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Typescript application from Kennedy while a Capt, commanding 70 Siege Battery, 23 Bde, Royal Garrison Artillery, BAOR (British Army of the Rhine) to be posted to the British Expeditionary Force to Russia, or any other theatre of active warfare. 1p.

Pocket diaries for the years 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, containing manuscript notes, mostly of appointments. 6 diaries.

Article by Kennedy entitled 'The Anti-Bolshevik movement in South Russia, 1917-1920', extracted from the Journal of the Royal United Services Institution, vol 67 (Nov 1922). 22pp.

Papers concerning five articles written by Kennedy about FM Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, published in The Scotsman, 15-20 Aug 1959, including three sets, (loose, bound and photostat), of cuttings of the articles themselves and a letter of 27 Aug 1959 from War Office Librarian to Kennedy concerning binding up of copies of the articles in pamphlet form. 1 file

Photocopy of Kennedy's obituary in The Times. 1p

File of correspondence concerning the publication of Kennedy's book, The business of war (Hutchinson, London 1957). 1 file

Correspondence between Kennedy and Brig R.G.S. Bidwell, Deputy Commander, 43 (Wessex ) Division/District and Gloucestershire Sub District, Nov 1966, concerning Kennedy's Artillery training volume III (HMSO publication for the War Office 1928); letter from the Imperial War Museum, London of 4 Oct 1967 concerning the location of a portrait of Kennedy at the Museum; correspondence between Kennedy and Oxford University Colonial Records Project and King's College London, concerning the preservation of his papers, Jul-Oct 1968. 1 file

Papers relating to Kennedy's service as an artillery officer with the British Military Mission to South Russia, including correspondence, maps and manuscript notes, notably typescript account by Kennedy of the fighting which resulted in the capture of Ariol (Orel) near Kursk, Russia, by the White Russian Volunteer Army, together with notes on the need for propaganda in support of the White Russian Volunteer Army, the supply of shrapnel fuses to 60 pounder guns and the use of tractor-drawn artillery in open warfare, Sep 1919; papers relating to the award to Kennedy of a Russian decoration for his part in the action at Orel, near Kursk, Russia, Sep 1919-May 1920; manuscript report by Maj Lennox Brett O'Brien, Senior Liaison Officer, Royal Field Artillery, British Military Mission to South Russia, detached with Ural, Russia, Cossacks, on events in Ural region, Russia, Jan-Apr 1920. Also a Bolshevik recruitment poster, c 1920, with a colour illustration of peasants in a rural scene congregating to sign up under a red flag. 1 file.

Manuscript diaries, 1939-1943. 5 files

Manuscript diaries recording Kennedy's service as an artillery officer with the British Military Mission to South Russia, Aug 1919-Jul 1920, including his arrival at Taganrog, Russia, and appointment as Artillery Liaison Officer of the 1 Corps of the anti-Bolshevik White Russian Volunteer Army, Aug 1919; journey to Kharkov and meetings with Russian Maj Gen Belaieff, Inspector General of Artillery, 1 Corps, White Russian Volunteer Army and Russian Gen Kootyepoff, Commander, 1 Corps, White Russian Volunteer Army, Sep 1919; censure of the behaviour of other officers of the Mission; move to Belgorod, Russia, Headquarters, 1 Corps, White Russian Volunteer Army, Sep 1919; numerous observations on his contacts with Russian civilians; joining up with 1 Corps artillery and description of fighting near Kursk, Russia, during which the town of Ariol, (Orel), Russia, was captured by the White Russian Volunteer Army, Oct 1919; return to Taganrog, Russia, Nov 1919; meeting with Maj Gen Herbert Campbell Holman, Chief of British Military Mission; description of life at Taganrog, Russia, and references to Russian Gen Anton Denikin, Commander of the White Russian Volunteer Army, Dec 1919; detailed appreciation of the strategic situation in South Russia, including assessment of the causes of Denikin's failure, Dec 1919; at Novorossissk, Russia, new Headquarters of British Military Mission, Kennedy acting as Staff Capt, Royal Artillery, in charge of records, Jan 1920; remarks on Denikin, Feb-Mar 1920; sails to Theodosia, Crimea, Russia, just before fall of Novorossisk, Russia, with description of eyewitness accounts of fall of Novorossisk, Russia, Apr 1920; account of fighting in north Crimea, Russia, Apr 1920; descriptions of Crimea, Russia, Apr-Jun 1920; service with Allied Police Commission, Constantinople, Turkey, Jun-Sep 1920. 2 vols and typescript transcript, 227pp.

Manuscript diary kept by Kennedy, describing his service during World War One, including his initial posting as 2nd Lt with 130 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, to Egypt, Feb 1916; his posting to 15 Corps, Western Front, Apr 1916; his battery's involvement near Mametz, France, in the preliminary barrage and subsequent fighting at the Battle of the Somme, Western Front, Jun-Aug 1916; his participation in a reconnaissance operation near Montauban, France, 4-5 Jul 1916, for which he won the MC; his evacuation from the Western Front after being gassed, Aug 1916; posting to 119 Battery, 9 Heavy Artillery Group, 2 Corps, Oct 1916; active service on Somme front in the region of Thiepval and at the Schwaben Redoubt, including transcript of a reconnaissance report, 23 Oct 1916; his battery's participation in the Battle of the Ancre, Somme, France, Nov 1916; his battery's attachment to 51 Div for extra duties, Nov 1916; description of operations north east of Bapaume, France, Mar-Apr 1917; assignment to Headquarters, 9 Heavy Artillery Group, 10 Corps and reconnaissance work, Mar 1917; promotion to Lt, Jul 1917; active service near Ypres, Belgium, assignment to 242 Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, as commander and promotion to acting Maj and acting Capt, Jul-Aug 1917; staff and reconnaissance duties with Australian Corps Heavy Artillery, near Ypres, Belgium, Aug 1917-Apr 1918; presentation of his MC by HM King George V while on leave in London, Nov 1917; description of Heavy Artillery Staff and reconnaissance duties on the Somme front, with Australian Corps Heavy Artillery, Apr-Oct 1918, including appointment as acting Bde Maj (temporary Capt) Jul-Aug 1918. 3 vols, typescript transcript, 317pp.

Loose-leaf manuscript diary, relating to Kennedy's service as Director of Military Operations and Plans, War Office, London, covering all aspects of his senior role in planning British military strategy, including details of his contacts with Gen Sir John Greer Dill and Gen Sir Alan Francis Brooke, successively Chiefs of the Imperial General Staff, the Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia and French General Charles André Joseph Marie De Gaulle. 1 file.

Loose-leaf manuscript diary, relating to Kennedy's service as Director of Plans, War Office, London, Sep-Dec 1939, acting as War Office member of the Joint Planning Committee, including details of his contacts with the Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, Secretary of State for War, Gen Sir (William) Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Gen John Standish Surtees Prendergast Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Commander-in-Chief, BEF (British Expeditionary Force); his visit to British front line positions in North-East France, in company with the Rt Hon Leslie Hore-Belisha, Secretary of State for War, Nov 1939; notes written both in hospital and while recuperating after an accident, Nov 1939-Feb 1940; notes on Kennedy's suggested appointment as Chief of Staff of Force Avonmouth, the abortive Franco-British expedition to Narvik, Norway, planned for 16 Mar 1940, Mar 1940 and his appointment as Director of Military Operations and Plans, War Office, Oct 1940, including reports of conversations with Gen Sir John Greer Dill, Chief of the Imperial General Staff. 1 file.

Loose-leaf manuscript diary, relating to Kennedy's service as Director of Military Operations and Plans, War Office, London, covering all aspects of his senior role in planning British military strategy, including details of his contacts with Gen Sir Alan Francis Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, the Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Prime Minister and FM Sir John Greer Dill, Head of the British Joint Staff Mission to Washington DC, US. 1 file.

Loose-leaf manuscript diary, relating to Kennedy's service as Director of Military Operations and Plans and (from Oct 1943) Assistant Chief of the Imperial General Staff, War Office, London, covering all aspects of his senior role in planning British military strategy, including details of his contacts with Gen Sir Alan Francis Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, FM Sir John Greer Dill, Head of the British Joint Staff Mission to Washington DC, US, the Rt Hon Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, Prime Minister, Gen Bernard Law Montgomery, Commander, 8 Army and notes of an Army Council luncheon at the Dorchester Hotel, London given on behalf of FM Jan Christiaan Smuts, General Officer Commanding, Union Defence Forces in the Field, 10 Nov 1943. 1 file.

Manuscript diary kept by Kennedy between May 1915 and Feb 1916, recording his time at the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, describing the circumstances of his transfer from the Royal Navy and arrival at the Royal Military Academy, Jan 1915; his three months as a junior, or 'snooker'; his posting to 130 Battery, 'F' Brigade, Royal Garrison Artillery; the continuation of his cadet training as a senior; his commission into the Royal Garrison Artillery, Jul 1915; embarkation for France, Feb 1916. With some correspondence and printed matter related to his interest at the time in eoliths (early flint tools) and group photograph of 130 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, Sep 1915 and photograph of Kennedy's section, 130 Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, taken in Charlton Park, London, Sep 1915. 1 vol, 2 photographs.

File of papers containing typescript copies of numerous obituaries written by Kennedy for The Times, especially of senior British military personnel, 1961-1968, arranged in alphabetical order; typescript spare copies of these obituaries; press cuttings of published obituaries and articles written by Kennedy, 1957-1967; proof pages of a revised article on artillery for the Encyclopaedia Britannica containing both Kennedy's original contribution, 1928, and a further contribution by him to the revised versions, 1967. 1 file.

Typescript, showing editorial changes made before publication, of Kennedy's book, The business of war, (Hutchinson, London, 1957), based on the diaries he kept during World War Two, as rewritten while serving as Governor of Southern Rhodesia 1946-1954, 2 files.

Two typescript copies of Kennedy's draft introduction to the published version of his diaries, The business of war (Hutchinson, London, 1957). 18pp.

Typescript (working 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). 176pp, with eight appendices.