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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 1965–74 re John
Connell's works.
F.8 Collins-accounts re insurance premiums and corrections 1959–65.
Box 52 Correspondence, Manuscripts
F.1 Correspondence to Ruth Robertson re royalties and permissions.
F.2 Correspondence to Ruth Robertson 1968–1992.
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 1941–43)
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 1924–25–26–27–28". 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,
1941–46. 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.1948–54. 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.1954–64. 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 1936–37, 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 Connell’s 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:
Israel’s 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 Connell’s 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. Andrew’s 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 O’London’s,
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 “Wavell’s 30,000” by John Connell
Two“uncorrected advance proofs”, one with corrections, John Connell, Wavell:
Supreme Commander (not placed in a file folder)
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