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Two vouchers issued by the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, to the Landships Committee, the Admiralty, for the loan of a Mountain Gun. 2pp

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Stern and Sir James Lithgow, Chairman, Tank Board; notes of a conversation between Stern and French Gen Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle on the future of tanks in war, 17 Dec 1940 and papers relating to the design and testing of the TOG 2 tank, including correspondence and notes of interviews with Maj Gen Vyvyan Vavasour Pope, Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, War Office.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence and notes of meetings between Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, Oct 1939-May 1940 and correspondence and notes of an interview between Stern and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, May 1940-Jun 1940; notes of a visit to Paris, Satory, near Versailles Rueil and Vincennes, France by Stern and other members of a Ministry of Supply mission including representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to investigate the design, production and performance of French tanks, 25-30 Nov 1939; Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply memorandum relating to the design and production policy of the TOG 1 tank, 11 Mar 1940 and a memorandum by William Rigby, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Technical Advisor, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply relating to design considerations and specifications for the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks, 10 Jun 1940.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply and correspondence and minutes of meetings between the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Tank Board, Minstry of Supply.

Bound volume of correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the establishment of the Special Vehicle Development Committee of the Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Vice Admiral Sir Harold Arthur Brown, Director General of Munitions Production, Army Council, War Office and Stern, relating to Stern's proposals for the construction of a special tank, Jul-Aug 1939; a letter from Maj Gen Alexander Elliott Davidson, Director of Mechanisation, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the allocation to Stern of a room and paid secretary at the Ministry of Supply, The Adelphi, London, 5 Sep,1939; the minutes of the first meeting of the Special Vehicle Department, Ministry of Supply, at which the proposal to build of a tank of 100 tons weight was approved, 18 Sep 1939; a note by Stern of a meeting with Gen William Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 26 Sep 1939 and General Staff memorandum R B M 17, containing an outline specification for a Super Heavy Tank (Land Battleship), 28 Sep 1939.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon William Aitken Maxwell Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply, Jul 1941-Jan 1942 and correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, Feb 1942; a letter from Stern and other members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence and other members of the War Cabinet, following the notification of the members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply that their services were no longer required by the Ministry of Supply, indicating their determination to carry on with their work, 14 Jan 1942 and papers relating to modifications of the TOG 1 tank, the continuing trials of the TOG 2 tank and proposals for the TOG 3 tank.

Bound volume of correspondence and notes of interviews relating to Stern's chairmanship of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably papers relating to the continuing work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, involving making modifications to the TOG 2 tank; correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, Apr 1942-Apr 1943; correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, Jul-Sep 1942 and papers relating to proposals for the TOG 3 tank.

Bound volume containing manuscript notes by Stern, first of recommendations about postwar British trade, second relating to the opposition of the War Office to him during his service in World War One, including an account of the way in which an order by the War Office to hand over the plans of the tank to Russia in 1916 was evaded by substituting a spoof drawing and also advocating the importance of developing mechanical warfare for future conflicts (subsequently the basis of an article on Stern by the Evening Standard, Sep 1919).

Bound volume of minutes of Committee Meetings of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply.

Bound volume of official meetings, notes of interviews and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply.

Bound volume of official meetings, notes of interviews and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Stern and Sir James Lithgow, Chairman, Tank Board; notes of a conversation between Stern and French Gen Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle on the future of tanks in war, 17 Dec 1940 and papers relating to the design and testing of the TOG 2 tank, including correspondence and notes of interviews with Maj Gen Vyvyan Vavasour Pope, Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, War Office. Part of 'Duplicate Set'.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply and correspondence and minutes of meetings between the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Tank Board, Minstry of Supply. Part of 'Duplicate Set'.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon William Aitken Maxwell Beaverbrook, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Minister of Supply, Jul 1941-Jan 1942 and correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, Feb 1942; a letter from Stern and other members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence and other members of the War Cabinet, following the notification of the members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply that their services were no longer required by the Ministry of Supply, indicating their determination to carry on with their work, 14 Jan 1942 and papers relating to modifications of the TOG 1 tank, the continuing trials of the TOG 2 tank and proposals for the TOG 3 tank. Part of 'Duplicate Set'.

Bound volume of correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the establishment of the Special Vehicle Development Committee of the Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Vice Admiral Sir Harold Arthur Brown, Director General of Munitions Production, Army Council, War Office, Director General of Munitions Production, Ministry of Supply and Stern, relating to Stern's proposals for the construction of a special tank, Jul-Aug 1939; a letter from Maj Gen Alexander Elliott Davidson, Director of Mechanisation, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the allocation to Stern of a room and paid secretary at the Ministry of Supply, The Adelphi, London, 5 Sep,1939; the minutes of the first meeting of the Special Vehicle Department, Ministry of Supply, at which the proposal to build of a tank of 100 tons weight was approved, 18 Sep 1939; a note by Stern of a meeting with Gen William Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 26 Sep 1939; General Staff memorandum R B M 17, containing an outline specification for a Super Heavy Tank (Land Battleship), 28 Sep 1939; correspondence and notes of meetings between Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, Oct 1939-May 1940; notes of a visit to Paris, Satory, near Versailles, Rueil and Vincennes, France by Stern and other members of a Ministry of Supply mission including representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to investigate the design, production and performance of French tanks, 25-30 Nov 1939; Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply memorandum relating to the design and production policy of the TOG 1 tank, 11 Mar 1940 and correspondence and notes of an interview between Stern and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, May 1940. Part of 'Duplicate Set'.

Bound volume of correspondence and notes of interviews relating to Stern's chairmanship of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably papers relating to the continuing work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, involving making modifications to the TOG 2 tank; correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, Minister of Supply, Apr 1942-Apr 1943; correspondence between Stern and the Rt Hon Winston (Leonard Spencer) Churchill, Prime Minister, First Lord of the Treasury and Minister of Defence, Jul-Sep 1942 and papers relating to proposals for the TOG 3 tank. Part of 'Duplicate Set'.

Four technical photographs produced by US Army Signal Corps of a small tracked vehicle. 4 photographs

Descriptive specification by Schneider and Company entitled Tracteur à chenilles. Notice descriptive conduite et entretien, (Paris, 1918).

Official report, The war cabinet report for the year 1917, (HMSO, London, 1918).

Book by Ivor Halstead entitled The truth about our tanks. The great Libyan battles (Lindsay Drummond Limited, 1942).