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Adelphi Paper No 88 (The International Institute for Strategic Studies, London): 'Reconnaissance, surveillance and arms control' by T Greenwood.

Typescript report by Adam on his tour as Adjutant General of the Middle East, India and West Africa, to the Executive Committee of the Army Council. Adam notes a high level of morale, but states the need for more officers in Egypt, and for better medical services in India. 12pp.

Typescript report by Adams on his overseas tour as Adjutant General, Nov to Dec 1943, to Executive Committe of the Army Council. Includes reports on Mediterranean, Middle East and India. Adam states the need for an improvement in the mail system, and suggests a larger reinforcements to be provided for the Italian Front. 11pp.

Typescript report by Adams on his overseas tour as Adjutant-General, Jan to Feb 1946, to Executive Committe of the Army Council. Includes reports on India, Iran, Middle East, Greece and Italy. Adam notes the drain on manpower in Italy with the need to guard POW's and ammunition dumps. 2 copies. 13pp.

Typescript report by Adams on his overseas tour as Adjutant General Apr to May 1943, for Executive Committe of the Army Council. Includes reports on Gibraltar, North Africa, India and Malta. Adam suggests measures for the improvement of morale in India, and states the need for more air ambulances. 10pp.

Typescript report by Adams on his overseas tour as Adjutant-General, Jan to Feb 1945, to Executive Committe of the Army Council. Includes reports on Italy, Middle East, India, Ceylon and Burma. Adam notes the level of desertion among 8 Army in Italy and suggests measures to combat problems of morale overseas. 13pp.

Papers of H G Adler, 1807-1997, including:

• Notebooks containing manuscript poems by Adler, 1924, and undated.
• Typescript texts of poems by Adler, 1927-1988.
• File entitled 'Theresienstadt private erinnerungen' containing items relating to Theresienstadt concentration camp, including drafts of poems, sketches, and notes to his first wife.
• Photocopies of Adler's correspondence, 1947-1987, including correspondence with novelists Hermann Broch and Heinrich Böll.
• Corrected original typescript copy of Adler's Theresienstadt [1948], (beleived to be the second or third carbon copy).
• Typescript copies of Adler's Schuldig und Unshuldig, 1954-1967, Die Anseidlung dargestellt als Roman, Die Prüfung and England: Eindrück Eines Ahnungslosen.
• Photograph of Adler in old age.
• Printed photocopies of the statements made in the trial of Adolf Eichmann, bound in 6 volumes, in German, (Israeli Police, 1961), and transcripts for the preliminary investigations for the trial.
• Typescript copies of articles by Adler including 'Gerdenken an Prag', 1981, and 'Die Protokolle der weisen von zion'.
• Photocopies of typescript books and articles by Adler, notably Der Mechanische Materialismus, Raoul Feuerstein and Die Orthodoxie des Herzens.
• Manuscript sheet music by Viktor Ullmann, 'Der Mensch und sein Tag', based on poems by Adler.
• Audio recordings, including an obituary of Adler broadcast on the BBC Czech Service, 1988.
• Offprint articles by Adler and books edited and translated by Adler.
• Catalogue of the literary estate of H G Adler by Jeremy Adler and Franz Hocheneder.
• PhD dissertation by Franz Hocheneder, 'HG Adler: Werk und Nachlass - Eine Bibliographische Studie', 1997.

Papers of Jeremy Adler, 1975-2002 chiefly comprising research notes for publications by Adler and photocopies of concrete and visual poems. Includes papers relating to Franz Baermann Steiner, poet, including correspondence and papers on Steiner and his circle, 1995-1999; photocopies of Steiner's writings, photocopies of letters to Steiner; photocopies of Stiener's appointment diary, 1950-1951; Stiener's thesis entitled 'A Comparitive Study of the Forms of Slavery', 1950 and 'Prologomena to A Comparitive Study of Slavery', a shortened version of the original thesis, edited by Paul Bohannan, 1957. Correspondence and papers on concrete and visual poetry, 1982-1987 including with Piotr Rypson and Dick Higgins. Papers relating to August Stramm, poet, including publications on Stramm, papers from the Stramm working seminar, 1973-1974; notes by Adler on Stramm's poetry; photocopies used by Adler when researching Stramm, chiefly relating to World War One, from German archives and the Imperial War Museum. Research notes on topics including Shelling, 1984; eighteenth century literature and science; Paracelsus; love and war poetry; language and Caballa; and romantic science. Adler's PhD thesis 'A study in the chemistry of Goethe's novel Die Wahlverwandtschaften ', University of London, 1977 and correspondence on and photographs of Die Wahlverwandtschaften by Goethe. Copies of figured poems from Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel. Draft copies of Adler's Changing forms of Visual Poetry with related correspondence. Programmes for art and poetry exhibitions and events; personal files of Adler's PhD students, 1980-2002; slides and negatives used for lectures; negatives of visual poems; card indexes and videos.

Adm W V Pratt: correspondence with Liddell Hart

Administration in the field, volume 1, administration within the division' issued by the War Office (1951). 1 booklet

Allied Military Mission administrative orders, office orders and operational orders during resistance operations in West Macedonia, Greece, 1943-1944, including papers relating to the official joint GHQ agreement between British Military Mission, Ellinikos Dimokratikos Ethnikos Stratos (EDES) and Ethnikos Laikos Apeleftherotikos Stratos (ELAS), 5 Aug 1943; letter from Allied Military Mission to Greek partisan groups concerning the wireless-telegraphy frequencies to be used in forthcoming operations; Allied Military Mission conference notes, dated 26 Jun 1944, concerning Allied and ELAS operations during Operation NOAH'S ARK; transcribed wireless messages from Lt Col Nicholas Geoffery Lemprière Hammond, Allied Military Mission General Headquarters, Pertouli, to sub-area commanders, dated 3 Jul 1944-20 Aug 1944, relating to declining relations between the Allied Military Mission and ELAS; memorandum from Lt Col Sir Thomas Gordon Devitt, 2nd Bt, Officer Commanding Raiding Support Regiment (RSR), concerning the state of discipline and morale within the regiment, 11 Aug 1944; administrative instructions from Lt Col Arthur Edmonds, Officer Commanding Area 1, Allied Military Mission, to sub-area headquarters. 21 items.

Administrative correspondence with T.N. Graham and Col. Harry Gordon

Administrative correspondence with T.N. Graham and Col. Harry Gordon

Administrative county of London Development plan 1951 – statement, London County Council, 1951. 208pp

General administrative files, chiefly relating to the running of the Medical Research Council (MRC) Biophysics Research Unit, King’s College London (from 1964, the Department of Biophysics), 1951-1991

Adm C Alexandris: correspondence with Liddell Hart

Adm H Page Smith: correspondence with Liddell Hart