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Drawings of the 'Great Eastern' steam ship

5 sheets

Swindon Works Drawings

1060 boxes

Collection of charts depicting the hardware and uses of computing, communication and domestic technology in India

240

The Illustrated London News Grand Panorama of the Great Exhibition of All Nations

290

The Ferranti Archive

260.29 linear metres

Astronomical Map: Apollo Lunar Orbit Chart (ALO), Apollo Mission 11

1035

Memorabilia album from SS Alcantara’s voyage to South America

250

Volume bearing the title "Le Trésor des Trésors" (The Treasure of the Treasures)

10

Collection of Post Office Telegram and Telephone Papers

1 envelope containing 28 items

Stratford Works Drawing Office Records

631 boxes

Engineering Drawings from the Derby Carriage and Wagon Works

450 boxes

Drawings and Technical Information Produced by W.F. Stanley and Co. Ltd.

97 boxes

Papers of the Transport and Road Research Laboratory Relating to skid testing

15 boxes

Archive material from the Electricity Council and its predecessor and related organisations

c1200 linear metres

PHD: 'Specimens of the work of spiral and oval drawing machine'

190

Records of Southern Railway Servants' Orphanage, Woking

The condition of the collection is fair. Some of the items, particularly the photograph albums and newspaper cutting are damaged and are particularly fragile.

Day-book of John Walker, chemist and inventor of the Friction-Match

135

Memorabilia album from Union-Castle line cruise to South Africa, outward on RMMV Winchester Castle, and return on MV Carnarvon Castle

230

Wilkes & Ashmore Archive

1 box

Set of 20 interviews on audio cassettes 'Pioneers of Computing'

20 items

Collection of papers relating to the career of Jimmy Orrell, AVRO Test Pilot

2.3 linear metres

Porton Down Archive of Chemical Warfare

Porton Down Archive of Chemical Warfare

Jean Elizabeth Gregson textile design portfolio

0.5 linear metres

Photographic print: LM Descent Monitoring Chart, Apollo Mission 10

1046

Album of photographs, mainly of cyclists, cycling clubs and bicycles

Album of photographs, mainly of cyclists, cycling clubs and bicycles

Stephenson family recipe book

230

Memorabilia album from SS Alcantara’s voyage to South America

200

Crewe Locomotive Works Drawings

188 boxes

Diary of Robert Stephenson

130

Papers relating to the clinical and experimental neuroscientific work carried out at the Burden Neurological Institute

3 linear feet

Gorton Works contractor's drawings

44 boxes

Hackworth Family Archive

27 boxes

Papers relating to Roy Chadwick

1 linear metre

Geoffrey Perry archive relating to operation of the Kettering Group

c.90 boxes

The Babbage Papers

11 plan press drawers and 8 linear meters of shelving

Notebook of John Urpeth Rastrick

1 volume

Horwich Works Locomotive Drawings

46 boxes

Photographs of the Mount Street Mills works of John A Wood Ltd

14 mounted prints

London, Midland & Scottish Railway Carriage and Wagon Drawings

343 boxes

Memorabilia album from SS Arandora Star’s voyage to the West Indies

260

Collection relating to Sir Frederick Maze's collection of Chinese junk models

1 box

Final Apollo 11 Flight Plan

235

Pattern books from Mount Pleasant Mill, Bury

2 linear metres

Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway

1 document

Collection of documents relating to Skylark sounding rocket, predominantly to the development of Attitude Control Units

5 boxes

Collection of textile or wallpaper designs by Maurice Pilkington

400 items

Collection of engineering drawings of early petrol car engines developed by Major Frederic Strickland

c.100 drawings

Early prints of cotton mills and cotton processes

7 items

ABC Wax fabric samples

205

Record book for Busty Morrison pit detailing supplies purchased

265