Inventory Acc.13861 Janet Adam Smith

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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]

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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, 1974 -1985  Miscellaneous articles and pieces of prose and poetry, undated.

19-28 Teaching materials, Barnard College, New York, and Somerville College, Oxford, 1960s In 1961 and 1964 Janet Adam Smith was the Virginia Gildersleeve Visiting Professor at Barnard College, New York.

19 Barnard College Teaching Texts: Verse, c. 1964 Janet Adam Smith teaching notes on poetry, with typed copies of the Course poems:  Afterwards - Thomas Hardy  The Going – Thomas Hardy  The Convergence of the Twain – Thomas Hardy  Aristocrats – Keith Douglas  Business Girls – John Betjeman

 Suburban Dream – Edwin Muir  Departure – Coventry Patmore  The College Colonel –Herman Melville  Corinna’s Going a-Maying - Robert Herrick  The Shield of Achilles - W H Auden  On That Day – unnamed

20 Barnard College Teaching Texts: Prose Janet Adam Smith teaching notes on prose, with typed copies of the Course texts, including:  St Magnus Martyr – Appeal (Eliot)  Evening in the Campagna - Ruskin  Lincoln Cathedral – extract from The Rainbow by DH Lawrence  Westminster Abbey 1 - Piper  Westminster Abbey 2  Writers at the end of a War, 1948 - Orwell  Writers at the end of a War, 1950 - Connolly  Unidentified text  and Tips for Dealing with Appreciation Questions

21 Barnard College Term Papers, 1961 & 1964, including:  Barnard College – Scottish Literature, Course 88, Spring 1961 – Term papers with exam questions, marking schemes, quizzes and Janet Adam Smith notes  Typed copy of a paper, Cloven Footprints by Elizabeth G Romberg, April 1964, with JAS notes on witchcraft and The Devil in Scotland  Typed copy of a paper, Auld Lang Syne: Scottish Influences on Byron’s Poetry by Joan Schulman Schaeffer, May 1964  Typed copy of a paper on Jane Austen by Ann Monroe, undated.

22 Yellow box containing microfilm copy of thesis on Byron and Scotland by Joan Schaeffer, 1966.

23 * Barnard College Teaching Materials, ‘English 93’, 1960-1964, including:  Janet Adam Smith notes on her students, including examination papers [Closed until 2046]  JAS notes on course materials on literary criticism and on selected works of William Wordsworth, W B Yeats, Robert Frost, John Dryden and Edwin Muir among others.

24 * Barnard College Teaching Materials, ‘English A Course’, 1964, including:  Janet Adam Smith notes on her students [Closed until 2046]  Course materials including Poets of World War 1 and American poets.

25 * Barnard College Teaching Materials, Course English 88: Scottish Literature, 1964, including:  Janet Adam Smith teaching notes on Scottish literature and Scottish history, including works by Robert Henryson, William Dunbar, Gawain Douglas, Robert Burns and Walter Scott  Quizzes, examination papers and students’ class grades and results. [Closed until 2046]

26 Barnard College Teaching Materials, Course English 88: Scottish Literature, 1964, including:  Janet Adam Smith reading lists and Barnard College Wollman Library requests  JAS course notes, with newspapers cuttings of articles and book reviews on Scottish Literature in general [1946-1964] and on the life and works of Robert Burns, Hugh McDiarmid and Edwin Muir.

27 * Somerville College, Oxford, Janet Adam Smith Teaching Notes, 1965- 1966, including:  Report and notes on her students studying 19th Century Literature, Trinity Term, 1965 [Closed until 2048]  Typed copy of a paper Are Purely Literary Values Enough? by W W Robson  Notebook on various novels and literary texts, including Waverley, Barnaby Rudge, Amour de Voyage, Maud, Felix Holt, Princess Casamassima, Secret Agent and Weir of Hermiston.

28 * Janet Adam Smith Teaching Notes, 1967-1969, including:  Notes on her students, [Closed until 2050]  Course materials under the heading ‘Westminster English’  Notes on various books, including Portrait of a Lady, Great Expectations, Shadow Line and Nostramo.

29 Celebration of Janet Adam Smith’s 80th birthday, 10 December 1985

29 Arrangements for her party at the Alpine Club, London, celebrating ‘80 Years in High Places’, with letters of acceptance, apologies and thanks, October – December 1985.

30-37 Death of Janet Adam Smith and beyond, 1999-2013

30 Newspaper and magazine obituaries (with some photocopies) on death of Janet Adam Smith, September 1999, with letters of condolence sent to Andrew Roberts on the death of his mother, September – December 1999.

31 List of invitations to attend the memorial service and reception, with letters of acceptance and regret to Andrew Roberts, October – December 1999.

32 Jane Adam Smith Memorial Service, London, 3 December 1999. Correspondence, Order of Service and a copy of the Addresses given by Karl Miller, Roger Chorley and Val Arnold-Forster at the ceremony

33 Small notebook of signatures of those who attended the service.

34 Small notebook of signatures of those who attended the service.

35 Letters and cards to Andrew Roberts after the Memorial Service, December 1999 – January 2000.

36 Janet Adam Smith Remembered: a Memorial Pamphlet, 2000-2001. Correspondence and papers on the production of a booklet in memory of JAS, with letters of thanks to Andrew Roberts from individuals, various university libraries and institutions for receiving copies of the booklet in memory of his mother, February 2000 - July 2001.

37 Janet Adam Smith, a celebration of her life, 2003-2013 Correspondence of Andrew Roberts on events marking the centenary of his mother’s birth, December 2005, with letters of thanks for copies of her Early Autobiography, 1905-1926, (published in 2005), December 2006 – April 2013.

38-50 Collection of personal items, c. 1912-1998

38 Including:  Notes from Janet Adam Smith and Danny as small children to their mother, Janet, c. 1912  Press cuttings about JAS’s involvement with Oxford University Conservative Association and John Knox Parish Church, Aberdeen, 1925  The Galaxy Club list of members, 1933  Notebook containing Lake District information, with 3 b/w postcards of views of Loch Alne and Loch Avon c. 1940s  Printed copy of the Dedication: The Gift Outright by Robert Frost presented in Washington DC as part of the inaugural ceremony for John F Kennedy as 35th President of the USA on 20 January 1961. [1 of 800 copies produced for those attending the reception given for Robert Frost by members of the Cabinet of the United States  Printed notices of JAS speaking at Barnard College, New York, 1961  University of Leeds Senior Common Room Annual Dinner programmes, 1962 and 1966  Obituary notices for three of her fellow students - Dr Beryl Smalley 1984, Agnes Latham 1996, and Norma Dalrymple-Champneys, 1998  Small notebook, titled ‘Carre d’As Ecrire’ containing notes by JAS, undated.

39 Janet Adam Smith hardcover notebook, dated 25 March 1919.

40 Albyn Place School Magazine including a poem, The Cairngorms by Janet Adam Smith, December 1919.

41 Albyn Place School Magazine including a poem, High Street, Old Aberdeen by Janet Adam Smith, April 1920.

42 Albyn Place School Magazine including a book review of Hugh Walpole’s The Duchess of Wrexe by Janet Adam Smith, June 1923.

43 Large blue-covered Address Book of Janet Adam Smith, 1920 onwards [fragile].

44 The Cheltenham Ladies College Magazine containing a poem by Janet Adam Smith, Autumn 1922.

45 The Cheltenham Ladies College Magazine containing an article by Janet Adam Smith, Spring 1923.

46 The Order of the Marriage Service of Michael Roberts and Janet Adam Smith at King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen, 22 June 1935.

47 Diary of Janet Adam Smith, 4 September 1949 - 5 November 1982, with enclosures:  literary quotations  draft and completed poem After hearing a sermon on George Herbert, dated 19 May 1946  other draft and typed poems  notes relating to Henrietta and John Roberts, and poems by Henrietta.

48 Certificate awarding Janet Buchanan Adam Smith an Honorary Degree (Hon LL.D) from the University of Aberdeen, 6 July 1962. [housed in a blue tube].

49 Small autograph book, undated.

50 Address book, undated.

51 Photographs, c.1911-1998 [housed in separate photographic box]

51 Collection of b/w and colour photographs of Janet Adam Smith, her family and friends, some with press cuttings, including:  Miss E M Guiness B/w photograph of Miss E M Guiness, Librarian, 1892-1908, and Vice-Principal of Royal Holloway College, 1899-1908 by Philip A Laszlo, presented to the College in January 1911  Chanonry Lodge, 1912 Mounted b/w photograph showing family group with Andrew Carnegie, his wife Louise and daughter Margaret on his becoming rector of Aberdeen University Standing L to R: . Mauette? Lom, Swiss governess . George Buchanan Smith . Andrew Carnegie, Rector of Aberdeen University . Dankester? Sacrist at King’s College . George Adam Smith, The Principal

Seated L to R: . Margaret Carnegie . Mrs George Adam Smith with Margaret on her knee . Janet Adam Smith . Mrs Carnegie? . Kathleen Adam Smith  Janet Adam Smith, up to 1941 Eight b/w photographs in 3 sleeves  Janet Adam Smith and Michael Roberts wedding, 1935 Mounted b/w wedding photograph and press cuttings, of their wedding at King’s College, Old Aberdeen, 24 June 1935  Janet Adam Smith, 1958-1982 10 b/w photographs in 8 sleeves  Janet Adam Smith, c.1984-1998 21 b/w and colour photographs in 9 sleeves  Beatrice, Adam Thomson and children 8 colour photographs, and negatives in 3 sleeves, undated  Miscellaneous correspondence about photograph, with some negatives, 1977, 1988 and 1994.

52-55 Details of pictures owned by Janet Adam Smith, 1932-2006

52 Purchase of pictures by Janet Adam Smith, 1932-1958, including:  Typed catalogue of pictures owned by JAS, August 1972  Miscellaneous information and newspaper cuttings about JAS pictures, including colour slide of The Bedlington Terrier by William Scott, 1946-2006.

53 Correspondence and information about the work of Francis Towne, British watercolour landscape painter and teacher, 1934-1998, including:  Details of his drawing of Mer de Glace, Chamounix and Janet Adam Smith purchase of the drawing in 1934, 1934-1959  Letters (3) from Paul Oppé, art collector, to JAS about the work of Francis Towne with tiny b/w print enclosed with letter of 10th February 1936, 1934- 1936  Correspondence between JAS and galleries on her loan of artwork for the Francis Towne Exhibitions held in Tate Gallery, London June-Sept 1997 and in City Art Gallery, Leeds, October 1997- January 1998, 1996-1998.

54 Miscellaneous art-related items, 1960-1996, including:  Copies of Christie’s and Sotheby’s Catalogues, 1960-1974, for the sale of Valuable Books, MSS and Works of Art, with Janet Adam Smith correspondence, notes and record of purchases (7items)  Typed list ‘Catalogue of Pictures belonging to Janet Carleton’, dated August 1972, with addenda dated April 1987  Loose pages from Christie’s catalogues, 1974-1982  Correspondence and accounts with Fine Art Auctioneers, including Phillips and Christie’s, 1980 -1996  Correspondence and articles about the work of Ben Nicholson, 1985-1987.

55 Photographs of paintings, owned by Janet Adam Smith, for identification purposes, 1926-1970.

Sleeve 1 - b/w photograph of water colour ‘Raven Crag, part of Thirlmere,’ landscape by Frances Towne.

Sleeve 2  Colour photograph (2 copies) of mountain/glacier scene, [possibly by Frances Towne?]  Colour photograph of ‘Glacier’ by Frances Towne  Colour photograph of watercolour, ‘The Pond’ by Paul Nash, 1926.

Sleeve 3 - b/w photograph of water colour by Frances Towne.

Sleeve 4  Colour photograph of ‘Cumberland Farm’ by Ben Nicholson, 1930  Colour photograph of painting, ‘Abstract’ by Ben Nicholson, 1935  Colour photograph of ‘The Garden Gate’ by Tim Gibbs  Colour photograph of ‘Landscape in Cornwall’ by Frances Hodgkins.

Sleeve 5  Colour photograph of water colour, ‘Rock’ by David Jones given to JAS by Helen Sutherland c. 1940-1945  Colour photograph of original labels on back of the picture ‘The Bedlington Terrier’ by William Scott, given to JAS in 1970.

56-102 LITERARY PAPERS

56-80 Janet Adam Smith 81-90 Life and works of Michael Roberts 91-94 Janet Adam Smith papers on T S Eliot and family 95 Janet Adam Smith papers on W H Auden 96 Janet Adam Smith biography of R L Stevenson 97 T W Eason 98 Janet Adam Smith papers on Edwin Muir 99-101 Janet Adam Smith biography of John Buchan 102 Janet Adam Smith papers on V S Pritchett

56-80 Janet Adam Smith

56 Correspondence, poems, and photograph, 1912-1997 Including:  Poems by, and notes about, William Paton Ker, 1912-1997  Letters of W P Ker to Janet Adam Smith, 1913-1922  Newspaper obituaries on death of W P Ker, July 1922, with b/w photograph [in sleeve], 1923, and invitation to JAS to attend University College London Centenary Celebration dinner for W P Ker, October 1955  Letters to JAS from Ann Wilks in Cumberland, Margaret Holden and E G Roberts, 1942  Copy of a letter of JAS to Zuzanne Shonfeld/Shonfield?,1987.

57 Hardback copy of Birthday Poems for P M K by W P Ker, Aberdeen University Press, 1935, signed by the writer and introduced by Janet Adam Smith.

58 Miscellaneous articles and notes, 1914-2005 Including:  Press cuttings and printed reviews on articles and books on Scottish history, 1914-1969  Letters to Janet Adam Smith about miscellaneous articles written by her on Scottish history and literature, 1939-1982  Newspaper articles on Henry James, 1947-1955  JAS notes on Henry James and William James (nephew), including an article The Guerdon by Max Beerbohm, 1956-1972  Article, Mary Geraldine Dickins, by JAS, 1976  Newspaper and magazine articles on Henry James and on Leon Edel, his biographer

 Printed proof of Burns and Politics by Marilyn Butler  Draft article by JAS, Tom Possum and the Roberts Family.

59 Manuscripts of Janet Adam Smith, 1919-1921 Including:  Prologue and The Tinker’s Tale, dated 25 November 1919  Article written by JAS, aged 17, for Higher Certificate Class, “I want to make your flesh creep”, Fat Boy: Pickwick Papers’, undated  The Happy Isles, poem, undated  Oxford – June 192, poem  Loose drafts of poems by JAS, undated.

60 The BBC and The Listener, 1932-1979 Janet Adam Smith joined the BBC in 1928. She wrote for The Listener and was Assistant Editor from 1930 to 1935.

Papers relating to her career in the BBC and with The Listener, including:  BBC General Instructions for the Royal Visit, 7 July 1932  Press cuttings on the BBC Advisory Committee on Spoken English, 1933-34  Copy of BBC Staff Regulations, 1934  Her annotated copy of The Listener, 18 January 1933  Her annotated copy of The Listener, Poetry and Woodcut Supplement, 12 July 1933  Incomplete copies of The Listener, covering The Grand Tour series, July – September 1935  Draft copy of JAS article, Mr Eliot and The Listener, for the magazine, with correspondence, January 1965  Copy of The Listener, 18 January 1979, with an article by Roy Fuller on JAS when she was editor of the magazine.  Copy of an article, Poetry and The Listener: the Myth of the ‘Middlebrow’ by Jane Dowson, De Montfort University, from the ‘Sheffield Hallam Working Papers: The Thirties Now’, with reference to the work of JAS as assistant editor of The Listener.  Letters to Janet Adam Smith in appreciation of her BBC broadcasts and articles for The Listener, including: . Beatrix Potter . Return to the Hills . The Cairngorms . Poems by Michael Roberts

. Women of Action.

61 Drafts of reviews by Janet Adam Smith, 1938-1990, and correspondence, notes and printed reviews on various poets and writers, including Michael Roberts, 1938-1968. Including:  The Tourist in Scotland, TLS, July 1938  Scotland under Trust, The Spectator, August 1939  The Shepherd and the Sinner, TLS, January 1963  Drafts of article on The Making of the Faber Book of Modern Verse, 1976  The Lantern-Bearers and other Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, Sunday Times, February 1988  Review for The Alpine Journal, 1990/1991  The Picturesque Scenery of the Lake District, 1752-1855, by Peter Bicknell, 1990.

62 Janet Adam Smith collection of obituaries on other writers and friends, 1942-1999. Including:  Dame Emily Penrose, 1942  Prof Alastair Buchan, 1976  Dame Helen Gardner and Elizabeth Munroe, 1986  Prof Marcus Cunliffe, 1990 and Lesley Cunliffe, 1997  Dame Peggy Ashcroft, 1991  V S Pritchett, 1997  George ‘Dadie’ Rylands, 1999.

63 Correspondence about the work of Janet Adam Smith, 1946-1958. Including:  Letters and press cutting reviews about ‘Life Among the Scots’, 1946-1947  Letters about the Faber Book of Children’s Verse, from Janet Clarke, Janette Sorley, Tom Lindsay, John Gordon, Janet Preston and Madeline Palmer, 1953  Review of Faber Book of Children’s Verse in the Times Literary Supplement , 1958.

64 Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith with friends and literary figures, 1944-1996. Including:  Letters to JAS from ‘Ludo’ [Margaret] Read and her family, including notes by JAS on Herbert Read’s anthology, ‘Delight’, 1944-1996  Photocopy of notes on the Dream of Kathleen Raine, June 1949  Letters to JAS thanking her for her condolences from Christine Reynolds, R H Crossman, R A Butler, George [M Thomson], and Mana Sedgwick, 1951-1972  Draft of letter of JAS to T S Eliot, 28 November 1952  Draft of letter of JAS to Helen Sutherland, 16 December 1952  Letters to JAS from Kathleen Raine, 1956-1995  Letters to JAS from John and Phyllis Gordan, 1965-1993, with family letter on Phyllis’s death, 1994  Letters between JAS and John Hewitt about a Civil List Pension for Kathleen Raine, 1969-1970  Letters to JAS from Anne Hopewell, 1979- 1996  Letters to and from JAS, 1982-1983, about the original work, La Totale et Vraye Description de Tour Les Passaiges by Jacques Signot.

65 Correspondence of various writers to Janet Adam Smith, 1951-1994 Including:  Christmas card from Robert Graves, with press cuttings of his poems and ‘The Listener’ article on his work, 1951-1954  Postcards to JAS from Anthony Powell (7), and one from Hilary, 1973-1994  Letters and postcards from Alan Bennett to JAS, 1980s-1994  Cards to JAS from Dorothy and V S Pritchett, 1985-1995  Letters and papers relating to Marcus Cunliffe, 1985-1991.

66 Letters and postcards to Janet Adam Smith from literary friends, 1955-1997. Some with poems and notes including those from:  John Meade Falkner, 1956  Hugh Trevor-Roper, 1969  John Hewitt, 1981  Richard Usborne, 1984  Robert Robinson, 1984  Vikram Seth, 1988  Allan Massie, 1994

 Mogador Empson, on Hetta, Lady Empson, 1997.

67 Janet Adam Smith broadcast scripts on poetry for The Third Programme, 1956.  ‘Poems by Kathleen Raine’, selected and introduced by JAS, broadcast on 29 January and 2 February 1956.  Broadcast ‘Reading of Michael Roberts’ Poems’ introduced by JAS on 14 October 1956 and 14 December 1956. Draft script and final version.

68 Correspondence to and of Janet Adam Smith, 1976. Including:  Letters (3) of Lawrence Airey to Janet Adam Smith, May – August 1976  Letter of Russell Walton to JAS, June 1976  Draft typescript article by Lawrence Airey, On Re-reading Michael Roberts, undated [for Novocastrian News (published version in Obits Box)]  Letters between Janet Adam Smith and Alice Prochaska from the National Portrait Gallery on ‘Young Writers of the Thirties’, an exhibition of modern English literary manuscripts held in the National Portrait Gallery from 25 June – 7 November 1976, with a selection of JAS’s papers, many relating to Michael Robert’s Faber Book of Modern Verse, 1936, with exhibition fliers, newspaper cuttings and reviews.

69 Correspondence and papers on the re-publication of Divided Loyalties by Janet Teissier du Cros, 1984-1993.  Correspondence on the possible re-publication of Divided Loyalties by Janet Teissier du Cros by Canongate Press, and the possibility of a film based on the book, produced by Amanda Mackenzie Stuart, 1984-1992  Correspondence of Francois Teissier du Cros and Janet Adam Smith (in French and English) on the re-publication of Divided Loyalties, 1991-1992  Published reviews of Divided Loyalties: a Scotswoman in Occupied France by Janet Teissier du Cros, Canongate 1992.  Letters to Mrs Janet Carleton [Janet Adam Smith] following the publication of Divided Loyalties: a Scotswoman in Occupied France by Janet Teissier du Cros, Canongate 1992, May 1992 – April 1993.  Notes on Janet Teissier du Cros: Cross Currents.

70 Correspondence of Janet Adam Smith and the Wordsworth Trust, 1987-1992. Including letters of Janet Adam Smith, Peter Bicknell and the Wordsworth Trust (Centre for British Romanticism), and others about the Bicentenary Exhibition and Conference, Wordsworth and the Alps, in Grasmere, 26 July - 18 November 1990.

71 Janet Adam Smith correspondence and papers about ‘Books in My Life’, 1988-1989. Including JAS notes, correspondence and draft talk about her publication ‘Books in My Life’, the collections of JAS and MR about mountaineering, with a bibliography of her writings by Andrew Roberts, 1988.

72-77 Janet Adam Smith autobiography

72 Print-out of Janet Adam Smith autobiography from Diskette, plus notes, pages 1-85, undated.

73 Typed MSS of autobiography, Chapters 1-5, in draft, undated.

74 Two working copies of Janet Adam Smith autobiography, undated.

75 Janet Adam Smith notes for her autobiography in 3 notebooks, undated.

76 Additional notes by Andrew D Roberts.

77 Additional notes on World War One, the BBC years and The Listener, World War Two and relations with her parents, with miscellaneous letters to Janet Adam Smith, notes and press cuttings, 1914-1998.

78-80 Correspondence and papers relating to Janet Adam Smith and her involvement with the National Library of Scotland, 1953-1999

78 Including:  List of MSS gifted to NLS by Janet Adam Smith, 1953-1994  Papers relating to George Finch: Everest Diary, 1965-1983  Minutes and papers of AGM of Board of NLS Trustees, 1975-1980  JAS list of Buchan papers  NLS De Quincy exhibition, 1985-86.

79 Donation and/or sale of Janet Adam Smith books and papers, 1962-1999. Correspondence and notes about the literary and mountaineering books belonging to, sold by or donated by JAS, 1962-1999, including donations to the London Library, 1980, and to Somerville College,1984; including letter from I F McIver, NLS, to JAS, 19 October 1998, about the possible donation of her papers and those of her late first husband, Michael Roberts, to NLS.

80 Janet Adam Smith donations and sale of manuscripts, 1973-1989. Correspondence and notes on the sale and donation of JAS papers, including correspondence with NLS, 1982-1983.

81-90 Life and Works of Michael Roberts, 1941-1997

81 Michael Roberts and the Faber Book of Comic Verse, 1941-1982  Printed copies of reviews of the FBCV, edited by Michael Roberts, under the General Press Cutting Association and Durrant’s Press Cuttings, December 1941- June 1943  Correspondence with Janet Adam Smith on revisions to FBCV, September 1950 - November 1953  Miscellaneous verses, notes and press cuttings on comic verse, 1942-1982.

82 Janet Adam Smith correspondence about the life and work of Michael Roberts, 1943-1997 Including letters from:  Blaise Cullie, 1940s  Robin MacArthur, 1950  Bernard Hall, 1972  Dr Vernon Williams on M R’s connection with St Mark and St John College, London, 1986 and 1997  Hugh Montefiore, 1991.

83 Letters to Janet Adam Smith and papers about the privately printed book, The Portrait of Michael Roberts, 1949-1950, 1969. Including:  Letter of Gwen Haywood, New Malden, Surrey, 2 December 1949  Letter of Helen Simpson, Coventry, 26 December 1949  Letter of W Menzies, Edinburgh, 29 December 1949  Letter of Dick Hamilton, London, 24 January 1950

 Letter of Beatrice Rose [ ], Aberdeen, 25 January 1950  Letter of M [ ], St Louis, USA, 7 February 1950  Letter of E G? Roberts, [Grandpa Roberts], Totton Hants, 14 February 1950  Letter incomplete, sender unknown, Durham, 8 January 1950  Letter of Cecily [ ], Oxford, 9 March [1950?]  Letter of D?? [ ], London, 23 April 1950  Letters about access to any spare copies of The Portrait of Michael Roberts, 14 and 15 May 1969  Letter of A A? or H A?, 17 Grange Court, Cambridge, undated  Newspaper cutting [and photocopy] reviewing the book The Portrait of Michael Roberts, undated.

84 Permissions to print/reprint Michael Robert’s work, 1951-1976. Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith and publishers for permissions to reprint and publish extracts from Michael Roberts’ work.

85 Correspondence and reviews on the Faber Book of Modern Verse, 1951-1982. Including:  Reviews of the Faber Book of Modern Verse, previously edited by Michael Roberts, under Durrant’s Press Cuttings, October 1951 – January 1952, June 1959, June 1960, and July 1965 - January 1966  Correspondence between Janet Adam Smith and Faber and Faber about editing the 1st edition of the Faber Book of Modern Verse, edited by Michael Roberts in 1936, May 1961 – June 1963  Correspondence between JAS and Faber and Faber about collating the letters of Michael Roberts for any future memoir, February – July 1970  Correspondence between JAS, Faber and Faber and Peter Porter about his revising the 4th edition of the Faber Book of Modern Verse, October 1972 – September 1978  Correspondence between JAS and Harry Bradshaw about the life and works of Michael Roberts, December 1969 – April 1978  Correspondence between JAS and Faber and Faber about the reissue of the 1936 edition of the Faber Book of Modern Verse, February 1981- June 1982, with press cuttings of various reviews following its publication, May – July 1982.

86 Janet Adam Smith correspondence and papers about Michael Roberts and his work on T E Hulme, 1953-1983. [T E Hulme, writer, was killed in the trenches in 1917.] Including:  Letters between JAS and Sam Hynes regarding access to the papers of Michael Roberts, with reference to T E Hulme, and about Sam Hynes essay on M R’s poetry, 1953-1975  Letters between JAS and Professor Alun Jones, 1955-1977  Letters between JAS and Stanley Stewart, 1960 and 1973  Letters between JAS and Helen Morris, 1965-1966  Letters between JAS and Paul Scholl Stevens, 1973  Letters between JAS and Philip Larkin, 1973  Letter from Susan Barnes to JAS about T E Hulme papers, 1977  Correspondence between JAS and Michael Schmidt of Carcanet Press about the re-issue of M R’s book on T E Hulme, with a new introduction to be written by Anthony Quinton, 1978-1983.

87 Janet Adam Smith correspondence about Michael Roberts’ Collected Poems, 1958. Including letters of thanks to JAS from Eleanor Martin, Tom Eason, Nora Land, Elizabeth Fenwick, Thomas Hodgkin, Judith Hubback, Cecily Goodhart, Leonard Clark and others for receipt of copies of Michael Roberts book of poems, February –November 1958.

88 Janet Adam Smith correspondence about Michael Roberts, 1967-1977. Including:  Letters between JAS and thesis writers Stuart Samuels, Eva de Bonis, Kevin Ward and Professor Christopher Bone on their interest in the work of Michael Roberts.  JAS correspondence requesting copies of letters written by Michael Roberts; including copies of his some of his correspondence from 1933 –1948, and letters on BBC Talks, 1934-1948.

89 Janet Adam Smith correspondence with Frederick Grubb, 1969-1983. Frederick Grubb, a freelance poet and writer with an interest in the work of Michael Roberts, corresponded with JAS and her family. Correspondence including:  Letter from F Grubb to JAS, keen to acquire a copy of the private memoirs of Michael Roberts for which TS Eliot wrote the Preface, March 1969  Proposed publication of Michael Roberts: Selected Poems and Prose, edited by Frederick Grubb, 1976-1981

 Correspondence between JAS, Faber and Faber, Frederick Grubb and Carcanet New Press Ltd about publishing a selection of Michael Robert’s work, 1976-1981  Edited copy of article, Michael Roberts: Poet as Prophet, by Michael Pickering (1977) sent to JAS by F Grubb  Publication of Michael Roberts: Selected Poems and Prose, edited by Frederick Grubb, 1980  Printed reviews of the F Grubb’s book, and subsequent correspondence on its merits, 1980-1982  F Grubb to JAS thanking her for her review of his edition of Michael Roberts: Poems and Prose published in the Political Quarterly Review, January - March 1982  F Grubb to Janet and Andrew Roberts complaining about his treatment by the Roberts family re promoting the work of Michael Roberts, August 1983.

90 Janet Adam Smith correspondence with writers/reviewers, 1977-1994. Letters between JAS and various writers/reviewers interested in her work and that of her husband, Michael Roberts, including Norman Sherry, Alun Jones, Alan Myers, Grevel Lindop, Neil Berry and Alan Meyers.

91-94 Janet Adam Smith papers on T S Eliot and family, 1932-2011

91 Press cuttings and memorabilia on the life and works of T S Eliot (1888-1965), 1932-2005.

92 Memorials to T S Eliot, 1965-1990, including:  Order of Service, Westminster Abbey, 4 February 1965, after his death on 4 January 1965  Unveiling and dedication of a memorial to T S Eliot in Westminster Abbey, 4 January 1967  Programmes for other memorial services and arts productions put on in his honour.

93 Correspondence with Valerie Eliot, 1965 – 1998, including:  Letters between Janet Adam Smith and Valerie Eliot, some concerning the papers of her late husband, T S Eliot, 1965-1998  Lists of letters written by T S Eliot to JAS, 1937-1963, and to Michael Roberts, 1931 – 1948, where JAS Estate has photocopies of them but not the originals, as of 1999

 Newspaper cuttings of letters to the press about accounts of the life and works of T S Eliot, with arguments about access to his papers, January - April 1984.

94 Press cuttings, poetry readings, dinner invitations and events to mark the centenary of the birth of T S Eliot, September 1988.

95 Janet Adam Smith papers on W H Auden, 1932-2007

95 Janet Adam Smith’s notes, press cuttings and memorabilia on the life and works of W H Auden, 1932-2007, including:  Printed copy of W H Auden’s sermon given at Westminster Abbey on 18 October 1966 on the 900th Anniversary Year within ‘A Service for those engaged in Science, Medicine and Technology.’  Obituaries following the death of W H Auden, 29 September 1973  Obituaries on the death of John Auden, January 1991 [brother of W H Auden].

96 Jane Adam Smith biography of Robert Louis Stevenson, with photographs, 1947-1997

96 Janet Adam Smith correspondence about a proposed second edition on her biography of Robert Louis Stevenson, with newspaper cuttings and published articles on books on his life and works, and a copy of the Laureation Address on the award of an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters to Ernest James Mehew by the University of Edinburgh, 11 July 1997, with seven colour photographs in three sleeves, 1947 -1997. [Ernest Mehew produced an edition of RLS letters].

97 Correspondence of T W Eason to Janet Adam Smith, 1948-1952

97 Letters from T W Eason to Janet Adam Smith, some including poems by him, 1948-1952.

98 Janet Adam Smith papers on Edwin Muir, with photographs, 1956-1995

98 Newspaper cuttings, tributes and articles on the life and works of Edwin Muir, some of the latter by Janet Adam Smith, including:

 4 colour photographs [in 1 sleeve] of plaque in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney - 3 of Edwin Muir and 1 of Eric Linklater  Letter from Willa Muir to JAS, July 1969.

99-101 Janet Adam Smith biography of John Buchan, 1965-2015

99 Correspondence on Janet Adam Smith’s publication of her biography of John Buchan, 1965-1996, including letters from William Buchan, 1982 and 1996, and James Buchan, 1994.

100 Correspondence and articles on John Buchan, 1965-2015, including:  Letters to and from Janet Adam Smith and Professor Andrew Roberts (her son) on John Buchan  Letter from David Daniell thanking JAS for comments on his work on John Buchan, 1985  Letters from Andrew Lownie, 1993, and a copy of his biography, John Buchan, 1875-1940  Letters from Michael Redley, 1994, 2003 - 2004, 2015  Copies of articles written about Buchan: . Almost Real Reality: John Buchan’s Visible World by Leland Schubert, published in The Serif, Sept 1965 . Draft copy of JD Sutherland’s article, John Buchan’s ‘Sick Heart’: Some Psychoanalytic Reflections, 1986.

101 NLS John Buchan exhibition poster, undated.

102 Janet Adam Smith papers on V S Pritchett, 1980-1999

102 Newspaper cuttings and articles on the life and works of V S Pritchett, author and critic, 1980-1999.

103 -119 PUBLISHED ARTICLES/REVIEWS

103-112 Janet Adam Smith 113-119 Michael Roberts

103 Janet Adam Smith and The Listener, 1928-1968

103 Reviews by Janet Adam Smith for The Listener, including:  The Listener’s Book Chronicle, 1928 [specimen reviews], 1929, 1930,1932-1937  The Listener’s Book Chronicle, 1938-1949, 1965-1968  The Listener’s ‘Week by Week’, and editorials from The Listener, 1929-1935.

104 Janet Adam Smith and the Times Literary Supplement, 1936-1996

104 Reviews by Janet Adam Smith for the Times Literary Supplement, 1936-1945, 1946-1960 and for 1962-1996.

105 Janet Adam Smith and The Spectator, 1937-1949

105 Reviews by Janet Adam Smith for The Spectator, 1937-1949, and reviews of new novels, June – October 1940.

106 Janet Adam Smith and the New Statesman, 1949 – 1975

106 Reviews by Janet Adam Smith for the New Statesman for 1949-1952, 1953-1955, and 1956-1975, including:  Articles and review essays for New Statesman’s ‘Books in General’ feature, 1950-1975  Miscellaneous obituaries and articles by JAS for the New Statesman, 1950-1960.

107 Janet Adam Smith and miscellaneous reviews, 1934 – 1992

107 Bundle 1 - reviews and articles by Janet Adam Smith for:  Now and Then, 1934-1935  Scottish Bookman, 1935  Purpose,1936  New English Weeky,1938-1939  International Women’s News, 1941  Observer, 1946-1948  Books of the Month, 1949  Academia, 1961  New York Times Book Review, 1961  New Saltire, 1962  Herald Tribune, 1966  Books and Writers, 1974  Financial Times and Sunday Times, 1986, 1988  The Book Collector, 1991

 London Review of Books, 1992  2 spiked unpublished reviews – The Deserts of Hesperides by Anthony Thwaite, Feb 1969, and Father Figures by Kingsley Martin, undated.

Bundle 2 - reviews by Janet Adam Smith for:  Jesmond Presbyterian Church Monthly Magazine,1937-1938  Prisoners of War News, 1941-1944  New York Times Book Review, 1938-1943  Britain Today, 1942-1954.

108 Janet Adam Smith and newspaper articles, 1936-1972

108 Reviews by Janet Adam Smith for:  The London Mercury, 1936-1939  The Criterion, 1936-1939  The Times, 1936-1939, 1952, 1968-1971  The Sunday Telegraph, 1962- 1972.

109 Janet Adam Smith published letters to the press, 1949 – 1995

109 Press cuttings and photocopies of JAS published letters to newspapers and journals, including:  The Listener, 1949  Times Literary Supplement, 1950-1992  Times, 1972 and 1993  London Review of Books, 1992  Aberdeen Press and Journal, 1995.

110-111 Janet Adam Smith and obituaries, 1958 - 1999

110 Press cuttings and published obituaries of writers, 1958-1999, including:  Dame Rose Macaulay, 1958  Capt W E Johns, 1968  John Berryman, 1973  John Betjeman, 1984  Philip Larkin, 1986  Graham Greene, 1991  Sir Stephen Spender, 1995

 Sorley MacLean, 1996  Naomi Mitchison, 1999.

111 Correspondence, notes and published obituaries by Janet Adam Smith, 1975-1998, concerning:  Sir George Paget Thomson, 1975  Susan, Lady Tweedsmuir, 1977  Lord Patrick Devlin, 1989-1992  Dame Janet Vaughan, 1989 -1993  Trekkie Parsons, 1995  Sir Victor S Pritchett, 1997 -1998.

112 Published articles on the life and work of Janet Adam Smith, 1965-2016

112 Including:  A Scot in Westminster talks about her countrymen by Juliet Brittain, 1965  Article in the Diamond Jubilee Supplement of the Radio Times, September 1983  Interview with JAS by John Hargreaves for Aberdeen University Oral History Archive, 1986  Interview with JAS by Rebecca Cavanagh, 6th grade pupil in London, 1991  Interview with JAS by Diana Paul, for the St Columbus Magazine, 1996  Article, Life lived on a higher level, by Stephen Goodwin for The Independent, 1997  Behind the Wireless: Early Women at the BBC, by Kate Murphy, 2016.

113-119 Published articles/reviews on the work of Michael Roberts

113 Printed reviews, 1932-1940 Including:  ‘These our Matins, 1932  ‘Contemporary Essays, 1933’, (Elkin, Mathews and Marrot), by a dozen writers including Michael Roberts, edited by Sylva Norman.  ‘Newton and the Origin of Colours’, 1934  ‘Critique of Poetry’, 1934  ‘Poems’, 1936

 ‘T E Hulme’, 1938 [Thomas Edward Hulme]  ‘Orion Marches’, 1939  Tredger Memorial Lecture on ‘The Dignity of English Thought’, 1940.

114 Reviews of ‘Faber Book of Modern Verse’, edited by Michael Roberts, 1936.

115 Printed reviews of ‘The Modern Mind’, 1937-1938.

116 Printed reviews of ‘The Recovery of the West’, 1941-1951.

117 Printed reviews and press cuttings on ‘The Estate of Man’, 1951-1952, and printed reviews of ‘Collected Poems’, 1958.

118 Printed reviews of anthologies edited by Michael Roberts, 1932-1937, including:  Reviews of ‘New Signatures’, 1932-1934  Reviews of ‘New Country’, 1933  Reviews of ‘Elizabethan Prose’,1933  Reviews of ‘Reading the Spirit’ by Richard Eberhart, 1937.

119 Typescript notes of a supplement to Richard Hamilton’s bibliography of Michael Roberts, covering the years 1931-1950, and Janet Adam Smith notes on Roberts’ engagements 1945-1948.

120 - 134 MOUNTAINEERING PAPERS

120-121 Correspondence of family and friends, 1923-1997

120 Letters from Janet Adam Smith and Lilian Adam Smith [JAS’s mother] on holiday in La Grave and Pralognan in France, to George Adam Smith [JAS’s father] in Maryland, USA, August – September 1923.

121 Correspondence and papers to Janet Adam Smith from climbing friends, 1936-1997. Including:  Letters from H V Hughes, 1936, 1949  Letters, in French, to JAS from Mme Camille Bron, Marie Burdin and Robert Amiez, 1939-1952

 Letters to JAS, in English and French, after the death of her husband, Michael Roberts, December 1948 - May 1949  Letters and postcards to JAS from Tom Eason, Pauline Smith and Colin S Ramm, 1949  Letters from M H V Fleming, 1947  Letters from Claud Bicknell, 1949, 1952  Typed poem, Tignes, 1952, by Eveleigh Leith  Letters from Sandy Buchan, 1964  Letters and postcards to JAS from family and friends about the reissue of Mountain Holidays, 1997.

122 Memorials to the Bicknell family, 1927-1999

122 Correspondence, articles, press cuttings and notes on members of the Bicknell family:  Raymond Bicknell, climber, 1875-1927  Ellen Bicknell, teacher, 1902 -1994  Peter Bicknell, climber, 1907-1995  Christine Bicknell, 1919-1999  Mairi Bicknell, ballet teacher.

123-125 Janet Adam Smith correspondence with David Alan Robertson, with photographs, 1936-1999

123 Letters and cards of Janet Adam Smith to David Alan Robertson on family matters, the Alpine Club and mountaineering, 1936-1980. Includes copy of the Memorial Service and Address for Michael Roberts, 22 January 1949, including Hillary’s ascent of Everest, 1953, and 2 b/w mounted photographs [in sleeve].

124 Letters and cards of Janet Adam Smith to David Alan Robertson on family and mountaineering matters,1981-1998, including nine photographs in four sleeves:  2 b/w photographs in letter dated 12 April 1985, inscribed Hermitage Castle, 1938  2 colour photographs of exterior of a house and press cutting in letter dated 19 February 1986  1 colour photograph of Didyma dated 6 May 1987  4 b/w photographs of climbing in the Alps in letter dated 5 September 1995.

125 Letters, articles and notes of David Alan Robertson to Janet Adam Smith, 1948-1999, including his letter to President Kraushaar, March 1961. [With annotated note listing some originals already sent to NLS and carbon copies supplied by Susan Robertson].

126 Ivor Armstrong Richards, critic and mountaineer, with photographs, 1958-1989

126 Articles, memorials and reviews of the life and work of Ivor Armstrong Richards, [died 7 September 1979], with 7 photographs dated 1950, 1971 and 1979 of Ivor and Dorothea Richards. [6 b/w & 1 colour in 3 sleeves]

127 Correspondence of Peter Hodgkiss, with photographs, 1978-98

127 Family correspondence from Peter Hodgkiss to Janet Adam Smith, including letters, postcards and 5 card-books from various European mountain ranges, including the Alps. Also includes 5 colour photographs of mountain scenes. [in 2 separate sleeves]

128 Correspondence of Dorothea Richards, 1979-1987

128 Letters and postcards from Dorothea/Dorothy Richards, née Pilley, journalist and climber, to Janet Adam Smith. With letters and postcards of Richard Luckett to Janet, 1984-1987, about Dorothea, the Alpine Club, enclosing a typed index for ‘The Diaries of Dorothea Pilley’’. [Dorothy died on 24 Sept 1986].

129 Papers on Una Cameron, climber, 1988-1991

129 Correspondence, papers and draft articles on the climbing expeditions of Una Cameron, with reference to her diaries being deposited in the National Library of Scotland, 1988-1991.

130 Mountaineering notes, correspondence and articles, 1909-1997

130 Including:  Printed articles and correspondence on The Ladies Alpine Club and female mountaineers, 1909-1985  Press cuttings and Janet Adam Smith notes on the Cairngorms and accidents there, 1932-1995

 Letters to JAS on writing for The Alpine Journal, 1949-1951  Book reviews and articles by JAS for The Alpine Journal – May 1950, May 1952, May 1957, 1990-91  Book reviews and articles by JAS for the Ladies Alpine Club Journal – 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1965, 1967  Printed articles on the life and work of Leslie Stephen, 1951-1952  Article by JAS, A Scramble on the Westminster Aiguilles, by the Pineapple Route, including drafts and final version, July 1979, with typed list of photographs of the Inspection of the Pineapple from the North-West Tower  Letters and articles on the life of Dame Freya Stark, traveller and writer,1984  JAS notes on time spent in France in August/September 1984  Letters and JAS review of work by Jim Perrin, 1985  Correspondence on an exhibition and articles by JAS and Peter Bicknell for the Alpine Journal on Wordsworth and the Alps, 1990- 1992.

131 Mountaineers, expeditions and accidents, 1930-1996

131 Press cuttings and articles on mountaineers, climbing accidents and climbing expeditions, including Everest and Nanda Devi, with Janet Adam Smith notes, 1930-1996.

132 Obituaries of climbers, 1956-1997

132 Correspondence, press cuttings and obituaries of male and female climbers, some obituaries written by Janet Adam Smith, including:  Eveleigh Leith, 1976  Dorothea Richards, 1986-87  Nea Morin, 1987  Una Cameron, 1988  Dorothy Isobel (Charmian) Longstaff, 1993  Alison Hargreaves, killed on K2, 1995  Peter Bicknell, 1996  Ella Maillart, 1997

133 The Alpine Club, 1957-1999

133 Correspondence and papers relating to Janet Adam Smith’s membership of and involvement in the Alpine Club, including:

 Notes on articles and obituaries written by JAS about climbers - Christine Bicknell, and husband and wife team - Alison Chadwick and Janusz Onysckiewicz  Minutes of meetings, rules and regulations of the Club and Library  Club exhibition catalogues.

134 Oxford Mountaineering Library, 1992-1998

134 Correspondence, notes and articles on the opening and development of the Mountaineering Library attached to the School of Geography, University of Oxford. [The Oxford Mountaineering Library, a specialist library combining the collections of the Oxford University Mountaineering Club and those of Michael Roberts and Janet Adam Smith, was formally launched on 7th December 1992].