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Collapse MS 1575 - Lempriere Collection - [early 18th cent. - 1973]MS 1575 - Lempriere Collection - [early 18th cent. - 1973]
Expand 1 - Family Papers - n.d. . c. 1791 - 19621 - Family Papers - n.d. . c. 1791 - 1962
Expand 2 - Political Papers - n.d. [c. 1887 - mid 20th cent.]2 - Political Papers - n.d. [c. 1887 - mid 20th cent.]
Collapse 3 - Records Relating To Aeronautical Pursuits - 1891 - [mid 20th cent]3 - Records Relating To Aeronautical Pursuits - 1891 - [mid 20th cent]
Expand 1 - Records of business - 1889 - 19211 - Records of business - 1889 - 1921
Expand 2 - Records relating to clubs and societies - n.d. [early 20th cent.] - 19482 - Records relating to clubs and societies - n.d. [early 20th cent.] - 1948
Expand 3 - Biographical - n.d. [early 20th cent]3 - Biographical - n.d. [early 20th cent]
Expand 4 - Correspondence - n.d. [late 19th cent.] - 19454 - Correspondence - n.d. [late 19th cent.] - 1945
Expand 5 - Printed material - 1886 - 19395 - Printed material - 1886 - 1939
Expand 6 - Records of balloon trips and events - n.d. [late 19th cent - c. 1950]6 - Records of balloon trips and events - n.d. [late 19th cent - c. 1950]
Expand 7 - Marketing and public relations - n.d. [c. 1890s - early 20th cent.]7 - Marketing and public relations - n.d. [c. 1890s - early 20th cent.]
Expand 8 - Lecture notes and public speaking - 1886 - [1940s]8 - Lecture notes and public speaking - 1886 - [1940s]
Expand 9 - Newspaper cuttings and articles - 1741 - 19609 - Newspaper cuttings and articles - 1741 - 1960
Collapse 10 - Miscellaneous - 1891 - 10 - Miscellaneous - 1891 -
Expand 1 - Correspondence - 1890 - 18951 - Correspondence - 1890 - 1895
Expand 2 - Advertisements - 1891 - [mid 20th cent]2 - Advertisements - 1891 - [mid 20th cent]
Expand 3 - Printed material - n.d. [early 20th cent. - mid 20th cent]3 - Printed material - n.d. [early 20th cent. - mid 20th cent]
Expand 4 - Sketches - n.d. [early 20th cent]4 - Sketches - n.d. [early 20th cent]
Expand 5 - Business cards etc. - n.d. [early 20th cent]5 - Business cards etc. - n.d. [early 20th cent]
Collapse 6 - Other - [c. 1896] - 19276 - Other - [c. 1896] - 1927
1 - Account of expenses incurred at Hôtel de L'Europe. - August 1894
2 - List [by Lempriére] of balloonists and parachutists killed/died naturally between 1824 and 1896. - [c.1896]
3 - Manuscript notes re the Reuters report of a balloon accident in Liberia. - February 1899
4 - 2 Provisional and Complete specification submitted by James and Charles Francis Jones, City of Birmingham, for the invention of "Improvements in Apparatus for Propelling and Steering Aeronautical Machines". No. 17 966. Includes diagrams, and a pencil illustration. Specification accepted 03 Jul 1902. - 1902
5 - Midlands Aviation Meeting, entry form for competitors for the June 27th to July 2nd meet at Dunstall Park, Wolverhampton. - June 1910
6 - Air Ministry notice to airmen, No. 13 of the year 1921, "Pilots' Licences: Compulsory Examination in Navigation. [9 page leaflet]. - January 1921
7 - 2 copies of a 7 page biographical typescript, "Chats with Lieutenant Lempriére, Master of Aerostation. Copied from Worlds Fair, July 11th 1925." - 11 July 1925
8 - List of people to receive copies of the "Instructions to Competitors" for the Birmingham Air Pageant on 16th Jul 1927. - 16 July 1927
9 - Invitation for Lempriére to join the Lord Mayor of Birmingham in his enclosure at the Birmingham Air Pageant, Castle Bromwich. - 16 July 1927
10 - Note re the risks of parachuting compared with balloon ascents, and the manoeuvrability of balloons. [In two pieces] - n.d. [early 20th cent]
11 - Note re someone's inaction, it is not clear what the subject matter is, possibly re breaks on a ballooning trip. - n.d. [early 20th cent]
Expand 7 - Ephemera - n.d. [early 20th cent]7 - Ephemera - n.d. [early 20th cent]
Expand 4 - Non Aeronautical Pursuits - 1877 - [early 20th cent.]4 - Non Aeronautical Pursuits - 1877 - [early 20th cent.]
Expand 5 - Other - [early 18th cent.] - [20th cent.]5 - Other - [early 18th cent.] - [20th cent.]
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