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Papers concerning the harbour of Greenock.
File
Identifier: Acc.11648
Scope and Contents
Includes plans, report and correspondence of Thomas Telford concerning an early proposal for its improvement (1830).
Dates:
1826-1889.
Papers concerning Widows Fund, Annuitants, Poor relief, and other financial papers of the Faculty of Advocates.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/9
Dates:
1703-1856.
Papers concerning "Writing Together: an International Festival of Writing", Glasgow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10391
Scope and Contents
Includes reports, memoranda, committee minutes and letters from among others, Sorley MacLean, Naomi Mitchison and Edwin Morgan.
Dates:
1990.
Papers, including correspondence, articles, notes, reports and photographs, of Reginald W Powell, physicist.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10574/1-46
Dates:
1938-1985, undated.
Papers, including correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of sermons, lectures, reviews, and reports, of the Reverend Prof John Foster.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6087 Box 1(1)-Box 5(4)
Dates:
Circa 1920-circa 1973.
Papers, including correspondence, minutes, notes and accounts, of Newbattle Abbey Adult Education College.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12299/1-219
Dates:
1939-2000.
Papers, including correspondence, of the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.206
Dates:
1964-1970.
Papers, mostly correspondence, of the Traverse Theatre Club.
Series
Identifier: Dep.324
Dates:
1973-1979.
Papers of and concerning Deacon Brodie.
File
Identifier: MS.3284
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:Statement of Deacon Brodie's affairs (folio 1);Letter of Captain John Dent, of the ship in which Deacon Brodie attempted to escape, recommending 'Mr. John Dixon' (Brodie) to a friend at Ostend (folio 3);Report of Groves, messenger-at-arms, on his visit to Ostend in pursuit of Brodie in June (folio 5);Draft of a statement, pleading guilty, which George Smith intended to make, said to be in Smith's hand (folio 9);...
Dates:
1788.
Papers of and concerning the poet and author, Ruthven Todd (1914-1978).
Series
Identifier: MSS.26889-26890
Scope and Contents
These papers are composite manuscripts formed from various accessions. The source of acquisition of each of the accessions is recorded under the relevant description
Dates:
1940-1973.
Papers of Arthur Woodburn.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6276
Scope and Contents
Concerning his Parliamentary Bill to facilitate the formation of a common European language.
Dates:
1962-1963.
Papers of Christopher Fyfe.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10669
Scope and Contents
Concer planning matters, community involvement and amenity groups in central Edinburgh.
Dates:
1970-1992.
Papers of David Angus, civil engineer, relating to his life and work in South America and Damaraland, 1882-1926, with some later material; and miscellaneous papers and diaries of Nancy Angus, his daughter, 1907-1960.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.257- is now Acc.6905 and Acc.12365.
Dates:
1882-1960.
Papers of David Torrance relating to the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13670/1-17
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the activities of David Torrance surrounding the Scottish Independence Referendum 2014. As well as publishing numerous newspaper, magazine and online articles on the subject of the Referendum, Torrance has also written a number of books on the subject, including The Battle for Britain: Scotland and the Scottish Independence Referendum (2013), Scotland’s Referendum: A Guide for Voters (2014) and 100 Days of Hope...
Dates:
2012-2014
Papers of George Lawson, Labour politician, including correspondence, articles, lecture papers and press cuttings.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9588/1-94
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers of George McArthur Lawson (1906-78). From 1937 to 1940 he was a full-time National Council of Labour Colleges tutor in the East of Scotland, and served as the West of Scotland National Council of Labour Colleges Organiser from 1940-50 when he was appointed Secretary of Edinburgh and District Trades Council. In 1954 he was elected as Labour MP for Motherwell, and represented Motherwell, and Motherwell and Wishaw, until his retirement in Oct 1974. George Lawson served...
Dates:
1920-1978.
Papers of Ian MacDougall.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13548
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly concern his oral history research and his involvement with the Scottish Labour History Society, the Scottish Working People`s History Trust and the World History Society.
Dates:
c. 1990s-2013
Papers of James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, concerning administration in Wei Hai Wei, and Chinese art and literature.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.83- is now Acc.4138.
Dates:
1859-1937.
Papers of James M Craigen.
File
Identifier: Acc.10316
Scope and Contents
Includes copy of Craigen`s thesis, "The Scottish Trades Union Congress", Heriot Watt University, 1974.
Dates:
1971-1990.
Papers of James Porteous.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7505
Scope and Contents
Including minutes, reports and memorandums concerning the Scottish Covenant Association, Scottish Convention, and the Scottish National Development Council Economic Committee.
With editorial correspondence concerning the periodical, "Today and Tomorrow".
Dates:
1935-1970.
Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer, and his son, Sir John Rennie (1794-1874).
Series
Identifier: MSS.19966-19968
Dates:
1788-1829.
Papers of Laurie Flynn, concerning alleged police corruption and racism.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12650
Dates:
circa 1992-2002.
Papers of Magnus Magnusson.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13542/1-1198
Scope and Contents
This archive contains the papers of Magnusson Magnusson (1929-2007), broadcaster, scholar, author and environmentalist accumulated over the course of his career. After embarking on a career in journalism in the 1950s Magnusson moved into television in the-mid 1960s where he presented such programmes as "Chronicle" which was dedicated to achaeological discoveries. Magnusson may be best known for his role of quizmaster on the long-running BBC show Mastermind. Magnusson had a strong connection...
Dates:
circa 1948-2006.