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# Reference code Title Dates Access restrictions Retrieval information
1 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/1/1 Record of the Aldenham School Literary Club, founded 1900 1900-1901 None
2 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/1/2 Aldenham School Register (History) 1969 None
3 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/2/2 Caius College events and societies 1958-1965 None
4 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/2/3 Opening of the University Library 1934 None
5 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/2/4 Cambridge University events 1914 None
6 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/3/3 Air Law 1918-1932 None
7 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/3/4 Human Rights 25 Feb. 1967 None
8 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/1 Publishing agreements concerning books by Lord McNair 1931-1963 None
9 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/1b Correspondence with Cambridge University Press (CUP) re 'International Law Opinions' 1961-1967 None
10 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/2 Typescript catalogue and revised catalogue of international law books in the library of Lord McNair (annotated) 1967 (Date given is that of revised catalogue) None
11 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/3 Letters offering positions or making approaches to Lord McNair (in a professional capacity or to serve as a member of a society) 1912-1937 None
12 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/4 Letters of congratulation on receiving Drosier Fellowship at Caius College 1912 None
13 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/5 Letters of congratulation on appointment to International Court of Justice 1946 None
14 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/6 Hague Council: letters of congratulation on Presidency of International Court of Justice 1952 None
15 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/7 Correspondence re Grotius Society Medal 1952 None
16 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/8 Correspondence re Presidency of the British Academy 1958 None
17 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/9 Correspondence from old Caians 1965-1970 (Approximate dates) None
18 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/10 Correspondence and memoranda of agreement with publishers re from 'Law of the Air' 1950-1957 None
19 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/11 Argentine - Chile arbitration 1965-1967 None
20 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/12 Suez 1956 None
21 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/13 Whittuck Fund 1950-1956 None
22 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/14 Correspondence with Albert Smith (Clerk to Lord McNair at Temple) and others, re retirement from practice and payment of fees 1966-1968 None
23 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/16 Agreement between Saudi Arab Government and Trans-Arabian Pipe Line Company and Related Documents 1951 None
24 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/17 Opinion: in the matter of the Free Passage of the Inhabitants of the Saar Basin and Goods across the Occupied Territory of Germany 1923 None
25 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/4/20 Papers and letters found in books retained by members of the family 1851-1958 None
26 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/1 Letters of congratulation on appointment to Vice-Chancellorship 1937 None
27 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/2 Resolutions of the Liverpool University Senate and Policy Committee of Royal Liverpool United Hospital offering congratulations on conferment of knighthood June 1943 None
28 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/3 Letters sent on Lord McNair's resignation and departure from Liverpool 1944-1945 None
29 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/4 Other items of correspondence with academic colleagues, mainly comments on his books and articles 1942-1944 None
30 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/7 Senate business papers: copies of reports, notes and memos mainly written by Lord McNair for the Senate 1940-1964 None
31 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/8 Typescripts and printed programmes for school speeches and prize-giving ceremonies in Liverpool schools 1938-1951 None
32 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/9 Other speeches 1939-1945 None
33 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/10 Copies of articles published about the appointment of Lord McNair 1937 None
34 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/11 Newspaper cuttings 1937-1974 (Approximate dates) None
35 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/5/12 Vice-Chancellor bands (textile artefact) 1937 None
36 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/12 Legal Commonplace book 1912 (From 1912) None
37 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/1/14 Recording of Lord McNair's inaugural speech at the Court of Human Rights, Strasburg 20 Apr 1959 None
38 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/6 Letters of condolence on the illness and death of Lady McNair 1970-1971 None
39 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/7 Letters to Lord McNair (and some to Lady McNair) from their son, John 1931-1933 None
40 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/8 File of correspondence and papers mainly concerning trusts and settlements 1941-1974 None
41 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/9 Letter from Charles Wright commiserating on the illness of Lord McNair's father, plus order of service for the funeral of John McNair (died 23/12/1925). Nov. None
42 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/10 Draft of marriage settlement of Lord and Lady McNair and later correspondence concerning its legal and financial implications 1912-1937 None
43 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/11 Postcards sent to Lord McNair (and Lady McNair) None
44 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/12 Photocopies of family letters None
45 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/13 'Miscellaneous personal documents' 1909-1975 None
46 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/1/14 Single / loose letters re genealogy 1937-1968 None
47 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/2/1 Insurance correspondence; invoice accounts and receipts 1935-1975 None
48 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/2/2 Papers re Anglo-Argentine Tramways Co. Ltd. 1938-1950 None
49 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/2/3 US income tax correspondence and forms 1953-1954 None
50 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/2/4 Correspondence with former judges in the International Court of Justice re tax on their pensions 1962 None
51 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/2/5 'Marjorie's will and settlement; the Judge's Estate' 1924-1948 None
52 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/2/6 'Mother's Wills' 1952 (Copy of will dated 1937.) None
53 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/2/7 'Father's and Mother's Estates' 1926-1942 None
54 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/3 Commonplace book 1916-1964 None
55 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/4/1 'Autobiographical notes' by Arnold and Marjorie McNair 1965 (Estimated date) Lord McNair labelled these notes as strictly confidential, intended only for members of the family, except for the verification of a date or name or other purely factual matters. Access is allowed, but permission to publish or copy must be sought.
56 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/4/2 Mss. autobiographical notes (Undated, c. 1965) None
57 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/6 Lord McNair and Tresilian Nicholas 1972 None
58 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/7 Jeannie McNair (nee Ballantine) and William Lennox McNair (Undated) None
59 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/8 Photograph album: A.D. Macnair, July 1902 1902 None
60 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/9 Lord McNair fishing in Sweden Aug 1939 None
61 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/10 Postcard print showing Sheila and Ruth (two of Lord McNair's daughters), Christmas 1926 Dec 1926 None
62 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/12 Family images sent to Sheila Barwell by Agnes Coats 1903-1993 None
63 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/13 Photos showing wedding of Peter Francis and Priscilla Mary Davis, 1943 and later photo of this couple with June Dyer 1943 None
64 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/14 Wedding photo - World War II period but no further details 1940 (Estimated date.) None
65 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/15 'Photographs of the children' (Not dated, approximate span 1900s to 1920s) None
66 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/16 Autograph photos of Cambridge colleagues 1907 None
67 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/5/17 Portrait shot of Lord McNair (Not dated) None
68 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/7 Notes for executors June 1958 None
69 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/8/3 Notes on the Bernard Groom Prize for Literature, first award, 1973 1973 None
70 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/8/4 Letters about 'Poems of Two Continents' 1968 None
71 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/8/5 Letters from Samuel Solomon, Martyn Skinner; newspaper cutting 1970-1971 None
72 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/8/6 Envelope of letters, poem and article 1953-1960 None
73 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/8/7 Letters from Delman Banner 1971-1972 None
74 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/8/8 Letters from Allan G. Mackenzie 1957-1971 None
75 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/8/9 Letters about 'The Unity of Wordsworth's Poetry' 1966-1970 None
76 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/9/1 Replica medal of Thomas Dun Macnair None
77 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/2/9/2 Medal and sash for Honorary degree from Universite Libre de Bruxelles (Brussels) 1959 None
78 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/3/4 Postcards sent to (mainly) Sheila McNair 1906-1939 None
79 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/3/5 Letters to Lord and Lady Bailhaiche 1912-1924 (Approximate dates) None
80 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/3/6 Commonplace book dedicated to Lady Bailhache from all members of the North Finchley Sisterhood 1930 None
81 GB 2198 PPC/MCN/3/7 Lord McNair 'historical reference' 1975-1976 None