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Historical Sources on Microform: Great Britain

Minutes and Memoranda of the Unemployment Assistance Board (AST 12) 1934-1948
Author: Great Britain. National Assistance Board
Notes: 11 reels. Microfilm of PRO Class AST 12 files 1-25, 28-32, and 48-57 in the Public Record Office.
Call # Mic 359
Finding Aid: 4 leaves: "The Origins of the Welfare State in Britain." in AU/Media Services as Mic359.


Protest movements, civil disorders and the police in inter-war Britain, selected from the MEPO2
Author: Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office
Notes: 6 reels. Contains Metropolitan Police files in government surveillance of both left and right extremist groups and on civil disobedience in Britain during the 1930's. Publisher's title: "Politics and society in inter-war Britain."
Call # Mic 360
Finding Aid: First reel contains contents of reels, listing file numbers and brief descriptions.


Great Britain Confidential Prints
Author: Great Britain Foreign Office; Great Britain Public Record Office
Notes: 4 series, 43 reels. Series 1. France, 1919-1945, 2. Germany, 1890-1939; 3. North America, 1920-1939; 4. Northern and Western Europe, 1919-1922
Call # Mic 367
Finding Aid: Table of contents and subject index precedes each section. No master index at beginning.


Confidential Prints: The Slave Trade, 1858-1892
Author: Great Britain Foreign Office
Notes: 10 reels. Part of Bernice Johnson Reagon Collection
Call # Mic 374
Finding Aid: Printed guide in AU/Media Services as Mic374.


The Papers of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, 1786-1845
Author: Buxton, Thomas Fowell, Sir, 1786-1845
Notes: 17 reels. Publisher's title: "Slave Trade Papers."
Call # Mic 389
Finding Aid: Contents of collection in the beginning of reel 1. More detailed calendar with descriptions of individual files immediately follows.


Stuart Papers from the Royal Archives, House of Windsor, 1579-1823
Author: Stuart, House of; Great Britain Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts
Notes: 272 reels. Includes original letters to the Stuarts, copy letters from them, and related miscellaneous material.
Call # Mic229
Finding Aid: Last 120 volumes, and presumably the index, are currently missing. Dates of volume are listed at beginning of each volume


Correspondence of Sir Robert Peel, 1841-1846
Author: Peel, Sir Robert 1788-1850; Windsor Castle Royal Library
Notes: 6 reels. 1-3. Prime Minister's Letters, Sir Robert Peel, 1841-1846; 4. Sir R. Peel's policy and change of government; 5-6. Ministerial crisis; Irish policy
Call # Mic 228
Finding Aid: Brief calendar of collection at beginning of reel 1. More detailed table of contents precedes each individual section of collection.


The Farington Diary, 1788 - 1821
Author: Farington, Joseph 1747-1821
Notes: 7 reels Other Authors/Contributors: Lysons, Daniel 1762-1834; Ogilby, John 1600-1676
Call # Mic 178
Finding Aid: Dates are listed at the beginning of each reel.


Royal Institute of British Architects Rare Book Collection
Author: Royal Institute of British Architects
Notes: 35 reels. 1. English pattern books; 2. Cottage architecture; 3. Country houses and palaces; 4. Ancient civilisation; 5. Architectural treatises and works on perspective.
Call # Mic 326
Finding Aid: Printed supplement listed in record, but none found. No contents at beginning of sections.

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