This collection consists of two scrapbooks of Buxton's experiences and travels during his tenure as Archdeacon of Cyprus and Bishop of Gibraltar. They contain photographs of Buxton with European royalty, prominent statesmen, and Anglican and Orthodox clergy. There are also numerous newspaper clippings featuring Buxton's travels before, during, and after World War II, as well as news items during this time. The scrapbooks also contain many ephemeral items documenting Buxton's travels including letters, itineraries, and invitations. The first volume, entitled "Cyprus," was kept by Buxton during the years 1926-1932 while he was serving as Archdeacon of Cyprus in Nicosia and Itinerating [sic] Chaplain in Syria. Featured prominently in newspaper clippings is the uprising in Cyprus during the administration of Sir Ronald Storrs (1881-1955), Governor of Cyprus from 1926-1932. All items are in English except a program written in Greek and a notice of marshal law in Cyprus following the riots written in Greek, English, and Turkish. There are no loose pieces. The second volume, entitled "Gibraltar," was kept by Buxton mainly during the years of 1933-1948 while he served as the ninth Lord Bishop of Gibraltar from 1933-1947. This second volume contains photographs, newspaper articles, and ephemera of Buxton's experiences and travels while Bishop of Gibraltar and is an inside view of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), the beginning and end of World War II (1939-1945), and the evolution of the political landscape in Eastern Europe. Newspaper articles are written in English, French, Serbo-Croatian, Romanian, Russian, Greek, and Spanish. This volume also contains a note from Thomas Kordl acknowledging Buxton's letter to Adolf Hitler in 1939 urging the German leader not to go to war as well as a confidential note from the British Consul General of Barcelona giving Buxton instructions for smuggling three escaped British prisoners of war out of Spain. A note on the front of the volume states that Buxton's sister, Mabel Crowdy, helped in collecting material for the scrapbook. There are three folders of loose material from the "Gibraltar" scrapbook.
