Edelsten's account of the Battle of Jutland.

Includes a typed diary belonging to John S Churchill covering his experiences of the Dardanelles campaign and miscellaneous correspondence.

Cuttings and photographs on Admiral Beatty and Ethel, Lady Beatty.

Comprising: a letter from Lord Fisher [Admiral of the Fleet, earlier Sir John Fisher] to WSC advising him to order 18 inch guns (8 May); a letter from Lord Fisher to WSC enclosing a press cutting about German guns, annotated by WSC (7 May); a note in WSC's hand (in green pencil) noting that a letter had been sent as requested (15 May); and a letter from J M Falkner (Elswick Works, Newcastle on Tyne) to Lord Fisher on gun manufacture (7 May).

Minutes of the AOC on subjects including: the committee's terms of reference to investigate the output of aircraft; discussion of existing air programmes; shipping output; Ministry of Munitions and increased demand.Typescript.

Minutes of ARC including: the committee's terms of reference to investigate replacement of guns used for home defence and to make recommendations on counter-attacks; shortage of ammunition; repairs to guns; the possibility of attacking enemy submarines at Bremen [Germany], or at Emden [Germany]; use of floating platforms and Handley-Page aircraft; and attacks on German munitions factories. Includes an appendix on offensive bombing operations from seaplane carriers.Typescript.

Includes: family photographs; some official photographs, mainly from McKenna's time at the Admiralty; political cartoons of McKenna; press cuttings; commemorative albums.

Royal Society reprint of a lecture given in 1927 by Sir [James] Alfred Ewing [head of the Department of the Admiralty dealing with enemy cipher, 1914–17], with an introduction by [Reginald] R V Jones, Joint Editor, Notes and Records of the Royal Society, on the initiation and development of naval cryptography in the First World War.

A letter addressed by Cardinal Mercier, Archibishop of Malines, and the Bishops of Belgium, to the Cardinals, Archbishops and Bishops of Germany, Bavaria and Austria-Hungary. Printed pamphlet.

Annotated map, believed to have been owned by McCleland and used during his time fighting in Belgium in the First World War.

Annotated articles, including: "The German Emperor: the responsibility of William II"; "Prince Bülow on Peace"; "Der deutsche Kanzler und der Kriegsausbruch" (The German Chancellor and the outbreak of war); review of "Turkey and the War"; "The Frankfurter Zeitung on Herr von Bethmann Hollweg".

Typescript texts and drafts on subjects including: the memoirs of Marshal Ferdinand Foch; whether generals were human; relations between Britain and France; ELS’s experiences with the French army in July 1914; spies in the First World War and the bombardment of Paris; the law on suicide pacts; Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg; French disarmament; various book reviews, including the memoirs of Raymond Poincare.

Typescript texts and drafts on subjects including: Paul Painleve; ELS’s experiences with the French army in July 1914; Aristide Briand; Parliament and the public purse; towards an Anglo-French understanding; storm clouds in Europe, on relations between France and Germany; review of the memoirs of Marshal Joseph Joffre; review of "Escapers All" on the stories of escaped prisoners of war; the peace-keeping role of an international air force; Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg.

Typescript and manuscript texts and drafts on subjects including: the mutinies of French soldiers in 1917; the career of Sir Winston Churchill; relations between Britain and France over Syria and Lebanon during the war; the Arab world today; Major-General Sir John Davidson’s book on 1st Lord Haig, "Haig Master of the Field"; the danger of politicians being over-swayed by public opinion.

Album of photographs of MS’s First World War hospital.