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Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents
Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates:
circa 1916-2006.
Correspondence, diaries, records of consultation, drafts and typescripts of lectures, articles and papers, and personal papers, of and relating to Dr William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13332- is now part of MSS.50100-50251.
Scope and Contents
Ronald Fairbairn was born in Edinburgh in 1889 and educated at Merchiston Castle School and the Universities of Edinburgh, Manchester, Kiel and Strasbourg. During the First World War he served as a Territorial in the Royal Garrison Artillery with postings in Egypt and Palestine. He was Assistant Physician at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital for Mental Diseases from 1923-1924 and subsequently forged a career in medical psychology. He produced numerous psychological publications. He married,...
Dates:
1896-2006.
Literary papers and diaries of the author and poet, Violet Jacob (1863-1946).
Series
Identifier: MSS.27411-27416
Scope and Contents
Born Kennedy-Erskine, she was brought up in the House of Dun near Montrose, and married an army officer in 1894. She wrote in both Scots and English, and some of her prose works are set in Angus.
Dates:
1895-[circa 1945], undated.
Manuscript material from the 5th Earl of Rosebery's library at the Durdans, Epsom.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10217-10241
Dates:
1657-1919.
Papers of Alexander Reid.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8348
Scope and Contents
Including letters, notebooks, diaries and corrected typescripts of plays, short stories, poems, novels, and articles.
Correspondents include James Bridie, Neil Gunn, and Robert McLellan.
Dates:
1928-1981.
Papers of Peter McOmish Dott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8531
Scope and Contents
Including diaries, notes and essays on socialism and art history and appreciation. With correspondence of Peter M Dott to Eric Dott.
Dates:
1889-1931.
Professional and personal papers of Ethel Bassin; including papers concerning her biography of Francis Tolmie, 'The Old Songs of Skye' (1977).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 1(1)-Box 16(2)
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1863, 1908-1977, undated.