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Churchill/FISR contains:
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6 Material relating to the Oil Commission
7 Material relating to the Board of Invention and Research
8 Prints: Admiralty, Committee of Imperial Defence; Cabinet and "White" Papers
9 Material intended for Fisher's printed works
10 Letters to newspapers, printed proofs and printed works
11 Press cuttings
12 Photographs
13 Miscellaneous
14 Duplicate papers
15 Material collected by 2nd Lord Fisher about 1st Lord Fisher.
16 Letters from Fisher to George Lambert and papers collected by Lambert
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The Papers of 1st Lord Fisher of Kilverstone

Title Miscellaneous
Reference FISR 13
Covering Dates 1877–1915
Extent and Medium 7 archive boxes
Churchill/FISR 13 contains:
1-13/6 Charts of the North Sea, Mediterranean, World etc. with several showing the positioning of the fleet in wartime.
7 Miscellaneous papers. Includes: "The Grand Fleet" a wartime sketchbook; naval writings; a compilation on naval tactics by Admiral Hornby (1877-1885); and "The mystery of two-two-six and a cruise to the Falkland Islands: a romance by a totally unreliable correspondent featuring Lord Fisher and Sir Doveton Sturdee", a skit on the Battle of the Falkland Islands in dramatic form. 1877–1885
8 Miscellaneous papers. Includes: "Some remarks on modern naval tactics" by "A captain of a battleship" [CCP Fitzgerald] (1896); "The Committee of Imperial Defence-its functions and potentialities", a lecture by Lord Esher (1912); and "The navy league: the naval situation" by Lord Sydenham (1915). 1896–1915
9-13/12 Miscellaneous. Various naval articles and journals.
13-13/14 Miscellaneous: poems.
15-13/16 Miscellaneous: booklets.
17 Miscellaneous: diaries and account books kept by Lady Fisher.
18 Miscellaneous: maps and plans.
19 Miscellaneous: souvenirs. Includes invitations and visiting cards; souvenirs of Edward VII and Alexandra including photographs, pressed flowers, etc.; and menus and programmes.
20 Miscellaneous: souvenirs. Includes greetings cards; decoration of the Osmanie conferred on Fisher while Commander-in-Chief of the British Mediterranean Fleet; and certificate of Fisher's honorary membership of the N E Coast Institution of engineers and shipbuilders (1915). 1915
21 Miscellaneous: biographical material compiled mainly by Admiral Bacon.

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