King's College London
Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

Summary Guide

Note: The item numbers represent a subset from ISAD(G) rules (General International Standard Archival Description) promulgated by the International Council on Archives to standardise archival description world-wide. Only item numbers relevant to our specific archive are included here.

3.1 IDENTITY STATEMENT
3.1.1 Reference code(s): GB 0099 Calvert
3.1.2 Title: CALVERT Brig (James) Michael (1913-1998)
3.1.3 Date(s): 1971
3.1.4 Level of description: Collection (Fonds)
3.1.5 Extent and medium of the unit of description (quantity, bulk or size): 1 box (0.01 cubic metres)

3.2 CONTEXT AREA
3.2.1 Name of creator(s): Calvert | James Michael | 1913-1998 | Brigadier
3.2.2 Administrative/Biographical history: Born 1913; educated at Bradfield College, RMA Sandhurst and St John's College Cambridge; commissioned Royal Engineers, 1933; served with 14th Army, India and Burma, 1941-1945; commanded a column of the 77th Brigade on 1st Chindit Expedition, 1943; awarded DSO, 1943; acting Brig 1944; commanded 77th Brigade on 2nd Chindit Expedition, 1944; awarded Bar to DSO, 1944; commanded Special Air Service (SAS) Brigade, NW Europe, 1944-45; commanded Malayan Scouts (SAS Regiment), 1950-1951; court martialled and dismissed the Service, 1951. Writer and lecturer on guerrilla warfare and military history, 1952-1998; died 1998. Publications: Prisoners of Hope: The Campaign of the77th Infantry Brigade in Burma, 1944 (Jonathan Cape, London, 1952); Slim as a General (Pan Books, London, 1973).
3.2.3 Archival history:
3.2.4 Immediate source of acquisition or transfer: Given by Dr J Cann, 1997.

3.3 CONTENT AND STRUCTURE AREA
3.3.1 Scope and content: Photographs taken by Brig (James) Michael Calvert on visits to Africa and South East Asia, 1971, comprising file of 56 photographs of visit to Rhodesia, 1971; file of 21 photographs of visit to South Vietnam, subjects include alarm posts, militia training, and the city of Dining; file of 29 photographs of visit to Guinea - Bissau, Nov 1971, mainly comprising photographs of captured Soviet weapons; file of 86 photographs of visit to Mozambique, Nov 1971, subjects include Portuguese troops in Porto Amelia and Nampula, street scenes in Nampula, press photographs of Samora Machel, President of the Frelimo guerrillas, and Jose Moyane, commander of the Frelimo forces in Tete Province; file of 21 photographs of visit to Angola, Nov 1971, subjects include Portuguese troops and street scenes in Luso.
3.3.2 Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
3.3.3 Accruals:
3.3.4 System of arrangement: 5 files, arranged by country

3.4 CONDITIONS OF ACCESS AND USE AREA
3.4.1 Conditions governing access: Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
3.4.2 Conditions governing reproduction: Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Trustees of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, attention of the Director of Archive Services.
3.4.3 Language/scripts of material: Captions in English
3.4.4 Physical characteristics and technical requirements:
3.4.5 Finding aids: Summary guide available in hard copy in the Centre's reading room.

3.5 ALLIED MATERIALS AREA
3.5.1 Existence and location of originals:
3.5.2 Existence and location of copies:
3.5.3 Related units of description: Imperial War Museum, London, holds papers relating to Calvert's service with Royal Engineers, chindits and on terrorism, 1933-1953.
3.5.4 Publication note: Mad Mike: A Biography Of Brigadier Michael Calvert by David Rooney (Pen & Sword, London, 1997)

3.6 NOTE AREA
3.6.1 Note:

3.7 DESCRIPTION CONTROL AREA
3.7.1 Archivist's note: Source Times Obituary. Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project.
3.7.2 Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
3.7.3 Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2001

INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Armed forces | State security | International relations
Photographs | Visual materials

Personal names
Calvert | James Michael | 1913-1998 | Brigadier
Machel | Samora | 1933-1986 | President of Mozambique
Moyane | Jose | fl 1971 | Mozambique guerrilla leader

Corporate names

Places
Dining | Viet Nam | South East Asia
Guinea Bissau | West Africa
Luso | Angola | Southern Africa
Nampula | Mozambique | Southern Africa
Porto Amelia | Mozambique | Southern Africa
Zimbabwe | Southern Africa
Rhodesia x Zimbabwe

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