This series includes correspondence relating mostly to the restitution of material from Montecassino theft, list of photos of damaged monuments, copies of final reports issued by the Subcommission for Monuments, Fine Arts and Archive (MFAA) on the damage occurred in the Italian regions as well as various reports on German activities between 1943 and 1945. Correspondence between J.B. Ward-Perkins and Ferdinando Forlati on monuments in Veneto dated 1947 and letters sent to David W. Richardson in 1977 regarding German movement of objects from Montecassino. Also a t Ringler's report (26 June 19449 as well as Carlo Anti's report (23 June 1945). Reports and correspondence are spread in several boxes:

Box B: in folder 'War damage'(1): correspondence between J.B. Ward-Perkins and Ferdinando Forlati on the state of monuments in Veneto, 1947; correspondence between J.B. Ward-Perkins and David W. Richardson regarding German movement of object from Montecassino; typescript of what appears to be Ward-Perkins' letter to The Times published on 28 December 1951; various newspaper cuttings, mostly dated 1963; in the envelope 'War damage, Cortona, Milano, Torino, Genova' (2): 3 photographic prints depicting the Church of San Lorenzo, Naples, 1947; a portion of fresco, no caption, no date; the Church of San Vito, Marsala, no date; in folder 10 correspondence with various recipients, amongst which is Anthony Blunt, regarding the MFAA photographs and relevant reports (sub-folder 'B'); correspondence relating to the air photographs prints held by the British School at Rome, 8 June 1946; memos and correspondence on missing files (sub-folder 'C'); 6 reports issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on German activities, more specifically: report on the German Kunstschutz in Italy between 1943 and 1945, 12 September 1945; Ringler's report: 'Removal of works of art belonging to the Italian State from Tuscany to Alto Adige and their safe-keeping by the Protector of Monuments in the operational area', 26 June 1944; Carlo Anti's report: 'Removal of works of art from Tuscany to Bolzano, 23 June 1945; File system of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Subcommission as at 26 November 1945; Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives monthly report, April 1946 (sub-folder 'D').

Box D: in folder 'A': list of 'musei diocesani' and collections of sacred art in the Italian regions; in folder 'B', documents relating to the case of Mussolini's gift to Goering of paintings belonging to the Comune of Vipiteno, and attempts to find them; in folder 'C', correspondence between J.B. Ward-Perkins and Colonel Miller about the artworks looted from Italy by the Germans and stored near Bolzano, May 1946; correspondence between J.B. Ward-Perkins and M. Carr about Villa Trissino, near Vicenza, June 1946; letter sent by the Soprintendenza ai monumenti delle Marche, June 1946; correspondence about the 'List of Protected Monuments, Italy', November 1945; document issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Civil affairs Section on Freedom of Research in Italy, June 1945; correspondence about Palazzo Davanzati in Florence owned by Tomas Harris, June 1945; correspondence with the Cultural Relations Department in London about the Leonardo da Vinci's exhibits, May 1946; correspondence about some frescoes purchased by Germain Seligman prior to the war, May 1946; correspondence with Pasquale Rotondi, Superintendent to the Gallerie in Urbino about a copy of 'Vademecum di Urbino', July 1946; File system of the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Subcommission as at 26 November 1945; correspondence about Greek artworks looted during the occupation of Greece by the Italians, June-November 1946; correspondence about looted Dutch Art, September 1946; in folder 'D': documentation and letters concerning the restitution of artworks to Italy, Hungary, Rumania, Finland and Austria, including restitution procedures, 1945-1947. Copies of the 'List of Monuments' prepared by the American Defense Harvard Group for the following regions: Liguria, Lombardy, Emilia, Venezia Euganea, Venezia Giulia, Venezia Tridentina, Republic of San Marino, Tuscany, Abruzzi o Molise, Apulia, Basilicata, Calabria and Campania; list of cultural, archaeological and historical sites in the provinces of Pola and Gorizia; list of photographs of damaged monuments, Bologna, taken on 2 August 1945.

Box E: in folder 'A': 3 copies of 'Notes on the Organization of the Administration concerned with Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives in Italy for the use of the Sub-commission and Regional Advisers in the Allied Military Government and the Allied Control Commission' issued by the Allied Military Government, November 1943 (AMG-ACC GENERAL Hq.); in folder 'B': 4 copies of a report issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on 'Missing works of art, ITALY', 19 January 1946 (20909/20/MFAA); in folder 'C': 3 copies issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives of 'Report on the German Kunstschutz (MFA&A Branch) in Italy between 1943 and 1945, 30 June 1945 (20914/MFAA); in folder 'D': 3 copies of a report issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on 'Missing works of art, ITALY', 17 October 1945 (20909/20/MFAA); in folder 'E': 4 copies of a report issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on 'Works of art exported to Germany by Fascists, ITALY', 10 January 1946 (20909/25/MFAA); in folder 'F': 4 copies of a report issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on 'German Seizure of Works of Art, Province of Perugia', 25 August 1945 (20909/20/A/MFAA); in folder 'G': 4 copies of a report issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on 'German Seizure of Works of Art, Province of Perugia', 25 August 1945 (20909/20/A/MFAA); in folder 'G': 3 copies of a report issued by the Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Branch, London, including the 'Ringler's report' 12 September 1945; 3 copies of a report issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on 'German Activities 1943-5 in the Operationszone Adriatisches Künsteland in the Field of Fine Arts, Libraries and Archives', 2 August 1945 (20141/MFAA); in folder 'H': various copies of correspondence relating to the German Institute of Venice, April and August 1946; correspondence on valuable paintings missing from the Reggia di Caserta; in folder 'I': inventory of 'Collezioni Archeologiche del Museo Nazionale di Napoli', no. 71, sent for safety to Montecassino; in folder 'J': inventory of 'Casse consegnate dal comando germanico provenienti da Montecassino e da altre località', no. 70.

Box F: 15 final reports issued by the Headquarters Allied Commission, APO 394 Subcommission for Monuments Fine Arts And Archives on the following Italian regions as well as on archives and the general situation: Sardinia and Venezia Giulia, 31 December 1945; Veneto and Venezia Tridentina, 20 December 1945; Lazio, 5 December 1945; Sicily, 20 November 1945; Liguria, 15 November 1945; Le Marche, 10 November 1945; Piemonte, 5 November 1945; Umbria, 25 October 1945; Lombardia, 30 September 1945; Tuscany, 7 September 1945; Apulia, Calabria, Lucania, 1 September 1945; Emilia, 5 August 1945; Final report. General, 1 January 1946; Final report on Archives. Part I: Italian archives during the war, 1 January 1946; Final report on Archives. Part II: Outline survey of the state of Italian archives at the close of the war, 21 January 1946. Also, copies of report 20141/MFAA, 2 August 1945 (see Box E) and report 20914/MFAA, 30 June 1945 (see Box E).