The following table represents in summary form the current state of the collection. The grades are designed to facilitate judgements on the scope of the collection in a particular subject field and are as follows:
| A- Comprehensive | = Research level on most topics within the subject area defined |
| B - Research | = Research level within the subject area defined |
| C - Study | = Study level within the subject area defined |
| D – Basic | = Basic material within the subject area defined |
| E – Minimal | = Minimal material within the subject area defined |
| F – None | = No relevant materia |
OHP – Oral History Project
| Date and Subject | Relevant Collection | Grade | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1898-1901 Boer War | Pakenham | B | Outside Museum’s brief |
| 1901-1914 General | Miscellaneous | D | Outside Museum’s brief |
| 1914-1918 Home Front |
• OHP War Work • OHP Anti-War Movement • BBC Great War • BBC Women at War Lyn Macdonald Collection • Chris Howell Collection • Wolverton at War • Miscellaneous |
B | Weak on male involvement on Home Front throughout |
| Western Front |
• OHP Western Front • BBC Great War • Lyn Macdonald Collection • Chris Howell Collection • Wolverton at War • Miscellaneous |
B | Weak on 1914/15 e.g. Christmas Truce at Mons, Loos, Neuve Chappelle |
| Gallipoli |
• BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
E | |
| Salonika |
• BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
E | |
| Mesopotamia |
• BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
E | |
| Palestine |
• BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
E | |
| Italy |
• BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
E | |
| Ireland |
• BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
E | |
| East Africa | • Miscellaneous | E/F | |
| Naval Campaigns |
• OHP Lower Deck • BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
C | Poor on campaigns outside North Sea |
| 1914-18 British Army |
• OHP Western Front • Lyn Macdonald Collection • Chris Howell Collection • Wolverton at War • Miscellaneous |
B | |
| Air Force (RFC, RNAS, RAF) |
• OHP Military & Naval • BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
B | |
| Royal Navy |
• OHP Lower Deck • BBC Great War • Miscellaneous |
B | |
|
|
1919 - 1939 | ||
| Attacks on USSR, 1919-1921 | • Miscellaneous | E | |
| Invergordon Mutiny, 1931 |
• Alan Breira Collection • Tony Carew Collection • Miscellaneous |
A | |
| Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 |
• OHP British Involvement in Spanish Civil War • Miscellaneous |
C | Very poor on fascist side |
| Home Front |
• OHP Britain and the Refugee Crisis • OHP Anti War 2 • Miscellaneous |
D | Often this subject is outside Museum’s Brief. Absence of rise of Fascism |
| Africa |
• OHP British Army in Africa • BBC Tales from the Dark Continent • Miscellaneous |
A | |
| Ireland | • Miscellaneous | E | |
| India |
• OHP British Army in India • BBC Plain Tales from the Raj • Miscellaneous |
A | |
| Middle East |
• OHP Middle East; British Military Personnel • Miscellaneous |
B | |
| Far East |
• OHP British Servicemen in the Far East • Miscellaneous |
B | |
| British Army |
• OHP Mechanisation of the British Army • OHP British Army in Africa • OHP British Army in India • OHP Middle East; British Military Personnel • OHP British Servicemen in the Far East • Miscellaneous |
A | Poor on home station service |
| Royal Air Force |
• OHP The RAF and the Development of Air Power • OHP Duxford • Miscellaneous |
B | |
| Royal Navy |
• Alan Ereira Collection • Tony Carew Collection • Miscellaneous |
D | |
| 1939-1945 |
• OHP Evacuation • OHP Anti War 2 • OHP British and the Refugee Crisis • OHP Duxford • BBC Second World War • BBC Personalities • Thames TV World at War • Capital Radio Blitz • Political Warfare Executive Collection • Miscellaneous |
C | |
| Overseas |
• OHP Gort’s Army • OHP Far East POWs • OHP European POWs • OHP Enemy Internment of British Civilians • OHP British Service Cameramen • BBC Second World War • Thames TV World at War • Philippine Collection • Salerno Collection • Miscellaneous |
D | |
| 1945-1983 Korea | • Miscellaneous | E/F | |
| Colonial Warfare |
• BBC Plain Tales from the Raj. • BBC Tales from the Dark • Continent Miscellaneous |
E/F | |
| Ireland | • Miscellaneous | E/F | |
| British Army | • Miscellaneous | E/F | |
| Royal Air Force | • Miscellaneous | E/F | |
| Royal Navy | • Miscellaneous | E/F | |
| 1900 - 1983 | |||
| Political |
• BBC Personalities • US National Archives • IWM Nazi Leaders • Deutsches Rundfunk • Nuremberg War Trials • Political War Executive • OHP Anti War Movement • OHP Anti War 2 • OHP Spanish Civil War • RUSI |
C | Weak on France/USSR/Japan/pre 1938 USA/pre 1930 UK/ Fascism in UK in 1930s/The post 1945 situation |
| Cultural |
• OHP Artists in an Age of Conflict • OHP British Service Cameramen • War Poets Collection • ENSA Collection • Miscellaneous (including music) |
C | |
| Technical |
• OHP Mechanisation of the British Army • RUSI Collection • Miscellaneous |
E | Weak on weapons development and construction |
| Sound Effects | • Army and RAF Film Sound Effects | C | Very weak on all but Second World War |