Scope and Contents War Cabinet - Papers and Correspondence Memoranda by WSC on the Gun ammunition programme for 1918, with special reference to Canadian supplies Letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [David Lloyd George] on relations between the Ministry of Munitions, the War Office and the Admiralty; Cabinet Papers by the Ministry of Munitions on manpower, wastage of guns, the supply of steel plates to Italy; Minutes by Sir William Weir and Sir John Hunter on airship construction policy Memorandum by Sir...

Scope and Contents War Cabinet - Papers Including Ministry of Munitions minutes and memoranda on The Nitrate of Soda Situation; The Exchange of Materials of War between the United States and Britain by Walter Layton and Philip Hanson; The Agreement between the British and US Governments for the Production of Tanks; The Proposed General Advance to Piece Workers of 12.5%; The need for a factory for the fixation of Atmospheric Nitrogen; The effects of a further cut in the Munitions Tonnage; Labour, Man-Power and...

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Report to Imperial War Cabinet and related papers Including memorandum on the work of the Imperial Munitions Board in Canada; Draft of statement by WSC to Imperial War Cabinet on Canadian production of munitions; Notes on munitions production in India and Australia; and shorthand note of WSC's "Munitions Statement" to the Imperial War Cabinet.

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Admiralty Quarterly Return of War Vessels and Aircraft (British and Foreign [Printed].

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Treasury Sanction of Allocations to Allies Including memo by Walter Layton; correspondence between the Ministry of Munitions and the Treasury, and minutes of meeting at the Ministry of Munitions to discuss the question of supply of Wolfram Ore, Tin, Lead and Alumina.

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Munitions Council Papers on the Creation of the Munitions Council and the internal organisation of the Ministry of Munitions by Sir Stephenson Kent, Sir Alexander Duckham, Laming Worthington-Evans and others.

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Munitions Council Papers on the Organisation of the Council and its Committees by Sir Arthur Duckham and others.

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Munitions Council: Committee (formerly Advisory Committee) on 1917-18 Munitions Programme - memos by WSC and others.

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Munitions Council: Papers of the Committee on Allocation of Contracts in order to secure concentration of production. Also papers on the Efficiency Department. Including memos by WSC, W Graham Greene, the Association of Chambers of Commerce, and Sir Glynn West.

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Munitions Council: Committee on Demobilisation and Reconstruction Including Annual Report for year ending 30 Sep 1918; Interim Report of Sub-Committee on post-war Iron and Steel Requirements; and proposals for dealing with Demobilisation and Reconstruction on Commercial Lines by Brigadier-General William Alexander.

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Munitions Council: Committee on Release of men for the Army Minutes of meetings chaired by F G Kellaway.

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Establishment and Personnel Including papers on the position of Sir William Weir as Controller of Aeronautical Supply; letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [David Lloyd George] on the staff and structure of the Ministry; papers on Sir Glynn West's return to Armstrong Whitworths, papers on the status of temporary staff in the Ministry and Report on the Department of Explosives Supply.

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A (Allies) Various papers including correspondence with Albert Thomas and Louis Loucheur, French Ministry of Munitions; memorandum on placing of contacts for munitions in Switzerland; memorandum on the Allied Munitions Programme and Economy of Resources by Sir Glynn West; correspondence with general Dallolio, Italian Minister of Munitions.

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A (Allies) American Department Reports of the American Department on supply of munitions and materials from the United States.

Scope and Contents A (Allies) - United States of America Various papers including report of Captain J A Leeming, as Trench Warfare representative with British Mission to the United States; photographs of tests of coal dust as an explosive; Foreign Office telegrams, mainly to and from Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British Ambassador to the United States, on munitions supply; Sir Ernest Moir on his resignation from the American Department; Telegrams from 1st Lord Northcliffe [earlier Alfred Harmsworth], head of British...

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A (Allies) - United States of America Various papers, mainly on purchase of munitions in the United States: Correspondents include Lord Northcliffe (15); Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British Ambassador, Washington (2); Arthur Balfour (2); Morgan Grenfell & Co. (10).

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A (Allies) United States of America Various papers, mainly on purchase and supply of munitions Correspondents include Sir Charles Gordon (3); Lord Northcliffe (27); Robert Brand (4); Sir Stephenson Kent (4); Report by Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, British Ambassador, Washington, on the industrial situation in the United States; cuttings from the New York Times, Washington Post.

Scope and Contents A (Allies) - United States of America Various papers, mainly telegrams on supply and purchase of munitions. Correspondents include Robert Brand, Ministry Representative in Washington (6); Sir Connop Guthrie (8); Sir Charles Gordon (8); Laming Worthington-Evans; Lord Weir; Lord Reading, British Ambassador, Washington (3); Walter Layton (3); Charles Schwab; Report of Major-General John Headlam, Artillery Mission Also includes cuttings from the "Washington Post" the "Sunday Star, Washington",...

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Proof copies of extracts from The Official History of the Ministry of Munitions 1. Volume II, Part I Supplement "The Liquidation of the Ministry of Munitions 2. Volume II, Part I, Chapter IV "Mr Churchill's Administration - Co-Ordinated Effort" (2 Copies) 3. Volume II, Part II, Chapter II "The Problem of Central Control" 4. Volume X, Part VIII, Chapter I "The Evolution of the First Tank" (3 copies.

Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos 201-400.Correspondents include: Sir James Stevenson; Lord Swaythling on scrap iron in the Netherlands; Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions (2); General Sir Francis Bingham; Charles Hobhouse on shortage of field guns; Lord Northcliffe (5); Lord Derby, War Office (5); Sir Joseph Maclay, Ministry of Shipping (4); Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service; Dundee Chamber of Commerce and others on the telephone service...

Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos. 401-600 Correspondents include: Lord Derby, War Office (9); Edwin Montagu, India Office; H W Massingham, The Nation; Louis Loucheur, French Minister of Munitions; Sir Herbert Hambling, Finance Member of the Ministry of Munitions Council; Sir Joseph Maclay, Ministry of Shipping; Sir Boverton Redwood, on the organisation of the Chemical Warfare Department; Sir Alfred Mond [later Lord Melchett], Office of Works (4); Sir Stephenson...

Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos. 601-743 Correspondents include: Wedgwood Benn (later Lord Stansgate); Major-General Sir William Furse; Lord Robert Cecil (later Lord Cecil of Chelwood), Foreign Office; Walter Long Colonial Office (3); Sir Abe Bailey; Lord Killanin, complaining about treatment by the Priority Dept., Ministry of Munitions; Lady St Aldwyn, on the death of her husband and son; Louis Loucheur, French Minister of Munitions (2); Lord Cowdray on his...

Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions Nos. 201-300 Correspondents include: Desmond Morton; Lord Esher, about employment for his son Maurice; Admiral William Sims, United States Navy; Lord Rhondda, Ministry of Food (2); Colonel Albert Stern; Walter Long, Colonial Office; Andrew Bonar Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Rudyard Kipling (3); Lord Beaverbrook, Ministry of Information; Major-General Tom Bridges; Albert Stanley [later Lord Ashfield], Board of Trade; Lord Derby,...

Scope and Contents WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos 301-400 Correspondents include: Major-General Noel Birch; Sir Abe Bailey; Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig; Lord Derby, War Office; Sir Frederick Black, British War Mission to the United States; Lord Rhondda. Ministry of Food; Lord Stamfordham, PS to King George V (2); Lord Robert Cecil (later Lord Cecil of Chelwood), Foreign Office; Lord Northcliffe (2); Cecil Harmsworth; Colonel Albert Stern; Sir William Weir; Vice Admiral Charles...

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A (Allies) - United States of America Various papers, mainly telegrams on munitions supply. Correspondents include Lord Reading, British Ambassador, Washington (9); Walter Layton (3); Major-General Sir John Headlam (4), including Report on Artillery Mission to the United States; War Office; General Sir William Furse; Robert Brand; Sir Charles Gordon (5); Bernard Baruch, War Industries Board, Washington.