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Printed letters and notes by Capt Charles Edward Piercy Henderson, Officer Commanding, 71 Battery, Royal Field Artillery, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), on the Western Front, Sep 1914-Nov 1916, found in his kit after he was killed in action, including principles and methods in employment of artillery at the front; qualities essential in generals, artillery commanders and officers; reasons for British failure at Loos, Sep 1915; criticism of British army staff officers German tactics. Given to Liddell Hart by Edward Piercy Henderson of Capel, Surrey. 3 vols

Photocopies of articles and notes by Rosalind Elsie Franklin concerning her work in DNA research in the Medical Research Council Biophysics Unit, King’s College London, 1951-1953, with later annotations by Wilkins, comprising: manuscript notes, ‘Colloquium Nov 1951’, and typescript ‘Interim annual reports’ for Jan 1951 – Jan 1952 and for Jan 1952 – Jan 1953, by Franklin, with later annotations by Aaron Klug and Wilkins, and a covering letter from Klug to Wilkins, Nov 1975; draft article by Franklin, ‘Notes on aspects of the structure of calf thymus DNA as revealed by its interaction with water’, 3 Dec 1951; joke death notice for the DNA helix, by Franklin and Raymond Gosling, 18 Jul 1952; draft article, ‘X-ray studies of calf thymus DNA’ by Franklin and Gosling, 3 Sep 1952; extract from a report to Medical Research Council, 15 Dec 1952, on recent research in the Biophysics Unit, King’s College Unit, including the text of Franklin and Gosling’s 3 Sep 1952 article on calf thymus DNA; draft article, ‘A note on molecular configuration in sodium thymonucleate’ by Franklin and Gosling, 17 Mar 1953

Vaccination'. Photocopied articles on vaccination and immunisation, and manuscript research notes on members of St Thomas's Hospital staff involved in the development, 1990.

Rugby Club'. Photocopied articles from St Thomas's Hospital Gazette relating to the Rugby Football Club, reports of games, information relating to sport newspapers held in the British Library, list of individuals in photographs of St Thomas's Hospital Rugby Union Football Club, members and biographical information on them from Old Students Lists, 1984

Copies of block plans of King’s College Hospital showing layout and proposed extension. 2 items.

Photocopies of articles by Raymond Gram Swing from The Chicago Daily News, comprising 'Witness describes Dardanelles fight seen from tower', 18 Mar 1915, regarding the Allied naval bombardment of Turkish forts on 5 Mar 1915; 'Sees BOUVET struck; three minutes, it's gone', 23 Mar 1915, regarding the Allied naval offensive through the Straits of 18 Mar 1915. With associated correspondence between Mary Forbes Shield and The Chicago Daily News, 22 Oct 1965-26 Jan 1966, regarding Shield's request for photocopies of Swing's articles. 1 file

Three copies of citations for gallantry awards, 7 Bn, Hampshire Regt, of which Talbot was Commanding Officer, 1944-1945. 1 file

Notes containing comments by German generals on The other side of the hill by Liddell Hart, including Gen Hasso E von Manteufel, Col-Gen Heinz Guderian, Walther Warlimont and Col von Lindeiner gennant von Walau, name annotated 'a regular officer, Silesian aristocrat, age 65' (1945). 1 file

Corfu: Venus of the isles edited by John Knox Forte (East Essex Gazette, Clacton-on-Sea, 1964), including brief quotations from The letters of Private Wheeler edited by Liddell Hart (Michael Joseph, London, 1951). With supplement Wheeler on Corfu (East Essex Gazette, Clacton-on-Sea, [1964]), consisting of extracts from The letters of Private Wheeler edited by Liddell Hart (Michael Joseph, London, 1951), with additional commentary by John Knox Forte. 2 pamphlets

Letter book kept by Clive whilst Head of British Missions, General Headquarters, France, containing copies of letters and telegrams received and sent by him, mainly relating to liaison between British and French High Command, namely French Gen Henri-Philippe Benoni Omer Joseph Pétain and Gen Sir William (Robert) Robertson, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, with regard to events on the Western Front, notably preparations for the Nivelle Offensive, (including proposed Allied objectives, modifications due to German retirement, notes on lines of demarcation between armies); the appointment of French Gen Ferdinand Foch as Allied Commander in Chief; details of supplies of artillery, equipment and manpower, especially the numbers and morale of the French infantry following the Nivelle offensive; notes on the formation of an interior committee of the War Cabinet, and its possible negative effects upon inter-Allied cooperation; correspondence concerning proposals for the reorganisation of the British Missions at French Headquarters. Includes original letter to Clive from Maj Gen Frederick Barton Maurice at the War Office, concerning the possible establishment of an Allied General Staff in Paris, and alternative methods of communication. 1 vol and 2pp.

Correspondence with various officers relating to army reform, including Brig Percy ( Cleghorn Stanley ) Hobart, Inspector, Royal Tank Corps, 1933-1936, Commander, Tank Brigade, 1934-1937, Deputy Dir of Staff Duties, War Office, 1937, Dir of Military Training, War Office, 1937-1938, Col Frederick Alfred Pile, Commander, Canal Brigade, Egypt, 1932-1936, Commander, 1 Anti-Aircraft Div Territorial Army, 1937-1939, and the Rt Hon Sir Thomas Inskip, Attorney General, 1932-1936 and Minister for the Coordination of Defence, 1936-1939 (These are transcripts of letters in LH Section 1)

Logs for Mar 16-18 1968, Task Force Barker, 11th Infantry Brigade, Americal Division, MACV'. File of photocopies of Daily Staff Journals relating to US Army operations in the My Lai area, including those from US Army Vietnam (USARV) Army Operations Centre (AOC), Long Binh, Republic of Vietnam (RVN), 16-17 Mar 1968; US Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) MACCOC3, Command Centre, 16-17,19 Mar 1968; Task Force Barker, Landing Zone (LZ) Dottie, 15-20 Mar 1968; Headquarters, 11th Light Infantry Brigade, Duc Pho, LZ Bronco, 14-18 Mar 1968; and Americal Division Tactical Operations Centre (TOC), Chu Lai, RVN, 16 Mar 1968.

Copies of Guy's Hospital Medical School development proposals relating to quinquennial submissions to the University Grants Committee, 1947-1982.

Typescript copy text of diaries for Jun 1943 – Sep 1945, with minor cuts to text, bound in hardback. Also photocopy of typed text, with some omitted text restored, and additional notes identifying relatives, friends and colleagues mentioned only by first names.

Vietnamese Statements to CID'. File of photocopies of sworn statements of US Army Criminal Investigation Division (CID) investigators containing details of interviews with sixty one Vietnamese witnesses, men, women and children, who were eyewitnesses to events at My Lai on 16 Mar 1968, in which they describe the attack on the village by American soldiers, names of individuals and family members who were killed and of survivors, identify on a sketch map of the village, the locations their home, any bodies that they saw, sites of graves, and identify individuals in photographs taken during the operation. Witnesses include Do Ba, Nguyen Thi Bi, Do Cam, Phung Thi Chanh, Nguyen Thi Chi, Pham Can, Nguyen Thi Cuong, Phom Dat, Tran Dau, Pham Day, Nguyen Din, Nguyen Thi Em, Phong Hoa, Pham Hat, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Nguyen Thi Hoan, Tran Thi Huy, Nguyen Huyhn, Nguyen Khinh, Nguyen Khoa, Pham Ky, Troung Lac, Do Thi Lan, Pham Le, Troung Thi Le, Troung Thi Lieu, Pham Thi Lom (Lam), Nguyen Thi Luan, Do Mau, Nguyen Manh, Nguyen Thi Me (Buk), Nguyen Thi Meo, Pham Mieu, Truong Ngu, Do Thi Nhan, Do Thi Nhuc, Do Thi Phan, Truong Quy (Qui), Do Thi Sy, Dang Thi, Nguyen Tri, Nguyen Thu, Nguyen Thi Tai, Do Thi Tha, Nguyen Than, Nguyen Thang, Pham Thi Thi, Do Thiet, Nguyen Thi Ti, Do Thi Tien, Phuong Tieo, Nguyen Thi Tiet, Nguyen To (Chat), Pham Thi Tot, Phong Thi Trap, Nguyen Tri, Pham Thi Tro, Nguyen Tu, Buoi Tuong, Pham Thi Tuu, Phham Tuy (Ty), Phung Vo. Also includes memorandum containing key to photographs of Vietnamese nationals, 10 Jul 1970

Copy of manuscript of the reign of Edward IV, 'Charter Eliam: Tabula de Beth Kil-hart', lent to Leathes by Edward Jones, bard, 1814; copy of manuscript of the reign of Henry VII entitled 'Charta Nordwalliae', transcribed from papers belonging to the Reverend Ewan Evans, 1763. 1 file