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Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
Scope and Contents

Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence, reports, research notes and other papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, scientist and researcher.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9010/1-247
Scope and Contents Correspondence and research papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, Scientific Consultant, 1914-1985. Although there is some personal correspondence, the papers relate mainly to Dr Woodward’s scientific career, including his work as a scientific civil servant, 1930-1947, at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Sutton Oak, on chemical warfare and in particular on mustard gas, at the Ministry of Supply, Leamington Spa, on camouflage research, and at the Ministry of Production, where his...
Dates: 1914-1985.

Minutes, accounts, and miscellaneous papers of the Edinburgh Skating Club.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.24641-24649
Scope and Contents The Edinburgh Skating Club was clearly well-established in 1784 when the first minute book starts. Apart from a few years of inactivity the Club flourished until the early 1900's when combined figure-skating declined in popularity. It was finally dissolved in 1966. Although the Club attracted a large proportion of its members from the legal profession, the Edinburgh Skating Club was not socially exclusive and the membership lists include local noblemen, merchants, army offers and a slater....
Dates: 1784-1966, undated.

Minutes, correspondence and other papers of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, mainly records of the Scottish Liberal Party.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11765/1-110
Scope and Contents

Minute books and other papers from the Edinburgh headquarters office of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, consisting mainly of older records of the Scottish Liberal Party prior to its union with the Social Democratic Party and the creation of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, and including records of the Scottish Liberal Club and the Scottish Reform Club.

Dates: 1855-1987, undated.

Papers of Magnus Magnusson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates: circa 1948-2006.

Papers of Sir Robert Grieve.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13523
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and papers, 1943-1964 mostly relating to his work as a town and regional planner, of Professor Sir Robert Grieve (1910-1995), Chief Planner, Scottish Office, 1960-4, Professor of Town and Regional Planning at Glasgow University, 1964-74, and the first Chairman of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1965-70. Many of the files relate to his work on the Clyde Valley Regional Plan (1944-6).

Dates: 1943-1964

Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)

Records and papers of Donaldson's Hospital, Donaldson's School and Edinburgh Royal Institution for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12753/1-102
Scope and Contents

Constitutions, reports, minutes, correspondence, financial records and printed books, 1846–2001, of Donaldson's Hospital and the Edinburgh Royal Institution for the Education of Deaf and Dumb Children and, from 1938, Donaldson's School.

Dates: 1843-2001, undated.

Records of the Scottish Youth Hostels Association

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13372
Scope and Contents Annual Reports, minutes, correspondence, reports, property records and photographs, 1931-2012, undated, of and relating to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.Following preliminary meetings in 1930s, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association was formed in Edinburgh in1931at a public meeting chaired by Lord Salvesen ‘To help all, but especially young people of limited means living and working in industrial and other areas, to know use and appreciate the Scottish countryside and...
Dates: 1931-2000

The Scottish Library Association (SLA) and the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS) Archive.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13656/1-129
Scope and Contents The archive contains the minutes, correspondence, committee papers, working group papers and reports produced by the Scottish Library Association (SLA) from 1912-2005, before it became the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in Scotland (CILIPS) in 2005. Also included are photographs from various SLA conferences, video cassette tapes and CD-ROMs produced by the AV Scot Archive which is the Scottish branch of the Library Association Audio Visual Group. The...
Dates: 1912-2006.

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