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Three page laminated personal history (including a history of the family business, printing company W. F. Arber & Co.) written by Mr Gary Arber in October 2012.
Four laminated A4 size colour photographs of printing machinery, equipment and storage facilities used by Mr Arber and family members in the printing business. 2012.
Two laminated copies of A4 size photographs (one black and white, one in colour) of views from the rear window of the W. F. Arber & Co. business premises at 459 Roman Road. 1927 and 2012.
Two laminated A4 size black and white family wedding photographs: a wedding photograph of Albert Arber in 1939 and a photograph of W.F. Arber Senior at his daughter's wedding in the 1920s (the latter was taken in the garden at the rear of the shop premises).
One laminated press cutting from the East London Advertiser regarding a plaque in memory of Albert Arber, commemorating his work as a fireman during the Second World War.
One laminated page containing two Barclays Bank cheques signed by W. F. Arber and dated May and August 1928.
Two laminated pages about Canvey Island: general visitor information and price lists for Admiral Fellicoe Hotel, Canvey Island.
One laminated page of information which, according to Mr Arber, was included on the reverse of a 1914 map. The information is a listing which would originally have come from a London Trade Directory, it includes the following entry for 159 Roman Road: 'Arber Walter Francis & Co. paper bag makers'. The shop was at 159 Roman Road when it was originally built in 1897 but was renumbered to 459 in the 1940s when the then Green Street was absorbed into Roman Road.
Two laminated pages of text (pages 286-287) from the publication 'The East End then and now' by Winston G. Ramsey (1997). These pages contain information relating to Arber & Co. and its role as the printer who produced much of the suffragettes' literature.
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