Scope and Contents Personal papers of Donald Maclean and of his daughter, Hope Maclean. Originally from Lewis, Donald graduated from the University of Aberdeen in 1902, and moved to Edinburgh around 1904 where he took up a teaching post at Boroughmuir High School, becoming Headmaster in 1921. Donald married Margaret Macleod, also from Lewis, in 1913. Their eldest child Muriel Hope Duncan Maclean, known as Hope, was born in 1914. Donald's papers consist of scripts, including one in Gaelic, for talks...

Scope and Contents Personal papers of Hope Maclean relating to her service with the Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War, and with the Women's Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve during the 1950s. Having graduated with an MA from Edinburgh University in 1938, Hope was working as secretary in the university’s engineering department when she joined the W.R.N.S in 1941. As she had studied German as part of her degree, she was appointed to the Special Duties (Linguist) W.R.N.S., which were...