Gunnery: notes and letters relating to naval gunnery, 1903-1905. Confidential papers of results of battle practice of gunlayer's tests, of prize firing and letters to Premantle on the 'gunnery versus paint' issue.

Gunnery: notes and letters relating to naval gunnery, 1903-1905. Confidential papers of results of battle practice of gunlayer's tests, of prize firing and letters to Premantle on the 'gunnery versus paint' issue. Letters from Percy Scott for these years.

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ID:	WHI/3
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	White, Arnold Henry
Date made:	1903-01-01 - 1905-12-31; 1903-1905 1903-1905-12-31
Credit:	On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from a private lender
Parts:	White, Arnold Henry, Journalist, 1848-1925. (Manuscript) Important Naval Documents: correspondence with Yerbergh, Yexley, Beresford and copies of letters between Fisher and Beresford relating to The Navy League, navy rations, Naval Estimates, review of Mediterranean fleet, 1900-2 (Manuscript) (WHI/1) Fisher, Beresford and Scott: papers and correspondence relating to the Beresford-Scott incident of 1908 (Manuscript) (WHI/2) Gunnery: notes and letters relating to naval gunnery, 1903-1905. Confidential papers of results of battle practice of gunlayer's tests, of prize firing and letters to Premantle on the 'gunnery versus paint' issue. (Manuscript) (WHI/3) Naval Questions in Parliament: reprint from 'Naval and Military Record' of questions asked in Parliament on naval subjects, 1898-1904. Correspondence, 1903, 1914 (Manuscript) (WHI/4) Navy and Gunnery: Naval Estimates, 1902-5, correspondence relating to The Navy League, from Percy Scott and Fred T. Jane (Manuscript) (WHI/5) Notes and letters from Percy Scott, 1905, 1912; Copy of 'Bluejacket and Coastguard Gazette', complaints to White and notes on gunnery (Manuscript) (WHI/6) Seventy letters from Nina Beresford, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/7) Leaflets and enrollment form for British Fascists, article from 'National Review'; invitation to visit Germany with refusal, 1907; Account of journalists visit to Germany, 1914 (Manuscript) (WHI/8) Australia; pamphlets, scheme for emigration, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/9) Australian Navy; printed memorandum by G.F. Pearce, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/10) Assessment; income tax, 1923 (Manuscript) (WHI/11) Army League; pamphlet, 'Social Democracy and the Armed Nation', 1900, papers and letters 1906 (Manuscript) (WHI/12) Aliens; anti-aliens pamphlets by Joseph Banister; Copy of Aliens Bill, 1905 (Manuscript) (WHI/13) Admiralty Papers; printed papers and pamphlets on German Admiralty policy and related subjects, 1906-7 (Manuscript) (WHI/14) Aircraft; notes and printed reports. The Navy League Lecture, 9 March 1920; Parl. Committee on Administration and Commandof RFC and Report on Royal Aircraft Factory, 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/15) Balfour and the Irish Memorandum; memorandum by White on Ireland and seapower sent to Balfour, related correspondence, 1917 (Manuscript) (WHI/16) Beds. Election; (1910) articles and a letter, 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/17) Beresford; letters 1901 (Manuscript) (WHI/18) Beresford; letters 1902, including apology from Beresford over a misunderstanding on the question of the condition of the Mediterranean fleet (Manuscript) (WHI/19) Boer Generals appeal; letters 1902 (Manuscript) (WHI/20) Thomas Gibson Bowles; pamphlet and letter, 1910 (Manuscript) (WHI/21) Boy Training; letter, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/22) Brest; report and notes on insit, 1905 (Manuscript) (WHI/23) Broadcasting; lecture, 1923 (Manuscript) (WHI/24) Bullies Police; cutting, letter, 1907 (Manuscript) (WHI/25) Capital; two articles on nationalising shipping, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/26) Cancer Research; correspondence relating to the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, 1922-3 (Manuscript) (WHI/27) Censorship; memorandum, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/28) Channel Tunnel; newspaper cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/29) China (Cecil Hensin); memorandum, 1921 (Manuscript) (WHI/30) Christian Science; newspaper cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/31) Church; Farnham Parish Magazine, extract, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/32) Civilisation; newspaper cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/33) Civil Service Socialist; copies of the Society's journal, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/34) Conscientious Objectors; articles, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/35) Declaration of Independence; copy memo on British constitution, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/36) Cruelty; pamphlets on vivisection, 1910 - 1912 (Manuscript) (WHI/37) Crucifix; letters, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/38) Current Literature; article and letter, 1914 (Manuscript) (WHI/39) Darien, Mr Timothy, a sea lawyer; drafts of novel by Arnold White, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/40) Declaration of London; correspondence in The Times, 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/41) Delbrueck Law; notes and Parliamentary Paper on German Nationality Law, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/42) Deterioration; parliamentary papers, pamphlets and notes on Physical Condition of the Nation,1904 - 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/43) Dockyards; notes and correspondence on dockyard efficiency, 1903-5, correspondence with W H Henderson, Admiral Superintendent, Plymouth. Draft of history of the dockyards, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/44) Doctors: Lunacy Laws; notes and newspaper cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/45) Dog Letters; correspondence concerning his dog, photographs of White at his home, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/46) Drink; correspondence concerning prohibition, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/47) Efficiency; letters 1900-2, pamphlets, account of accident on HMS RESOLUTION, notes on naval efficiency, 'Journal of Malta Naval and Military Society', 1901 (Manuscript) (WHI/48) Election (South Bucks); Questions on Ireland for candidates, 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/49) Emden and Germany; notes on visit, letters and pamphlets on Anglo-German relations, 1908-9 (Manuscript) (WHI/50) Emigration; copies of letters from Lord Rosebery, Cardinal Manning, 1885, confidential Colonial Office Report, 1913, reports on Emigration, 1917, 1918. (Manuscript) (WHI/51) England; cuttings, correspondence, 1914 - 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/52) England; English publications list, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/53) English Race; article on Common Law, letters relating, 1918; copy of article for Lord Rothermere, 'Sea Power and Ireland', 1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/54) Eugenics; letters, 1912 - 1914 relating to the Eugenics Education Society (Manuscript) (WHI/55) Final Views of Vanoc; correspondence re autobiography, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/56) Fodder; cuttings on patriotic themes, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/57) Fodder for Sunday Pictorial Article; The Navy League handbill, article on Australia and Naval Strategy in the Pacific, cuttings, letters, 1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/58) Freedom of the Seas; correspondence with National War Aims Committee, 1918 (Manuscript) (WHI/59) Aldgate Weekend Club 'Freedom of the Seas'; The Navy League pamphlet, letter, 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/60) Freedom of Britain Article; 1909 (Manuscript) (WHI/61) German Fleet; notes, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/62) Golden Ballot; tickets, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/63) Gunnery 1912; letters from Percy Scott, 1912; also cuttings and 'National Review' article (Manuscript) (WHI/64) Gunnery by Percy Scott (confidential); volume, 1905 (Manuscript) (WHI/65) Gunnery: Scott's letters; 1915 - 1916, also some of 1902 and 1922. Copy of Percy Scott's letter to Balfour, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/66) Haldane; notes of conversation with Haldane, 1906; pamphlet, 1912; correspondence relating to Haldane, 1914 - 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/67) Heligoland; letters 1914, 1919 (Manuscript) (WHI/68) Historical Memoranda; notes on Ireland, Balkans, State of England, 1793-1815 (Manuscript) (WHI/69) Honours; pamphlets, Parl. Debates, Report on alleged sale of honours, 1917 (Manuscript) (WHI/70) Colonel Hope VC; pamphlet 1887, letters 1908-9 (Manuscript) (WHI/71) Hospitals; notes on hospital extravagance, letter1904 (Manuscript) (WHI/72) Lord Howard of Effingham; letters on whether Howard was a Catholic, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/73) Important Letters 1902; Rotheschild, 1902 (Manuscript) (WHI/74) Important Letters 1907: Admiral Fremantle; including Fisher, Beresford, Fremantle (Manuscript) (WHI/75) Important Letters 1908; twenty four correspondents, including T.E. Crease, Fisher, W.G. Perrin (Manuscript) (WHI/76) Important Letters 1909; twenty seven correspondents, including J.L. Garvin, R.E. Prothero, R.L. Harmsworth, Kenneth Dewar (Manuscript) (WHI/77) Important Letters 1910; two drafts of moral sermons (Manuscript) (WHI/78) Important Letters 1911; five notes in indecipherable hand, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/79) Important Letters 1912 (i); forty six correspondents, including Duke of Bedford. Also letters of 1904 including Botha, Haldane and Fremantle; letters of 1906-7 (Manuscript) (WHI/80) Important Letters 1912 (ii); eleven correspondents, including Yerbergh, Lloyd George (copy), Harmsworth (Manuscript) (WHI/81) Important Letters 1913; eighteen correspondents, including R.E. Prothero and British League for support of Ulster and Union (Manuscript) (WHI/82) Important letters1914; twelve correspondents, including R.E.Prothero, W.H. Lever (Manuscript) (WHI/83) India; pamphlets, one letter 1918 (Manuscript) (WHI/84) India 1916; letter, 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/85) Industrial Alcohol; company statement and one letter, 1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/86) Notebook: Index Ireland 1886-1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/87) Ireland 1886 onwards; pamphlets and notebook (Manuscript) (WHI/88) Ireland 1910; one handbill (Manuscript) (WHI/89) Ireland 1911; Ulster Unionist handbills, two letters (Manuscript) (WHI/90) Ireland 1912; pamphlet, copy of 'Irish Freedom', two letters (Manuscript) (WHI/91) Ireland 1913; copy of Government of Ireland Bill, pamphlets, six letters (Manuscript) (WHI/92) Ireland 1914; pamphlets, notes, 1 letter (Manuscript) (WHI/93) Ireland 1915; notes (Manuscript) (WHI/94) Ireland 1916; notes, cuttings, one letter (Manuscript) (WHI/95) Ireland 1917; three letters, one describing Cork Riots (Manuscript) (WHI/96) Ireland 1918; cuttings, one letter (Manuscript) (WHI/97) Ireland 1919; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/98) Ireland 1920; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/99) Ireland 1921; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/100) Ireland 1922; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/101) Ireland 1923; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/102) Ireland 1924; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/103) Fifty Men for Ireland; cutting re Arnold White's appeal in 'Daily Express' for men to act as body guard, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/104) Royal Commission on the Rebellion in Ireland 1916; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/105) Ireland, Roman Catholics; cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/106) Memorandum: Notes on Ireland's relation to British Command of the Sea, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/107) Irish Trip; Feb 1914; cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/108) Irish Trip: July 1918; memoranda, 'Naval Intelligence in Ireland Jul-August 1918' and 'Psychology of the Celtic Irish' (Manuscript) (WHI/109) Invisible hand; relating to 'The Hidden Hand' written by White in 1917. Eighteen correspondents, including Eyre, A. Crowe and F.E. Tillemont-Thomason (Manuscript) (WHI/110) Insurance Bill; copy of Bill, 1911, copy of 'Justice' 1912, one letter 1912 (Manuscript) (WHI/111) Jewish Questions; cuttings, correspondence with Zionist Organisation. Programme of the Harrogate Literary Society, 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/112) Jews 1921; cuttings and correspondence (Manuscript) (WHI/113) John XXIII; notes, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/114) John Citizen; (new publication Prospectus and letters, 1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/115) Dossier de Jutland; notes of Arthur Dewar, extract from 'Naval Review', letter 1924 (Manuscript) (WHI/116) Journalism (Fleet Street and Germany); memoranda 'The Hidden Hand in Fleet Street', five correspondents, 1909 - 1917 (Manuscript) (WHI/117) Jutland Day versus Trafalgar Day; cuttings, four correspondents 1916, notice of a motion to be put before The Navy League, 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/118) Kishinoff Massacres; pamphlet, cuttings, six letters, 1903 (Manuscript) (WHI/119) Land; notes on Land Enquiry Report, pamphlets and correspondence relating to the Land Valuation Department, 1914 (Manuscript) (WHI/120) Lawyers; pamphlet (anti-lawyers), eleven correspondents, 1914 - 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/121) Lecture League; prospectus and letters, 1910 (Manuscript) (WHI/122) League of Nations; cuttings, one letter, 1920 (Manuscript) (WHI/123) Lever; booklet on Lever Brothers Ltd, drafts of chapters on First Lord Leverhulme, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/124) Further mss. copies of WHI/124, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/125) Life of James Lever; correspondence with early business associates of Lever, 1923 (Manuscript) (WHI/126) Life of J. Lever: Leverhulme Correspondence; business correspondence relating to book, 1923 (Manuscript) (WHI/127) Visit to Lews Castle September 1920; cuttings related to Leverhulme (Manuscript) (WHI/128) Lifeboats; cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/129) The Malaya Battleship; cuttings and correspondence, 1913, relating to the gift of 2 1/4 million pounds sterling, by the Federation of Malay States to provide a battleship for the navy. (Manuscript) (WHI/130) MSS unpublished; manuscripts on navy, Ireland and Europe, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/131) Marie Celeste; one letter, 1920 (Manuscript) (WHI/132) Mercantile Marine; Lloyds Registry returns, three correspondents, 1915 - 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/133) Ministerial; articles, anti-Lloyd George, pamphlet by H.M. Hyndman, article by Rudyard Kipling, nine correspondents, including Lloyd George (copy), Lord Alfred Douglas, 1911-22 (Manuscript) (WHI/134) The Monroe Doctrine; cutting and notes, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/135) The Navy League; speeches, agendas, resolutions, reports of Navy League, 1911-22, thirteen correspondents, 1910-22, including P J Hannon, Rear-Adms Hopwood and benson, Duke of Somerset, Biscoe-Tritton, essays by Arnold White (Manuscript) (WHI/136) Navy: Training, promotion, and retirement of Officers; pamphlets and letters, 1902-6. Also a journal of the Transactions of the French Fleet in Bantry Bay, 1796 (Manuscript) (WHI/137) Navy 1915 (List of goods declared to be contraband of war); letter, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/138) Naval Expenditure; article, letter 1904 (Manuscript) (WHI/139) Naval Manoeuvres 1906; arrangements, memoranda, letters from Fisher (Manuscript) (WHI/140) Naval Affairs: Adms Fremantle and Fisher; reports and letters, some from Scott, 1906-7 (Manuscript) (WHI/141) Navy league - My History of The Navy League; pamphlets, letter, 1918 (Manuscript) (WHI/142) September 1919: Letter to Times on Ireland, Empire and Sea Power; article and two letters relating to The Navy league, 1919 (Manuscript) (WHI/143) The Navy League Grand Council Meeting 10 March 1922; notices, one letter, 1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/144) White, Arnold (Journalist), 184National Service; report and letters relating to the National Service League, 19108-1925 (Manuscript) (WHI/145) Nelson; copies of article on Nelson by White, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/146) Northcliffe; three articles, one letter 1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/147) Norway Territorial Line; questions in Commons, four correspondents, including Lord Charles Beresford, 1917-21 (Manuscript) (WHI/148) Norway Territorial Waters: 4 mile limit: notes on Ireland, evidence from an officer, five correspondents, including Arnold Foster 1917-21 (Manuscript) (WHI/149) Oil; article, lecture, four correspondents, 1912 - 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/150) Anti-Opium; memorandum, n.d. one letter from Rajah Brooke of Sarawak, 1908 (Manuscript) (WHI/151) Our Sure Shield 1923; (book for school children) chapter on Jutland. Two correspondents (Manuscript) (WHI/152) Pacifists; cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/153) Mrs Parker; letters relating to Women's Associations (eg Imperial Lady Workers), 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/154) Parliament Act; copy 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/155) Parliamentary Questions; various 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/156) Phillips' Letters Battle Practice; (secretary to Fisher), letters, 1906-7, various subjects (Manuscript) (WHI/157) Pretyman; correspondence 1906, relating to an allegation made by White that Pretyman had gained in a sale of land to the Admiralty (Manuscript) (WHI/158) Prisoners of War; correspondence relating 1915 - 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/159) Prohibition; pamphlets and correspondence, 1920-24 (Manuscript) (WHI/160) Prothero: Nonconformity; R.E. Prothero wanting information on the Free Church, 1910 (Manuscript) (WHI/161) Quakers; cuttings and letter, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/162) Radium; notes, correspondence, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/163) Red Tape; one customs document, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/164) Reminiscences; general notes, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/165) Rothschild and Alien Emigration; correspondence, 1902 (Manuscript) (WHI/166) The Friendship of Russia 1916; lecture notes and cuttings, report from Siberia 1918, secret report 1921 (Manuscript) (WHI/167) Salisbury Plain; correspondence, 1906 (Manuscript) (WHI/168) Science; lecture, 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/169) Percy Scott and Roma Scott; controversy - paintwork before gunnery, 1908 (Manuscript) (WHI/170) Percy Scott. Organisation; confidential memoranda, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/171) Sir Percy Scott: Submarines v Dreadnought; minutes and other evidence of Beresford/ Scott quarrel, paper on submarines, letters 1910 - 1914 (Manuscript) (WHI/172) Sea Power 1915; notes and letters on Ireland and Seapower, The Navy League correspondence, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/173) Sea Power 2 Downing Street Sea Power; letter to Lloyd George on Ireland and Seapower, 1920 (Manuscript) (WHI/174) Sea Power and Morning Post; Ireland and Seapower, correspondence with 'Morning Post', 1921 (Manuscript) (WHI/175) Sea Training; reports and letters on Sea Training and The Navy League, 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/176) Servants; letters, 1920 (Manuscript) (WHI/177) George Bernard Shaw; correspondence, 1914-21 (Manuscript) (WHI/178) Slough Conservative Club Meeting; notes and correspondence on navy and Scots, 1923-4 (Manuscript) (WHI/179) Socialism; early Socialist pamphlets, 1903 - 1911 (Manuscript) (WHI/180) Soldiers, Blinded; one letter, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/181) Soldiers' Pay; correspondence, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/182) Soldiers' and Sailors' Votes: Queen's Hall; notes and cuttings, 1 Oct 1916 (Manuscript) (WHI/183) Speeches; notes on speeches, relating to navy, Russia and elections, 1914-21 (Manuscript) (WHI/184) Spies; notes and correspondence, 1912 - 1914 (Manuscript) (WHI/185) Spies; correspondence relating to spy hysteria, 1914 - 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/186) Strikes; pamphlets and correspondence, including G.B. Shaw, 1911-12 (Manuscript) (WHI/187) Suicides; notes and cuttings, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/188) Tactics; letter, 1905. Seven engravings of Nelson (Manuscript) (WHI/189) Territorials; reports on efficiency and recruiting, 1907 - 1912, articles, pamphlets and correspondence, 1910 (Manuscript) (WHI/190) Ulster 1922; notes and cuttings (Manuscript) (WHI/191) United Service Gazette; extract, criticism of White and White's reply, 1913 (Manuscript) (WHI/192) USA; extract, 'Saturday Evening Post', n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/193) Vatican; letter, 1910 (Manuscript) (WHI/194) HMS VANOC; correspondence with J.A. Benbow, W.G. Perrin and Balfour's secretary, relating to White's attempt to ascertain whether HMS VANOC was named after his nom de plume, 1922 (Manuscript) (WHI/195) Wales Peaceful Penetration Press; notes and cuttings on German influence, 1915 (Manuscript) (WHI/196) Washington Treaty - partial extract only (Manuscript) (WHI/197) Wembley; notes and correspondence, 1924 (Manuscript) (WHI/198) Admiral Wilson; notes, n.d. (Manuscript) (WHI/199) H. Wilson, Daily Mail; correspondence, re navy, 1906-7 (Manuscript) (WHI/200) Women's Suffrage; extracts and cuttings c.1914 (Manuscript) (WHI/201) Yexley; correspondence re 'Bluejacket' and lower deck conditions with Lionel Yexley, Yerbergh, 1902-03 (Manuscript) (WHI/202)

Gunnery: notes and letters relating to naval gunnery, 1903-1905. Confidential papers of results of battle practice of gunlayer's tests, of prize firing and letters to Premantle on the 'gunnery versus paint' issue.

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