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This series of files was placed in R E Muirhead's room in the Scottish Secretariat Office.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover six centuries worth of family and estate papers of the Forbes, the Stuart Forbes, and the Trefusis families. Alexander de Forbes (c.1380-1448) was created the 1st Lord Forbes around 1440, the Lords Forbes of Pitsligo were descended from Sir William Forbes, brother of Alexander. The title was created in 1633 for Alexander Forbes (d.1636). His descendant Alexander Forbes, 4th Lord Forbes of Pitsligo (1678-1762) forfeited his estates following his support for the Jacobites in...

Scope and Contents Manuscript of chapters of travel writing by Naomi Mitchison, on the lands now known as Australia and Indigenous Peoples in Australia. Includes derogatory term “aborigine”, which was commonly used up to the 1960s but is now regarded as outdated and discriminatory; and the term "half-caste", introduced to Australia and Aotearoa in the early 19th century with derogatory implications, which is considered offensive. Definitions from the Cultural Heritage Terminology Network's Inclusive...