Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to R.J. Glazebrook, Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, asking whether the Large Aeroplanes Sub-Committee is to be wound up, or to continue

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Frederick Lanchester collectionLAN

Correspondence and other documents ('Baxter' series)LAN/1

Frederick Lanchester correspondence and documents ('Fletcher' series)LAN/2

Biographical information on Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/1

Material on Frederick Lanchester compiled by Dr Peter Kingsford for his biography of LanchesterLAN/2/2

Frederick Lanchester reports for the Advisory Committee for AeronauticsLAN/2/3

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and the Advisory Committee for AeronauticsLAN/2/4

Typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics to Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/4/1

Typed copy letter from Herbert Chatley, The College, Tang Shan [China] to Frederick Lanchester about aerodynamic coefficientsLAN/2/4/2

Typed copy letter from Herbert Chatley, The College, Tang Shan [China] to Frederick Lanchester about Lanchester's coefficient "c" for aspect ratioLAN/2/4/3

Typed letter from F.J .Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, to Frederick Lanchester, asking for his opinion on a chart (not included) showing the lift and lift-drift curves for two aerofoilsLAN/2/4/4

Typed letter from R.T. Glazebrook, Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, asking for Frederick Lanchester's view of some tests on lift and drift in aerofoils which Frederick Lanchester wanted to have conductedLAN/2/4/5

Copy typed paper by Frederick Lanchester 'Note on the thermal equilibrium of the atmosphere'LAN/2/4/6

Typed letter from R.T. Glazebrook, Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, to Frederick Lanchester, asking him to be patient in asking for experiments to be carried out, as there are problems with financeLAN/2/4/7

Typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, concerning investigation into a broken rudder on Machine 204LAN/2/4/8

Copy report by Frederick Lanchester to the Aeroplane Sub-Committee of the Board of Invention and Research on an inspection he had made of the experimental apparatus at the National Physical Laboratory for testing the illumination schemeLAN/2/4/9

Copy typed report on Capt Verney's visit to squadrons, Nov. 18 and 20 1918: R.A.F. engines in B.E.2.CLAN/2/4/10

Typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, to Frederick Lanchester saying he has a letter and design from Dodson of a new carburetter, and asking Frederick Lanchester's views on itLAN/2/4/11

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics noting that he is unwilling to comment on Dodson's carburetter unless he can test a sample.LAN/2/4/12

Typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, to Frederick Lanchester, acknowledging his comments on the Dodson carburettor (LAN/2/4/12).LAN/2/4/13

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, asking for items to be placed on the next agendaLAN/2/4/14

Copy typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics(ACA), to Frederick Lanchester asking about his note on Gyroscopic action and propeller vibration (LAN/2/3/13) prior to printing it as an ACA Technical ReportLAN/2/4/15

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, replying to Selby's letter about the printing of Frederick Lanchester's note on Gyroscopic action and propeller vibration (LAN/2/4/15)LAN/2/4/16

Copy typed letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, asking if the National Physical Laboratory's wind tunnel could be utilised to test multi-aerofoilsLAN/2/4/17

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to E.L. Bairstow at the National Physical Laboratory concerning Weiss' theory of flight which does not tally with LanchestersLAN/2/4/18

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to Dr Glazebrook, Director of the National Physical Laboratory, concerning Weiss' theory of flightLAN/2/4/19

Typed draft report by Frederick Lanchester - note on the conditions which determine the cyclic component round an aerofoilLAN/2/4/20

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to R.J. Glazebrook, Chairman of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, asking whether the Large Aeroplanes Sub-Committee is to be wound up, or to continueLAN/2/4/21

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, concerning a memo. he has sent about T.779LAN/2/4/22

Copy letter from Frederick Lanchester to F.J. Selby, Secretary to the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, enclosing a supplementary note on aircraft gunnersLAN/2/4/23

Typed letter from F.J. Selby, Secretary of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, to Frederick Lanchester enclosing details of the design of a rudder submitted by W.G. Bullen of the Munitions Inventions DepartmentLAN/2/4/24

Typed letter from R.J. Glazebrook to members of the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, asking for their views on the (enclosed) request by members of the National Physical Laboratory's aeronautical staff for a review of their position and salariesLAN/2/4/25

Printed preliminary report by Frederick Lanchester on the weights and h.p. of petrol motors for aeronautical purposesLAN/2/4/26

Printed notes on the resistance of planes in the normal and tangential presentation and on the resistance of ichthyoid bodies, by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/4/27

Proof copy of report by Frederick Lanchester on surface cooling and skin frictionLAN/2/4/28

Proof copy of report by Frederick Lanchester on Aerofoils of high aspect ratiosLAN/2/4/29

Printed report by Frederick Lanchester on Catastrophic instabilityLAN/2/4/30

Printed report by Frederick Lanchester - A note on the subject of skin frictionLAN/2/4/31

Printed note by Frederick Lanchester relating to the effect of wash on the tail of an aeroplane as touchingLAN/2/4/32

Proof copy of report by Frederick Lanchester on High Altitude flying and the development and improvement of the aeronautical motorLAN/2/4/33

Typed report (T.559) by Frederick Lanchester on high altitude flying and the development and improvement of the aeronautical motorLAN/2/4/34

Copy typed report by Frederick Lanchester (T.695) for the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics - Note on balancing wire for aileronsLAN/2/4/35

Copy typed note by Frederick Lanchester (T. 389) for the Advisory Committee for Aeronautics relating to the effect of wash on the tail of an aeroplane (as touching Report No T.368)LAN/2/4/36

Twelve drawings by Frederick Lanchester numbered Fig.1 to Fig.12 possibly relating to landing or glide angles of aircraft, and the location or design of airfieldsLAN/2/4/37

Correspondence relating to flightLAN/2/5

Lanchester's Laboratories LimitedLAN/2/6

Material relating to car manufactureLAN/2/7

PublicationsLAN/2/8

Personal and business correspondenceLAN/2/9

Frederick Lanchester's views on warfare tacticsLAN/2/10

Correspondence concerning financial matters, and Frederick Lanchester's deathLAN/2/11

Material relating to worm gears, aircraft propellers and wings, and Lanchester's Laboratories Ltd salesLAN/2/12

Reprints of articles and publications written by or about Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/13

Correspondence mostly relating to the publication of Frederick Lanchester's 'Potted Logs'LAN/2/14

Miscellaneous correspondence including with Colonel [Rookes] Crompton, electrical engineering pioneerLAN/2/15

Frederick Lanchester papers on optics and visualsLAN/2/16

Anatomy and vision/opticsLAN/2/17

Anatomy and vision/opticsLAN/2/18

Correspondence mostly concerning articles, papers and talks on vision and opticsLAN/2/19

Correspondence from Frederick Lanchester to Professor Robert LockhartLAN/2/20

Correspondence from Frederick Lanchester to Professor Robert Lockhart and othersLAN/2/21

Correspondence from Professor Robert Lockhart to Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/22

Copy correspondence from Professor Robert Lockhart to Frederick Lanchester, Lanchester family members and othersLAN/2/23

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and Robert LockhartLAN/2/24

Correspondence between Frederick Lanchester and Robert Lockhart mostly concerning anatomy, optics, visionLAN/2/25

Supplemental material donated at a later date - mostly aeronautical/militaryLAN/2/26

Supplemental material donated at a later dateLAN/2/27

PatentsLAN/2/28

PatentsLAN/2/29

Notes and correspondence on obtaining copyright on a book in the U.S.A.LAN/2/30

Miscellaneous correspondenceLAN/2/31

Lists compiled by Frederick LanchesterLAN/2/32

BlueprintsLAN/3

Sketch booksLAN/4

Note booksLAN/5

PatentsLAN/6

Glass plate negatives and imagesLAN/7

Photographic negatives of the blueprints (LAN/3)LAN/8

Sales and marketing photographsLAN/9