File FM/1/1 - 'Tibetan Journey Major F. Mackenzie 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment'

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GB 891 FM-FM/1-FM/1/1

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'Tibetan Journey Major F. Mackenzie 1st Battalion, 15th Punjab Regiment'

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  • 8 August 1938 - 15 November 1938; 24 April 1978 (Creation)

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1 diary handwritten notebook

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A small notebook containing diary entries from 8 August - 15 November 1938. The entries are often illustrated with sketches. At the beginning of the book are also lists of departures and arrivals for August 1938, contents of his boxes, distances and altitudes of places visited, and rates charged for helpers and ponies. Interspersed with the last few diary entries are further lists and notes: Phari etc. Prices, Gangtok Nov. 1938 activities; recoverable expenses for various stages of the journey; further lists of expenses; a newspaper cutting for 'butterflies for cash'; sketch of a Tibetan man in a hat and carrying a knife; boxes in Alipore; and an address for Elizabeth, c/o Madame Pradon-Vallency. Inserted into the diary is a postcard of Babbacombe Beach, Devon, from Jean to Fleming Mackenzie, dated 24 April 1978, giving holiday news.

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