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African diary, 1885, and copies of letters, 1885-1886, of Dugald McFadyen.

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Identifier: Acc.11247
Scope and Contents

Diaries and letters concern the African Lakes Corporation`s trading station at Mandala, British Central Africa (Malawi). Includes a photograph of McFadyen, undated.

Dates: 1885-1886 and undated.

Copies of 12 songs of Meta Maclean.

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Identifier: Acc.6730
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With associated photographs and press cuttings.

Dates: 1925-1939.

Copies of 14 photographs of a Kirkcaldy linoleum workers` strike.

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Identifier: Acc.7621
Scope and Contents

With a typescript account, circa 1980, of the incident by James Bogie.

Dates: 1939-circa 1980.

Copies of epitaphs and monumental inscriptions in parish churchyards in Lanarkshire, compiled, with introductions, photographs, lists of contents, and indexes, by John Smith, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

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Identifier: MSS.2238-2244
Scope and Contents

John Smith is the author of "Monumental inscriptions in St. Cuthbert's Churchyard, Edinburgh", edited by Sir James Balfour Paul, in 'Scottish Record Society' series (Edinburgh, 1915, 1919).

Dates: 1915-1919.

Copies of photographs of and concerning William Soutar.

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Identifier: Acc.10553
Scope and Contents List of photographs:1. John Soutar (father) in the poet's room, reading book, beside portrait of WS by Finlayson.2a-c. 3 x foursomes: Soutar, Jim Finlayson, Mollie MacKenzie and Margaret Soutar (wearing hats).3. Soutar, John and Margaret Soutar out in the car, Soutar at wheel.4. Group of 6, John Soutar and five women, third and fourth from the left – Jess and Mollie MacKenzie.5. William Soutar as teenager.6. PC of...
Dates: Circa 1916-1958, undated.

Copies of photographs of John Gibson, WS.

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Identifier: Acc.11889
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Includes photographs of the Gibson family house in George Square, Edinburgh.

Dates: circa 1850, 1875.

Copies of photographs of the Anderson family in the Falkland Islands and Patagonia, with biographical material relating to George Anderson.

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Identifier: Acc.9031
Scope and Contents George Anderson (1865-1925) emigrated to the Falkland Islands in 1884 with a five-year contract to work as a shepherd. In 1891 he formed a company with four other Scottish shepherds to start a sheep farm in Patagonia, Argentina. It took George nearly eight years to find suitable land in this remote region. Eventually, in 1898 after several unsuccessful expeditions and many privations, he found a place near Cape Watchman.Although life in Patagonia was isolated and sometimes...
Dates: 1884-circa 1920, undated.

Correspondence, papers and notebooks chiefly of John Scott Haldane.

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Identifier: MSS.20510-20533
Scope and Contents

Amongst the papers and notebooks are some belonging to others which had come into the possession of J S Haldane.

Dates: 1884-1936, undated.

Diaries, logs, official correspondence and other papers of Lieutenant-Colonel Charles A C Gordon, MC, RA, mostly relating to the 11th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

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Identifier: Acc.8969/1-78
Scope and Contents

The papers mostly concern Gordon`s command of the 11th Siege Battery of the Royal Garrison Artillery and include Battery log books, copies of Battery correspondence, a history of the Battery, photograph album, training materials, notes and engagement diaries.

Dates: 1896-1977.

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

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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.

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Photographs. 48
Letters. Correspondence. 16
Correspondence. 11
Diaries. 11
Typescripts. 11
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Notes. 10
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 9
Articles. 6
Drafts. Documents. 6
Lectures. 6
Manuscripts. 6
Documents. 5
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Poetry. 5
Speeches. Documents. 5
Lists. 4
Drawings. Visual works. 3
Maps. Cartographic materials. 3
Obituaries. 3
Photocopies. 3
Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Publications. 3
Calculations. 2
Catalogues. 2
Commissions. Permissions. 2
Essays. 2
Memorandums. 2
Microfilms. 2
Portraits 2
Research notes. 2
Reviews. Document genre 2
Reviews. Document genre. 2
Sketches. 2
Snapshots. 2
Songs. Musical compositions. 2
Accounts. 1
Annotations. 1
Bibliographies. 1
Biographies. 1
Booklets. Information artefacts. 1
Bookplates. 1
Broadcasts. Events. 1
Cadenzas. Musical compositions. 1
Carbon copies. Reprographic copies. 1
Cashbooks. 1
Contracts. Agreements. 1
Declarations. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
Dispatches. 1
Edinburgh. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Edinburgh. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.2167. Latitude: 55.9500. 1
Epitaphs. 1
Exercise books. 1
Exercises. 1
Financial records. 1
Genealogies. 1
Graphs. 1
Histories. 1
Indexes. Reference sources. 1
Inscriptions. 1
Instructional materials. 1
Interleaves. 1
Kincardine. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. 1
Kirkcaldy. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Fife. Inhabited place. Longitude: -3.1667. Latitude: 56.1167. 1
Lecture notes. 1
Logs. Records. 1
Malawi. Africa. Nation. Longitude: 34.0000. Latitude: -13.5000. 1
Negatives. Photographs. 1
Offprints. 1
Pamphlets. 1
Parts. Scores. 1
Photograph albums. 1
Picture postcards. 1
Portraits. 1
Prefaces. 1
Prints. Visual works. 1
Proofs. Printed matter. 1
Proposals. 1
Registers (lists). 1
Reports 1
Russia. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 47.0000. Latitude: 60.0000. 1
Scripts. Documents 1
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Ships plans. Drawings 1
Slides. Photographs. 1
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English 28
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Latin 2
German 1
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Names
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Macarthur, family, Nairn, Scotland, Manitoba, Canada 2
Anderson, George, 1865-1925 (sheep farmer, Falkland Islands) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Bell, Henry, builder of the "Comet", 1767-1830 1
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Bell, William, great grand-nephew of Henry Bell, builder of the "Comet", d 1978 1
Bogie, James, Kirkcaldy, fl 1939-1980 1
British Broadcasting Corporation 1
British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners, fraternal society 1
Bruce, James, of Kinnaird, traveller in Africa, 1730–1794 1
Combe, George, Writer to the Signet, phrenologist, 1788-1858 1
Dallas, family, Nairn 1
Dennistoun, James, antiquary, 1803-1855 1
Fleming, Lindsay, author of "Life of James Dennistoun", fl 1951-1954 1
Gibson, John, WS (adm 1819), agent of Sir Walter Scott, 1796-1877 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid, 1892-1978 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Gunn, Neil Miller (author) 1
Her Majesty's Prison, Peterhead 1
Hill, David Octavius, photographer, 1802-1870 1
Hunter, Charles, Corporal, Fife and Forfar Yeomanry, fl 1900-1902 1
Kun, Béla, revolutionary, 1886-1939 1
Lindsay, Alexander William Crawford, 25th Earl of Crawford and 8th Earl of Balcarres (book collector and writer on art) 1
Lindsay, David Alexander Robert, 28th Earl of Crawford and 11th Earl of Balcarres, 1900-1975 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Maclean, John, revolutionary socialist, 1879-1923 1
Maclean, Meta, composer, fl 1925-1976 1
Marr, James William Slesser, marine biologist and polar explorer, 1902-1965 1
McFadyen, Dugald, marine engineer, fl 1885-1886 1
Smith, Sydney Goodsir, poet, playwright, 1915-1975 1
Soutar, William (poet) 1
Soutar, William, poet, 1898-1943 1
Zinovyev, Grigory Yevseyevich, Head of the Communist International, 1883-1936 1
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