting carriages from late 18th century to late 19th centuries

2 boxes

Archive Material relating to the PC 2860-AT Microcomputer

1 packet containing 8 pages of diagrams and 2 pages of notes

Papers relating to Museum of Science and Industry Aircraft

8 pages

Publicity booklet for The Digital Schneider Trophy Race, 24 June 1984

26 pages

Joint Airworthiness Committee. Presentation of the reprinted edition of DEF STAN OO-970 (AvP 970) to the Director of the SBAC on behalf of Controller Aircraft MOD(PE) Great Britain

A script for an episode of Coronation Street broadcast in May 1985.

Script for Coronation Street written by Peter Tonkinson

1 drawing

National Railway Museum corporate drawing titled: Buildings and Estates: Preliminary general arrangement for 70 foot diameter articulated turntable

1 item

"Atom" magazine, number 328, the monthly information bulletin of UKAEA

Reissued compilation album of tracks recorded live at the Electric Circus in Collyhurst, Manchester. Contributing artists are The Fall, John Cooper Clarke, Joy Division, The Drones, Steel Pulse and Buzzcocks. Joy Division's performance is of At A Later Date. 10-inch vinyl in a printed sleeve. The sleeve design is by Russell Mills. Released by Virgin Records Ltd, catalogue number OVED170.

Short Circuit: Live at the Electric Circus

1 item

Booklet titled "A Technical Outline of Sizewell 'B'"

1 photograph

Photo showing the visit of Margaret Thatcher

Single by New Order. 12-inch vinyl in die-cut and printed card sleeve. Sleeve design by Peter Saville. The outer sleeve resembles a 5.25-inch floppy disk. The inner sleeve is silver. The design uses a colour based code to present information about the track titles and Factory catalogue number. The code on the front of the outer sleeve reads FAC 73 Blue Monday And The Beach New Order.

FACTUS 10 Blue Monday

1 item

Power: The Story of China Light by Nigel Cameron

Booklet issued as item 4 in a series of 10 merchandise items or events developed to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Punk. FAC 151 The Festival of the 10th Summer ran from 12-20 July 1986 and was organised by Factory Records. The booklet includes pieces by Jon Savage, Linder, Cath Carroll, Liz Naylor, Richard Boon, Paul Morley, Tony Wilson, Howard Devoto and Rob Gretton. It is referred to in promotional literature as "How was it for you, darlin?" or "The back pages".

FAC 151 The Book

Poster designed by Tony Wilson as a cocktail menu for The Kim Philby Bar and the Hicks Bar at the Haçienda. The poster features an image of Anthony Blunt at the top of the poster and smaller images of Kim Philby and Guy Burgess (whose cryptonym was Hicks) at the bottom of the poster.

The Gay Traitor for Cocktails

1 item

Booklet titled "The CEGB proves its point"

Williams Holdings PLC Group Operations Review 1986

Williams Holdings PLC Group Operations Review 1986

1 item

"UK national consensus conference on plant biotechnology" a final report

1 photograph

Photo showing the Plastics Gallery appeal

1 volume

The History of Laporte: Studies in Luton and Bradford

Threegate illustrated leaflet providing brief details and specifications for the AP1 gas turbine electricity generating set.

Packaged power from the AP1 gas turbine is as easy as A B C

Jon Savage's copy of Pleasures and Wayward Distractions: Joy Division and New Order by Brian Edge.

Pleasures and Wayward Distractions: Joy Division and New Order

1 photograph

Photo showing the presentation of a Japanese typewriter by Silver Reed

1 item

"Handbook for action: Genetix Snowball a campaign of nonviolent civil responsibility" a guide for GM protestors on ways to remove GM crops without destroying farmland

1 item

Folder titled 'Barsi' containing handwritten notes and articles relating to Everard Richard Calthrop, engineer of the Barsi Light Railway Company, India

1 item

"Uncertain world genetically modified organisms, food and public attitudes in Britain" by Robin Grove-White, Phil Machaghten, Sue Mayer and Brian Wynne

8 sheets

Letter from Professor Ian Bremner to Dr Peter Collins relating to the work carried out by Dr Pusztai on transgenic potatoes

Overall, 760mm x 1016mm

Cinema advertising poster for "Electric Blue: The Movie"

Deluxe boxed double VHS video collaboration between IKON FCL and Psychic Television, consisting of: 1962/3 - "Ghosts At No. 9" - archive film footage by Antony Balch featuring William S. Burroughs and Brion Gysin, plus the classic film "Towers Open Fire." The tape is accompanied by two postcards: Brion Gysin (1935) photographed by Brion Gysin, and Antony Balch (1975) photograph courtesy of Rita Jarvis with information on how to obtain the videos and other Ikon releases. 1982 - Documentary recordings of William S. Burroughs and John Giorno from the "Final Academy" evening, the Hacienda Club, Manchester, 4 October 1982. The tape is accompanied by two postcards: William S Burroughs (1959) photographed by Brion Gysin and John Giorno (1982) photographed by Ron Sumner with information on how to obtain the videos and other Ikon releases.

IKON 9 The Final Academy Documents

1 book

"Biotechnology in the public sphere: A European sourcebook"