Inventory. Acc Scottish Mountaineering Club

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1 Acc Revised August 2017 Inventory Acc Scottish Mountaineering Club National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: Fax: National Library of Scotland

2 Minutes, financial records, rules, membership records, Club Room and Library records, Log Books, publications, the Register of Munroists and related papers of the Scottish Mountaineering Club from its formation in 1889 to Significant runs of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, and photographs of and relating to members of the SMC and other climbers, , presented to the Club have also been deposited. Notable climbers represented here include J. Logan Aikman, Sir Hugh Munro, and Rev A.E. Robertson. The minute book of the Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland, Glasgow Section, , together with a letter and menu cards for dinners of the JMCS, , have also been deposited. Much of the material listed here was deposited in the Library in 1971 and 1972 as Dep.179 and Dep.198; additional material was deposited in 1995, 1996, , , 2012 and This inventory supersedes all previous lists. For papers of mountaineers deposited by the Scottish Mountaineering Club but listed as separate accessions see Acc [Joseph Alan Garrick], Acc [Iain Hamish Ogilvie], Acc [Arthur Walker Russell], Acc [Iain Smart] Acc [Frederick Denison Campbell Allen] and Acc [William Douglas Nicoll]. Deposited. 1-6 MINUTES 7 RULES 8-10 MEMBERS CLUB ROOM AND LIBRARY LOG BOOKS PUBLICATIONS PAPERS OF MEMBERS OF THE SMC AND OTHERS JUNIOR MOUNTAINEERING CLUB OF SCOTLAND ADDITIONAL PAPERS (INCLUDING FINANCIAL RECORDS) 1-6 MINUTES Minute Books of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, With accounts, circular letters and press cuttings pasted in. Letters found loosely enclosed in the Minute Books have been placed in Acc.11538/6. 1. February December October December December December January October October November Items found loosely enclosed in Acc.11538/1-5.

3 7 RULES FINANCIAL RECORDS For financial records, see Acc.11538/ Printed `Rules of the Scottish Mountaineering Club', 1922, and `Rules of the Scottish Mountaineering Club and Charles Inglis Clark Hut', 1929, 1935 (3 vols) MEMBERS 8. Printed `List of Office-Bearers and Members of the Scottish Mountaineering Club', , , , 1916, , , 1953, 1955, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1975, 1979, 1983, 1988, 1992, 1994 (40 vols). 9. Applications for membership, (See Acc.11538/297 for applications, and Acc/11538/ for ) 10. Club scrapbook, , with printed accounts, correspondence, printed circulars, and menu cards pasted in. Inscribed Compiled September 1910 by W. Inglis Clark, Hon. Sec CLUB ROOM AND LIBRARY 11. Dinner Book, Register of the Edinburgh Club Room and Library at 369 High Street, , and 12 Newington Road, (The Club Room and Library moved to Glasgow in 1992.) 13. Catalogue of Books in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Library, 369 High Street, Edinburgh, LOG BOOKS Log Books, Bothy Books and Visitor s Books, Some volumes record climbs, others the names of visitors only. See also Acc.11538/305, Clachaig Hotel (Glencoe)

4 15-16 Sligachan Hotel, Skye Visitors' Book `For Climbing Remarks Only' Charles Inglis Clark Memorial Hut (Ben Nevis) Climbing Books (from December 1980 the Climbing and Visitors' Books are combined) 17. November July July November April June January August February December December December December December September December 1990 (See Acc.11538/ for Climbs Books, ) Visitors Books 25. November August September March March December 1980 (See Acc.11538/ for Visitors Books, ) Lagangarbh Hut (Glencoe) See also Acc.11538/ Climbing Books 28. October April April November 1993

5 30-31 Visitors Books 30. December June July April Ling Hut (Torridon) 32. Climbing Book, Visitors' Book, (For Visitors Books, , and see Acc.11538/278 and 293. For Climbing Books, and , see Acc.10538/292 and 301) 34 Geldie Lodge Shelter Stone Book See also Acc.11538/ (For Climbing Books, , see Acc.11538/ ) 36 Feithe Uaine Bothy Or Tarf Hotel Carn Fhidleir (Carn Ealar anglicised) Corrour Bothy See below Acc.11538/305 for the Shenavall Bothy Book, PUBLICATIONS Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal For proof copy of the SMC Journal Vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1893), see Acc This volume at some point left the possession of the SMC and was later purchased by the National Library of Scotland.

6 40-44 Annotated proof copies of the SMC Journal, Vols. III-VI. With letters to the editor, William Douglas, lists of officebearers, and press cuttings, pasted in. 40. Vol. III, Vol. IV, Vol. V, Vol. VI, Vol. VII, SMC Journal Vol. XX, April Rock Climbs on the Cobbler. A Symposium by J.B Nimlin, B H Humble, and G C Williams, reprinted from the SMC Journal, Vol. 22, No 130, November Register of Munroists Letters, , to William Brooker, with related papers, from mountaineers requesting their names be added to the register of those completing the Munros published in the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal. The original arrangement, according to the appropriate SMC Journal, has been retained. Letters, , have been deposited as Acc.11538/ , , , (1980 Journal) (1981 Journal) (1982 Journal) (1983 Journal) (1984 Journal) (1987 Journal) (1988 Journal) (1989 Journal) (1990 Journal) (1991 Journal)

7 (1992 Journal) (1993 Journal) 59. Correspondence, menu cards and notes, 1991, concerning the Munro Centenary Dinner Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide (See Acc.11538/289 for Tom Weir s annotated copy of Scottish Mountaineering Club General Guide (Edinburgh, 1929) 60. Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide. Section E Ben Nevis, edited by H. MacRobert (Edinburgh, 1920). 61. The Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide: Section A. Geology, etc. With annotations to Munro's tables by J. Logan Aikman. A letter to Aikman from an unknown writer, 1929, notes, largely on Munro s tables and verse, undated, were found loosely enclosed. 62. Annotated proof copy of Scottish Mountaineering Club Guide: The Western Highlands, by James A. Parker (Edinburgh, 1957) PAPERS OF MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB AND OTHER CLIMBERS Correspondence, diaries, notebooks and photographs, , undated, of members of the Scottish Mountaineering Club and individual climbers presented to the SMC. The material has been arranged alphabetically. (For Charles L Donaldson, James A Parker, A Colin Russell and Gilbert Thomson see material deposited in 2005) J. LOGAN AIKMAN JAMES H. B. BELL 91 A.RONALD G. BURN 92 J. ROOKE CORBETT JOHN DOW 97 JAMES HOOK 98 W. LAMOND HOWIE BEN H. HUMBLE BRIAN P. KELLETT WILLIAM N. LING DONALD MCINTYRE 115 TOM MACKINNON SIR HUGH T. MUNRO

8 WILLIAM W. NAISMITH 120 A.W. PEACOCK HAROLD RAEBURN 136 J. RENNIE ARCHIBALD AENEAS ROBERTSON KATE ROBERTSON 267 C. G. MALCOLM SLESSER 268 ALEXANDER D.C. SMALL 269 JOSEPH GIBSON STOTT UNIDENTIFIED MEMBERS J. LOGAN AIKMAN Diaries Diaries, photograph albums and photographs, , undated, presented to the Scottish Mountaineering Club by J. Logan Aikman. Diaries, , of J. Logan Aikman. Most of the entries relate to climbs made in the Scottish Highlands. 63. April September January June 1927 With press cuttings, 1927, of an article on climbing in the Cairngorms by J. Logan Aikman, `The Mountain and the Flood' in the Lairg and Millport Weekly News and North Ayrshire Advertiser. 65. December July September January March - May 1929 With notes on climbs made and draft verse. 68. August - September February 1930, May 1930, July 1929, September December May January - February 1930, June 1930, September July 1929, June 1929, August July 1930

9 74-82 Photographs Photograph albums, , undated, of photographs taken largely in the Scottish Highlands and including some Scottish Mountaineering Club meets Undated 78. Mounted photographs, 1924, of Scottish mountain scenes. 79. Mounted photographs, , n.d, of Scottish mountain scenes. 80. Photographs, , undated, of SMC members and mountain scenes. 81. Photographs, undated, of Scottish mountain scenes. 82. Photographs, undated, of Scottish mountain scenes and the interior of the C.I.C. hut. 83 Printed Items 83. Hill Paths in Scotland. The Hill Paths, Drove Roads and Cross Country Routes in Scotland from the Cheviots to Sutherland, Walter A. Smith (Edinburgh, 1924). 84. Press-cuttings, 1936, concerning the recovery of the body of William Christie. 85 Miscellaneous SMC buttons, undated JAMES H. B. BELL Correspondence and photographs, , undated, of James H. B. Bell, Hon. Editor of the SMC Journal. 86. Letters, , of and to W.D. Brooker, W.A. Ewen, and A.E. Robertson.

10 87. Notebook, , undated, entitled `Books and Papers Lent'. Consists largely of journal entries for `Swiss Holiday, 1963'. 88. Corrected typescripts, 1933, undated, for inclusion in the SMC Journal. 89. Photographs, , undated, of Scottish mountain scenes. With a letter of Hazel Scott, of the Ladies Scottish Climbing Club, Photographs, , undated, many annotated, of Ben Nevis and Alpine peaks. 91 REV A RONALD G BURN Rev A R G Burn was for many years an honorary member of the SMC, and the first to claim ascent of all 538 Tops in Munro s Tables. He died in 1972 leaving his collection of maps of the Highlands and his mountaineering tackle to the SMC. Rev Burn's diaries may now be in Aberdeen University Library. 91. Letters, , undated, relating to the estate of the Rev A.R.G. Burn. With a photocopy of his will, J. ROOKE CORBETT 92. Notebook, undated, entitled `Date for the Revision of Munro's Tables' JOHN DOW Notebooks, , entitled `Ascents of Hills in Scotland exceeding 3,000 feet', 3 Vols. 93. Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Notebook, , entitled `Minor Ascents'. 97 JAMES HOOK, DEAN OF WORCESTER 97. Extracts, 1832, from the journals of James Hook, Dean of Worcester, and Mrs Hook, , largely relating to a tour of Scotland, W. LAMOND HOWIE 98. Annotated typescript of a lecture entitled `The Scottish Alps' given by W Lamond Howie,?1894, to the SMC.

11 BEN H. HUMBLE 99. Typescript journal, July - August 1930, entitled `Camping in Iceland'. With photographs, maps and a related letter pasted in Typescript journals, , undated, of climbing expeditions in Scotland and the Lake District entitled `On the Hills'. With photographs, maps and press-cuttings pasted in April December December April April July undated BRIAN P. KELLETT Notebooks, ca. 1940, detailing climbs of Ben Nevis No No No WILLIAM N. LING Two notebooks entitled Lists of Climbs, Journal, 1913, of a climbing expedition in the Caucasus Notebooks, , of lectures given by W N Ling Mountaineering in the Alps and Caucasus, With a related letter, 1954, of Robin Inglis loosely enclosed Amongst the Fjords and Fjelds of Norway, Lecture, 1926, given to the Edinburgh Photographic Society on a visit to the Caucasus of DONALD MCINTYRE 113. Letters of and to Donald McIntyre, , undated, largely concerning material sent to him as SMC archivist. With a copy of a letter of Frank Smythe to Geoffrey Bartrum, 1943, menu card of the Special Hut Dinner, Fort William, 1929, a water-colour sketch probably by William Murray, photographs, , including Charles Inglis Clark and the Charles Inglis Clark Hut, S.D. Slater's article `Alfred Ernest Maylard, : Glasgow Surgeon

12 Extraordinaire; in Scottish Medical Journal, 1994, and a copy of William Murray's `The Old Loch Lomond Road' in the Newsletter of the Friends of Loch Lomond, Autumn Typescript of William Murray s Tribute to W H (Bill) Murray, OBE Honorary President, Scottish Mountaineering Club, TOM MACKINNON 115. Letter, 1958, of Tom MacKinnon, to W.C. Carmichael, from Base Camp, Kanchenjunga SIR HUGH T. MUNRO (For related material see Acc.11538/92, 120, 300) 116. Annotated reprint of Sir Hugh Munro's Tables, with notes in Munro s hand Card index of Munro s Tables WILLIAM W. NAISMITH (For a letter of Naismith, 1907, see Acc.11538/296) 118. Chronological List of Ascents and Hill Walks by WNN, Annotated reprint of Sir Hugh Munro's Tables, inscribed `W N Naismith from HTM'. 120 A. W. PEACOCK 120. Notebook prepared for Sir H T Munro in connection with the revision of the Table undated HAROLD RAEBURN Journals, lecture notes and scrap books, , undated, of expeditions made by Harold Raeburn, mainly with William Ling Exercise book entitled notes for a lecture on An Alpine Tour in Notebook entitled The Alps in With annotations by R M Gall Inglis, Journals, , of expeditions to the Caucasus. With some photographs loosely tipped in July July July - 9 August 1913

13 August August - 2 September July - August Undated 130. Lecture notes, undated, For a talk entitled `A Visit to Ushba' Exercise Books of miscellaneous notes, undated, concerning mountaineering expeditions Scrap books 133. Scrap book, undated, consisting largely of photographs and cuttings of Alpine scenes Scrap book, undated, consisting largely of photographs and cuttings of Alpine and Lake District scenes Annotated printed map of the Central Caucasus,?1913, inscribed W N Ling but found with the papers of Harold Raeburn. 136 J. RENNIE 136. Enlarged copy of 2 inch O.S. map of the Cuchullin Hills, C. Pilkington, Inscribed J. Rennie REV ARCHIBALD AENEAS ROBERTSON Diaries Diaries, climbing notebooks, lecture notes, letters and papers concerning SMC publications, Rev Robertson was SMC President, DIARIES CLIMBING NOTEBOOKS MISCELLANEOUS NOTEBOOKS 201 NOTES SCOTTISH MOUNTAINEERING CLUB MISCELLANEOUS Diaries, , mostly listing engagements but with some more detailed entries. The diaries for and 1949 are missing

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15 Climbing Notebooks 192. Notebook, entitled `Brief Record of all my mountaineering ascents, Mountaineering Notebook, Compiled in Compiled in Old Mountaineering notebook, undated Miscellaneous Notebooks 201. Notes 196. Commonplace Book, April Commonplace Book, May Notebook, undated, entitled `Ben Alder' 199. Miscellaneous notebook, Miscellaneous notebook, undated 201. Folder of notes, , undated, largely for lectures and articles on climbing Scottish Mountaineering Club 202. Letters and papers, , concerning the SMC and its publications Folder entitled Section VI. Islands. Included are letters, photographs, and accounts, , for the SMC Guidebook to the Western Islands Miscellaneous 204. Degree certificates, of Rev Robertson, Glasgow University, 1892, 1896 (2 items) Typescript biographical notices, obituaries and verse, , undated, relating to Rev Robertson.

16 206. Notebook, 1885, entitled List of Books worth reading from C.A.R KATE ROBERTSON Diaries Diaries and notebooks, , of Kate Robertson, first wife of Rev Archibald Aeneas Robertson. Diaries, With some letters, notes and press-cuttings loosely enclosed

17 Notebooks 261. Prayer Book, 1907 (Largely empty) Notebooks Of Extracts And Poems, What Shall I Read? 267 MALCOLM SLESSER 267. Photographs (4), 1950s, of Malcolm Slesser, President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club and members. With a press-cutting concerning the Corrour Tragedy, ALEXANDER D. C. SMALL 268. Typescript, undated, of The Walkers and Scramblers Cuillin, by Alexander D.C. Small, President of the Scottish Mountaineering Club, JOSEPH GIBSON STOTT 269. `Tir 'nam Beann', A Record of Rambles and Scrambles among the Bens and Glens of Scotland', by Joseph Gibson Stott, undated

18 UNIDENTIFIED MEMBERS Notebooks, undated, of heights of hills in the British Isles by unidentified authors undated 271. undated 272. Miscellaneous photographs largely of mountain scenes, undated JUNIOR MOUNTAINEERING CLUB OF SCOTLAND The Junior Mountaineering Club of Scotland was formed in 1925 consisting of two parallel sections, the Glasgow and the Edinburgh sections Glasgow Section, Minute Book, September March Circular letter, 1948, of N.S. Tennent, Hon. Secretary, and menu cards for Annual Dinners, 1930 and ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED OCTOBER Copies of certificates, correspondence, genealogical notes and miscellaneous papers, , of and relating to Percy Unna and the Unna family. Of particular interest is the correspondence concerning Percy Unna s proposed changes in the method of electing members of the SMC. A detailed list has been placed with the papers T. S. Omond, An Account of the Foundation and Work at the Ben Nevis Observatory, Edinburgh, With list of subscribers CD Rom of Ian Thomson s transcriptions of Alexander `Sandy G. Cousins mountaineering log books, R B Thomson s `Mountain Reminiscences, and John `Jock B. Nimlin s mountain writings. 278 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED DECEMBER Ling Hut (Torridon) Visitors Book,

19 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED APRIL Letters, , to Christopher Huntley, compiler of the Register of Munroists, with related papers including typescript drafts of Munro Matters, from the Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal (For earlier letters see Acc.11538/ For letters, , see Acc.11538/ , , ) (1994 Journal) (1995 Journal) (1996 Journal) (1997 Journal) (1998 Journal) (1999 Journal) (2000 Journal) (2001 Journal) ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED NOVEMBER Charles Inglis Clark Memorial Hut (Ben Nevis) Printed material 287. Climbs Book January 1991 December Climbs Book January 1995 October Visitors Book December 1990 December Visitors Book December 1994 October The Hornet, 14 th August 1971 [a comic strip about Dougal Haston] ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED MARCH Ling Hut, Torridon 292. Climbs Book, February 1982-June Visitors Book, September 1976-October Correspondence. Two postcards of Bill Murray, then a Prisoner of War in Italy to E R Zenthon, 1945; two letters of James H. B. Bell to W D Brooker, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED DECEMBER Diary, , of Gilbert Thomson, founder member of the SMC 296. Letter, 1907, of William Naismith to William Douglas

20 297. Applications for membership of the SMC, With some related letters 298. Letters to, postcards, photographs, press cuttings, and miscellaneous notes and extracts from published works, , undated, of and relating to James A. Parker, President of the SMC, ( ) 299. Receipt for Life Membership of the SMC, 1929, to Rev. A. Colin Russell 300. Tom Weir s copy of The Scottish Mountaineering Club General Guide, edited by James R. Young (Edinburgh, 1929), with annotations to Munro s Tables and climbing remarks 301. Climbing Book of the Ling Hut, Torridon, Climbing Book of the Shelter Stone Hut, Climbing Book of the Shelter Stone Hut, The Climbing Diaries of Charles L Donaldson , edited by Cyril J M Lofthus 305 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED SEPTEMBER Shenavall Bothy Book, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED MARCH FINANCIAL RECORDS 306 Ledger, Cash Book, Cash Book, Cash Book, Cash Book, Cash Book, Income, Cash Book, Income, Cash Book, Expenditure,

21 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED 2009 Letters, , to David Kirk and later David Broadhead, as Clerks of the List of Munroists, with related papers including letters concerning the completion of Corbetts (For earlier material relating to the Register see Acc.11538/47-58, For letters, , see Acc.11538/ , ) ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED, JANUARY Applications for membership of the SMC, With some related letters and notes of the scrutinising committee 326 Applications for membership of the SMC, With some related letters and notes of the scrutinising committee ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED, AUGUST 2012 Letters, , to David Broadhead, Clerk of the List of Munroists with related papers. For earlier material relating to the Register see Acc.11538/47-58, , , 337. For letters, , see Acc.11538/ ) April 31 December January August September December ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED JULY Letters, , to David Broadhead, Clerk of the List of Munroists, with related papers. For other Munroists letters see Acc.11538/47-58, , , ,

22 Visitors Books See also Acc.11538/ Lagangarbh Cottage Visitors Book, Naismith Visitors Book, Ossian s Cave Visitors Book, Shelter Stone Visitors Book, ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED AUGUST Letters, , to David Broadhead, Clerk of the List of Munroists 338 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED, NOVEMBER Letters, 2015, to David Broadhead, Clerk of the List of Munroists 339 ADDITIONAL MATERIAL DEPOSITED, MARCH Letters, 2016, to David Broadhead, Clerk of the List of Munroists