Current State of the Collection
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 |
