Item HAMILTON, ISM 12/1/5 - Correspondence relating to Hamilton's rectorship of Edinburgh University, Dec 1934 - Oct 1935

Correspondence relating to Hamilton's rectorship of Edinburgh University, including with Col Ronald Bruce Campbell, Director of Physical Education at Edinburgh University, and Lt Col Alexander Stevenson Blair, Lord Rector's Assessor, regarding prospective acquisition of sites for university athletic grounds; drafts of Hamilton's poems 'The Euradays-a summons' and 'The Euradays-a respite', for the magazine Eurogonnah, 1935; Hamilton's draft preface for the Fresher's handbook, 1935; letters from FM Edmund (Henry Hynman) Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby of Megiddo and Felixstowe, accepting Hamilton's invitation to stand for election as the next Lord Rector of Edinburgh University; with Sir Thomas Henry Holland, Principal of Edinburgh University, regarding Allenby's candidature; typescript of Hamilton's speech to medal winners of the intervarsity sports, Edinburgh, 5 Jun 1935; 'Sir Ian Hamilton's Christmas card-peace and goodwill', article by Robert Jamieson on Hamilton's visit to Germany, to receive the drums of 2 Bn Gordon Highlanders which were left in Belgium and brought to Germany during World War One, The Cosmpolitan, Jan 1935. 1 file