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R (Requirements and Statistics) Papers on the guns and ammunition programme for 1918, including memorandum on the War Office requirements; memorandum on the Artillery Position on the Western front for the French and British Armies, Apr-Aug 1917; comparison of Allied and German Artillery.

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R (Requirements and Statistics) Papers on Guns and Ammunition including copy of the Gun Ammunition Programme for 1918; letter from William Page to the War Office on the effect of strikes on gun output; report on state of wear of guns in the field; tables of expenditure and stocks of gun ammunition in France; memorandum by William Page on efforts to achieve greater efficiency with Artillery.

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R (Requirements and Statistics) Department of Munitions Requirements and Statistics - weekly reports of expenditure and stocks of gun ammunition in France.

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R (Requirements and Statistics) Department of Munitions Requirements and Statistics weekly reports of expenditure and stocks of guns and ammunition in France.

Scope and Contents S (Steel and Iron) Various papers including report on the shipbuilding situation by the Controller's Department, Admiralty; memorandum on the possibilities of merchant ship production in the United Kingdom by Major General Albert Collard, Deputy Controller of Auxiliary Shipbuilding; minute on labour unrest in the iron and steel industry; papers by John Hunter, Director of Steel Production on manganese ore, and steel output; Joint recommendations on increase of production of ships' plates and...

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S (Steel and Iron) Various papers including correspondence on demand for steel from France, Italy and Russia; memo by Robert Horne, Director of Materials and Priority on meeting with WSC on supply of steel to the Admiralty; memo by Sir Arthur Duckham on steel production; minute from WSC to Sir Arthur Duckham expressing disquiet about the Steel Department and its organisation; papers on strike by iron ore miners in Cumberland.

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S (Steel and Iron) Various papers including memo from the First Lord of the Admiralty (Sir Eric Geddes) to the War Cabinet on merchant shipbuilding; minute from Sir John Hunter, Director of Steel Production, stating that there was no steel available for Admiralty programme of three airship sheds, except at the expense of other munitions production; papers on supply of steel to Italy; papers on the steel budget for 1919.

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S (Steel and Iron) Various papers on the organisation and function of the Steel and Iron Department of the Ministry of Munitions.

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S (Steel and Iron) Papers on the manufacturing programme by Sir John Hunter and others.

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S (Steel and Iron) Output statistics - figures for steel production.

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X (Explosives Supply Department) Various papers including notes on the establishment and organisation of the Department; report on explosion in nitro-glycerine wash house at munitions factory in Pembrey; papers on alcohol supplies for war purposes; notes on the manufacture of suphuric acid by K B Quinan [printed].

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X (Explosives Supply Department) Report on costs and efficiencies for H.M. Factories controlled by the Factories Branch, Department of Explosives Supply [printed].

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X (Explosives Supply Department) Papers on the establishment of a factory for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by Sir Keith Price, K B Quinan, Edwin Montagu and others.

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Chemical Warfare Department Various papers including letter from Major-General Henry Thuillier, Chemical Warfare Department on the Italian gas mask, which gave practically no protection against the three principal gasses used by the enemy; report of conference on general gas policy, chaired by WSC.

Scope and Contents Chemical Warfare Department Various papers including Chemical Report of Trench Warfare Supply Department; minutes of conference, chaired by WSC to consider the supply of gas for 1919 as affected by the policy of the General Staff, other delegates included Major Generals Sir William Furse, Sir Francis Bingham, Sir Noel Birch and Henry Thuillier; printed report of British gas attack near Nieuport, 5 Oct 1916; War Cabinet Papers on the use of Asphyxiating gases; letter from General Sir Henry...

Scope and Contents Chemical Warfare Department Various papers including memos by Major-General Henry Thuillier, (Controller, Chemical Weapons Department) on the properties and uses of chemical shell fillings (2), the delays in providing gas shells; notes of meeting (chaired by WSC) on the provision of HS gas and gas shell; papers on bonuses to be paid to munitions workers employed in connection with HS gas; report on status of Chemical Warfare problems in September 1918; General Staff pamphlet on the...

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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...

Scope and Contents Conferences at General Headquarters (GHQ), France Notes of meetings with GHQ Staff in France, on the Artillery situation, Sep 1917, including Major-General Noel Birch, Artillery Adviser to the C. in C.; Major-General Francis Bingham; Minutes of conference at GHQ to discuss the future organisation and possible expansion of the Tank Corps with WSC, Major-General Sir John Capper, Director-General, Tank Corps, Sir Eustace d'Eyncourt, Sir Arthur Duckham; Brigadier-General Hugh Elles, Commanding...

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War Committee: Extract from proceedings of meetings of the War Committee, mainly discussing munitions [printed, copies belonging to F E Smith [later Lord Birkenhead].

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...