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box 1

Biographical File, 1911-1963.

Scope and Content Note

Article, brochure, certificates, letter, memoranda, passes, passports, report, and miscellany, arranged alphabetically by physical form
Box/Folder 1 : 1

Article by Victor Kravchenko on Robert Lockhart's role in counter-revolutionary plot against the Soviet Union, based on the author's interview with Ján Buinis, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Contains a photographic reproduction of a note by Robert Lockhart requesting all personnel concerned to offer any assistance possible to Ján Buinis during his mission to "British Headquarters in Russia," 1912
Box/Folder 1 : 2

Brochure to promote a movie based on British Agent by Robert Lockhart, 1934 September.

Box/Folder 1 : 3

Certificate of confirmation issued by the British Church of St. Andrew, Moscow, 1912 May.

Box/Folder 1 : 4

Certificate (signed by George VI, the Earl of Athlone, and the Earl of Clarendon) awarding the K.C.M.G. (Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George) to Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, 1943.

Scope and Content Note

Includes three letters relating to this membership, including a preliminary invitation from the Prime Minister's office, 1942-1962
Box/Folder 1 : 5

Civil service examination, 1911 July.

Scope and Content Note

Printed copy
Box/Folder 1 : 6

Letter from the Austrian Minister in London transmitting appointment as Honorary Consul General in London for Austria, 1927 May.

Box/Folder 1 : 7

Memorandum from Robert Lockhart to Arthur Balfour on the internal situation in the Soviet Union, 1918 November (removed due to security classification)

Box/Folder 1 : 8

Memorandum from the U.S. Army recommending Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart for the Medal of Merit, 1945 September 21.

Box/Folder 1 : 9

Passes, 1944-1945.

Box/Folder 1 : 10

Passports, 1918-1963.

Box/Folder 1 : 11

Report on the "Lockhart Plot," with depositions of the accused, 1918 November 30.

Scope and Content Note

Holograph
Box/Folder 1 : 12

Miscellany. Signatures of Robin N. Bruce Lockhart, son of Robert Lockhart, and others, n.d.

box 1-2

Correspondence, 1895-1971.

Scope and Content Note

Letters and telegrams both received or written by Lockhart, and including some letters neither to nor from him, arranged alphabetically by correspondent
 

General

Box/Folder 1 : 13

Childhood letters, 1895.

Box/Folder 1 : 14

Telegrams to Robert Lockhart, 1934.

Box/Folder 1 : 15

Unidentified.

Scope and Content Note

Includes Easter greetings to Robert Lockhart, n.d.; 3 postcards neither from nor to Robert Lockhart, ca. 1916; and a postcard to Robert Lockhart received at Evening Standard, 1935
Box/Folder 1 : 16

Bark, Peter, Sir, 1936.

Box/Folder 1 : 17

Beneš, Edvard, 1940-1945.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopies and Christmas greetings
Box/Folder 1 : 18

Bracken, Brendan, 1948.

Box/Folder 1 : 19

Buchanan, George, Sir, 1926.

 

Budberg, Moura, Baroness

Box/Folder 1 : 20

Undated

Box/Folder 1 : 21

ca. 1915-1918.

Box/Folder 1 : 22

ca. 1919-1959.

Box/Folder 1 : 23

Post 1924 (probably)

Box/Folder 1 : 24

Caccia, Harold, Sir, 1964.

Box/Folder 1 : 25

Carol, King of Romania, to President Edvard Beneš, 1941.

Box/Folder 1 : 26

Eden, Anthony, 1939-1945.

Box/Folder 1 : 27

Einzig, Paul, 1971.

Box/Folder 1 : 28

Kerensky, Aleksandr, 1956.

Box/Folder 1 : 29

Lascelles, Alan, 1966.

Box/Folder 1 : 30

Lockhart, Rob, Lt.-Gen., Sir, 1956.

 

Lockhart, Robin Bruce, 1923-1969.

Box/Folder 1 : 31

Undated.

Note

See also box 9 folder 2
Box/Folder 1 : 32

1923-1952.

Box/Folder 1 : 33-35

1953-1958.

Box/Folder 2 : 1-2

1959-1969.

Box/Folder 2 : 3

Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia, 1933.

Box/Folder 2 : 4

Marie, Queen of Romania, 1937.

Scope and Content Note

Letter written by Countess Irene Procofsin, Lady-in-Waiting
Box/Folder 2 : 5

Masaryk, Ján, 1939.

Scope and Content Note

Printed quotation from Lao-tse with holograph note
Box/Folder 2 : 6

Norton, Jean, n.d.

Box/Folder 2 : 7

Peake, Charles, Sir, 1947.

Box/Folder 2 : 8

Peterson, Maurice, Sir, 1946.

Box/Folder 2 : 9

Salisbury, Lord, 1955.

Box/Folder 2 : 10

Spears, E. L., 1967.

Note

See also box 6 folder 25
Box/Folder 2 : 11

West, Rebecca, 1968.

box 2-3

Diaries, 1910-1962.

Scope and Content Note

Miscellaneous diaries and photocopies of printed transcripts of diaries, arranged chronologically. The majority of Lockhart's diaries are located in the Beaverbrook Library and have been published in several volumes ( The Diaries of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart, Kenneth Young, ed., London: Macmillan London Limited, 1973)
 

Originals

Box/Folder 2 : 12

1910 July - August. Relates to travel from the Far East through Canada to England.

Scope and Content Note

Includes draft verse
Box/Folder 2 : 13

1946 July 1 - 1954 June 28.

Scope and Content Note

Erratic entries from 1946 (primarily), 1947, 1948, 1950, and 1954
Box/Folder 2 : 14

1960 April 23 and May 12-13.

Scope and Content Note

Loose-leaf pages describing a visit with Sir Orme Sargent
 

Photocopies of printed transcripts of diaries, 1915-1962

Box/Folder 2 : 15

1915-1942.

Box/Folder 2 : 16

1943-1962.

Box/Folder 3 : 1

1943-1962.

box 3-6

Speeches and Writings, 1907-1960s.

Scope and Content Note

Arranged chronologically. Many early works from and about the Soviet Union were written under the pseudonym of Jean d'Auvergne
 

General

 

Notebooks containing entries on significant individuals and events, as well as quotations and other miscellany

Box/Folder 3 : 2

Undated

Box/Folder 3 : 3

mid-1930s.

Box/Folder 3 : 4

late 1930s.

Box/Folder 3 : 5

1932.

Box/Folder 3 : 6

1934.

Box/Folder 4 : 1

1937.

Box/Folder 4 : 2

ca. 1938.

Box/Folder 4 : 3

1938-1945.

Box/Folder 4 : 4

late 1940s.

Box/Folder 4 : 5

1943.

Box/Folder 4 : 6

1944-1945.

Scope and Content Note

Includes some notes from 1943
Box/Folder 4 : 7

1950.

Box/Folder 5 : 1-2

1956.

Box/Folder 5 : 3

1958.

Box/Folder 5 : 4-6

Verse. Loose-leaf holographs and notebooks, 1907-1913.

Box/Folder 5 : 7

"Ordeal by Oratory," n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed typescript co-authored with Alexander Kerensky
Box/Folder 5 : 8

"The Slave of the White Poppy," n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Draft typescript
Box/Folder 5 : 9

"Student-Life in Russia," Chambers's Journal, 1912 June.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 5 : 10

"The Russian Decadents," The Blue Book, 1912 September.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 5 : 11

Miscellaneous columns, 1913-1915.

Box/Folder 5 : 12

"The Continental Variety-Stage," parts I and II, The Englishwoman, 1913 January - February.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 5 : 13

"Ears of Rye," Chambers's Journal, 1913 March 1.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 5 : 14

"Ten Years of Russian Literature," The Englishwoman, 1913 August.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 5 :15

"The Revolutionary: A Tale of the Russian Ballet," The Bystander, 1913 September 17.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy
Box/Folder 6 : 1

Columns for The Bystander, 1913 March - 1914 May 20.

Scope and Content Note

Relate to Russian life and literature. Mimeographed and printed copies
Box/Folder 6 : 2

"The Moscow Art Theatre," ca. 1914.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 6 : 3

"Daddy," 1914 August 1.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript of a short story
Box/Folder 6 : 4

"The Way of the English," The Royal Magazine, 1916 May.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 6 : 5

"Bolshevik Aims and Bolshevik Ideals," ca. 1918-1919.

Scope and Content Note

Mimeographed copy of printed article
Box/Folder 6 : 6

"An Englishman Looks at the World," speech, ca. 1930s.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 7

"James Simpson," article, ca. 1930s.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 8

"End of an Epoch," ca. 1938-1939.

Scope and Content Note

Autobiographical typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 9

"Inside Wartime Russia," radio broadcast, 1942 May 19.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 10

"The Wandering Scot," speech, ca. 1950s.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 11

"Founder's Day, Fettes College," speech, 1953 June 27.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 12

"Britain's Place in the World Today," speech, 1953 September.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 13

"Queen and Commonwealth," speech, the Societe Franco-Britannique, Paris, 1953 November 13.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 14

"Baroness Budberg," article, 1958.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 15

"The Prophets of Our Time" and "Lord Cameron," ca. late 1950s.

Scope and Content Note

Chapters for a book entitled Giants Cast Long Shadows, which were not used. Draft typescripts
Box/Folder 6 : 16

"Harold Macmillan," article, ca. 1960.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
box 6

Sidney Reilly File, 1921-1968.

Scope and Content Note

Article and correspondence relating to British espionage agent Sidney Reilly, arranged alphabetically by physical form
Box/Folder 6 : 17

Article, "Kak îskal Shpiona Reīli," by R. I. Pimenov, 1968 June.

Scope and Content Note

In Russian. Includes a partial English translation titled, "My Search for Reilly the Spy," Leningrad, 1968
 

Letters primarily to and from Sidney Reilly

Box/Folder 6 : 18

General, 1925-1927.

Scope and Content Note

Letters to Mrs. Sidney Reilly from Harold Williams, 1925, and from C. D. R. Lumby and E. Marsh, 1927
Box/Folder 6 : 19

Undated

Box/Folder 6 : 20

Unidentified, 1922-1925.

Scope and Content Note

Includes telegrams to Sidney Reilly
Box/Folder 6 : 21

Brunstrom, O., 1922.

Box/Folder 6 : 22

Dukes, Paul, 1922.

Box/Folder 6 : 23

Krary, Jim, 1921.

Box/Folder 6 : 24

Savinkov, Boris, 1921-1924.

Box/Folder 6 : 25

Spears, E. L., 1925.

Note

See also box 2 folder 10
box 6-7

Subject File, 1907-1960s.

Scope and Content Note

Flyers, letters, maps, memoranda, pamphlet, reports, and miscellany relating primarily to the Soviet Union and Europe before and during World War II, arranged by subject
Box/Folder 6 : 26

Alley, Stephen, n.d.

Box/Folder 6 : 27

Beaverbrook, Lord, 1954 May 23.

Scope and Content Note

Pamphlet of photographs commemorating Lord Beaverbrook's 75th birthday
 

Chester Concession

Box/Folder 6 : 28

Affidavit, 1922.

Box/Folder 6 : 29

Clippings, 1923.

Box/Folder 6 : 30

Letters, 1914-1923, including to K. B. Clayton-Kennedy

Box/Folder 6 : 31

China, 1960s.

Scope and Content Note

Notes on Chinese foreign relations, primarily with the Soviet Union. Holograph
Box/Folder 6 : 32

Czechoslovakia, 1941-1948.

Scope and Content Note

Reports for the British Foreign Office on the meeting between Vyacheslav Molotov and Edvard Beneš in England, 1942 June; a memorandum regarding Czech frontiers, 1941; a memorandum by President Edvard Beneš on British radio broadcasts during World War II; and an incomplete letter, attributed to Mildred Thomas, describing Dr. Beneš' final illness, after the Communist take-over, 1948 October. Typescripts
Box/Folder 6 : 33

De Valera, Eamon, 1945 October 19.

Scope and Content Note

Report of an interview with Eamon De Valera. Typescript
Box/Folder 6 : 34

Masaryk, Ján, n.d.

Note

See also box 9 folder 15

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy of a medal issued by the Czechs to commemorate his death, and of a note by Lockhart.
 

Savinkov, Boris V.

Box/Folder 6 : 35

Agenda of a meeting where Savinkov was scheduled to give a speech on the Russian political situation, n.d.

Box/Folder 6 : 36

Clipping, 1925 August.

 

Correspondence

 

General.

Scope and Content Note

Includes telegrams
Box/Folder 6 : 37

Undated

Box/Folder 6 : 38

Unidentified, 1920-1921.

Box/Folder 6 : 39

Savinkova, S., 1922.

Box/Folder 6 : 40

Report on the role of the Polish government in Savinkov's conspiracy against the Soviet government and a letter to the editor by Maslovski on the subject, n.d.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript fragments
 

Soviet Union

Box/Folder 7 : 1

General, 1917-1918.

Scope and Content Note

Includes maps, World War I savings bonds, and a handwritten luggage receipt
Box/Folder 7 : 2

British newspaper, The Socialist, with an article on the "Lockhart Plot," 1918 September.

Box/Folder 7 : 3

Flyer issued by the Bolsheviks describing the "Lockhart Plot," 1918 September.

Box/Folder 7 : 4

Pass signed by Leon Trotsky, 1918 February 27.

Scope and Content Note

Photocopy
Box/Folder 7 : 5

Report to the British Foreign Office on a conversation with L. M. Karachan about relations between Soviet Union and the Allies, 1918 November 7 (removed due to security classification).

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 7 : 6

Report (incomplete) by William B. Webster of the American Red Cross Mission to the Soviet Union on the post-war situation in the Baltic area, 1918 December 30.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 7 : 7

United States, 1939 April 15.

Scope and Content Note

Report to the British Foreign Office on the state of American public opinion on the situation in Europe. Typescript
Box/Folder 7 : 8

William II, German Emperor, 1939 August.

Scope and Content Note

Report on a visit. Typescript
 

World War, 1939-1945

Box/Folder 7 : 9

Allied leaflet announcing the liberation of Paris, 1944 August.

Box/Folder 7 : 10

Silk map prepared for intelligence agents during the North African invasion, 1942 September - October.

Box/Folder 7 : 11

Summary of meetings between Winston Churchill, Anthony Eden, and Vyacheslav Molotov, 1942 June 10-11.

Scope and Content Note

Typescript
Box/Folder 7 : 12-14

Miscellany, 1907-1938.

Scope and Content Note

Includes illustrations and postcards
box 8

Great Britain Foreign Office Documents, 1946-1948.

Scope and Content Note

Mostly British Embassy, Prague, dispatches to the Foreign Office, but also from Denmark, France, Soviet Union, and United States, all relating to the situation in Czechoslovakia, arranged alphabetically by location of embassy
 

British Embassy

Box/Folder 8 : 1-3

Czechoslovakia

Box/Folder 8 : 4

Denmark

Box/Folder 8 : 5

France

Box/Folder 8 : 6

Soviet Union

Box/Folder 8 : 7

United States

box 9

Photographs, 1912-1956.

Scope and Content Note

32 prints and 1 negative depicting personalities such as Edvard Beneš, Arthur Henderson, David Lloyd George, and Ján Masaryk, arranged by physical form
Box/Folder 9 : 1

Negatives. 1 negative depicting inscription on silver box given by Sidney Reilly to Robert Lockhart, ca. 1918.

 

Prints

Box/Folder 9 : 2

4 prints depicting unidentified individuals, n.d.

Note

See also box 1 folder 31
Box/Folder 9 : 3

1 print (photocopy) depicting inscription on silver box given by Sidney Reilly to Robert Lockhart, ca. 1918.

Box/Folder 9 : 4

1 print of Milner? n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 5

1 print depicting the city of Moscow, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 6

1 print depicting Feliks Dzerzhinskii, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 7

1 print depicting Arthur Henderson, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 8

1 print depicting Madame Germanova, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 9

1 print depicting Artur Khristianovich Artuzov, Chief of the Counter Intelligence Department or KRO (Kontr-razvediavatel'nyi otdel'), n.d.

Box/Folder 9 :10

1 print depicting Leon Trotsky, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 11

1 print depicting President Edvard Beneš and Ján Masaryk, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 12

1 print depicting Yakov Peters, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 13

1 print depicting leaders of the October Revolution, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 14

5 prints depicting David Lloyd George, Richard Tauber, and his wife, Diana Napier, in David Lloyd George's garden, n.d.

Box/Folder 9 : 15

2 prints including one depicting the graves of Ján Masaryk and T. C. Masaryk, and one depicting a medal issued by the Czechs to commemorate the death of Ján Masaryk, n.d.

Note

See also box 6 folder 34
Box/Folder 9 : 16

1 print of the late Reverend Lombard of Hampstead and St. Petersburg (Leningrad), 1912?.

Box/Folder 9 : 17

3 prints depicting the Moscow Football Team, 1912-1916.

Box/Folder 9 : 18

1 print depicting an unidentified individual on top of the Empire State Building, ca. 1936.

Box/Folder 9 : 19

4 prints depicting Edvard Beneš, President of Czechoslovakia, including one signed by him for Robert Lockhart, 1942, one signed by President Edvard Beneš for Aston Abbotts, 1944, one depicting him on his death bed, and one depicting his grave site, 1956.

Box/Folder 9 : 20

1 print depicting Moura Budberg, n.d..

Box 9-12

Unprocessed papers undated

Box 12

Declassified British government records 1918-1973

Scope and Content Note

Formerly security-classified records of the British government, released in full. Arranged chronologically by date of release by Hoover, thereunder chronologically by date of creation
Box 12

2010 release of records 1918-1973

Physical Description: One folder
Box 12

2011 release of record undated

Physical Description: One folder containing 1 item