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Weir produced a high volume of written and spoken outputs during his career. The papers here relate to some of the results of that work, including his contributions to radio.

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Includes a letter and typescript lecture of Robert Aylmer Haldane and a script relating to an interview with John Morton Boyd, Director of the Nature Conservancy Council in Scotland.

Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...

Scope and Contents Letters, 1943-2006, undated, largely to Tom Weir, but with some to Tom and Rhona Weir, and letters of condolence to Rhona Weir following the death of Tom in 2006. There are also some copies of letters of Tom Weir to various correspondents.Of particular interest is the correspondence relating to preparations for and organisation of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition of 1950 and the Everest Expedition of 1953. Correspondents include William Murray, Seton Gordon, John...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Weir produced a high volume of written and spoken outputs during his career. The papers here relate to some of the results of that work, including his contributions to radio.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Weir produced a high volume of written and spoken outputs during his career. The papers here relate to some of the results of that work, including his contributions to radio.

Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters, 1943-2006, undated, largely to Tom Weir, but with some to Tom and Rhona Weir, and letters of condolence to Rhona Weir following the death of Tom in 2006. There are also some copies of letters of Tom Weir to various correspondents.Of particular interest is the correspondence relating to preparations for and organisation of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition of 1950 and the Everest Expedition of 1953. Correspondents include William Murray, Seton Gordon, John...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters, 1943-2006, undated, largely to Tom Weir, but with some to Tom and Rhona Weir, and letters of condolence to Rhona Weir following the death of Tom in 2006. There are also some copies of letters of Tom Weir to various correspondents.Of particular interest is the correspondence relating to preparations for and organisation of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition of 1950 and the Everest Expedition of 1953. Correspondents include William Murray, Seton Gordon, John...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters, 1943-2006, undated, largely to Tom Weir, but with some to Tom and Rhona Weir, and letters of condolence to Rhona Weir following the death of Tom in 2006. There are also some copies of letters of Tom Weir to various correspondents.Of particular interest is the correspondence relating to preparations for and organisation of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition of 1950 and the Everest Expedition of 1953. Correspondents include William Murray, Seton Gordon, John...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters, 1943-2006, undated, largely to Tom Weir, but with some to Tom and Rhona Weir, and letters of condolence to Rhona Weir following the death of Tom in 2006. There are also some copies of letters of Tom Weir to various correspondents.Of particular interest is the correspondence relating to preparations for and organisation of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition of 1950 and the Everest Expedition of 1953. Correspondents include William Murray, Seton Gordon, John...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Letters, 1943-2006, undated, largely to Tom Weir, but with some to Tom and Rhona Weir, and letters of condolence to Rhona Weir following the death of Tom in 2006. There are also some copies of letters of Tom Weir to various correspondents.Of particular interest is the correspondence relating to preparations for and organisation of the Scottish Himalayan Expedition of 1950 and the Everest Expedition of 1953. Correspondents include William Murray, Seton Gordon, John...

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Letters, notes, printed leaflets and press-cuttings, relating to lectures relating to Orkney, Shetland and Scandinavian Scotland given by Tom Weir on a Greenland Adventure Cruise.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Weir produced a high volume of written and spoken outputs during his career. The papers here relate to some of the results of that work, including his contributions to radio.

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The contents here mostly relate to radio and TV broadcasts, including 'Weir's Way', 'My Month', and other magazine articles.