Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1940-1954 (Creation)
Extent and medium
6 items
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Unknown
Archival history
GB 0099 KCLMA MISC 77 1940-1954 Collection (fonds) 6 items His Majesty's Stationery Office
Faber and Faber
Crystal Publications Ltd, London
Unknown
Presented to the Centre by J M Keith, Deputy Librarian, Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain, 2001
British publications relating to the Allied war effort and the Home Front, 1940-1954, including editions of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) pamphlets Frontline, 1940-41; The official story of the civil defence of Britain (HMSO, London, 1942), Combined Operations, 1940-1942 (HMSO, London, 1943), Target: Germany. The US Army Air Forces' official story of the VIII Bomber Command's first year over Europe (HMSO, London, 1944), Among those present: the official story of the Pacific Islands at war (HMSO, London, 1946). Also pamphlet, 'The battle of South London', by Arthur L Woolf (Crystal Publications Ltd, London, c 1945), with photographs and accounts of bombing in South London, Second World War, and Westminster at War by William Sansom (Faber and Faber, London, 1947).
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London.
English
No additional finding aids.
Entry compiled by Sarah Drewery.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Jun 2008 Wars (events) Aerial bombardment Air warfare Civil defence Combined operations Defence Documents England Europe Germany Information sources International conflicts London Military engineering Military operations Oceania Official publications State security UK War Warfare Western Europe Westminster World wars (events) World War Two (1939-1945) City of Westminster
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Presented to the Centre by J M Keith, Deputy Librarian, Religious Society of Friends in Great Britain, 2001
Content and structure area
Scope and content
British publications relating to the Allied war effort and the Home Front, 1940-1954, including editions of His Majesty's Stationery Office (HMSO) pamphlets Frontline, 1940-41; The official story of the civil defence of Britain (HMSO, London, 1942), Combined Operations, 1940-1942 (HMSO, London, 1943), Target: Germany. The US Army Air Forces' official story of the VIII Bomber Command's first year over Europe (HMSO, London, 1944), Among those present: the official story of the Pacific Islands at war (HMSO, London, 1946). Also pamphlet, 'The battle of South London', by Arthur L Woolf (Crystal Publications Ltd, London, c 1945), with photographs and accounts of bombing in South London, Second World War, and Westminster at War by William Sansom (Faber and Faber, London, 1947).
System of arrangement
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open. Visitors are required to provide proof of ID and sign an undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archives and Information Management, King's College London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Finding aids
No additional finding aids.
Access points
Subject access points
Description control area
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Language(s)
- English