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Collection of manuscript material transferred from printed theses collection, 1637-late 19th century, chiefly consisting of German academic papers, but including a small cache of Scottish legal papers, 19th century.

Series

Identifier: Acc.3591

Scope and Contents

With some Scottish legal papers, 19th century, including account of the death of a child chimney sweep in Edinburgh in 1817.

Dates: 14th century-19th century.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Further papers of Lord James Douglas-Hamilton relating to historical matters.

Fonds

Identifier: Dep.379

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, papers and copies of research documents assembled by Lord James Douglas-Hamilton for the publication of his books 'Motive for a Mission, the Story Behind Rudolf Hess’s Flight to Britain' (1st edition London 1971, 2nd edition Edinburgh 1979 and paperback edition, 1980); 'Air Battle for Malta: The Diaries of a Fighter Pilot', (Edinburgh 1981); and 'Roof of the World: Man’s First Flight Over Everest', (Edinburgh 1983).

Dates: 1968-1983.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Journals and notebooks of Edward Theodore Salvesen, Lord Salvesen.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.13420

Scope and Contents Edward Theodore Salvesen (1857-1942) was the son of Christian Frederick Salvesen (1827-1911), the Norwegian born founder of the Salvesen shipping company of Leith. He was educated at Edinburgh University and called to the Scottish Bar in 1880, becoming a Queen’s Counsel in 1899. As a Liberal Unionist candidate, he unsuccessfully contested the parliamentary constituencies of Leith Burghs in 1900 and Bute in 1905. He was Sheriff of Roxburghshire, Berwickshire and Selkirkshire from 1901-1905...

Dates: 1873-1900.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of John Lindsay, Lord Menmuir, concerning lead and copper mining in Scotland.

File

Identifier: Adv.MS.19.1.24

Scope and Contents Lord Menmuir was appointed Master of the Metals and Minerals for life in 1592.The papers are part of the Balcarres collection. They were bound in 1896, when it was not realised that they belonged to the collection.The contents are as follows:(i) Observations of Sir Archibald Napier of Merchiston on the Act of Parliament concerning metals, 1592. ‘Early records relating to mining in Scotland’, 73. Cf. Adv.MS.29.2.9, folio 17. (Folio 1.)(ii)...

Dates: 1567-1596, and undated.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Paul Henderson Scott.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.11894

Scope and Contents

Papers concern Scott`s service in the British Military Government of Berlin, 1945-1949, and his candidacy in the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 1999. Includes printed material concerning military training and the Allied Military Government of Germany.

Dates: circa 1942-1999.

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.13593

Scope and Contents Papers, c.1910-1970s, of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.Werner Bienert was born in Thale Am Harz, Germany in1902 to a sawmill owner. His early life until 1922 was spent working in the timber trade in Germany and Holland before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1924 on a year’s visa. There he met his future wife, Rose Tinney, with whom he had three children. They were married in 1925 before Bienert was forced to move back to Germany, settling in Hamburg. The...

Dates: c.1903-1979

Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division