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Weir, Tom, explorer, journalist and photographer, 1914-2006

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Agreements and contracts with various media organisations, with related correspondence and financial documentation., 1963-1995.

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Identifier: Acc.13059/491
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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: 1963-1995.

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