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Drawing of the mountings of the Ordnance Quick Fire 17 pounder gun Mark I (anti-tank), showing recoiling parts (gun, slipper, buffer cylinder and recuperator cylinder) and the Ordnance Quick Fire 17 pounder gun Mark II (tank), showing recoiling parts (gun, buffer piston and recuperator pistons), by Cdr R H Stokes-Rees, Superintendent of Gun Design, Armaments Design Department, Ministry of Supply.

First draft of a narrative by Stern of senior personnel and organisational changes in the Ministry of Supply and the Tank Board, Sep 1939 to Sep 1942. 7pp

Draft provisional outline specification of the TOG 2 tank. The specification bears the name of US Col G A Green, Mission of William Averell Harriman, US Special Envoy to the UK. 1p

Draft report of interviews between Stern and Lt Gen Laurence Carr, Senior Military Assistant, Ministry of Supply and Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, in the course of which Carr informed Stern that the order for one hundred tanks from the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply had been turned down because Burgin had said that the order would interfere with the future development of tanks and Burgin suggested that his attitude had been incorrectly represented. 3pp

Draft report of an interview between Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, at which Burgin requested details of the components required for the projected tank of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and discussed the creation of a Tank Board and Stern expressed no confidence in the ability of the Ministry of Supply to manage tank development and criticised the performance of the Infantry Tank Mark II, which was in production. 2pp

Manuscript report by Lt George K Field, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, on Lemons wheel and rotating machine, (a self-propelled machine tested against barbed wire and trench emplacements and thought suitable only as a means of sending a form of high explosive into enemy trenches). 6pp

Typescript draft notes entitled '"Tank" trial', relating to the trials of the prototype heavy tank with all round track, (known as 'Mother'), at Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire, including specifications, notes on steel plate and programme of trials. 3pp, 77 copies

Draft notes of a meeting including representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Armaments Design Department, Ministry of Supply, held on 31 Dec 1942 at the Ministry of Supply, Adelphi, London to discuss the fitting of the existing 17 pounder mounting, breech ring and mechanism of the TOG 2 tank with an alternative Ordnance Quick Fire 3.7 inch monobloc barrel. 1p

Draft note with sketches, by Stern, relating a request by the French Ministry of Munitions to the Ministry of Supply mission to France, 25 Nov-1 Dec 1939 for two 400 horse power or 500 horse power Vee type petrol or heavy oil engines. 1p

Draft memorandum from the members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply outlining the remit, composition and work of the Committee, deploring the existing situation in tank production, advocating the standardisation of manufacture, engines and armament and making recommendations about the role of aTank Board. 3pp

Draft memorandum from Stern to the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply advocating the immediate setting up of a Tank Board, the separation of the Mechanical Transport and Tank Department of the Ministry of Supply and castigating the failure of those holding responsibilty to plan and develop mechanical warfare, in contrast with the position of armament manufacture in the totalitarian states. 1p

Draft list of persons present at the second tank trial at Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire, 29 Jan, 1916. 2pp

Draft list of persons present at the first tank trial at Hatfield Park, Hertfordshire, 29 Jan, 1916. 2pp

Draft letter from Stern to the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, thanking him for facilitating the research work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply. 2pp

Manuscript letter from Stern to Sir James Lithgow, Chairman, Tank Board, informing him that unless Lithgow invited him to become a member of the Executive Committee of the Tank Board, he did not feel that he could attend the next meeting of the Tank Board. 1p

Manuscript draft and two typescript drafts of a letter from Stern to the Rt Hon David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, relating to the joint production of tanks by the UK and the US. 3 items

Draft letter from Stern to French Gen Jean Baptiste Estienne, Commander, French Tank Corps, proposing that it would be of great interest to Maj Gen the Rt Hon John Edward Bernard Seely, Deputy Minister of Munitions, Admiral Sir Archibald Gordon Henry Wilson Moore, Controller, Mechanical Warfare Department, Ministry of Munitions and Sir Percival Lea Dewhurst Perry, Assistant Controller and Director of Production, Mechanical Warfare Department, (present with Stern at the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France) if they could meet Estienne and his staff. 1p

Draft letter from Stern to Capt Norman Edward Holden, Deputy Commissioner, Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, relating to the cancellation of an order from the US Tank Service for Mark V tanks for training purposes. 1p

Draft letter from Stern to Capt Norman Edward Holden, Deputy Commissioner, Mechanical Warfare (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, Anglo-American Commission and Maj Somerset J Saunderson, Liaison Officer with Allied Military Authorities, Mechanical Warfare, (Overseas and Allies) Department, Ministry of Munitions, Deputy Commissioner, London, Anglo-American Commission, concerning delays in the production of Liberty Engines in the US for British tanks; staffing arrangements in the Anglo-American Commission and the need to speed up production of components for the Allied Tank Factory at Neuvy-Pailloux, Châteauroux, France. 2pp

Draft letter from S Potter, English Electric Company, London to A W Foerster, US Embassy, London relating to the enclosure of a report by himself 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. 2pp