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Drafts of and articles on Operational Research published in the newsletter 'Recorda' by former OR personnel.

Item is a draft paper.

Item is a handwritten draft of a symposium paper.

File consists of correspondence, conference papers, conference proceedings, newspaper and journal excerpts on OR topics ranging from theory to WWII projects.

Topics include war gaming (approximately half box contents), land warfare, classification, procurement, ordnance and morale tests, resource allocation, air combat, stock theory, nuclear planning.

Topics include the science of operational research, operational research in defence decision-making, in industry and government, and teaching.

Correspondence is with regard to Shephard's donation to Harrod's and IWM archives.

This series contains material relating to operational military research from the second half of the 20th century. The documents are multi-disciplinary in nature, providing scientific, mathematical and historical perspectives of the same topic. Many documents originally come from the Public Records Office UK (PRO), now known as The National Archives (TNA). In such cases, original archival references will be provided, and potential researchers are encouraged to cite these whenever possible.