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Employment papers

(1) ‘Letters of recommendation’ wallet containing references for AH Low, geologist, and letters of introduction, 1914-1923
(2) Army exercise book containing diary of AH Low’s Great Slave Lake Expedition, June-1919
(3) ‘Important papers’ wallet containing AH Low’s ‘Outline of qualifications and experience’ and papers, including Entry Certificate to Northwest Territories Canada, relating to starting his employment with MacKenzie River Oil Ltd, Ontario and subsequent court dispute, 1921-1922
(4) Agenda of Cheltenham Science Society, listing lecture by AH Low on oil-finding in Peru, 1924
(5) Poster 62 ‘Cree’ and Poster 63 ‘Chipewyan’ [written in Inuktitut syllabics], one signed RH Campbell, [Director of Forestry, Ottawa] with fabric poster ‘Warning to Campers’ rules [1920s]

Copied and Translated Work

4 folders containing 8 handwritten and typed volumes by J.A Grant Robinson and 2 sheets of music copied out by Grant Robinson concerning Peter Grant's work

Financial papers

(1) Valuation of jewellery, 1919
(2) List of insured jewellery and values, 1926
(3) National Bank of Scotland account book, 1929
(4) Bills, receipts, shares, statements, other financial related papers, many as a result of CW Low’s death, 1928-1930
(5) Letters [one partial] between Violet and Alick [AG Low] about financial matters, 1929
(6) Receipts and letters to VA Low and AG Low regarding burial and gravestone of CW Low at St James cemetery, Highgate, 1929-1931
(7) Solicitor’s correspondence, mostly to AH Low, relating to Violet’s finances, and to her estate, 1929-1933
(8) Papers relating to Violet’s estate, dealt with by AH Low, including valuations and inventory of jewellery and property, AA valuation of a Rolls Royce, and receipts and letters about duty paid, 1928-1933
(9) Receipts and invoices relating to Violet’s funeral, 1931
(10) Catalogue for furniture of 20 Cleveland Gardens, Bayswater, with letter and lists, most addressed to AH Low, 1931

Ephemera

(1) News cuttings: report of Violet and Charles’ wedding, 1900, ‘Fortune left to my children’, about Violet who died childless, 1931 and ‘ United Counties Hunt Ball’, nd
(2) Mrs C Watson Low visiting card, nd

Margaret E Barlow (1907-2012?) & Cresta Silks

(1) Bundle of postcards and letters to ‘Dorothy’ and ‘Mrs Low’ with modern notes on Peggy’s career and genealogy, volunteer driver identity card, annotated photographs of Peggy and letter re Cresta, c1924-c1992
(2) Newscuttings featuring Cresta, 1959-1966 and newspaper [insert?] ‘A last appeal to reason by Adolf Hitler speech, 1940’
(3) Cresta collection catalogues [6], 1953-1957
(4) Notebook logging employees’ commissions, 1931-1938
(5) Notebook of draft letters, lists of clothes for trips, and sources of income, 1981-1987
(6) Typescript ‘Notes on George Clough Barlow and his children’, 1990
(7) Sent from God magazine, containing letters to Peggy and newscutting on ‘The Mission sent from God’, 1988-1990

Legal papers

(1) Notes [4pp] of draft will, nd
(2) Certificate of registry for the ship, Valexia, 1932
(3) Land certificate and accompanying letter for purchase of 11 Beaufort Road, Ealing W5, 1935
(4) Tenancy agreement for ‘Faraway’ Ferring, Sussex, 1949

Family photographs

(1) Album of loose studio portraits of Alex JS Low as a baby and boy, some with sister, Jean Mary Lindesay Low, 1930s
(2) Bundle of photographs and photocards of Alex as a baby and toddler, some annotated, 1930s
(3) Photographs of Alex as a baby and young boy, 1930s, mounted on decorated cards [5] with personal messages and sent to Anna Philpott in 2004
(4) Seaford College, Worthing: annotated photos of buildings, with photo of pupils, and note of where Alex is seated, 1948 [needs flattened]
(5) ‘AJSL Dorlo in 1949 & sea scout & dogs cross country & orchard & plane’ album of annotated snapshots, 1940s
(6) Bundle of photographs, many annotated, charting Alex’s life from prep school, featuring his family home Dorlo House, his RAF National Service and travelling in Europe, in his MG car, his wedding day to Marianne Wenzel, and as photo-journalist, 1940s-1960s
(7) Melanie Low: photographs as Melanie as a baby, including one with Alex H Low and her mother Marianne, 1962, with snapshots of her as a toddler, some with her mother, 1963
(8) Family group, annotated as showing Marianne, daughter Melanie Low, Alexander JS Low, their son Alexander JC Low, and Alex’s parents, AH Low and DL Low, c1969
(9) Charlie Low [Alex’s younger son]: photo of Charlie with Alex on a beach, 1976, with photo of Charlie with Graham Harrison by coast-breaker, c1979, school French credit certificate, 1988, photos of Charlie horse-jumping, c1988 and with the UK Pony Club team, 1992. Also email print-out from Charlie with news of his health and competitions, 2008
(10) Mandy Low [Alex’s youngest daughter]: photographs and contact sheets by Bert Hardy of Mandy at Coombe Farm, 1981, school photograph, c1990, studio photograph of Mandy with her husband and children, c2008, photograph of Myles Cowling, Mandy’s son, c2008
(11) Alexander JC Low [Alex’s elder son]: 2 photographs of AJC Low and female, 1989, with email message re iCards, 2008
(12) Photographs of Alex, with some copies, at his home and on the coast of Devon, fishing on the River Yealm and the south Deveon coast, sailing at the Isle of Man, and at Plymouth Sound, 2002-2016
(13) Photographs of Alex with Anna Philpott on the beach, at a house, and in Alaska, 2006-2007
(14) Photographs of Alex, with his two daughters and grandchildren, 2017

Scottish Theatre Programmes and Flyers

Various programmes from productions at the following theatres and venues: Kings Theatre (Glasgow), Pitlochry Festival Theatre, Whitehall Theatre (Dundee), Bonar Hall, Y.M.C.A Neil Leitch Hall, Tay Square Halls, The Little Theatre (Dundee), Theatre Royal (Dundee), La Scala Picture House, Caird Hall, The Palace Theatre (Dundee), Gaumont Theatre, The Gardyne Theatre and the Alhambra Theatre (Dunfermline).

Legal papers

(1) Letters relating to Annie Low’s will, most addressed to AH Low, her son, 1938-1945
(2) Memorandum of Agreement on 46 Gunnersbury Avenue, Ealing, with accompanying letter, 1941
(3) Extracts [2] of Annie’s death certificate, 1946

Nurse Training

Training records and Student Nurse Reports from Arbroath Infirmary from 1939-1972.

Membership

Various membership cards of Bill and Margaret Laskie from 1953-1994, brochures and papers relating to social events and outings organised by the Club from 1948-1998, and photographs and press cuttings from 1988 (some undated).

Personal papers

(1) Identity card for AJS Low, 1948, containing 5 £1 notes
(2) Seaford College sports certificates, 1948-1949, and copy of ‘The Mercreadian’, school magazine, 1953
(3) Alex’s RAF service book, 1955
(4) Newspaper with item on Alex winning the trophy of the Worthing road safety rally, 1955
(5) Annotated booklet on Austin sports cars [1950s]
(6) Alex’s National Insurance card, 1957
(7) News cutting ‘Photographer from Ferring in Blue Nile adventure’, 1967
(8) National Savings certificate book, 1968
(9) Postcard to Alex reminding him to watch ‘Bert Hardy’s World’, 1987
(10) Good Citizenship award, 1991
(11) Devon: copy of 1803 poster advertising lease of Wembury Manor, with printouts of aerial photographs, annotated with its history and bought by Alex in 1996, with badges and perambulation guide of the Royal Forest of Exmoor, plus Alex’s certificate of achievement for walking the Wembury parish boundary walk, 1996-2011
(12) News cutting of article on Harold Robbins, annotated ‘for Alex’, 2007
(13) Davenport map of Acton, Ealing [1950s?] with note by Alex listing places in his life, 21st century
(14) Auto-biographical instalments which detail Alex's introduction to photography and background to his major professional assignments, 2021-2022
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