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Correspondence, photographs and antiquarian collections on Pictish symbol-stones, of Cosmo Gordon.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.272- is now Acc.12803.
Dates:
20th century.
Papers and correspondence of Douglas Charles Parker.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21551-21561
Scope and Contents
D C Parker was an able amateur musician, and a professional writer on music, both as critic (1919-1934) on the ‘Evening Times’ of Glasgow, and as the biographer of Georges Bizet, and a contributor to many musical periodicals. His main enthusiasms were for the music of Wagner, Elgar, the French composers of the late 19th century, and for opera in general. His correspondence extends from his early contacts with Massenet and Saint Saëns, through to modern conductors such as Colin Davis. His...
Dates:
1902-1970.
Papers concerning Peebleshire.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4300
Scope and Contents
Including typescript extracts from a diary, and church records.
Dates:
19th century.
Papers concerning Zimbabwe.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.9280
Scope and Contents
With papers, 1979-1980, on the security situation in Zimbabwe
Six albums of newspaper cuttings on Zimbabwe, with an index
typescrip of "Go Forth", a history of the Minsitry of Internal Affairs in Rhodesia.
Dates:
1979-1980 and undated.
Papers of James Lauder Davidson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13567
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises several manuscript and typescript diaries which illustrate James Lauder Davidson’s experiences during his time in Burma, before and after WWII, and his military involvement in the conflict. Of particular interest are the earlier and later diaries, as well as the diary charting his escape into China. The collection also includes two photographic albums. The first one (item 2 in the collection) includes original photographs taken by Davidson. Most of them include...
Dates:
1938-1947
Papers of the National Union of Mineworkers, Scottish Area.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10812
Dates:
1947-1985.
Press cuttings and typescripts, with manuscript corrections, of articles of Seton Gordon.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7018
Scope and Contents
Mostly on Scottish birds.
Dates:
1908-1912 and undated.
Scrapbook, photograph album and typescript magazines of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison and her siblings.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13412
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook, photograph album and typescript magazines, ca.1894 – 1900, of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison and her siblings, the children of Thomas Hutchison, Merchant, Edinburgh [b.1841]. The typescript magazines and many of the photographs relate to the Hutchison children’s childhood at Carlowrie.
Dates:
ca.1894-1900