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"British Engineers and Allied Professions in the twentieth century: Contemporary Biographies", Edited by W.T. Pike. Published by WT Pike Co, 19 Grand Parade, Brighton.

Illustrated biographies, brief accounts of various societies. Institute of Engineers and selected essays of subjects of contemporary interests. (Formerly folio shelf T.39.86)

Documents on British Policy Overseas, Series 1, Volume 4, and, Series 2 Volume 2, are microfilmed copies of documents relating to British foreign policy, 1945-1950. Part of a larger collection encompassing British foreign policy, 1945-1955, the microfiche in this collection relate specifically to Anglo-American relations, Dec 1945- Jun 1950. This collection is in two sections. The first includes documents relating to the establishment of an Anglo- American Cold War strategy; the exchange of atomic information and technology between the US and Britain; the use of British mainland and colonial bases by US armed forces; and the allocation of American funds to Britain as part of the European Recovery Program. The second section relates specifically to Anglo-American strategic and defence conferences which took place in London, Jan-Jun 1950. Documents concern the exchange of nuclear technology between the two powers; British and American political and military support to nations wishing to prevent communist insurrection; US involvement in the Middle East; the security of British and American sectors in the Federal Republic of Germany; British and American relations with Western European nations; and the strengthening of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

British Hovercraft Corporation photograph: an Imperial Iranian Navy hovercraft.

British periodicals and journals, including Hutchinson's Pictorial History of the War (Hutchinson, London, Vol 1, No. 1 [1939]); War Pictorial (Bernard Jones Publications, London, 15 Sep 1939); The War Illustrated (Amalgamated Press, London, 16 Sep 1939); The National Review (Vol 114, No. 684, Feb 1940); two editions of The Nineteenth Century and After (Constable, London, Nos. 756, 763, Feb-Sep 1940); The Aeroplane (Temple Press, London, 20 Sep 1940); The Battle of Egypt. The Official Record in pictures and map (HMSO, London, 1943). 1 file

Remembrance' by Liddell Hart in British Legion.

The British Legion Scottish Journal, services supplement, no 2, containing facsimile of manuscript poem by Hamilton, 'What shall we do with our brave new world'. 4pp

Annual Report of Council, British Maritime League. 13pp.

Papers relating to leader article, 'Reform of mental health legislation', by John Gunn for the British Medical Journal, including copy article and related correspondence.

Copy of typescript letter sent by Sir John Gerald Lang, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty, to V Adm Sir William Gerrard Andrewes, Commander in Chief, America and West Indies Station, regarding the efficiency of the cryptographic staffs of HMS SUPERB and HMS SNIPE during naval operations in the Antarctic, 13 Apr 1953

Bound volumes of newspaper cuttings from British newspapers concerning Greece, mainly relating to the political repercussions of World War One for Greece.

Bound volumes of newspaper cuttings from British newspapers concerning Greece, particularly the German occupation and Allied liberation of Greece during World War Two, and subsequent Greek Communist military operations

Foreign Policy Papers: 'British perspectives on a changing global balance' by James E Dougherty, Foreign Policy Research Institute.

British Red Cross nursing manual by James Cantlie (Cassell and Company, London, 1912, reprinted Jul 1913). 1 booklet

Newsletters for members of the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS): ‘Information sheet no. 1, April 1969’; ‘BSSRS Newsheet’, issues 6-17 (incomplete), 1970-1972; ‘BSSRS Bulletin’, issues 3-62 (incomplete), 1976-1989

Booklets, leaflets and publicity fliers produced by the British Society for Social Responsibility in Science (BSSRS) and associated organisations for internal readership and general sale, including: newsletters produced by Cambridge Society for Social Responsibility in Science, Jul 1970 and Jan 1972; Journal of the Edinburgh Society for Social Responsibility in Science, Oct 1971; booklet, ‘The environment: a radical agenda. BSSRS paper no. 1’, c 1972; BSSRS London newsletter, Apr 1973; booklet, ‘Science at the crossroads: looking back on 50 years of radical science’, c 1982, including an article by Wilkins, ‘Recollections of the 1930s’; Worker’s Health International Newsletter, 1986; booklet, ‘Death at work’, produced by the Work Hazards Group, 1987; leaflet, ‘Glass fibres: a safe substitute?’, published by Sheffield Science for People