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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 223 Collections and/or Records:

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

William Gallacher Memorial Library Archive Special Collections., 1920s-2017.

 Sub-Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections
Scope and Contents The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates: 1920s-2017.