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...

Scope and Contents From the Series: Gilbert John Elliot Murray Kynynmound (1845- 1914), who was styled Viscount Melgund from 1859 and succeeded as Earl of Minto in 1891. He served in the army in the Russo-Turkish War, 1877, in Afghanistan, 1879, and in Egypt, 1882; from 1883 to 1886 he was Military Secretary to the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, Governor-General of Canada, from 1898 to 1904 he was himself Governor-General of Canada, and from 1905 to 1910 he was Viceroy of India. He was also much involved in local affairs,...

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As well as personal and financial matters, they concern the publication of James leslie Mitchell's work.

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The documents include William Adam's estimate for the building of George Watson's Hospital, 1738 (folio 17), a manuscript of Mrs Catherine Gore (folio 65), and a few photographs (folio 100).

Scope and Contents The railway companies include: the Llanelly Railway and Dock Co., 1839-1856 (folio 1); the Scottish North Eastern Railway Company, 1861-1865 (folio 17); the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company, 1836-1845 (folio 21); Forfar and Dundee Railways, 1843 (folio 32); The Great Northern Railway, 1854-1864 (folio 34); the Edinburgh, Perth and Dundee Railway Company, 1852 (folio 38); the Montrose and Brechin Railway, 1837 (folio 40); the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Company, 1843 (folio 44); the...

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Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

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The papers include notes for the anthology 'Made in Scotland' edited by Robert garioch Sutherland, (Cheadle, 1974) (folio 35).

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...

Scope and Contents The materials are in a variety of formats. They are arranged in four sequences based on the type of event: exhibitions, workshops, concerts, and other events featuring Ian Rankin. Under each sequence the entries are arranged chronologically by the date of the event. Papers, 2002-2015, relating to exhibitions featuring Ian Rankin or his creative works. Folios 1-29. Leaflet, [2002], for an exhibition of photographic portraits by...

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The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

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Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.

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This folder consists of programmes for a number of Speedway events, including fixtures for teams from the Edinburh Monarchs, Ashfield Giants, Lanarkshire Eagles, Leicester Lions, White City Speedway, Coventry, Oxford, Poole, Wembley, Sydney, England, Scotland, Great Britain, Sweden, and the Speedway Championship of the World. Many of the programmes have been annotated by Watt with results.

Also included are press passes, a fixture card and some ticket stubs.

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The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.

Scope and Contents Publicity material and ephemera, 2018, for ‘Long Shadows’, a stage play written by Ian Rankin and adapted by Rona Munro. a stage play by Ian Rankin. Folios 1-22.Programme, 2018, for ‘Long Shadows’, from The Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Folios 1-20.Ticket, 20 September 2018, for production of Ian Rankin's stage play 'Long Shadows' at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Folio 21.Ticket, 8 October 2018, for production of Ian Rankin's stage play 'Long Shadows'...

Scope and Contents Covering over ten years, the scrapbooks provide an insight into the social and domestic life of a wealthy young woman of the time. The volumes consist largely of photographs many probably taken by Lady Newhailes, and autographs of family and friends, photographs and water-colour drawings of Lady Newhailes's homes at Ardwell and Newhailes, and country houses visited in Scotland and England. With programmes and tickets for various sporting and social occasions pasted in. MS.25677 relates...