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Manuscript copy diary relating to Smith’s command of 9 Infantry Brigade in 3 Division, 2 Corps, British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front, 31 Oct 1914 – 22 Apr 1915, including: the First Battle of Ypres, Nov 1914, with the loss of many named officers serving under Smith; a visit to the troops by King George V, 3 Dec 1914; the waterlogged state of trenches near Kemmel, Belgium, Dec 1914; a demonstration of grenade throwing, 20 Dec 1914, and thoughts on the difficulty of deploying hand grenades from trenches; reference to a meeting of British and German troops on Christmas Day, 25 1914, and Smith's disapproval; initiatives to improve conditions in trenches, Jan 1915; demonstration of a mortar to be used from a trench, 16 Jan 1915; the execution of two deserters, 6 Feb 1915; the deployment of miners from Britain to undermine German trenches, 19-24 Feb 1915; a German counter-attack, 11 Mar 1915, Battle of Neuve Chapelle, with heavy Allied casualties; details of material used to improve trenches, 25 Mar 1915; frequent criticism of British press coverage of the war, Apr 1915.
Also inserted items, including: press cuttings chiefly relating to Smith’s promotions; account of 1 Royal Scots Fusiliers’ operations at Jemappes, 23 Aug 1914, by Captain Thomas Balfour Traill; a detailed account by Smith of 9 Infantry Brigade operations during early Nov 1914, First Battle of Ypres; sketch maps and accounts relating to 9 Infantry Brigade operations, Nov 1914; a letter from Clara Barton, mother of Lieutenant Harold William Ferguson Barton (died 18 Oct 1914), quoting a letter from a German officer praising her son’s bravery; illustrated manuscript poem, ‘New Year’s Eve in the Trenches’, possibly by Major Athol [Athel, Atholl] Murray Hay Forbes, [1914]; letters of praise about 9 Infantry Brigade from Field Marshal Herbert Charles Onslow Plumer, Commander of 5 Corps, and Lieutenant General Sir Charles Fergusson, Commander of 2 Corps, Feb 1915; programme for a concert by personnel of 9 Infantry Brigade, 9 Mar 1915.

Copy of dinner menu and other papers

Modern woman', photocopy of typescript article, including criticism of the suffragette movement.

Modes mould manners', copy typescript, on the influence of dress on behaviour. 4pp

Manners makyth man', copy typescript, on the need for a revival of graceful manners in women following World War Two. 7pp

Fashion, war and revolution. Dress is the barometer of the human climate', copy typescript of article published in Lilliput, Feb 1945. 5pp

Three civilisations', copy typescript of article on the Minoan, Graeco-Roman and present day civilisations. 1p

The history of fashion', copy typescript of article on the history of fashion from the Middle Ages to the 1930s. 11pp

The shape of habit and of history. The relationship between fashion, peace and revolution', copy of typescript. 7pp

Evolution in fashion in the 19th century (England)', copy of typescript article on fashion, 1802-1897. 3pp

"Habit" is the shape of history. How modes reflect and mould manners', copy typescript. 12pp

How fashion forecasts peace or revolution', copy typescript. 8pp

Relativity in beauty and fashion', photocopy of typescript article. 3pp

The "New look" and "Next look"', copy of typescript article. 7pp

Copy of a draft of a conveyance from the President, Vice Presidents and Governors of King's College Hospital to the Strand District of Works, for numbers 1, 2 and 3 Gilbert's Passage and number 9 Gilbert Street in the parish of St. Clement Danes in the County of Middlesex.

Copy of a draft of a conveyance from the President, Vice President and Governors of King's College Hospital to D.G. MacRae, for hereditaments in the parish of St Clement Danes in the county of London. Also, a copy of the above with a plan.

Another copy of MAURICE 4/5/35 in a different hand. Manuscript, 6 pp

Draft. Frederick Barton Maurice to C.I.G.S. [Wilson]. His concern over statements made by P.M. on April 9th on army figures and troops in Palestine and similar impression given in Mr. Bonar Law's answer on April 23. Typed. Photocopy 1 p

Photocopy. Draft letter Fuller to Liddell Hart. 3 pp. On reverse rough notes on Napoleon's attack on Prussia [incomplete]. 3 pp. [For the completed version of the letter see LIDDELL HART 1/302]

Copy typescript of letter to Picture Post on new Paris fashions. 1p