Inventory of the Sir Paul Dukes papers
Finding aid prepared by David Jacobs
Hoover Institution Library and Archives
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Title: Sir Paul Dukes papers
Date (inclusive): 1915-1990
Collection Number: 89082
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material:
English
Physical Description:
4 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box, 1 oversize folder
(2.5 Linear Feet)
Abstract: Diaries, writings, lectures, notes, letters, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to British intelligence operations,
especially during the Russian Revolution, to popularization of Yoga in the Western world, and to personal affairs. Includes
fictional writings, poems and musical compositions. Also includes some material relating to Sir Paul Dukes collected by Robin
Bruce Lockhart.
Creator:
Lockhart, Robin Bruce
Creator:
Dukes, Paul, 1889-1967
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Access
The collection is open for research; materials must be requested in advance via our reservation system. If there are audiovisual
or digital media material in the collection, they must be reformatted before providing access.
Use
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1989.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Sir Paul Dukes papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Scope and Content of Collection
Diaries, writings, lectures, notes, letters, clippings, memorabilia, and photographs, relating to British intelligence operations,
especially during the Russian Revolution, to popularization of Yoga in the Western world, and to personal affairs. Includes
fictional writings, poems and musical compositions. Also includes some material relating to Sir Paul Dukes collected by Robin
Bruce Lockhart.
Related Materials
Sir Robert Hamilton Bruce Lockhart papers, Hoover Institution Library & Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Soviet Union -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
Secret service -- Great Britain
Espionage, British -- Soviet Union
Yoga
box 1, folder 1-2
Biographical file complied by Robin Bruce Lockhart
1915-1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes award certificates; biographical note; correspondence; notes; and photographic prints and negatives.
box 1, folder 3-4
Personal documents, photographs, and clippings
1915-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes correspondence with the Dalai Lama and Pandit Nehru; genealogical essay on the Dukes family; maps; passports; and
photographic prints.
box 1, folder 5
Miscellaneous documents
1937-1990
Scope and Contents note
Includes articles by Paul Dukes; certificate of registration; correspondence; list of contents; marriage certificate; notes;
proposals; and writing fragments.
box 1, folder 6
Clippings, official documents issued by Soviet authorities, and photographic prints
1917-1968
drawer L02
Two maps of the Himalayas
The personal writings of Sit Paul Dukes
1925-1967, undated
Short stories
1925-1965, undated
box 2, folder 2
The Man Who Forgot He Hadn't Gone To Bed: A Study in Schizophrenia
box 2, folder 2
Mr. Wickershaw's Last Love Adventure
box 2, folder 3
The Involuntary Hypnotist
box 2, folder 3
Sonia Orlova: An Incident in the Russian Revolution
Musical compositions
1950-1965
Scope and Contents note
Includes musical scores accompanied by scripts and notes.
box 2, folder 4
A Christmas Carol
circa 1963
box 2, folder 5
Music to accompany yoga excercises and breathing
undated
box 2, folder 6
"Sai Baba," manuscript by Paul Dukes relating to his travels in India
1963, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes letter.
Writings and lectures by Paul Dukes relating to the practice of yoga
circa 1950-1957, undated
box 2, folder 7
Invocation: To The Giver of All Things
undated
box 2, folder 7
Ramji, The Sadhu of Lucknow
undated
box 2, folder 7
Yoga: What It Is and What It Is Not
undated
box 2, folder 7
Yoga In New Zealand
undated
box 2, folder 7
Rejuvenation For Young and Old
undated
box 2, folder 7
Yoga For East and West (lecture delivered to the National Defense Academy at Poona [Pune])
1957 March 29
box 2, folder 7
Mataji Anandamyi: Another "Incarnation of the Divine Mother"
undated
box 2, folder 7
To the Lord of the Great Breath
undated
box 2, folder 7
Untitled private lecture on yoga presented in Paris at the home of a Mr. and Mrs. Gazel
undated
box 2, folder 8
Publicity and clippings for "Yoga for the Western World" courses and lectures
1952-1964, undated
box 2, folder 9
Reference material on yoga (miscellaneous poems, mantras, illustrations)
1957, undated
Scope and Contents note
Includes set of illustrations from Richard Schmidt's 1937 publication "Fakire Und Fakirtum Im Alten Und Modernen Indien."
Newspaper clippings
1953-1965, undated
box 2, folder 10-11
The teaching of yoga by Paul Dukes and Diana Fitzgerald
1958-1964, undated
box 2, folder 12
Espionage activities of Paul Dukes
1953-1965, undated
box 3
Album of black-and-white photographs depicting Paul Dukes' travels in India
1950
Photographic prints depicting Paul Dukes and Diana Fitzgerald engaged in yoga poses
circa 1955-1965, undated
box 4, envelope A-D
44 black-and-white prints
undated
box 4, folder 1
33 black-and-white prints
box 4, envelope F
Three accordion albums of mounted black-and-white prints
box 4
Black-and-white negatives [Restricted]
Diaries
1918-1958
Scope and Contents note
Includes notes and list of contents compiled by Robin Bruce Lockhart, 1990.
box 5, folder 1
Schedule of diaries by Robin Bruce Lockhart
undated