LHCMA Catalogue: JOHNSTON C H

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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The Papers of Sir Charles (Hepburn) Johnston (1912-1986)

JOHNSTON 1 Personal correspondence

JOHNSTON 1/1 Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/1 1924 Jun - 1934 Nov

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/2 1935 Mar - 1939 Feb

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/3 1939 Mar - 1945 Aug

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/4 1946 Apr - 1956 Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/5 1957 Jan - 1958 Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/6 1959 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/7 1960 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/8 1961 Jan - 1964 Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/9 1965 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/10 1966 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/11 1967 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/12 1968 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/13 1969 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/14 1970 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/1/15 1971 Jan - Dec

Invitations; letters from friends; letters of farewell on leaving posts; some semi-official correspondence.

JOHNSTON 1/2 Family letters

JOHNSTON 1/2/1 [Jan 1934 - Mar 1936]

Typescript transcripts by Mrs Sherrie Price of Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's letters to his parents Jan 1934 - Mar 1936.

JOHNSTON 1/2/2 1934 Jan - 1939 Jun

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston letters to his parents

JOHNSTON 1/2/3 1939 Jul - 1940 May

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston letters to his parents

JOHNSTON 1/2/4 1940 Jun - Dec

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston letters to his parents

JOHNSTON 1/2/5 1941 Jan - 1942 Dec

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston letters to his parents

JOHNSTON 1/2/6 1943 Apr - 1946 Mar

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and Lady Natasha J (nee Princess Bragation of Mukhrani) to his parents.

JOHNSTON 1/2/7 1946 Sep - 1956 Dec

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and Lady Natasha J (nee Princess Bragation of Mukhrani) to his parents.

JOHNSTON 1/2/8 1957 Jan - Dec

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and Lady Natasha J (nee Princess Bragation of Mukhrani) to his parents.

JOHNSTON 1/2/9 1958 Jan - Dec

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and Lady Natasha J (nee Princess Bragation of Mukhrani) to his parents.

JOHNSTON 1/2/10 1959 Jan - 1960 Dec

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and Lady Natasha J (nee Princess Bragation of Mukhrani) to his parents.

JOHNSTON 1/2/11 1961 Jan - 1963 Mar

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston to his father

JOHNSTON 1/2/12 1939 Mar - 1945 Nov

Parents to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston

JOHNSTON 1/2/13 1944 Mar - Jul

Natasha to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston

JOHNSTON 1/2/14 1951 Apr - 1963 Jun

Natasha to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston

JOHNSTON 1/2/15 1962 Mar -

Charles (Hepburn) Johnston to Natasha

JOHNSTON 1/2/16 1947 Sep - 1956 Apr

Letters "taken out of their place in the series and put aside for a novel of diplomatic life" (Charles (Hepburn) Johnston to parents and Natasha)

JOHNSTON 2 Papers relating to his Career in the Diplomatic Service

JOHNSTON 2/1-6 Schooldays, Oxford and Career to 1939

JOHNSTON 2/1 1921 - 1922

'My Military Life'. Account of schoolboy skirmishes at Old Hall, Wellington, Shropshire.

JOHNSTON 2/2 1926 - c1934

Essays written at Winchester School and Oxford,

JOHNSTON 2/3/1 1924

Diary.

JOHNSTON 2/3/2 1931 - 1932

Oxford University Diary. Appointments.

JOHNSTON 2/3/3 1932 - 1933

Oxford University Diary. Appointments.

JOHNSTON 2/3/4 1933 - 1934

Oxford University Diary. Appointments.

JOHNSTON 2/3/5 1936

Oxford University Diary. Appointments.

JOHNSTON 2/3/6 1937

Oxford University Diary. Appointments.

JOHNSTON 2/3/7 1938

Oxford University Diary. Appointments.

JOHNSTON 2/4 1929 - 1935

Programmes.

JOHNSTON 2/5 1934 Apr 24

'Mons 1914 - 34' by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston. The Spectator

JOHNSTON 2/6 n.d

Notebook containing Greek, Latin, German and French vocabulary and extracts of classical prose.

JOHNSTON 2/7-20 Tokyo, Cairo, Madrid, Foreign Office and Bonn, 1939 -1956

JOHNSTON 2/7 1941 Jan 2

'Information received by his Britannic Majesty's Embassy, Tokyo, Jan 1-2 1941'. Newsletter decribing social events.

JOHNSTON 2/8 1941 Jan 15

'Liste de MM les Membres du Corps Diplomatique a Tokyo' Printed pamphlet.

JOHNSTON 2/9/1-16 1941 Feb 7-1942 Apr 13

'Escape'. Literary magazine produced at the British Embassy, Tokyo and edited by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston. Includes some of his poems and other writings.

JOHNSTON 2/10 1941 May 24 -

Appointments diary kept in a pocket address book.

JOHNSTON 2/11 1941 Dec 27 - 1942 Jun 16

Letters from the Foreign Office to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's mother, passing on news and a message from Charles (Hepburn) Johnston.

JOHNSTON 2/12 1982 Apr 7 - Aug 16

Cuttings and correspondence relating to the Doolittle raid on Tokyo, Apr 18 1942.

JOHNSTON 2/13 1937 - 1944

Cuttings (mainly gossip and 'Society' columns) concerning Princess Natasha Bragation

JOHNSTON 2/14 1944 Apr

Cuttings concerning Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's marriage to Princess Natasha Bragation.

JOHNSTON 2/15 [1962]

Walter Smart by Some of his Friends, Smart was Oriental Counsellor, Cairo, 1929-45.

JOHNSTON 2/16 1950 Mar 24 - Jun 21

Reports by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston to the Foreign Office on the trials in Madrid of opponents of the Franco regime. Includes a translation of a leaflet attacking the 1950 budget issued by the Orgainzation of Officials, Students, Employees and Women.

JOHNSTON 2/17 1951 Jan 11

Notes for a lecture on the political situation in the Far East.

JOHNSTON 2/18 1951 Apr 25 - Jun 5

Cuttings concerning the signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty.

JOHNSTON 2/19 1971 Jul 27 - 1975 Jan 8

Notes, cuttings and correspondence concerning Britain's policy towards Japan, 1931-41, and the signing of the Japanese Peace Treaty, 1951.

JOHNSTON 2/20 1952 Nov 15 - 1953 Jun 1

Cuttings concerning Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's appointment as Political Advisor to the British High Commissioner in Bonn and his award of the CMG.

JOHNSTON 2/21-24 British Ambassador to Jordan, 1956-59

JOHNSTON 2/21 1956 Oct 20 - 1959 Apr 23

Cuttings concerning Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's ambassadorship, and the termination of the Anglo-Jordan treaty of 1948.

JOHNSTON 2/22 1958 Aug 25 - Nov 18

Correspondence relating to the stationing of British troops in Jordan (Operation Fortitude) to prevent an Iraqi invasion, and their withdrawal. Chiefly letters of thanks for Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's support and hospitality.

JOHNSTON 2/23 1966 Jul 19

Programme and menu for state banquet in honour of King Hussein at Buckingham Palace.

JOHNSTON 2/24 1983 Sep 19

Article on King Hussein by John Newhouse. The New York.

JOHNSTON 2/25-35 Governor, Commander-in-Chief and High Commissioner, Aden, 1960-63

JOHNSTON 2/25 1960 Mar 7 - 1962 Dec 27

Correspondence relating to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's appointments; to a dispute with Kenneth Trevaskis, British Agent, Western Aden Protectorate over an injudicious jest; to the offer of the Chief Clerkship, Foreign Office to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and his rejection.

JOHNSTON 2/26 1960 May 2 - 1963 Aug

Cuttings relating to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's governorship, especially the merging of Aden Colony with the Federation of South Arabia.

JOHNSTON 2/27 1960 Oct 29 - 1964 May 7

'Personal Abuse'. File containing attacks on Charles (Hepburn) Johnston in the British and Arab presses and in the House of Commons.

JOHNSTON 2/28 1960 Nov 4

Letter to parents describing a typical day as Governor.

JOHNSTON 2/29 1960 Nov 23 - 1962 Mar 13

'Travelogues'. Reports by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston to the Foreign Office on his visits to the Protectorate states.

JOHNSTON 2/30 1960 Nov 24 - 1962 Sep 7

Correspondence with King Hussein of Jordan, chiefly relating to the merging of Aden with the Federation of South Arabia.

JOHNSTON 2/31 1961 Jan 16 - 1963 Jul 8

Speeches, chiefly delivered at the opening of the Legislative Council sessions. Includes some farewell speeches to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston.

JOHNSTON 2/32 1962 Apr 21

Programme for a parade in Aden on the occasion of HM the Queen's birthday.

JOHNSTON 2/33 1964 Jul 20 - Nov 6

Correspondence with Chatham House and the Foreign Office concerning inaccuracies in a Chatham House Essay, Imperial Outpost - Aden by Gillian King.

JOHNSTON 2/34 1964 Jul 20 - 1970 Sep 26

Correspondence relating to the situation in Aden after Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's departure and British policy towards the Federation.

JOHNSTON 2/35 1972 Dec 11 - 1973 Jul 16

Correspondence with the Foreign Office relating to the payment of pensions to former members of the Aden security forces by the British government and the provision of the passports to former Ministers of the South Arabian Federation

JOHNSTON 2/36 1965 Apr 30

Notes on Economic Work in the Foreign Office by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston. Deputy Under Secretary-of-State, Foreign Office, 1963-65

JOHNSTON 2/37-45 High Commissioner, Australia, 1965-1971

JOHNSTON 2/37 1965 Feb 23 - 1971

Cuttings chiefly relating to social events.

JOHNSTON 2/38 1965 Aug 4 - 1970 Dec 8

Speeches.

JOHNSTON 2/39 1965 Nov 27-30

Menus.

JOHNSTON 2/40 1968 Apr 7-19

Correspondence with Sir Paul Gore-Booth of the Foreign Office, criticizing George Brown's article 'Why I shocked the Foreign Office Mandarins' in the Sunday Times Weekly Review

JOHNSTON 2/41 1970 Dec 27 - 1971 Jul 18

Letters of congratulations to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston on his receiving the GCMG.

JOHNSTON 2/42 1971 Jan 3 - May 4

Letters of farewell to Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and his wife on their departure.

JOHNSTON 2/43 1971 Feb 2

Interview with Charles (Hepburn) Johnston for Radio Australia. Tape recording.

JOHNSTON 2/44 1971 Sep

Conflict studies No 16: An Australian View of Revolutionary War by Brig F P Serong.

JOHNSTON 2/45 1971

Access Conditions CLOSED Notes for the next High Commissioner, Sir Morrice James, on Australian personalities and contacts.

JOHNSTON 3 Photographs

JOHNSTON 3/1 1956 - 1960

Ambassador to Jordan. Loose photographs.

JOHNSTON 3/2 1958 Oct

16 Independent Parachute Brigade in Jordan, Jul-Oct 1958. Album presented by Maj R W Challenor, Deputy Director Public Relations.

JOHNSTON 3/3 1960 - 1963

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Aden. Loose photographs.

JOHNSTON 3/4 1960 - 1963

Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Aden. Album.

JOHNSTON 3/5 1961 Apr

Visit of Iain Macleod, Secretary of State for the Colonies, to Aden. Album presented by Public Relations Office, Aden.

JOHNSTON 3/6 1960 Oct - Nov

Tours of Protectorate and Northern Desert. Colour slides.

JOHNSTON 3/7 1965 - 1971

High Commissioner, Australia. Loose photographs.

JOHNSTON 3/8 1965 - 1971

High Commissioner, Australia. Album.

JOHNSTON 3/9 n.d

Portraits.

JOHNSTON 3/10 c1938 - 1971

Family photographs and greetings cards. Loose photographs.

JOHNSTON 4 Published and Unpublished Memoirs

JOHNSTON 4/1 The View from Steamer Point (1964) Covering service in Aden, 1960-63.

JOHNSTON 4/1/1 1960 May 1 - 1963 Mar 22

The View from Steamer Point (1964) Rough drafts of sections of the text. MS

JOHNSTON 4/1/2 n.d

The View from Steamer Point (1964) Corrected typescript.

JOHNSTON 4/1/3 n.d

The View from Steamer Point (1964) Corrected typescript of sections of the text.

JOHNSTON 4/1/4 1963 Jun 10 - 1975 Apr 21

The View from Steamer Point (1964) Correspondence relating to the preparation of the text and its publication by Collins; letters of congratulations and notes on the text by the Colonial and Foreign Offices.

JOHNSTON 4/1/5 1964 May 8 - 1966 Nov 29

The View from Steamer Point (1964) Reviews and related cuttings.

JOHNSTON 4/1/6 1964 Mar 27 - 1975 Jan 1

'Written in the Sand'. Rough notes on Aden for a possible second edition.

JOHNSTON 4/2 Mo and Other Originals (1971) Describes characters encountered from 1942, especially Mohammed Aboudi, Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's Egyptian butler.

JOHNSTON 4/2/1 1964 Aug 17 - 1967 Mar 31

Mo and Other Originals (1971) Rough notes, synopses and rejected portions.

JOHNSTON 4/2/2 n.d

Mo and Other Originals (1971) Corrected manuscript.

JOHNSTON 4/2/3 n.d

Mo and Other Originals (1971) Corrected typescript.

JOHNSTON 4/2/4 1968 May 6 - 1971 Apr 4

Mo and Other Originals (1971) Correspomdence relating to publication by Hamish Hamilton and letters of congratulations.

JOHNSTON 4/2/5 1971 Apr 14 - 1975 OCt 3

Mo and Other Originals (1971) Correspomdence relating to publication by Hamish Hamilton and letters of congratulations, but also including reviews

JOHNSTON 4/3 The Brink of Jordan (1972) Covers service in Jordan, 1956-60.

JOHNSTON 4/3/1 1972

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Published text. Unbound

JOHNSTON 4/3/2 1957 Nov 8 - 1970 Jan 18

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Notes and rough drafts of introduction and chapters 1 - 3 and 5.

JOHNSTON 4/3/3 n.d

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Corrected typescript.

JOHNSTON 4/3/4 1971 Jul 28 - 1972 Jan 4

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Correspondence relating to publication by Hamish Hamilton and the writing of a preface by Harold Macmillan.

JOHNSTON 4/3/5 1972 Mar 11 - 1975 Sep 16

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Correspondence. Chiefly letters of congratulations and relating to the translation of the book into Arabic by Mr Fahmi M Shamma for publication in Jordan.

JOHNSTON 4/3/6 1972 May 26 - 1974 Nov 16

The Brink of Jordan (1972) Reviews, including Jordanian and Australian, and related correspondence.

JOHNSTON 4/4-7 Unpublished Memoirs

JOHNSTON 4/4 1936 - 1962 Jun 23

'Notebooks'. Memoir fragments. Chiefly notes on books read on postings.

JOHNSTON 4/5 n.d

Manuscript fragments of memoirs of service in Foreign Office and Tokyo, 1936 - 1942.

JOHNSTON 4/6 1970 Oct 26 - 1985 Apr 27

'A Beer on the Moon'. Notes on Australian character and sketches for memoirs of service there. Includes cuttings relating to Australian personalities.

JOHNSTON 4/7 1971 Aug 28 - 1977 Aug 24

'Whisky and Turkey Sandwiches'. Fictional anecdotes told by retired diplomat, Sir Henry Verger, based on Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's experiences. Includes fragments of memoirs to be incorporated.

JOHNSTON 5 Published and Unpublished Poetry, including Translations.

JOHNSTON 5/1 For Leagros and Other Poems (1940)

JOHNSTON 5/1/1 1940

For Leagros and Other Poems (1940), Published text.

JOHNSTON 5/1/2 n.d

For Leagros and Other Poems (1940), Corrected manuscript.

JOHNSTON 5/1/3 1937 Oct 25 - 1944 Jul 31

For Leagros and Other Poems (1940), Corespondence relating to publication by The Shakespeare Head Press and letters of congratulations.

JOHNSTON 5/2 Towards Mozambique and Other Poems (1947)

JOHNSTON 5/2/1 n.d

Towards Mozambique and Other Poems (1947) Drafts and corrected proofs.

JOHNSTON 5/2/2 1944 Sep 28 - 1949 Dec 31

Towards Mozambique and Other Poems (1947) Correspondence relating to publication by The Cresset Press Ltd.

JOHNSTON 5/2/3 1946 Mar 1 - Apr 10

Towards Mozambique and Other Poems (1947) Correspondence with Lawrence Durrell concerning likely publishers. Includes Durrell's comments on the political situation in Egypt.

JOHNSTON 5/2/4 1947 Sep 13 - 1948 Jan 22

Towards Mozambique and Other Poems (1947) Letters of congratulations.

JOHNSTON 5/3 A Sportsman's Notebook by Ivan Turgenev. Translation by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and his wife, Natasha Johnston (1950).

JOHNSTON 5/3/1 1946 Aug 29 - 1950 May 13

A Sportsman's Notebook by Ivan Turgenev. Translation by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston and his wife, Natasha Johnston (1950). Correspondence relating to publication by the Cresset Press Ltd and letters of congratulations. Includes letters from editor John Hayward describing the London literary scene.

JOHNSTON 5/4 Estuary in Scotland and Other Poems (1974) and Poems and Journeys (1979). (Both volumes include many of the same poems, some of which also appeared in 5/1 and 5/2.)

JOHNSTON 5/4/1 1948 Aug 28 - 1975 Jul 8

Corrected manuscript of poems for inclusion in Estuary in Scotland with some additional poems for Poems and Journeys.

JOHNSTON 5/4/2 n.d

Estuary in Scotland. Corrected typescript.

JOHNSTON 5/4/3 n.d

Estuary in Scotland. Typescript.

JOHNSTON 5/4/4 n.d

Estuary in Scotland. Corrected proofs and drafts of dedication and introduction.

JOHNSTON 5/4/5 1974 [Dec]

Estuary in Scotland. Corrected copies of published text for second impression.

JOHNSTON 5/4/6 n.d

Additional and amended poems for inclusion in Poems and Journeys.

JOHNSTON 5/5 Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushin (1977). Translation.

JOHNSTON 5/5/1 1978 Jan

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushin (1977). Translation. Second impression of published text with annotations and corrections.

JOHNSTON 5/5/2 1979

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushin (1977). Translation. Penguin edition.

JOHNSTON 5/5/3 1975 Feb 8 - 1975 Apr 18

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushin (1977). Translation. Manuscript and corrected typescript, chapts 1 - 4.

JOHNSTON 5/5/4 1975 Jun 21 - 1976 Feb 29

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushin (1977). Translation. Manuscript and corrected typescript, chapts 5 - 8.

JOHNSTON 5/5/5 n.d

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushin (1977). Translation. Typescript. Slightly corrected.

JOHNSTON 5/5/6 1977 - 1982 Sep 26

Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushin (1977). Translation. 'Working Folder'. Chiefly notes on the rhyme scheme and improvements suggested by Sir John Balfour.

JOHNSTON 5/5/7 1980 Feb - 1982 Jan 10

'Notes for eventual revision of Eugene Onegin'. Chiefly comments of Professor Leon Mirsky, University of Sheffield, and an article in Soviet Literature on the work.

JOHNSTON 5/5/8 1980 - 1986 Apr 18

Text of libretto of Eugene Onegin, adapted from CGJ's translation, and correspondence with the Royal Opera House concerning the possible adaptation of the translation for use in Tchaikovsky's opera.

JOHNSTON 5/6 Rivers and Fireworks (1980) (Includes translation of Lermontov's 'The Demon' and extracts from the Roman poet, Ausonius. Some original poems first appeared in JOHNSTON 5/2.)

JOHNSTON 5/6/1 1980

Rivers and Fireworks (1980) Published text.

JOHNSTON 5/6/2 1979 Mar 13 - Aug 18

Rivers and Fireworks (1980) Drafts.

JOHNSTON 5/6/3 1980

Rivers and Fireworks (1980) corrected typescripts and proofs.

JOHNSTON 5/7 Talk About the Last Poet (1981) (Includes translations of Pushkin's 'The Bronze Horseman' and Lermontov's 'The Novice').

JOHNSTON 5/7/1 1978 May 3 - 1980 Oct 16

Talk About the Last Poet (1981) Drafts.

JOHNSTON 5/7/2 1981

Talk About the Last Poet (1981), corrected typescript and proofs.

JOHNSTON 5/8 Choiseul and Talleyrand (1982) (Includes translation of Pushkin's 'Graf Nulin' and 'Mozart and Salieri').

JOHNSTON 5/8/1 1980 Dec 13 - 1982 Jan 1

Choiseul and Talleyrand (1982) Drafts.

JOHNSTON 5/8/2 [1980-1982]

Choiseul and Talleyrand (1982) Corrected typescript.

JOHNSTON 5/9 The Irish Lights (1983) (Includes translation of Lermontov's 'The Tambov Lady').

JOHNSTON 5/9/1 1963 Oct 8 - 1983 Jan 19

The Irish Lights (1983), Drafts.

JOHNSTON 5/9/2 1980 May - 1983 Apr 3

The Irish Lights (1983), corrected typescript.

JOHNSTON 5/9/3 1983

The Irish Lights (1983), corrected proofs.

JOHNSTON 5/10 Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin and Michael Lermontov (1983, 1984). Translations.

JOHNSTON 5/10/1 1983 Nov

Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin and Michael Lermontov (1983, 1984). Translations. Published text, New York edition. Introduction by Kyril Fitzlyon.

JOHNSTON 5/10/2 1984

Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin and Michael Lermontov (1983, 1984). Translations. Published text, London edition. Introduction by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston.

JOHNSTON 5/10/3 1978 Jun 18 - 1981 Jun 10

Drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of 'Graf Nulin'. 'Mozart and Salieri' and 'The Bronze Horseman' by Pushkin, extracted from JOHNSTON 5/7/ and JOHNSTON 5/8 by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston for this book.

JOHNSTON 5/10/4 1980 May 23 - 1982 May 2

Drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of 'The Tambov Lady' and 'The Novice' by Lermontov, extracted from JOHNSTON 5/7 and JOHNSTON 5/9 by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston.

JOHNSTON 5/10/5 n.d

Drafts, corrected typescripts and proofs of Lermontov's 'The Demon', extracted from JOHNSTON 5/6 by Charles (Hepburn) Johnston.

JOHNSTON 5/10/6 1984

Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin and Michael Lermontov (1983, 1984). Translations. Introduction to English edition. Amended typescript.

JOHNSTON 5/10/7 1983

Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin and Michael Lermontov (1983, 1984). Translations. Proofs of New York edition.

JOHNSTON 5/10/8 1984

Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin and Michael Lermontov (1983, 1984). Translations. Corrected proofs of London edition.

JOHNSTON 5/11 Selected Poems (1985) (Most items originally published 1977 - 1983)

JOHNSTON 5/11/1 n.d

Selected Poems (1985) Manuscripts. Chiefly corrected cuttings from earlier volumes.

JOHNSTON 5/11/2 1985

Selected Poems (1985) Corrected proofs.

JOHNSTON 5/12 Selected Poems II or Writers on the Edge (Planned for 1986 but unpublished. Poems taken from earlier volumes, 1979 - 1983).

JOHNSTON 5/12/1 1981 Dec 3 - 1985 Mar 13

Selected Poems II or Writers on the Edge (Planned for 1986 but unpublished. 'Used Drafts and Rejects'. Includes manuscripts of new poems excluded from final text.

JOHNSTON 5/12/2 [1981-1986]

Selected Poems II or Writers on the Edge (Planned for 1986 but unpublished. Manuscript. Chiefly corrected cuttings from earlier volumes.

JOHNSTON 5/12/3 1986

Selected Poems II or Writers on the Edge (Planned for 1986 but unpublished. Corrected proofs.

JOHNSTON 5/13 Lantern Images, Belgraveyard (unpublished). (In 1987 Charles (Hepburn) Johnston planned to publish either a further collection of poems entitled 'Lantern Images', including 3 verse narratives, collectively entitled 'From the Empire of the Tsar', or these last 3 poems and a long semi-autobiographical verse novella, 'Belgraveyard'.)

JOHNSTON 5/13/1 1975 Sep 22 - 1985 Aug 22

Drafts of poems excluding Belgraveyard. Includes translation of part of Nikolay Nekrasov's 'Red Nose Frost'.

JOHNSTON 5/13/2 1986 Mar 7 - Apr 22

Corrected typescript of both schemes, excluding text of 'Belgraveyard'. Includes 'An Appointment with Eugene Onegin. Memoirs of a Translator' which was to form part of the first scheme.

JOHNSTON 5/13/3 n.d

'Belgraveyard'. Manuscript of original prose version.

JOHNSTON 5/13/4 1983 Oct 12 - 1985 Oct

'Belgraveyard'. Notes and incomplete drafts. Includes synopsis, notes on the rhyme scheme, rejected portions and some sections of original verse manuscript.

JOHNSTON 5/13/5 1984 Apr 16 - 1986 Mar 1

Corrected typescript with sections of original verse manuscript on reverse.

JOHNSTON 5/13/6 n.d

Corrected typescript with annotations [by Roy Fuller], some of which were subsequently incorporated in JOHNSTON 5/13/5.

JOHNSTON 5/14 Individual Published Poems and Related Writings

JOHNSTON 5/14/1 1928 Jul 30

'Atlantis' in The Wykehamist.

JOHNSTON 5/14/2 1944

'The Ironclad' in Personal Landscape.

JOHNSTON 5/14/3 1975 May

Article on the Roman historian, Ammianus Marcellinus, in History Today, abridged for introduction to poem 'Ammian' in Choiseul and Talleyrand.

JOHNSTON 5/14/4 1975 Jun

Article on Ausonius in History Today, abridged for introduction to translations of Ausonius' poetry in River and Fireworks.

JOHNSTON 5/14/5 1975 Nov

Article on the Roman poet, Paulinus of Pella in History Today. abbreviated for introduction to poem 'Talk About the Last Poet', in volume of that name.

JOHNSTON 5/14/6 1982

'Choiseul and Talleyrand' in PN Review 28.

JOHNSTON 5/14/7 1983

'The Hussar's Story' in PN Review 32.

JOHNSTON 5/14/8 1984 Nov 22

Lecture on Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's 5 favourite Russian authors, given at Glasgow University. Tape recording.

JOHNSTON 5/14/9 1981 Oct 15 - 1984 Aug 16

Correspondence with Michael Schmidt of Carcanet Press and PN Review concerning the publication of Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's poems in PN Review.

JOHNSTON 5/15 Press Reviews and Related Cuttings

JOHNSTON 5/15/1 1947 Dec 11 - 1950 Sep 22

Towards Mozambique and A Sportsman's Notebook, press reviews and related cuttings.

JOHNSTON 5/15/2 1977 Dec 4 - 1985 Mar 16

Eugene Onegin, press reviews and related cuttings

JOHNSTON 5/15/3 1979 Jul 22 - 1986 Feb

Volumes published 1977 - 1985, excluding Eugene Onegin.

JOHNSTON 5/15/4 1980 Oct 10 - 1982 Dec 30

'Rows'. Cuttings and related correspondence concerning criticisms of Charles (Hepburn) Johnston's translations. Includes correspondence with Dimitri Nabokov over Vladimir Nabokov's prose translation of Eugene Onegin.

JOHNSTON 5/16 1945 Dec - 1983 Oct 2

Unpublished poems and rough notes.

JOHNSTON 5/17 Secondary material relating to Russian Poetry

JOHNSTON 5/17/1 1951 - 52

Translation from Russian Poets by Vladimir Nabokov, published by Dept of Slavonic Languages and Literatures, Harvard University.

JOHNSTON 5/17/2 1975

Libretto of Eugene Onegin by Tchaikovsky.

JOHNSTON 5/17/3 1978 Sep 20

First draft of translation of Pushkin's 'Poltava', Cantos I and II, by Walter Arndt.

JOHNSTON 5/17/4 1980

'Meetings with Russian Writers in 1945 and 1956' from Personal Recollections by Isaiah Berlin.

JOHNSTON 5/17/5 1982

'Pushkin and Mickiewicz: Two Types of National Poet' by Marcus Wheeler. Journal of Russian Studies, No 43.

JOHNSTON 5/17/6 1982

Extract from Pushkin and Yaropoletz by I M Obodovskaya and M A Dementieva. Cutting.

JOHNSTON 5/17/7 1983

Introduction to Moscow. A Traveller's Companion, selected and introduced by Laurence Kelly.

JOHNSTON 5/17/8 n.d

Edited letters from Prince P I Bragation to Count P A Stroganov, 1809 - 1811.

JOHNSTON 5/17/9 n.d

Transcript of an unpublished scenario for an opera libretto composed by Ivan Turgenev for Brahms, c1868. Extract from auction catalogue.

JOHNSTON 6 Miscellanea

JOHNSTON 6/1 1942

Personal Landscape, Vol 1 Pt 4, edited by Lawrence Durrell, Robin Redder and Bernard Spencer.

JOHNSTON 6/2 1944

Personal Landscape, Vol 2 Pt 3.

JOHNSTON 6/3 1979

'A Further History of Tennyson's 'Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington': The MS at Trinity College, and the Galley Proof at Lincoln' by Edgar F Shannon Jr and Christopher Ricks. Studies in Bibliography. Vol 32.

JOHNSTON 6/4 1981 Sep 30

Translation of 'Aeneid' VII by Robert Fitzgerald.

JOHNSTON 6/5 n.d

Transcript of speech by John Jermain Slocum to Phoenix Country Day School on the importance of history and the classics.

JOHNSTON 6/6 1982 Oct

'Three Oaks Ago' by Patrick Leigh Fermor. Review of Royal Highness. Ancestry of the Royal Child by Sir Iain Moncrieffe.