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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:

Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1799-1803.

 File
Identifier: MS.11271
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence of the 1st Earl with the Foreign Secretary concerning his emoluments, 1800-1803 (folio l); (ii) Personal financial papers of the 1st Earl concerning his Vienna Embassy 1799-1801 (folio 49); (iii) Letters of Innocenzo della Lena and the Abbé della Lena, 1802, concerning paintings bought by the 1st Earl in Vienna (folio 138); (iv) "Catalogue of Lord Minto's Books at Vienna, sent to England 1801" (folio 156).

Dates: 1799-1803.

Correspondence and papers of the Duke of Cleveland, 1858-1874, undated, and letters of condolence addressed to the Duchess of Cleveland on the Duke's death in 1891., 1858-1891, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.10206
Scope and Contents

The papers are arranged as follows: (i) Letters of condolence addressed to the Duchess of Cleveland on the Duke's death in 1891 (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers of the Duke of Cleveland, 1858-1874, undated (folio 16).

70 folios.

Dates: 1858-1891, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1834-1932, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.13181-13186
Scope and Contents This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates: 1834-1932, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Grey and Farquhar families., 1836-1932, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.13185
Scope and Contents From the Series: This section contains chiefly correspondence and papers of Caroline Eliza Grey (died 1890), daughter of Sir Thomas Harvie Farquhar, 2nd Baronet, wife of General the Honourable Charles Grey, and mother of Mary Caroline, wife of the 4th Earl of Minto. Caroline Eliza Grey was a Woman of the Bedchamber to Queen Victoria, and her husband was private secretary to Prince Albert and to Queen Victoria. Most of the correspondence in this section consists of family material; but there is also some...
Dates: 1836-1932, undated.

Correspondence and papers, of the personal affairs of Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane, and of his son Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane., 1786-1856.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.2264-2308
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection covers the Admiral the Honourable Sir Alexander Forrester Inglis Cochrane’s service in the Egyptian expedition of 1801, in his command off Ferrol in 1804 and 1805, and as Commander-in-Chief of the Leeward Islands from 1805 to 1814 and of the North American Station in 1814 and 1815; and that of Admiral Sir Thomas John Cochrane chiefly as Governor of Newfoundland from 1825 to 1834, and as second-in-command and, later, Commander-in-Chief of the East India Station from 1842 to...
Dates: 1786-1856.

Correspondence and personal papers of Hector MacIver., 1928-1966, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26276-26285
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Hector MacIver was born in the Isle of Lewis and educated in Stornoway and at Edinburgh University. Except for a period of service in the Navy (1940-1945), he spent his life teaching, mostly in the Royal High School in Edinburgh. He wrote and broadcast in both English and Gaelic.

Dates: 1928-1966, undated.

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

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11777/1-41
Scope and Contents

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 of Malcolm MacFarlane, with related literary, lexicographical and musical papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9736/1-161
Scope and Contents Born in Dalavich, Argyll and resident for most of his life in Paisley and Elderslie where he was in business as a surveyor, MacFarlane was a notable Gaelic activist and writer from the late 1880s. He played a prominent part in the early years of An Comunn Gaidhealach (particularly in the production of its magazine, An Deò-Gréine, later An Gaidheal) while, as a radical in politics, taking issue with what he regarded as the An Comunn leadership's over-deference to aristocratic patronage and...
Dates: 1882-1930, undated.

Correspondence, sketches, notebooks and other papers of and concerning Sir David Young Cameron, Katharine Cameron Kay, and her husband Arthur Kay.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8950/1-41
Scope and Contents

Papers of Sir David Young Cameron including sketches, manuscripts and typescripts of lectures and addresses, and correspondence.

Papers of Katherine Cameron Kay include sketches, notes on paintings and etchings, and correspondence.

Dates: 1895-1965, undated.

Detailed medical journal kept by the 2nd Earl of Minto to record the treatment of his terminal illness, apparently disease of the prostate., 26 March 1858-2March 1859.

 Item
Identifier: MS.12005
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: 26 March 1858-2March 1859.

Diaries and other personal records of Graham Brown., 1898-1960.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.4338/17-40
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising correspondence and papers of T Graham Brown, concerning mountaineering.

Dates: 1898-1960.

Diaries and personal papers of William Winter Hamilton., 1936-1992.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.10951/1-57
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Correspondence and papers, 1936-1992, of William Winter Hamilton (b.1917), writer politician, Labour MP for West Fife, 1950-1974 and for Central Fife, 1974-1987.

Dates: 1936-1992.

Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1811-1855.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.11958-11960
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: 1811-1855.

Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1811, 1815-1824.

 File
Identifier: MS.11958
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: 1811, 1815-1824.

Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1825-1828.

 File
Identifier: MS.11959
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: 1825-1828.

Discharged personal accounts and receipts of the 2nd Earl of Minto and his family., 1829-1855.

 File
Identifier: MS.11960
Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1782-1859) was styled Viscount Melgund from 1813 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1814. He was Member of Parliament for Ashburton, 1806-1807, and for Roxburghshire, 1812-1814; and served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the King of Prussia 1832-1834, First Lord of the Admiralty, 1835-1841, Lord Privy Seal, 1846-1852, and on a special mission to Switzerland and the states of Italy, 1847-1848. The papers reflect fully the 2nd Earl's...
Dates: 1829-1855.

Estate papers, including rentals, and miscellaneous personal and household accounts and papers of the Scawen family., 1695-1779, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.12946
Scope and Contents From the Series: William Nassau Elliot of Wells was Commissary and Commissary-General to the allied army in Germany, 1761-173, and his son, William Elliot of Wells was Member of Parliament for Portarlington, 1801-1802, and for Peterborough, 1802-1818, and Chief Secretary for Ireland in the ‘Talents' Ministry, 1806-1807. The Elliots of Wells were only very distantly related to the Elliots of Minto, the common ancestor being Robin Elliot of Redheugh (florished 1582). However, William Elliot of Wells was a...
Dates: 1695-1779, undated.

Family and personal papers of Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre., 1869-1986.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12917/122-134
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Dr. Robert D. McIntyre (1913–1998).The collection contains political papers relating to Robert D. McIntyre’s political career, spanning from the early 1940s to his death in 1998.The collection contains many political documents (c.1940–c.1994) as well as Robert D. McIntyre’s and the Scottish National Party’s research papers and publications (1706–1994). Contained within miscellaneous research papers...
Dates: 1869-1986.