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Printed auction catalogue of Royal Military Asylum [a school for the orphan children of soldiers], Chelsea, Clerk of Works Office and Somerset House ‘Surplus Stores & Materials Comprising of Several Tons of OLD LEAD, Old Brass, Copper and Zinc, Wrought and Cast Iron’ sold by Horne, Eversfield & Co. in the yard of the Royal Military Asylum Chelsea.

Series of Christie's and Sotheby's sale catalogues, inventories and correspondence relating to the disposal of electrical and other apparatus from the Wheatstone collection, with photographs, 1987-1992; the safe storage of artefacts during World War Two, 1939; relating to the design of a replica of Charles Babbage's difference engine, 1958-1971; loan and transfer of items to institutions including the Science Museum, South Kensington, the Queen's University of Belfast, the Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, US.

Audio cassette tape of Aubrey Lewis dictating articles and reviews for typing. Contents of side A include: article relating to John Conolly [Superintendent, Hanwell Asylum, 1839- 1844, and father-in-law of Henry Maudsley], and his pioneering reforms of mental health care in the UK; review of Peter Lomas, True and false experience (Allen Lane, London, 1973); early draft of article, 'A note on classifying phobia' published in Psychological Medicine, 1976; incomplete article recalling his attendance at First Pan African Psychiatric Conference, Abeokuta, Nigeria, 1961. Contents of side B include: review of Henri Ey, Trait‚ des Hallucinations (Masson, Paris, 1973), published in British Journal of Psychiatry, 1974; draft of first paragraphs of 'A note on classifying phobia' (see side A); obituary for Elizabeth Zetzel (1907-1970), psychoanalyst and former colleague at the Maudsley Hospital; last paragraphs of review, 'Relations of relations', re R[onald] D[avid] Laing, The politics of the family and other essays (Tavistock Clinic, London, 1971; part of review of Eliot Slater and Valerie Cowrie, The genetics of mental disorders (Oxford University Press, 1971); review of Octave Mannoni, Freud: the theory of the unconscious (NLB, London, 1971) and Jonathan Miller, editor, Freud: the man, his world, his influence (Weidenfeld & Nicholson, London, 1972).

Audio cassette tape of Aubrey Lewis dictating articles, reviews and references for typing. Contents of side A include: incomplete review, possibly of Morris Fraser, Children in conflict (Secker & Warburg, London, 1973); incomplete review of unidentified book relating to studying the course of illness in schizophrenic psychosis; references for Maudsley Hospital colleagues Dr Copeland [possibly John Richard Malcolm Copeland], Dr Reed [possibly John Langdale Reed] and Dr Blackwell [possibly Barry Blackwell]; incomplete draft of article, 'William Mayer-Gross: an appreciation', published (in French) in Confrontations Psychiatriques, 1973, and (in English), in Psychological Medicine, 1977; incomplete article on Elwood Worcester (1862-1940), US Episcopal clergyman and lay psychotherapist; incomplete article on the work of German psychiatrists Ernst Kretschmer (1888-1964) and Karl Birnbaum (1878-1950); incomplete review of book concerning clinical care of non-responsive patients; incomplete draft of article, 'Manfred Bleuler's The schizophrenic mental disorders: an exposition and a review', published in Psychological Medicine, Vol 3, No 3, 1973. Contents of side B include: review of Gregory Rochlin, Man's aggression: the defence of self (Constable, London, 1973); classical choral music, probably the Zoltan Kodaly Te Deum referred to in a handwritten label on the tape box, presumably taped from the radio.

Tape recording of interview of Brooke by Joseph C Harsch about Brooke's recollections of US Gen George Marshall, recorded for National Broadcasting Company's programme Biography and sound, with two copies of covering letter from Harsch.

Audio cassette: 'Britain's nuclear deterrent-BBC4 (File on Four)'. General history of British independent nuclear deterrent from Skybolt and discussion on the need to plan ahead for the replacement for Polaris, relating to ballistic missiles vs cruise includes Menaul. Also interview with Paul Warnke, US chief negotiator for SALT 2 ( Strategic Arms Limitation Talk), relating to SALT 2 and SALT 3 and Lawrence Martin, Vice Chancellor, University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on position of Europe in US-USSR SALT 2 and 3 talks. (35 mins)

Audio cassette: 'Forces broadcast BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK, 8 Sep 1982. Interview with Menaul relating to naval cuts, Trident and a future naval war after the Falklands War, following an attack on British defence policy by First Sea Lord Adm Sir Henry Leach. (15 mins)

Audio cassette: 'BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK-The Falklands (2)', interview with Menaul relating to military options open to Argentina after the Falklands war. (15 mins)

Audio cassette: 'Interview with Menaul on forces broadcasting BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Services) UK ,23 Oct 1980, on the publication of his book Countdown: Britain's Strategic Nuclear Forces. Menaul discusses British nuclear tests at Monte Bello and Maralinga and gives his opinions on nuclear weapons: Polaris Trident and Cruise. (15 mins)

Audio cassette: 'BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK interview with Menaul relating to the South African Air Force's raid on African National Congress bases at Maputo, in retaliation for a bomb at Airforce HQ, Pretoria, and reports of miniature submarines off the Norwegian coast. (12 mins)

Audio cassette: 'Forces BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK broadcast': interview with Menaul relating to reports of unidentified submarines operating within Swedish waters and Soviet Baltic fleet. (10 mins)

Audio cassette: 'Forces broadcast BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK, 30 Sep 1982, interview with Menaul relating to Gen Rogers' (SACEUR) remarks that NATO should rely less on tactical nuclear weapons and more on high-technology conventional weapons. (10 mins)

Audio cassette: BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK 'Air DEF exercise'. Interview with Menaul relating to the air defence of the UK on the occasion of a large air defence exercise, commenting on UK Air Defence Ground Environment system, the Soviet threat, civil defence and the nuclear aspects of the exercise. (15 mins)

Audio cassette: 'BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK Falklands'. A post-Falklands interview with Menaul relating to the possibility of the Argentinians attempting to continue the war, the strategic importance of the Falklands, Ascension Island and South Georgia. Also the importance of electronic warfare, close-in defences for war ships and the problem of unexploded munitions in the Falklands. (15 mins)

Audio cassette: 'Forces broadcast BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) UK (2)', interview with Menaul relating to American air-land battle doctrine including nuclear weapons in Europe. (12 mins)

Audio cassette recording of Lyndon Baines Johnson remarks in a toast in the State Dining Room, White House, 22 Jun 1967 (6 minutes); and Lyndon Baines Johnson remarks after first meeting with Soviet Premier Alexey Kosygin, Glassboro, New Jersey, 23 Jun 1967 (2 minutes).Reference: WHCA # 594, LBJ Library, Austin Texas

Audio recording of a BBC television documentary, ‘The race for the double helix’, broadcast 1974 in the ‘Horizon’ science documentary series, possibly recorded by Wilkins from the television transmission.  Includes interviews with Wilkins, Francis Crick and James Watson

Duration: approx 55 mins

Sound quality: some comments on the broadcast by Wilkins are difficult to hear

Audio cassette 'An army is born' by African army choir-appears to be from South West Africa, now Namibia.