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Notes in French by Stern on tank design. 4pp

Typescript statements of estimated costs of one complete landship (tank), without armament, and pedrail and creeper grip, with manuscript notes. 10pp

Schedule detailing the weight of the electric equipment of the TOG 2 tank. 1p

Specification and cost of two hundred B-18 bombers. 1p

Set of notes concerning the service on behalf of the Ministry of Munitions of French Gen Jean Baptiste Estienne, Commander, French Tank Corps, le Marquis de Chasseloup Laubat, French Commission in England, Inter-Allied Tank Bureau, French Lt Col Charles Aubertin, Sub-Director of Tanks, French Ministry of War, Paul Munich, Chef adjoint de Cabinet, French Ministry of Munitions, French Commandant Henri Michel, Chef de Bataillon du Genie, Commandant le 503eme Regiment d'Artillerie d'Assault, French Capt Edmund Parville [Parvillier?], French Ministry of War, French Capt Charles de Poix, Capitaine d' Artillerie, Commandant le Groupe 1 du 503eme Regiment d'Artillerie d'Assaut and French Capt Rene Couffon, Directeur de la Section Technique, de l'Artillerie d'Assaut. 8pp

Extracts made by Stern from a minute to and an interview with the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, relating to the role and responsibilties of the Tank Board. 1p

Notes on the trial of the TOG 1 tank at Lincoln, Lincolnshire, including list of those attending. 1p

Notes by Stern on the firing trials, mounting and subsequent arrangement of the Ordnance Quick Fire 3.7 inch monobloc gun for tank mounting. 1p

Notes made by Stern at the Tank Corps Central Workshops, Erin, France, of problems encountered with the Mark III tank and improvements required to tanks Mark IV and V. 2pp

Comments by William Rigby, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire on a report by S Potter, English Electric Company, London on the US Heavy Tank T1 with electric transmission in the light of his experience with electric transmission in the tanks of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Notes (without indication of authorship) explaining the need for a senior co-ordinating authority for the Royal Armoured Corps. 7pp

Notes by Stern on an interview with Capt Geoffrey Duke Burton, Director General of Tanks and Transport, Ministry of Supply, including Burton's question to Stern as to why there was a tremendous increase in the weight of heavier tanks without a corresponding increase in armament. 1p

Summary of a discussion between Stern, Capt the Rt Hon Oliver Lyttelton, Minister of Production, the Right Hon Sir (Percy) James Grigg, Secretary of State for War and the the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply relating to the armament of British tanks and the development work in that area being carried out by the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 1p

Notes by Stern on conversations with A M M Durrant, Directorate of Tank Design, Ministry of Supply to arrange inspections of the A12 (Infantry Tank Mark II) and A20 Tank and to examine the drawings of the A22 (Infantry Tank Mark IV). 2pp

Chronological summary by Stern of his correspondence and interviews with the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply from 4 Feb 1942 to 5 Jun 1942, culminating in Stern's attendance at the enquiry of Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply, into Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply held at the Ministry of Supply, Strand, London, 23 May 1942 and 28 May 1942. 1p

Notes by Stern for the enquiry of Graham Cunningham, Controller General Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply, into Stern's position at the Ministry of Supply held at the Ministry of Supply, Strand, London, 23 May 1942 and 28 May 1942, on the research projects being carried out by the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, namely the TOG 2* tank, Sinclair hydraulic equipment, the Ricardo engine, the TOG 3 tank, the 17 pounder 3 inch high velocity tank and anti-tank gun and the ball mounted turret with traverse gear at the base. 6pp

Order number 220 of Wg Cdr Frederick Lewis Maitland Boothby, Inspecting Commander, Armoured Car Division, Royal Naval Air Service, appointing Lt Cdr R W McGrath as Officer Instructor (temporary) and second-in-command, 20 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS). 1p

General Order number 216, of Wg Cdr Frederick Lewis Maitland Boothby, Inspecting Commander, Armoured Car Division, Royal Naval Air Service, for 20 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, detailing appointments and responsibilities of officers. 1p

Book by Lt Gen Sir Giffard Le Quesne Martel entitled Our armoured forces (Faber and Faber, London, 1942).

Pamphlet entitled Some amazing tank facts, by Richard Rapier Stokes, MP for Ipswich (Dugdale Printing, London, 1945), containing an attack on British tank policy in World War Two.