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Typescript copy of autobiographical account written by Mayhew and intended for, although never posted to, his family at Felthorpe Hall, Norwich, relating to his service with Special Operations Executive (SOE), 1940-1942. Letter mentions in detail Mayhew's training at Matlock Intelligence Training Centre, Derbyshire, and SOE schemes and operations in occupied territories; detailed plans for assisting the escape of his brother Paul Mayhew from the K-Lines military internment camp at Curragh, Ireland; the workings of the Political Intelligence Department, SOE; actions of resistance fighters in occupied France; the planning of crop sabotage in occupied countries, including the spread of disease and contamination to beet root crops; the planning of sabotage in the event that Germany should invade Turkey; the spread of anti-communist propaganda in France and Spain; prospects for SOE activities in the Caucasus region and the Far East; the assassination of Axis agents; Mayhew's role as Private Secretary to Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Minister of Economic Warfare; details about equipment used by the SOE, including incendiary devices, limpet mines, itching powder; and, Mayhew's personal perceptions of various resistance fighter groups in occupied countries of Europe. 40 pages.

Ringed address book of Arab contacts in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, including annotations of occupations, personal characteristics, physical features and personality traits of contacts. 1 item.

Ringed books, with names, addresses and telephone numbers of personal and political associates of Mayhew's in the UK and worldwide. 6 items.

Photo album with photographs presented to Mayhew as a memento of a reception held at the Arab Club for the Arab-British Chamber of Commerce, 19 Nov 1991. 1 item.

One 7 ½ IPS 2 Track reel to reel tape of Radio 9, CJVI, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, interview with Mayhew as Minister of Defence (RN), Jan 1965.

One 7 ½ IPS 2 Track reel to reel tape of a radio discussion, in Russian, relating to Anglo-Soviet relations. 1 item.

One VHS (Vertical Helix Scan) video cassette of a rough cut of British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) television documentary on Dr Albert Hoffmann, synthesiser of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). 1 item.

Typescript extracts from Mayhew's diary during his service as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1946-1950. Extracts relate primarily to Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Bevin's decision regarding the future of Palestine, relations with the USSR, opinions of FM Sir Archibald Percival Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Viceroy of India, regarding the future of India; communist insurrection in Greece; Bevin's frustration with Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Lord President of the Council and Leader of House of Commons; Rt Hon Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps; and, Rt Hon Edward Hugh John Neale Dalton, Chancellor of the Exchequer regarding foreign policy direction, 1948. 20 pages.

Facsimiles of memoranda and official documents relating to Mayhew's efforts in the Information Research Department (IRD), Foreign Office, to create and distribute anti-communist information globally and to prevent the infiltration of UK government departments by alleged communist sympathizers. Papers include note of meeting at the Foreign Office, London, in which Mayhew was authorized by Rt Hon Ernest Bevin, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and Prime Minister Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, to establish the IRD as a means to provide information about communist activities and to provide counter-propaganda and political warfare capabilities, Dec 1947; surveys of trade unions in the USSR; descriptions of liaison activities between the IRD and UK information officers at Overseas Missions; liaison activities with the London Press Service, the Trade Union Congress (TUC) and UK High Commissioners abroad. Papers also include memoranda and official documents relating to the founding of 'Freedom First', an anti-communist periodical sponsored by the UK Foreign Office and distributed to foreign trade unions, Jun 1948. 1 box.

Correspondence and drafts of speeches and articles written by Mayhew and submitted to journals and newspapers for potential publication. Articles concern UK Labour Party politics, 1945-1974; European economic recovery following World War Two; the Korean War, 1950-1953; Soviet communism; UK defence policy during the Cold War; social and economic policy in the UK; the UK role in the Middle East and proposed UK relations with Arab nations and Israel. 1 file.

Manuscript and typescript correspondence and semi-official memoranda relating to the legislation of the UK War Crimes Bill, 1991. Papers include typescript copies of memoranda and reports from Mayhew as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs to Rt Hon Ernest Bevin, UK Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, relating to the alleged existence of Yugoslavian war criminals in the UK, 1947-1948; manuscript and typescript correspondence relating to allegations that the Labour government intentionally failed to take action against the prosecution of war criminals after World War Two, 1946-1950; memoranda relating to increased public interest in the arrest, trial and prosecution of alleged war criminals in the UK, 1989-1990; correspondence relating to Mayhew's objections and protests of the 1991 War Crimes Bill. 1 file.

Typescript correspondence and conference notes compiled by Mayhew as a list of international contacts primarily relating to Anglo-Soviet relations. Correspondents include Willy Brandt, Mayor of Berlin; John (Dennis) Profumo, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs. 1 file.

Typescript and manuscript correspondence, play scripts and press cuttings relating to the production of 'Those in Favour', BBC, 1951, a teleplay about the Cold War written by Mayhew and subsequently broadcast on Home Service and General Overseas radio. Papers also include correspondence and teleplay scripts for the US production of 'Those in Favour', Radio Corporation of America (RCA), 1952; correspondence and teleplay scripts relating to 'Left Right, Left Right', a lighter re-working of 'Those in Favour', and Mayhew's attempts to receive financial funding for production, 1963. 1 file.

Typescript and manuscript correspondence, copies of book reviews and publisher's notes relating to the second publication of One Family's War, edited by Mayhew's brother Patrick Mayhew, and with an introduction by Lord Mayhew (Spellmount Publishers, London 1995). 1 file.

Typescript and manuscript correspondence, drafts and press cuttings relating to Mayhew's autobiography, Time to explain, Hutchinson, 1987. Papers include early drafts, book reviews and letters from well-wishers. 1 file.

Semi-official correspondence, meeting minutes and interview transcripts relating to Arab-Israeli relations, and in particular, includes Mayhew's correspondence with Arab leaders in the Middle East and Arab organizations in Europe, travel itineraries and typescript meeting minutes with Arab military and political leaders in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt. Correspondents include Gamal Abdul Nasser, President of the United Arab Republic and Egypt, 1956-1970, and Sir Harold Beeley, UK Ambassador to the United Arab Republic, 1967-1969. 1 file.

Semi-official correspondence, meeting minutes and interview transcripts relating to Arab-Israeli relations, and in particular, includes Mayhew's correspondence with Arab leaders in the Middle East and Arab organizations in Europe, travel itineraries and typescript meeting minutes with Arab military and political leaders in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Iraq and Egypt, 1974. Papers also relate to Mayhew's chairmanship of the Arab Non-Arab Foundation (ANAF) and the Labour Middle East Committee and include letter from Mayhew to the Rt Hon Sir Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, protesting a proposed visit to the UK by Israeli Knesset member Menachim Begin, 1971; letter of friendship from London Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) representative Said Hammami to Mayhew, 1975. 1 file.

Typescript and manuscript correspondence, journals, pamphlets and books relating to Mayhew's position as Vice Chairman, Liberal Action Group for Electoral Reform, 1974-1980 and relating to electoral reform of the UK and European parliamentary voting systems. Papers include correspondence between members of the Liberal (later Liberal Democratic) Party, including leader Rt Hon Jeremy John Durham 'Paddy' Ashdown; minutes of the Democrats Action Group for Gaining Electoral reform (DAGGER), 1992-1993; one copy of Mayhew's The disillusioned voter's guide to electoral reform (Arrow Books, London, 1976); nine copies of Representation: the journal of representative democracy, 1991-1996; one copy of Michael Temple, Coalitions and cooperation in local government (The Electoral Reform Society, London, 1996); one copy of Robert A Newland and Frank S Britton, How to conduct an election by the single transferable vote (The Electoral Reform Society, London, 1972); copy of House of Lords Official Report which includes the motion calling for a better system of proportional representation, 1993. 2 files.