Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...

Scope and Contents From the Series:

The Fife papers, relating almost entirely to the estate of Kilmany which was inherited by John Anstruther Thomson’s third son, William, consist of little more than titles and some miscellaneous estate material and correspondence. William Anstruther Thomson changed his name to Anstruther Gray when he inherited Carntyne on his father’s death in 1904.