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Correspondence and papers of John Anderson Graham and Katherine Graham, mainly concerning the Kalimpong homes and their missionary work in North India; with correspondence and papers of James Purdie, superintendent of Kalimpong homes.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6039 Box 1(1)-Box 17(2)
Scope and Contents
These papers consist of the personal archive of the Very Rev John Anderson Graham DD, founder of the Kalimpong homes, and much of the general archive of the Homes themselves from the beginning of Graham's ministry there in 1889 until 1972.The importance of the collection lies in the detailed account it gives of the early development and later growth and organisation of one of the Scottish mission centres in India, and in the light it throws on the social and educational problems...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1857, 1880-1972, undated.
Correspondence, diaries, photographs, invitations, programmes and other papers of the Reverend Ian Paterson Renton.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9212/1-27
Dates:
1940-1990.
Papers, including journals, scrapbooks, press cutting books, photographs and other items of Sir Robert Heatlie Scott and Lady Rosamond Aeliz Scott.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8181 Box 1(1)-Box 2(20)
Scope and Contents
The collection relates particularly to Sir Robert Scott's wartime imprisonment in Singapore (1942-1945), and to his period as Commissioner-General in South East Asia.
Dates:
1923-1982, undated.
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.
Personal and literary papers of Wendy Wood, including notes, correspondence, diaries, corrected typescripts of autobiographical work, records of the Scottish Patriots, and associated press cuttings.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7980/1-54
Dates:
1920-1980, undated.
Personal and professional papers of Roland Eugene Muirhead, including correspondence, diaries, notebooks and related material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6052/1-157
Scope and Contents
Concerning personal, business and political matters.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1803-1957, undated.