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Articles (not by Liddell Hart) on the futility of victory in various newspapers and journals, including National Review, The Palestine Post, Forward, The Times of India, Cape Times, The Tribune, The Daily Express, The Tablet, The Daily Mirror, The Tatler, Church Times and The Daily Worker. 1 file

Letter from Prof Piyo M Rattansi, University College London, Mar 1978, to Wilkins, concerning Wilkins’ research for his lecture series, ‘Science and the divine’, given as the Eddington memorial lectures, Cambridge, Apr-May 1978, enclosing articles and reviews by Rattansi, including: ‘Paracelsus and the Puritan revolution’, offprint from Ambix, Feb 1963; ‘Politics and natural philosophy in Civil War England’, offprint from Actes du X1 Congres International d’Histoire des Sciences, 1967; ‘The intellectual origins of the Royal Society’, offprint from Notes and records of the Royal Society of London, Dec 1968; ‘Newton’s alchemical studies’, published in Science, medicine and society in the Renaissance (Science History Publications, New York, 1972); ‘Science and religion in the seventeenth century’, published in The emergence of science in Western Europe, (Macmillan Press, London, 1975); ‘Isaac Newton – 250th anniversary’, offprint from Physics Education, Sep 1977

Publications and papers by Jay Luvaas, Professor of History, Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania, relating to the American Civil War, 1861-1865, including article entitled 'Johnston's last stand-Bentonville' reprinted from The North Carolina Historical Review, Jul 1956; article entitled 'G F R Henderson and the American Civil War' reprinted from Military Affairs, Vol 20, No 3, Fall, 1956; article entitled 'A Prussian observer with Lee' reprinted from Military Affairs, Vol 21, No 3, Fall, 1957; article entitled 'General Sir Patrick MacDougall, the American Civil War and the defence of Canada' reprinted from The Canadian Historical Association, Jun 1962; article entitled 'The fall of Fort Fisher' from Civil War Times, Aug 1964; article entitled 'Joseph E Johnston' from Civil War Times, Jan 1966; article entitled 'Yesterday's wars and today's soldiers' from Allegheny College Bulletin, Aug 1966; typescript article entitled 'A question of balance', May 1967; undated typescript article entitled 'Looking for the Civil War' with additional comments by Theodore Ropp [1967]. 1 file

Draft and published articles by historian of science Robert Maxwell Young, including: typescript text, ‘The historiographic and ideological contexts of the nineteenth century debate on man’s place in nature’; text of a BBC Radio 3 broadcast by Young, ‘The anthropology of science’; ‘Darwin’s metaphor: does nature select?’, published in The Monist, 1971.  Also covering letter from Young to Wilkins, Feb 1972, referring to a forthcoming talk to Wilkins’ students by Young

Published articles by Ronald Davie, Director of Research, National Children's Bureau: 'Eleven years of childhood', offprint from Statistical News, Aug 1973; 'The education of socially disadvantaged children', offprint from Public Health, 1973; 'The behaviour and adjustment in school of seven year olds: sex and social class differences', offprint from Early Child Development and Care, 1973. Also brief covering letter from Davie to William Yule, 3 Sep 1974.

Offprint of two essays by Lord Solly Zuckerman: 'Europe and America' and 'The nuclear shadow' (London: The Menard Press). 36pp.

Published and draft articles by biologist Steven Rose and sociologist Hilary Rose.  Articles by Steven Rose include: published article, ‘The real significance of CBW’, 1969; chapter, ‘Biological reductionism: its roots and social functions’, published in More than the parts: biology and politics (Pluto Press, 1984); typescript text, ‘European Parliament: Committee of Enquiry into the rise of Fascism and racism: text of statement by Professor Steven Rose’, 1984; draft text, ‘Genetic engineering: the military implications’, 1986.  Articles jointly by Steven and Hilary Rose include: typescript draft article, ‘The radicalisation of science’, 1972; published article, ‘Can science be neutral?’, 1973; typescript draft chapter, ‘Ideology of/in the natural sciences’ 1976; article, ‘Radical science and its enemies’, published in The Socialist Register, 1979; draft article, ‘The metaphor goes into orbit: science is not all social relations’, nd.  File also includes typescript draft text by Hilary Rose, ‘Nothing less than half the labs: an argument for getting women and their values into science and engineering’, 1984, and a typescript draft review of Marginal notes on science and the neocapitalist society  by Steven and Hilary Rose (Penguin, London, 1969)

Articles by Tom Wintringham on Army reform, and Richard Haldane, including letter to the Manchester Guardian; article 'Wanted, a Haldane'; article 'They will never learn', for the Tribune, and manuscript notes by Wintringham. 1 file

Articles by Tom Wintringham in the Picture Post comprising 'The lessons of Spain', 15 Jun 1940; 'Arm the citizens!', 29 Jun 1940; 'The Home Guard can fight', 21 Sep 1940; 'The Blitzkreig and the answer', 10 May 1941; 'Train the Home Guard for a modern war', 17 May 1941; 'Your job in an invasion', 24 May 1941; 'We make our own mortar for 38'6', 26 Jul 1941; 'What has happened in Libya', 20 Dec 1941; 'The question of Street fighting', 24 Jan 1942; 'A plea for the woolworth weapon', 9 May 1942; 'Can we open a European second front?', 13 Jun 1942; 'Libya: our defeats start in Whitehall', 4 Jul 1942; 'These are the weapons with which Russia is doing the job', 26 Sep 1942; 'The Kremlin is divided too', 11 Mar 1950; 'Victims of a frozen theory', 18 Mar 1950; 'Revolt against Moscow', 25 Mar 1950. 16 items.

Three articles by US R Adm Henry Effingham Eccles, reprinted from the Naval Research Logistics Quarterly (1962-1968), entitled 'The logistics aspects of command and control systems' (Jun 1962), 'The study of military management' (Dec 1966) and 'Some notes on military theory' (Mar 1968). 1 file

Articles chiefly about China and Japan, including: article, 'A day in the life of China', from Time magazine, 1989; a draft text, 'The central core of modern Chinese literature from the 1910s to the 1980s'; exhibition catalogue for a Durham University exhibition on [Patrick] Lafcadio Hearn, 1990.

Press cuttings and other material relating chiefly to food production, including: leaflets on meat production and intensive farming, sent to Mottram by ‘Jinny’ (not identified), with a covering note, c 1977; articles on the use of antibiotics in animal feed, published in Time, 1979; letter about bread production, published in New Statesman, 1979; article on the ingredients of American hot dog sausages, published in The Nation, 1981; typescript letter to Mottram from publisher Richard Steele, 1983, relating to the journal Word and Image, and enclosing an offprint article, ‘The landscape approach of Bernard Lassus’, published in Journal of Garden History, 1983; article on global warming and pollution, published in New Statesman, 1990.

Articles chiefly relating to indigenous Americans, including: 'Modern Indians: Native Americans in the 20th century', by David Murray, 1982; ‘Ethnic and cultural diversity in the United States’, 1979, 'Yellow woman', by Leslie Marmon Silko; 'If Jesus was supposed to be a Jew, how come he's got a Mexican name?', by Jackie Kaye, 1994.

Photocopy manuscript draft article by Francis Crick, ‘The Fourier transform of a coiled coil’, with offprint of published article, Acta Crystallographica, Sept 1953. Two photocopies of manuscript draft letter from Wilkins to Crick, c 2000, referring to the original of the manuscript draft article (possibly subsequently sent to Crick), and suggesting a collaborative review of DNA history. Also a photocopy of ‘The structure of the hereditary material’ by Crick, published in Scientific American, Oct 1954, and draft article, ‘Statistical correlation of protein and ribonucleic acid composition’ by George Gamow and Martynas Ycas (subsequently published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dec 1955), with covering letter to Crick from Ycas, Oct 1955

Article about US atomic bomb bases in the UK, from the New Statesman, 1984; review of The Heyday of American Communism: the Depression decades, by Harvey Klehr, from the New York Book Review, 1984; articles about the 1960s student protests at the University of California, Berkeley; article, ‘The shaping of the President, 1984’ by Theodore H White, from Time magazine, 1984. Draft article about Dorothy Parker by John Moore, with a covering letter by Moore, 1985.

Fiction and historical articles taken from Blackwood's Magazine. 1 file, 12 items.

Two articles from Dialogue, 1975, ‘The new relevance of philosophy’, by Peter Slager, and ‘American poetry today’ by N L Rosenthal.

Articles from overseas journals including Diario de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal), Moscow Literary Gazette (Literaturnaya Gazeta), La Luz (Buenos Aires, Argentina), and various publications in Hebrew. 1 file

Articles published in The Nation, including ‘Behind the Walls’ 23 Feb 1980; ‘God and the F.B.I. at Yale’ by Sigmund Diamond, 12 April 1980; review of The Kent State Cover-up, by Joseph Kelner and James Munves, 24 May 1980; ‘The wiring of New Haven’’ by Andrew Houlding; letters about human rights, 28 June 1980.

US publications relating to the American War of Independence, 1775-1783, including article by Elizabeth Camille Brink entitled 'Kosciuszko the patriot-father of American artillery' from US Infantry Journal, May-Jun 1932; article by Dudley Wright Knox entitled 'Navies in the American Revolution. The influence of sea power on military operations' from Army Ordnance, Jan-Feb 1935; article by US Lt Col Fred M Green entitled 'Debunking Bunker Hill' from US Infantry Journal, Jul-Aug 1937; article by US Lt Walter E Monagan, Jr, entitled 'The complete colonial marksman' from The Reserve Officer, Oct 1939; article by Jac Weller entitled 'King's Mountain: a study in mobility, firepower and leadership' from Armor, Jul-Aug 1960; article by Piers Mackesy entitled 'British strategy in the War of American Independence' from Yale Review, 1963; article by John Willard Shy entitled 'A new look at Colonial Militia', reprinted from The William and Mary Quarterly, Apr 1963; article by Jay Luvaas entitled 'Washington's drillmaster' from American History Illustrated, Apr 1967; article by US Col Mark Mayo Boatner III entitled 'The American Revolution: some myths, moot points and misconceptions' from American History Illustrated, Jul 1968. 1 file