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Accounts, [1945-1946], of the operations of 79 US Infantry Division in North West Europe, Jun-Sep 1944 and Feb-Apr 1945

79th Division History', five editions covering operations of 79 US Infantry Division in North West Europe, Jun-Sep 1944 and Feb-Apr 1945, probably issued by 79 Infantry Div HQ, including details of Normandy landings; the capture of Cherbourg and break-out from the Cherbourg Peninsula, Jun-Jul 1944; advance through France, across the Seine and towards Belgium, Aug 1944; assault on the Siegfried Line, Sep 1944; operations in Belgium and Eastern France, Feb 1945; Rhine crossing and advance into Germany, Mar-Apr 1945. 7 booklets

Accounts, 1990-1993, of the lives of Wilkins’ ancestors

Typescript annotated accounts of the lives of Wilkins’ ancestors, including William Mortimer Wilkins (Wilkins’ great-grandfather), William Wilkins (Wilkins’ grandfather), Eliza Wilkins (Wilkins’ great-aunt), Mary Hutton Wilkins (Wilkins’ grandmother) and Edgar Henry Wilkins (Wilkins’ father). Aspects of these accounts were used in chapter 1, ‘DistantShores’, in Wilkins’ autobiography, The third man of the double helix (Oxford University Press, 2003)

Accounts, 1991-2001, of Wilkins’ early years in Britain

Typescript accounts of Maurice Wilkins’ early childhood in New Zealand, 1916-1923, move to UK, 1923, and childhood in Birmingham. Aspects of these accounts were used in chapter 1, ‘Distant shores’, The third man of the double helix by Maurice Wilkins. Also published booklet, ‘A city at war: Birmingham, 1939-1945’ (Birmingham Museums and City Art Gallery, 1985), with a photograph of Wilkins’ parents during their service as Fire Guards, World War Two

Acetate slides and colour acetate prints of x-ray diffraction images of DNA, created by the Biophysics Unit

Acetate x-ray diffraction images of DNA, some circular, 3 1/2” (9cm) diameter, some square, 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” (4cm x 4cm), created in the Biophysics Unit, some captioned with date, medium used (such as sodium, rubidium), and structure ( A and B). Also included are colour acetate prints of a molecular model of B-form DNA.

Acetate slides of x-ray diffraction images of DNA, created in the Biophysics Unit

Acetate x-ray diffraction images of DNA, some circular, 3 1/2” (9cm) diameter, some square, 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” (4cm x 4cm), created in the Medical Research Centre (MRC) Biophysics Unit, King’s College London. Some are captioned with date, medium used (including sodium and rubidium), and structure (‘A’ or ‘B’ form DNA)

Acetate x-ray diffraction photographs relating to membrane research, [1967-1974]

Acetate x-ray diffraction photographs relating to Wilkins’ research on nerve membranes, including images of frog sciatic nerve and retina. Original title ‘Membrane x-ray patterns’. CLOSED for conservation

See KDBP/4/60 for offprint article by Allen Blaurock and Wilkins, ‘Structure of frog photoreceptor membranes’, published in Nature, vol 223, 30 Aug 1969

Acetate x-ray diffraction photographs relating to nerve membrane research, 1970-1971

Acetate x-ray photographs, with related index cards and coding, relating to nerve membrane research on samples including frog and pig sciatic nerves. Index cards include date, film number, type, sample, temperature, and duration and power of x-ray exposure for each image. The samples include frog and pig sciatic nerve, and are likely to relate to experimental research by the nerve membrane team, led by Wilkins. Original box titles ‘X-ray films (rubbishy)’ and ‘X-ray 1. Poly X-M (x-m), Myelin (m), phospholipid vesicles (v), amoeba plasmalemma’

ACHESON, DEAN, US SECRETARY OF STATES: minutes of meetings, 1949-1953

  • MF333-MF337
  • Collection
  • 1949-1953

Official Conversations and Meetings of Dean Acheson, 1949-1953 are microfilmed copies of the minutes of conversations and meetings of Dean Acheson during his tenure as Secretary of State during the Truman administration, 1949-1953. Material includes minutes for meetings and conversations with Senator Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg concerning the Rhodes negotiations on the future of Palestine, 1949; Foreign Service employee George Frost Kennan relating to US-Soviet relations, 1949-1950; Rt Hon Sir Oliver Franks, British Ambassador to the US, concerning the former Italian colonies, the western mark for Berlin and the North Atlantic Pact, 1949; the US National Security Council relating to the re-training of the Austrian Army, Palestine, and the appointment of a military commander in Germany, 1949; President Harry S Truman concerning the Military Assistance Program, atomic energy, Palestine, British finances and the revolutionary situation in the Caribbean, 1949; Muhammad Riza Pahlevi, Shah-an-Shah of Iran, relating to financial assistance to Iran, 1949; Professor Hans Joachim Morgenthau concerning Cold War international relations; President Truman concerning the Korean crisis, 1950; US Department of Defense representatives concerning the Treaty of Peace with Japan, 1950, and the war in Korea, 1951-1953; US Gen George Catlett Marshall relating to the Economic Recovery Program (Marshall Plan).

ACLAND, Maj Gen Sir John Hugh Bevil (1928-2006)

  • ACLAND
  • Collection
  • 1979-1980

Papers of Maj Gen Sir John Acland, 1979-1990, relating to his role as Commander of the Commonwealth Monitoring Force monitoring the ceasefire during elections in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), Operation AGILA. Papers include general correspondence; situation reports; operational, planning and logistical instructions; maps; minutes; speeches; schedules; correspondence relating to award of operation medal and photographs and slides showing troops on deployment during the operation; Nov 1979 - Mar 1980. Papers evaluating the operation include reports on lessons learned; notes for talks and lectures on Operation AGILA; a detailed chronology of the events between May 1979 and Apr 1980; article, 'The Rhodesia Operation' by Acland, Apr 1980; article, 'Reflections from Rhodesia' by Brig John Hartley Learmont, Deputy Commander Monitoring Force; account of events by Capt Jonathan Bernard Appleton Bailey of the Monitoring Force, Jul 1980. Also copy of recording of Acland discussing the operation, Dec 1990, held at the Imperial War Museum (Ref 11753/3).

Acland, Sir John Hugh Bevil, 1928-2006, Knight, Major General

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