Inventory Acc.12042 Peter and Eileen Caddy National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: manuscripts@nls.uk Trustees of the National Library of Scotland
Correspondence and working papers, 1959 1994, n.d., of and relating to Peter and Eileen Caddy. Much of the material relates to their autobiographies, In Perfect Timing: memoirs of a man for the new millennium (Findhorn, 1996), written with Jeremy Slocombe and Renata Caddy and Flight into Freedom. Eileen Caddy s notebooks, in which she recorded her spiritual guidance, 1955-1982, n.d., are of particular importance. The notebooks of Patrick Lidington, a long-term member of the Findhorn Foundation are also included. Peter and Eileen Caddy, together with Dorothy Maclean, established the Findhorn Foundation in Nairn in the north of Scotland in the early 1960s. For records of the Findhorn Foundation see Accs.9934, 10381 and 10560. NOT TO BE ISSUED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION FROM THE FINDHORN FOUNDATION Deposited, 2001 1-25 Correspondence 26-40 Working papers for In Perfect Timing 41-47 Working papers for Flight into Freedom 48-109 Guidance received by Eileen Caddy and others 110-118 Typescripts of interviews 119-124 Miscellaneous papers 125-139 Patrick Lidington 1-25 Correspondence 1-8 General correspondence files arranged chronologically, 1959-1979. With some annotated notes and copies of `transmissions received by Peter and Eileen Caddy, Dorothy Maclean and other founder members of the Foundation, and Foundation newsletters. 1. 1964 1966 2. 1967 1968 3. 1969 1972 4. 1973 1976 5. 1974 1979 6. 1974 1979 7. 1975 1979 8. 1977 1979 9-21 Correspondence of Peter Caddy, 1964-1979, arranged by writer or subject. The original order has been retained. 9. Richard St.Barbe-Baker, 1968-1972
10. Eileen Caddy, 1977-1993, n.d., with some other family letters and copies of her transmissions 11. Peter Hawken, Author of The Magic of Findhorn, 1973-1979 12. International Cooperation Council, 1975-1979. With some minutes of meetings 13. Iona and the Sanctuary at Traigh Bhan, 1965-1975 14. Linking up the Earth tour, 1977-1978 15. Margaret, Countess of Mayo, 1964-1968. With related typescript article and printed leaflets 16. Stewart Ross, JP, Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire, 1972-1975. With related letters and papers 17. Correspondence with various individuals in Turkey, 1972-1978 18. Universal Link, St.Anne s, Lancashire, 1965-1966 19. Visit to Wales, 1978 20. World Symposium on Humanity, London, 1979 21. Wrekin trust, 1971-1979 22-25 Correspondence with David Spangler and related papers 22. Correspondence, 1970-1974 23-24. Transmissions of John through David Spangler, 1970-1975 25 Study papers, 1969-1971, n.d. 26-40 Working papers for In Perfect Timing Correspondence, drafts, and notes concerning Peter Caddy s autobiography. This work was provisionally entitled Anyone Need A Caddy? then Mountains to Climb, and was finally published posthumously as In Perfect Timing: memoirs of a man for the new millennium (Findhorn, 1996) with contributions from Jeremy Slocombe and Renata Caddy. 26. Notes and drafts, 1959-1963 27. Drafts of Anyone Need a Caddy, n.d. 28-31 Drafts of Mountains to Climb, n.d. 32. Drafts and related letters of David Spangler s introduction to In Perfect Timing, Peter Dawkin s Bridge, and Renata Caddy s chapter, n.d. 33-35 Drafts of In Perfect Timing, n.d. 36. Correspondence and notes, 1981-1995 37. Correspondence and notes, 1993-1995, of Jeremy Slocombe concerning In Perfect Timing 38-40 Guidance received by Jeremy Slocombe concerning In Perfect Timing 41-47 Working papers for Flight into Freedom Correspondence, notes and drafts, concerning Eileen Caddy s autobiography Flight into Freedom, written with Liza Collingwood, 1988.
41-43 Notes and drafts, n.d., for Flight into Freedom 44-47 Working papers and related correspondence, 1964-1974, n.d., concerning Flight into Freedom 48-109 Guidance received by Eileen Caddy and others 48-100 Eileen Caddy s notebooks For Eileen Caddy s diaries see Acc.10381/21-43. 48. Dec 1957 Jan 1958 49. Apr Jun 1958 50. Jun Sep 1958 51. Feb Sep 1959 52. Jan Feb 1960 53. Nov 1960 Jan 1961 54. Mar Jun 1961 55. Jul Sep 1961 56. Nov Dec 1961 57. Jan Mar 1962 58. Mar Apr 1962 59. Apr Jun 1962 60. Nov 1962 Jan 1963 61. 1965 With copies of correspondence 62. Oct 1966 63. 1966 64. Mar Apr 1967 65. Dec 1967 May 1968 66. Dec 1967 Aug 1968 67. Dec 1967 Aug 1968 68. May Aug 1968 69. Aug 1968 Jan 1969 70. Jan Oct 1969 71. Mar 1969 Jan 1970 72. Oct 1969 Aug 1970 73. Nov 1969 Jun 1970 74. Aug Nov 1970 75. Aug 1970 Apr 1975 76. Jul 1970 Dec 1972 77. Oct 1970 Oct 1971 78. Aug 1971 Oct 1972 79. Dec 1971 Dec1972 80. Sep1973 Apr 1974 With some copies of letters of Eileen Caddy and an account of her early life 81. Jan 1973 Feb 1974 82. May Sep 1973 83. Oct 1973 Mar 1974 84. Feb Jul 1974 85. Jul Nov 1974 86. Aug Sep 1974
87. Sep Dec 1974 88. 1975 89. 1976 90. 1976 With some copies of letters 91. Sep 1977 Apr 1978 92. 1977-1979 93. 1979 94. Jul Aug 1979 95. Aug Nov 1979 96. Nov 1979 Mar 1980 97. Oct 1980 May 1981 98. Feb Jun 1982 99. n.d. 100. n.d. 101-107 Typescripts copies of spiritual guidance or transmissions received, 1955-1966, n.d., by Eileen Caddy, Dorothy Maclean (Divina), Lena Lamont, Anne Edwards (Naomi, also known as Miriam) and others. 101-103 Eileen s Guidance 1957 1958 101. 1957-1958 102. 1962 1966 103. 1967 1979 104. The Days Ahead, 1969 105. 1971 106. Lena Lamont, 1958-1968 107. Group recordings of transmissions through Miriam, Naomi, Divina and Elixir, 1965-1966 108. Guidance received by Elixir and Naomi, 1965-1966 109. Guidance received by Naomi (Anne Edwards), 1965-1966 110-118 Typescripts of interviews 110. 1961-1971 111. Reminiscences and letters of Sheri McCombe and Eileen Caddy, 1967-1985 112. Interviews with R Ogilvie Crombie, 1968-1972 113. Interviews with Peter and Eileen Caddy, 1970s 114. The Law of Manifestation, 1971-1972 115. Interviews and talks, 1971, n.d. 116. Interview with Peter Caddy, 1981 117. Interview of Peter Caddy by Paul Schick and Shari McCombe, 1987
118. Typescripts of talks, n.d. 119-124 Miscellaneous papers 119. Typescript histories of the Findhorn Foundation, 1969-1992 120. A Visit to the Findhorn Garden, John Harwood-Jones, 1973 121. Findhorn, Fact or Fiction? A Sociological Study of a Scottish Intentional Community, by Al McLeod, California State University, c.1975 122. A Rose in the Snow. The Story of the Findhorn Foundation, by Kathy Thormod and Jeremy Slocombe, 1986 123. Peter Caddy, 1917-1994: Memoirs and Reflections, in One Earth, Summer, 1994 124. Copies of Findhorn Foundation Trust Deeds, 1972 1989 125-139 Patrick Lidington Cyril Demant Patrick Lidington was a weaver and long-term member of the Findhorn Community. 125-128 Commonplace Books, 125. 1937 1944 126. 1944 127. 1944-1945 128. 1945 129-136. Notebooks entitled Writings, 1947 137. Typescript drafts of The Word, n.d. 138. Biographical notes and autobiographical recordings entitled Adventure of the Creative Spirit (2 cassettes) 139. Address Book