Professional papers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents amassed in the course of the execution of a vocation, career, or occupation, including correspondence, memos, official forms, etc.
Found in 479 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.19771-19965
Scope and Contents
John Rennie was one of the distinguished group of Scottish engineers whose work contributed so much to the industrial and commercial development of the United Kingdom in the early 19th century. With the exception of roads, in which he appears not to have been interested, and steam engines, which he promised Watt not to build - though he frequently constructed the accompanying machinery - there was very little in the field of engineering that lay outside the range of his activities.
This...
Dates:
1768-1821, undated.
Papers of Joseph Macleod, including manuscripts of prose, poetry and plays; with diaries, correspondence and other personal papers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10509/1-210
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1796-1982, undated.
Papers of Michael M Stuart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9260/1-66
Scope and Contents
Papers of Michael Moncrieff Staurt, CIE OBE concerning his career in India and East Pakistan, 1927-1950, and his research into the Scottish Nabobs and other matters concerning the history of India, circa 1950-1986.
Dates:
1831-1849, 1927-1986.
Papers of Michael Roberts, including some later papers of Janet Adam Smith concerning Michael Roberts.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13145/1-97
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence and papers relating to the following published volumes by Michael Roberts:'These our Matins' (London: Elkin Matthews and Marrot, 1930)'New Signatures', collected by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1932)'Elizabethan Prose. Selected and prefaced by M. Roberts' (London: Jonathan Cape, 1933)'New Country', edited by Michael Roberts (London: Hogarth Press, 1933)'Critique of Poetry' (London:...
Dates:
1922-1976, undated.
Papers of Peter Ritchie Calder, Baron Ritchie-Calder.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10318/1-60
Scope and Contents
Includes press cuttings and correspondence.
Dates:
1934-1981.
Papers of Peter Ritchie Calder, containing correspondence, typescripts and miscellaneous papers., 1945-1980.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10318/1-22
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes press cuttings and correspondence.
Dates:
1945-1980.
Papers of Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby, including correspondence, typescripts, manuscripts, newspaper cuttings and speeches.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12929/1-82
Scope and Contents
This collection contains the correspondence, papers, literary manuscripts, political writings, news clippings, and miscellaneous items, ca. 1881-1999, of Baron Robert “Bob” John Graham Boothby (1900-1986), with a few items having belonged to his father Sir Robert Tuite Boothby (1871–1941), and some collected by his wife, the Lady Wanda Boothby (1933?- ). The bulk of this collection spans from 1924, when Baron Boothby was first elected to Parliament as a representative for East Aberdeenshire,...
Dates:
1855-1999.
Papers of Sir John Kirk and Lady Helen Kirk.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-65
Scope and Contents
Papers of Sir John Kirk GCMG KCB (1832-1922), physician, administrator, naturalist, photographer, and Lady Kirk, née Helen Cooke (d.1914).John Kirk was born at Barry in Forfarshire in 1832. After qualifying as a doctor in 1854, he volunteered for medical service in the Crimea and subsequently became Dr. David Livingstone's chief assistant on his second Zambesi Expedition, 1858-1863. In 1866 Kirk was appointed Medical Officer and Vice-Consul of Zanzibar. He became Assistant...
Dates:
Circa 1856-circa 1973.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.5510-5721A
Scope and Contents
After serving his apprenticeship as Secretary and Chargé d'Affaires at the courts of Munich, Ratisbon, Berlin, Turin and Madrid, Robert Liston was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary at Madrid in 1784.After leaving Madrid he was the British Representative at Stockholm, Constantinople, Washington, The Hague, and again at Constantinople.Within each regional section there are two main categories, official and personal. The first contains documents, with instructions or...
Dates:
1756-1832.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his career as tutor to the sons of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, of Minto, to the beginning of his diplomatic career in Munich and Ratisbon., 1756-1776.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5510-5517
Scope and Contents
The papers concern: Robert Liston's career as tutor to the sons of Sir Gilbert Elliot; the period from 1771 to 1773 which he spent in applying, unsuccessfully, for various posts; his assisting Gilbert Stuart in editing 'The London Magazine'; and the beginning of his diplomatic career, as secretary to Hugh Elliot in Munich and as Chargé d'Affaires to the Imperial Diet in Ratisbon, 1774-1776.
Dates:
1756-1776.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1810-1820.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5625-5663
Scope and Contents
The objects of Robert Liston's second embassy to Constantinople were to build up good relations between Turkey and Russia, and to frustrate any prospect of an alliance between Turkey and France. By the Treaty of Vienna, Britain acquired the protectorship of the seven Ionian Islands, and it was understood that she should hand back Parga to Turkey; negotiations on this point strained relations severely, and it took all his skill to preserve peace. These topics, Russia, France, and the Parga...
Dates:
1810-1820.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Constantinople., 1794-1795, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5570-5582
Scope and Contents
Robert Liston's earliest dispatches report the outbreak of trouble between the Jews and the British members of the East India Company's factory at Bassera; but his main preoccupation was the predominance of French influence at the Turkish court. A series of letters discusses the question of tariffs paid by Russian merchants in Turkey, which Liston persuaded the Turks not to raise.
Dates:
1794-1795, undated.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Copenhagen., 1803-1804.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5602-5607
Scope and Contents
Robert Liston was sent on an extraordinary mission to Denmark empowered to sign a convention with Denmark and Russia guaranteeing that peace would not be concluded with France until any territories Denmark lost had been restored to her. After the closing by the British of the Elbe and the Weser, any prospect of a rapprochement with Denmark faded and Liston was recalled.
Dates:
1803-1804.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Stockholm., 1789-1792.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5563-5568
Scope and Contents
Robert Liston's general instructions were to report on the progress of the Russo-Swedish war, and the official papers contain copies of reports from Swedish generals. His reports also deal with the internal structure of the Swedish government, and with economic affairs. There is a long memorandum on economics drawn up by a Swedish statesman for Sir John Sinclair, who had asked Liston to secure such a report for him.
Dates:
1789-1792.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at the Hague., 1802-1803.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5594-5601
Scope and Contents
In 1802 Robert Liston was instructed to put the relations between the new Republic and Britain on a good footing. After the outbreak of hostilities between France and Britain in 1803, he received orders to return immediately if France would not give guarantees to respect Batavian neutrality by withdrawing her troops.
Dates:
1802-1803.
Papers of the 9th, 10th and 11th Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1865-1915, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14535-14538
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...
Dates:
1865-1915, undated.
Papers of the Earl of Rosebery concerning the breeding and supply of horses, 1871-1873, undated; together with letters and telegrams from Cecil Rhodes, 1891-1901, papers concerning the Rhodes Trust, 1891-1917., 1871-1917.
File
Identifier: MS.10175
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1871-1917.
Papers of the Earl of Rosebery concerning the Mar Peerage Case, 1884-1885, which culminated in a bill confirming the ancient title to John Goodeve-Erskine, Earl of Mar; and concerning the administration and preservation of Epsom Commons, 1884-1892., 1884-1892.
File
Identifier: MS.10173
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1884-1892.
Papers of the Earl of Rosebery, including many drafts and notes in his hand, concerning the reform of the House of Lords., 1806, 1885-1895, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.10174
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1806, 1885-1895, undated.
Papers of the Scottish Mothers' Union.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9008/1-30
Scope and Contents
The Scottish Mothers' Union (SMU) had its origins in meetings addressed in 1888 by Mrs Mary Summer, who had founded the [English] Mothers' Union (1876), and the first branch was established at Dunblane in August 1890. The SMU adopted the 'Three Central Objects' of the Mothers' Union the 'first principle' of which was the sanctity of marriage. It was a Christian inter-denominational organisation organised on a county basis in Scotland and having at its height many affiliated overseas branches...
Dates:
1897-1983, undated.
Papers of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7710/1-119
Scope and Contents
These papers consist principally of diaries, incoming correspondence, and newspaper cuttings relating to the life and interests of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson, DD, (1899-1976), minister successively of St Mary's Old Aberdeen (1925-1932), St Enoch's Dundee (1932-1934), and Glasgow Cathedral, (1935-1967). The papers cover the main features of his career – his interest in the ecumenical movement and in the international work of the church, his work in founding the...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1745-1978, undated.
Papers of three members of the Hamilton Dickson family: Robert Douglas Hamilton; James Douglas Hamilton Dickson; and John Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9770/1-28
Scope and Contents
Included are correspondence, manuscripts of scientific works, and other personal papers.
Dates:
1757-1958.
Papers on evangelism., 1965.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5239/13
Papers relating to the life and works of Michael Roberts., 1941-1997.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13861/81-90
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:
1941-1997.