Memoirs.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Narratives or histories autobiographical in nature or stressing the author's personal experience of the events.
Found in 189 Collections and/or Records:
Photocopies of papers of Graham of Airth family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6307
Scope and Contents
Including:
1. correspondence, 1762-1820, of Ann Graham, with some other Graham family letters
2. memoirs of James Graham
3. "View of the Sums Received from the Estate of Ardoch Penn, Jamaica", 1828.
Dates:
1762-1828.
Photocopy, 1970, of a typescript of reminiscences, 1909, of John Gilray, entitled "Early Days of the Socialist Movement in Edinburgh".
Item
Identifier: Acc.4965
Scope and Contents
The period described is circa 1884–18 93. Early socialist organisations mentioned include a Republican Society, affiliated to the Democratic [later Social Democratic] Federation; Edinburgh University Socialist Society; the Socialist League; the Scottish Land and Labour league; the Scottish Labour Party, and Labour Party; the Independent Labour Party; and the Fabian Society. The narrative is based on a talk given originally at the 17th Annual Conference of the Independent Labour Party,...
Dates:
1970.
Photocopy of a family memoir by the Reverend William H Macfarlane.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9481
Dates:
1907.
Photocopy of a typescript of James Robertson`s "Memories of Rannoch".
Item
Identifier: Acc.11486
Dates:
1926.
Photocopy of a typescript of World War II memoir "Donald Crabbie DSC: Wartime Memories".
Item
Identifier: Acc.12114
Dates:
2000.
Photocopy of "Cassino to the River Po, May 1944-May 1945", an account by Lieutenant G W Martin, 2nd Lothian and Border Horse.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10379
Dates:
circa 1945.
Photocopy of Douglas N Wimberley`s additions to his memoir, "Scottish Soldier", volume ii.
File
Identifier: Acc.8595
Dates:
circa 1950-1983.
Photocopy of F G Osborne`s account of his experience as a member of staff of the London Copyright Agency.
Item
Identifier: Acc.3829
Dates:
1953.
Photocopy of First World War memoir of George Anderson, "At the Eleventh Hour".
Item
Identifier: Acc.8835
Dates:
circa 1930-1980.
Photocopy of James A Roy, "Recollections of an Intelligence Officer".
Item
Identifier: Acc.5415
Dates:
1914-1919.
Photocopy of M B Harvey, "Childhood Memories of an Indian Hill Station [Kasauli]".
File
Identifier: Acc.10018
Scope and Contents
Includes photocopies of connected papers, 1920 and 1948.
Dates:
1920-1953.
Photocopy of memoir of Colonel James Dick.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10508
Scope and Contents
Concerns his family`s involvement in mining and his education in Edinburgh.
Dates:
1924.
Photocopy of "Memories of Childhood in Caunish, North Uist" by Katie M Macdonald.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9968
Dates:
20th century.
Photocopy of reminiscences by James Gillespie, concerning George Friel.
File
Identifier: Acc.8942
Dates:
1985.
Photocopy of typescript of Robert Stodart Wyld, "Memoir of James Wyld of Gilston and his Family. Also of Robert Stodart of Kailzie and Ormiston Hill".
File
Identifier: Acc.10417
Dates:
1889.
Photographs and watercolour portraits of, or assembled by, William Simpson.
File
Identifier: Acc.11877
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscript of memoir "Notes and Recollections".
Dates:
1843-1893.
Precis and photocopy of lecture, 1934, on "The Submarine and Anti-submarine War, 1914-1918", delivered by A E M Cunninghame Graham, to the RAF Staff College, Andover.
File
Identifier: Acc.5705
Scope and Contents
With photocopy account, 1941, of a voyage to Murmansk, "Random Recollections of Hitler`s War".
Dates:
1934, 1941.
Privately-printed memoir of Peter Mackay.
Item
Identifier: Acc.14481
Scope and Contents
The memoir gives an account of Mackay's career in the Scottish Office from 1963 to 1995, with secondments to the Manpower Services Commission in the Department for Employment, London, 1983-86, and his public appointments and other professional work after 1995. Subjects covered include the relationship between St Andrews House and Westminster and Whitehall prior to devolution; civil service recruitment; working relationships with politicians including George Willis, Willie Ross, Dick Mabon,...
Dates:
2022.
'Recollections of James Donaldson', of Broughton Hall, founder of Donaldson's Hospital by James Campbell, printer.
Item
Identifier: MS.117
Dates:
1853.
'Recollections of my boyhood, with open-air-lessons of later years, by Thomas Edward (of Banff, shoemaker)’.
File
Identifier: MS.2227
Scope and Contents
Four letters, 1883-1884, of Thomas Edward to David Douglas, bookseller, Edinburgh; proofs of Edward's apparently unpublished 'Recollections', as in MS.1662, with some manuscript corrections; proofs of other essays, also apparently unpublished, with corrections.
The title is in the hand of David Douglas.
Dates:
1883-1884.
Reminiscences, ? 1936, of the Reverend Dr E M Macphail.
File
Identifier: Acc.8299
Scope and Contents
Concerning his service in Madras Christian College in 1886-1887 and of life in Madras at this time.
With letter, 1936, of Secretary of Madras Christian College Day Association to Macphail.
Dates:
1936 and undated.
Reminiscences covering the years 1839 to 1881 of George Anderson from Dundee, indigo planter in India.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9969
Scope and Contents
Includes genealogical information about his family.
Dates:
circa 1881.
Reminiscences of Andrew Macgeorge.
File
Identifier: Acc.8341
Scope and Contents
Concerning his family, upbringing and social life.
With typed transcript.
Dates:
19th century.
Reminiscences of travels in Greece of John M Cook.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11167
Scope and Contents
Includes two reports on Greek monuments.
Dates:
1930-1945.