The Potala: 'Home of the Dalai Lama in Lhasa, 1939' by Fleming Mackenzie. Print of a pen and ink drawing.

Lieutenant-Colonel Fleming Mackenzie of the 1st Battalion of the Fifteenth Punjab Regiment commanded the Escort to the Trade Agent in Tibet in 1938-1939. This material contains original diaries written whilst in Tibet, later typed drafts of these diaries, essays written about his experiences, hand-drawn maps and other material associated with his visit.

A series of drafts for 'Escorts in Tibet', the record of Mackenzie's time as part of the escort to the Trade Agent, based on his diaries (FM/1).

Further draft of 'Escorts in Tibet' covering the period August 1938 to November 1939. The first 40 pages covering to 27 March are typed. Pages 41-81 are handwritten and cover from 29 March 1939 to 10 November 1959. These were probably originally part of FM/2/1. There are three further typed sheets with Appendix 2: biography of Richard Vivian Warren, and Appendix 3: biography of Dr. Max Henn. All are annotated and edited.

Lhasa Ladies - typed draft concerning the people of Lhasa. Signed by Mackenzie. With the draft is a note from the Editor of Wide World Magazine rejecting the piece. This has been dated as September 1953.

The Golden Willows: A Story of Tibet, draft of a traditional story with some handwritten edits. With the story is a pencil sketch of the willow trees at the river bank.

Tsong-Kapa and Tashi-Lama; Dalai-Lama; Chinese; Monasteries - handwritten corrected notes on these topics.

Southern Tibet 1938-39 (Slides 3 1/4" x 3 1/4") - typed list of glass slides with handwritten annotations. Two copies, one of which is dated 'checked 1979'.

Copies of letters from Hugh Richardson to Fleming Mackenzie written in response to Mackenzie request for Tibetan books and stamps.

Letter from Hugh Richardson to Fleming Mackenzie from Lhasa, 19 June 1950. He writes that Lhasa is in a continuous state of anxiety though the communists are staging a peace offensive. He is hoping to leave in September but is unsure who his successor will be. He writes of heavy rain and snow up to Phan. He sends a few stamps.