This microfiche and microfilm set reproduces the records of approximately 10,000 cases of the ecclesiastical court of appeals for southern England and Wales from 1660 to modern times. These include matrimonial, testamentary, and parochial cases and cases relating to the manners and morals of clergy and laity (including defamation). The Center holds the following categories of records:

GUIDE: Lambeth Palace Library. Index of cases in the Court of Arches at Lambeth Palace Library, 1660-1913. D-10607

• Act Books, 1635-1774. [Category A] 27 reels. MF-14174 r.1-27
• Acts of Court, 1714-1818. [Category Aa] 10 reels.MF-14174 r.28-37
• Assignation books, 1763-1875. [Category Aaa] 11 reels. MF-14174 r.38-48
• Sentences, 1560-1797. [Category B] 17 reels. MF-14174 r.49-65
• Appeals, 1661-1803. [Category C] 6 reels.  MF-14174 r.65-71
• Process books of the Court of Arches at Lambeth Palace Library, 1660-1893. [Category D] [Catalog Record] 12,950 fiche.
  The Process Books cover about 2,300 of the 10,000 cases and contain detailed statements of the proceedings in the lower court before the cases came to the Court of Arches on appeal. Formal proceedings are in Latin until 1733; depositions and other evidence are in English.  FICHE
• Personal answers, 1661-1803. [Category Ee] 9 reels. MF-14174 r.72-78
• Depositions, 1664-1803. [Category Eee] [Catalog Record] 17 reels.  MF-14174 r.79-81
• Depositions in individual cases, 1822-1860. [Category Eee] 308 fiche.
• Muniment books, 1554-1850. [Category F] 7 reels.MF-14174 r.82-86
• Minute books, 1875-1883. [Category Hhh]
  Part filmed with Assignation books [Category Aaa], and part filmed with Muniment books [Category F] 1 reel.MF-14174 r.87
• Black book of the Arches. [Category N] 1 reel.MF-14174 r.88

Set includes files from private offices of Chancellors of the Exchequer, and records from several international economics conferences in the 1930s. Part One of the collection includes analyses of the international financial situation, the rise of the U.S. as a major financial power and the economic development of Nazi Germany. It is also concerned with international economic policy, especially the notorious return to the Gold Standard in 1925, and includes the papers of several international economic conferences in the 1930s. Part Two contains the files in which the British Treasury re-enacted the "new deals" proposed by Keynes and Lloyd George to "conquer" mass unemployment. It also provides the actual records of deputations of the Chancellor from the major industrial organizations, such as the Federation of British Industries and the Trades Union Congress.

The Center holds over 450 reels and 200 fiche of Cabinet Office records produced by the Public Record Office and other micropublishers. This material usually should be requested under this entry format: Great Britain. PRO. CAB [class number/volume number]. The Center's holdings of substantial or complete CAB sets are listed below (many partial sets may be found in the catalog).

• PRO. CAB 19 - Records of Special Commissions to Enquire into the Operations of War in Mesopotamia (Hamilton Commission) and in the Dardanelles (Cromer and Pickford Commission), 1916-1919
• PRO. CAB 23 - Cabinet Minutes, 1916-1939. v. 1-101
• PRO. CAB 24 - Cabinet Memoranda, 1916-1939. v. 1-288
• PRO. CAB 28 - Proceedings and conclusions of Anglo-French and Allied conferences, 1915-1920. v. 1-9
• PRO. CAB 29 - International conferences, minutes and papers, 1916-1939
• PRO. CAB 30 - Washington (Disarmament) Conference, Minutes and Memoranda, 1921-1922
• PRO. CAB 37 - Photographic Copies of Cabinet Papers, 1880-1916. v. 1-162
• PRO. CAB 38 - Records of the Committee of Imperial Defence. Minutes and memoranda, 1888-1914. v. 1-28
• PRO. CAB 41 - Photographic Copies of Cabinet Letters in the Royal Archives, 1868-1916.
• PRO. CAB 42 - Papers of the War Council, Dardanelles Committee and the War Committee, 1914-1916. v. 1-26
• PRO. CAB 50 - Papers of the Committee of Imperial Defence, Oil Board. Minutes and Memoranda, 1925-1939. v. 1-17
• PRO. CAB 65 - War Cabinet. Conclusions [of meetings], 1939-1945. v. 1-55
• PRO. CAB 66 - War Cabinet. Memoranda. 1939-1945. v. 45, 15-16, 33-35, 48-52 [partial set]
• PRO. CAB 67 - War Cabinet minutes and papers, 1939-1941.Memoranda (WP(G) Series)
• PRO. CAB 68 - War Cabinet minutes and papers, 1939-1942.Memoranda (WP(G) Series)
• PRO. CAB 79 - War Cabinet and Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee. Minutes, 1939-1946. Records of Cabinet Committees, etc, 1939-1945. v. 1-92
• PRO. CAB 80 - War Cabinet and Cabinet: Chiefs of Staff Committee. Memoranda. v. 1-34, 56-106 [partial set]
• PRO. CAB 128 - Minutes (CM and CC Series), 1945-1974. v. 1-26 [partial set]
• PRO. CAB 129 - Memoranda (CP and C Series), 1945-1972. v. 1-64 [partial set]

For details on each set, consult the National Archives catalogue by reference number ("CAB xx").

 The Center has v. 4242-4251 (1919) and v. 4547-4548 (1920).

GUIDE: A General index to the sessional papers printed by order of the House of Lords or presented by special command, 1801-1859, Session 1. E-6235 Reference Folder #25 This material is comprised of a facsimile reprint for 1641-1805, and microfilm for 1806-1859.

The Main Papers are all documents produced or used by the House of Lords. This set covers the period 1509-June 1715, in nine parts. The contents of the Main papers include command papers, act papers, papers laid pursuant to subsidiary legislation, petitions, private bill papers, judicial papers, and public bill papers.

CRL holds the following series in hard copy:

• Cobbett's parliamentary history of England... [OCLC: 2190940]. Vol. 1-18 (1066-1777)
• Hansard's Parliamentary Debates (1st. series) [OCLC: 8273993]. Vol. 21-41 (1812-1820)
• Hansard's Parliamentary Debates (2nd. series) [OCLC: 7655703]. Vol. 1-25 (1820-1830)
• Hansard's Parliamentary Debates (3rd. series) [OCLC: 7655885]. Vol. 1-356 (1830-1891)
• Hansard's Parliamentary Debates (4th. series) [OCLC: 7655828]. Vol. 1-199 (1892-1908)
• House of Commons. Parliamentary Debates (5th series) [OCLC: 1604346]. Vol. 1-410 (1908-1945)
• House of Lords. Parliamentary Debates (5th series) [OCLC: 1695206]. Vol. 1-135 (1909-1945)

This set is not yet cataloged in CRL's catalog.

This series covers 1540-1660, and contains documents covering the political, legal and religious history of Tudor and Stuart England. The following titles are parts of this series:

• Part One: Lord Burghley's Papers [catalog record]
  Letters and papers ranging from the 13th century to 1685
• Part Two: Sir Julius Caesar's papers  [catalog record]
  From the Lansdowne collection (volumes 123-174), covering the years 1583-1636
• Part Three: The Most Important Volumes Selected from Vols. 187-554 of the Lansdowne Collection  [catalog record]
• Part Four: The Most Important Volumes Selected from Vols. 555-1036 of the Lansdowne Collection  [catalog record]
• Part Five: The Most Important Volumes Selected from Vols. 1050-1238 of the Lansdowne Collection  [catalog record]

This set is the microfilm edition of the manuscript collection of Thomas Tanner, Bishop of St. Asaphs, 1674-1735, in the Bodleian Library. The set consists of four parts:

• Part 1. Church, state and politics in England after the Civil War (1648-1699); reels 1-17.
• Part 2. Church, state and politics in sixteenth and seventeenth century England (1570-1647); reels 18-42.
• Part 3. Church, state and politics in seventeenth century England (1600-1700); reels 43-64.
• Part 4. Church, state and politics in England (1550-1700); reels 65-85.

Set of pamphlets, journals and miscellaneous materials issued from 1968-1975, and held in the Linen Hall Library, Belfast. The update covering 1973-1975 is called Political literature of Northern Ireland.

Microfilm edition of the Blenheim Papers comprise the papers of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. His correspondence with his colleague and close friend, Lord Treasurer Godolphin, with other ministers and officials, and with diplomats and foreign powers across Europe, affords a comprehensive view of English politics and government in the first decade of the 18th century. The set also includes papers of his wife Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and his son-in-law, the 3rd Earl of Sunderland. CRL owns all three parts of the set

A five-part archive covering the personal and professional life of prominent Black leader Booker T. Washington (1856-1915). This set includes personal and family-related correspondence, and records from associated institutions including the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama and the National Negro Business League. 

Papers of Chadwick, English social reformer noted for his work to reform the Poor Laws and improve sanitary conditions and public health.Includes correspondence, personal papers, and working files.Guide available at call no. E-9710 - "The papers of Sir Edwin Chadwick (1800-1890) : a handlist [of the collection in the library of University College, London.]"

This set includes the official and private correspondence of the Thynne family from about 1542-1780. The film is reproduced from the original manuscripts in the Archives of Longleat House by courtesy of the Marquess of Bath.

CRL owns parts 1-4 (of 4) of the section "Pamphlets and leaflets, 1885-1974." The section includes:

• Part One: 1885-1911 107 fiche
• Part Two: 1912-1939 101 fiche
• Part Three: 1940-1963 124 fiche
• Part Four: 1964-1974 96 fiche

See also: National Liberal Federation. Annual reports and council proceedings, 1877-1926 [catalog record].

Fiche set documents the growth of the PLP from its Edwardian origins in 1906 to the Party's landslide victory of 1945. It illustrates how the PLP responded to the challenges of the 1950s and charts the internal divisions that developed in the aftermath of the 1951 defeat.The set cotnains the following parts:

• Minutes and Records of the Administrative Committee, 1941-1945
• Minutes and Records of the Executive Committee, 1923-1927;
• Minutes and Records of the Liaison Committee, 1945-1968;
• Minutes and Records of the Parliamentary Committee, 1951-1964;
• Minutes and Records of the Parliamentary Labour Party, 1906-1968

These papers document the Labour Party's ideas and attitudes on social policy that became part of their platform. CRL owns Series 1, parts 1-3 of this collection.

This set contains reprints of the Year Books issued by Britain's three governing parties - Conservative, Labour and Liberal - since 1885.