MC/15 - Box 15 Richard Meinertzhagen
Reference code
MC/15
Level of description
File
Title
Box 15 Richard Meinertzhagen
Date/s
1915-1989
Quantity & Format
1 box Mixed
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The contents of boxes 15-17 were deposited in a shopping bag in September 2017. The contents relate primarily to Richard Meinertzhagen.
Scope and content
MC’S NOTEBOOKS
Black A4 notebook containing research notes by MC relating to Meinertzhagen’s diaries.
Blue A4 notebook containing research notes by MC relating to Meinertzhagen’s diaries.
TRANSCRIPTS OF RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN'S CORRESPONDENCE AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY)
Contained in an envelope. Transcripts by Jonathan Elphick of Meinertzhagen’s correspondence with the British Museum. Includes police reports. Letters from 1919 concern Meinertzhagen’s banning from the Bird Room in the British Museum. Letters from the 1930s concern Meinertzhagen and a missing book from the British Library. Letters from 1947 concern the removal of a Greenfinch skin and the shaking out of Mallaphaga (lice) from bird skins.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL PAPERS (brown folder)
- Dictionary of National Biography entries.
- Who Was Who entry for Meinertzhagen.
- Meinertzhagen’s entry in Burke’s Landed Gentry.
- Meinertzhagen’s will.
- Mottisfont Abbey (National Trust pamphlet).
- Times obituary on Meinertzhagen (hand copied by MC).
- Biographical notes by MC.
- Printed description on Ladbroke Estate (p.225, 229, 231-233).
- Press cuttings concerning the alleged rescue by Meinertzhagen of Grand Duchess Tatiana, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II.
- Meinertzhagen’s movements 1899-1912 (a handwritten chronology by MC).
- Probate registration of the will of Annie Constance Meinertzhagen (late wife of Richard Meinertzhagen).
- Extract of an entry in a register of deaths for Annie Meinertzhagen.
'OUT OF THE OAK: THE STORY OF AYSGARTH SCHOOL'. PRINTED BY JOHN HARRISON (STOCKTON).
IMAGES (red folder)
- Photographs used in 'Richard Meinertzhagen: Soldier, Scientist and Spy'.
- Laminated images of a church (possibly in Bremen Germany), graveyard and a memorial plaque to Daniel Meinertzhagen who was born in Bremen (dates are indistinct). Also includes a bronze plaque to Richard Meinertzhagen ‘soldier, traveller, ornithologist, writer’.
RESEARCH PAPERS INCLUDING PAPERS ON ZIONISM AND RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN'S MILITARY CAREER
- Letter, Richard Meinertzhagen to Jack, 15 Dec 1914. Meinertzhagen relates the battle fought against the Germans at Tanga (Kenya) by forces in British East Africa. (Typescript photocopy).
- Letter, Meinertzhagen to Jeffer, 28 May 1915. Meinertzhagen relates atrocities taking place by Germans in East Africa. (Typescript photocopy).
- Letter, Meinertzhagen to Jeffer, 18 October 1915. Meinertzhagen writes of the ruining of the 25th Battalion by its Commanding Officer, Driscoll. (Typescript photocopy).
- Military policy governing the re-partition of Africa. Signed by Meinertzhagen, 1/2/1919. (Paris Peace Conference Appendix E; Typescript photocopy).
- Minutes, 1919. Stamped General Staff W.O. Director of Military Operations. (Handwritten photocopy).
- Cabinet Committee on Palestine, July 1923. Shorthand notes of a statement by Sir Herbert Samuel at the second meeting … 18 p. (Typescript photocopy).
- Cabinet Committee on Palestine. The Future of Palestine. Report. 27/7/1923. (Typescript photocopy).
- Covering letter, Leonard Stein (The Zionist Organisation) to Mr Sokolow, relating to an interview with Meinertzhagen, 1923.
- Note on interview with Colonel Meinertzhagen at the Colonial Office, 1923. (Typescript photocopy).
- Remarks on Von Lettow-Vorbeck’s Reminiscences of East Africa. F. Dupuis, June 1973. Six leaves. (Typescript photocopy).
- My flags. An inventory of flags owned by and given to Meinertzhagen. One leaf. (Typescript photocopy).
- Lecture to the Anglo-Arab Association. (Typed and handwritten notes by MC).
- MC’s notes and printed letters between Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen (Cairo), Earl Curzon, Field Marshall Viscount Allenby and Sir Winston Churchill.
- 'Zionism, Imperialism and Racism' by A. Kayyali. London: Croom Helm, 1979. (Photocopy, pp. 66-69).
- 'Non-Jewish Zionism: its Roots in Western History' by Regina Sharif. London: Zed Paris, 1983. (Photocopy, four leaves).
- Letter, R. Weiskopf (Central Zionist Archives) to MC, 30/3/88. (Re: the sending of a copy of a document relating to Leonard Stein’s interview of Meinertzhagen).
- P.241 of a document outlining a UNICEF programme in Kenya to aid mobilization and improve conditions for women and children, [198-?].
- Press cutting on Vera Perhamenko who died having left a bank safety deposit box containing treasures of the Tsars including items thought to have belonged to Peter the Great.
- Press cutting on the identification of the bones of Tsar Nicholas II and the tsarina, [1996?].
- Reviews on the Australian film 'The Lighthorsemen' which tells the story played by the Aussie Lighthorsemen in their successful attack on the Turks and Germans at Beersheba in 1917.
- Printed papers on the Lammergeier (vulture) and Darwin. (In envelope).
DOCUMENTS FROM THE [CHAIM] WEIZMANN ARCHIVE (Rechovot, Israel)
Documents obtained from the Weizmann Archive (photocopies). Includes correspondence between the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann and Meinertzhagen.
Black A4 notebook containing research notes by MC relating to Meinertzhagen’s diaries.
Blue A4 notebook containing research notes by MC relating to Meinertzhagen’s diaries.
TRANSCRIPTS OF RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN'S CORRESPONDENCE AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM (NATURAL HISTORY)
Contained in an envelope. Transcripts by Jonathan Elphick of Meinertzhagen’s correspondence with the British Museum. Includes police reports. Letters from 1919 concern Meinertzhagen’s banning from the Bird Room in the British Museum. Letters from the 1930s concern Meinertzhagen and a missing book from the British Library. Letters from 1947 concern the removal of a Greenfinch skin and the shaking out of Mallaphaga (lice) from bird skins.
BIOGRAPHICAL AND PERSONAL PAPERS (brown folder)
- Dictionary of National Biography entries.
- Who Was Who entry for Meinertzhagen.
- Meinertzhagen’s entry in Burke’s Landed Gentry.
- Meinertzhagen’s will.
- Mottisfont Abbey (National Trust pamphlet).
- Times obituary on Meinertzhagen (hand copied by MC).
- Biographical notes by MC.
- Printed description on Ladbroke Estate (p.225, 229, 231-233).
- Press cuttings concerning the alleged rescue by Meinertzhagen of Grand Duchess Tatiana, the daughter of Tsar Nicholas II.
- Meinertzhagen’s movements 1899-1912 (a handwritten chronology by MC).
- Probate registration of the will of Annie Constance Meinertzhagen (late wife of Richard Meinertzhagen).
- Extract of an entry in a register of deaths for Annie Meinertzhagen.
'OUT OF THE OAK: THE STORY OF AYSGARTH SCHOOL'. PRINTED BY JOHN HARRISON (STOCKTON).
IMAGES (red folder)
- Photographs used in 'Richard Meinertzhagen: Soldier, Scientist and Spy'.
- Laminated images of a church (possibly in Bremen Germany), graveyard and a memorial plaque to Daniel Meinertzhagen who was born in Bremen (dates are indistinct). Also includes a bronze plaque to Richard Meinertzhagen ‘soldier, traveller, ornithologist, writer’.
RESEARCH PAPERS INCLUDING PAPERS ON ZIONISM AND RICHARD MEINERTZHAGEN'S MILITARY CAREER
- Letter, Richard Meinertzhagen to Jack, 15 Dec 1914. Meinertzhagen relates the battle fought against the Germans at Tanga (Kenya) by forces in British East Africa. (Typescript photocopy).
- Letter, Meinertzhagen to Jeffer, 28 May 1915. Meinertzhagen relates atrocities taking place by Germans in East Africa. (Typescript photocopy).
- Letter, Meinertzhagen to Jeffer, 18 October 1915. Meinertzhagen writes of the ruining of the 25th Battalion by its Commanding Officer, Driscoll. (Typescript photocopy).
- Military policy governing the re-partition of Africa. Signed by Meinertzhagen, 1/2/1919. (Paris Peace Conference Appendix E; Typescript photocopy).
- Minutes, 1919. Stamped General Staff W.O. Director of Military Operations. (Handwritten photocopy).
- Cabinet Committee on Palestine, July 1923. Shorthand notes of a statement by Sir Herbert Samuel at the second meeting … 18 p. (Typescript photocopy).
- Cabinet Committee on Palestine. The Future of Palestine. Report. 27/7/1923. (Typescript photocopy).
- Covering letter, Leonard Stein (The Zionist Organisation) to Mr Sokolow, relating to an interview with Meinertzhagen, 1923.
- Note on interview with Colonel Meinertzhagen at the Colonial Office, 1923. (Typescript photocopy).
- Remarks on Von Lettow-Vorbeck’s Reminiscences of East Africa. F. Dupuis, June 1973. Six leaves. (Typescript photocopy).
- My flags. An inventory of flags owned by and given to Meinertzhagen. One leaf. (Typescript photocopy).
- Lecture to the Anglo-Arab Association. (Typed and handwritten notes by MC).
- MC’s notes and printed letters between Colonel Richard Meinertzhagen (Cairo), Earl Curzon, Field Marshall Viscount Allenby and Sir Winston Churchill.
- 'Zionism, Imperialism and Racism' by A. Kayyali. London: Croom Helm, 1979. (Photocopy, pp. 66-69).
- 'Non-Jewish Zionism: its Roots in Western History' by Regina Sharif. London: Zed Paris, 1983. (Photocopy, four leaves).
- Letter, R. Weiskopf (Central Zionist Archives) to MC, 30/3/88. (Re: the sending of a copy of a document relating to Leonard Stein’s interview of Meinertzhagen).
- P.241 of a document outlining a UNICEF programme in Kenya to aid mobilization and improve conditions for women and children, [198-?].
- Press cutting on Vera Perhamenko who died having left a bank safety deposit box containing treasures of the Tsars including items thought to have belonged to Peter the Great.
- Press cutting on the identification of the bones of Tsar Nicholas II and the tsarina, [1996?].
- Reviews on the Australian film 'The Lighthorsemen' which tells the story played by the Aussie Lighthorsemen in their successful attack on the Turks and Germans at Beersheba in 1917.
- Printed papers on the Lammergeier (vulture) and Darwin. (In envelope).
DOCUMENTS FROM THE [CHAIM] WEIZMANN ARCHIVE (Rechovot, Israel)
Documents obtained from the Weizmann Archive (photocopies). Includes correspondence between the Zionist leader Chaim Weizmann and Meinertzhagen.
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