Inventory
Acc.11628
2nd Baron Tweedsmuir Papers
National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected]
© Trustees of the National Library of Scotland JB = John Buchan, 1st Lord Tweedsmuir JNSB = John 2nd Lord Tweedsmuir SB = Susan, JB’s wife PB = Priscilla, JNSB’s wife.
1. Letter concern schooling and early life of JNSB to 1933.
2. Miscellaneous letters, 1923-40, to JB, JNSB or SB.
3. Letters to JNSB from: J Cunliffe-Lister, 1932; Felix, Archduke of Austria, 1939- 40 (2); Marion Trange [1939]; Martin Dunbar-Naismith, 1940; High Commissioner of Canada, 1940; and Princess Alice, 1948.
4. Correspondence and papers concerning Elsfield Manor, Oxfordshire, 1932-94. An engineer’s map of Elsfield House, Oxfordshire and environs, n.d.
5. Invitation cards (2) to the coming of age party for JNSB, November 1932.
6. Letters and papers of JNSB in or from Canada, 1924, 1934-42, including 7 letters from his father.
7. Family correspondence of JNSB (55 approx), 1934-76, mostly from his mother.
8. Letters (9), 1934-5, of JNSB, mostly during service as an Assistant District Officer in Uganada, to his parents and sister, Alice Fairfax-Lucy.
9. Photographs (4), from 1937-9 and mostly Canadian, featuring Alastair and Alice Buchan [Lady Fairfax-Lucy].
10. Letter (3) of JNSB, in Ottawa and Winnipeg, 1937-8, to Alice Fairfax-Lucy.
11. Letters (2) of his Aunt Anna Buchan [‘O Douglas] to JNSB, 1942; (3) letters from his sister, Alice Fairfax-Lucy, n.d.; and one from his brother William (3rd Baron), 1938. Telegram to JNSB from his aunt Marnie, 1938.
12. Letters of condolence mostly addressed to JNSB after the death of his father, 1940; with some papers concerning the transport of JB’s ashes from Canada to Britain, memorial services and other tributes.
13. Curricula vitae and related biographical material and photographs, 1940 et seq.
14. Wedding, 1948: list of congratulations received.
15. Some Buchan family correspondence, 1950s-1994.
16. Coronation of the Queen, 1953: invitation and related documents. Table plan of Dinner for Coronation of George VI.
17a. Family history of Thomson family.
17b. Thomson family (Lady Priscilla’s ancestors) history and papers.
17c. Thomson and Unwin family papers and photographs and correspondence by Lord Tweedsmuir for booklet.
17d. Family correspondence, 1951-80.
17e. Personal correspondence, 1940s-1980s, including lease of Braemar Castle and work done at Potterton Hall, 1978.
17f. Lady Tweedsmuir officiating at Neidpath Beltane Crowning: papers and correspondence, 1958.
17g. Family financial papers, 1960s-80s.
17h. Family mementos.
18. Two cuttings from Canadian publications 1967, 1985, relating to JNSB and his father.
19. Family correspondence, 1970s.
20. Two family letters to JNSB, ?1939, 1972.
21. A file of letters of condolence to JNSB on the death of his mother, 1977.
22. Memorial services for Lady Tweedsmuir, London and Aberdeen, 1978.
22b. Letters of Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir to family members, 1954- . Further letters of Priscilla.
23. Repiles etc to invitations to 50th Anniversary of the Tweedsmuir peerage, 1985.
24. An envelope of early photographs of JNSB and other members of his family.
25. Envelope of JNSB photographs, various dates.
26. Envelope of JNSB photographs relating to Canada.
27. A file of negatives.
28. Nine larger photographs, c1930 to c1973.
29. Original chalk drawing, n.d. of JNSB as a young man.
30. Blue quarto photograph album illustrating various overseas business and other visits by JNSB and Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir, mostly 1950s to 1970s.
31. Blue quarto photograph album, as above.
32. Blue quarto photograph album, as above.
33. Red ring binder with pre-war photographs of JNSB, or illustrating his hawking and ornithological interests.
34. JNSB address book, n.d.
35. General correspondence and papers, 1929-59.
36. Press cutting book, February 1946 - April 1952.
37. Press cutting book, June 1952 - November 1955.
38. Press cutting book, December 1955 - July 1958.
39. General correspondence and papers, 1947-48.
40. Tweedsmuir Provincial Park, British Columbia, letters, printed material and photographs, 1953-93.
41. Miscellaneous correspondence, passports, personal papers, etc, 1947-93.
42. Correspondence (35 letters approx) with Robert, 5th Marquess of Salisbury, 1947- 71.
43. General correspondence and papers, 1947-92.
44. Correspondence, 1952-90, with Farley Mowat, author and ecologist and veteran of the H & P E Regiment.
45. A file of correspondence with members of the Royal Family or officials of their households on their behalf, 1955-85.
46. General correspondence and papers, 1960-79.
47. General correspondence, papers and press cuttings, 1963-80.
48. Letters of condolence on death of Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir, 1978.
49. Letters of condolence on death of Priscilla, Lady Tweedsmuir, 1978, obituary and memorial service.
50. Business and general correspondence, 1976-80.
51. General correspondence and papers, 1980-95.
52. Indexed notebook containing Christmas card lists, 1969.
53. Red ring binder containing photographs featuring JNSB’s public and business activities.
54. Business papers, Dalgety (1 of 2 files), 1948-78.
55. Business papers, Dalgety (2 of 2 files), 1948-78.
56. County Fire Office Ltd papers, 1954-65.
57. Bovril Ltd, mostly visit to Argentina, 1959.
58a. BOAC visit to S America, 1957-9.
58b. BOAC papers, 1962-64.
58c. BOAC related press cuttings, 1963.
58d. BOAC New York visit, 1957.
58e. BOAC papers, 1958-61.
58f. BOAC Concorde papers.
58g. BOAC papers, 1955-57.
58h. BOAC Canadian papers.
59. Business and official overseas visits: East Africa, 1950.
60. Overseas visit to Malaya, 1952.
61. Overseas visit to Vancouver, 1956.
62. Overseas visit to East Africa, 1957-58.
63. Overseas visit to Kuwait, 1958.
64. Overseas visit to Iran (Persia), 1958-9.
65. Overseas visit to Nigeria and Cameroon, 1966.
66. Overseas visit to South Africa, 1957.
67. Wood, Pritchett & Partners Ltd, correspondence, 1956-63.
68. Estates & Agency Holdings Ltd, correspondence, 1962-70.
69a. Typescript of a company history of Dalgety Ltd by Goronwy Rees, with some correspondence with the author.
69b. Business correspondence, 1975-76.
70. Business correspondence, 1967-80.
71. Business correspondence, 1967-76.
72. Business correspondence: Baryltes (1976) and London Chamber of Commerce- UK-Canada, 1967-70.
73. County Fire Office Ltd and Sun Alliance: papers, 1958-77.
74. Ditchley Foundation: letter, 1979, and two papers, 1992-1995.
75. Council on Tribunals: letters and papers connected with JNSB’s chairmanship, 1971-83.
76. Advertising Standards Authority: 3 letters and press cutting, 1977-83.
77. Canadian photograph album of JNSB mostly concerning his period in the Hudson Bay Company’s service at Cape Dorset, Baffin Island, 1938-9.
78. Journal notes of JNSB from RMS Nascopia.
79. Six photographs from JNSB’s Hudson Bay Co period, 1937-9 plus other miscellaneous ones.
80. Lists of Inuit words with their English equivalents compiled by JNSB on Baffin Island, c1939; poster for Peter Pitseolak exhibition at the National Museum of Man, 1 September 1980. Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer: correspondence re: exhibition, etc, 1978-80.
80b. Correspondence from or about Peter Pitseolak, Inuit photographer: re: exhibition etc, 1978-80 and other correspondence on Inuit artists.
81. File of letters, papers, and photographs relating to the Inuit people of Baffin Island, 1939-85: includes single letters of A L Fleming, Bishop of the Arctic, and of Leo Amery, and a copy of JNSB’s lecture to the Royal Society of Arts, 1964, on ‘The Eskimos of Canada’ with some associated correspondence.
82a. General Canadian correspondence, 1937-83: many letters refer to the Arctic area.
82b. Press cuttings, 1940s-80s, various topics but mostly Canadian.
83. Correspondence, 1938-45, relating to Baffin Island or to the Inuit People.
84. Correspondence, 1950-94, relating to Baffin Island or to the Inuit People.
85. Correspondence, 1939-87, with Chesley Russell, JNSB’s colleague at Cape Dorset in 1938-9.
86. File of original Baffin Island photographs, 1938-9.
87. File of original Baffin Island photographs, 1938-9.
88a. File of photographs, some in colour, 1953-4, n.d., of later visits to Canadian North and to Canada in general.
88b. File of papers concerning British Columbia including 1958 hunting trip in northern BCs journal and other correspondence relating to that area.
89. A file of issues (6) of Beautiful British Columbia, 1991-96. Canadian Geographic Magazine, January 1940. North Magazine, 1 issue.
90. General Canadian correspondence, 1936-78 and book of eye witness accounts of Peace River District, 1959.
91. Peace River Power Project, in BC, Canada, correspondence and papers, 1963-65.
92. Peace River Power Project, 1961-62.
93. Peace River Power Project, 1959.
94. Peace River Power Project, 1960-61.
95. Letters from: FM Viscount Alanbrooke (2), FM Earl Alexander of Tunis (2), mostly relating to Peace River Power Co Ltd, 1958-9.
96. General Canadian correspondence, 1939-94.
97. General correspondence from Canadian friends or relating to Canada, 1945-95.
98. Correspondence and papers from or concerning Canada, 1948-95 inc Honorary Degree from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1955.
99. Canada: general correspondence and business papers, including his journal during his Hudson’s Bay Co period, 1945-60.
100a. Canada - general correspondence and business papers, including some on expeditions to the Canadian North, 1950-67.
100b. Simcoe Memorial Foundation papers, Canada, 1967-69.
101. Correspondence and other business papers: Scottish Canadian Highland Development & Exploration Ltd (mineral prospecting in Scottish Highlands), 1962-78, with maps and press cuttings. Copy plan of Loch Sunart and Address by General Wade, 1733, on mining in area.
102. General correspondence and maps of Scottish Canadian Highland Development & Exploration Ltd, 1962-78.
103. Business papers of Cementation, 1966-67.
104. Science Research Associates, papers and reports, 1966-82.
105. British Steamship Co, 1953-57.
106. Canada: Correspondence with Edmund de Rothschild re: British Newfoundland Investment Co (BRINCO), etc, 1954-8.
107. Canadian-British Educational Committee, 1952.
108. Murray Watts & Hank Norrington (Murray Mining), 1960-4.
109. London Chamber of Commerce Trade Mission to Eastern Canada, 1967. Speech, correspondence and notes for the English Speaking Union of Canada, 1967. Royal Society of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, vol.CXIX, August 1971.
110. Address of welcome to JNSB as President of the Federation of Commonwealth and British Empire Chambers of Commerce by the Edmonton Chamber of Commerce, 20 June 1956.
111. Three letters from John Diefenbaker, PM of Canada, 1958-62 and one from Prime Minister’s office on death of Mackenzie King, 1950.
112. Canada: some papers relating to mining and prospecting, 1959-74.
113. Canada: Tweedsmuir Lodge papers, 1955-78.
114. J W Russell, report on tour of NW Iran, 1958.
115. Minutes and papers of the Unionist Peers’ Committee on Imperial Affairs, 1945- 7.
116. Political correspondence and papers, 1950s-1970s.
117. Papers on Biography of Lord Rawden; Personal Correspondence including letter (1) from Prince Philip, and (1) from Princess Alice and copy of Prince Charles’ first entry in game book, 1960, 1948-77.
118. Commonwealth affairs, 1950s-1970s; visit to Australia and New Zealand, 1957; papers on Empire topics, 1950s, West Indian papers, 1950s; some Indian and Pakistan papers, 1950s-1970s.
119. Business papers and correspondence, 1950s to 1978.
120. General political correspondence, 1946-1970. Two 1931 newspapers re: election.
121. Papers on Imperial, Commonwealth and colonial affairs, 1946-51. Lords debate on Colonial Welfare Bill - press cuttings, n.d.
122. Letters (10) of R A Butler to JNSB with one reply and two related documents, 1947-72; the letters and papers dated 1947-8 refer to the Conservative Party Imperial Affairs Committee chaired by JNSB.
123. Letters (3), 1948-49, 1953 of Sir Winston Churchill; order of ceremonial at the Churchill funeral, 30 January 1965; letter of Winston S Churchill MP, 1969.
124. Letters (4) of and some associated speeches of or concerning Harold Macmillan, Earl of Stockton, 1949-76.
125. Conservative Committee on Imperial Affairs, 1949.
126. Imperial (now Commonwealth) Institute, 1951.
127. Brooke Committee on Reform of House of Lords, 1971-2.
128. Nature Conservancy Council Bill, 1973.
129. Death and funeral of Sir Winston Churchill, 1965.
130. Atlantic Committee, 1961-62.
131. Indian Independence Day, 1950: papers, including copies of speeches by Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, and by JNSB on behalf of Opposition.
132. Letter, 31 October 1951, of Sir Anthony Eden re: appointment as delegate to UN General Assembly. Letters (21), 1957-85, n.d., of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Baron Home of the Hirsel.
133. Correspondence, reports and drafts of reports of JNSB as a member of UK delegation to UN General Assembly, 1951-52. Council of Europe, 1952, papers and correspondence.
134. Letters & card (5), 1952-7, of Sir Sidney Holland, Prime Minister of New Zealand, to John and Priscilla Tweedsmuir; with a letter, 1958, of Clifton Webb, NZ High Commissioner in London.
135. Correspondence relating to South and Southern Africa, 1953-95, including economic development of Swaziland, 1956-7.
136. Institute of Rural Life at Home and Overseas, 1956-84.
137. Institute of Rural Life, 1955-80.
138. Nature Conservancy, 1960s-1971.
139. Two letters and a paper, 1953, 1959, of Lord William Percy: the later papers refer to Protection of Birds Act, (1954).
140. (i) Letter to and copy of letter of Sir Walter Fletcher MP relating to British policy in SE Asia and China, 1954; copy of a tribute by JNSB to Fletcher and covering letter to The Times, 1956. (ii) Letters (3), 1959-60, 1970, of FM Viscount Montgomery of Alamein.
141. Letters (5), 1958-93, of Sir John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia.
142. Other Australian correspondence, 1961-80, including several letters of Sir John Buchan, Melbourne.
143. Letters concerning invitation to be Governor-General of New Zealand, 1955, 1961, 1995 and other papers and ephemera regarding NZ.
144. Letters and cards (11), 1961-84, from Quintin-Hogg, Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone.
145. Letters (8), from or to Peter, Lord Carrington, 1963-88.
146. Some papers relating to the Parliamentary Committee on the Renumeration of Ministers and Members of Parliament, 1964; and to the Advisory Group on Peer’s Expenses, 1975.
147. Correspondence, 1968-90, with Harold Macmillan, Earl of Stockton; Lord Home of Hirsel; and Sir Edward Heath.
148. John Gorton, PM of Australia: copy of letter, 1969, and correspondence concerning him with Alan Trengove, 1968.
149. Letter, 1977, of Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Two letters, 1961, for President Dwight D Eisenhower. Letters (4), of FM Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, 1958, 1970. Tribute to Alexander of Tunis, d. 1969.
150a. Advertising Standards Authority, 1971-83.
150b. Federation of Commonwealth Chambers, British & London Chambers of Commerce, 1951-68.
150c. File of House of Lords Hansard.
150d. Advisory Panel on Remuneration of Ministers and MPs, 1964.
151. General political correspondence, 1971-94.
152. Letter, 1970, of Edward Heath, one of Nicholas Scott, 1976; two on Council of Tribunals, 1976; 1 (1975), from David Anderson, QC, his petition against his conviction and appeal.
153. Letter of Lee Kwan Yew, PM of Singapore, 1971.
154. Four letters or notes and a photograph and a press cutting, n.d., of Alex Douglas- Home, Lord Home of the Hirsel.
155. Africa: Uganda papers, 1934-6.
156. East-Central Africa, business and political papers, 1950-72.
157. Tanganika (Tanzania) papers, 1950-62.
158. Africa miscellaneous papers, 1949-65.
159. Kenya papers, 1930s-60s.
160. Joint East Africa Board, 1950s.
161. South Africa papers, 1950-72.
162. Correspondence and papers, 1934-6, relating to JNSB’s service in Uganda.
163. Uganda: letters and papers, 1951-95; Ugnda photograph album, c. 1934, and a short memoir of JNSB’s days there.
164. Two Uganda letters and a part letter, 1936, 1951.
165. Correspondence and papers concerning the Teso (Uganda) Relief Committee and Development Trust, 1989-94.
166. Military papers of JNSB relating to his service in Canadian Army, 1939-44. Book of handwritten notes on military tactics and info.
167. Small group of war letters from family and friends, 1940-1944; a few miscellaneous Hastings and PE Regiment letters and papers, 1980-88.
168. Letters of JNSB to his mother, 1940-45, during his Active service with the Canadian army in England, Italy, France, and the Netherlands.
169. General military and regimental papers and correspondence, 1941-5.
170. Miscellaneous 1st and 2nd World War papers including an issue of Eighth Army News, 5 January 1945; War: Army Bureau of Current Affairs Battle Reports, nos.39 & 41, March-April 1943; Army Current Affairs pamphlets nos.38-39 on Spain, the Middle East and Turkey, February-March, 1943: and two Italian Front maps of the districts of Campbasso and S Bartolomeno in Saldo, sheets 162, 163, showing troop dispositions, and a trench map of Oosttaverne, 1917. Report on Eighth Army problems after D Day; and photo, 1941.
171. Photograph file covering JNSB’s wartime service and later activities in connection with Canadian veterans and with his regiment, 1940-95.
172. Two letters, 1946, of Lord Trenchard, Marshal of the RAF, concerning a history of the Royal Scots Fusiliers (Trenchard was Colonel-in-Chief).
173. Correspondence concerning the award of decorations to JNSB: OBE (Military), 1945; Order of the Orange-Nassau, 1945; Canadian Forces Decoration (CD), 1965.
174. Military papers in JNSB’s service in Canadian Army, 1945.
175a. Cassino Memorial & Battle Honours Committee papers and photographs, 1956-7.
175b. Correspondence concerning libertion of Texel, Netherlands, 1945, and a visit of the Tweedsmuirs to Telex on the 40th Anniversary of its liberation, 1985, and with Michel Binsbergen, Den Burg-Texel.
176. Military papers of JNSB’s service in Canadian Army, 1946-94.
177. Letters (1 each) of Leonard W Brockington, KC, 1947 and of Field Marshall Viscount Slim, 1960.
178. Letters (5), of General Sir Richard Loudon McCreery, 1945-8, with a photograph of the General with JNSB.
179. Letters (2), 1946, of Lt Gen Sir Oliver Leese; with photographs of General Leese mostly in Italy with F/M Alexander, Generals Anders, Burns, LeMaitre, Maitland Wilson and others, and a letter of Ion Calvocaressi, 1983, enclosing a draft of his Dictionary of National Biography entry for Leese.
180. A copy of the H & P E Regt, Honours and Awards, 1939-45, ed. R D Bradford, Belville, Ont, 1986: inscribed to JNSB by George E Renison, then Honorary Colonel of the Regiment. Hastings & P E Regiment Books on Customs and Traditions and one on their history.
181. Hastings and P.Ed Regiment, 1946-58.
182. Hastings & P E: Photographs.
183. Correspondence and papers relating to Hastings and P E Regiment, and from, or relating to, fellow-veterans of the Canadian Army, 1948-91.
184. Hastings & P E Regiment: press cuttings, 1964-93.
185. Correspondence, 1956-96, with George Ponsford MBE, Durban, South Africa, a former CSM in the Hastings and P E Regiment and veteran of battle of Assoro.
186. Daily Telegraph: commemorative issue on 50th Anniversary of outbreak of 2nd World War.
187. JNSB’s narrative account, 1988, of the Hastings & P E Regiment’s battle for Assoro in eastern Sicily, July 21-23, 1943. (several copies). A Narrative Journal of events.
188. Hastings and P E Regiment and general Canadian and 8th Army correspondence, 1942-6; includes letters from Gen Oliver Leese and Dick McCreery, and photographs of the former.
189. Canada: H & P E Regiment continuation file, 1950-95.
190. Hastings & P E Regiment correspondence, 1960-69. 1964 Presentation of Colours in Ontario booklet.
191. Hastings & P E Regiment correspondence, 1970-8.
192. Hastings & P E Regiment correspondence, 1980-9.
193. Hastings & P E Regiment correspondence, 1990-92.
194. Hastings & P E Regiment correspondence, 1993-4.
195. Hastings & P E Regiment correspondence, 1995, (50th Reunion visit to Canada).
196. Hastings & P E Regiment correspondence, 1996.
197. Miscellaneous papers: D-Day 50th Anniversary Press reports, 1994; two issues of the H & P E Regiment Journal. 1993-4; Information book of Prince Edward Island, 1971. Memorial to Lord Thurlow, Seaforth Highlanders, 29th May 1971.
198. Aberdeen University: correspondence, 1950-93, including letters from Principals, from recipients of Rectorial Address, 1950, on the St Ninian’s Isle treasure, etc. Professor R V Jones’ lectures and correspondence.
199. Aberdeen University: Letters, 1969-87, mostly connected with Aberdeen University Boat Club.
200. Aberdeen University Boat Club: letters and photographs, 1977-83.
201. English Speaking Union, Aberdeen Branch: Letter, 1987, concerning the Tweedsmuir Bursary established with the University of Aberdeen.
202. Aberdeen University Boat Club papers, 1950-83.
203. Aberdeen University Geography Society, 1950-80.
204. Aberdeen University: rectorial address and other related papers, 1948-50.
205. Aberdeen University Athletic Association, 1967-8, student magazines and other papers, 1960, 1981, 1983.
206. Report of the Aberdeen University West Greenland Expedition, 1979 (JNSB patron) published Aberdeen, June 1980.
207. Hawking file, 1932-92.
208. JNSB’s ‘Hawking Register’, 1928-39; Letters concerning his hawks and hawking, 1931-3, including a letter from his father, 1931.
209. Hawk and Own Trust & hawking file, 1929-96.
210. Correspondence and papers relating to British Falconers Club and the Hawk Trust, 1968-74.
211. Hawk & Owl Trust papers, British Falconers’ Club papers, 1981-5.
212. Hawk & Owl Trust papers, British Falconers’ Club papers, 1986-87.
213. Hawking, Hawk & Owl Trust papers, British Falconers’ Club papers, 1988.
214. Hawking, Hawk & Owl Trust papers, British Falconers’ Club papers, 1989.
215. Hawking, Hawk & Owl Trust papers, British Falconers’ Club papers, 1990.
216. Hawking, Hawk & Owl Trust papers, British Falconers’ Club papers, 1991-4.
217. Exploration societies file, 1934-95.
218. Oxford-Cambridge natural history expedition to St Kilda, 1931 (JNSB a member): (i) Letters (1 each), 1931, from his father and from Sir Reginald MacLeod of MacLeod, then proprietor of the islands. (ii) Field diary while on St Kilda, July 1931. (iii) Copies of off prints of articles produced by the expedition JNSB, T H Harrisson and David Lack, ‘The early autumn Migration at St Kilda in 1931’ from The Scottish Naturalist, January-February, 1932; and Harrisson and J A Moy-Thomas, ‘The Mice of St Kilda’, from Journal of Animal Ecology, vol.ii, no.1, (1933). (iv) Map of the Faroe Islands, Copenhagen, 1910.
219. An additional file of the St Kilda natural history articles, 1931-6, with some additional material. Bibliography of St Kilda.
220. Aberdeen & NE Scotland Outward Bound Association, Newsletter No.3, December 1974.
221. Royal Geographical Society: letters and papers, 1947-80; with issues of RGS Journal and Canadian Geographic, 1995-6.
222. Exploration societies papers (British Schools ES and Aberdeen University), and Aberdeen University Boat Club, 1977-80.
223. Exploration files: mostly relating to expeditions of the British Schools Exploration Society and others: general correspondence and papers, 1977-79.
224. Exploration files: general correspondence and papers, 1980-93.
225. Expedition reports, mostly printed, 1933-87. British-Ungava Exploration Expedition, 1961, report and letters.
226. British Schools Exploration Society expedition reports, [printed], 1979-83.
227. The Carlton Club (JNSB Chairman, 1971-7); letters and papers, 1947-90.
228. Flyfishers’ Club & other fishing papers, 1960-93.
229. Fishing: letters and papers, 1961-91.
230. Primrose League papers and letters, 1968-70; includes a letter of Lord Blake, 1970.
231. Rowing: Braesenose College Boat Club, 1989-90.
232. 1900 Club and Primrose League papers, 1968-77.
233. 1900 Club.
234. Correspondence on Honours of others, 1967-8.
235. Letters on personal CBE, 1964-5.
236. Pitt, Travellers, Pratts, Burkes and other clubs. On honours, 1967-8; letters on personal CBE, 1964-5.
237. Carlton Club papers, 1974-7.
238. Correspondence and papers concerning chairmanship of Carlton Club, 1972-7, (Part 1 of 2 files - see no.239).
239. Correspondence and papers concerning chairmanship of Carlton Club, 1972-7, (Part 2 of 2 files, see no.238).
240. Carlton Club miscellaneous papers and correspondence.
241. Carlton Club papers inc membership proposals and oppositions and some relating to affiliation with other clubs.
242. Carlton Club, 1975 minutes and other papers.
243. Carlton Club and 1900 Club: letters, 1971-5, including 3 from Mrs Margaret Thatcher.
244. Arthritis Care & Lady Hoare Trust for Physically Disabled Children, 1973-89. Arthritis Care papers.
245. Article by Lord Tweedsmuir, ‘Eskimos in Canada’, inc extra copies.
246. Articles on Labrador, ‘Klondyke Gold Rush’, with extra copies and a hard written journal of a trip to Cape Dorset in July, n.d.
247. Miscellaneous political articles and nature articles and ‘Dr Jim Would Ride’ about South Africa.
248. File of political and business speeches, 1948-78.
249. Broadcasts, addresses or essays by JNSB: (i) ‘Memories of the Canadian West’: script of broadcast on BBC Home Service, 5 August 1951. (ii) Address to Robert Louis Stevenson Club of Edinburgh, 13 November 1971. (iii) Address to Sir Walter Scott Club, Edinburgh, 7 March 1975. (iv) ‘The Rifle’ account of an African safari in the Soroti Region Region of Uganda. (v) ‘The Jameson Reid’.
250. Articles, broadcasts and speeches, 1950s-60s.
251. Articles, broadcasts and speeches, 1950s-60s.
252. Broadcasts and short stories.
253. Broadcasts and correspondence, 1950s.
254. Notes on leadership speeches.
255. Reviews, 1952-60.
256. Speeches for Canada Club, Oxford and other groups.
257. Speeches, 1950s.
258. Papers relating to various writings and broadcasts, 1953-68, including draft article on dog sledding, and one of the problems filming Sir A Douglas-Home, n.d.
259. Copies of various lectures or articles by JNSB, with a few associated letters: (i) ‘Glance at Jamaica’, Blackwood Magazine, November 1953. (ii) ‘Findlay Memorial lecture’, Cardiff High School, 1957. (iii) ‘East-West Struggle in the United Nations’, Optima, 1962. (iv) ‘The Eskimos of Canada’, Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, November 1964. (v) ‘The Klondyke God Rush’, ibid, November 1973.
260. Letters, 1973-4, concerning JNSB’s lectures on the Klondyke Gold Rush given to the Royal Society of Arts and to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
261. One Man’s Happiness, published by Robert Hale, 1968: letters and papers, 1967- 8, including agreement with publishers and reactions to the book correspondents (single letters) include Sir Alex-Douglas-Home and John Gorton.
262. File of book reviews by JNSB, 1960-3.
263. File of press reviews of One Man’s Happiness, 1968-9.
264. Manuscript of One Man’s Happiness.
265. Letters concerning One Man’s Happiness.
266. Correspondence and reviews for Always a Countryman, 1953-54.
267. Address to Robert Louis Stevenson Club of Edinburgh, 13 November 1971. Copy of address to RLS Club, 1971.
268. Address to Sir Walter Scott Club of Edinburgh, 1975.
269. Cutting from Daily Telegraph 30 May 1993 on Wilfred Thesiger.
270. Two typescript copies (1 top, corrected, & 1 carbon) of Baffin Island Journal, July 1938 - July 1939.
271. Hudson’s Bay Trader, 1953: correspondence with publisher, 1953, and photographs for illustrations.
272. ‘Spring on the Upper Dee’, an article, 1951.
273. Correspondence concerning the biography of August Courtauld including several to and by Sir Vivian Fuchs, BAS, 1972-4.
274. Notes and rough drafts of ‘The Lives of August Courtauld.
275. Manuscript drafts of ‘The Lives of August Courtauld’ and photograph of A Courtauld.
276. File of correspondence from Lord and Lady Butler, mostly regarding biography of Courtauld.
277. Page proofs of Hudson’s Bay Trader by JNSB, Robert Hale, London, 1951.
278. Literary file: miscellaneous writings and articles of JNSB, with some associated letters, 1953-93.
279. Sketches by JNSB on: Lord William Percy; Chay Blyth, Crimean War; Sir George Binney (incomplete); Stewart Anderson, and ‘Aspects of Poetry’.
280. File of various unpublished writings of JNSB.
281. Press cuttings of JB’s death.
282. Miscellaneous Buchaniana, 1934-95.
283. John Buchan film rights, 1938-52: correspondence with Sir Alexander Korda, Katherine Weiss and Ann Watkins Inc.
284. Tributes at Alastair Buchan memorial service, Washington, DC, 1976.
285. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers, 1976-80.
286. Correspondence of JNSB, 1946-96, mostly concerning his father’s writings and literary estate; papers concerning the trust estate of JNSB’s uncle, J Walter Buchan, 1964-5; photo, (1925), of JB and Family; copy of Illustrated London News, 1885.
287. Copy of article by Sir Harold Nicholson, 1940 on Gen Sir Edmund Ironside, regarded by JNSB as a model for Richard Hannay.
288. File of JNSB’s correspondence relating to his father or his literary estate, 1940- 95, and copies of speeches about JB.
289. Correspondence received by JNSB, 1950-93, relating to his father and his literary works including lists of royalties received and lists of his father’s finances.
290. File of correspondence and papers, 1952-95, relating generally to the writings or to the family of John Buchan. Tributes to Alice Fairfax-Lucy, d. 1993 and booklet on Life of JWB.
291. Correspondence concerning the sale and transfer of the John Buchan Library to Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1954-55.
292. Letters relating to the writings and literary estate of John Buchan, 1960-87.
293. Press cuttings relating to JB, 1938, 1965-95.
294. File of magazine articles and occasional publications relating to JB, 1977-91 and 193?
295. Further Tweedsmuir biographical material, 1980-96.
296. Lord Tweedsmuir Alumni Association, Tweedsmuir Park, etc, 1994, n.d.
297. John Buchan’s Tweeddale, Selkirk, 1975. Glimpses of John Buchan, Ottawa, 1985: a companion booklet to the Buchan exhibition in the National Library of Canada. Eleven issues of The John Buchan Journal, nos.2,3,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,13,14, (1981- 95).
298. ‘Glimpses of John Buchan, His Life in Canada and his Legacy’, an address by John, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1985, with a letter to Lord Tweedsmuir by a Canadian friend commenting on the address.
299. Album of photographs and cuttings relating to the John Buchan memorial near Magobaskloof, Northern Transvaal, South Africa, 1987-8.
300. Copies of a speech by JNSB delivered at the National Library of Canada, Ottawa, at the opening of the exhibition ‘Glimpses of John Buchan: His Life in Canada and His Legacy’, 28 May 1985.
301. Correspondence, papers and photographs concerning the John Buchan exhibition in Ottawa, 1985-6.
302. Letters and papers from John Oxley, Pretoria, South Africa, 1986-95, mostly concerning the erection of a memorial to John Buchan in Northern Transvaal.
303. Correspondence received by JNSB, 1980-89 relating to his father and his literary works.
304. Letters and papers, 1982-8, relating to the John Buchan Centre established in the old United Free Church, Broughton, Peebleshire. Photo & speech on opening of John Buchan. Exhibition at National Library of Scotland, 4th June 1975.
305. Correspondence of JNSB with the secretaries of the John Buchan Society.
306. Correspondence received by JNSB, 1990-93 relating to his father and to his literary works.
307. Press cuttings relating to JB, 1990-95.
308. A file containing scripts of articles on JB, including one by JNSB.
309. Cuttings and other papers, mostly printed, relating to Tweedsmuir Park and to the John Buchan Library in Queens’ University, Ontario.
310. Slides on Klondyke.
311. Three photographs of WWII Officers from Canadian Regiment, n.d.
312. Sticky labels of Lord Tweedsmuir with family crest.
313. Cassette tape of the official opening of Buchan Exhibition, 28th May 1985.
314. Cassette tape of the official opening of Buchan Exhibition, 28th May 1985. Cassette Tape Two.
315. Cassette tape ‘St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, 82 Kent Street, Ottawa, Canada.
316. Cassette tape, n.d., unmarked.
317. Cassette tape, ‘The Vigil’ Parts A and B.
318. Cassette tape, ‘The Vigil’ Parts B and C.
319. Miscellaneous correspondence and papers.
320. BOAC Souvenir photobook of opening of the New York Headquarters, 1st July 1957.
321. Photobook of the opening ceremony of the John Buchan Middle School, 11th March 1975.
322. Menu from ‘La Toundra’ restaurant, Expo 67, probably in Montreal.
323. 16mm colour film, with soundtrack, 20 minutes approx, on a British Schools Exploration Society expedition to Iceland.