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Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.

Records of the Ladies Scottish Climbing Club.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14612/1-15
Scope and Contents The Ladies Scottish Climbing Club was founded in 1908 by Jane Inglis Clarke, her daughter Mabel Inglis Clark (later Jeffey), and Lucy Smith. All three had climbed extensively in Scotland and the Alps, sometimes in the company of their respective male family members and friends. Since the Scottish Mountaineering Club did not yet accept female members, the three women decided to form their own Club to further extend their climbing activities. The first New Year's Meet was held in...
Dates: 1904-1987.