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Charters and formal documents of the Graemes of Inchbraikie and Aberuthven, Perthshire.
Collection
Identifier: Ch.15439-15440
Scope and Contents
Collection relates mainly to properties and military service.
Dates:
1680-1871.
Correspondence and papers of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, his wife Susan Buchan, Lady Tweedsmuir, his brother James Walter Buchan, and sister, Anna Buchan.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11627/1-120
Dates:
1863-1978.
Formal documents from the papers of George Combe, lawyer, phrenologist and educationist.
Series
Identifier: Ch.7595-7610
Dates:
1741-1841.
Papers, circa 1852-1872, of William Strathhenry Kemp.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9427
Scope and Contents
Includes historical and literary lectures and essays, and addresses to pupils at Falkirk Grammar School and Glasgow High School.
With papers, 1897-1904, of Robina Jane Kemp, including certificates and testimonials.
Dates:
circa 1852-1904.
Papers, including some unpublished manuscripts, of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12329
Dates:
1898-1940.
Papers of and concerning the painter Edward Arthur Walton (1860-1922).
Series
Identifier: MSS.19245-19250
Scope and Contents
A member of the Glasgow School and a friend of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Arthur Walton exhibited regularly at both the Royal Scottish Academy and the Royal Scottish Society of Painters in Water-Colours.
Dates:
1891-1925.
Personal and political papers of Eustace George Willis, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, with some photographs and memorabilia.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13208
Scope and Contents
Personal and political papers, memorabilia and photographs, 1911–1976, of Labour politician Eustace George Willis (1903–1987). Willis was educated at the City of Norwich Secondary School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1919 until 1930. He was a bookseller and lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges from 1932 until 1964. Willis was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North in the 1945 General Election but was defeated in 1950. He contested again Edinburgh...
Dates:
1911-1976.