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Papers of John Blythe Kinross, containing business papers, private correspondence and diaries.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8699/1-58

Scope and Contents

Containing correspondence, memorandums, diaries and other papers.

The main interest of the collection lies in the material to the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), to the financing of small businesses, and in general to Kinross’s activities in the City of London from 1928 to the present day. In addition to formal business, the papers contain a significant quantity of private correspondence, and some interest diaries. All the papers carry useful and sometimes lengthy annotations by Kinross himself. The papers were used extensively for his autobiography 'Fifty years in the city', 1982.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1925-1980.

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply from 17 January 1991.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

58 Consultation units

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented, 1984, by J B Kinross, London.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

Contact:
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700