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Box of various papers, possibly for the 'Alpine journal'., 1882, 1918-1951, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/204(1-18)

Scope and Contents

Containing:

(1) various vook-reviews by T Graham Brown

(2) typed copies of lecture by John Birkbeck 1882 and of associated correspondence 1918

(3) fragment of unidentified climbing narrative in typescript carbon

(4) Newsletter of Chicago Mountaineering Club, vol XI, no 3, June 1957 (reproduced from typewriting)

(5) memorandum apparently incomplete on mountain-climbing in the RAF

(6) incomplete climbing account

(7) miscellany of accounts of climbs apparently by students

(8) record of climbing expeditions of T G Brown 1927-49

(9) unidentified mountaineering account of T Graham Brown ?ca. 1945 (10) copy, with notes, of description of Masherbrum 1938

(11) papers concerning resignations of T G Brown and C F Meade from Everest Committee 1935

(12) notes on photographs taken during ascent of Mont Blanc 1927 with other papers

(13) typed copy with two carbon copies and copies of related letters 1932 concerning F W Maclean: Three weeks amongst the upper regions of the Alps, Hampstead, 1865

(14) paper entitled ‘Viri famosi’, describing senior members of the Alpine Club 1951 (15) account of alpine climb

(16) two copies of climbing plans for 1925

(17) typed pages from an unidentified book on climbing

(18) note on Alpine Uplift of [Sir] Arnold Lunn

Dates

  • Creation: Majority of material found within 1882, 1918-1951, undated.

Creator

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Extent

18 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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