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Correspondence and papers of H H MacTaggart.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.8755
Scope and Contents
Concerning MacTaggart`s family and the executry of his father William McTaggart.
Dates:
1877-1972.
Correspondence and papers of the artist William Skeoch Cumming (1864-1929) and of his wife Isabella ('Belle') Sutton.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9771-9807
Dates:
1798-1927, undated.
Correspondence and papers of the publisher, Robert Cadell, and of his grandchildren in the Stevenson family.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.21001-21069
Scope and Contents
Robert Cadell (1788-1849) was the partner of Archibald Constable, and, after the dissolution of that partnership in 1825, the sole publisher of Walter Scott's novels. His papers reflect his personal and business relations with Scott and other authors, as well as his family affairs.
Dates:
1802-mid 20th century, undated.
Correspondence, reports, lectures and other professional papers of James R Erskine-Murray, electrical engineer and inventor; with some notebooks, diaries and other papers of members of his family.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5900/1-76
Scope and Contents
Including lecture notebooks, copies of lectures and reports, and drafts of articles.
Dates:
1745-1961.
Manuscripts, typescripts, notes and drafts of Kathleen Jamie, with related papers.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.11599/1-54
Scope and Contents
Kathleen Jamie was born in Johnstone in 1962, and studied at the University of Edinburgh. These papers date from the period 1988 to 1997. During this time, Kathleen Jamie was writer in residence to various organisations, including the Workington Docks Project and the University of Dundee, and was awarded the Scottish Arts Council Scottish-Canadian Fellowship in 1994. The collection includes papers relating to the following published or broadcast works:The Golden Peak (London:...
Dates:
1980-1997.
Papers of Allan Campbell McLean.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12134
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks, typescripts of novels, correspondence and financial papers.
Dates:
1960-1989.
Papers of Scottish interest, collected by R R Gove-Brown-Henderson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.4378
Scope and Contents
Comprising:1. letter, 1833, of Sir John Sinclair, on shell marle as manure2. rental, 1782, of the estate of Wattin, Caithness3. printed price list and two invoices, 1849, of Peter Lawson and Son4. list, 19th century, of seeds5. copy (in the hand of the donor) of letter, 1821, of William Stewart, on a new road in Caithness6. printed programme, 1887, of the Royal Naval Review at Spithead7. note book, late 17th...
Dates:
late 17th century to 19th century.
Papers of the estate of Eaglescarnie, East Lothian.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.23.3.26-23.3.30
Scope and Contents
The Eaglescarnie estate was held by a younger branch of the Haliburtons until the middle of the 18th century, when it was acquired by Patrick Lindsay, Deputy Secretary at War, by his marriage with Margaret, only daughter of Thomas Haliburton. There are some 17th-century papers of the Haliburtons, but the majority relate to Patrick Lindsay and to his father, Patrick, Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Member of Parliament for the City (see ‘The Scots Peerage’, pages 409-410). Several of the papers...
Dates:
1639-1789.
Papers of the family of Dunlop of Stevenson.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.360
Dates:
18th century-20th century.
Papers of the family of Graham of Airth.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12290
Scope and Contents
Includes papers of related families including Stirling of Ardoch and Strowan, a family bible and printed material.
Dates:
18th century to 19th century.