Content Description This small collection consists of the material collected by Dr Tom Barron, for his research into the plantation industry in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), and the British community there. Having not found any surviving records when he visited Ceylon (Sri Lanka), he decided to search for private papers, including by publishing a call in the Quaterly Bulletin no. 151 of the Ceylon Association in London, for personal papers and experiences relating to planting and business ventures in Ceylon in the 19th...

Scope and Contents This early form of photo-copy of 'Stan Kenton' by Dietrich Schulz-Köhn (1912-1999) was translated into Russian by B.’.Fejertaga (Vladimir Feiertag), Leningrad. It was published in Voronezh, 1967.On the title page it contains the following publishing information: Dietrich Schulz-Köhn STAN KENTON Izdatel’stvo (Publishing House) 'Pegaus' (perhaps a typographical error of 'Pegasus') g.Vetclar 1961 g. Perevod (Translated) B.’.Fejertaga (Vladimir...

Scope and Contents The collection is composed of two letters.The first is dated Edinburgh, 27 June 1908, and is from "your old friends", the "other surviving members" of the Round Table Club, to "Dear McKendrick". It goes on: "thank you very heartily for your labour of love. You bring back very vividly those happy times, and make us young again. We are especially grateful to you for what you say of those who have got [sic] before us, and we again see and hear their friends faces and their songs and...