Finding Aid
John Connell fonds. First and second accruals (combined)
Series 1
Published Manuscripts and Typescripts. --1930-1965. -- 1.48 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
BOX 1
F.1 "Lyndesay". Ms.
F.2 "Who Goes Sailing?". Ms.
F.3 "David Go Back". Ms.
BOX 2
F.1-3 "The House by Herod's Gate". Ms.
F.4-8 "Winston Churchill". Ms. draft; page proofs; first edition; correspondence.
F.9 "Churchill the Biographer". Ts.
F.10 The Book Window. Autumn-Winter, 1955. 4 pp. article by Connell: "Sir Winston Churchill, Author and Book-lover".
F.11 "The World of Newspapers". Fourteen articles.
F.12-14 "Welensky's 4,000 Days". Ts. drafts; photographs.
BOX 3
F.1-5 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Ms. and ts. drafts.
BOX 4
F.1-3 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Books I & II. Marked "Publisher's copy". Ts. drafts.
F.4 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I. Chap.1-3. Marked "Author's copy". Ts. rev.
BOX 5
F.1-3 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I & II. Chap.4-14. Marked "Author's copy". Ts. rev.
F.4-5 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I & II. Chap.1-14. Marked "Publisher's copy". Ts. rev.
BOX 6
F.1-4"Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I & II. Chap.1-14. Publisher's editing version. Ts. rev.
BOX 7
F.1-3 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I & II. Chap.1-14. Further revised version. Ts. rev.
F.4-6 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I & II. Chap.1-14. Further revised version. Ts. rev. Second copy.
BOX 8
F.1 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I & II. Chap.1-14. Ts. rev.
F.2-4 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Volume I. Book I & II. Chap.1-14. Printer's copy.
BOX 9
F.1 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Research notes.
F.2 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Advance proof copy.
F.3 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Two further advance proof copies.
F.4 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Research material: notes; 70 letters.
F.5 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Research material: copies of documents; letters.
BOX 10
F.1 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Drafts; contracts.
F.2 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Research notes.
F.3 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Ts. copies of letters; clipping.
F.4 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Copies of Wavell's correspondence.
F.5-6 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Correspondence. 1958-1962.
F.7-8 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Research notes.
F.9 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Research notes; correspondence.
F.10 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Contracts; correspondence.
F.11 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Correspondence from guests invited to a private reception for the book.
BOX 11
F.1-5 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". General correspondence.
F.6 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Research notes.
F.7 "Wavell, Scholar and Soldier". Insurance on the Wavell papers.
BOX 12
F.1 "Contemporary History". Ts. 1957.
F.2 "The Living Language". Ts. 1958.
F.3 "Politics in Africa and the Middle East, 1963". Ms. 1963.
F.4 "The Effect of Imperial Commitments on British Foreign Policy". Ts. 1965.
F.5 "Rhodesia the Intractable". Ms. 1965.
F.6 "Wavell's Thirty Thousand: Victory in the Desert, 1940-41". [1965]. Ts. Written for History of the Second World War.
F.7 "Rudyard Kipling". Ts.
F.8 "Margaret Rhondda". (Written c.1963, published in The Cornhill, 1966). Ts.
F.9 "Britain's Fringe Beneficiaries". Review. Ms. 1965.
F.10 "Official History and the Unofficial Historian". Ms.
F.11 "Writing About Soldiers". Tss.
F.12 "The Three-Monkey Philosophy". Ms.
F.13 "Soldier On. Mr. Osborne Soldier On". Rejected article. Ms.
F.14 "The Hunter and the Hunted". Rejected article. Ms.
F.15 "Smythes of Smythescourt". Ts. - short story
F.16 "None So Blind". Ts. Play
F.17 Correspondence with editors, talk organisers and others.
F.18-22 "Weekly News Letter". 20 Mss. July-Sept. 1965; correspondence.
Series 2
Unpublished Manuscripts and Typescripts. -- 1942-1965. -- 52 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
F.23 "Three Houses". [a novel c.1942]. Ts.
F.24 "Fire and Fleet and Candlelight". [a novel c.1943]. Ms.
BOX 13
F.1 "Irregular Elements". [a play in one act, 1945]. Ts.
F.2 "Who's for Pity". [a story c.1946]. Ts.
F.3 "Time to Think". [c.1949]. Ts.
F.4 "Canada Notes". 1952. Ms. draft; notes.
F.5-7 "Retreat from Empire". [c.1952-1959]. Ms.
BOX 14
F.1"Retreat from Empire". [c.1951-1959]. Ms.
F.2-3"Retreat from Empire". [c.1951-1959]. Marked Master copy. Ts.
BOX 15
F.1 "Retreat from Empire". [c.1951-1959]. Marked Master copy. Ts.
F.2-4 "Retreat from Empire". [c.1951-1959]. Ts. and ms.
BOX 16
F.1 "Retreat from Empire". [c.1951-1959]. Folder of misc. papers: outline for broadcast talks; ms. and ts. draft outlines for the book; ms. lecture notes; correspondence.
F.2 "The Faithful Commons". [c.1958-1962]. Intro., and Chap. I-II only. Ts.; correspondence.
F.3 "Call Him Not Home; a recollection". Ms.
F.4 Two fragments of abandoned novels comprising: [untitled]; "Spring Tide". Mss.
F.5 "Mainly from Memory; brief excursions in biography". [c.1963]. Ts. and ms. drafts.
F.6 "Four Facets". Ts. and ms.
F.7 "People and Occasions". Folder of material for a projected collection of 64 occasional articles. Tss. and mss.
F.8 "The Making of a School". Ms.
F.9 A Folder containing misc. shorter writings (unpublished), some radio scripts, and press cuttings.
Series 3
Correspondence Relating to Special Subjects, General and Literary Correspondence. -- 1930-1965. -- 3.1 m of textual records. Title based on content of series. -- Series contains specialized and background correspondence, interspersed with various letters, documents, clippings and mss. of Connell's work.
BOX 17
F.1-5 Dealing with: Kenya 1961; Africa Project 1963; Kenya - Compassionate & Security Cases; Africa; S.E.R. Wynne of "Voice and Vision". Tss. and mss.; approx. 225 letters.
F.6 H.H. The Aga Khan. Also contains misc. fragments and revisions.
F.7 Anglo-Israeli Association. Also contains: Israel: Western Defence Battalion (lecture); souvenir brochure containing Connell's article Great Britain and Israel.
F.8-11 "Auchinleck: a critical biography". Correspondents include Julian Amery, Field Marshall Viscount Alanbrooke, General Lord Ismay, Sir Richard McCreery, Earl Mountbatten of Burma, Shri Jawaharlal Nehru. Also contains letters of appreciation; "Chink's Researches on the August 1942 Dismissal".
F.12 Dorman-Smith. Correspondence and documents concerning an attempt at a vindication of Auchinleck's military reputation in 1960.
F.13 Gwynne-Vaughan (Dame Helen). Correspondence and ms. & ts. drafts of a proposed biography. 1958-1965.
F.14 Henley (W.E.). 1949. With approx. 90+ letters; notes; and ts. of radio talk, "Beginning a Biography".
BOX 18
F.1 Henley (W.E.). 1949. Ts. and ms. notes with 100+ letters. Also contains galley proof of hitherto unpublished poems by Henley.
F.2 Henley (W.E.). 1949. Press cuttings and some correspondence.
F.3 Henley and Stevenson address, delivered at Edinburgh University, 23rd Feb. 1951. Ms. notes and some correspondence.
F.4 Lord Lloyd. Folder containing correspondence concerning a projected biography of George Ambrose Lloyd, first Baron Lloyd of Dolobran (1897-1941).
F.5 "The Field Marshalls' Controversy". 1958. In addition to correspondence there are: ms. & ts. notes and drafts; cuttings.
F.6 "Indian Political Service". Correspondence regarding a proposed book on the I.P.S. 31 letters. 1958-1965.
F.7 Alexander Memoirs. Correspondence relating to disputes over "The Memoirs of Field-Marshall Earl Alexander of Tunis (ed. John North). 1962-1963.
F.8-10 Lectures by Connell for contribution to R.U.S.I. Journal (Royal United Service Institution). Also contains: lecture entitled,"Southern Africa"; Sir Francis Tuker's ts. notes on the, "History of the 4th Indian Division" (1958); correspondence; cuttings; misc. material.
F.11 Correspondence on the defence of Singapore and Malaya as related in an ms. by Brigadier Ivan Simson. Also contains: "Thomas (Shenton)", [comments on the First Draft of the Official History of the War in Malaya] possibly for use by Connell's Volume II of the Wavell biography; Correspondence.
F.12 The Office: a study of British Foreign Policy and its Makers, 1919-1951. (1958). Ms. notes; ts. bibliography; correspondence; cuttings.
F.13 The Most Important Country: the true story of the Suez crisis. (1957). Correspondence related to this book. Also contains ms. of lecture given on the book.
F.14 Welensky's 4,000 Days. Ghosted by Connell. Correspondence with Sir Roy Welensky, and others, regarding the book. Also contains ms. draft of Connell's article, "Parade Out of Time", about the "final parade of the Rhodesia and Nyasaland Army, and its farewell salute to the Federal Prime Minister [Sir Roy]".
F.15 Brigadier Desmond Young's Manuscript. Correspondence between Desmond Young, "Jean" [Overton Fuller], and Connell, 1956-1958. Concerns Young and Fuller's narrative on the French and English espionage agents in France during the Second World War, entitled, "The Traitor and The Scapegoat", and Connell's assistance to this project.
BOX 19
F.1-12 Aarons to Bax.
BOX 20
F.1-14 Beatty to Brixton.
BOX 21
F.1-20 Broad to Clowes.
BOX 22
F.1-13 Cochran to Cust.
BOX 23
F.1-12 Daily Express to Farningham House for Boys.
BOX 24
F.1-17 Fawcett Society to Harz.
BOX 25
F.1-13 Hassall to International Summer University.
BOX 26
F.1-13 Iremonger to Lewis.
BOX 27
F.1-11 Liberal International to Macpherson.
BOX 28
F.1-15 Maddison to National Book League.
BOX 29
F.1-13 National Book League to Peter Owen Ltd.
BOX 30
F.1-12 Oxford and Bermondsey Club to Putney.
BOX 31
F.1-11 Queen Mary College to Ryan.
BOX 32
F.1-16 Sadlier to Sykes.
BOX 33
F.1-9 Tatler and Bystander to Voice and Vision.
BOX 34
F.1-11 Wade to Zionist Society for International Affairs.
BOX 35
F.1-23 Misc. correspondence: first name only; unidentified; initials only; not addressed to J.C.R.
BOX 36
F.1 Three letters, 1930. Also contains extract of Edward C. Mack's, "Public Schools and British Opinion since 1860". (1941).
F.2 Two letters, 1932. Also contains: Petition of Appeal in the conviction of Augustine Joseph Hull; "Who Goes Sailing" (1932), dust-jacket, book notices, and ms. review; book notice for, "Red Rags: Essays of Hate from Oxford", edited by Richard Comyns Carr, in which appears Connell's, "Purveyors of Sex-Bunk".
F.3 Five letters, including a copy of letter criticizing a review by Connell, 1933-1935. Also contains, "Fortunate Simpleton", dust-jacket.
F.4 Seven letters, 1935-1938.
F.5 Nine letters, 1936-1937. Also contains: Notice to Jurors; cutting from the Air Review (Jan. 1937), of Connell's article, "I am Not Ashamed of the Empire"; samples of anti-Semitic fliers distributed by the Imperial Fascist League; misc. material.
F.6 Six letters, 1939. Also contains: agreement with Longmans Green & Co. for Connell's, "This Abiding Crisis"; copy of,"The Fleet Street Letter" (27 Jan. 1939); title page of Connell's, "The Story of An Old Meeting House"; Published version of Connell's address to the Lewes Rotary Club, 1933-1934, "The Wheel"; Longmans, Green & Co. order form for, "A Book of Devotional Readings from the Literature of Christendom", edited by Connell.
F.7 Nine letters, 1940-1946.
F.8 Two letters, 1946. Also contains editorial notes for, "The House By Herod's Gate".
F.9 Fifteen letters, 1949-1950.
F.10 Two letters, 1951.
F.11 Two letters, 1952.
F.12 Five letters, 1953. Also contains 1953 Coronation Ceremony Press Pass.
F.13 Six letters, 1954.
F.14 Five letters, 1955. Also contains poetry by Petus [?], ts., 20 pp.
F.15 Six letters, 1955.
F.16 Seven letters, 1955. Also contains: ts. carbon notes on the "Two Laws of Deuteronomy"; misc. organization's minutes.
F.17 Five letters, 1955. Also contains: anonymous ts. draft entitled, "Queen Elizabeth of Greece"; material related to the St. Andrew's Home and Club for orphans.
F.18 Letter, 1955. Also contains: invitations; transcript of telephone interview of Connell on an extract from, "At Home and Abroad", for the BBC Home Service (9 Dec. 1955); ts. extract of a Connell review of, "Special Operations".
F.19 Eleven letters, 1955-1956.
F.20 Eighteen letters, 1956.
F.21 Ten letters, 1956. Also contains: transcript of telephone discussion between F. Elwyn Jones, J.G. Foster, and John Connell for, "At Home and Abroad", for the BBC Home Service (15 June 1956); ts. transcript of radio show, "Books to Read", broadcast on General Overseas Service, 28 May 1956; extract of Connell's article, "The Logic of Despair", Time and Tide (26 May 1956); ts. carbon of, "The Living Page".
F.22 Twelve letters, 1956. Also contains: dust-jacket for Oliver Moxon's, "The Brigadier"; ts. carbon of memorandum, "The Operating Companies in Iran in 1956" (18 July 1956), initialled E.B.B.
F.23 Ten letters, 1956. Also contains: ts. of excerpts from the historic Lansing note, addressed by the Secretary of State of the United States to the Secretary of Foreign Relations of Mexico on June 29, 1916; ts. draft of review of, "The Shaping of the Modern World".
F.24 Four letters, 1957. Also contains a ts. draft of Connell's, "Humane Historian".
F.25 Contains misc. historical writings by others, and a ts. draft of [Connell's?], "The Silent War".
F.26 Eleven letters, 1957.
F.27 Seven letters, 1957-1958. Also contains: ts. draft of Connell's review of John Glubb's, "Failure of a Mission"; misc. material.
F.28 Seven letters, 1958. Also contains: ts. draft of Connell's, "Churchill: He takes his best"; Ts. draft of Connell's, "Great Britain and Israel", and a copy of the brochure in which it appeared, Anglo-Israel Association Souvenir Brochure, 1953.
F.29 Nineteen letters, 1958.
F.30 Eighteen letters, 1958. Also contains a ts. draft of Connell's comments re: Elizabeth Owen's, "Calling East Africa".
F.31 Fourteen letters, 1958-1959. Also contains: minutes for various committees for the Strowger House Orphanage [?]; confidential draft plan for British East and Central Africa, initialled D.S, 28 April 1959; misc. material.
F.32 Twenty-two letters, 1959. Also contains Connell's: "These Looks Speak Volumes: A Panorama of Publishers", Punch (Oct. 14, 1959); "Astonishingly, I Feel pity for Nehru today", Evening Standard (Sept. 2, 1959).
F.33 Twenty+ letters, 1959-1960.
F.34 Twenty+ letters, 1960. Also contains: ts. draft review of the 3rd Viscount Chilston's biography, "Aretas Akees-Douglas, first Viscount Chilston"; numerous carbon copies of letters written by others marked confidential; minutes of a Sub-Committee of the National Advisory Committee on Publicity and Speakers, 15th June 1960, of which Connell was a member; cuttings.
F.35 Twenty+ letters, 1960-1961. Also contains: ts. draft of Connell's article, "It's All A Bit Chancy"; War Crimes material; misc. material.
F.36 Ten+ letters, 1961. Also contains: ts. carbon of Connell letter of memorandum about Associated Newspapers Ltd.; cuttings of Connell's letters-to-the-editors; photograph.
F.37 Ten+ letters, 1961. Also contains: numerous ts. carbons of letters, some written by others; Ts. drafts of Connell's, "Pens (and Typewriters) Across the Seas", and, "Wilson's Last Fight"; War Crimes material.
F.38 Ten+ letters, 1961-1962. Also contains: numerous ts. carbons of letters, some written by others; Connell's, Murder My Business", Books of the Month (Dec. 1961); misc. material.
F.39 Ten+ letters, 1962. Also contains: numerous ts. carbons of letters, some written by others; misc. material.
F.40 Ten+ letters, 1962. Also contains Connell's reviews of: Jane Jacobs', "The Death and Life of Greta American Cities"; Terence Robertson's , "Dieppe"; Marshall of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtleside's, "The Years of Combat"; John Terraine's, "Douglas Haig: The Educated Soldier"; Dr. Sharf's, "The British Press and Jews Under Nazi Rule"; Ms. Hemingway's, "The Hemingways"; Sir Osbert Sitwell's, "Pound Wise". Misc. material.
F.41 Ten+ letters, 1962. Also contains Connell's reviews of: Louise Cann-Tanaka's, "The Agate Lamp"; "The Erosion of Freedom"; J.F. Lipscomb's, "Backbone Expendable". Three issues of Memo From Belgium Apr.-June 1962. Misc. material.
F.42 Ten+ letters, 1962. Also contains Connell's reviews of: "Mr. X, M.P.: The Diary of a Public Man"; Leslie Hale's, "None So Blind"; A novel (title unknown) by John Bratby. Misc. material.
F.43 Fifteen letters, 1962-1963.
F.44 Letters, 1948-1963; numerous drafts and press cuttings of Connell's articles and lectures; misc. material.
F.45 Letters by Connell and others, 1963-1964. Also contains ts. carbons of confidential reports [by an unknown author] on "Singapore and Malaysia" and "India", July 1963.
F.46 Twenty+ letters, 1964-1965. Also contains: ts. carbons of memorandum; some letters drafted by others; misc. material.
F.47 Twenty+ letters, 1965. Also contains Connell's reviews of: Captain Lockyer's MS; Dr. Poul Borchsenius's, "Behind the Wall" and "The Chains Are Broken"; Hans E. Tutsch's, "From Ankona to Marrakesh. Connell's articles: "Heisted"; "The Royal United Service Institution".
F.48 Twenty+ letters, 1934-1964. Also contains: Mr. Mazumdar's letter to Field Marshall Auchinleck, and his ts. draft essay, "Auchinleck of India in the Middle East (1941-1942), 1961.
F.49 Twenty+ letters, 1956-1960. Also contains: Connell's, "A Morning with Somerset Maugham", Smith's Trade News, Dec. 8, 1956; various memorial service programmes; misc. cuttings.
F.50 Twenty letters, 1930-1965.
Series 4
Radio, Television and Journalism. -- 1944-1965. -- 1.73 m of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
BOX 37
F.1 Weekly War Commentaries, and features, broadcast in India c.1944. 16 ts.
F.2 BBC Talks and Features. 49 ms. and ts. items.
F.3 BBC radio and t.v scripts including: "At Home and Abroad" and "Ten O'Clock" (extracts, comprising Connell's interviews with Edward Atiyah, 1959); Connell interviewed about Sir Roy Welensky and the expulsion of Europeans from Kenya. 7 ts. items.
F.4 "Any Questions?" and "Any Answers?". 9 BBC scripts. Also contains: 142 pp..; approx. 44 items of correspondence.
F.5 "The Weekly World" and "Newsstand", 1964-1965. 12 ms. and ts. items.
F.6 Four interview with Lady Violet Bonham-Carter (Baroness Asquith). 1965. Mixed ms. and carbons of correspondence.
F.7-9 Correspondence from BBC staff (producers, recording studio mgrs., etc.), including pay-slips. 1948-1965. Approx. 500 letters.
BOX 38
F.1 General Correspondence - fan mail with copies of some letters of response. Approx. 200 items.
F.2 Commentary on the Guildhall Banquet on the occasion of the launching of British Independent Television, 22 Sept. 1955.
F.3 "What the Papers Say (Granada TV). 12 ms. and ts. scripts, plus duplicates, together with correspondence.
F.4 "Tribute to Churchill" (Associated Rediffusion Ltd.). Ts. draft and revised scripts, with original and carbon copies of correspondence.
F.5 "Spare the Rod (Granada TV). 8 Feb. 1951. Correspondence with viewers.
F.6 Published version of Connell's radio talks. 1948-1963. These appeared in The Listener, London Calling, London Calling Europe: The Weeklies, and Salisbury and Winchester Journal, Also contains some correspondence.
F.7 "London Letter". Connell's broadcast talks on North American service, 1948-1950. 12 ts.
F.8-9 Early Journalism. 1927-1938. Cuttings or extracted pages of short stories, features, letters-to-editors. Including contributions to The Nipperwian, and The Lorettonian, Isis.
BOX 39
F.1-3 Early Journalism. 1927-1938. Cuttings or extracted pages of short stories, features, letters-to-editors. Includes contributions to the London Evening News, Columbo Daily News, and provincial papers. Also contains: correspondence; announcements; 3 mss. of lectures.
F.4-14 Weeklies and Periodicals. 1937-1964. A group of individual numbers, extracted pages, or cuttings of Connell's articles, book reviews, etc. Also contains some correspondence.
F.15-18 Evening News and Yorkshire Post. 1933-1964. Press cuttings of Connell's leaders, features, book reviews, etc.
BOX 40
F.1-2 Evening News and Yorkshire Post. 1933-1964. Contains correspondence on Connell's leaving the staff of the Evening News in 1959.
F.3-6 The Sphere. 1958-1963. 4 original ms., along 165 cuttings or extracts of Connell's articles. Also contains: correspondence; pay slips; press cuttings.
F.7-12 Collection of Reviews of Connell's Books. Includes: press cuttings; publisher's advertisements, trade journals; correspondence.
F.13 Reader's Reports. 1945, 1960, 1962-1965. File of approx. 42 reader's reports made for Michael Joseph, Collins, Cassell and Hutchinson. Chiefly on military memoirs, and some biographies. Also contains attendant correspondents.
BOX 41
F.1-5 Miscellaneous Shorter Pieces. [ca.1946]-1965. 61 mss. and 24 tss. of book reviews, articles and other pieces.
Series 5
Personal and Miscellaneous Files. -- 1930-1965. -- 55 cm of textual records and graphic material. -- Titile based on content of series.
F.6 Personal Documents. Items include: education; military service; passports; horoscopes; appointments diary for 1965.
F.7 Folder of papers concerning the financial position of Time & Tide, 1955. Also contains letters concerning his trip to Israel in the same year.
F.8 Photographs. 48 items showing Connell (or featuring him).
F.9 Photographs. 40 items showing members of Connell's family, and other scenes.
F.10 Press cuttings of announcements of Connell's death and other pieces.
F.11-2 Misc. correspondence concerning Connell as Trustee of Loretto School (1963 onwards).
BOX 42
F.1-2 Misc. numbers of The Lorettonian Society (1947-1965), along with other school related publications.
F.3-5 Misc. programmes, menus, and other matter connected with state or social occasions covered by Connell in his journalistic career.
F.6-7Tape Recording. Talk by Connell on his visit to and impressions of the Federation [Southern Rhodesia]. Recorded 25 Apr. 1961. Approx. 20 minutes.
F.8 Misc. documents including: A.B.C. Television contract; pay slip for advisory services on Churchill Obituary Film; letter of credentials from The Evening News; Deed of Trusteeship, 27 Jan. 1957; insurance policy; God-Parent certificate; letter from the High Commissioner for Canada, Canada House, London.
F.9 Scrapbook of advertisements and reviews for "Time and Chance" (1952).
F.10 Scrapbook of advertisements and reviews for "Wavell" (1964).
F.11 Misc. notes, and a ms. review for John Masters' book, "The Pak to Manhood"[?].
F.12-13 Review copy announcements; Requests for reviews. 100+ items.
Series 6
John Connell, D.A. Brown and Miscellaneous Correspondence. -- 1930-1965. -- 38 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
BOX 43
F.1 John Connell Correspondence. 8 letters. n.d.
F.2 John Connell Correspondence. 9 letters. 1933-1946.
F.3 John Connell Correspondence. 2 letters. 1954.
F.4 John Connell Correspondence. 9 letters. 1955.
F.5 John Connell Correspondence. 31 letters. 1956.
F.6 John Connell Correspondence. 38 letters. 1957.
F.7 John Connell Correspondence. 100 letters. 1958.
F.8 John Connell Correspondence. 2 letters. 1959.
F.9 John Connell Correspondence. 4 letters. 1960.
F.10 John Connell Correspondence. 43 letters. 1961.
F.11 John Connell Correspondence. 39 letters. 1962.
F.12 John Connell Correspondence. 19 letters. 1963.
F.13 John Connell Correspondence. 36 letters. 1964.
F.14 John Connell Correspondence. 21 letters. 1965.
F.15 Miscellaneous Correspondence. 1932-1965. Also Contains: ms. draft of, "Archie At The Bar"; ms. and press cutting of, "Fighting For Feudalism"; extract of, "The Grubbiness and Glory of India" (a review);
F.16 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 9 letters. 1931.
F.17 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 20 letters. 1931.
BOX 44
F.1 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 11 letters. 1932.
F.2 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 11 letters. 1933-1934.
F.3 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 17 letters. 1935-1936.
F.4 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 10 letters. 1936.
F.5 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 15 letters. 1937-1938.
F.6 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 7 letters. 1939-1940.
F.7 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 8 letters. 1941.
F.8 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 14 letters. 1942-1944.
F.9 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 16 letters. 1945-1946.
F.10 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 14 letters. 1947-1949.
BOX 45
F.1 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 14 letters. 1950-1956.
F.2 D.A. (Jimmey) Brown Correspondence. 18 letters. 1959-1964.
F.3 John Connell Robertson Correspondence Committee of 100. Concerning the Ban-the-Bomb movement. 21 letters. 1960-1963. Contains one letter from Bertrand Russell. Also contains press-cuttings.
F.4 D. Forbes Mackintosh Correspondence. 50+ letters. 1950-1965.
F.5 William Ellis School Correspondence. 20+ letters. 1949-1959.
F.6 William Ellis School Correspondence. 50+ letters. 1960-1965.
Series 7
Newspaper Articles and Press Cuttings. --1936-1965. -- 63 cm of textual records. -- Title based on content of series.
BOX 46
F.1 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1936.
F.2 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1945.
F.3 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1948.
F.4 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1949.
F.5 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1950.
F.6 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1951.
F.7 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1952.
F.8 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1953.
F.9 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1954.
F.10 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1955.
F.11 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1956.
BOX 47
F.1 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1957.
F.2 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1958.
F.3 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1959.
F.4 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1960.
BOX 48
F.1-2 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1961.
F.3-4 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1962.
F.5 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1963.
F.6 John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1964.
BOX 49
F.1John Connell's Newspaper Articles. 1965.
F.2 Misc. cuttings of Connell's Reviews, and letters-to-editors.
F.3 Scrapbook of cuttings [1930-1934?] for: "Lyndesay"; "Who Goes Sailing?"; "The Fortunate Simpleton".
F.4 Scrapbook of cuttings [1935-1947?] for: "David Go Back"; "Tomorrow We Shall Be Free"; "The House By Herod's Gate".
F.5 Misc. Press Clippings of General Interest. 1899-1964. Also contains a ts. transcript of John F. Kennedy's article on B.N. Liddell Hart's, "Deterrent or Defense", Saturday Review 3 Sept. 1960.
F.6 Misc. numbers of the, Federation of Rhodesia & Nyasaland Newsletter. 1962-1963.
F.7 Misc. numbers of the, Congo-Africa [newsletter]. 1962-1963.
BOX 50
F.1 Rough notes for Connell's book reviews.
F.2 Connell's book reviews and articles. 72 carbon tss. drafts, including 1 ms. draft of a review and 2 copies of items used in research.
F.3 Press cuttings of Connell's letters-to-editors.
F.4 Press cuttings of Connell's book reviews and articles.
F.5 Field Marshall Sir Claude Auchinleck. Contains: Reviews of "Auchinleck", by Connell and others; press cuttings and extracts about Auchinleck; dust jacket cover for "Auchinleck".
John Connell fonds. Third Accrual
Box 51 Correspondence
F.1 Correspondence to John Connell Robertson and Ruth Connell Robertson - various dates.
F.2 Letters of condolence to Ruth Connell Robertson October 1965.
F.3 Letters of condolence to Ruth Connell Robertson October 1965.
F.4 Card enclosures for flowers receive on Connell's death.
F.5 Correspondence re John Connell's estate.
F.6 Correspondence with Solicitors.
F.7 Ruth Robertson-correspondence with literary agents 196574 re John Connell's works.
F.8 Collins-accounts re insurance premiums and corrections 195965.
Box 52 Correspondence, Manuscripts
F.1 Correspondence to Ruth Robertson re royalties and permissions.
F.2 Correspondence to Ruth Robertson 19681992.
F.3 Correspondence to Ruth Robertson general.
F.4 "Mainly from Memory" Tms.(car) (reminiscences of Loretto) with letter from W. Fraser to R.A.B. Lockhart, Loretto.
F.5 Re W.E. Henley papers - notes and correspondence by Ruth Robertson.
F.6 Typescripts by John Connell with notes by Ruth Connell Robertson, correspondence, etc.
F.7 Various pamphlets (printed) kept by Connell.
F.8 Correspondence, etc. re Connell's play/book "Return of Long John Silver", "Return to Treasure Island".
F.9 Contracts for various titles by Connell
F.10 Middle East Times - printed copies of articles by John Connell
F.11 Winston Churchill by John Connell, pamphlet 1956. With correspondence from Winston Churchill, Lord Bracken, Lord Beaverbrook, Viscount Alanbrooke, A.L. Rowse, and press clippings of some reviews.
F.12 Beeksteak Club membership list
F.13 Publishers' notices in review copies of books, received by Connell.
Box 53 Manuscripts
F.1 Wavell: The Years in India (from Wavell: Supreme Commander 194143)
H.M.S. of chapters XV-XIX.
F.2 Notes for chapters XV-XIX.
F.3 Tms and Tms (car) Chapters XV-XIX.
F.4 Wavell: Supreme Commander 1941-43, galley proofs.
F.5 Wavell: Scholar and soldier re corrections by Connell to book, agreement with Lady Wavell, etc. 1964.
F.6 Wavell - correspondence to Ruth Robertson re royalties, etc.
F.7 Wavell Vol. II, royalty statements.
F.8 Wavell: Scholar and Soldier (1964), press cuttings.
F.9 Wavell: Supreme Commander 1941-43 (1969), press cuttings.
Box 54 Manuscripts
F.1 Various articles by John Connell and Ruth Connell Robertson, Tms., Tms (car) and some correspondence.
By John Connell:
"A Child's View of Home", 2 printed copies, The Listener, August 26, 1954.
"Church with Grandpapa: A Reminiscence of the 1920s". Tms. (car). 6 pp.
"A Goat called Tuppenny: Another recollection of the 1920s". Tms (car). 6 pp.
"The Last Room at the Inn: A Christmas Story". Tms. 19 pp.
"Looking for Lost Time" radio script, copy, 7 pp. (torn in half)
"The Making of a school". Tms. (car) 10 pp.
"Python Uncurls" set of radio broadcasts (?) or articles (?) done by Connell on a ship). Tms. (car.) 19 pp.
"Rudyard Kipling" Tms. (car.) 9 pp.
"Spanish Agricultural Machinery Mission, 31 May to 10 June 1966", final version of "Diary"? Tms. (car.) 7 pp.
By Ruth Connell Robertson:
"Diary" 31 May-10 June. Tms. 6 pp corrected.
"Report on visit to Jerusalem and Cairo-August-September 1947". Tms. (car) 4 pp.
"Spanish Agricultural Machinery Mission - 31 May to 10 June 1966", final version of "Diary"? Tms. (car) 7 pp.
Some correspondence and notes.
F.2 "Verse 192425262728". Hms. poems in notebook of maroon/rust buckram. 127 pp.
F.3 "Verse - To Mother from Jack". Notebook of poems dating 1926, 1927, undated. Hms. 92 pp. Plus unnumbered pages, also some loose sheets of poetry tucked in volume, notebook with red marbled covers, black spine.
Poetry
F.4 "Tiger Our Cat" - poem by John Connell May 1940 Hms. 2pp.
"With a Picture Out of Egypt" - poem by John Connell for Joan, Rome, December 1944. Hms 2 pp.
"Poems-volume of ms. poems by Connell in orange paper-covered volume, 194146. 20 poems.
F.5 The Week-End Book. London, Nonesuch Press, 1926. - John Connell's copy with notes, clippings, poems inserted.
Common Place Books
F.6 "Commonplace Books".
Volume I.194854. Includes clippings pasted in, loose clippings of poetry, quotations, etc. and hand-copied poems or sayings by others, in small notebook with maroon covers and spine.
Volume II.195464. Includes clippings pasted in and loose clippings of poems, quotations, etc., along with some hand-copied poems by others, in small black covered notebook .
Volume III.1964. Contents as in Vol. I and II., in small notebook with maroon covers and blue spine.
Box 55 Photographs
F.1 J.H.C. Robertson - photograph album, August 10, 1923 (grey textured cover).
F.2 J.H.C. Robertson - three photograph albums, 1925 (no cover - possibly incomplete), 1925, dated June 8th (beige cover), 1926 Summer (dark grey cover).
F.3 J.H.C. Robertson - photograph album, grey paper covers, entitled "J.H. Robertson. His Photographs". 1927.
F.4 J.H.C. Robertson - album entitled "Snapshots" brown paper covers, J.H. Robertson, Balliol College, Oxford, 1929.
F.5 J.H.C. Robertson - photograph album 193637, beige/blue textured covers (only first four pages used).
Variety of framed and oversize photographs of J.H. Connell Robertson, Mrs. Robertson, and others at back of box.
Box 56 Photographs, Address Books, Audio Reels
F.1 Photographs of J.H.C. Robertson - various dates, portraits and snapshots.
F.2 Photographs of family and friends - various dates, some identified.
F.3 Photographs and postcards of various locations - holidays, etc.
Addresses
F.4 J.H.C. Robertson Addresses and Telephone book, "from Michael August 10, 1952".
Audio Reels
F.5 Interviews, lectures by J. Connell:
(a)5" reel-to-reel: John Connell: "The Weekly World" BBC.
- recorded 1.10.1965 (October)
- broadcast 2.10.1965 (October)
(b)5" reel-to-reel: "Ten O'Clock Broadcast" interview on Rhodesia broadcast 4.10.1965. (He died at 3 a.m. on 5.10.1965)
(c)7" reel-to-reel, John Connell lecture to the RLSI on Wavell?
F.6 Two 3" reel-to-reel tapes, unidentified.
Box 57 Realia
F.1 Diaries and appointment books. 1963, 1964, 1965. (Small notebooks)
F.2 J.H.C. Robertson's Wallet, as it was on his death.
F.3 Bible, given to him by his Godmother, August 10, 1910. Prayer Book, given to him by his Grandfather 9, December 1924 in memory of his confirmation at Loretto.
F.4 Robertson's medals (set of each size). First World War medals, probably J.H.C.R.'s. father's (set of each size).
F.5 Copy of J.H. Connell Robertson's will.
Envelope of items from Robertson's desk:
- six pencils with either "John Connell", "Alderman Robertson" or "Connell Robertson" on them
- two sticks of red sealing wax
- a leather case with a seal
- a Lesney metal model of an Evening News delivery van
- a small box with cufflinks inside (3 pairs)
A beige coffee mug with Robertson name and crest in green.
Box 57A
Materials removed from Connells books. A separate listing of the books is available.
Book Reviews
F.1 Contemporary History at Its Best, typed review; British Decline in the Middle East, review clipping; review request from The Yorkshire Post, 1960; all found in Jon and David Kimche, Both Sides of the Hill: Britain and the Palestine War
F.2 Israel: The Making of a Nation, typed review of D.R. Elston, Israel: The Making of a Nation; letter from The Jewish Chronicle, 1963; news clippings of reviews
F.3 The People, the Book and the Land typed review of D. R. Elston, No Alternative: Israel Observed
F.4 The People, the Book and the Land, typed review of Hedley V. Cooke, Israel, A Blessing and a Curse and D. R. Elston No Alternative, Israel Observed found in Cooke
F.5 The Promised Land, typed review; review requests from Collins Publishers and The Yorkshire Post, 1965; letter to Mark Bonham, Collins,1965; Collins Publishers expressing thanks, 1965; letter from author Christopher Sykes in response to John Connell's review, 1965; notes; Road to the Promised Land, review clipping; all found in Christopher Sykes, Cross Roads to Israel
F.6 Transfer of Power, typed review of Zeev Sharef, Three Days; Paradox and Pity, review clipping of Zeev Sharef, Three Days, 1962
F.7 By Valour to Victory, typed review; The Edge of the Sword: Israels War of Independence 1947-1949, typed review; letter from The Jewish Chronicle, 1961, and review request from Putnam & Company Limited; By Valour to Victory, review clipping; all found in Lt. Colonel Netanel Lorch, The Edge of the Sword: Israel's War of Independence 1947-1949
F.8 The Good King, handwritten review; review copy notice from Macmillan & Co.; photograph probably Connell
F.9 Israel Yesterday and Today, typed review of Richard Crossman, A Nation Reborn: The Israel of Weizmann, Bevin and Ben-Gurion
F.10 Statesman and Prophet, handwritten review of David Ben Gurion, trans. Mordekhai Nurock, Rebirth and Destiny of Israel
F.10a Churchill: a Critical Appreciation, typed review of R.W. Thompson, The Yankee Marlborough; letter from R.W. Thompson; news clippings. Also in the file is Connells published review of Sir Arthur Bryant, Triumph in the West.
Newsclippings of Reviews; Obituary
F.11 Diagnosis of Disaster, review of Elie Kedourie, England and the Middle East, 1956
F.12 Failure of a Mission, review of John Bagot Glubb, A Soldier with the Arabs; also includes notes
F.13 Farewell to Wavell, Poet and Soldier, obituary of A. P. Wavell found in Other Men's Flowers compiled by A. P. Wavell, 1946
F.14 Literary Excursions, review by unknown reviewer of E. V. Rieu, ed., Essays by Divers Hands: Volume XXIX, 1958, collection contains a contribution by Connell
F.15 A Masterly History, review of Leonard Stein, The Balfour Declaration, 1961
F.16 Orde Wingate - The Legend and the Man, two copies of a review from The Jewish Chronicle, 1959; Martyr or Mountebank?, review by Michael Howard; Prophecy Under Arms, review by Simon Raven of Christopher Sykes, Orde Wingate
F.17 A Nation's Rebirth, review of Lord Russell of Liverpool, If I Forget Thee: The Sory of a Nation's Rebirth, 1960
F.18 Suez: the Real Lesson, 2 copies of review of Herman Finer, Dulles Over Suez: The Theory and Practice of His Diplomacy, 1964
F.19 Honourable Failure, 2 copies of review of John Marlowe, The Seat of Pilate: An Account of the Palestine Mandate, 1959
F.20 Can this Desert Foretell the Future?, review of Nelson Glueck, Rivers in the Desert: The Exploration of the Negev, An Adventure in Archaeology, [1959]
F.21 Turning Over the Ashes, review of John Bagot Glubb, Britain and the Arabs: A Study of Fifty Years, 1908 to 1958, 1959
F.22 Heroism and Tragedy, review of Anita Engle, The Nili Spies
F.23 Clear Light on Israel, review, [1963]; Dan To Beersheba, review, 1963; review request from the Jewish Chronicle; all found in Joan Comay, Introducing Israel, 1963
Correspondence
F.24 Letter from The Yorkshire Post, 1963, review clipping Letters for the Soul of George Mikes, Prison found in D. R. Elston, Israel: The Making of a Nation, 1963, 2 copies
F.25 Letter of thanks from Guy Schofield; Brother of the Lord, review clipping of Guy Schofield, In the Year 62: The Murder of the Brother of the Lord and its Consequences, [1962]
F.26 Letter of thanks from R. Meinertzhagen; He Could Have Shot Adolf Hitler, review clipping of R. Meinertzhagen, Middle East Diary: 1917-1956
F.27 Letter from author David Wainwright, signed D. Copperfield
F.28 Letter from Andrew Hutton to Mr. Robertson found in and re John Connell, Lyndesay
F.29 Letter from Basil H. Liddell Hart to John Connell re John Connell, Lyndesay; review clipping by unknown pasted to inside cover, photocopy in file
F.30 Letter from S. Cunningham M.P. to Connell reminiscing about a story Connell had written; Letter from John Betjeman (signed Sean O'Betjemean) recommending a book; review clipping by John Betjeman; review clipping by Gerald Bullett; all found in Cynthia Asquith, ed., The Third Ghost Book
F.31 Letter from John D. Andrews (St. Andrews Rectory); Letter from [Veronica]; typed manuscript notes; all found in and re John Connell, The Most Important Country
F.32 Two letters found in and re John Connell, The Story of the Telephone
F.33 Letter from Mrs. Chester Morrison found in and re John Connell, The Most Important Country
F.34 Collins Publishers enclosing reviews on John Connell, Wavell: Scholar and Soldier
F.35 Note indicating travel plans of Massey, D.P.R. and Major Robertson found in John Connell, To-morrow We Shall be Free
F.36 Letter from unidentified Order of Merit holder; letter from Peter Fleming; 2 letters from Claude Auchinleck to Jack; letter from Auchinleck to Ruth; book plate; Order of Parade 1946; Indian Army Heroes clipping credited to a Correspondent in The Times 1962; clipping, Profile with Pencil: John Connell by Stanley Parker from John OLondons, 1959 all found in John Connell, Auchinleck
Manuscript Notes and Other Items
F.37 Talk to Maccabi, 17 Feb 1947, manuscript notes found in Israel Cohen, The Zionist Movement
F.38 Miscellaneous notes, one card written by J. H. Robertson, found in Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays
F.39 Change of address card, miscellaneous notes on back, found in Anthony Lejeune ed., Time & Tide Anthology
F.40 Review request from Jonathan Cape, miscellaneous notes on back, found in Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and Into the Trees
F.41 Erratum notices found in John Connell, The Office: A Study of British Foreign Policy and its Makers 1919-1951
F.42 Letter to Ruth from Jimmy, mentioning the depiction of John Connell in a dramatised version of the Lady Chatterley trial, 1980; clipping of the show time listing, Oct. 25, 1980; found in C. H. Rolph, ed. The Trial of Lady Chatterley; the documents were found on the page that recounts the testimony of John Connell at the trial
F.43 Dust Jacket for John Connell, Midstream
Proofs, Off Prints and Periodicals
F.44 Lecture by John Connell on Israel: Western Defence Bastion at the Royal United Service Institution, July 1963
F.45 Off-prints of a lecture The India-China Frontier Dispute by John Connell to the Royal Central Asian Society on March 23, 1960, 4 copies
F.46 Autumn 1966 issue of The Cornhill, no. 1049; contains contribution Margaret Rhondda by John Connell
F.47 July 1912 issue of Little Folks
F.48 August 1965 issue of The Royal United Service Institution Journal, contains contribution Writing About Soldiers by John Connell
F.49 History of the Second World War, 1, no. 15 3/6 contains contribution Wavells 30,000 by John Connell
Twouncorrected advance proofs, one with corrections, John Connell, Wavell: Supreme Commander (not placed in a file folder)
John Connell fonds. Fourth accrual;also an addendum to the Accruals 1-2 (combined)
Box 58:
Correspondence
Letters to his wife, Ruth Belkine Robertson
F.1 Undated 3 ALs, 1 typed quotation
F.2 1943 5 lengthy ALs
F.3 1944 5 ALs
F.4 1945 (January to June) 35 ALs, 7 cables
F.5 1945 (July to December)56 ALs, 8 cables
F.6 1946 38 ALs, 10 cables
F.7 1947 6 ALs with envelopes
F.8 1948 4 ALs with envelopes
F.9 1949 7 ALs with envelopes
F.10 1950 1 ALs with envelopes
F.11 1951 2 ALs with envelopes
F.12 1952 20 ALs (mostly written during Connell's trip across Canada)
F.13 1953 11 ALs with envelopes
F.14 1954 5 ALs with envelopes
F.15 1955 1 ALs with envelope;19561 ALs with envelope
F.16 1957 6 ALs with envelopes
F.17 1960 1 ALs with envelope;1963 2 ALs;1965 4 ALs
Addendum to the First and Second accruals (combined):
Box 59: Contains correspondence mainly to John Connell, one file folder of letters to his wife from others, 1 page of rough notes by Connell and a few invitations, menu cards, and programmes. This material was overlooked when the finding aid to the first two accruals was written.
