Papers by LSA on tariff reform and Imperial Preference, including: press-cuttings of Times articles and letters to the Times written by LSA; pamphlet, The Case for Tariff Reform; text and notes for speeches by LSA on fiscal reform and Imperial policy; notes on tariff reform and constructive policy; notes on the Trade Union Tariff Reform League.

A Ph.D. thesis for the University of London, 554 pages, with a map.

Memorandum by LSA on the Imperial Cabinet, improvements required in the constitution of the Imperial Conference, communication between different Governments of the Empire, and the distribution of administrative work between different departments and the Colonial Office. Includes rough notes on the memorandum, and on the Imperial Conference of 1918.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Memoranda on the Uganda Development Corporation Limited.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Johannesburg, South Africa, to WSC, on his visit to South Africa. Predicting that "when you are my age you will see S Africa to be the most populous & wealthy of all our colonies. Stating that he had been examining, and investing money in gold mines "for I expect you and Jack will be a couple of expensive articles to keep as you grow older". Regretting that he would not be able to bring home a tame antelope.

Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa, to WSC, on South Africa. Stating "if we could incorporate these Boers into the Empire, we should be doing a vast deal more for the future of our race and language, than by assimilating a million Johannesburg Jews. They have first class natural ability, and their brains, having lain fallow for about 200 years, will, like virgin soil produce magnificent crops".

Copy of memorial by P Jaswantsingh, Guaranteed Chief of Lalgarh Estate, India, sent to WSC, and also sent to the Viceroy and Governor-General of India [1st Lord Willingdon, earlier Freeman Freeman-Thomas] on the proposed change in the status of the Guaranteed Chiefships.

Cutting on speech by WSC at Annual Dinner of Southsea Conservative Association [Hampshire], subjects covered include service and old age pensions, social reform and the Empire Speech part pub. in Complete Speeches V.1 p.30.

Letter from Ernest Fletcher to WSC on free trade and the question of protection for the Empire.

Letter from WSC to Ernest Fletcher, on free trade, rejecting the idea of protection for goods from the Empire copy in hand of A. Anning.

Letter from Sir Edward Hamilton to WSC, opposing preferential trade conditions for the Colonies, which would lead to higher taxation at home.

Letter from Sidwell Shotton to WSC, on Joseph Chamberlain's policy of preferential tariffs for the Colonies.

Letter from Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] to WSC on Free Trade, particularly Joseph Chamberlain's desire for a duty on food stuffs as an instrument for fiscal union with the Colonies.

Letter from Ivor Guest [later Lord Ashby St Ledgeds and Lord Wimborne] (2nd baron, 1st Viscount)] to WSC, on Chamberlain's scheme for Imperial preference, and on the general political situation.

Extract from the Empire Review - article by H. Kopson How to Solve the South African Labour Question: A Plan for Chinese Immigration [printed].

Letter from Colonel J. Mitford to WSC, on free trade, asking him for his alternative to Chamberlain's scheme for protective tariffs in favour of the colonies.

Letter from John Beasley Thornhill to WSC, asking for help in obtaining post with the Colonial Service.

Letter from Sir Michael Hicks Beach [later Lord St Aldwyn] to WSC, suggesting question to be put to Joseph Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, asking whether representatives of Canada had expressed the opinion that Britain was not sufficiently protecting the Empire against German discrimination and that Britain should retaliate by imposing duties on German goods.