Included are rough undated manuscript notes in Nicholson's hand, one set headed 'Wartime MS notes on a Basra - Baghdad railway', staff lists and invitations to official functions.

Included is Nicholson's reply to Hurcomb's offer of a post in the Ministry of Shipping.

Contents of a file inscribed as 'Wartime temporary administrative officers in Civil Service & the FDA [Association of First Division Civil Servants] MWT Branch'. Nicholson chaired a committee representing temporary administrative officers in the Ministry of War Transport. Brief correspondence and papers regarding general business.

Contents of a file inscribed as 'Shipping operations 1943-1944'. Correspondence (all 1944), chiefly with Percy Rogers of the British Merchant Shipping Mission, Washington DC, USA; copy of secret report on 'Operation 'Symbol' ', 1943.

United Maritime Executive Board (UMEB) and United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committees. Nicholson was Chairman of the United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committee and a member of the UK Delegation on the UMEB.

United Maritime Executive Board (UMEB) and United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committees. Nicholson was Chairman of the United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committee and a member of the UK Delegation on the UMEB.

United Maritime Executive Board (UMEB) and United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committees. Nicholson was Chairman of the United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committee and a member of the UK Delegation on the UMEB.

United Maritime Executive Board (UMEB) and United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committees. Nicholson was Chairman of the United Maritime Authority (London Branch) Shipping Employment Policy Committee and a member of the UK Delegation on the UMEB.

Included are rough undated manuscript notes in Nicholson's hand.

Correspondence etc regarding ideas and drafts for various publications and related matters. The correspondence is chiefly Nicholson's with officials in the Ministry of Information and the Civil Service Commission. I.S. (later Sir Ivison) Macadam is among the correspondents. Included are a few letters which are not written by or addressed to Nicholson. Included also are some typescript notes by Nicholson headed 'Slogans'.

Correspondence etc regarding ideas and drafts for various publications and related matters. The correspondence is chiefly Nicholson's with officials in the Ministry of Information and the Civil Service Commission. I.S. (later Sir Ivison) Macadam is among the correspondents. Included are a few letters which are not written by or addressed to Nicholson.

Manuscript notes by Nicholson on possible pamphlets and related matters. Only a few pages are inscribed with dates; these are Jun-Aug 1939. A few secretary's notes regarding appointments etc are included.

'Note of an interview with Lord Halifax [Foreign Secretary]', copy of Nicholson's 4pp typescript summary so titled, 24 Sep 1939. The discussion covered post-war aims and a draft pamphlet 'What are we to fight for'. J.S. Huxley was also present at the interview. 2pp manuscript notes with Nicholson's later inscribed note '...interview with Lord Halifax Foreign Secretary on 18 Oct 1939'. 1p manuscript notes with Nicholson's later inscribed note 'Apparently a note of an…

Included is a copy of the minutes of the first meeting of the Research Sub-Committee (12 Jul 1939).

Chiefly office notices and memoranda. Included are two papers authored by Nicholson: one memo (23 Sep) and a 3pp 'Summary Report on Pamphlets' (24 Oct).

Chiefly office notices and memoranda.

Brief correspondence regarding matters arising from Nicholson's time at the Ministry of Information and relating to his renewed work at the Political and Economic Planning (PEP).