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Acc. 13861 October 2017 Inventory Acc.13861 Janet Adam Smith National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-623 3876 Fax: 0131-623 3866 E-mail: [email protected] © National Library of Scotland 1 Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, c.1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905- 1999), author, journalist and mountaineer. Janet Buchanan Adam Smith was born in Glasgow in 1905, the daughter of Sir George and Lilian Adam Smith. She was educated at Cheltenham Ladies' College and Somerville College Oxford. She then joined the BBC, becoming assistant editor of The Listener in 1930. In 1935 she married Michael Roberts (1902-1948), poet, teacher and mountaineer. The family settled in London after the war, and after the death of her husband in 1948, Janet Adam Smith joined the staff of The New Statesman, becoming its literary editor in 1952. In 1965 she married John Carleton (1908-1974), headmaster of Westminster School. As literary editor and critic she wrote on a wide range of literary and cultural topics, and produced major editions and studies of Robert Louis Stevenson, Henry James and John Buchan. She also wrote about her own mountaineering activities and those of the many climbers and mountaineers whom she knew. Janet Adam Smith was a Trustee of the National Library of Scotland from 1950 to 1985. She was President of the Royal Literary Fund from 1976 to 1984. She received an honorary Ll.D from the University of Aberdeen in 1962 and was appointed OBE in 1982. For further papers of Janet Adam Smith, see Acc.6301, Acc.11164, Acc.12342, and Acc.13396. For the papers of Michael Roberts, the first husband of Janet Adam Smith, see Acc.13145 and Acc.13860. This material was presented in 2017. NB Data protection principles may apply to some of the files in this collection, under the section, Personal Papers, [Acc.13861/23-25 and 27-28]. These are marked with a red asterisk in the inventory. The papers are divided into the following sections: 1-16 Correspondence 17-55 Personal papers 56 -102 Literary papers 103-119 Published articles/reviews 120-134 Mountaineering papers 2 1 - 16 CORRESPONDENCE 1-3 Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith with specific families, with some photographs, 1914-1999 1 Families B-L, 1919-1999 Correspondence, including: Letters to Janet Adam Smith and notes about the life of Tom George Longstaff, 1919-1999 Letters to JAS from Olive Barker, 1951-1975 Letters to JAS from the Lindsay family, 1954-1968 Letters to JAS from Margaret [‘Mike’] Hastings, 1965-1966 Letters to JAS from Bernard Lennox, 1974 Letters to JAS from the Cuenod family, 1974-1984 Letters to JAS from the Bicknell family, 1975 – 1987 Letters to JAS from the Buchan family, including Susan Tweedsmuir, 1975-1997 Letters to JAS from the Fedden family, 1975-1997 Letters to JAS from the Linell family, 1984-1994 Letters to JAS from Jenny Hughes, 1989-1998. 2 Families M-S, 1914-1999 Correspondence, with some photographs, including: Cards from and Memorial to Gavin Maxwell, 1914-1969 Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Manette [Angele] and Nelly Thorens-Jacques, in French, 1948-1965 Letters to JAS and papers about the life of Elizabeth Neame, née Monroe, (1905-1986), 1961 -1986 Cards and papers relating to the Paget family, 1969-1985 Letters and cards to JAS from Anne and Elliot Richardson, 1972- 1990 Letters to JAS from the Parsons family, 1976-1991 Letters to JAS and papers about the life of Elizabeth Mary Beverley Scott (Buffy) (1907-1997), 1976-1997 Postcards to JAS from Ella Maillart, 1977-1994, with a colour photograph of Ella, 1985, and a colour photograph of a wooden chalet. Letters and cards to JAS from Steven Runciman, 1983-1999 Letters to JAS, papers and Memorial to Baroness Evelyn Sharp of Hornsey, (1903-1985), 1985-1986 Letters to JAS from Nicholas Phillipson, 1985-1997. 3 3 Families T-W, 1929-1995 Correspondence with some photographs, including: Letters to Janet Adam Smith, papers and Memorial to Rosamund Estcourt Tosh, (1904-1995), 1929-1995 Letters to JAS from Dame Janet Vaughan, (1899-1993) with JAS notes on JV’s retirement as Principal of Somerville College, Oxford, 1963-1990 Letters to JAS, papers and Memorial to Susan Charlotte Tweedsmuir (1882-1977), 1965-1977 Letters to JAS from Cicely Wilson (Hamilton) and family, with five colour photographs of Cicely, her family and friends, 1965-1992 Letters to JAS from Betty and Hugh Van Dusen, 1961, 1974-1975. 4-5 Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith, 1935-1999 4 Correspondence, 1935-1999, including: Letters to Maisie (Mrs Charles Smith Drew) from father and Janet Adam Smith, 1935, with references to the wedding of Janet to Michael Roberts Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to JAS, 1938- 1964 Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to JAS, 1965- 1975 Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to JAS, 1976- 1999. 5 Correspondence, 1950-1999, including Letters to Janet Adam Smith from Elizabeth Guiness, Norah Clarke and Elizabeth Bremner, 1950-1994 Postcards and Christmas cards from Rupert Hart-Davis to JAS and John Carleton, 1965-1992 Letters to JAS from Maisie Drew, and Bessie and Nellie Crawford, 1970-1974 Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to JAS, 1973- 1999 Letters to JAS, and press cutting, congratulating her on being awarded an OBE, 1981-1982 Letters, exchanges, postcards and Christmas cards to JAS, undated. 4 6 Correspondence of Janet Teissier du Cros, pianist, (youngest daughter of Sir Herbert Grierson), with photographs, 1933-1991 6 Correspondence and photographs, including: Letters of Janet Teissier du Cros in France to Janet Adam Smith, describing life in France under German occupation, 1944-1945 Correspondence of Janet Teissier du Cros to JAS, 1975-1990 Christmas and New Year cards, 1980s-1990 Correspondence following the death of Janet Teissier du Cros, with an obituary by JAS, 1990-1991 16 colour photographs [in 4 sleeves] of Janet and Francois Teissier du Cros and friends at Mandiargues near St Hippolyte-du- Fort, Gard, and La Coustele in southern France, 1980 and 1990. 7 Correspondence with French friends, 1984 –1999 7 Correspondence, including: Papers relating to Renée Fedden, 1984-1992 Correspondence of Rosie Peto [some illustrated] and postcards, 1987-1999 Correspondence of Francois Tessier du Cros, 1993-1997. 8-13 Correspondence and papers of Helen Sutherland, 1938-1998 8 Letters and postcards of Helen Sutherland, art collector and patron of artists, discussing personal and family matters, books, poetry and plays, including material written by Janet Adam Smith and Michael Roberts, 1938-1941. 9 Letters of Helen Sutherland discussing personal and family matters, books, poetry and plays, 1942-1945. 10 Letters and postcards of Helen Sutherland, discussing personal and family matters, books, poetry and plays, 1946-1949. 11 Letters and postcards of Helen Sutherland, discussing personal and family matters, books, poetry and plays,1950-1953, including a letter with references to the Coronation and the ascent of Everest, 20 June 1953. 5 12 Letters and postcards of Helen Sutherland, discussing personal and family matters, books, poetry and plays, including material written by JAS, 1954-1966. 13 Correspondence and notes on the legacy of Helen Sutherland, art collector and patron of artists, 1966-1998, including: Obituaries on her death, April 1966 Letters and papers about her estate, 1966 Letters of W Feaver about H Sutherland and the Ashington Group, 1972 Letter of David Baxendall to JAS about details of Helen’s work, 1977 Letters of Val Corbett about Helen’s work, 1995-1998 Letters of Angela Davies about Helen’s work, 1997-1998. 14-15 Letters of sympathy to Janet Adam Smith on the death of her husband, Michael Roberts, 1948-1949 14 Letters of sympathy from Janet’s mother, family and friends 15 Letters of sympathy from: the Ministry of Education, University of London Institute of Education and Church Training Colleges Members of the Governing Council, staff and students of the College of St Mark and St John, Chelsea, London Friends and colleagues from Newcastle upon Tyne and the Royal Grammar School [RGS] in Newcastle. 16 Papers following the death of Dorothy Middleton, 1999 16 Letters and postcards to Janet Adam Smith following the death of Dorothy Middleton, 3 February 1999, with a copy of the Order of her Funeral Service and the eulogy given by JAS. 6 17- 55 PERSONAL PAPERS 17 Janet Adam Smith attendance at Oxford University, 1921-1926 17 Correspondence and papers including: Correspondence of Emily Penrose, Somerville College, Oxford about Janet’s entrance into University in October 1923, 1921-1923 Copies of Somerville College English Literature Scholarship and Entrance Examination papers, 1923 Lecture List and Summer Reading list, 1925 Examination papers of Oxford University Honour School of English Language and Literature, for 1926 Janet Adam Smith Testimonials, 1926 Correspondence and newspaper cuttings on her Oxford University results and just missing out on a First Class Degree, July - August 1926. 18 Family Rhymes, 1945 - 2006 18 Including: Family rhymes collected by Janet Adam Smith, 1945-2002 Rhymes exchanged with Leonard & Sally Miall, 1953 -2006 Family rhymes, drafts and duplicates by JAS, 1956-1998 Letters and cards to JAS about her rhymes, 1956-1996 ‘Rhymes exchanged and received’ by JAS [Mrs John Carleton], 1973-1974 Rhymes exchanged with P & M Bicknell,
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