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Volume of newspaper cuttings and other material mainly relating to the War Effort, divided by subject (`Miscellaneous', `National Economy' etc., `Panama Canal Gulf Stream ...', `Flying visit to America', `Worn-out horses...', `Recipes', `letters from O[liver] Baker...', `Pedigrees...', i.e. of horses, cattle, dogs, including certificates; each with its own index, mainly 1916-17. Includes: - p.5 : three letters from Marie Corelli to Lord Leigh, 1916. - p.6 : letter from Dagmar Lagergren, 1916. - p.14: printed leaflets re Scout Rally in Birmingham, 1917. - p.15 : letter from H.J. Miles, a war casualty, to Lord Leigh, 1916. - p.16 : letter from Evelyn M.G. Leveson-Gower to Lord Leigh seeking war work, 1916. - p.24-5: Country Life article on Stoneleigh estate houses, 1917. - p.34 : two letters to Lord Leigh from F.W. Sargant, c.1915. - p.35 : three letters to the same from H. Rawes Whittell, Museum Hall, London, 1916. - pp.44-5: letters from W.A.C. Barrington, Thomas Hughes, E.C. Cholmondeley and mary Woodley concerning Lord Leigh's theory that the current spell of cold weather was due to the opening of the Panama Canal and the diversion of the Gulf Stream: 1917 - p.46 : two letters to Lord Leigh from Reginald B. Soden, 1917 - p.47 : letter from Ernest Pollock to Lord Leigh, 1917 - pp.52-54: article from Farm Life concerning the Stoneleigh Estate, 1913 - p. 60 : letter from Huyshe Yentman-Biggs, bishop of Worcester, to Lord Leigh, 1917 - pp.62-5: magazine article by Agnes Leigh on her visit to U.S.A., 1913 - pp.66-8: typescript speech in House of Lords concerning better treatment for horses, c.1916 - pp.81-6: war-time recipes. - pp.92-7: letters from Oliver Baker, Stratford-upon-Avon to Lord Leigh, 1917 - pp.102-114: letters from H.Dibble, Cholerton, concerning purchase of horses, 1916