Smith, Sir George Adam, Knight, Old Testament scholar and geographer, 1856-1942
Person
Biography
Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-1935.
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
284 letters of O H Mavor to Rona Mavor.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6707
Scope and Contents
Mainly on personal matters, and mentioning his experiences as an Army medical offices in the Second World War,
With a letter, 1923, of Sir George Adam Smith to R B Mavor, on her forthcoming marriage.
Dates:
1923, 1939-1942, 1950.
Correspondence and papers, including sermons, lectures, diaries and photographs, of Sir George Adam Smith, Lilian Adam Smith and their family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9446/1-422
Scope and Contents
The George Adam Smith Archive, comprising correspondence and papers, 1859-1949, of the Very Rev Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942), theologian, Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-35; of his wife Lilian, née Buchanan (1866-1949) and her family; and of their family, particularly George Buchanan Smith (d.1915) and Robert Dunlop Smith (d.1917).
Dates:
1847-1982.
Correspondence and papers of Mary Buchanan Drew, with correspondence of Lady Lilian Adam Smith.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14385/1-74
Scope and Contents
The main part of the collection comprises the correspondence between Lady Lilian Adam Smith and her eldest daughter, Mary ['Maisie'] Buchanan Drew. These letters contain detailed, diary-like letters relating domestic matters, news and comments on current affairs, and family anecdotes and reflections, between the 1910s and Lady Lilian's death in 1949 and covering both World Wars. The collection also includes a series of Mary Buchanan Drew's journals, with a detailed account of her relocation...
Dates:
c.1900-1972.
Correspondence and papers of, or concerning, Sir George Adam Smith mostly relating to his "Historical Geography of the Holy Land" (1897).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12453
Dates:
1897-1998.
Correspondence and papers of Sir George Adam Smith, Lilian, Lady Adam Smith, née Buchanan, and other members of the Adam Smith and Buchanan families.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.311- is now Acc.9446.
Dates:
1859-1949.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Smith., 1878-1894.
File
Identifier: MS.41109
Scope and Contents
The letters appear to be to John Murray III, John Murray IV and Robert Cooke. They concern the preparation and publication of various works by George Smith, including:“The life of John Wilson, D.D., F.R.S.” (1878, 1879);“The geography of British India, political and physical” (1882);“The life of William Carey, D.D.” (1885 and subsequent editions);“Stephen Hislop pioneer missionary and naturalist in Central India from 1844-1863” (1888, 1889);...
Dates:
1878-1894.
Letters to John Murray, publishers, of George Smith., 1895-1907.
File
Identifier: MS.41110
Scope and Contents
The letters appear to be to John Murray IV and Hallam Murray. They concern the preparation and publication of various works by George Smith, including:“Bishop Heber, poet and chief missionary to the East, second Lord Bishop of Calcutta, 1783-1826” (1895);“Twelve Indian statesmen” (1897); and, edited by Smith,“Physician and friend: Alexander Grant, F.R.C.S.” (1902).The letters are arranged chronologically.1895-1899: folios 1-66;...
Dates:
1895-1907.
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