London University: Royal Holloway
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College Archives and Special Collections
Davison Building
Royal Holloway
University of London
Egham
England
TW20 0EX
Telephone: 01784 443 814
Email: archives@royalholloway.ac.uk
Open: Wednesday-Friday 9.30-4.30
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ARCHON code: 505
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Collections information
Businesses (4)
Organisations (13)
- Association of University Teachers: Bedford College branch London
- Bedford College Architectural Society, London London
- Bedford College Geological Society, London London
- Bedford College Union Society, London London
- London University, Bedford College Athletics Union London
- London University, Bedford College Old Students' Association London
- London University: Bedford College London
- London University: Royal Holloway College Egham, Surrey
- Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway College Egham, Surrey
- Queen's Award Office
- Reid Trust London
- Royal Holloway and Bedford New College Egham, Surrey
- University of London Liberals
Persons (58)
- Atkins, Daphne, (1896-1961), zoologist
- Ayrton, Ormrod Maxwell, (1874-1960), architect
- Beit, Sir Otto John, (1865-1930), 1st Baronet Financier and Philanthropist
- Benson, Margaret Jane, (1859-1936), Botanist
- Berridge, Emily Mary, (1872-1947), botanist
- Blackwell, Elizabeth Marianne, (1889-1973), Botanist
- Brincker, John Augustus Herman, (fl 1907-1918), Lecturer On Hygiene
- Buckland, William Reginald, (fl 1951-1982), mathematician
- Busk, Henrietta, (1845-1936), Educationalist
- Butler, Gwendoline Williams, (1922-2013), writer
- Butler, Professor Percy, (1913-2015), zoologist
- Cam, Helen Maud, (1885-1968), historian
- Carey, Charles William, (1862-1943), curator, teacher, artist and Keeper of the Picture Gallery, Royal Holloway
- Chadwick, David, (1821-1895), Liberal MP
- Champneys, Basil, (1842-1935), Architect
- Cole, Monica, (1922-1994), geographer
- Crout, Marian, (1893-1944), educationalist
- Dodd, Derek , (1937-2018), television production designer
- Fox, Harold Munro, (1889-1967), zoologist
- Frye, Kate Parry, (1878-1959), suffragist and diarist
- Harraden, Beatrice, (1864-1936), novelist and suffragist
- Hart, Ivor Blashka, (1889-1962), scientist
- Hawkes, Leonard, (1891-1981), Geologist
- Holloway, Thomas, (1800-1883), patent medicine vendor, benefactor and art collector
- Jebb, Geraldine Emma May, (1886-1959), Principal of Bedford College
- Johnstone, Hilda, (1882-1961), professor, historian
- MacGregor, John Marshall, (1879-1936), Classical Scholar
- Martin-Holloway, Sir George, (1833-1895), patent medicine vendor
- McCrea, Sir William Hunter, (1904-1999), Knight, mathematician and astronomer
- McNee, Lady Geraldine Zarita Lee, (1895-1975), chemist
- Monkhouse, William Cosmo, (1840-1901), Poet and Critic
- Murgoci, Agnes, (d 1929), writer
- Murray, Hilda M R, (d 1951), philologist
- Penson, Dame Lillian Margery, (1896-1963), Historian
- Planck, Max, (1858-1947), thermodynamicist
- Purdie, Edna, (1894-1968), Professor of German, London University
- Reich, Dorothy, (1921-2001), German scholar
- Reid, Elizabeth Jesser, (1789-1866), anti-slavery activist and founder of Bedford College
- Reynolds, Doris Livesey, (1899-1985), geologist
- Roberts, Brian, (d 2016), academic and writer
- Robinson, Henry Crabb, (1775-1867), Diarist
- Rowell, Ethel Maud, (d 1951), mathematician
- Scott, Andrew Cunningham, (b1952), professor of earth sciences
- Seville, Winifred Mary, (1886-1929), teacher
- Sherman, Sir Alfred, (1919-2006), Knight, journalist
- Smith, John William, (d 1985), chemist
- Spurgeon, Caroline Frances Eleanor, (1869-1942), Professor of English University of London
- Stebbing, Lizzie Susan, (1885-1943), Philosopher
- Tarrant, Dorothy, (1885-1973), Professor of Greek
- Tillotson, Kathleen Mary, (1906-2001), Professor of English, University of London
- Tolansky, Samuel, (1907-1973), Physicist
- Tuke, Dame Margaret Janson, (1862-1947), Principal of Bedford College
- Verrier, Anthony, (fl 1967-1970), historian
- Walker, Alice, (1900-1982), writer on Elizabethan literature
- Warren, George John, (1803-1866), 5th Lord Vernon Baron of Kinderton
- Waters, Roy William, (1928-2010)
- Williamson, Dame Elsie Marjorie , (1913-2002), educator, physicist and Principal of Bedford College. Royal Holloway
- Wilson, William, (1875-1965), Physicist
Diaries (1)
- Dickinson, Anne, (1789-1870), Wife Of Paper-maker John Dickinson Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Families (1)
- Wells family of Farnborough Farnborough, Hampshire
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (11)
- NRA 41298 Henrietta Busk, educationalist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43234 Helen Maud Cam, historian: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41724 Charles William Carey, artist: corresp of Carey and others rel to Royal Holloway College picture ga
- NRA 6703 Dickinson family, papermakers: diaries
- NRA 43685 Gay Sweatshop Theatre Company, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 43684 Half Moon Theatre Company, London link to online catalogue
- NRA 17231 London University: Royal Holloway College
- NRA 20567 London University: Bedford College records and MS collections
- NRA 41725 Sir George Martin-Holloway, patent medicine vendor: corresp and papers
- NRA 41299 Samuel Tolansky, physicist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 41300 William Wilson, physicist: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
Accessions
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