Correspondence of Alexander Low Bruce, master brewer, with some personal and financial papers.

Fonds

Identifier: Acc.11777/1-41

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Includes papers concerning Bruce's directorships of the African Lakes Company and the Imperial British East Africa Company, and to Liberal Unionist organisations and activities in Scotland.

The papers, originally contained in a mahogany filing cabinet with alphabetically labelled drawers, is mostly, but not exclusively, Bruce’s personal, rather than his business correspondence, mainly from 1885-1893 and largely concerned with his political and African interests.

Dates

Creation: 1858-1893, undated.

Creator

Bruce, Alexander Low, Deputy-Chairman of William Younger and Company, brewers, 1839-1893 (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

41 Consultation units

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement

The papers had been arranged in an alphabetical series, and this arrangement has been retained, although larger correspondences with single individuals have been listed first.

Custodial History

The box passed into the custodianship of his nephew, Robert Alexander Bruce, WS, of Inglis, Orr and Bruce, WS, Edinburgh, and latterly to the last senior partner of that firm.

Formerly deposited, 1999, by Dr E Fotheringham, Edinburgh.