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Paper by Stern entitled 'Explanatory notes for Gen Seely before proceeding to Neuvy-Pailloux, July 14th', addressed to Maj Gen the Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely, Deputy Minister of Munitions, prior to his visit to the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. The paper describes the nature of the delays in the construction of the factory, and mentions the lack of assistance and the criticisms made of the scheme by the French. It also contains a negative assessment of the prospect of achieving large scale production at the Factory during 1919. 3pp

Paper by Stern containing an account of his view of the failures in British tank design and production, the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the need for the Tank Board to act as a liaison body between the military authorities and civilian experts and manufacturers. 8pp

Minute and supporting papers relating to the transfer of work on landships (tanks) from the Admiralty to the Ministry of Munitions. 10pp

File of papers relating to a lunch held at the Savoy, London on 15 Sep 1941 to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the of the first use of tanks at the Battle of the Somme, 1916, including a transcript of a speech given by Stern, copies of letters of invitation, letters of refusal and acceptance, list of those attending, press cutting from the Evening News, 15 Sep 1941, typescript extract from The Petroleum Times, 20 Sep 1941and letters of appreciation from some of those who attended.

Papers relating to Stern's subscription to the Société Sportive du St Cloud Country Club. 3 documents

Copy papers relating to Stern's dismissal from the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions in Oct 1917, sent to the LHCMA by the Stern family in 1994, including copies of letters from the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions to Stern, Oct 1917 and a copy extract from the book The Yankee Marlborough (George Allen and Unwin, 1963). 7 items

Papers relating to the Industrial League, London, including correspondence announcing meetings and a report for the year ending 30 Sep 1918. 5 documents

Papers relating to Stern's dismissal from the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions in Oct 1917, including a memorandum by Gen Sir Robert Dundas Whigham recounting a meeting with Sir (Arthur) McDougal Duckham, Member of Council, Ministry of Munitions in Oct 1917 at which it became apparent that Duckham had without grounds informed the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Minister of Munitions that Whigham was one of three War Office generals who were unable to cooperate with Stern; an exchange of letters between Whigham and Stern about the memorandum and a similar exchange of letters between Stern and Churchill, in which Churchill stated that he had acted, in removing Stern from his Department, in accordance with the advice he received at the time. 6 items

File of papers relating to a typescript memorandum bearing manuscript annotations entitled 'The scandal of the British tanks. A demand for an enquiry', Dec 1943, containing criticism of the performance in the field of the British Army's tanks and of those responsible for tank development, together with an account of the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and calling for an enquiry into the full facts about British tank production, 1939-1943, including an appendix containing quotations from Hansard, Jul 1942-Nov 1943. The file also contains a set of copies of official memoranda and correspondence by Stern with the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, the Right Hon Oliver Frederick George Stanley, Secretary of State for War and others, expressing his concerns over the state of mechanical warfare development, 1940-1943; a note by members of the Tank Committee, stating that, following consideration of the memorandum, in their opinion an early secret debate on British tanks was necessary, 15 Dec 1943; a note by Stern requesting legal advice about the possibility of libel in the memorandum and a letter from G F Pitt-Lewis, Coward, Chance and Company Limited, London to Stern, 19 Jun 1945, relating to the return of the memorandum to Stern and mentioning that the document had been discussed at a meeting between them of 22 Dec 1943. 9 documents

Papers concerning the gift by Stern of photographs, films and a painting relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the School of Tank Technology, Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington, Dorset and to a visit by Stern to the Centre in 1954. 9 documents

Papers relating to the preparation by Maj A L T Sassoon, School of Tank Technology, Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington, Dorset of a set of notes about the TOG tanks of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, together with correspondence between Sassoon and William Rigby, Director, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire and between Rigby and Stern relating to corrections of the notes and the deposit of plans of the TOG tanks in the Centre by Rigby. 8 documents

Papers relating to the dissolution of the Tank Supply Committee and the transference of its powers to the Tank Supply Department, including a list of staff of the Tank Supply Department and a list of the names of the members of the Tank Supply Committee. 6pp

Bound volume containing loose papers, chiefly correspondence and memoranda, relating to Stern's service with the Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies Department), Ministry of Munitions, including papers relating to the Anglo-American Commission, dealing with tank production, and the establishment of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France, Aug-Oct 1918.

File of papers entitled 'Anecdotes', including a copy of a letter from Ashmead Bartlett to Stern, 5 Mar 1918, describing his visit to a destroyed tank, HMS CORUNNA, during the Battle of the Somme in Oct 1916, which was subsequently reproduced as Appendix I of Stern's book, Tanks 1914-1918; the log-book of a pioneer (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1919), a memorandum from F Skeens, Director of Armament, Mechanical Warfare Department, Ministry of Munitions to Lt Anderson, Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, defining the term 'sponson' (a projecting gun platform), 10 Jan 1919, a letter from R H Brackenbury, Pedrail Transport Limited, London to Stern, describing the Company's links with the Landships Committee, Admiralty in 1915, 26 Feb 1919, other papers relating to the composition of Stern's book, an undated memorandum by Stern of the circumstances of his invitation by the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin Minister of Supply to become involved in mechanical warfare in 1939 and a copy bearing manuscript emendations by Stern of a set of notes by Maj A L T Sassoon, School of Tank Technology, Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington, Dorset about the history of the TOG tanks of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, 1954.

Bound volume entitled 'Confidential Memoranda', containing papers, chiefly correspondence and memoranda, relating to the work of the Landships Committee at the Admiralty and War Office, Feb-Dec 1915.

Bound volume entitled 'Confidential Memoranda. 1918', containing papers, chiefly correspondence and memoranda, relating to Stern's service with the Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies Department), Ministry of Munitions, including papers relating to the Anglo-American Commission, dealing with tank production, and the establishment of the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France, Feb-Jul 1918.

Bound volume entitled 'Confidential Memoranda', containing papers, chiefly correspondence and memoranda, relating to the work of the Tank Supply Committee, Tank Supply Department and Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions, Jan-Dec 1916.

Bound volume entitled 'Confidential Memoranda', containing papers, chiefly correspondence and memoranda, relating to the work of the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions, Jan-May 1917.

Bound volume of papers relating to the work of the Landships Committee, Admiralty and War Office, consisting of copies of progress reports, agenda, minutes of meetings and 47 photographs of two Caterpillar tractors manufactured by the Bullock Tractor Company of Chicago, US, serving as prototype land battleships, taken at Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire, Jun 1915.

Bound volume entitled 'Confidential Memoranda', containing papers, chiefly correspondence and memoranda, relating to the work of the Mechanical Warfare Supply Department, Ministry of Munitions, May-Oct 1917 and a loose copy of a typescript unofficial report entitled 'The tactical employment of tanks, 1918', by Col John Frederick Charles Fuller, Aug 1917.