Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1914 - 2006
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
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...
Dates:
circa 1916-2006.
Papers relating to 'Exploring Scotland with Tom Weir' including contracts, letters, scripts, research notes and press-cuttings, for ‘Aviemore’, ‘Stirling’, ‘Invergordon’, and ‘ John O’Groats'., 1975-1980, undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.13059/228
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.
Dates:
1975-1980, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir.
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Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir
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Papers relating to 'Exploring Scotland with Tom Weir' for BBC Radio Scotland.
Script for a lecture given to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society on a visit to the Dolomites and South Tyrol., ?1966.
File
Identifier: Acc.13059/230
Scope and Contents
Also includes a notebook in Italian, notes and press-cuttings.
Dates:
?1966.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
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Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir.
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Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir
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