Includes:

Bound photocopy of a manuscript titled, 'Pioneers of the Biritsh Film: The Work of Birt Acres and Arthur Melbourne-Cooper', written by Luke Dixon (178B29.2(xliv))

Folder containing loose articles, translations and writings by various, relating to Birt Acres (178B29.2(xlv))

Audio cassette tape, unkown content.

Letter from Howards and Sons to Ltd Sidney Birt Acres in response to his enquiry about information on different solvents. Howards and Sons Ltd Chemical Manufacturers headed letter paper with pencil notes on reverse, 1p.

Letters to Alan Acres.

Letters to Mrs S. Birt Acres from the British Film Institute.

Letter of recommendation for Kevin Acres from Gordon Pagan of Linear Graphics Limited.

Photocopy of newspaper cutting from a Daily Telegraph article entitled ‘Royal Film Show’ written by Sidney Birt Acres.

Patent registration forms and several typed and hand written versions of a new type of gear wheel invention.

Specifications for Normalair humidifiers.

Notebook on film making recipes and film perforations data, containing four loose notes.

Notebook on film making recipes.

Notebook on making film stock entitled formulae, containing multiple loose notes.

Notebook with recipes for film stock and emulsion containing multiple loose pages including four on typed pages on Substratum Formulae and one entitled Birt Acres rapid negative.

Notebook entitled ‘Notes on Lots of Materials, films, plates, bromide paper, post cards, etc. Also contains hand written loose pages on photographic process (rapid ammonia), standard positive emulsion, substratus as recommended by The American Celluloid Co., for their T-12 celluloid base and others.

Audio cassette tape interview with Audrey Wadowski, on film lists. London, part of eight cassette recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Birt Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper' descendants and relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Audio cassette tape number T047. Audrey Wadoski with A.M. Cooper, Coton on B. Acres start filming Bertha Randall, mail trains upside down camera, etc. Part of eight cassette recordings conducted by Tjitte de Vries with Birt Acres' and Melbourne-Cooper' descendants and relations. Tape N.R. XV,. Disc 10, Band 15a, WAV, 194 Mb, 37 mins (a+b). Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Audio cassette tape number T001. Side A: A.M. Cooper visits. Sidney B. Acres, Southend 1956 Side B: BBC interview of A.M. Cooper interviewed by Ernest Lindgren Bush House. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Tape N.R. VI and XII. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Audio cassette tape number T183. Visit to Mrs Sidney Acres, part 2 also with Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres. Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Audio cassette tape number T181. Interview with Tjitte de Vries and Audrey Wadowski about Birt Acres and Arthur Melbourne-Cooper. London, Holl. Park Avenue. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.

Audio cassette tape number T180. Interview with Mrs Acres by Tjitte de Vries (Audrey reading from Luke Dixon MS), Southend. Part of eight cassette recordings of Tjitte de Vries of Birt Acres and Melbourne-Cooper relations. Copy from Tjitte de Vries, Arthur Melbourne-Cooper Archive.