Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

Approximately 300 x 87 mm. Photograph presumably by Christy.

205 x 145 mm. A general view of a sea front. The pier can be seen at the left of the print. Stamped in relief on the face of the print is the signature 'Catford and Son's Series'. Exact location unidentified. Photograph taken by James Stoyell Catford, 5 High Street, Ilfracombe, Devon.

Correspondence, arranged by subject, relating to Fergus Wilson's work for the F.A.O., with a few related papers.

Photographs taken in the United States (1918), S.W. England (1919), Europe (1920), Egypt and Sudan (1920), England and Wales (1920-1), Jersey (1921), Germany (1923), Saundersfoot (1923) and Spitsbergen (1924). Fifteen loose photographs from the album are in plastic sleeves.

Quarter-plate. [Showing bale of raw cotton being hoisted up into mill from cart pulled by a horse].

Quarter-plate. [Showing bale of raw cotton being hoisted up into mill from cart pulled by a horse].

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing horse and carts in neat yard. Skips made of woven wicker-work].

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing horse and carts in neat yard. Skips made of woven wicker-work].

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing horse and carts in neat yard. Skips made of woven wicker-work].

345 x 240 mm drawing from ‘The Illustrated London News’.

Letter from Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Home Security] to Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC], confirming that a second Anderson Shelter had been sent to Chartwell [Kent].

Letter from Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Home Security], to Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC], confirming that an Anderson Shelter big enough to accommodate 10 people had been despatched to Chartwell [Kent], at a cost of 11l 15s.

Letter from Mary Shearburn [Secretary to WSC, later Mary Thompson] to Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Home Security], requesting an Anderson Shelter to fit 10 people to be delivered to Chartwell [Kent]. [Carbon].

Note from Mary Shearburn [Secretary to WSC, later Mary Thompson] to WSC, confirming that although construction of Anderson Shelters had ceased, there were a few available, at 10 pounds for a six seater, and 15 pounds for one accommodating up to 10 people [annotated by WSC, asking her to buy a large shelter for Chartwell, Kent].

Note from Mary Shearburn [Secretary to WSC, later Mary Thompson] to WSC, on air raid precautions at Chartwell [Kent], noting that there were adequate shelters for the staff and the cottages, that for anyone sleeping in the "big house" there was a cellar which would make a splendid shelter, leading out of the day nursery, and that if an Anderson Shelter were required for CSC when staying in the new cottage, a good place for it would be opposite the door to the muniment room.

Minute from Leslie Rowan [Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC, on the ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell [Kent].

Note by A E Hill, Head Gardener, Chartwell [Kent], on the ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell.

Minute from Robert Hudson [Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries], and 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the provision of a sugar ration for bees.

Minute from WSC to the Minister of Agriculture [Robert Hudson] and the Minister of Food [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the discontinuance of the sugar ration to domestic bee keepers, demanding to know the saving in "starving the bees of private owners". [Carbon].

Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to Benham and Sons Limited, Heating Engineers, London, requesting an estimate for regulating all of the radiators at Chartwell [Kent], as it was not possible to turn off individual radiators, and with fuel rationing this would be necessary. [Carbon].

Letter from Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC] to Maryott Whyte, on an estimate from Hammond and Hussey Limited, for a long ladder for use at Chartwell [Kent] in case of incendiary bombs.

Letter from C R Bailey, District Technical Officer, Kent War Agricultural Executive Committee to WSC, with a report on Chartwell [Kent] that the ploughing of part of WSC's park for food production was not a success, recommending that the land should be cultivated in the spring, and then sown to permanent pasture, which could then be leased to a neighbouring farmer for grazing. [Copy].

Letter from Maryott Whyte to CSC, on ploughing of pasture at Chartwell [Kent] for cultivation, particularly the unfavourable reaction of A E Hill, the Head Gardener, also on arrangements for accommodation of WSC's secretaries during weekends at Chartwell.