This collection contains the correspondence, papers, literary mss, political writings, news clippings, and miscellaneous items, ca. 1881-1999, of Baron Robert “Bob” John Graham Boothby (1900-1986), with a few items having belonged to his father Sir Robert Tuite Boothby (1871–1941), and some collected by his wife, the Lady Wanda Boothby (1933?- ). The bulk of this collection spans from 1924, when Baron Boothby was first elected to Parliament as a representative for East Aberdeenshire, until his death in 1986. While a large portion of this collection can be attributed to being created through Baron Boothby’s political career, a significant amount is also of a more personal nature and reflects the parts of Baron Boothby’s life which were not politically motivated.
