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Copies of 14 photographs of a Kirkcaldy linoleum workers` strike.
File
Identifier: Acc.7621
Scope and Contents
With a typescript account, circa 1980, of the incident by James Bogie.
Dates:
1939-circa 1980.
Copies of emigration papers of Ernest Robb.
File
Identifier: Acc.13121
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of copies of Ernest Robb`s emigration papers, c. 1900-1972. The papers include a typescript diary of the journey from Plymouth to Australia, an immigration identity card, Ernest Robb`s Australian passport, a receipt of passage`s money, a passenger`s contract ticket as well as photographs of Ernest and his brothers Jock, emigrant to Western Australia, and Bob, emigrant to the USA.Ernest Robb was born in Castlehill cottage, Troqueer, Kirkudbrightshire,...
Dates:
circa 1900-1972.
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.
Series
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 papers of Alexander Hart.
File
Identifier: Acc.5508
Scope and Contents
Including:
1. photographs of three letters, 1820, 1847, of Alexander Hart
2. photograph of Hart in old age
3. Three certificates, 1814, of his brother, John.
Dates:
1814-1847.
Copies of photographs of and concerning William Soutar.
File
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 George and Jane Oliver, emigrants to New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada and Chicago, USA.
File
Identifier: Acc.13019
Dates:
circa 1920-1936.
Copies of photographs of George and Jane Oliver, emigrants to New Liskeard, Ontario, Canada and Chicago, USA.
File
Identifier: Acc.13020
Dates:
circa 1920-1936.
Copies of photographs of John Gibson, WS.
File
Identifier: Acc.11889
Scope and Contents
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.
File
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.
Copies of press cuttings and other papers and photographs of the Macarthur family, Nairn, Scotland and Manitoba, Canada.
File
Identifier: Acc.11045
Dates:
circa 1850-1890.
Copies of seven photographs of William Soutar, with his family and friends.
File
Identifier: Acc.7277
Dates:
circa 1915-1928.
Copies of two photographs of Sydney Goodsir Smith.
File
Identifier: Acc.9737
Dates:
circa 1937-1947.
Copy, circa 2005, of a photograph of the Lily of Leith Lodge, British Order of Ancient Free Gardeners, 1909.
Item
Identifier: Acc.12581
Dates:
circa 2005.
Copy of a photograph, 1894, of Nora Blair, her mother and sister; and cadenzas for Beethoven's Violin Concerto composed for her in 1894 by her tutor, Maurice Sons, leader of the Scottish Orchestra.
File
Identifier: MS.21859
Dates:
1894.
Copy of Charles Horne, "The Kingdom of Forgue", with associated photograph and medallion.
File
Identifier: Acc.6422
Dates:
1905.
Copy of photographic portrait of George Combe, by David O Hill.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4557
Dates:
circa 1843-circa 1848.
Copy of ‘Pièces en trio pour les flutes, violon et dessus de viole’ by Marin Marais.
Series
Identifier: MSS.21843-21845
Dates:
1692.
Copy of portrait photograph of Charles Hunter as Corporal in the Fife and Forfar Light Horse.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10714
Dates:
circa 1902.
Correspondence and contributions relating to issue 22 of "Scotia Review", published spring 1997.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11469
Dates:
1996-1997.
Correspondence and financial and administrative papers of the Sligo and Smith-Sligo family of Inzievar.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8287/1-272
Dates:
1685-1968.
Correspondence and literary papers of and concerning George Borrow collected by Sir Angus Fraser, with working papers of Sir Angus Fraser relating to George Borrow.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12091/1-74
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies, extensive notes on Borrow by Sir Angus Fraser and an annotated copy of 'George Borrow: a Bibliographical Guide' (1984).
Dates:
1794-2001, undated.
Correspondence and other papers, including photographs, newspaper cuttings and a pamphlet, concerning Sailors' Walk House, Kirkcaldy, a sixteenth-century building.
Series
Identifier: MS.20761 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Scope and Contents
The papers were kept by the donor, Miss Gwendollyn Lendrum, secretary of the committee which prevented the house’s demolition, raised funds for its restoration, and ultimately transferred it to the National Trust for Scotland.
Dates:
1933-1953.
Correspondence and other papers of and concerning Ian Hamilton Finlay.
File
Identifier: Acc.10972
Dates:
1961-1971 and undated.