Scope and Contents Subjects include: the growth of Fascism; forms of government; reform of the second chamber [? possibly for "House of Lords or senate?" by Cuthbert Headlam and Alfred Duff Cooper, later 1st Lord Norwich, 1932, which AHM helped to research]; the aftermath of the Versailles Conference, particularly relating to Belgium, Luxembourg and Poland; German disarmament and twentieth century political history.Also includes: pamphlets on "Mines, owners and mysteries" and "Have the small...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: the German Revolution of 1918-19; reform of the Second Chamber [? possibly for "House of Lords or senate?" by Cuthbert Headlam and Alfred Duff Cooper, later 1st Lord Norwich, 1932, which AHM helped to research].Also includes: first chapter of a work on the history of 19th century Germany; report of an international student conference at the University of Oxford on nationalism and minorities in Central Europe, 1937; notes for Conservative Party workers, 1937,...

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Subjects include: reform of the Second Chamber [for "House of Lords or senate?" by Cuthbert Headlam and Alfred Duff Cooper, later 1st Lord Norwich, 1932, which AHM helped to research]; reparations paid by Germany after the First World War; the development of Parliamentary government in Germany; the German Revolution of 1918-19.

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Lectures on "Mittel Europa", or public opinion in Central Europe, particularly in Germany, Austria and Hungary, and "Little Ships and Torpedoes", on the importance of small naval ships and their use of torpedoes.

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A long letter from Rice to his mother describing conditions, notably the level of inflation.

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Seventeen letters from Rice in Germany, where he was with the Control Commission, written to his mother.

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Originals and transcripts of letters between MAR and his mother, and later between him and his wife, Gladys.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

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Four volumes of newscuttings, three relating to Southern and East Africa and one to the Native Question in South Africa, and loose cuttings on related subjects. Many of the articles concern the activities of the colonial powers in Africa, notably Great Britain, Germany, Spain and France.

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100 x 80 mm.

Scope and Contents Memoranda from the German section of the Political Intelligence Department on subjects including: the situation in Austria-Hungary, particularly the future of Hungary; a message from Count Mihály Karolyi, Prime Minister of Hungary, on the difficulties Hungary was facing; the future of the foreign press unit at Watergate House; a conversation with Otto Bauer, Austrian Foreign Minister, advising sending a British mission to Vienna with food aid to counter Bolshevik influence; the canalisation...

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Includes: later letters from their guide from Berlin containing a detailed description of the situation in Germany; account of a visit to a political prison at the invitation of Hermann Göring's invitation; and notes on Danzig [later Gdansk] and the Polish claim on the city.

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Account by Brendan Bracken of his meeting with Joachim von Ribbentrop [German Minister for Foreign Affairs], July 1939 and account by Michael Thomas of the situation in Germany, September 1939.

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MAR's correspondence as British High Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner on the Inter-Allied Rhineland High Commission.

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75 x 100 mm. A peacock.

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Pamphlets mainly relating to Germany, including pamphlet no. 30 by MAR, "Hitler's Thirteen Points, a Criticism". Also includes prints of treaties on wartime conventions, 1907-10.

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Collection includes a copy of Robertson's autobiography, ca. 1945; correspondence with his mother and wife, 1900-1946; papers relating to Robertson's Foreign Office career; speeches and articles; and papers relating to later aspects of Robertson's career.

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75 x 100 mm. Two women at the Avenue of the Emperor.

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106 x 82 mm. A view of the Orangerie.

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Drafts, proofs and issues of the Westminster Gazette with articles by JWHM on subjects including: the trial of Vladimir Sukhomlinov [former Russian Minister of War] and the charge that General Nikolai Yanushkevich [Russian Chief of Staff] had lied about Russia mobilising against Germany in 1914; the revolution in Germany, Nov 1918; the German elections, 1920.

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Interview from 19 November 1936 with covering letter to Hore-Belisha from 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Harold Harmsworth] and Hore-Belisha's reply, 26 and 28 November.