Malcolm Vivian Hay of Seaton, historian and author: papers
Personal papers of Malcolm Vivian Hay (1881-1962) of Seaton, Aberdeenshire. The collection comprises:
1. offprints and typescripts of articles and talks by, or relating to, Malcolm Vivian Hay, with miscellaneous personalia, late 19th century - 1966;
2. papers relating to Malcolm Vivian Hay's war-time service, and in particular to his work in Cork Street, for M.I.1B., the Cryptology Department of the War Office, 1907 - 1956;
3. letters of Edward Eyre and other scholars concerning Malcolm Vivian Hay's historical research, 1927 - 1958;
4. letters of Hilaire Belloc and other scholars concerning Malcolm Vivian Hay's historical research, 1920 - 1955;
5. papers concerning Malcolm Vivian Hay's research and publications on James II, 1927 - 1961;
6. papers concerning Malcolm Vivian Hay's research on William of Orange, 1938;
7. papers re. proposed memorial to General Orde Wingate at the University of Jerusalem, and to affairs in Palestine during period of British administration, 1945 - 1948;
8. papers re. Malcolm Vivian Hay's research on history of the European Jews, and to publication of 'The Foot of Pride: the Pressure of Christendom on the People of Israel for 1900 Years' (Boston: Beacon Press, 1950), 1944 - 1961 and 1975;
9. letters and papers re. Catholic missions in the East, and to publication of 'Failure in the Far East: why and how the breach between the Western world and China first began' (Wetteren: Scaldis, 1956), 1951 - 1960 and n.d.;
10. papers re. research for 'Prince in Captivity' ed. by Malcolm Vivian Hay (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960) (based on and translated from the French of the memoirs and unpublished letters of Antoine Philippe d'Orlens, duc de Montpensier, 1775-1807), 1956 - 1961 and n.d.;
11. papers re. research and publication of 'The Prejudices of Pascal, Concerning in Particular the Jesuit Order and the Jewish People' (London: Spearman, 1962), 1956 - 1962;
12. papers re. his work in connection with the 'Prisoners of War News', 1940 - 1956;
13. papers re. visit to the Falkland Islands and reports about conditions there, 1929 - 1933;
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15. manuscript and typescript drafts of Malcolm Vivian Hay's publications, 'Prince in Captivity', ed. by Malcolm Vivian Hay (London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1960); 'How to Pass the Time: Odds and Ends in Prose and Verse', 1961 (Bala: Bala Press, 1961); and 'The Prejudices of Pascal, Concerning in Particular the Jesuit Order and the Jewish People' (London: Spearman, 1962), with related correspondence, 1950 - 1962 and n.d.;
16. volumes of press cuttings, principally reviews and criticisms of Malcolm Vivian Hay's works 1916 - 1955, but including some late 19th c cuttings from his father, James Gordon Hay;
17. notebooks relating to Malcolm Vivian Hay's historical research and other miscellaneous topics.
Late 19th century - 20th century