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War Office official manual, Artillery training, volume III, (HMSO, 1928), by Kennedy. 194pp.

Bound typescript entitled 'Ironside's letters to Colonel R. Macleod', containing a transcription of letters sent by FM (William) Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron of Archangel and Ironside, to Col Roderick (Rory) Macleod, 1931-1960. Presented by Macleod to Kennedy, Nov 1966. 70pp

Bound typescript translation entitled 'Great battles fought during the First World War - 1914-1918 - Flanders 1917. Translated from German official history and General von Kuhl's account', by Col Roderick (Rory) Macleod. Presented by Macleod to Kennedy, Jul 1969. 67pp

Typescript (top copy) of unpublished memoir by Kennedy entitled 'The birth of the Central African Federation', concerning the creation, during his governorship of Southern Rhodesia, of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland (or Central African Federation), embracing the colony of Southern Rhodesia and the territories of Northern Rhodesia and Nyasaland, (1953-1963), with correspondence between Kennedy and Curtis Brown Limited, London, concerning the possibility of publication, including a report for the publishers and correspondence concerning deposit of the work with the Oxford University Colonial Records Project. 1 file.

Typescript transcript of talk by Kennedy recorded at the BBC, May 1958, dealing with remarks made by FM the Rt Hon Jan Christiaan Smuts, South African Prime Minister, in 1943, concerning the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, and in 1948, concerning Sir Godfrey Martin Huggins, Prime Minister of Southern Rhodesia. 1 file

Bound typescript entitled 'An artillery officer in the First World War', by Col Roderick (Rory) Macleod. Presented to Kennedy by the author, Nov 1966. 244pp

Bound typescript entitled 'A secret service agent in South-West Africa: Ironside's story as told to me and from notes he left behind' detailing the service of FM (William) Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron of Archangel and Ironside, as a British agent in South Africa, German South West Africa and British Bechuanaland, 1902-1904, by Col Roderick (Rory) Macleod. Presented to Kennedy by the author, Nov 1966. 61pp

Uncorrected proof of article on artillery for the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Pages 14-19 and 28-48 are by Kennedy. 48pp.

Bound albums of programmes of theatrical and musical performances and exhibitions at the Theatre at Rosehill, (Rosehill Arts Trust, of which Kennedy was chairman), Moresby, Whitehaven, Cumberland. 2 vols

File of press cuttings, photographs, postcards and manuscript notes kept by Kennedy on both historical and contemporary military themes, including cuttings of book reviews relating to FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, cuttings of book reviews by Kennedy published in The Army, Navy and Air Force Gazette under the pseudonyms Militaris, LLC (Local Lt Col) and SCC (Staff College Camberley), a review by Kennedy of The British way in Warfare (Faber & Faber, London, 1932), by Capt Sir Basil Henry Liddell Hart, together with a cutting of a letter of response from Liddell Hart, both published in The Army, Navy and Air Force Gazette 1932 and a typescript paper by Kennedy on common sense philosophy amongst soldiers. 1 vol.

File containing press cuttings of advertisements for Kennedy's book, The business of war (Hutchinson, London 1957) and cuttings of a serialisation of the book in the Gibraltar Chronicle, Dec 1957-Jan 1958. 1 file

Press cuttings of reviews and articles by Kennedy, notably a review of the Memoirs of FM Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein for the Newcastle Journal, 3 Nov 1958; review of In Flanders fields, by Leon Wolff, (London, Longmans 1959) for the Cape Times, 25 Feb 1959; two articles on contemporary Africa for the Cumberland Evening News, 11-12 May 1960. 1 file.

Two newspaper cuttings from The Times, 8 May 1945, on the end of World War Two in Europe, and 16 Aug 1945, on the victory against Japan.

File of press cuttings dealing with the publication of Kennedy's book, The business of war (Hutchinson, London, 1957), including mounted cuttings of press reviews; mounted press cuttings containing further reviews, letters and articles referring to Kennedy himself and the controversy at the time over the publication of diaries by senior World War Two defence personnel, including those of Kennedy and FM Alan Francis Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke of Brookeborough, contained in Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant's The turn of the tide (Collins, London, 1957); mounted cuttings of reviews from the North American press, with some associated correspondence; mounted press cuttings of the serialisation of Kennedy's book in the Evening Standard, Oct 31-13 Nov 1957 and a typescript memoir of Kennedy's time as governor of Southern Rhodesia, written by the Rt Hon Sir Robert Clarkson Tredgold, Chief Justice, Federal Supreme Court, Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and forwarded to Kennedy by the Deputy Editor of the Evening Standard, 19 Nov 1957, with a comment on the success of the serialisation of Kennedy's book in the newspaper. 1 file.

Small file of papers referring to Kennedy's book, The business of war (Hutchinson, London 1957), including typescript lists of errata and press cuttings of the serialisation of the book in the Evening Standard, Oct-Nov 1957. Also, press cutting from The Times, 8 Jan 1958, announcing the expiry of Kennedy's tenure as Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery. 1 file

Collection of photographs and newspaper and magazine cuttings relating to Kennedy's career, mostly official photographs dating from his period as Director of Military Operations and Plans at the War Office, London, Oct 1940-Oct 1943 and Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, London, all illustrating major figures in the government, the War Office and the Army at this time, including official photographs of visit to BEF (British Expeditionary Force) positions in France and Belgium, Nov 1939; photograph of portrait of Kennedy by the War Office artist Henry Lamb, 1941; photograph of Kennedy as Governor of Southern Rhodesia, posing in full regalia with Catherine Kennedy, Lady Kennedy [1950], photograph of portrait of Kennedy in uniform of Governor of Southern Rhodesia, painted by F. Wiles for the Southern Rhodesia Parliament, [1950]. 54 photographs

File of papers extracted from Kennedy's World War Two diaries, including a War Office letter appointing Kennedy Director of Plans (Director Grade B) at the War Office, London, with the temporary rank of Brigadier, Oct 1939; papers relating to the accident in which Kennedy was run over by a motor car in Birdcage Walk, London, Dec 1939-Jan 1940; instructions to be issued down to platoon commanders and instructions to Commander, relating to Force Avonmouth, the abortive Franco-British expedition to Narvik, Norway, planned for 16 Mar 1940, Mar 1940; special confidential report by Lt Gen Sir Hubert Jervoise Huddleston, General Officer Commanding, Northern Ireland District, on Kennedy's service as Brigadier on the General Staff, Northern Ireland, Jun-Sep 1940, Oct 1940 and a note of Kennedy's appointment as Director of Military Operations and Plans, War Office, Oct 1940. 1 file.

File of papers extracted from Kennedy's World War Two diaries relating to his service as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, London, during 1944, including a memorandum entitled 'First impressions of Operation "Overlord" made at the request of the Prime Minister by General Montgomery', Jan 1944 and a War Office list of personnel serving under Kennedy as Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, together with details of appointments and duties, Jun 1944. 1 file.

File of papers extracted from Kennedy's World War Two diaries relating to his service as Director of Military Operations and Plans and (from Oct 1943) Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, London, during 1943, including a note by the British Joint Planners at the Casablanca, Morocco Conference, relating to strategic and political considerations governing the decision to attack either Sicily, Italy or Sardinia, Italy, Corsica, France and the Dodecanese, Greece and a manuscript memorandum by Kennedy entitled 'Settlement of the Jews', Jun 1943. 1 file.