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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.
Microfilm of Women's Language and Experience. Part 4. Reels 1-16 (Adam Matthew).
Series
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1312-1328
Dates:
Mid 17th century-1937.
Papers of the Lamont of Knockdow family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10174
Scope and Contents
Includes:
Geographical journals and notes, circa 1869-1870, of Sir James Lamont, 1st Baronet, concerning Novaya Zemlya.
Diaries and correspondence, 1888-1954, of Sir Norman Lamont, 2nd Baronet, and Augusta Lamont, both of Knockdow.
Dates:
circa 1869-1954.
Photocopies of items of David Livingstone belonging to his grandson Dr H F Wilson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10757-10765
Dates:
1854-1873.