Documents Collection

Magna Carta
The Magna Carta, English Charter, third issue from 1225 Date: 1225

Titanic Shipwreck Registration
Board of Trade, Registrar General of Shipping and Seamen, Transcripts and Transactions, Series IV, Closed Registries, RMS Titanic.(front) Date: 25th March 1912

Treaty of Perpetual Alliance
Treaty of perpetual alliance between England and Portugal, 16 June 1373 Date: 16th June 1373

Great Paris Cipher
George Scovells list of interpreted cipher words from the Great Paris cipher 1812-1813 Date: 1812-1813

Declaration of Independence 1776
American Declaration of Independence 1776 by John Hancock Date: 4th July 1776

Letter from Mandela
Arrest and trial of Nelson Mandela. Signed letter from Mandela while awaiting trial, September 1962 Date: 1962

Declaration of Guy Fawkes
Declaration of Guido Fawkes, with signature, 17 November 1605 (3 of 3) Date: 17th November 1605

Sir Robert Cotton
Sir ROBERT BRUCE COTTON antiquarian who formed one of the worlds greatest collections of old manuscripts, documents, coins etc - with his autograph

The Domesday Book, Nottinghamshire
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Nottinghamshire, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: c. 1085

Convict transportation to Australia
List of convicts embarked on the ship Merchantman from Portland to Western Australia, June 1864 Date: 1864

Dick Turpin
Indictment of Richard Dick Turpin, for stealing a mare worth three pounds from Thomas Creasy, at Welton, Yorkshire, 1st March 1739 Date: 1st March 1739

Lawyers books, brief and wig in a leather chair. Date: circa 1990s

Mandela Arrest
Arrest and trial of Nelson Mandela. Letter from The Observer regarding books for Mandela to Sir John Maud at the British Embassy in South Africa, August 1962 Date: 1962

The Domesday Book, Surrey
The Domesday Book, a record of the resources and taxable values of the boroughs and manors of Surrey, including Guildford, extract from the Great Domesday Book Date: c. 1085

Census 1891
Census Registrars district 31. Sub-districts 1, 2 and 3, Walton, Chertsey, Chobham, 1891 Date: 1891

Declaration of Guy Fawkes
Declaration of Guido Fawkes, 17 November 1605 (1 of 3) Date: 17th November 1605

Whydah voyage summary
Whydah frigate voyage summary, 1721-1722 Date: 1721-1722

Brunels wheelbarrow for Wearmouth Dock, 1830s Date: 1830s

Authority from Henry VII
Authority for Henry VII to grant letters patent to John Cabot for a voyage to discover new lands 5 March 1496 Date: 5th March 1496

Ration Cards WWII
People queuing for temporary ration cards during World War II

The National Laboratory of Psychical Research
Photograph of the laboratory at the National Laboratory of Psychical Research. HPG/1/2/1 (i)

Four Wheatley Books
The four dossiers by J G Links and Dennis Wheatley, each containing documents and clues for the reader to solve a murder mystery : they were extremely popular at the time

Sir Gordon Carter, Clerk of Ascot Racecourse, racing fixtures Date: 1930

WW2 - Salute To the Brave
An illustrated front cover for a WW2 story book, Salute To The Brace, written by Clementine Hunter. The image a folder of documents and a pistol. Date: circa 1940s

E. Hodgson, A. Heber-Percy, Jock Fletcher, Albuhera Barracks
Dante Edward Pemberton Hodgson OBE LM (1904-1978), A. Heber-Percy and Jock Fletcher (The subalterns leave Roster) at the Albuhera Barracks, Aldershot, Hampshire. Date: 1932

Cunard Line, QE2, Daily Engine Log Book
CUNARD LINE: QE2 Daily Engine Log Books, circa 1967?1968. 16ins. 20ins Date: circa 1967-1968

Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Company Handbooks for Staff
BELFAST SHIPBUILDING: Harland and Wolff soft bound Company Handbooks for Staff Employees. 6ins. 4ins

Turkey, Constantinople (Istanbul). Public office
Ottoman Empire. Turkey. Public office. Engraving by Lemaitre, Lalaisse and Branche. Historia de Turquia by Joseph Marie Jouannin (1783-1844) and Jules Van Gaver, 1840

Appropriate Frowarding Documents
British Railway's staff information poster, designed by Frank Newbould, c.1950. This poster highlights the importance of checking forwarding documents to keep goods management in order

RMS Titanic - two insurance company letters
RMS Titanic - two letters dated 27 June 1912 and 24 September 1912, from the North British & Mercantile Insurance Co in Edinburgh to the Ocean Marine Insurance Company in London

RMS Titanic - Shipping Casualties report and letter
RMS Titanic, Shipping Casualties report and letter from Matson Life Raft Company of Boston, USA. From a collection of documents and newspapers discovered at the old school of Sir Arthur Rostron

Joseph Chamberlain in Study
Joseph Chamberlain, (8 July 1836 ?? 2 July 1914), businessman, reformer, radical politician. Shown seated at his desk, wearing monocle, with inkwells, photograph frame, paperweight and documents

NUS President Charles Clarke and three colleagues
NUS President Charles Clarke (standing, b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister)) with NUS executive colleagues, from left to right, Alastair Stewart (b)

NUS President Charles Clarke with two students
NUS (National Union of Students) President Charles Clarke (b.1950, later a Labour MP and Cabinet Minister) with two students, Clare Weber and Paul Butler

Daily Worker staff examining building alteration plans following the acquisition of new premises at 75 Farringdon Road, London. Date: circa 1945

Staff at work, office of Daily Worker newspaper, London
Staff at work in the office of the Daily Worker newspaper, 75 Farringdon Road, London. Seated are Rose Smith, Sam Russell, Monty Meth and (by the window) Ben Francis

Jeremy Corbyn and Tony Banks at anti-apartheid demo
Jeremy Corbyn MP and Tony Banks are pictured at an Anti-Apartheid Movement demonstration in London, holding up documents reading solidarity with South-African and Namibian miners

Neville Chamberlain, British politician, at his desk
Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1931 to 1937 and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940

Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister, at his desk
Neville Chamberlain (Arthur Neville Chamberlain, 1869-1940), British Conservative politician, and Prime Minister from 1937 to 1940. Seen here sitting at his desk. Date: circa 1930s

Documents written in blood are considered exceptionally bind- -ing, as Faust will discover when Mephistopheles requires him to fulfil his side of their contract Date: 1506

Comic postcard, Gloomy businessman - Ups and Downs Date: 20th century

Museum of Underwater Wrecks Port en Bessin
In 1970 Jaques Lemonchois was asked to clear war wrecks not cleared by the government. The results here include tanks, parts of aeroplanes and torpedos, plus films, photos and documents

Citizens producing identity papers in Berlin, Germany. 1923

Lord Halifax and Neville Chamberlain, WW2
Lord Halifax (left) and Neville Chamberlain (right), during the Second World War

Conference of Police Commissioners, Australia -- (left to right) Thomas O Callaghan (Victoria), Colonel L Madley (South Australia), W E Parry Okeden (Queensland), Captain Fred Hare (West Australia)

America - The Stamp Act - Celebrating the repeal of the Act of March 22, 1765 in May 1766 with The Liberty-Pole Festival. The Liberty Pole was known to be a symbol of dissent against Great Britain

Mayor signing documents, Brittany, Northern France
Mayor signing legal documents, Brittany, Northern France. His traditional costume includes pleated breeches and heavy wooden clogs. 1922

Adolf Max, Burgomaster of Brussels, 11 May 1922. 1922

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