A small notebook containing diary entries from 24 February 1939 - 22 June 1939 when the battalion arrived at Gyantse. The entries have been annotated with pencil-written dates in 1978, presumably made when copying of the diaries was undertaken.
Sans titreTibet, China
39 Description archivistique résultats pour Tibet, China
A small notebook containing diary entries from 23 June 1939 - 8 March 1940. Mackenzie notes that on 10th August 1939, Professor G. Tucci visited who he writes is 'probably the world's best Tibetan scholar' and who he continued to meet with in the succeeding days. Alongside the entries of his own life are comments on the world news including the start of WW II. The regiment returned to Kolkata on 10th October 1939 and the diary entries subsequently contain information about his social life as well as war news and the death of Jemi Bikram Singh. He received authority for leave home on 19th December 1939 and travelled from Dum Dum to Jodhpur with Air France on 24 December, flew to Basra the following day and arrived in Baghdad on the 26th December. From there he went to Tunis and then Paris and reached England on 29 December 1939 when he returned to his wife to find her still poorly from pneumonia. The entry for 29th January 1940 contains three sketches made on his journey to London.
Sans titreDraft of 'Escorts in Tibet' from August 1938 to October 1939 including Appendices for 'The Cave of Delicious Misery', Richard Vivian Warren, and Dr Max Henn.
Sans titreTyped full draft of Escorts in Tibet - a more modern version without annotation.
Sans titre'Talk on Tibet 25 mins Jan 1962', notes on Tibet for giving the talk. These may belong to more than one talk as they do not create a cohesive draft.
Sans titreHandwritten list of a selection of photographs or slides with some explanatory detail, dated 2 October 1959.
Sans titreLetter from Hugh Richardson to Fleming Mackenzie from Gangtok, Sikkim, dated 23 October 1949. He writes that the Tibetan Sentences and Words books are both unprocurable and suggests Mackenzie may be able to get a copy from the Tibet Mirror Press which also has further books to distribute. Richardson may have some books at home but doesn't expect to be on leave for another year. He writes about the political state of Sikkim and his fears for Chinese takeover of Tibet.
Sans titreHandwritten biographical and anecdotal notes on Hugh Richardson. These cannot have been written by Mackenzie as they record Richardson's death in 'approx. 1999'.
Map of the route from Calcutta to Lhasa drawn in coloured pencil.
Sans titreDrawn map of route from Siliguri to Lhasa on a scale of 1 inch to 25 miles. Pencil and ink. On the reverse are recorded the Distances between Gyantse and Lhasa, Gyantse and Jalap-La, and Jalap-La and Gangtok.
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