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Gertrude Bell Papers (GB - Printed catalogue)
The Library's collection of the papers of Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell (1868-1926) traveller, photographer, writer, Alpine mountaineer, archaeologist, Oriental scholar, administrator and political adviser, includes material on her travels in Europe, the Near and Middle East, and two round-the-world tours. The Library also holds a collection of Miss Bell's books, while several thousand of her photographs are administered by the School of Historical Studies. The full text of her letters and diaries, as well as the photographs, can be viewed on the Gertrude Bell web site at: http://www.gerty.ncl.ac.uk/

Charles J. Gibb Papers (CG - Online hand-list)
Dr. Charles John Gibb (1824-1916) was an eminent local doctor (celebrated in George Ridley's song, The Blaydon Races) and his papers are mostly medical. However, the collection includes a photocopy of his notebook and travel diary for the period 15 September 1847 - 3 July 1848, during which time he visited Paris, Brussels, Berlin, Vienna, Salzburg and Munich.

Thomas Hodgkin Papers & Slides (Online hand-list)
This collection includes the travel journals and slides of the journeys of the historian of the Dark Ages Thomas Hodgkin (1831-1913), in this country and in Europe during the second half of the 19th Century.

Trevelyan Papers (WCT, CPT - Printed catalogues)

Walter Calverley Trevelyan (WCT)
Walter Calverley Trevelyan (1797-1879) was a leading temperance campaigner, amateur botanist and geologist. This collection includes documents relating to his visits to the Shetland and Faroe Islands and also to Denmark (1821-2). There are journals written during his travels in Greece, India, Ireland and Italy, etc.

Charles Philips Trevelyan (CPT)
A Liberal, and later a Labour M.P., Charles Philips Trevelyan (1870-1958) was a founder of the Union of Democratic Control in World War I and President of the Board of Education in early Labour Governments. His papers include material on his visits to America and Australia (1898), and Sweden (1936). There is also material concerning the visits of his son, George, to Palestine, Egypt and Ceylon (1924-5).

(The Trevelyan family papers were deposited in 1967 and ownership remains with the family.)

Spence Watson Papers (SWL - Printed catalogue)
The papers of Robert (1837-1911) and Elizabeth (1838-1919) Spence Watson largely comprise letters received by them during their involvement in social, political and educational issues. However, the collection contains a series of letters from Robert to Elizabeth while she stayed in Tenerife during the 1880s. There is also correspondence between the Spence Watsons and the Norwegian explorer, Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930).

Newcastle University Exploration Society (Online hand-list)
Expedition reports of the University Exploration Society of Durham University and King's College, Newcastle upon Tyne (1948-1958) and its current incarnation, the Newcastle University Exploration Society.