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Personal papers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Private documents belonging to an individual. For records kept by public officials or other persons for their private or personal use but relating to their official duties, use "office files."

Found in 301 Collections and/or Records:

Personal and household accounts of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1819-1821.

 File
Identifier: MS.16895
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1819-1821.

Personal and household accounts of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1822-1824.

 File
Identifier: MS.16896
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1822-1824.

Personal and household accounts of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1825.

 File
Identifier: MS.16897
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1825.

Personal and household accounts of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., 1826-1905.

 File
Identifier: MS.16898
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: 1826-1905.

Personal and household accounts, undated, of the family of Fletcher of Saltoun., [1590-1905.]

 File
Identifier: MS.16899
Scope and Contents From the Series: The Fletchers were merchants in Dundee, who came to prominence towards the end of the sixteenth century in the person of Robert, burgess and bailie of Dundee, who purchased various lands in Forfar which were consolidated into the estate of Innerpeffer; he died in 1622. His eldest son Sir Andrew was admitted an ordinary judge in 1623 (his brothers were James, merchant burgess of Dundee; Robert, of Bencho; and Sir George, of Restennet, advocate, through whose holding of the priory lands of...
Dates: [1590-1905.]

Personal and literary papers of Elizabeth MacLennan., 1983, 1989-1990, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/413-416
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1983, 1989-1990, undated.

Personal and literary papers of Elizabeth MacLennan and John McGrath., 1971-1990, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/413-441
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

Dates: 1971-1990, undated.

Personal and literary papers of John McGrath., 1971-1990.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.10893/417-441
Scope and Contents

Aside from, though related to, his work with 7:84, John McGrath was involved in the study of political theatre, and was himself the subject of many articles, papers and dissertations. Much of the material listed in this section falls into this category, though there is also some that might equally well have been incorporated into the main 7:84 sequence, and vice-versa. There is some overlap with, and duplication of, items in the main sequence.

Dates: 1971-1990.

Personal and literary papers of Seton Gordon.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5640/1-30
Scope and Contents

Includes manuscripts and typescripts of some works of Seton Gordon, along with correspondence (including letters from David Young Cameron, Neville Chamberlain and Ramsay MacDonald) and other personal papers and photographs.

Dates: 1906-1971.

Personal and miscellaneous papers, chiefly concerning Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux’s financial difficulties and his career., 1759-1812, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.25172
Scope and Contents From the Series: Charles Grant was born in Mauritius in 1749, was brought up in Normandy and went into the army. He was created Vicomte de Vaux in 1777, and Chevalier de l'Ordre de Saint Louis in 1790. As a result of the French Revolution he went into exile in 1790, first in Jersey and later in London in 1793. Here he put himself forward for an administrative post in Canada and tried to raise an emigre regiment to be commanded by himself. His papers reflect his career and interests, and he made use of some...
Dates: 1759-1812, undated.

Personal and miscellaneous papers of Charles Grant, Vicomte de Vaux., 1650-1808, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.25173
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Personal papers, 1775-1796, undated. (Folio 1.) They include a journal of Charles Grant's exile in Jersey, 1790. (Folio 9.) (ii) Medical recipes, 1749-1787, undated. (Folio 28.) (iii) Miscellaneous papers, 1650-1808, undated. (Folio 56.)

Dates: 1650-1808, 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.

Personal correspondence and papers of Ian C Dunn, with papers concerning gay activism and related organisations and campaign groups.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11905/1-163
Scope and Contents

Papers concerning personal interests (town planning, left-wing politics, Mansfield Place Church, Edinburgh Central Times) and gay rights activism – especially the activities of the Scottish Minorities Group, the Scottish Homosexual Rights Group and Outright Scotland.

Dates: 1961-1998, undated.

Personal correspondence and papers of Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan, mostly concerning the Scout movement and other public activities; with papers relating to military service and estate papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6688/1-47
Scope and Contents Personal correspondence and papers, 1929-68, with some estate papers, 1845-1967, of Thomas Godfrey Polson Corbett, MC KBE KT (1875-1977), 2nd Baron Rowallan, Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth (1945-1959), and Governor of Tasmania (1959-1963). The correspondence is concerned mainly with Rowallan's activities in the Scout movement, but includes also some papers relating to his military service in both World Wars, and to his farming activities in Ayrshire. For further biographical details...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1845-1968, undated.

Personal letters of and to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1821-1832.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.5664-5686
Scope and Contents

Sir Robert and Lady Liston spent the remainder of their lives at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston, which Sir Robert had bought some years previously. He took a great interest in improving the estate and supervising road-making in the parish.

Dates: 1821-1832.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1812-1820.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5637-5657
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: 1812-1820.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-March 1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.5637
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-March 1812.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., April-September 1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.5638
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: April-September 1812.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., October-December 1812.

 File
Identifier: MS.5639
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: October-December 1812.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1813.

 File
Identifier: MS.5640
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: 1813.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., January-May 1814.

 File
Identifier: MS.5641
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: January-May 1814.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., June-December 1814.

 File
Identifier: MS.5642
Scope and Contents From the Series: The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates: June-December 1814.