The New Atlantis Foundation Dimitrije Mitrinović Archive: Catalogue
NAF 3/4 Papers of Sir Patrick Geddes
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- NAF 3/4/1 Correspondence relating to Sir Patrick Geddes.
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NAF 3/4 Papers of Sir Patrick Geddes.Date: 1930 -1969 Extent: 1 file Scope and content: Letters to, or about, Sir Patrick Geddes, kept by the New Europe Group/New Atlantis Foundation. Notes: See NAF 5/2/4 - NAF 5/2/5, NAF 10/2/23 - NAF 10/2/26 for further material by, or relating to, Geddes. NAF 3/4/1 Correspondence relating to Sir Patrick Geddes.Date: 1930 -1969 Extent: 6 items Scope and content: Typescript and manuscript letters. Correspondents include Huntly Carter (on cinema), Dr. Ronald Campbell Macfie, R.A. Gregory, David Shillan, and Dr. Philip Boardman. Includes typescript document "The National Spirit in the Cinema. A Symposium of Cinema Planning and Production" (1931).
Extent: 3 files Scope and content: Manuscript and typescript letters, many dating from the Second World War and containing accounts of Harker's time in the Army. Includes notes and statements, essays and printed leaflets.
Extent: 35 items Scope and content: Manuscript and typescript letters, mainly from John Harker to Ellen Mayne sent during his active service in East Africa during the Second World War. Also two documents relating to the activities and teachings of the group around Dimitrije Mitrinović. Access conditions: Access restricted in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Restricted.
Date: [August 1934] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript letter concerning pacifism and the change in New Britain's status from a weekly to a quarterly publication. NAF 3/5/1/2 Letter to the Editors, New Britain Weekly from L.E. Roberts. Date: 1 August 1934 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Manuscript letter concerning the religious content of the New Britain Weekly, its stance on pacifism and the change in New Britain's status from a weekly to a quarterly publication. NAF 3/5/1/3 Letter Card to Winifred Gordon Fraser from John [John Harker]. Date: ?1939 - ?1945 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript letter, in which Harker expresses his wish to meet with Gordon Fraser for a discussion. NAF 3/5/1/4 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 7 February 1942 Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent c/o GPO, Beccles, Suffolk, sending birthday greetings and expressing his frustrations with his current inability to "create" and ill health. He gives news of members of Dimitrije Mitrinović's network, including Delahaye and Dobree, and discusses the press and Lord Beaverbrook. NAF 3/5/1/5 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 5 July [?1944] Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Bolesworth Castle, Broxton, Cheshire. Harker writes about his recent visit to Cooper whilst on leave, and changes in his outlook. He discusses British attitudes to Russia and a speech by Stalin. NAF 3/5/1/6 Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: [December] 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Typescript copy of a letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker sends Christmas greetings, discusses army life, and the development of the group around Mitrinović. Notes: 2 copies. See NAF 3/5/1/10 for original.
Date: 20 January 1944 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Typescript copy of a letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses his struggle with back pain, and the prospects for the post-Second World War peace negotiations and post-war careers for Delahaye, Rex Campbell and C.B. Purdom. NAF 3/5/1/8 Copy of a Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 12 December 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent c/o GPO, Beccles, Suffolk, sending birthday greetings and expressing his frustrations with his current inability to "create" and ill health. He gives news of members of Dimitrije Mitrinović's network, including Delahaye and Dobree, and discusses the press and Lord Beaverbrook. NAF 3/5/1/9 Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 9 December 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, with New Year greetings. Harker discusses his "exile", the future, his rejection of conventional marriage, his relationship with his wife, Daphne, his son and personal happiness. Access conditions: Closed in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/1/10 Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 11 November 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker sends Christmas greetings, discusses army life, and the development of the group around Mitrinović. Notes: See NAF 3/5/1/6 for typescript copy.
Date: 11 November 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript copy of a letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker sends Christmas greetings, discusses army life, and the development of the group around Mitrinović. Notes: See NAF 3/5/2/7 and NAF 3/5/1/10 for typescript copy.
Date: 24 October [?1943] Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses photographs, introduces his friend Sue Fisher to Mayne, and expresses his gratitude for having been sent copies of the Group's writings. He discusses the Shillan family. NAF 3/5/1/13 Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 17 September [?1943] Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses his recent activities whilst on leave, the Shillan family, his attitude to political life, his reminiscences of the 1920s, and his marriage. NAF 3/5/1/14 Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 24 August 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker informs Mayne that he has been keeping a diary, and discusses travelling to Tana. Notes: Ink badly faded.
Date: 7 August 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses and article he had sent to Winifred Gordon Fraser, and his plans for his upcoming leave. NAF 3/5/1/16 Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 4 July 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses his views on military service and a day trip he made with Alan Cadbury to a local village in Kenya. NAF 3/5/1/17 Copy of a Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 11 May 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter from Harker, H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing Rex [Rex Campbell/Reginald Wrugh?] and Niall MacDermot, and his plans to resume writing. NAF 3/5/1/18 Copy of a Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 30 May 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter from Harker, H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing his son Naoum, Dimitrije Mitrinović’s health, his writing and asking Mayne to send him writings from the Group. NAF 3/5/1/19 Letter to Ellen [Ellen Mayne] from John Harker. Date: 18 April 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, Kenya announcing that Harker was sending a gift, explaining his low mood, discussing Dimitrije Mitrinović’s new flat, his writing and news of mutual friends. He asks Mayne to send reading matter. NAF 3/5/1/20 Copy of a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 7 December 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing Christmas post, his family, mutual friends, and his response to the country he was posted in [Kenya?]. NAF 3/5/1/21 Copy of a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 7 January 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing Christmas post, his family, mutual friends, and his response to the country he was posted in [Kenya?]. NAF 3/5/1/22 Copy of a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 20 February 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing Christmas post, his family, mutual friends, and his response to the country he was posted in [Kenya?]. NAF 3/5/1/23 Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 12 November 1942 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter card sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, thanking Mayne for visiting his wife and son [?], expressing his enthusiasm for some articles that the New Europe Group [?] planned to publish, his plans for a commentary on the works of Erich Gutkind, and his weekend activities. NAF 3/5/1/24 Copy of a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 20 July 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing African wildlife and asking for news from home. NAF 3/5/1/25 Copy of a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 24 September 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing his concerns about his wife and son, and his brother being wounded in Libya. NAF 3/5/1/26 Copy of a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 6 October 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing a recent weekend away, his reading of philosophers, and communications with home. NAF 3/5/1/27 Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 9 June [1942] Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter, sent during Harker's voyage to Africa. Harker discusses his leaving England, life on board ship, Mayne's relationship with Harker's son Naoum. He asks Mayne to "protect" his wife Daphne Harker, discussing their relationship, his friendship with Mayne and his regrets about relationships with Ralph [Ralph Twentyman?] and Niall MacDermot. Access conditions: Closed in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/1/28 Copy of a Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi from John Harker. Date: 2 September 1943 Extent: 3 pages Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing books he bought for Mitrinović, asking if he could write for Mitrinović's publications despite difficulties of remaining up-to-date, and his anxieties about his wife and son. NAF 3/5/1/29 Copy of a Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi from John Harker. Date: 24 May 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing the tenth anniversary of New Britain and his hopes for the future, and Mitrinović's new home. NAF 3/5/1/30 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 26 December 1942 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command, discussing his journey from Kenya to Madagascar, including observations on a dance performed at a Malagasy Muslim festival, racism and the effects of British rule. He expresses his wish to meet [John] Hope Johnstone, Cooper's friend. NAF 3/5/1/31 Letter to Winifred Gordon Fraser from John Harker. Date: 27 April [1941?] Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from O.R. Training Wing, R.A. School of Survey, Larkhill, Wiltshire. Harker discusses "militaristic nonsense" duties, his prospects in the Army, his struggle with being away from Dimitrije Mitrinović's group, changes in his own outlook and plans to become a "statesman". NAF 3/5/1/32 Excerpt from a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: [1941] Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript copy of an excerpt from a letter sent from Africa, discussing the potential pitfalls facing the group around Dimitrije Mitrinović, principally dissolving into chaos or suffering from a lack of creativity. NAF 3/5/1/33 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi from John Harker. Date: “Sunday” [?1941] Extent: 3 pages Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Tattenhall, Cheshire. Harker writes of his fears of bombing, Army life, plans for the New Atlantis Group, Mitrinović's role as a guru and Harker's personal development. He writes of Ante Pavelić granting the Crown of Croatia to an Italian [Prince Aimone, Duke of Aosta?]. NAF 3/5/1/34 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi from "Harold" [John Harker]. Date: 18 September 1936 Extent: 1 page, 1 envelope Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from the Tudor Close Hotel, Rottingdean, Sussex, thanking Mitrinović for his role in "creating" him and his wife Daphne for each other, for creating the community to which he belonged, for his honeymoon and other services. NAF 3/5/1/35 Manuscript Notes on Members of Dimitrije Mitrinovi 's Group. Date: [?1936] Extent: 11 pages Scope and content: Manuscript notes in John Harker's hand, recording his recent contact with group members and his observations on their activities and opinions. Notes concern relationships between group members, activities relating to plans for the "Jewish Senate", and criticisms of the group. NAF 3/5/2 File. "Mr. J. Harker, Letters", Letters from John Harker.Date: ?1938 - 1944 Extent: 64 items Scope and content: Manuscript and typescript letters (including some copies) sent by John Harker to Valerie Cooper, David Shillan, Winifred Gordon Fraser, Orion Playfair, Niall MacDermot, Ellen Mayne, Harry Rutherford, Dorothy Wrugh and Dimitrije Mitrinović. Most date from Harker's service during the Second World War and include his impressions of army life, prospects for the post-war world and international politics. Access conditions: Restricted access to some items in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Restricted.
Date: 7 June [?1940] - 9 June [?1940] Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter. Harker discusses Shakespeare, his relationship with his wife, army life, his son and feelings about the Group around Dimitrije Mitrinović. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/2 Letter to Winifred Gordon Fraser from John Harker. Date: [?1938] Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Moston Hall. Harker discusses Dimitrije Mitrinović's health and inactivity, his marriage, his own health and his favourite authors. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/3 Letter to Orion Playfair from "J" [John Harker]. Date: [?1940] Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter. Harker discusses neutral countries in the Second World War and plans for Europe in a post-war world. NAF 3/5/2/4 Letter to Orion Playfair from "J" [John Harker]. Date: 22 April [?1940] Extent: 2 pages, 3 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from O.R. Training Wing, R.A. School of Survey, Larkhill, Wiltshire. Harker discusses his arrival at the School of Survey, his son and wife. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/5 Letter to Orion Playfair from "J" [John Harker]. Date: 19 May [?1940] Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from O.R. Training Wing, R.A. School of Survey, Larkhill, Wiltshire. Harker discusses his experience of army training at the Survey School, a visit with J.V. Delahaye, his views on joining the Forces, the Second World War and Europe. NAF 3/5/2/6 Letter to Orion Playfair from John Harker. Date: 15 June [?1940] Extent: 3 pages, 6 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter. Harker discusses the progress of the Second World War, his views on Europe and the position of Britain, a visit to a local Masonic Lodge, his attempts to meet up with Playfair and role in the Army Survey. NAF 3/5/2/7 Copy of a Letter to Ellen Mayne from John Harker. Date: 11 November 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Typescript letter sent from H.Q. 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker sends Christmas greetings, discusses army life, and the development of the group around Mitrinović. Notes: See NAF 3/5/1/10 for original.
Date: 21 May 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript letter concerning Harker's imminent posting overseas with the Army and arrangements for his wife and son in his absence. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/9 Letter to Grace Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 30 June 1942 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter discussing his son's birthday, the progress of the Second World War including the pact with the Soviets, life on board ship. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/10 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 17 July 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter card sent from R.A. Depot, A.P.O. Nairobi, East African Command, discussing his arrival in Nairobi and correspondence. NAF 3/5/2/11 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 2 August 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter card sent from 1st E.A. Field Regt., R.A, A.P.O. Nairobi, East African Command, discussing Harker's financial arrangements with his wife, his new friendship with Alan Cadbury and a letter from J.V. Delahaye. NAF 3/5/2/12 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 25 September 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter card sent from 1st E.A.A., A.P.O. Nairobi, East African Command, discussing sight-seeing in Kenya and Harker's wife's pregnancy. NAF 3/5/2/13 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 20 October 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript letter card sent from 1st E.A.A., A.P.O. Nairobi, East African Command, discussing Harker's family, visits to ex-pats in Kenya, and fishing. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/14 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 24 October 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter card sent from HQ 251 Field Regt., E.A.A., East African Command, discussing a sketch, Harker's financial affairs. Notes: Incomplete.
Date: 5 November 1942 - 6 November 1942 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 1st Field Regt. E.A.A., R.A. Camp, A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses a local hotel, fishing and hunting, his financial affairs, a friend's new baby, Swahili, and his efforts to do some study. NAF 3/5/2/16 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 3 January 1943 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from HQ 1st Field Regt. E.A.A., R.A. Camp, A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses his concerns for his son, new baby and army life. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/17 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 13 April 1943 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from HQ 1st Field Regt. E.A.A., R.A. Camp, A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses plans for 2 Gower Street, Barridge's ideas and his philosophy, his son's school, financial affairs, and the film The Flame of New Orleans. NAF 3/5/2/18 Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 6 June 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regt. E.A.A., A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses his son, his financial affairs, frustrated hopes of getting a promotion and health. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/19 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 12 July 1943 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regt. E.A.A., A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses Winifred Gordon Fraser's work, Rutherford's health, the invasion of Sicily and other events of the Second World War, the post-war world and St Augustine. NAF 3/5/2/20 Copy of a Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 24 September 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regt. E.A.A., A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses his studies and reading. Notes: Incomplete. Final page missing.
Date: 19 December 1943 Extent: 2 pages, 3 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regt. E.A.A., A.P.O., East Africa Command. Harker discusses the tedium of Army life, the progress of the Second World War, prospects for the post-war world, Clare Bailey, his wife and son, personal finances, and plans to write a "novelette". Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/22 Letter to Harry Rutherford from John Harker. Date: 23 January 1943 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Typescript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regt. E.A.A., A.P.O., East Africa Command. Harker requests reading material, his family, and health. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/23 Letter to John Harker from Harry Rutherford. Date: 1 January 1944 Extent: 2 pages, 3 sides Scope and content: Typescript letter sent from Cornerways, Bourne End, Bucks. Rutherford discusses Harker's wife and son, the work of Mitrinović's circle for the coming year and his philosophy, plans to collect "themes and statements" of the group into a "comprehensive form" and efforts to learn to type. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/24 Letter to John Harker from Harry Rutherford. Date: 16 January 1944 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Typescript letter sent from Cornerways, Bourne End, Bucks. Rutherford discusses an upcoming visit from Harker's wife and son, changes in his household and work due to the Second World War, and the Labour Policy Group. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. Notes: Incomplete. Final page missing.
Date: [?1942] Extent: 3 items Scope and content: Black and white photographs of Harker, outside a hut in East Africa, contained in an envelope marked "Val and Gordon" [Valerie Cooper and Winifred Gordon Fraser]. NAF 3/5/2/26 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: [?1940 -1941] Extent: 2 pages, 3 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter. Harker discusses efforts to communicate, the London Blitz, his wife and son, wartime inconveniences and his career plans. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/27 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: [?1940 -1941] Extent: 3 pages Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Larkhill. Harker discusses a visit with Watson Thomson and their work together, Dimitrije Mitrinović's latest pronouncement and the direction and vision of the group. NAF 3/5/2/28 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 5 March 1941 Extent: 2 pages, 3 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from the Dog and Pheasant, Grimshaw Street, Preston, Lancs. Harker discusses his Army training, articles he was writing, vision for a "Renaissance" and the work of Dimitrije Mitrinović, his impressions of his Regiment and the North. Notes: See NAF 3/5/2/29 for typescript copy.
Date: 5 March 1941 Extent: 3 pages Scope and content: Typescript copy of a letter sent from the Dog and Pheasant, Grimshaw Street, Preston, Lancashire. Harker discusses his Army training, articles he was writing, vision for a "Renaissance" and the work of Dimitrije Mitrinović, his impressions of his Regiment and the North. Notes: See NAF 3/5/2/28 for original.
Date: 6 April 1941 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter. Harker criticises Yugoslavian ex-patriots who were not returning for war service, voices his own wish to fight in the Balkans and learn Serbo-Croat. NAF 3/5/2/31 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 29 April [1941] Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from 75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Med. Regt. R.A., Edgecroft, Tattenhall, Cheshire. Harker discusses his marriage, family and the effects on him of the "militarism" of army life. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/32 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 25 April 1941 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from 75th (Shropshire Yeomanry) Med. Regt. R.A., Edgecroft, Tattenhall, Cheshire. Harker discusses family matters, the situation in the Balkans, his efforts to further his career through J.V. Delahaye, cooking, football and writing for the New Atlantis. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/33 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: [May 1942] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript letter discussing Harker's wishes before he left the country, including that Cooper keep in touch with his mother and assist Grace Rutherford. Notes: Date excised from the page.
Date: [May 1942] Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Manuscript letter discussing Harker's fear of the censor, personal news, the future, his family and emotional state. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. Notes: Date and one line of text have been excised from page.
Date: [June 1942] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript letter. Harker discusses waiting to leave Britain, his lack of access to the newspapers, pessimism about the post-war world, Socialism and the ideas of Erich Gutkind. Notes: Date excised from the page.
Date: 29 June [1942] Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter, written at sea, discussing life on board ship, his thoughts on the army, being away from home and his family. Harker mentions news concerning the progress of the Second World War and his views of the future. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/37 Copy of Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 17 July 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript "airgraph" sent from R.A. Depot, A.P.O. Nairobi, East African Command, discussing Harker's arrival in Nairobi and correspondence. He asks Cooper to send letters and books. NAF 3/5/2/38 Copy of Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi from John Harker. Date: 17 July 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript "airgraph" sent from R.A. Depot, A.P.O. Nairobi, East African Command, discussing Harker's initial impressions of Kenya, contact with Donald Maclennan, and his reading habits. NAF 3/5/2/39 Copy of Letter to Dorothy M. Wrugh from John Harker. Date: 23 September [?1942] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript airgraph sent from HQ 301 Field Regt., E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses Spain, Ireland and Religion, and Beveridge. Incomplete. Notes: Pages 1 and 3 missing.
Date: 7 October 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript airgraph sent from HQ 1st Field Regt., E.A.A., APO Gilgil, East Africa Command. Harker discusses his new friendships with people living locally, family and financial affairs, and Cooper and Dimitrije Mitrinović's life in London. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/41 Letter to Dimitrije Mitrinovi from John Harker. Date: 23 August 1942 Extent: 2 pages, 4 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from 1st Field Regt., R.A., A.P.O. Nairobi. Harker sends birthday greetings, discusses letters he had received, food in Kenya, wildlife and plants, the Swahili language and Kenyan culture, missionary work, Nairobi's bookshops and his reading, NAF 3/5/2/42 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 4 November 1942 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 1st Field Regt. E.A.A., R.A. Camp, A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker sends Christmas greetings. He discusses the publication of a book by Dimitrije Mitrinović and his writing career, hunting and fishing, and Cooper's ill health. NAF 3/5/2/43 Copy of a Letter to Winifred Gordon Fraser from John Harker. Date: 17 November 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a typescript airgraph sent from 1st Field Regt. E.A.A., R.A. Camp, A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses an article [?] he had written, his social life and book purchases. Notes: Text badly faded.
Date: 28 November 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript airgraph sent from HQ 1st Field Regt. E.A.A., E.A. Army Depot, A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker thanks Cooper and Winifred Gordon Fraser for sending books by Aristotle and discusses the vagaries of wartime post. NAF 3/5/2/45 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 12 June 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A., APO, E.A. Command. Harker discusses a dinner he had attended where he ate Greek food, his love life, Dimitrije Mitrinović's move to Bedford Square, and the boy who did his washing. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/46 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 30 January 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 1st Field Regt., E.A.A., A.P.O., E.A. Command. Harker discusses Army paperwork, his exhaustion and state of mind, the effect of military service on the soul, and his hopes that Ralph Twentyman and Niall MacDermot would be spared from joining the Army. NAF 3/5/2/47 Note to Winifred Gordon Fraser from John Harker. Date: 13 February [1943?] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Manuscript note sent from HQ 1st Field Regt., E.A.A., A.P.O., E.A. Command, originally accompanying something Harker had typed. NAF 3/5/2/48 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 11 October 1943 Extent: 3 pages, 6 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses safaris he had been on, his friends Bryan Allen, Lana Allen and Noreen Pearson, materialism, his family, African culture, and his thoughts on returning to England. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/49 Letter to Dorothy Wrugh from John Harker. Date: 24 October 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker gives his opinions of Harry Rutherford, Ralph Twentyman, David Shillan, including what he had learned from Shillan. He discusses the ways in which his war service had changed him. Access conditions: Handle with care. Notes: Damaged, with partial loss of text. NAF 3/5/2/50 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 9 December 1943 Extent: 1 page, 3 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A., East Africa Command, with Christmas greetings. Harker discusses his concerns for Cooper, Dimitrije Mitrinović and Winifred Gordon Fraser's daily lives, the ideas of Alan Watts on Zen, Christianity and materialism, and his marriage. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/51 Letter to David Shillan from John Harker. Date: 11 December 1943 Extent: 1 page, 3 sides Scope and content: Manuscript airmail letter card sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A. Harker discusses his impressions of Africa, British foreign policy and the future of Europe, British domestic policy and his view of humanity. NAF 3/5/2/52 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 2 January 1944 Extent: 1 page, 3 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses his Christmas holiday, international politics and his vision of the world after the Second World War, Capitalism and Tolstoy. NAF 3/5/2/53 Letter to Winifred Gordon Fraser from John Harker. Date: 7 January 1944 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript airmail letter card sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses news of Watson Thomson and gives an account of his own personality, health, habits and his impression of African people. NAF 3/5/2/54 Letter to Valerie Cooper from John Harker. Date: 24 January 1944 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript airmail letter card sent from HQ 301st Field Regiment, E.A.A., East Africa Command. Harker discusses his feelings towards Cooper and their circle in London, New Europe Group pamphlets, his health and mood, and a letter he had written to his wife. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/55 Letter to Winifred Gordon Fraser from John Harker. Date: [?1943] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Typescript copy of a letter, sent from Africa. Harker discusses a recent sightseeing trip he took, Anthony Trollope, Rosicrucianism, and Dimitrije Mitrinović's move to Bedford Square. NAF 3/5/2/56 Fragment of a Letter from John Harker. Date: [?1941] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Final page of a letter to an unknown recipient, mentioning a performance of Antigone at Bradfield. NAF 3/5/2/57 Copy of Letter to Niall MacDermot from John Harker. Date: 20 July 1942 Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from R.A. Depot, A.P.O. Nairobi, East Africa Command. Harker discusses advice he had read on living in Africa, and his impressions of Nairobi. NAF 3/5/2/58 Copy of Letter to Niall MacDermot from John Harker. Date: 18 April 1943 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from 1st Field Regt., E.A.A., A.P.O., East African Command. Harker discusses his family, MacDermot's guilt over being in London during the war, Dimitrije Mitrinović's living arrangements, MacDermot establishing himself in Harley Street, and a setback in his military career. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/59 Copy of Letter to Niall MacDermot from John Harker. Date: 11 September 1943 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from 301st Field Regt., E.A.A., A.P.O., East African Command. Harker discusses reading The New Statesman, Violet MacDermot, colonial administrators, personal development and career paths, and Winifred Gordon Fraser. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/60 Copy of Letter to Violet MacDermot from John Harker. Date: 15 September 1943 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from 301st Field Regt., E.A.A., A.P.O., East African Command. Harker discusses his subscription to The New Statesman, MacDermot's plans for a career in Tropical Medicine and health, Harker's plans for life after the Second World War and writing. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/61 Copy of Letter to Niall MacDermot from John Harker. Date: 19 November 1943 Extent: 2 pages Scope and content: Copy of a manuscript letter sent from 301st Field Regt., E.A.A., A.P.O., East African Command. Harker discusses wartime post, MacDermot's family and relationship with those at 2 Gower Street, Greta Playfair, his pessimism about the prospects of a post-war world and his family. He asks MacDermot to send copies of magazines to him, complaining about the limitations of wartime news. Access conditions: Closed access in accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998). Access status: Closed. NAF 3/5/2/62 Copy of Letter to Violet MacDermot from John Harker. Date: 28 December 1943 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regt., E.A.A., East African Command. Harker discusses Christmas, asks MacDermot to continue to send current affairs magazines, discusses Francis Edward's bookshop, his family, MacDermot's work with Radium, his reading and army work. NAF 3/5/2/63 Letter to Niall MacDermot from John Harker. Date: 2 February 1944 Extent: 1 page, 2 sides Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from HQ 301st Field Regt., E.A.A., East African Command. Harker discusses hunting, his support for Kenyan colonial settlers, Abyssinia and British Foreign policy, the end of the Second World War, his letters to his son and African regiments. NAF 3/5/2/64 Extract from Letter to Elaine Mayne from John Harker. Date: [?1942] Extent: 1 page Scope and content: Typescript extract concerning the future of the group around Dimitrije Mitrinović. NAF 3/5/3 File. "John Harker", Harker's Papers.Date: 1936 - 1943 Extent: 64 items Scope and content: Manuscript and typescript notes and printed leaflets on Christianity, the Senate Republic, War between Britain and Germany, Israel, group activities and members, and a commentary on Erich Gutkind, amongst other material. Includes a note from Harker to Winifred Gordon Fraser accompanying an essay entitled "Post War Reconstruction"; Memo from Harker to David Davies concerning the need for a "progressive" newspaper in Britain. Access conditions: Includes third party copyrights. 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