Scope and Contents Personal papers of Hope Maclean relating to her service with the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War, and with the Women's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the 1950s. Having graduated with an MA from Edinburgh University in 1938, Hope was working as secretary in the university’s engineering department when she joined the W.R.N.S in 1941. As she had studied German as part of her degree, she was appointed to the Special Duties (Linguist) W.R.N.S., which were...

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Includes post war papers, minute books and financial records of the Lothian and Border Horse Regimental Association and its predecessor body.

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The scrapbooks cover the period from December 1943 to August 1945. They consist of 36 notebooks in which Roth has written short notes on the progress of the war, illustrated with press cuttings he had collected.

Although it is not clear why Roth began to keep a daily record of events occurring during the war, he had an interest in military history, and keeping a record of the war on a daily basis helped to develop his knowledge of geography.

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The scrapbooks cover the period from December 1943 to August 1945. They consist of 36 notebooks in which Roth has written short notes on the progress of the war, illustrated with press cuttings he had collected.

Although it is not clear why Roth began to keep a daily record of events occurring during the war, he had an interest in military history, and keeping a record of the war on a daily basis helped to develop his knowledge of geography.

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Diary of Lieutenant Walker, of the Royal Scots Regiment, in India, 1940-1941. The diary records life in the army from recruitment and training at Aldershot, the convoy to Bombay, and life in India.

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Hunter was interned in a number of different camps for officers, including Oflag VII C, Oflag IX A/Z and Oflag VIB. Whilst the stories were written during his internment, they do not describe his experiences during that time.

Prior to the Second World War, Hunter had lived in Ferozepur and Allahabad, India before moving to Oban around 1936, which is reflected in his stories.

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Material concerns life in post-war Edinburgh and holidays in Scotland, and includes three letters of Miss Meadmore to her mother.

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Includes original art work.

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Accession includes:

1. sketchbook, 1943-1944,

2. an earlier volume of poetry written by Barclay,

3. Barlcay`s wartime record kept by his wife, Annie.

Scope and Contents Collection contains inventory notes by WGML librarian Audrey Canning on materials in the Library relating to women and the World Wars; an envelope labelled as 'World War 1 & 2 Pics', containing reproduced images; an envelope of reproduced photographs of female war workers; photocopied secondary source articles; and an untitled article/essay by Wendy Turner on 'Scottish Women: Interwar Years'. Folder also contains a photocopy of the journal article 'A New View of Dilution: Women Munitions...