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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...
Dates: circa 1925-1980.

Papers of John L Broom and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10802
Scope and Contents

Includes diaries, notebooks, correspondence and manuscripts and typescripts of articles and addresses.

Dates: 1912-1992.

Papers of John Telfer Dunbar, costume historian.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12251
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of William Wilson, tartan manufacturer, Bannockburn, circa 1800-1840.

Dates: circa 1940-1990.

Papers of Mabel Ross, hand spinner and weaver.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11234
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, notebooks, diaries and working papers.

Dates: 1939-1995 and undated.

Papers of Major-General Douglas Neil Wimberley relating to the 51st (Highland) Division in the First and Second World Wars.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.7380/1-95
Scope and Contents

Maps, accounts, diaries, lectures and other papers, mainly concerning operations, 1942-1943, of the 51st (Highland) Division in North Africa and Sicily, together with a smaller quantity of associated post-war correspondence and some papers, 1918, concerning the Division in the First World War.

Dates: 1914-1976, undated.

Papers of Margaret M Morrison, the novelist (died 1973), who wrote under the pseudonym 'March Cost'.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27374-27410
Scope and Contents

The sister of Nancy Brysson Morrison, Margaret M Morrison studied at Glasgow School of Art and trained for the stage before beginning her career in literature.

Dates: 1936-1972, undated.

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.

Papers of Ronald Selby Wright.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11296
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, sermons, photographs, diaries and press cuttings.

Dates: circa 1930-1994.

Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5510-5721A
Scope and Contents After serving his apprenticeship as Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at the courts of Munich, Ratisbon, Berlin, Turin and Madrid, Robert Liston was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid in 1784.After leaving Madrid he was the British Representative at Stockholm, Constantinople, Washington, The Hague, and again at Constantinople.Within each regional section there are two main categories, official and personal. The first contains documents, with instructions or...
Dates: 1756-1832.

Papers of the author, Florence Marian McNeill.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26194-26259
Scope and Contents

Born in Orkney, Florence Marian McNeill worked in London for the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene from 1913 to 1917. She wrote and lectured on a variety of subjects, and was an active member of the Scottish National Party and the Saltire Society, but is best known for her books on Scottish cookery and folklore.

Dates: 1901-1973, undated.

Papers of the Dalrymples of Hailes and Newhailes.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.25276-25758
Scope and Contents The outstanding feature of the archive is the correspondence of Sir David Dalrymple, 3rd Baronet, Lord Hailes (1726-1792) relating to his intellectual pursuits and legal career. But the archive also contains material concerning early eighteenth century Scotland and British politics in the correspondence of the 1st and 2nd Baronets of Hailes; the very rich personal correspondence and journals of Lord Hailes' daughter and heiress, Christian Dalrymple (died 1838); correspondence and papers of...
Dates: 17th century-early 20th century.

Papers of the family of Dunlop of Stevenson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.360
Dates: 18th century-20th century.

Papers of the first Earl Haig.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.3155

Papers of the Lamont of Knockdow family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10174
Scope and Contents

Includes:

Geographical journals and notes, circa 1869-1870, of Sir James Lamont, 1st Baronet, concerning Novaya Zemlya.

Diaries and correspondence, 1888-1954, of Sir Norman Lamont, 2nd Baronet, and Augusta Lamont, both of Knockdow.

Dates: circa 1869-1954.

Papers of the Malcolm family of Burnfoot.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9756
Scope and Contents

Includes Clementina Malcolm`s medical journal and letters to her from her children.

Dates: 1701-1845 and undated.

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Diaries. 229
Correspondence. 162
Letters. Correspondence. 73
Photographs. 63
Notebooks. 46
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Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 44
Typescripts. 42
Notes. 41
Manuscripts. 40
Poetry. 36
Articles. 31
Copies. Derivative objects. 24
Speeches. Documents. 18
Drafts. Documents. 16
Lectures. 16
Accounts. 15
Microfilms. 13
Financial records. 12
Legal documents. 12
Autobiographies. 11
Plays. 11
Documents. 10
Maps. Cartographic materials. 10
Publications. 10
Short stories. 10
Photograph albums. 9
Photocopies. 8
Printed materials. Object genre. 8
Sketches. 8
Novels. 7
Reports 7
Reports. 7
Travel journals. 7
Biographies. 6
Drawings. Visual works. 6
Family papers. 6
Sermons 6
Transcripts 6
Account books. 5
Excerpts. 5
Letter books. 5
Lists. 5
Memorandums. 5
Scripts. Documents 5
Address books. Reference sources. 4
Albums. 4
Certificates 4
Commonplace books. 4
Ephemera. 4
Essays. 4
Estate records. 4
Genealogies. 4
Literature (writings). 4
Minutes. Administrative records. 4
Mountaineering. 4
Passports. 4
Personal papers. 4
Professional papers. 4
Programmes. 4
Reviews. Document genre 4
Second World War (1939-1945). 4
Songs. Musical compositions. 4
Books 3
Calculations. 3
Catalogues. 3
Certificates. 3
Genealogical tables. Genealogies. 3
Inventories. 3
Memoirs. 3
Memoranda Book. 3
Negatives. Photographs. 3
Obituaries. 3
Reviews. Document genre. 3
Scrapbooks 3
Testimonials. 3
Translations. Documents. 3
Travel journals 3
Watercolours. Paintings. 3
Administrative records. 2
Alps (mountain system). Europe. Longitude: 010 00 00 E. Latitude: 46 25 00 N. 2
Anecdotes. 2
Annotations. 2
Audiocassettes. 2
Audiotapes. Sound recordings. 2
Authors 2
Bankbooks. 2
Business records. 2
Cashbooks. 2
Claims. Legal documents. 2
Contracts. Agreements. 2
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 2
Exhibition catalogues. 2
Extracts. 2
Fiction. 2
Fragments. 2
Glasgow. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Glasgow. Inhabited place. Longitude: -4.2500. Latitude: 55.8833. 2
Histories. 2
Indexes. Reference sources. 2
India. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 77.0000. Latitude: 20.0000. 2
Invitations. 2
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Language
English 161
Undetermined 69
German 2
Multiple languages 2
Swedish 1
 
Names
Mitchison, Naomi Mary Margaret (née Haldane), Baroness Mitchison (author) 4
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 2
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 2
Bassin, Ethel Rose, collector of Scottish songs and music teacher, 1889-1974 2
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 2
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Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie (politician, née Thomson, then Grant) (1915-1978) 2
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866 2
Carlyle, Thomas, essayist and historian, 1795-1881 2
Christie, family, of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire 2
Dillon, Emile Joseph (philologist, author and journalist, pseudonym 'E B Lanin') (1854-1933) 2
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 2
Hutchison, Isobel Wylie (botanist and traveller) 2
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 2
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 2
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 2
Meacham, Gwendoline Emily, Scottish nationalist, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1892-1981 2
Scottish Mountaineering Club 2
Smith, Lilian Adam, 1866-1949 (née Buchanan, wife of Sir George, Knight) 2
Smith, Sir George Adam, Knight, Old Testament scholar and geographer, 1856-1942 2
Stewart, family, of Murdostoun 2
Walton, Cecile, painter, 1891-1956 2
Armstrong, John , Artist and Author, d. 2003 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Baume, Louis Charles, mountaineer, 1919-1993 1
Bienert, Werner, German Language Teacher, 1902-1988 1
Blackwood, Algernon Henry, writer of supernatural fiction, 1869-1951 1
Blackwood, William, William (publisher) 1
Blake, George, novelist, 1893-1961 1
Bloxham, family, Banbury 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Bonar, James, Solicitor of Excise, 1757-1821 1
Bottomley, Gordon, author, 1874-1948 1
Brocklebank, Thomas Anthony, mountaineer and teacher, 1908-1984 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Brown, George Mackay (poet and writer) 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician 1
Brown, John, author of "Rab" and physician, 1810-1882 1
Brown, Thomas Graham, neurophysiologist and mountaineer, 1882-1965 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Bunney, Herrick, 1915-1997 (organist of St. Giles' Cathedral, Edinburgh) 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Cairns, family, Edinburgh 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Calderwood, Anna, sister of Major Douglas Cunninghame Graham, fl 1839 1
Cameron, Verney Lovett, explorer, 1844-1894 1
Campbell (family, of Argyll) 1
Campbell family, of Inverneill 1
Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll, politician and scientist, 1823-1900 1
Campbell, John Douglas Edward Henry, 7th Duke of Argyll, 1777-1847 1
Campbell, John Lorne, scholar of Scottish Gaelic folklore, 1906-1996 1
Campbell, Marion, wife of John, of Kilberry, née Durand, b 1919 1
Carlyle, Jane Baillie Welsh, poet and writer, née Welsh, 1801-1866. 1
Cathcart, Hon. Sir George, Knight, Major-General, 1794-1854 1
Cathcart, family, of Cathcart, Earls Cathcart 1
Church of Scotland 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Columbine, Edward Henry, Royal Navy, Governor of Sierra Leone, 1763-1811 1
Cram, Alastair, Lawyer and Judge in Kenya, 1909-1994 1
Crosbie, Hugh Provan, novelist, pseudonym 'John Carrick', 1912-2003 1
Crosbie, William, artist, 1915-1999 1
Crum, F M, Major, fl 1893-1955 1
Cuthbert, Jane, Ayr, née Robertson, fl 1869-1926 1
Cuthbert, Walter Robertson, Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, husband of Gwendoline Emily Meacham, pseudonym Wendy Wood, 1887-1970 1
Dalziel, Ethel, kinswoman of John, Writer to the Signet, fl 1902: recipient 1
Dalziel, John, Writer to the Signet, 1838-1883 1
Dalziel, family 1
Darling, Frank Moss Fraser, Sir, Knight (ecologist) 1
Davenport, John, writer, fl 1954-1957 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949: collector 1
Dott, Eric F, physician and conscientious objector, 1898-1999: recipient 1
Dott, George, Scottish Nationalist, fl 1909-1959 1
Dott, Peter McOmish, Edinburgh, art dealer, 1856-c 1935 1
Douglas, George Norman, travel writer, 1868-1952 1
Douglas, family, of Cavers 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Drew, Charles Smith, 1893-1970 1
Drew, Lilian Mary Buchanan, 1894-1980 (née Adam Smith, wife of Charles S. Drew) 1
Dunbar, John Telfer, costume historian, 1912-2002 1
Dundas, Robert James (Anglican clergyman) 1
Dunlop, family, of Stevenson 1
Dunnett, Sir Alastair MacTavish (Journalist and newspaper editor) 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964 1
Fairbairn, William Ronald Dodds, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, 1889-1964. 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fergusson , Bernard Edward, Baron Ballantrae of Auchairne and the Bay of Islands (Governor General of New Zealand) 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Forrester, Charles Grant, Principal, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 1895-1980 1
Free Church of Scotland 1
George Waterston and Sons Limited, printers, stationers and sealing wax manufacturers 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gilmour, Thomas Lennox, journalist and barrister, 1859-1936 1
Gladstone, Thomas, 2nd Bart., of Fasque, 1804-1889 1
Glen, Duncan Munro, editor and author, 1933-2008 1
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