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Obituaries.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Published notices of a death, usually with a brief biography of the deceased.

Found in 138 Collections and/or Records:

Other papers relating to the Crown Court Church., 1910s-1960s, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13467/120-123
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The papers consist principally of his sermons, which were subsequently much worked on by his daughter, Jean Stewart, also a Church of Scotland minister. Next are papers relating to the Loan Committee of Crown Court Church, which give an insight into the financial hardship suffered by at least part of the congregation during the interwar period. There are also several correspondence files, which are illustrative of Moffett’s involvement in the community based around Crown Court Church, as...
Dates: 1910s-1960s, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Sermons, lectures and correspondence of Rev Joseph Moffett, minister of Crown Court Church, Covent Garden, London, including some papers of and relating to Crown Court.

Papers and correspondence of and concerning William Brodie and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8093/1-2
Dates: 1852-1890.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers concerning the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., 1965.

 File
Identifier: MS.50250
Scope and Contents The papers are arranged chronologically. Announcement of the death of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Press cutting from the ‘Scotsman’, 2 January 1965, of the notice of death for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 1.Offprint, 1965, of the notice of death in the ‘Scotsman’, [2 January 1965], for William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn. Folio 2.Papers concerning the funeral of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.Manuscript list, [before 6...
Dates: 1965.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. / Personal papers of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn.

Papers formerly loosely enclosed in MSS.21072-21095: Diaries of John Chisholm., 1889-1925.

 File
Identifier: MS.21096
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of diaries of John Chisholm for January-March 1908, December 1908-January 1909, 11 November 1918, and June-September 1925; a translation of Horace, 'Odes' III 30, 1889; a postcard, 1915, of Walwyn Tyson from internment in Germany; a photograph of Jedburgh Abbey; two sketches, one dated 1920; and press cuttings, 1889-1928, chiefly obituaries.

Dates: 1889-1925.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Diaries of John Chisholm, Kings Counsel; and papers formerly loosely enclosed therein.

Papers from the collection of Thomas Ruddiman.

 File
Identifier: MS.2918
Scope and Contents Numbers (i), (iv)-(vi) are in Thomas Ruddiman's hand, and some of the others are doubtless copied from his drafting.(i) Epitaph on Sir George Ogilvie, 1st Baronet of Barras.(ii) 'Presbyter Reformatus ad Reginam', Latin Second Asclepiadeans, signed 'Nabothus Chamaeleon' and inscribed by the author to Sir George Lockhart of Carnwath.(iii) Printed address of the corporation and people of Kirkwall to Alexander Geddes, a bailie of that town, to accompany a...
Dates: 18th century.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Alexander McLellan.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13409
Scope and Contents

The papers comprise a scrapbook containing statements of bank accounts and miscellaneous financial records, 1944-1946, concerning his service during WWII; two photographic albums, 1949, of a student debating tour in India with some news cuttings and other papers explaining the purpose of the visit; an auto-biography of Stanley Jenkins, one of McLellan’s fellow students during his Indian journey; Alexander McLellan`s curriculum vitae and obituary.

Dates: 1944-2012.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning John Maclean.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.4251
Dates: 1909-1966.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning Lady Margaret Sackville, including correspondence with Ehrna Mycale Macgillivray., 1907-1963, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3501/38
Scope and Contents Three letters of Lady Margarent Sackville to Miss E M Macgillivray, 1960, 1962-1963. One letter of Ausitin Priestman, 1957. Printed pamphlet being a obituary of Professor James Ritchie, 1958. Envelope continaining seven letters to Lady Margaret Sackville from various correspondents, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1914, 1920 and undated. Envelope containing 'Tree music' and "Country verse" both by Lady Margaret Sackville; five copies of prospectus for 'Quatrains and other poems' by Lady Margaret...
Dates: 1907-1963, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Works and correspondence of James Pittendrigh MacGillivray. / Papers mostly of and concerning Lady Margaret Sackville, but including James Pittendrigh Macgillivray and Ehrna Mycale Macgillivray

Papers of and concerning Sir John Richmond, containing correspondence, professional and related material.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8921/1-30
Scope and Contents

Concerning Richmond`s poetry and literary work, his connection with Glasgow artists and the art world in general.

Includes letters of Neil Munro, Arnold Bennett and Hilair Belloc.

Dates: circa 1885-1980.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the Rev Donald Mackenzie.

 File
Identifier: Acc.12438
Scope and Contents Includes the following:1. Commission as honorary chaplain in the 13th Argyllshire Rifle Volunteer Corps, 1871.2. Letter, 26 April 1871, requesting payment of £1.5s for the above.3. Receipt, 6 May 1871, for the payment.4. Letter from the Bishop of Argyll, 26 February 1876, on the printing of the Episcopal Gaelic prayerbook, translated by Mackenzie.5. Two letters, with envelopes and one enclosure, from the Duke of Argyll, 9 May and 14...
Dates: 1871-1891, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of and concerning the Sidey family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9521
Scope and Contents

Includes certificates, obituaries, photographs and other papers of and concerning Dr Charles Sidey and Dr James A Sidey.

With early photograph of the Scottish rugby team.

Collection also contains a silver coloured coin promoting the abolition movement.

Dates: 1817-1886.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of General Sir J Aylmer L Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20247-20259
Dates: 1875-1950, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of H Forsyth Hardy

 Fonds
Identifier: MI.4/19
Dates: 1925-1994
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of John Maclean, Clydeside agitator, 1909-1923; with material concerning him, 1924-1966.

 Collection
Identifier: Dep.88- is now Acc.4251.
Dates: 1909-1966.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers of Richard B Haldane, Viscount Haldane., 1875-[?1936], undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.20213-20223
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of notebooks containing notes on and for lectures and essays chiefly on philosophy (MSS.20213-20219), a quantity of writings on various topics (many incomplete) written on loose sheets (MSS.20220-20222) and press cuttings concerning the death and funeral of Richard B Haldane (MS.20223).

Dates: 1875-[?1936], undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Notebooks and other papers of Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane, preceded by correspondence of and papers concerning his mother, Mrs Mary E Haldane and his maternal uncle, Sir John S Burdon-Sanderson, Baronet, and followed by notebooks and other papers of his sister Elizabeth S Haldane.

Papers of the Bottomley and Barlow families.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11263
Scope and Contents

Includes letters of William Thomson, Lord Kelvin and papers on cable-laying and building bridges.

Dates: 1836-1924.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Papers on the Scottish Parliament., 1964-2004.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13542/583-591
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Files contain reseach notes relating to Magnusson's interests, the bulk of which are on Scotland and Iceland. Research notes on Vikings were kept separate by Magnusson.

Dates: 1964-2004.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Magnus Magnusson. / Research notes and speeches. / Research on Scotland.

Papers relating to the death of Janet Adam Smith and beyond., 1999-2013.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/30-37
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: 1999-2013.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers of Janet Buchanan Adam Smith. / Personal papers of Janet Adam Smith.

Papers with additional information to support the films preserved by the Moving Image Archive

 Fonds
Identifier: MI.11/1
Dates: 1901-2015
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates: 1818-2011, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

Personal correspondence and obituaries of Hew Morrison., 1916-1935.

 File
Identifier: Acc.14317/1
Scope and Contents

Including a letter of condolence, 1916, of James Mackay, Braetongue, Tongue (born 1828) on the death of Morrison's father.

Dates: 1916-1935.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence and papers of Dr Hew Morrison, Gaelic scholar, including extracts from the diary of Rev. Murdo MacDonald, minister of Durness. / Correspondence.

Personal correspondence and papers of John Mackintosh., 1950-1978.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13476/307-319
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: John Pitcairn Mackintosh (1929-1978) was a political scientist, professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and a Labour MP for Berwick and East Lothian (1966-1974, 1974-1978). He was pro-Europeist and pro-devolutionist and campaigned in favour of a yes vote during the 1979 Referendum on a Scottish Aseembly.The material consists of the personal and academic papers detailing Mackintosh’s political and academic career. The papers document his many academic ventures including his...
Dates: 1950-1978.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Political, academic and personal papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, political academic and MP for Berwick and East Lothian.

Personal papers and photographs of Michael Roberts., c1900s-2015.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.13860/2-13b
Dates: c1900s-2015.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Correspondence, drafts, photographs and other personal and literary papers of Michael Roberts.

Photostats of correspondence, 1768-1774, of Andrew and Hugh Simm, weavers in Paisley, while the latter was in America; and of other documents, 1748-1810, concerning them, including an obituary of Hugh Simm., 1748-1810.

 File
Identifier: MS.20768, folios 135-189
Dates: 1748-1810.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Miscellaneous copies of manuscripts.

Poems and letters of the author and journalist William Henry ('Will H') Ogilvie (1869-1963); with photocopies of letters of his wife, Katherine, and other related papers. Included incorrectly is the typescript of "My mither's aunt and other verses" by William Ogilvie (1891-1939), Edinburgh architect.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.26027-26029
Dates: 1909-1963.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division

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