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File titled "GHT's autobiography", 1967-1968

 File
Identifier: Coll-1310/1/4/14

Scope and Contents

Compiled by Sir James Duff, the folder largely regards the editing, preparation, and publication of The Education of an Englishman.

Contains 12 letters to Duff from Sir James J Robertson regarding the work, including an enclosed letter regarding the health of Lady Thomson, 1967-1968; and 3 letters from Hector Thomson with biographical information regarding Thomson's interest in Greek, his personality, and his involvement in military life, 1968.

The folder also contains letters to Duff from the Urban District Council of Felling regarding Thomson's schools, his early surroundings, the local culture, and the opening of Godfrey Thomson Court, 1968; letters from W B Inglis regarding his contribution to Education of an Englishman, 1968; letter from J P Tuck authorising Duff's use of the obituary Duff wrote for the Education papers; and letters from the Scottish Council for Research in Education regarding the editing of the autobiography and suggesting possible authors for the last chapter, 1968.

Dates

  • Creation: 1967-1968

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Conditions Governing Access

Open.

Full Extent

35 Leaves : 43 sides

Full Extent

2 booklets : 1 booklet, 7pp; 1 photocopied booklet, 16pp

Physical Location

CLX-A-1355

Related Materials

For further correspondence between Duff and Hector Thomson regarding the autobiography, see Coll-1310/1/1/27/2.

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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