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Correspondence and papers of H E Sumner.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9469
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Concerning the history of Rhodesia, with some papers, circa 1944, on Eritrea.

Dates: circa 1944, 1973-1976.

Correspondence and papers of John Forbes, Lieutenant-General in the Portuguese service.

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Identifier: MSS.15342-15350
Scope and Contents Forbes was a soldier of fortune who enlisted in the Portuguese army in the Seven Years' War and afterwards settled in Portugal, remaining in the service for the rest of his life. He was the second son of George Forbes of Skellater, Aberdeenshire and although he never owned the property (which his father sold) he was frequently referred to, and known as Forbes de Skellater, or Forbes-Skellater. The manuscripts refer to the campaigns of the Portuguese army in the wars against France of...
Dates: 1793-1797, 1801-1804, 1807, 1818, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert A Watson-Watt, including his collection of printed material concerning the history of radar.

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Identifier: Acc.9343/1-88
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Contains correspondence and papers concerning radar in World War II, the Royal Commission on Awards to Inventors, 1951, and other activities and interests.

Includes photographs, articles and printed books.

Dates: 1909-1969, undated.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Robert Grieve.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10205
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Concern Grieve`s work on the Clyde Valley Regional Plan and other working during his period as a senior and Chief Planner, Scottish Office.

Dates: circa 1945-1964.

Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.

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Identifier: MSS.11001-13496
Scope and Contents The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates: 17th century-20th century.

Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.

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Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates: 1981-1996, 2010.

Correspondence of Alexander Low Bruce, master brewer, with some personal and financial papers.

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Identifier: Acc.11777/1-41
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Includes papers concerning Bruce's directorships of the African Lakes Company and the Imperial British East Africa Company, and to Liberal Unionist organisations and activities in Scotland.

The papers, originally contained in a mahogany filing cabinet with alphabetically labelled drawers, is mostly, but not exclusively, Bruce’s personal, rather than his business correspondence, mainly from 1885-1893 and largely concerned with his political and African interests.

Dates: 1858-1893, undated.

Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.

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Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
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Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.

Dates: 1745-1961.

Correspondence, reports, research notes and other papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, scientist and researcher.

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Identifier: Acc.9010/1-247
Scope and Contents Correspondence and research papers of Dr Foster Neville Woodward, Scientific Consultant, 1914-1985. Although there is some personal correspondence, the papers relate mainly to Dr Woodward’s scientific career, including his work as a scientific civil servant, 1930-1947, at the Chemical Defence Research Establishment, Sutton Oak, on chemical warfare and in particular on mustard gas, at the Ministry of Supply, Leamington Spa, on camouflage research, and at the Ministry of Production, where his...
Dates: 1914-1985.

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

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Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, undated.

Correspondence, typescripts, press cuttings and other papers of Wilfred Taylor.

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Identifier: Acc.9575/1-119
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Includes articles, reviews, memoirs, plays, speeches notes and correspondence.

With volume containing press cuttings, photographs and programmes, 1886-1937, concerning the Ayr Burns Club and Burns Federation.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1846, 1938-1986.

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Church of Scotland 2
Craigen, James Mark, politician and author, b 1938 2
Franco-Scottish Society of Scotland 2
Geddes, Sir Patrick, Knight, sociologist, 1854-1932 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 2
Hill, Lawrence, of Barlanerk, Writer to the Signet, 1755-1792 2
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 2
MacDougall, Ian, Honorary Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society, b 1933 2
McCrone, Robert Gavin Loudon, 1933- (economist and civil servant) 2
Murray, Katherine Marjory Stewart-, wife of John, 8th Duke of Atholl, née Ramsay, 1874-1960 2
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 2
Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association 2
Stuart, Charles Edward Louis Philip Casimir, Prince, 1720-1788 2
Telford, Thomas, engineer, 1757-1834 2
Academics Together (pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland.) 1
Adam, William, politician, Attorney General to Prince of Wales, 1751-1839 1
African Lake Company Limited, logistics and shipping 1
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, Foundry Section, 1971-1992 1
Amalgamated Union of Foundry Workers, 1946-1971 1
Andrew Fletcher Society, Scotland, political discussion and research group 1
Angus, David, civil engineer, 1855-1926 1
Angus, Nancy W, daughter of David, civil engineer, fl 1907-1960 1
Antonelli, Leonardo, Cardinal, 1730-1811: recipient 1
Archinto, Giovanni, Cardinal, 1732-1799: recipient 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 51st (Highland) Division 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Gordon Highlanders, 1st Battalion 1
Ascherson, Charles Neal, b. 1932 (journalist, writer, and historian) 1
Associated Ironmoulders of Scotland, -1920 1
Ayr Burns Club 1
Ayrshire Miners' Union, -1944 1
Ballantyne, James (printer) 1
Barlow (family) 1
Basden, Eric Bernard, local collector and bibliographer, 1913-1984 1
Beazley, Samuel, architect and playwright, 1786-1851 1
Bell, Adam, feuar of Mow, fl 1665 1
Better Together Aberdeenshire (Local pro-union campaign organisation, Scotland) 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Blaikie, Walter Biggar, historian, civil engineer and publisher, 1847-1928: collector 1
Border Counties Co-operative Conference Association 1
Boswell, James, of Auchinleck, author, 1740–1795 1
Bottomley, family 1
Breitenbach, Esther (social researcher and historian) 1
Brewster, George, missionary, fl 1919 1
Britain-Russia Centre, Scotland 1
Bruce, Alexander Low, Deputy-Chairman of William Younger and Company, brewers, 1839-1893 1
Burns Club of London, Vernacular Circle 1
Cadell, Robert, publisher, 1788-1849 1
Cadell, family, of Grange 1
Caledonian Railway Company 1
Cameron, Andrew, 1929-2022 (SNP activist) 1
Campaign for a Scottish Assembly (cross-party campaigning organisation) 1
Campbell, Archibald, 9th Earl of Argyll, 1629-1685 1
Catherine McCaig's Trust 1
Central Ironmoulders' Association of Scotland, 1889-1926 1
Charles I, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1600-1649 1
Charles II, King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1630-1685 1
Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals Scotland (CILIPS) 1
Children in Scotland 1
Children's Overseas Reception Board, Scottish Branch 1
Chueng-Nainby, Priscilla , Dr (academic.) 1
Church of Scotland, Colonial Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Colonial and Continental Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Committee for the Conversion of the Jews 1
Church of Scotland, Female Education in India Association 1
Church of Scotland, Female Education in India Society 1
Church of Scotland, Foreign Mission Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Glasgow Ladies’ Association for Promoting Female Education 1
Church of Scotland, Jewish Mission Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Jewish Mission Committee and Women’s Jewish Mission 1
Church of Scotland, Kalinpong Guild Mission Joint Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Kalinpong Guild Mission Perthshire Branch Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Ladies’ Association for Advancement of Female Education 1
Church of Scotland, Ladies’ Association for Foreign Missions 1
Church of Scotland, Overseas Forward Movement 1
Church of Scotland, Sub Committee on Indian Missions 1
Church of Scotland, Women's Foreign Mission Business Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Women's Foreign Mission General Committee 1
Church of Scotland, Women’s Association for Foreign Missions 1
Church of Scotland, Women’s Association for Foreign Missions, Missiona 1
Church of Scotland, Women’s Association for Foreign Missions, Poona Su 1
Church of Scotland, Women’s Association for Jewish Missions 1
Church of Scotland, Women’s Foreign Mission, Edinburgh Presbyterial Co 1
Church of Scotland, Women’s Jewish Mission General Committee 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Comunn Litreachas na h-Alba 1
Conference of Scottish Medieval Historical Research 1
Conference of Scottish Medievalists 1
Cope, Sir John, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1690-1760 1
Cowes, Richard, Captain, Royal Navy, fl 1654 1
Craig, Robert, Principal of University of Rhodesia, 1917-1995 1
Craigmount School for Girls, Edinburgh 1
Crossley, William, II (canal engineer) 1
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