Science
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Found in 152 Collections and/or Records:
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1985-06 - 1985-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/19
Scope and Contents
Includes NK’s speech to the Plymouth rally [Devon] and his speech to the Parliamentary Party and Party staff on Labour’s position midway between General Elections and the development of campaigning, July 85. Other subjects include: industrial strategy in London; the treatment of Scottish miners following the miners’ strike; results from the United Nations Decade for Women; the teaching of science; the Government’s review of social security and pensions; the National Health Service; nuclear...
Dates:
1985-06 - 1985-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Speeches, speech notes, press releases and articles, 1985-08 - 1985-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/1/20
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: education policy; science policy; unemployment.
Dates:
1985-08 - 1985-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Statement by WSC on the atomic bomb, [01-07 Aug 1945]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/3/42-50
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Copy of a statement to be issued on WSC's behalf [by Clement Attlee, Prime Minister]. Includes covering note explaining that WSC had prepared the statement prior to the change in government. The statement covers issues including: scientific research in the United Kingdom on atomic fission; responsibilities of the committee under Sir George Thomson; exchange of scientific information with the United States; the key individuals including Sir John Anderson [later 1st Lord Waverley] and Lord...
Dates:
[01-07 Aug 1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Typescript of a review by Lu Gwei-Djen of Manfred Porkert's 'The Theoretical Foundations of Chinese Medicine: Systems of Correspondence', (Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1974), and related documents, 1977-02-03 - 1978-05-02
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Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/SCC2/278/24
Scope and Contents
The related documents comprise a note from the Royal Asiatic Society requesting the review; a copy of the review as published in the 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society'.
Dates:
1977-02-03 - 1978-05-02
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(Untitled), 22 Jan 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/13
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on use of "Asdic" [anti-submarine detection indicator] in locating minefields.
Dates:
22 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Admiralty
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Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 06 Feb 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/17
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2 minutes [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the detection of submarines by the use of an electro-magnetic device [Asdic] and attacking tanks.
Dates:
06 Feb 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Admiralty
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Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 15 Feb 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/7/20-21
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Minute [from ?F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC on homing torpedoes.
Dates:
15 Feb 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Admiralty
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Official: Admiralty: copies of minutes [?mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, WSC's Personal Assistant] to WSC, with a summary of the contents at the start of the file. Also includes a small amount of later correspondence [from the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"].
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(Untitled), 24 Nov 1942 - 26 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/57B/187-189
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Memorandum by Professor A V Hill [Member, War Cabinet Scientific Advisory Committee] on Science and the U-boat War addressed by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee to all MP's; includes covering note by Edward Salt, Deputy Chairman, Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.
Dates:
24 Nov 1942 - 26 Nov 1942
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(Untitled), 01 Sep 1940 - 30 Sep 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/13/6
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Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, September 1940.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence], the Chiefs of Staff and other senior military figures; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; senior civil servants including Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet] and Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs];...
Dates:
01 Sep 1940 - 30 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94B/222
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to Professor A V Hill [Independent Conservative MP for Cambridge University] sending his good wishes to Indian Men of Science and to the 6 Indian Fellows of the Royal Society and stating that it is a tragedy that science has now to be used for destructive purposes Signed.
Dates:
30 Oct 1943
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(Untitled), 04 Oct 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/153
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Letter from Lieutenant Frank de Vine Hunt (Upper War Room) [Map Room Staff] to John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] enclosing a Universal Projector Docket and asking him whether [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier F E Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] or WSC would be able to comment on it, stating: that the Hydrographic Department approves of the proposal and will prepare an experimental global map on transparent paper and that the artificial silk manufacturer...
Dates:
04 Oct 1943
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(Untitled), 22 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/168-173
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Letter from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes (22 St Leonard's Terrace, Chelsea, S W 3, London) [Conservative MP for Portsmouth] to WSC marked "Most Secret and Personal" regarding the career of Commander C Varley who has invented a small submarine called a "Sea Tank" which would enable a diver to attach an explosive charge to the bottom of a ship by the means of an arm operated from inside the submarine. He explains that Varley is not held in high regard by the Admiralty, and that the...
Dates:
22 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 29 Jul 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/96B/174
Scope and Contents
Note from 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann] (Great George Street, London) [Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC informing him of the history of Commander C Varley's Sea Tank which is a modified version of a craft used by the Admiralty, adding that Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes [Conservative MP for Portsmouth] has written to him urging him to adopt this new design or at least to offer it to the United States to produce and enclosing a draft reply for Keyes, if WSC...
Dates:
29 Jul 1943
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1939 - 31 Oct 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/3/2
Scope and Contents
First Lord of the Admiralty's printed minutes, October 1939.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (sometimes annotated with additional printed information) to: various naval directors; Deputy Chief of Naval Staff [Rear-Admiral Tom Phillips]; the Sea Lords, particularly 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound] and [3rd Sea Lord and] Controller [Rear-Admiral Bruce Fraser]; [Permanent] Secretary [Sir Archibald Carter]; other senior officers and civil servants.Subjects covered by the...
Dates:
01 Oct 1939 - 31 Oct 1939
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(Untitled), 23 Jun 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/110/48
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Letter from Sir John Simon (House of Commons) praising his speech [in the House of Commons defending his decision to keep ceremonial dress for the Guards and the Household Cavalry], promising to praise WSC's appliance of science to war when he gets the chance but adding that he (Simon) "must keep banging away until you meet us on present day needs.".
Dates:
23 Jun 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 18 Mar 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/147/51
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Lord Balfour, earlier Arthur Balfour] (Hotel Beau-Site, Cannes, [France]) to WSC reporting that he has written to [Stanley Baldwin] on betting, wishing WSC success with his scheme and stating that the true expenditure on scientific research is under a million pounds.
Dates:
18 Mar 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 28 Jun 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/52/48-49
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Letter from Leonard Darwin, President of the Eugenics Education Society (6 York Buildings, Adelphi, London) to WSC (33 Eccleston Square, [London]) explaining the purpose of the first International Congress of Eugenics, to be held at London University in July 1912. Darwin hopes that the Government will support the congress, adding that it was being held at London University in honour of the late Sir Francis Galton, as the originator of the science of Eugenics. Darwin lists the Vice-Presidents...
Dates:
28 Jun 1911
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(Untitled), 13 Dec 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/69
Scope and Contents
Letter from James Caird (Roseangle, Dundee, [Angus, Scotland]) to WSC asking for advice on how best to spend a sum for a project with a scientific basis in Scotland.
Dates:
13 Dec 1912
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(Untitled), 14 Sep 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/92
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Letter from WSC to Sir Henry Tizard [Chairman, Aeronautical Research Committee] thanking him for reports on retaliation against enemy jamming of the night air defence radio system.
Dates:
14 Sep 1942
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/95
Scope and Contents
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on German use of "G.L." methods and countering it by using decoy echoes. [Copy; given running number 212].
Dates:
18 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Official: Prime Minister
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Official: Prime Minister: copies of minutes [mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC, some with WSC's annotations added in typescript, numbered [by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"] with a summary of the contents at the start of each part of the file.
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(Untitled), 06 Jan 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/116-117
Scope and Contents
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on setting up scientific research bodies. [Copy; given running number 198].
Dates:
06 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
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Official: Prime Minister: copies of minutes [mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC, some with WSC's annotations added in typescript, numbered [by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"] with a summary of the contents at the start of each part of the file.
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(Untitled), 10 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/155
Scope and Contents
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on anti-submarine magnets fitted with lights. [Copy].
Dates:
10 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copies of minutes [mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC, some with WSC's annotations added in typescript, numbered [by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"] with a summary of the contents at the start of each part of the file.
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/160
Scope and Contents
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC advocating the "bombard" anti-tank weapon. [Copy; given running number 281].
Dates:
18 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copies of minutes [mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC, some with WSC's annotations added in typescript, numbered [by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"] with a summary of the contents at the start of each part of the file.
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(Untitled), 21 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/161
Scope and Contents
Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on the possibility of shooting down a "Queen Bee" [training aircraft] with "P.E." [photo-electric fuzes] and "U.P." [unrotated projectile weapons]. [Copy; given running number 282].
Dates:
21 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copies of minutes [mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC, some with WSC's annotations added in typescript, numbered [by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"] with a summary of the contents at the start of each part of the file.
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258B/172
Scope and Contents
Minutes [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] (Great George Street [London]) to WSC on imports and food stocks, referring to "W.P.(R) (41) 31", and fuzes for high level bombing. [annotated copies; given running numbers 288 and 289].
Dates:
30 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
/
Chartwell Papers
/
Official: Prime Minister
/
Official: Prime Minister: copies of minutes [mostly from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC, some with WSC's annotations added in typescript, numbered [by WSC's literary assistant Denis Kelly, ?at the time of the production of WSC's "Second World War"] with a summary of the contents at the start of each part of the file.