Notebooks.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir., 1935-1939.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/94

Scope and Contents

Notes and lists of birds seen.

Dates: 1935-1939.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir., 1948-1953.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/95

Scope and Contents

Notes onof birds seen.

Dates: 1948-1953.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir., 1940s.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/96

Scope and Contents

Notes on birds.

Dates: 1940s.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir, 1940s.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/97

Scope and Contents

Notes on birds.

Dates: 1940s.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir., 1940s.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/98

Scope and Contents

Notes on birds.

Dates: 1940s.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir., Undated.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/100

Scope and Contents

Lists of birds seen.

Dates: Undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir., Undated.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/102A

Scope and Contents

Notes on birds.

Dates: Undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir., Undated.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/102B

Scope and Contents

Notes on birds.

Dates: Undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir in Corsica., 1960.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/99

Scope and Contents

Lists of birds seen.

Dates: 1960.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

Bird-watching notebook of Tom Weir in Turkey., Undated.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/101

Scope and Contents

Lists of birds seen in Turkey.

Dates: Undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Notebooks of Tom Weir. / Notebooks of Tom Weir on bird-watching.

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.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Notebook containing manuscripts for articles of Tom Weir on surveying with the Ordnance Survey, with a related published article., ?1949.

File

Identifier: Acc.13059/210

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: ?1949.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir. / Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir / Two notebooks containing manuscripts for articles on surveying with the Ordnance Survey of Tom Weir.

Notebook containing manuscripts for articles on surveying with the Ordnance Survey of Tom Weir., ?1949.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/209

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: ?1949.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir. / Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir / Two notebooks containing manuscripts for articles on surveying with the Ordnance Survey of Tom Weir.

Notebook of STV dubbing notes relating to 'Weir's Way'., Undated.

File

Identifier: Acc.13059/265

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Also contains some papers for 'My Month', 'Scotland Today' and other TV programmes and magazines.

Dates: Undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer. / Literary and broadcasting papers of Tom Weir. / Papers relating to short stories, articles, press, radio and TV scripts of Tom Weir / Schedules, annotated scripts, flash cards, notes, related correspondence, and printed ephemera, mostly relating to ‘Weir’s Way’.

Notebook of Tom Weir containing ‘Interview with Desmond Nethersole Thomson’, ornithologist., Undated.

Item

Identifier: Acc.13059/107

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Notebooks, ca.1954- 1980s, undated, of notes of interviews and related research. In addition to famous Scots including John Muir, Seton Gordon, and Frank Fraser Darling, Tom Weir’s subjects include many ordinary people. Many of the notebooks contain diary entries.

Other notebooks, found with drafts for articles and books, have been left in place.

Dates: Undated.