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              GB 891 FM-FM/2-FM/2/1 · File · 1938-1978
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              Handwritten draft giving background to the Escorts in Tibet and giving journal entries from 16 August 1938 to 27 March 1939. These entries are not exact replicas of the diary entries. The draft is 86 handwritten sheets which are annotated and edited. There are three labels with this draft, one of which is dated 26 May 1978.

              Mackenzie Fleming
              Illustrations
              GB 891 FM-FM/8 · Series · [1938-1979]
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              One hand-drawn picture and three prints of people and places in Tibet, all drawn by Fleming Mackenzie.

              Mackenzie Fleming
              Label
              GB 891 FM-FM/10 · Series · [1938-1979]
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              Label - handwritten for the material concerned: Route Sikkim-Gyantse, Tibetan 'dictionary', Tibetan stories by FM, and Miscellaneous photos.

              Mackenzie Fleming
              GB 891 FM-FM/6-FM/6/2 · File · 19 June 1950
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              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.

              Richardson Hugh 1905-2000
              GB 891 FM-FM/6-FM/6/1 · File · 23 October 1949
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              Letter 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.

              Richardson Hugh 1905-2000
              Lhasa Ladies
              GB 891 FM-FM/3-FM/3/1 · File · September 1953
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              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.

              Mackenzie Fleming
              GB 891 FM-FM/1-FM/1/2 · File · 16 November 1938 - 21 February 1939
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              Small notebook containing diary entries from 16 November 1938 - 21 February 1939. The entry for 21 December 1938 includes a sketch of an ice boat. The diary also includes a typed list of Germans who arrived at their camp on 8 January 1939 and a description of them within that day's diary entry. The entries contain both official and personal information.

              Mackenzie Fleming
              GB 891 FM-FM/1-FM/1/4 · File · 23rd Jun 1939 - 8th Mar 1940
              Part of Papers of Fleming Mackenzie

              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.

              Mackenzie Fleming