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MS 1575 - Lempriere Collection - [early 18th cent. - 1973]

1 - Family Papers - n.d. . c. 1791 - 1962

2 - Political Papers - n.d. [c. 1887 - mid 20th cent.]

3 - Records Relating To Aeronautical Pursuits - 1891 - [mid 20th cent]

1 - Records of business - 1889 - 1921

2 - Records relating to clubs and societies - n.d. [early 20th cent.] - 1948

3 - Biographical - n.d. [early 20th cent]

4 - Correspondence - n.d. [late 19th cent.] - 1945

1 - Testimonials and letters of thanks and payment - 1887 - 1912

2 - Letters re engagements and other aeronautical topics - 1888 - [early 20th cent.]

1 - Letters from Peter C. Campbell [of the Novelty Air Ship Company, Brooklyn], N. R. Briggs, Frederick Moore, and J. Burrill re air ships. - 1888-1889

2 - Envelope addressed to Lempriére, from the Novelty Air Ship Co. [Contents no longer included, possibly 3/4/2/3]. - January 1889

3 - Letter to Lempriére from Peter C. Campbell [of the Novelty Air Ship Co., Brooklyn, New York] re his invention. - January 1889

4 - Letter to Lempriére from Professor Carl Myers, aeronautic engineer. Re crossing the Atlantic with an airship. - 01 February 1889

5 - Letter to Lempriére from James A. Whelan enquiring into balloon ascents and parachute descents. - 22 April 1890

6 - Letter to Lempriére from Campbell re an offer of shares and other in return for Lempriére guaranteeing his travelling expenses and the building of a balloon and netting. Written on a "Terms of Agency and Appointment" for the Electro-plating & gilding works, of which Lempriére was the proprietor. - n.d. [1890s]

7 - Letter [to Lempriére] from J. T. [Beatson?] regretting that Lempriére did not get the "job" at Selby, and that had he known his terms, he would have given him the job. - 08 June 1895

8 - Letter to Lempriére from Edward [Foss?] re seeing Lempriére at a carnival, together with a description of the event with people's reactions. - 22 July 1895

9 - Letter from William Woodhouse, secretary of the Dudley Castle fete, re engaging him to make ascents at the next fete. - 3 March 1900

10 - Letter to Lempriére from L. G. Milne re the story "The (?) in the clouds", and it's being based on a story edited by Charles Dickens entitled "A True American Tale". - n.d. [c1900]

11 - Letter to Lempriére from John Dudley, Vice Chairman, E. Hollier, and William Woodhouse, secretaries of Dudley Castle Fetes. - 11 March 1902

12 - Memo from George Burton to Lempriére re the booking of Arthur Ingle for the "gala at Victoria Park Handsworth". - May 1903

13 - Letter from the Handsworth & District Horticultural Society accepting Lempriére's tender to provide "Variety Artists" for the exhibition in Victoria Park Handsworth on the 23rd and 24th July 1903. Acts include: The Three Charms, The Moxon Family, Professor Robert Gilbert, Arthur Ingle, Great Scott, Blanche and Dracoff, The Musical Haverleys, and The Bros. Bailey Punchinello Show with pipes and dog Toby. - May 1903

14 - Memo [on illustrated stationery] from Bros. Bailey accepting the engagement of performing [at Victoria Park, Handsworth] on the 24th and 25th July 1903. - May 1903

15 - Letter to Lempriére from George Loyal re the cost of engaging Ella Zuila "Heroine of the Aerial Cable", for the 22nd and 23rd of July next. - 13 January 1904

16 - Letter [with envelope] to Lempriére from William Woodhouse secretary of Dudley Castle Fetes re giving him the engagement for three ascents for the sum of twenty-seven guineas. - 10 March 1905

17 - Letter from George W. Loader, secretary of the Sparkhill Amateur Horticultural Society, to Messrs Lempriére and Green accepting their offer to provide entertainment at the show grounds on 7th Aug 1905. - July 1905

18 - Note [to Lempriére] from Gaudron. - April 1906

19 - Letter from Gaudron to Lempriére, requesting him to carry out a hot air parachute descent. - April 1906

20 - Letter from Gaudron to Lempriére, asking if he has a spare passenger balloon. - May 1906

21 - Royal Agricultural Show [Norwich] postcard to Lempriére from E. H. Wood reading "Will let you know next week." The illustration on the postcard features Queen Victoria. - 9 June 1911

22 - Photograph envelope addressed to Lempriére at 13 Wilton Rd, Handsworth. It is marked "York Gala 1921". [No photographs enclosed, see 3/6/2/4 for possible original contents]. - 1921

23 - Letter [to Lempriére] from The South East London Engineering Works, re the provision of facilities for inventors. - n.d. [early 20th cent]

24 - Letter [to Lempriére] from Payne re some business they can do and Whelan's ascent in Blackburn, which "was a fiasco" when the lady parachutist refused to jump. Written on the backs of three copies of the poem "The Lady Parachutist". - n.d. [early 20th cent]

25 - Note re the reasoning behind a letter Lempriére wrote about expenses incurred on a trip. This note no longer attached to the letter. - n.d. [early 20th cent]

26 - Telegraph to Lempriére from Hodgson re his agreement to extra charge for hot air. - 1902

3 - Personal letters and related papers - [late 19th cent. - early 20th cent.]

4 - Miscellaneous - n.d. [late 19th cent. - early 20th cent]

5 - Printed material - 1886 - 1939

6 - Records of balloon trips and events - n.d. [late 19th cent - c. 1950]

7 - Marketing and public relations - n.d. [c. 1890s - early 20th cent.]

8 - Lecture notes and public speaking - 1886 - [1940s]

9 - Newspaper cuttings and articles - 1741 - 1960

10 - Miscellaneous - 1891 -

4 - Non Aeronautical Pursuits - 1877 - [early 20th cent.]

5 - Other - [early 18th cent.] - [20th cent.]

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