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Bound volume of pasted testimonials in support of the successful application of Philip Henry Delamotte (1821-1889) for the Chair of Landscape Drawing.

Volume containing specimens of Arabic and Japanese writing and the Chinese alphabet, including the work of the Jesuits in Japan; samples of paper used in the binding of books. 1 volume

Red book with reviews of Frederick Barton Maurice's books "Governments and War" 1926; "Robert E. Lee" 1925; "Statesmen and Soldiers of the Civil War" British Strategy" 1929; "The 16th Foot" 1931. At back of book articles and correspondence in press about Air Weapons; Churchill and The Great War; Lord Milner at Doullens; Europe's Land Armaments, War of the Future.

Blue book with reviews of Frederick Barton Maurice's books: "The Life of Lord Wolseley" with Sir George Arthur, 1924 (p1-55) and "Robert E. Lee, The Soldier", 1925. English and American cuttings (p80-148). At back of book loose letters about "Robert E. Lee", 1925, mostly from Americans:- (1) H. Snowdon Marshall 27 Apr, 10 June. (2) C.J. Millard 13 May. (3) Mrs Ben Wright 14 May. (4) Jno. N. Ware 15 May. (5) Rt Revd D. Tucker 25 May. (6) Oliver Orr. 13 June. (7) Rebecca Littlejohn 30 June. (8) Alice Stopford Green (Mrs J.R. Green) [no date] (9) [Lord] Charnwood. 21 Feb 1926. (10) Frederick Barton Maurice to Green. 26 June 1925.

Volume Regulations of King’s College Hospital.

Bound volume containing cuttings of articles by William Tiffin Iliff, surgeon, including 'Cases of syanosis or morbus caeruleus with remarks on the condition of the fossa ovalis', London Medical Gazette, 5 Dec 1845; 'Royal South London Dispensary [cases of ] empyema and pneumothorax',The Lancet, Nov, Dec 1846; Royal South London Dispensary, pleuritic effusion and malignant disease', The Lancet, 2 Jan 1847; Royal South London Dispensary – diffuse phlegmonous inflammation', The Lancet, 17 Feb 1847; 'Cases of intestinal irritation', The Chemist, Mar 1847; 'Experiment with chloroform at the Royal Institution, The Lancet, 5 Feb 1848; 'On a case of poisoning by opium, and its successful treatment by electro-galvanism', The Lancet, 24 mar 1849; 'Cases of poisoning with remarks', The Lancet, 1 Dec 1849, 15 Dec 1849; 'Cases of spina bifida', Lancet, 20 Apr 1850; 'Cases in private practice', and 'The microscope and its wonders'.

Large volume of approx 305 pressed botanical specimens, belonging to Frederick Leopold Pulling.

Scrapbook of press cuttings collected by Reginald Ruggles Gates Volume 4, including some personal photographs; articles on his work, notably reviews of Taxonomy and Genetics of Oenothera, 1959 and his research on indigenous Australians, 1958; coverage of his research tours of South Africa, 1955 and Okinawa, 1960; articles on his marriage to Laura Greer, Jan 1955; other articles on Laura Gates; and obituaries and other papers relating to the death of Gates including memorial service programmes and letters of condolence to his widow, 1962. 1 item

Scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, including reviews of Hamilton's publications A jaunt in a junk (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, London, 1884), The fighting of the future (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, London, 1885), Icarus (Vizetelly's one volume novels, Vol 18, 1886) and The Ballad of Hádji and other poems (Kegan Paul, Trench and Co, London, 1887); Indian newspaper cuttings relating to Hamilton's first annual report as Assistant Adjutant General for Musketry in India, 1890. With typescript of Hamilton's letter to The Times (returned unpublished, Oct 1931) regarding the relative contributions of FM Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts of Kandahar, Waterford and Pretoria, and Gen Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, 1st Bt, to improvements of standards of musketry at the School of Musketry, Hythe, Kent, as stated in The life of General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, GCB, GCMG (Hutchinson and Co, London, 1931) by Gen Sir George de Symons Barrow. 1 vol

Cuttings book relating to service as Adjutant of 4 Battalion Gloucestershire Volunteer Regiment and of 1 Volunteer Battalion Cambridgeshire Regiment, mainly newspaper reports from the Stroud Journal and Stroud News and Gloucester County Advertiser, on troop inspections and weekend camps held by Liddell Hart, Apr-Nov 1917; and service as adjutant of 1 Volunteer Bn, Cambridgeshire Regt. With cuttings on the wedding at Stroud of Liddell Hart to Jessie Douglas Stone, daughter of J J Stone of Stratford Lodge, Stroud, Apr 1918. 1 vol

Red book with further obituary notices of John Frederick Maurice (p 1-14); reviews of Frederick Barton Maurice's "Forty Days In 1914" with a letter of appreciation from John Buchan 1919 (p18-42); press reports of F.B.M.'s visit to U.S.A. and lectures there 1919 (p43-47); reviews of Frederick Barton Maurice's "The Last Four Months" 1919 (p48-50). At back of book, cuttings of: letter by Professor Marsh to The Times; reprint of 1812 funeral notice of Mr Perceval; sinking of Titanic Apr 20 1912.

Scrapbook of press cuttings collected by Reginald Ruggles Gates, Volume 3, including articles by Gates; articles on his work, notably reviews and other press coverage of Human Genetics, 1946-1947, Human Ancestry, 1949 and Pedigrees of Negro Families, 1952; article on Marie Stopes, 10 Dec 1936; articles on the Indian Science Congress, May 1937; articles on a boy brought up by baboons, Jun-Jul 1939, and other children raised by animals; articles on an anthropological survey of British militiamen, run by Gates, Jun 1939; obituaries for colleagues and Gates' father Andreas Bohaker Gates, Feb 1943 and coverage of his research tours of Cuba, 1952 and Japan, 1954. 1 item

Scrapbook of press cuttings collected by Reginald Ruggles Gates, Volume 2, including articles on eugenics and heredity; on the opening of a botanical laboratory in Regent's Park, Jul 1931; articles and letters to newspapers by Gates; articles on the International Genetics Conference, Aug 1932; articles on Gates' botanical research, 1934 and articles on a fraud case of which Gates was victim, Dec 1935. 1 item

Scrapbook of press cuttings collected by Reginald Ruggles Gates, Volume 1, including articles on his research, notably reviews of The Mutation Factor in Evolution, with particular reference to oenothera, 1915, Heredity and Eugenics, 1923, A Botanist in the Amazon Valley, 1927 and Heredity in Man, 1929; articles and letters to newspapers by Gates; articles to his expeditions to the Amazon, 1925 and the Canadian Arctic, 1928; articles on the Bose Institute, Calcutta (Kolkata), Dec 1926; articles on his marriage to Jane Williams, Jun 1929; and articles on the International Federation of Eugenic Organisations, Sep 1930. 1 item

Scrapbook of newspaper articles by Liddell Hart on training of the Territorial Army and Regular Army, published in The Morning Post, including report on training camp at Seaford, Sussex, of 133 Infantry Bde, 28 Jul 1924 and on the 'Battle of Farnham', training exercise by 2 Div. 1 vol

Scrapbook containing newspaper cuttings on rugby, including five nations' matches, 1909-1914; Oxford University versus Cambridge University, 1909, 1911; manuscript notes from newspaper articles on South Africa rugby team tour in England, 1912-1913. 1 file

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Stern and Sir James Lithgow, Chairman, Tank Board; notes of a conversation between Stern and French Gen Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle on the future of tanks in war, 17 Dec 1940 and papers relating to the design and testing of the TOG 2 tank, including correspondence and notes of interviews with Maj Gen Vyvyan Vavasour Pope, Director of Armoured Fighting Vehicles, War Office.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence and notes of meetings between Stern and the Rt Hon Edward Leslie Burgin, Minister of Supply, Oct 1939-May 1940 and correspondence and notes of an interview between Stern and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply, May 1940-Jun 1940; notes of a visit to Paris, Satory, near Versailles Rueil and Vincennes, France by Stern and other members of a Ministry of Supply mission including representatives of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply to investigate the design, production and performance of French tanks, 25-30 Nov 1939; Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply memorandum relating to the design and production policy of the TOG 1 tank, 11 Mar 1940 and a memorandum by William Rigby, William Foster and Company, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, Technical Advisor, Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply relating to design considerations and specifications for the TOG 1 and TOG 2 tanks, 10 Jun 1940.

Bound volume of official correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the work of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between members of the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Rt Hon Herbert Stanley Morrison, Minister of Supply and correspondence and minutes of meetings between the Special Vehicle Development Committee, Ministry of Supply and the Tank Board, Minstry of Supply.

Bound volume of correspondence, minutes and memoranda relating to the establishment of the Special Vehicle Development Committee of the Ministry of Supply, notably correspondence between Vice Admiral Sir Harold Arthur Brown, Director General of Munitions Production, Army Council, War Office and Stern, relating to Stern's proposals for the construction of a special tank, Jul-Aug 1939; a letter from Maj Gen Alexander Elliott Davidson, Director of Mechanisation, Ministry of Supply to Stern, relating to the allocation to Stern of a room and paid secretary at the Ministry of Supply, The Adelphi, London, 5 Sep,1939; the minutes of the first meeting of the Special Vehicle Department, Ministry of Supply, at which the proposal to build of a tank of 100 tons weight was approved, 18 Sep 1939; a note by Stern of a meeting with Gen William Edmund Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 26 Sep 1939 and General Staff memorandum R B M 17, containing an outline specification for a Super Heavy Tank (Land Battleship), 28 Sep 1939.