Correspondence and other papers, including photographs, newspaper cuttings and a pamphlet, concerning Sailors' Walk House, Kirkcaldy, a sixteenth-century building.
Scope and Contents
The papers were kept by the donor, Miss Gwendollyn Lendrum, secretary of the committee which prevented the house’s demolition, raised funds for its restoration, and ultimately transferred it to the National Trust for Scotland.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1953.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
2 Volumes ; Folio and under.
Language of Materials
Undetermined
Arrangement
xiv + 374 folios.
The foliation is divided between two volumes:
(Part 1) Folios xiv + 1-198;
(Part 2) Folios 199-374.
Other Finding Aids
A list of contents is placed at the beginning. In this the references are to item numbers, now encircled and superseded by foliation.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1956, by Miss Gwendollyn M Lendrum, St Leonards-on-Sea.
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
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Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
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