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D3287 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - [13th-20th cent]
1 - Box 1 - Rev Philip Gell
2 - Box 2 - Miscellaneous
3 - Box 3 - Sir William Gell
4 - Box 4 - Sir William Gell
5 - Box 5 - Sir William Gell
6 - Box 6 - Rev John Philip Gell
7 - Box 7 - Rev John Philip Gell
8 - Box 8- Rev John Philip Gell (largely)
9 - Box 9 - Rev John Philip Gell
10 - Box 10 - Rev John Philip Gell and his family
11 - Box 11 - Rev John Philip Gell
12 - Box 12 - Sisters' Letters
13 - Box 13 - Sisters' Letters
14 - Box 14 - Sisters' Letters
15 - Box 15 - Sisters' Letters
16 - Box 16 - Sisters' Letters
17 - Box 17 - Sisters' Letters
18 - Box 18 - Printed works
19 - Box 19 - Family correspondence (various)
20 - Box 20 - Hopton household records / Col George William Maunsell
21 - Box 21 - Royal memorabilia and other material
22 - Box 22 - Marriage settlements
23 - Box 23 - Title deeds
24 - Box 24 - Sermons - 1581-1693
25 - Box 25 - Sermons - c1620-1685
26 - Box 26 - Miscellaneous: wills and probate, family correspondence, etc.
27 - Box 27 - Philip Victor Willingham Gell
28 - Box 28 - Deeds / Major Thomas Gell
29 - Box 29 - Chandos Pole family / Major Thomas Gell / other papers
30 - Box 30 - Title deeds and legal papers
31 - Box 31 - Miscellaneous
32 - Box 32 - Family correspondence, estate correspondence, title deeds
33 - Box 33 - Title deeds and estate papers
34 - Box 34 - Title deeds
35 - Box 35 - Title deeds and papers regarding property - [1698]-1880
36 - Box 36 - Title deeds and manorial records
37 - Box 37 - Rev Philip Gell, largely
38 - Box 38 - Porden family property
39 - Box 39 - Title deeds and miscellaneous papers
40 - Box 40 - Miscellaneous
41 - Box 41 - Printed periodicals
42 - Box 42 - Title deeds
43 - Box 43 - Title deeds
44 - Box 44 - Civil War material and Gell history
45 - Box 45 - Printed publications
46 - Box 46 - Title deeds and estate papers
47 - Box 47 - Sir John Gell I, Sir John Gell II, Katherine Gell (nee Packer)
48 - Box 48 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - personal collection of printed material
49 - Box 49 - Estate papers
50 - Box 50 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / printed miscellaneous
51 - Box 51 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
52 - Box 52 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
53 - Box 53 - Rev John Philip Gell and miscellaneous
54 - Box 54 - Rev John Philip Gell
55 - Box 55 - Miscellaneous
56 - Box 56 - Deeds
57 - Box 57 - Legal papers: Anthony Gell / Thomas Gell
58 - Box 58 - Deeds
59 - Box 59 - Deeds / manorial records
60 - Box 60 - Deeds / Sir John Gell / Sir John Gell II
61 - Box 61 - Miscellaneous
62 - Box 62 - Miscellaneous
63 - Box 63
64 - Box 64 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
65 - Box 65 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
66 - Box 66 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
67 - Box 67 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
68 - Box 68 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
69 - Box 69 - Philip and Edith Lyttelton Gell
70 - Box 70 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
71 - Box 71 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
72 - Box 72 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
73 - Box 73 - Philip and Edith Lyttelton Gell
74 - Box 74 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
75 - Box 75 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
76 - Box 76 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
77 - Box 77 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
78 - Box 78 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
79 - Box 79 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
80 - Box 80 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
81 - Box 81 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
82 - Box 82 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
83 - Box 83 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
84 - Box 84 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras
85 - Box 85 - Philip Lyttelton Gell
86 - Box 86 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras
87 - Box 87 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras
88 - Box 88 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
89 - Box 89 - Frederick Gell, Bishop of Madras (largely)
90 - Box 90 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
91 - Box 91 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
92 - Box 92 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
93 - Box 93 - Edith Lyttelton Gell / British Women's Emigration Association
94 - Box 94 - Edith Lyttelton Gell
95 - Box 95 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - British South Africa Company
96 - Box 96 - Philip Lyttelton Gell / British South Africa Company
97 - Box 97 - Philip Lyttelton Gell / British South Africa Company
98 - Box 98 - Miscellaneous
99 - Box 99 - Miscellaneous
100 - Box 100 - Photographs and objects
101 - Box 101 - Cattle farming records
102 - Estate maps - 1767-1870
103 - Carsington Tithe Map and Award - 1839
104-105 - Personal papers of Mrs Aileen Gell (d 1986) - 20th cent
106 - Diaries of Mrs Aileen Gell (d 1986) - early 20th cent
107 - Personal papers of Philip VW Gell (d 1970) - 20th cent
108 - Letter from Prime Minister, Clement Attlee - 20th cent
109 - Correspondence and other papers regarding PVW Gell's term as High Sheriff - 1954
110 - Orders of service: Gell family members and relatives - 20th cent
111 - Orders of service: not Gell family - 20th cent
112 - School prospectuses - 20th cent
113 - Number not used - 20th cent
114 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - General Correspondence - 1869-1923
115 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Special Correspondence - 1873-1919
116 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Political correspondence and papers - 1881-1918
117 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Papers relating to local government in Oxfordshire - 1880-1898
118 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers related to Church governance and reform - 1880-1923
119 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Diocesan reorganisation - 1889-1918
120 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - British Empire - 1898-[early 20th cent]
121 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers relating to employment with Cassell's and the Clarendon Press - 1883-1904
122 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Directorships of companies - 1898-1925
123 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Trusteeships of companies - 1899-1921
124 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Personal investments - 1890-1920
125 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Miscellaneous business correspondence and papers - 1896-1918
126 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Family correspondence and papers - 1852-1969
127 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Personal papers - 1852-1913
128 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Correspondence and papers relating to Trusteeships - 1891-1908
129 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Miscellanea - 1835-1949
130 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Newscuttings - 1885-1923
131 - Philip Lyttelton Gell - Pamphlets - 1870-1964
137 - Object: Escritoire - [c1845]
BSA - British South Africa Company
1 - British South Africa Company: Directors' Reports & Accounts: Reports of Annual & Extraordinary Meetings of Shareholders
2 - British South Africa Company: Board minutes and agenda
3 - British South Africa Company: general papers.
4 - British South Africa Company: general papers relating to Southern Rhodesia
5 - Land Settlement.
6 - Mines and Mining
7 - Native affairs and native labour
8 - North Eastern Rhodesia
9 - North Western Rhodesia
10 - Northern Rhodesia
1 - Sir J.C. Willoughby, London, to British South Africa Company: enquires of the conditions of land grants N. of the Zambesi. - 1903, Feb 26
2 - P. Inskipp, Bulawayo, to Birchenough: great hopes for cotton and rubber in Northern Rhodesia; personal differences in administration of Northern Western Rhodesia - 1909, Jun 19
3 - Administrator, Salisbury, to British South Africa Company: has recently helped Profs. Beattie and Morrison of the South Africa College in a cursory magnetic survey of Northern Eastern Rhodesia and Northern Western Rhodesia; enclosed Beattie's letter of praise for the work on the Company in Northern Rhodesia - 1909, Aug 23
4 - High Commissioner, Johannesburg, to Administrator, Northern Western Rhodesia: enclosed his dispatch to Colonial Secretary on proposed amal. of N.E. & Northern Western Rhodesia - 1909, Dec 22
5 - W.L. Hichens: printed report on the administration of Northern Western Rhodesia & Northern Eastern Rhodesia and prospects of their amalgamation. [50 pages, foolscap.] - 1910, Jan 24
6 - Winchester to Hawksley: wishes that the Northern Rhodesia mining law could be finally settled. - 1910, Apr 19
7 - C.W.S. Maude: memorandum of prospects of rubber in Northern Rhodesia - 1910, Apr
8 - N. Charterland Expl. Company Ltd.: enquiry re mining laws for Northern Rhodesia; with draft reply. - 1910, Jul 2
9 - Wilson Fox: memorandum commenting on enclosed letter from C.O. with draft of O.-in-C. for Northern Rhodesia; approves it in principle. - 1910, Jul 15
10 - British South Africa Company to C.O.: commenting on drafts for the proposed O.-in-C. for Northern Rhodesia and the mining laws for Northern Rhodesia [2 copies of letter re mining laws, and copy missing last page.] - 1911, Feb 15
11 - Wilson Fox to P.L.G.: mis-statements in article on Northern Rhodesia by Mrs. Roby and published by Etoile Belge. - 1911, Apr 21
12 - News from Barotsi-land: Paris Evangelical Mission. [24 pages, 8vo.] Jul - 1911
13 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed paper by Dr. A. Kinghorn on the binomics of Glossina Morsitans [tsetse flies]. Sep 16 - 1911
14 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: comments on and enclosed memorandum of new scheme of organisation for Northern Rhodesia civil service, including notes on pensions, leave and salaries with comparative table of service org. in Northern Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia - 1911, Oct 4
15 - Lewanika, Livingstone, to D. of Abercorn: pleased to hear that he accepts Letia as heir to the throne; has had satisfactory meeting with High Commissioner - 1911, Oct 2
16 - C.O. to British South Africa Company: enclosed reports from Major R.A. Gillum re the Anglo-Congolese Boundary Commission. - 1911, Oct 26
17 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: reports on establishment of civil service depts., with tabular analysis of offices and officers. - 1911, Oct 27
18 - Administrator, Livingstone: memorandum on rubber in Northern Rhodesia [pages 11-18 only.] - [1911]
19 - P.L.G. to Hon. Secretary, Church Council, Livingstone: gives his opinion as what should be the relationship of the Church Council to the incumbent of the benifice, the legal status of the Council with relationship to land ownership and whether natives should be admitted into the church. - 1911
20 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report by Dr. May on sleeping sickness covering activities from Dec 1910 to Feb 1912. - 1912, Mar 30
21 - Allan Kinghorn M.B. & Warrington Yorke M.D.: reports on the transmission of human trypanasome by Glossina Morsitans and on the occurrence of human trypanasomes in game. [First interim report of the Luangwe Sleeping Sickness Commission.] - 1912, Apr 12
22 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed reports & correspondence with magistrates & justices re native unrest in the Kasempa District, esp. among the Bahakondi [Bakonde] and Balunda people; including reports of native crimes and police expeditions. - 1912, Apr 13
23 - J.W. Colenbrander, Bulawayo, to Ld. Winchester: complaining at refusal of Northern Rhodesia Administrator to grant him 10,000 acres in Northern Western Rhodesia and at British South Africa Company's failure to give him financial backing; enclosed letter to & from British South Africa Company Commercial Branch re proposed grant. - 1912, Jun 7
24 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report by LI. Lloyd, Entomologist to the Luangwa Sleeping Sickness Commission, on the Glossina Morsitans in the Luangwa valley. [Pagination by British South Africa London Office is at fault.] - 1912, Jun 21
25 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: enclosed report by Dr. May on the present situation re sleeping sickness in the Luangwa Valley and a letter from Sir David Bruce, Nyasaland, to Dr. May commenting on Kinghorn's report. - 1912, Jul 11
26 - News from Barotsi-land: No. 47. - 1912, Nov
27 - Administrator, Livingstone, & Commandant General, Salisbury: copies of cables and telegraphic conversations re military arrangements in Northern Rhodesia including messenger service between Kasama and Broken Hill, military reinforcements at Kasama, Abercorn & Fife, and dispatch of column to N.E. border. - 1914, Nov 17-22
28 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: military progress in Northern Eastern Rhodesia - 1914, Dec 3
29 - Administrator, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: account of operations, esp. in Kasama District, enclosed report from Lt. Col. Hodson at Kasama to Commandant General at Salisbury; also other communications re military movements received at Livingstone. - 1914, Dec 18
30 - Lt. Col. Hodson, Abercorn, to Chief Staff Officer, Salisbury: report of military operations; enclosed letter from O.C., Saisi, reporting death of 2nd Lt. Daffarn. - 1915, Apr 30
31 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: general news letter, but esp. re the problems surrounding the setting up of an Advisory Council and the devising of a means of electing members. - 1917, Nov 6
32 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: Vol. 7, No. 15. - 1917, Dec 11
33 - Misc. loose papers re Northern Rhodesia including cables between British South Africa Company and Administrator, Livingstone, re creation of Advisory Council. - 1918, Jan 1-24
34 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: pleased at his knighthood; account of negotiations with High Commissioner over proclamation for Northern Rhodesia civil service organisation; has suspended long leaves, but is giving short leaves to the coast; other civil service matters; high death rate of native carriers with the army; discussions with farmers about cattle trading. - 1918, May 12
35 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Malcolm: impending visit of Ld. Buxton; political situation in the Advisory Council. - 1918, May 12
36 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Wilson Fox: the Company must be consistent about its mineral reservation policy; prospectors are angered when they discover minerals only to find, at a later date, that these have been reserved for exploitation by the Company; is sure that Northern Rhodesia will have to concentrate on labour-saving devices; manual labour will never be cheap or plentiful. - 1918, Sep 17
37 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Birchenough: Advisory Council matters; problems of men in civil service wishing to fight in Europe; Spanish influenza outbreak; general news. - 1918, Oct 14
38 - Wallace, Livingstone, to Malcolm: war situation; native carriers and return of von Lettow to Tanganyika; Northern Rhodesia's relationship with political situation in Southern Rhodesia - 1918, Oct 14
39 - Administrator, Livingstone, to High Commissioner, Johannesburg: reports on meeting of Advisory Council; forwards resolutions and drafts of Native Labour & Recruiting Amendment Ordinance & Native Registration Proclamation. - 1918, Oct 25
40 - Malcolm: memorandum to the Executive Committee with its recommendation to the board on the future position of Northern Rhodesia vis a vis the C.O. and the Company - 1919, Dec 15
41 - Fragments re Mr. Macdonell's salary and conditions of service in Northern Rhodesia - [1919]
42 - Summary of dispatches exchanged between the High Commissioner, Resident Commissioner, and Administrator, Northern Rhodesia, Mar 1920. - 1920, Apr 23
43 - Malcolm, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: attempts at cutting down on civil service expenditure; exchange of cables between London and Livingstone re successor to Lane, vetenary surgeon. - 1920, Jul-Aug
44 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: supplement giving report of proceedings of Advisory Council, Jun 21-29. [28 pages, foolscap.] - 1920, Aug 20
45 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: Vol X, No. 13. - 1920, Aug 31
46 - Summary of dispatches exchanged between the High Commissioner, Resident Commissioner and Administrator, Northern Rhodesia, Jul 1920. - 1920, Aug 27
47 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Malcolm: account of his visit to Northern Rhodesia, inefficiency of the Veterinary Department, relations with farmers. - 1921, Jul 4
48 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Malcolm: general report on Northern Rhodesia, esp. re financial situation. - 1921, Jul 16
49 - British South Africa Company to Chaplin: board's attitude on major constitutional issues in Northern Rhodesia - 1921, Aug 22
50 - Chaplin, Salisbury, to Malcolm: comments unfavourably on the decision by the Buxton Committee that questions of land and mineral ownership and liability for deficits in Northern Rhodesia should be referred to the Privy Council. - 1921, Aug 19
51 - Chaplin, Bulawayo, to Malcolm: comments on & enclosed notes of his meeting with the High Commissioner, in company with F.J. Clarke and L.F. Moore of the Advisory Company, the Res. Commissioner and Douglas Jones. - 1921, Sep 1
52 - R. Goode, Livingstone, to Marshall Hole: reports conversations with Randolph Baker re possible arrangements for inclusion of Northern Rhodesia in the Union; Prince Arthur's visit and Northern Rhodesia expenses; home leave. - 1922, Apr 28
53 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Birchenough: political situation in Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia; general trade and agricultural position in Northern Rhodesia, esp. re cattle. - 1922, Jun 18
54 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to P.L.G.: reduction of expenditure in Northern Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia agricultural shows at Bulawayo and Gwelo; effect of cattle fever and general trade depression. - 1922, Jun 22
55 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Birchenough: news re settlement with Union; general news re Northern Rhodesia esp. native affairs, and cattle show at Lusaka. - 1922, Jun 24
56 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to British South Africa Company: possibilities for reduction of expenditure in Northern Rhodesia - 1922, Jul 3
57 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to P.L.G.: waiting to hear Secretary of State's decision; Smuts' visit to Southern Rhodesia; Northern Rhodesia estimates. - 1922, Jul 7
58 - Chaplin, Livingstone, to Birchenough: reports what he has heard as to state of negotiations with the C.O.; Northern Rhodesia estimates. - 1922, Jul 24
59-60 - Northern Rhodesia Govt. Gazette: reports of proceedings of Advisory Council. - 1922, Aug 8,15
61 - F.H. Melland, Broken Hill, to Millar: recommends his forthcoming book In Witchbound Africa; is surprised at the growth of Broken Hill and district. - 1923, Aug 10
62 - R. Goode, Livingstone, to Sir Otto Beit: effects of the settlement on Northern Rhodesia [Extract of letter] - 1923, Aug 11
63 - Agreement between British South Africa Company and Yeta III for exploitation of timber. [2nd page only.]
64-68 - Misc. Ts. fragments re Northern Rhodesia
11 - Railways
12 - The Zambesi and de Laessoe
13 - Charter Trust & Agency
14 - Royal Charter, Orders-in-Council, ordinances and proclamations
15 - Fragments
BXA - British Exploration of Australasia Ltd - 1900-1910
MIL - Correspondence mostly between P.L. Gell and Alfred Milner (created 1st Viscount Milner) - 1871-1959
RTC - Rhodesia Trading Company Ltd - 1902-1924
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