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 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 302 Collections and/or Records:

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., January-March 1825.

 File
Identifier: MS.5672
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: January-March 1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., April-June 1825.

 File
Identifier: MS.5673
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: April-June 1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., July-September 1825.

 File
Identifier: MS.5674
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: July-September 1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., October-December 1825.

 File
Identifier: MS.5675
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: October-December 1825.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1826.

 File
Identifier: MS.5676
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: 1826.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1827.

 File
Identifier: MS.5677
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: 1827.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1828.

 File
Identifier: MS.5678
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: 1828.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1829.

 File
Identifier: MS.5679
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: 1829.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston., 1830-1832.

 File
Identifier: MS.5680
Scope and Contents From the Series:

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: 1830-1832.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist. / 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. / Personal letters to Sir Robert Liston from the period when he was retired for the second time, at home at Millburn Tower, near Kirkliston.

Personal papers and photographs of Michael Roberts., c1900s-2015.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13860/2-13b
Dates: c1900s-2015.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, drafts, photographs and other personal and literary papers of Michael Roberts.

Personal papers, including correspondence, of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family., 1932-2001.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12765/29-42
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie (1913–1998) and his family. Robert Blair Wilkie was the curator of the Old Glasgow Museum 1965-1998 (formerly known as the People’s Palace Museum). Active member of the Scottish Nationalist movement (joined Scottish Nationalist Association under John MacCormick in 1937), in 1945 he was the SNP candidate in West Renfrewshire, and in the following year he was appointed editor of the Scots Independent...
Dates: 1932-2001.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Manuscripts, correspondence, and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie and his family.

Personal papers of Edwin Muir., 1938-1960.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.19668-19671
Dates: 1938-1960.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of and concerning the poet Edwin Muir (1887-1959).

Personal papers of Janet Adam Smith., Circa 1911-2013

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/17-55
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.

Dates: Circa 1911-2013
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Janet Buchanan Adam Smith.

Personal papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre as town councillor and Provost of Stirling., 1959, 1966-1974.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10090/203-205
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Some family and other papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre's father, the Reverend John Ebenezer McIntyre (1874-1961), successively minister of Hightae and Dalton, Motherwell, Manse Road, and St Mary's, Edinburgh, United Free churches, and later of Barony and St James Place Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, precede the main collection.

Dates: 1959, 1966-1974.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Robert Douglas McIntyre.

Personal papers relating to the career of Thomas Ian Rae., 1960-1987.

 File
Identifier: Acc.10876/1
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Papers of Thomas I Rae, Keeper of Manuscripts in the National Library of Scotland, mostly relating to his work as a Scottish historian.

Dates: 1960-1987.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Dr Thomas Ian Rae, Keeper of Manuscripts, National Library of Scotland.

Photographs, films, notebooks and associated papers of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, relating to his military service and missionary work in Kenya.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12016/1-23
Scope and Contents

Dr Irvine trained as a surgeon at Aberdeen before seeing wartime service in Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1917-1919. In 1919, he was appointed medical missionary to the new Church of Scotland mission to Chogoria. He took up his post in 1922 and remained at Chogoria until his retirement in 1961. He was ordained in 1933 and died in Nairobi in 1974.

The photographs, films and papers represent Dr Irvine's working and family life.

Dates: 1917-1996, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Photographs, press cuttings, school reports and other papers chiefly of or concerning Dora Tertia Liebenthal., 1893-1969, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21571
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Photographs, 1910-1969, undated, of Miss Liebenthal, and of musicians and artists with whom she was associated (folio 1); (ii) School reports and other papers, 1893-1910, of Miss Liebenthal, her brother Lewis, and her sister Elma (folio 24); (iii) Press cuttings, 1960-1966, concerning Miss Liebenthal's life and work (folio 48).

Dates: 1893-1969, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Miss Dora Tertia Liebenthal, musician and patroness of the arts.

Poems, books and correspondence of William Soutar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4592/1-6
Dates: Majority of material found within 1928, 1934-1943, 1960, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Political papers, including correspondence, press cuttings, and minutes, of Frank Yeaman, with some personal and miscellaneous papers. Also included is material relating to the early days of the Scottish National Party.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12944/1-41
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a mixture of personal (1931-1942) and political papers (1935-1985). The political papers reflect his activity as SNP candidate for East Edinburgh at the 1945 general election as well as his involvement in nationalist politics in Scotland and particularly in Edinburgh. It also contains material relating to the early days of the SNP, including organizational records of the party and an interesting group of newsletters and nationalist literature dealing with a broad...
Dates: Circa 1930-1985.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Political papers of Donald James Stewart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13100/1-5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related papers including ephemera and press clippings related to the political career of former president of the Scottish National Party and MP for the Western Isles, Donald James Stewart.

Dates: Circa 1930-1986.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Private account-book of the Countess of Minto., 1809-1816.

 Item
Identifier: MS.11192
Scope and Contents From the Series: Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1751-1814), who succeeded as 4th Baronet in 1777, assumed the additional names of Murray Kynynmound on succeeding to his mother's properties in 1778, and was created Baron Minto in 1797 and Earl of Minto in 1813. He was Member of Parliament for Morpeth, 1776-1777, for Roxburghshire, 1777-1784, for Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1786-1790, and for Helston, 1790-1795; and served as Civil Commissioner at Toulon, 1793, Minister to the...
Dates: 1809-1816.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto. / Correspondence and papers of Sir Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound, 4th Baronet, 1st Earl of Minto. / Financial and legal correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto and family. / Bank and general account-books, with related papers, of the 1st Earl and Countess of Minto.

Professional and personal correspondence of John and Helen Kirk; with reports and notes relating to the professional and research activities of John Kirk., Circa 1856-1925, 1965.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-20
Scope and Contents

Largely original correspondence, but also containing some copies. Includes research material related to Bibi Salimah, and the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'.

Dates: Majority of material found within Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Sir John Kirk and Lady Helen Kirk.

Professional papers of Henry William Meikle, mostly concerning his research and work at the National Library of Scotland; with related personal and family papers, and papers of Jessie Meikle née McLetchie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3421/1-165
Scope and Contents

Including notebooks, lectures, poetry and personal papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1793-1960, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Travel diaries, photograph albums and other papers of Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4304/1-8
Dates: 1890-1902.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Various financial, legal and personal papers of Andrew Stuart., 1727-1800.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.5390-5404
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Andrew Stuart was a noted lawyer and politician. As lawyer he acted as agent for some important Scottish noble families, in particular the Dukes of Hamilton; as politician he represented Lanarkshire in Parliament, and was a member of the Board of Trade in Lord North's administration. The papers here are almost entirely of a legal and personal nature.

Dates: 1727-1800.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance. / Papers of Andrew Stuart, the second son of Archibald Stuart, of Torrance, Writer to the Signet.

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