Correspondence and documents relating to Kenneth Cantlie's work in Argentina and India

A file of assorted correspondence, notes and drafts mainly from 1923-1924. Includes an article draft from 1924 on third class sleeping car provision on British railways, addressed to Sir John Wolfe Barry & Partners; letter to Sir James and Nannie (nanny) from George Hotel, Paisley; a hand-written letter from potentially Phyllis (Gage-Brown, married Kenneth Cantlie in 1930) in 1923 mentioning news from home, Kenneth being in Argentina, Spanish lessons, Kenneth sending tango music and other activities undertaken during Xmas holiday, especially Phyllis' travels seeing friends and visiting Nannie (Kenneth's nanny) at Harley Street; news paper clippings and notices of various events, such as the Quadrant Club band night and College of Ambulance; draft of an article for the journal of Institution of Locomotive Engineers regarding correct terminology on poppet valves versus piston valves and different types of valve gear; letters from E.A. Clear at the London & North Eastern Railway offices regarding enquiries for positions in various Chinese railway companies for Kenneth Cantlie in 1924; a bundle of letters from various senders, mostly during Kenneth Cantlie's stay in Argentina in the early 1920s; letters from Kenneth to his parents from Argentina in the early 1920s and potentially 1915, when he was an apprentice at Crewe Workshops, mentioning a rift between Beale and Granier and 'munitions business', worrying about his eye in the workshops; a bundle of draft articles with titles 'Raided, By a Sufferer' on being in a raided night club, 'Dago' on offensive terminology, 'Loco Language' etc.; photographs including snapshots in a Kodak envelope with inscription Wembley 1918 (potentially relating to the School of Ambulance?) of nurses, men with crutches and people sitting; Kenneth's Royal Bank of Scotland account book 1924; envelope of negatives with note 'Henley 1914'; portrait of Kenneth or one of his brothers as a child; letters from London, Midland and Scottish Railway Co. and Jodhpur & Bikanir Railway 1924; a bundle of draft notes and a letter to 'Betty', with a description of Churchill addressing a meeting in 1924 and Cantlie being involved in his bid to parliament.

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