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Microfilm of photographs, films, notebooks and associated papers of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, relating to his military service and missionary work in Kenya.

 Item
Identifier: Mf.Sec.MSS.1577
Scope and Contents The contents are as follows: Album, 1917, undated, of photographs of Blackpool, the voyage to South Africa with the RAMC, and wartime scenes in Cape Town and Durban (Acc.12016/1); Album, 1919-1922, of mission and family photographs taken in Tumutumu, Kenya, and in Britain (Acc.12016/5);Album entitled ‘Chogoria – the early days. The start to 12 October 1922’ (Acc.12016/6);Album entitled ‘Chogoria early days, 1922-1930’ (Acc.12016/7); Album...
Dates: [1917-1996.]

Miscellaneous autograph letters, official documents, signatures, etc., pasted into an album.

 File
Identifier: MS.3873
Scope and Contents

There are a number of letters to David Steuart Erskine, Earl of Buchan (succeeded 1767), which relate largely to his antiquarian interests. Most of the other letters are also of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, and the writers include noblemen, churchmen, public servants, and prominent literary figures.

Dates: Late 18th century-early 19th century.

Papers, 1882-1947 and undated, of Sir Edward L Durand, 1st Baronet, and his family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10838
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, 1787-1884 and undated, of the Percy and other related families.

Dates: 1787-1947 and undated.

Papers, 1909-1919, concerning the Men`s Institute of St Ninian`s (Episcopal) Cathedral, Perth.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.7526
Scope and Contents

Including minute book, account book and letters.

With seven letters, 1855, 1883-1888, to Charles Wordsworth.

Dates: 1855-1919.

Papers, 1936-1958, of William Oliver Petrie, missionary doctor and superintendent of hospitals, Malawi.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13582
Scope and Contents Papers, 1936-1958, of William Oliver Petrie, missionary doctor and superintendent of hospitals, Malawi.William Oliver Petrie (1913-1998) was born at East Manse, Loanhead, Midlothian, the son of Rev. James Petrie and Mrs Cecilia Petrie. Rev. Petrie was the minister of the United Free Church at Loanhead. William was educated at Loanhead Primary School and George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. He graduated in medicine from Edinburgh University in 1936, and worked for a time at...
Dates: 1936-1958

Papers and correspondence of Douglas Charles Parker.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.21551-21561
Scope and Contents D C Parker was an able amateur musician, and a professional writer on music, both as critic (1919-1934) on the ‘Evening Times’ of Glasgow, and as the biographer of Georges Bizet, and a contributor to many musical periodicals. His main enthusiasms were for the music of Wagner, Elgar, the French composers of the late 19th century, and for opera in general. His correspondence extends from his early contacts with Massenet and Saint Saëns, through to modern conductors such as Colin Davis. His...
Dates: 1902-1970.

Papers and correspondence of literary figures.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.8693
Scope and Contents

Includes:

inaugural lecture, 1913, of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch as Professor of English Literature at Cambridge University

"El Tango Argentino", 1913, of R B Cunninghame Graham

"The Satire of Rage", 1913, of H W Nevinson

With 24 letters, 1890-1942, to Sir Sydney Cockerell from Quiller-Couch (16), Cunninghame Graham (3) and Nevinson (5).

Dates: 1890-1942.

Papers and letters of George Wade.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.6666/1-3
Scope and Contents

Including:

circa 50 letters and other documents, 1736-1737, concerning the Porteous Riots and subsequent events, compiled by Wade

circa 200 letters to and copies of letters, 1745-1746, of Wade, concerning the Jacobite Rising.

Dates: 1736-1737, 1745-1746.

Papers concerning the military service of Chilton Lind Addison-Smith.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6030
Scope and Contents

Concerning military service while serving with the 17th (City of Winnipeg) Battalion, 6th Canadian Infantry Brigade and 2nd Battalion Sherwood Forresters, 71st Infantry Brigade, British Expeditionary Force, France.

Dates: 1916-1917.

Papers concerning the visit the Marquess of Salisbury to Scotland.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6032
Scope and Contents

Including correspondence, accounts and press cuttings.

Dates: 1882.

Papers of and concerning Charles McCall.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11494
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, art exhibition catalogues, press cuttings and photograph albums.

Dates: circa 1936-1995.

Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-General Sir David Henderson and the Royal Flying Corps.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9339
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, 1916-1917, two albums of press cuttings, 1914-1917, and a privately printed memoir, 1931.

Dates: 1916-1931.

Papers of and relating to the artists Beatrice Huntington and William MacDonald.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14369/1-39
Scope and Contents Beatrice Huntington was born in 1889 in St. Andrews to Dr William Huntington, surgeon, and Charlotte Huntington, née Bowles, daughter of Joseph Bowles of Quebec City. She was educated in St Andrews before attending art schools in Paris and Munich between 1906-1911. She began exhibiting in 1916 and became an active member of the Dundee Art Society and the Society of Scottish Artists. Influenced by Modernist art styles, she experimented with Cubism in her portraits, including 'A Muleteer from...
Dates: 1864-2015.

Papers of General Sir J Aylmer L Haldane.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20247-20259

Papers of James Spence Ritchie (1916-1994.)

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13819/1-68
Dates: Majority of material found in 1837-1838, 4th quarter 19th century, [1914 and after] ?1920s, 1930-1994.

Papers of Richard Dark.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3617/1-17
Dates: 1815-1st half of 20th century.

Papers of Sir Robert H Scott.

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Identifier: Acc.11331
Scope and Contents

Includes a letter to his mother-in-law, 1942, photograph albums, 1924-1934, records of his Lord Lieutenancy of Peebles-shire/Tweeddale, 1968-1980, and an annotated copy of "Intisari" (Research Journal of Wider Malaysia).

Dates: circa 1924-1980.

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Albums. 56
Letters. Correspondence. 56
Correspondence. 41
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Notebooks. 8
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Articles. 5
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Autographs (manuscripts). 3
Drafts. Documents. 3
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Lectures. 3
Microfilms. 3
Novels. 3
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Printed materials. Object genre. 3
Accounts. 2
Annotations. 2
Books 2
Certificates 2
Commonplace books. 2
First World War (1914-1918). 2
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Memoirs. 2
Menus. 2
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Alps (mountain system). Europe. Longitude: 010 00 00 E. Latitude: 46 25 00 N. 1
Andes. South America. Mountain system. Longitude: -70.0000. Latitude: -2.0000. 1
Annual reports. 1
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Autobiographies. 1
Bhutan. Asia. Nation. Longitude: 90.5000. Latitude: 27.5000. 1
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Circulars. Fliers. 1
Commissions. Permissions. 1
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Dances. Musical compositions. 1
Deeds. Legal documents. 1
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Estate records. 1
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English 68
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Names
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1st Baronet of Abbotsford (poet and novelist) (1771-1832) 3
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965 2
Haig, Douglas, 1st Earl Haig, 1861-1928 2
Scottish Mountaineering Club 2
Smith, Chilton Lind Addison-, Writer to the Signet, 1875-1955 2
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Anderson, James, Culloden, fl 1952 1
Anstruther-Gray, Clayre Jessie Tennant, 1872-1958 (justice of the peace and wife of William Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, Monica Helen Lambton, 1915-1985 (justice of the peace and wife of William John St Clair Anstruther-Gray) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William John St Clair, Baron Kilmany, 1905-1985 (soldier and politician) 1
Anstruther-Gray, William, 1859-1938 (soldier and politician) 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, Royal Garrison Artillery, 11th Siege Battery 1
Barrie, Sir James Matthew, 1st Baronet, playwright and novelist, 1860-1937 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: recipient 1
Bicknell, Christine, wife of Henry S, art collector, née Roberts, b 1821: transcriber 1
Bicknell, Henry Sanford, art collector, 1818-1880 1
Blackwood, William (publisher, and founder of "Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine") 1
Bone, Sir Muirhead, Knight, painter and etcher, 1876-1953 1
Bowman, Walter, tutor and antiquary, 1699-1782 1
Brown, Hamish Macmillan (author and mountaineer) 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976 1
Brown, William Oliver, editor of "Scots Socialist", 1903-1976: recipient 1
Buchanites, Irvine, Scotland, religious sect 1
Cameron, Sir David Young, Knight, painter and etcher, 1865-1945 1
Campbell, Jean Helen St Clair, Baroness Stratheden of Cupar and Campbell of St Andrews, nee Anstruther-Gray, d 1956 1
Cecil, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (Prime Minister) 1
Chalmers, Thomas (Principal of New College, Edinburgh) 1
Church of Scotland, Foreign Missions Board 1
Cockerell, Sir Sydney Carlyle, Knight, bibliographer, 1867-1962: recipient 1
Corbett, Thomas Godfrey Polson, 2nd Baron Rowallan (succeeded 1933), Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire, 1895-1977 1
Cottam, Eliza Letitia, née Ironside, fl 1825-1845 1
Cottam, John Tatham, relative of Eliza L, née Ironside, fl 1812 1
Couch, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-, Knight, novelist and literary scholar, 1863-1944 1
Cubie, Donald G, Mininster of Carfin, b 1902: recipient 1
Curle, James, of Morriston, WS, 1862-1944: recipient 1
Curle, James, writer, Melrose, fl 1812-1826: recipient 1
Dark, Richard, teacher and writer, 1876-1952 1
Davidson, John, poet, 1857-1909 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949 1
Dickson, William Kirk, Librarian, National Library of Scotland, 1860-1949: collector 1
Douglas, family 1
Dreschfeld, Violet Jennie, 1890-1975 (sculptor) 1
Dundas, Robert James (Anglican clergyman) 1
Durand, Sir Edward Law, 1st Baronet, colonial administrator, 1845-1920 1
Ellice, Edward (landowner and politician) 1
Ellice, Edward (statesman) 1
Ellice, James, descendant of Edward Ellice, Statesman, 1901-1983: author 1
Ellice, Katherine Jane, of Invergarry, née Balfour, 1813-1864 1
Elliot, Sir Walter, Knight, East India Company servant and archaeologist, 1803-1887 1
Epstein, Jacob, sculptor, 1880-1959 1
Erskine, Charles, of Shielfield, Sheriff Substitute for Selkirkshire, 1771-1825 1
Fisher, James, a founder of the Secession Church, 1697-1775 1
Forrester, Charles Grant, Principal, Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad, 1895-1980 1
Forsyth, William, man of letters, 1812-1899 1
Garrick, Joseph Alan (lecturer in Engineering and Design, Royal Technical College, Glasgow, and mountaineer) (1894-1996) 1
Goodier, Rawdon, biologist and mountaineer, b 1931 1
Gordon, Cosmo Alexander, bibliographer, 1886-1965: recipient 1
Graham, Angus, forester and architectural historian, 1892-1980 1
Graham, Robert Bontine Cunninghame (of Gartmore and Ardoch, author, formerly Bontine) (1852-1936) 1
Gray (family, of Carntyne and Anstruther ) 1
Gray (family, of Kilmany ) 1
Grieve, Christopher Murray, 1892-1978 (poet, writer, and cultural activist, pseudonym Hugh MacDiarmid) 1
Hamilton, Alexander Douglas-, 10th Duke of Hamilton, 1767-1852 1
Henderson, Sir David, Knight, Lieutenant-General, 1862-1921 1
Huntington, Beatrice Marie Louise, 1889-1988 (artist and musician) 1
Huntington, Charlotte Macleod, 1849-1919 (née Bowles, wife of William Huntington) 1
Huntington, William, d.1930 (surgeon) 1
Inglis, Euphemia Amy Maria, pseudonym Innes Adair, d 1925 1
Ironside, Ralph Anthony, of Fennochside, fl 1814-1846 1
James Connell and Sons, Glasgow and London, fine art dealers 1
Joel, Betty, furniture and interior designer, née Stewart Lockhart, 1894-1985 1
Johnston, James Frederick Junor (Major-General) 1
Kirk, John, Minister of Barry, d 1858. 1
Lamont, Augusta, daughter of Sir James, 1st Baronet, Arctic yachtsman, d 1958: recipient 1
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 1
Luffness New Golf Club, East Lothian 1
MacDonald, Alexander, Alexander (antiquary) (d 1850) 1
MacDonald, William, 1883-1960 (artist) 1
Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Anthony Compton, Knight, author, formerly Compton, 1883-1972 1
Maclean, Neil, Factor to Edward Ellice, Statesman at Glenquoich, f.1841 1
Malcolm, John, Sir, Knight (Governor of Bombay) 1
Malcolm, family 1
Malcolm, family, of Burnfoot 1
Mare, Walter John de la, poet and author, 1873-1956 1
Marx, Margaret, Scottish Women's Ambulance Corp, fl 1916-1917 1
Matheson, Sir James, 1st Baronet, of Achany and the Lews, 1796-1878 1
McCall, Charles, painter, 1907-1989 1
McKay, James, calligrapher, 1895-1968 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
McNeill, Florence Marian, folklorist, 1885-1973 1
Men's Institute of St Ninian's (Episcopal) Cathedral, Perth 1
Munnings, Sir Alfred, Knight, artist, 1878-1959 1
Nairn, James S (cinema manager,exhibitor, filmmaker) 1
Nevinson, Henry Woodd, journalist and author, 1856-1941 1
Orr, Patricia, Scottish Women's Ambulance Corps, née Walker, fl 1916-1917 1
Pasley, Sir Charles William, Knight, General, 1780-1861 1
Percy, family 1
Petrie, William Oliver, Superintendent of Hospitals, Malawi., 1913-1998 1
Pirandello, Luigi, writer, 1867-1936 1
Purves, John, Reader in Italian, University of Edinburgh, 1877-1961: collector 1
Purves, John, Reader in Italian, University of Edinburgh, 1877-1961: recipient 1
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