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Brief summary of Brooke's life and career, 1883-1954, by Marian C Long, research assistant to Royal Regiment of Artillery and Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant.

Biographical material on Tom Wintringham including autobiographical notes made by Wintringham for a biography to be written by Johannes Steel, [22 May 1941]; manuscript paper by Wintringham on his early life; Wintringham's entry in Webster's Biographical Dictionary and article on Wintringham in the News Review, 27 Mar 1941. 5 items.

Guy's / St Thomas's Men'. Biographical notes on Sir Gilbert Blane, 1749-1834; Richard Liebreich, 1830-1917; William Cheselden, 1688-1752; Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965; John Keats, 1795-1821; Charles Murchison, 1830-1879; Sir William MacCormac 1836-1901; Sir Thomas Spencer Wells, 1818-1897; John Hilton, 1804-1878; and Monson Hills, 1792-1853.

Manuscript biographical notes, chiefly about return journey from Singapore, 1954, and probably undertaken for use in Live all you can (Solaris, Twickenham, Middlesex, 1992)

Napoleon as a General (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co Ltd, London, 1902), by Count Yorck von Wartenburg. 1 vol.

Biology Department records consist of various departmental staff minutes, 1985-1987.

Collection comprises data gathered by the Environmental Research Group, 1993-2005, on air quality in the following regions and counties: Greater London, Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, Sussex and Kent. Also, annual reports of the London Air Quality Network, Air Quality in London , (South East Institute of Public Health), Feb 1944-2005.

King's College London Biomedical Sciences undergraduate student files, 1991-1992, intercalated BSc external students, 1992-1993 (Ref: KDBS/FP), student photographs, 1994-1995 (Ref: KDBS/PH). File information typically consists of enrolment forms, which includes name, photo, date of entry, address, previous qualifications, mark sheets giving some course unit details and final degree results, and correspondence.

Photocopy typescript course handouts, ‘The structure and function of bacterial flagella’, ‘Symmetry in the structure of biological polymers and microtubules’ and ‘The structure, assembly and function of the T-even bacteriophages’

Partially indexed slides and prints relating to research conducted in the Biophysics Unit, 1949-1962, and Department of Biophysics, 1962-1992, and associated journal articles and other papers, comprising: glass and acetate slides, 1949-1984 (approx 1990 items), notably x-ray diffraction photographs of DNA, also graphs and other data, illustrations of equipment and illustrations for journal articles (ref: KDBP 1/1-8); index books for the slides, 1949-1964, listing date, subject and sometimes name of researcher (ref: KDBP 2/1-7). Photographic prints, 1949-1992 (approx 490 items), including x-ray diffraction images of DNA and x-ray spectrometer diffraction patterns (ref: KDBP 3/1/1-10); photographic prints, 1959-1984, relating to work by individual named researchers, including x-ray diffraction images, microscope images, graphs, diagrams, and equipment (ref: KDBP 3/2/1-24); photographs, 1950-1992, of the staff and premises of the Biophysics Unit and later Department of Biophysics, including the construction of the Wheatstone Physics Lab, c 1950, a staff cricket match, c 1952, new laboratories at 26-29 Drury Lane, c 1963 (ref: KDBP 3/3); journal articles, 1945-1976, written by staff of the Biophysics Unit/Department of Biophysics (ref: KDBP 4/1-71). Also other papers relating to the work of the Biophysics Unit, notably the PhD thesis of Raymond Gosling, 'X-ray diffraction studies of Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid', 1954 (ref; KDBP 5/1-3).

Published books, 1936-1949, written or illustrated by Fougasse, mainly comprising books of cartoons and war propaganda posters used during World War Two, 1939-1945: You have been warned: a complete guide to the road with W D H McCullough (Methuen & Co, 8th edition, London, 1936); Drawing the line somewhere (Methuen & Co, London, 1937); Stop or go: a diary for 1939 (Methuen & Co, London, 1938); ...and the Gatepost (Chatto & Windus, London, 1940); The changing face of Britain (Methuen & Co, 3rd edition, London, 1941); Aces made easy with W D H McCullough (Methuen & Co, 3rd edition, London, 1941); The Little Less...and how much it is with Guy Reed (HMSO, London, 1941); The luck of the draw (Methuen & Co, 5th edition, London, 1942); Running commentary (Methuen & Co, 2nd edition, London, 1942); Sorry-no rubber (Methuen & Co, London, 1942); Just a few lines verses by Arthur W Bird, drawings by Fougasse (Methuen & Co, 2nd edition, London, 1944); Home circle (Methuen & Co, London, 1945); A school of purposes: a selection of Fougasse posters, 1939-1945 (Methuen & Co, London, 1946); You and me (Methuen & Co, London, 1948); Question-mark: a journey round the world by Donald McCullough, illustrated by Fougasse (Paul Elek, London, 1949).

Papers relating to his military career, 1937-1972, principally comprising recruitment poster for North Staffordshire Regt, 1937; unsigned account of operations of 2 Bn North Staffs Regt, France, 12 May-1 Jun 1940, written in [1940]; unsigned account of operations of 6 Bn North Staffordshire Regt, France, 1 Jul-31 Aug 1944, written in [1944]; The Battle of Flanders by Kenneth Adam (Hutchinson and Co, London, 1940); papers relating to his service with North Staffordshire Regt in Trieste, 1951-1953, principally comprising press cuttings concerning protests against the Allied Military Government in Trieste, 1953, and official photographs of visit by Adm Louis (Francis Albert Victor Nicholas) Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet, [1952-1953]; copies of letters written to his family during his service in Korea, 1953-1954; press cuttings relating to evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, 1940. Papers relating to Bird's grandfather Gen James Lewis Bird, 1857- 1938, notably including copy of a letter from Gen James Lewis Bird to his sister Pamela, 2 Jun 1857, describing the outbreak of the Indian Mutiny at Meerut, India, May-Jun 1857.

Birth 3/1 (New York, 1960), edited by Tuli Kupferberg: issue on stimulants;

Issue 3/2, 1960: stimulants, continued

Letter from Ismay to his mother from Burao, Somaliland on her 60th birthday. 4 pp

Note from US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower, Chief of Staff, US Army to Ismay wishing him happy birthday. Typescript, 1p

Letter to Ismay from US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower offering congratulations on his birthday. Typescript, 1p

Letter to Ismay from US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower offering congratulations on his birthday. Typescript, 1p

Letter to Ismay from US Gen Dwight David Eisenhower offering congratulations on his birthday. Typescript, 1p