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Correspondence, Diaries, Photographs, Press Cuttings and Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera 1917 Acc.13124 October 2010 Revised January 2013 Inventory Acc.13124 Peter Roderick Oliver 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 Correspondence, diaries, photographs, press cuttings and miscellaneous printed ephemera, 1917 – 1977, of and relating to Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver. Peter Oliver (1907 – 1945) is best known as a mountaineer. He was a member of the British 1936 and 1938 Everest Expeditions, and accompanied Frank Smythe in the Himalayas on the first ascent on Mana Peak in 1937. He served with the Frontier Force Rifles (Coke‟s Rifles) and the South Waziristan Scouts on the North West Frontier between Pakistan and Afghanistan. His travels are documented through his letters home, diaries and photographs. Peter Oliver died on active service in Burma in 1945. Peter Oliver was born in Lucknow, India. He was educated at Sherborne School in Dorset, England. His parents were Edward William Oliver (1869- 1929) and Bessie Oliver née Johnson (1878- 1946). They were both born in Torquay in Devon. His father was a Major and veterinary surgeon in India. Peter had a younger brother, William Marcus Oliver (b.1909). For other papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Oliver see MSS.24656-24720 and Acc. 12096. Bought 2010 NB. This material has been re-arranged prior to cataloguing. Ask staff for further information. 1-5 CORRESPONDENCE 6 DIARY 7- 164 PHOTOGRAPHS 165 -168 FAMILY PAPERS 169- 176 MISCELLANEOUS EPHEMERA AND MEMORABILIA 1- 5 CORRESPONDENCE 1. Correspondence and various other documents dating from between 1917 and 1977: correspondence mostly addressed to Peter Oliver relating to family, friends and career, including letters from fellow Everest climbers Hugh Ruttledge and Frank Smythe, 1920s to 1945; correspondence and papers relating to Peter Oliver‟s death in 1945, including telegram and condolence letters; later correspondence concerning Peter Oliver‟s grave in Burma, 1950s, the discovery of Peter Oliver‟s will, 1970, and award of war medals, 1976; photographs, family birth, marriage and death certificates, press cuttings, memorabilia and pamphlets. (286 sheets) 2. Letters of Peter Oliver to his parents and brother, 1927 – 1935, written while on service on the North West Frontier Province and the Garhwal Himalaya (177 ff.) 3. Letters of Peter Oliver to his mother and brother 1936 – 1938, including some illustrated letters from the Everest Expeditions of 1936 and 1938. (186 ff.) 4. Letters of Peter Oliver to his mother and brother 1939 – 1941 written while serving with the HQ 5 Indian Division, Middle East Forces (North Africa), Staff College, in Quetta, Secunderabad and elsewhere. (174 sheets) 5. Letters of Peter Oliver to his mother and brother 1942 – 1945 written while serving in India and Burma under the South East Asia Command (139 sheets) 6 DIARY 6. Diary of Expedition in the Garhwal Himalaya with Frank Smythe, 1937 and Diary of 1938 Mount Everest Expedition. (95 sheets) 7 – 164 PHOTOGRAPHS 7 -94 Career and Travel 95-140 Family 141-164 Unidentified photographs 7- 94 Career and Travel 7. Postcards, mostly of the Alps, late 1920s to mid 1930s 8. Wales, late 1920s 9. Europe, late 1920s to mid 1930s 10. Muad & Galtur (skiing), late 1920s to mid 1930s 11. Baspa Valley, 1929 12. Delhi, late 1920s to mid 1930s 13. Trisul, late 1920s to mid 1930s 14. Haramukh, late 1920s to mid 1930s 15. Negatives, Razmak 1928, 3 of home 1927 16. Negatives, Abbotabad 1928 and 1930 17. Negatives, Baspa 1929 18. Negatives, Baspa 1929 19. Negatives, Ambala, 1929 – 1932 20. Negatives, Dharmsala, 1930 21. Negatives, Dhaula Duar, 1930 22. Negatives, „Best photos Baspa 1931‟ 23. Negatives, „Baspa 1931‟ 24. Negatives, „Trisul best‟, 1930s 25. Negatives, „Selected photos, Trisul, Delhi, 1931 26. Negatives, Kohat, 1931 27. Negatives, Wales, late 1920s to mid 1930s 28. Negatives, England, 1932 29. Negatives, Switzerland, 1932 30. Negatives, Dechi/Agra, 1933 31. Negatives, Pachmarhi, 1933 32. Negatives Scouts, Early 1934 33. Negatives Haramukh, 1934 34. Negatives Narai Juan, Khyber, 1930s 35. Negatives Sports at JLA Twickam? Abad, 1934 36. Negatives Scouts, Early 1934 37. Negatives Tiarza Kurram, 1934 38. Negatives, Copies of Alps, 1935 39. Negatives, LDA, March – April, 1935 40. Large mounted photos signed by Peter Oliver with his descriptions, Dharmsala, Baspa, 1930, 1931 41. Ladha, early 1936 42. Portraits, 1936 43. To Everest, 1936 'Photos for Seaton' 44. Everest 'Annotated good photos', 1936 or 1938 45. March to Everest, 1936 or 1938 46. Everest and North Peak, 1936 or 1938 47. Everest 1938 48. Everest 1938 49. Everest/ Tibet, 1936 or 1938 50. Negatives, Everest, 1936 or 1938 51. Negatives, Marghoi Camp, 1939 52. Negatives, Voyage, Marghoi Camp, 1939 53. Negatives, Dunagiri, late 1930s 54. Negatives, Dunagiri, late 1930s 55. Negatives, Cannanore, Ooth – Aravan Kadu, late 1930s 56. Surrender at Amba Alagi, 1941 57. Syria, Abad, Poona, 1942 58. Cyprus 'Snaps to keep', 1940s 59. Cyprus, 1940s 60. Cyprus?, 1940s 61. 1944 62. Dorf, 1940s 63. Various annotated, 1940s 64. Kolahoi, 1940s 65. Misc Mons, 1940s 66. Mons, 1940s 67. Negatives, Syria, Abad, Poona, 1942 68. Negatives, Cyprus ME, 1940s 69. Negatives, Cyprus ME, 1940s 70. Negatives, Kolahoi, 1940s 71. Negatives, Quetta, Poul to Poul?, 1940s 72. Negatives, Phal, Ziarat, 1940s 73. Negatives, Anuba Alagi, 1940s 74. Negatives, Cyprus, 1940s 75. Army group shots 76. Annotated photographs, undated 77. Tiny prints, unidentified 78. „Small photos – ordinary‟, unidentified 79. Unidentified prints 80. Venkana, undated 81. Fopi Lockhari, undated 82. March to Cannanore, undated 83. March to Cannanore, undated 84. Bahadur, undated 85. Mixed Sikaran, undated 86. Nilkania, undated 87. Unidentified prints 88. Unidentified prints 89. Unidentified prints 90. Unidentified prints 91. Dorf, undated 92. Small unidentified prints 93. Large unidentified prints 94. Bundle of photocopies of various images, 1920s to 1940s 95- 140 Family Photographs 95-102 Childhood 103-105 Sherborne School 106 – 122 Marcus Oliver 123 -140 Other family photographs 95- 102 Childhood Photographs that feature Peter Oliver as a child, early twentieth century. 95. Various family photos, includes Peter Oliver as a boy. 96. Family photographs including Peter and Marcus Oliver as children in India, their parents, their grandfather and Peter as a young adult, mostly 1910s to 1920s. 97. „Small photos of India‟, childhood family pictures 98. „Early photos - India‟ 99. Various photographs, including man and dogs, studio portrait of women and two small boys 100. Childhood photographs 101. Small album, photos of boys 102. Assorted featuring boys 103 – 105 Sherborne School Peter Oliver attended Sherborne, a boarding school in Dorset between about 1920 and 1925. 103. Postcards of Sherborne, including postcards written by Peter and Marcus to their father just before starting school 104. Album of prints of Sherborne School buildings 105. School group photographs including school sport team photographs and Peter as captain of cricket team, 1920s 106 – 122 Marcus Oliver Photographs of, and relating to William Marcus Oliver, known as Marcus, younger brother of Peter Oliver, mid twentieth century. 106. Photographs, mostly featuring Marcus and Friends 107. Photograph of Marcus and friend outside a pub, ca. 1960s 108. Assorted annotated photographs, includes his godson, a Spanish friend of Marcus‟s and Easter celebrations. 109. „Owen, Italy, 1949‟ 110. Captain Radford, Danny Hare, friends of Marcus 1952- 1953 111. Portrait of Marcus as an elderly man 112. Holiday snaps of Rothenburg, Sept 1934 113. Miscellaneous colour prints 114. „Pat Allsop et moi‟, Berlin/ Thoms Family, Chichester at the Deanery 115. Friends in Salisbury and Tandridge 1955- 1956 116. Miscellaneous prints 117. Harry Brighton & Windsor, 1949 118. Le Touquet & Cambridge, 1950 119. Hamburg 120. Malta & Taormina 121. Weddings and dances, ca. 1960s 122. Photographs of Marcus as an elderly man, and friends 123 – 140: Other Family Photographs 123. Studio portraits taken in Torquay, late nineteenth century 124. Various photographs, featuring different people, most annotated by Marcus, 1930s to 1970s 125. Portrait of man in uniform by Fred Bremner, Lahore, India. 126. Portraits of Bessie Oliver 127. Various portraits including children, Peter Oliver as adult, Mother and a friend, other unidentified 128. Photo Album, possibly dating to the Oliver boys school years 129. Various, 1910s to 1930s 130. Various photographs mostly annotated, featuring Bessie Oliver 131. Photograph Album, probably features Oliver boys as teenagers/young adults 132. Group wedding photographs and children in fancy dress group photograph, early twentieth century 133. Portrait of Bessie Oliver by Paul Tanquery 134. Various portraits unidentified but probably includes Marcus Oliver, Michael Langley (the naked man by the river) and possibly Edward Oliver. 135. Family photograph album, holiday shots 1926 -1929 136. „Portraits‟ assorted photos, some feature Peter and fellow climbers 137. Assorted family photographs 138. Peter Roderick Oliver Portraits 139. Envelope of negatives 140. Assorted loose photographs 141 -164: Unidentified, unsorted photographs 141. Unidentified and unsorted photographs 142. Unidentified and unsorted photographs 143- 163. Unlabelled envelopes of negatives 164. Two rolls of negative photographs and broken glass negative 165 – 168 FAMILY PAPERS 165. Family and
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