PHOTOGRAPHIC SOURCES IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS RECORD OFFICE Photographs of Parliament, its members, buildings, and ceremonies etc. are available from various sources. This is a Guide to those which can be consulted within HLRO. Other sources within Parliament are indicated at the end. * references available on a database The Buildings 1. The Architectural Archive* (this has references to plans, engravings and drawings as well as photographs). Includes photographs of the stone cleaning of c1920 - c1940 and the post war re-building of the House of Commons and photographic surveys. 2. Photographs taken by Benjamin Stone c1895-c1910 (HC Lib. MS 111). Mainly interior and exterior views but some groups of M.P.s and others are included. List and index available. 3. The Farmer Collection of photographs of the interior and exterior of the Palace of Westminster, c.1905 (Hist.Coll. 96). List available. 4. HLRO Collection of Images* includes many views of the interior and exterior of the Palace past and present. Members 5. Photographs of M.P.s and others for some Parliaments c1852-99, 1945, including volumes presented to Inspector Denning (HC Lib. MS 115). List and index available. 6. 3 photograph albums of Peers and 5 albums of M.P.s, c.1865-75 (in the custody of the House of Lords Library). 7. Photographs of peers, 20th century (Parliament Office Paper 595). 8. Several collections of private papers include photographs, including those of Beaverbrook, Bonar Law, Davidson, Lloyd George, Samuel, Sorensen, and Stansgate (Historical Collections*). Some are listed. 9. HLRO Collection of Images* includes photographs of members and staff of both Houses. Parliamentary Archives Reader Guide No. x Miscellaneous 10. HLRO Collection of Images* includes Parliamentary ceremonies (e.g. State Openings) and examples of the most important or typical records of Parliament. 11. Parliament Office Papers series* includes photographs relating to various subjects. 12. Palace of Westminster Second World War Records include photographs of the Home Guard etc. HLRO is willing to loan its negatives and transparencies or to allow photography or filming of the images in situ. Fees are payable. Other sources of photographs within Parliament include: 13. The Curator of Works of Art. 14. The Parliamentary Education Unit (particularly for current internal and external images of the Palace). 15. The Parliamentary Broadcasting Unit (HLRO also has a small audio-visual collection). Sources of photographs relating to Parliament outside of the Palace of Westminster include: 16. The National Monuments Record Office (holdings include progress photographs of building schemes, a copy of the catalogue is in the Architectural Archive). 17. The National Portrait Gallery (holds photographs by Benjamin Stone of MPs and other individuals). September 1998 Parliamentary Archives Reader Guide No. x .