Guide to the Papers of J A Letts [MSS 337]

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Manuscript Name Papers of J A Letts
Manuscript Number MSS 337
Last Updated July 2021
Extent 3 boxes
Location Special Collections, UNSW Canberra
Abstract Material relating to the Home Guard in the Second World War along with sporting publications, collected by J A Letts

Collection Subject Type

Military

Scope and Content

Field service pocketbooks, memoranda, and volumes relating to the Home Guard (Australian Volunteer Defence Corps) in the Second World War collected by J A Letts, including small arms training pamphlets. The collection also includes sporting publications such as rare cricket magazines from England and Australia, particularly post-1945 tours to Australia, an album with cards depicting famous players, Australian football (VFL) and horse racing guides, and Australian National University Cricket Club newsletters

Date Range of Content

1920-1987 (bulk 1937-1944)

Biographical Note

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Administrative Information

 

Access and Copying Conditions  

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This collection contains a variety of copyright material. Copyright is held by the creator of each item. Specific conditions for this collection are listed below. If no conditions are stipulated then the standard terms of the Copyright Act apply for published and unpublished items. Digitised material from manuscript collections is provided to clients by UNSW Canberra in good faith for private study and research only, and may not be published or re-purposed without the express and written permission of the individual legal holder of that copyright. Refer also to the UNSW copyright, disclaimer and takedown policy. 

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Preferred Citation

Papers of J A Letts, Special Collections, UNSW Canberra, Australian Defence Force Academy, Canberra, MSS 337, Box [Number], Folder [Number].

Provenance

Gifted by J A Letts’ grandson Sub-Lieutenant Michael Letts, RAN in 1996

 

Subject Keywords

 

Subjects

J A Letts — Archives

Australian sport — 20th century

Australian cricket — 20th century

Australia. Army. Volunteer Defence Corps – Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Personal Names

J A Letts

Corporate Names

Australia. Army. Volunteer Defence Corps

 

Container List

 

Box 1

Folder 1

  • New South Wales Cricket Association Annual Report: Season 1920-1921
  • The Unrivalled Pocket Cricket Score Book, published by Collins Brothers Stationers
  • Rothmans Test Cricket Almanack, compiled by Sydney Smith
  • Batts in the Belfry, by Merv Hill
  • City and Suburban Cricket Association (Founded 1903): Rules and By-Laws, 1963

Folder 2

  • The ABC Cricket Book 2: Australian Tour of England 1964, published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
  • Somerset County Cricket Club Yearbook 1965-1966
  • North Sydney District Cricket Club (Founded 1893): Seasons 1966-1967, 1968-1969, 1969-1970 Annual Reports (3 volumes)
  • Pakistan vs. Southern NSW XI Official Programme, 12-13 December 1972, ACT Cricket Association
  • ABC Cricket Book: Australian Tour of West Indies 1973, published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
  • MCC Team Souvenir, published by the Australian Cricket Society
  • ABC Cricket Book: West Indies Tour of Australia 1975-76, published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
  • The Laws of Cricket (1980 Code) – Official – Marylebone Cricket Club

Folder 3

  • Christmas Greetings from Northern Suburbs Cricket Association, 1907
  • Pocket Book Cricket Guide 1946-47, England-Australia Tests
  • ABC Cricket Broadcast Book, published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission
  • [Title unknown], England’s Tour of Australia 1950-1951
  • Card Album; contains colour cards of cricket players (1950s)

Folder 4

  • The Melbourne Cup Official Programme, 1 November 1977
  • Football Record: Collingwood vs. Hawthorn, 22 August 1981
  • England v France, Twickenham, Saturday 15 January 1983, Official Programme
  • Harold Park Raceway Official Programme and Formguide, Friday 21 December 1984
  • 34th Annual Meeting: Boorowa Racecourse, Friday 15 February 1985, Official Programme, published by Boorowa and District Amateur Picnic Race Club
  • The Second National Word Festival, 9-11 March 1985, Australian National University

Folder 5

  • Cover Point, ANU Cricket
  • Dr. Beaton’s Cookery Book (The 1984-1985 Alternative Yearbook), Australian National University
  • [Untitled ANU Cricket Club newsletter], 1985-1986 season
  • The Alternative Rugby Newsletter, no. 2, published by ADFA: The Underground Press, 1987
  • The World of Sport catalogue

 

Box 2

Folder 1

Field Service Pocket Book: Orders and Intercommunication. Pamphlet no. 2, 1939

Folder 2

Field Service Pocket Book: Intelligence – Information and Security. Pamphlet no. 3, 1939

Folder 3

Field Service Pocket Book: Field Engineering. Pamphlet no. 4, 1939

Folder 4

Field Service Pocket Book: Mechanized Movement by Road. Pamphlet no. 6, 1941

Folder 5

Field Service Pocket Book: Protection Against Gas. Pamphlet no. 8, 1941

Folder 6

Field Service Pocket Book: Supply and Replenishment of Material in the Field. Pamphlet no. 9, 1939

Folder 7

Field Service Pocket Book: Discipline, Office Work and Burial Parties. Pamphlet no. 11, 1939

Folder 8

Field Service Pocket Book: Identification of Bodies, Burials, Graves Registration, Disposal of Effects, Burial of Enemy Dead. Pamphlet no. 11a, Australian Edition, 1942

Folder 9

Small Arms Training: Weapon Training. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 1, 1937. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office

Folder 10

Small Arms Training: Application of Fire. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 2, 1937. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office

Folder 11

Small Arms Training: Application of Fire. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 2 (reprinted with amendments), 1937. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office

Folder 12

Small Arms Training: .303-inch Machine Gun, part 1 – Mechanical Subjects. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 7, 1939. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office

Folder 13

Small Arms Training: .303-inch Machine Gun, part 2a – Training, Infantry (Limber) and Horsed Cavalry. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 7, 1939

Folder 14

Small Arms Training: .303-inch Machine Gun, part 3 – Fire Control. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 7, 1939.

Folder 15

Small Arms Training: .303-inch Machine Gun Supplement. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 7, part 1, 1940

Folder 16

Small Arms Training: Bayonet. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 12 1937

Folder 17

Small Arms Training: Annual Range Courses. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 14 1939

Folder 18

Small Arms Training: Sub-Machine Guns. Volume 1, Pamphlet no. 15, 1943

Folder 19

Operations: Notes on Extensive Warfare. Military Training Pamphlet no. 23, Australian Addendum No. 1, March 1941

Folder 20

Operations Part II – Defence. Military Training Pamphlet no. 23, 1939

Folder 21

Operations Part III – Appreciations, Orders, Intercommunication and Movements. Military Training Pamphlet no. 23, 1939

Folder 22

Infantry Training (Training and War). 1937

Folder 23

Infantry Training (Training and War). 1937 (second copy)

Folder 24

Infantry Minor Tactics. 1941

Folder 25

Coast Artillery Drills: Gun Drills – General. Part III, Pamphlet No. 1, 1940

Folder 26

Coast Artillery Training. Vol. 1, 1938

 Folder 27

Coast Artillery Training. Vol. 3

Folder 28

Small Arms Training. Vol. 2, 1931 (Modified Edition, 1938)

Folder 29

Small Arms Training. Vol. 4 (Australia), 1934

Folder 30

Advanced Training for the Home Guard: With Ten Specimen Field Exercises by John Brophy

Folder 31

Elementary Drill for the Home Guard

Folder 32

Notes on the Administration of Discipline on War Service. 1 May 1943

Folder 33

Infantry Section Leading. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1938

 

Box 3

Folder 34

Range Table for .303-inch Vickers Machine Gun. Published by His Majesty’s Stationery Office, London, 1937

Folder 35

The Vickers Gun Simplified: Pocket Book and Illustrated Guide. Published by Robertson & Mullens, Melbourne

Folder 36

Handbook for .303 Inch Vickers Machine Gun: based on Official Text Books, by Major C.B. Davidson, M.C. Published by Westbury Traders Pty. Ltd., Sydney, 1941 (revised edition)

Folder 37

Owen Gun: Instruction Book. May 1942

Folder 38

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 1, January 1942

Folder 39

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 2, November 1942

Folder 40

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 3, December 1942

Folder 41

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 4, January 1943

Folder 42

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 4, January 1943 (duplicate copy).

Folder 43

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 5, May 1943.

Folder 44

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 5, May 1943 (duplicate copy)

Folder 45

Australian Defence Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 6, August 1943

Folder 46

Australian Military Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Manual. 1941

Folder 47

Australian Military Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Manual – Field Works. Pamphlet no. 7, 1941

Folder 48

Australian Military Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Manual – Grenade Training. Pamphlet no. 13, 1943

Folder 49

Volunteer Defence Corps Manual – Protection Against Gas. Pamphlet no. 14, 1941

Folder 50

Notes on Concealment and Camouflage. Military Training Pamphlet no. 26, 1939

Folder 51

Training in Fieldcraft and Elementary Tactics. Military Training Pamphlet no. 33, 1940

Folder 52

The Training of an Infantry Battalion. Military Training Pamphlet no. 37, 1940

Folder 53

The Infantry (Rifle) Battalion: Part II – The Carrier Platoon. Military Training Pamphlet no. 39, 1941

Folder 54

The Infantry (Rifle) Battalion: Part II – The Carrier Platoon. Military Training Pamphlet no. 39, 1941 (duplicate copy)

Folder 55

Rescue of Crews from Crashed Aircraft. Civil Defence Leaflet no. 4

Folder 56

Australian Military Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 7, 1944

Folder 57

Australian Military Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 8, 1944

Folder 58

Australian Military Forces: Volunteer Defence Corps Training Memorandum (War) Australia. No. 9, 1944

Folder 59

Australian Military Forces: Standing Orders for Volunteer Defence Corps. 1942

Folder 60

Handbook of Artillery Instruments and Range-Finders: Part 1 (Section 14: Calculator, Ballistic Correction, no. 1, Mark 1). 1933

Folder 61

Owen Gun: Illustrations Showing the Use of the Sling. May 1942

Folder 62

Notes on the Laws and Usages of War: For the Guidance of Soldiers. 1941