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Papers concerning the establishment of the Invergarry and Fort Augustus Railway extension to Inverness.
File
Identifier: Acc.12276
Dates:
1896-1899.
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, of the Traverse Theatre Club, Edinburgh.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.206
Dates:
1964-1970.
Papers, including correspondence, research notes, press cuttings and printed materials, of Dr Sue Innes, mostly concerning her research into the subjects of citizenship, women and gender studies.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12633/1-45
Scope and Contents
The collection contains correspondence, manuscript and typescript research notes, annotated typescripts of research papers, newscuttings and printed materials. Most of the material is undated.
Dates:
Circa 1990-2005, undated.
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 Dr Esther Breitenbach.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13806/1-118
Scope and Contents
The collection reflects Dr Esther Breitenbach's feminist activism from the 1970s onwards. This includes papers reflecting her contributions to the Women’s Legal and Financial Independence Campaign, the Radical Scotland Women’s Group, and the European Forum of Socialist Feminists, as well as papers relating to the activities of the Women's Co-ordination Group, which advanced the demand for 50:50 gender representation. The collection includes assorted annotated pamphlets, conference papers,...
Dates:
1966-2014.
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 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 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.
Papers of Sir Robert Grieve.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13523
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers, 1943-1964 mostly relating to his work as a town and regional planner, of Professor Sir Robert Grieve (1910-1995), Chief Planner, Scottish Office, 1960-4, Professor of Town and Regional Planning at Glasgow University, 1964-74, and the first Chairman of the Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1965-70. Many of the files relate to his work on the Clyde Valley Regional Plan (1944-6).
Dates:
1943-1964
Papers of the Faculty of Advocates concerning the City of Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: F.R.339r/12
Dates:
1690-1695, 1731, 1749-1790, undated.
Papers of the Scottish Campaign for Resistance of the Atomic Menace (SCRAM).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11607
Scope and Contents
Includes research files, correspondence, reports and press cuttings.
Dates:
1970-1994.
Papers of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.12514
Dates:
1974-1997.
Political, academic and personal papers of John Pitcairn Mackintosh, political academic and MP for Berwick and East Lothian.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13476/1-319
Scope and Contents
John Pitcairn Mackintosh (1929-1978) was a political scientist, professor of Politics at Edinburgh University and a Labour MP for Berwick and East Lothian (1966-1974, 1974-1978). He was pro-Europeist and pro-devolutionist and campaigned in favour of a yes vote during the 1979 Referendum on a Scottish Aseembly.The material consists of the personal and academic papers detailing Mackintosh’s political and academic career. The papers document his many academic ventures including his...
Dates:
1927-1978, undated.
Proceedings and notes of arguments in the case of the Earl of Traquair, apparently in his own hand.
File
Identifier: Adv.MS.25.1.3
Dates:
1641.
Records of the Lanarkshire Miners` County Union, the Lanarkshire Mineworkers` Union and the National Union of Mineworkers, Lanarkshire Area.
Fonds
Identifier: Dep.227
Dates:
1887-1962.
Reports on the index to the Wodrow manuscripts, (F.R.206), by the Reverend Walter MacLeod.
File
Identifier: F.R.206a
Dates:
1891-1910.
Research papers and analysis concerning migration between villages in the Faroe Islands and out of the Faroe Islands.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10942/1-69
Dates:
1942-1982.
Research papers and reports concerning the Lothian Coal Company and the Newbattle Collieries (1831-1955).
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12862
Dates:
circa 1980-1989.
Series of large folio volumes with copies of documents, including legal opinions, accounts and warrants relating to the administration of the customs and excise in England and Scotland; and copies of Scottish Court of Exchequer correspondence, minutes, reports and accounts relating to the Court`s administration of the forfeited estates.
Series
Identifier: Adv.MSS.28.1.2-28.1.7
Dates:
1705-1773.
Small collections of correspondence and papers of and to members of the Haldane family.
Series
Identifier: MS.20260 (Part 1)-(Part 2)
Dates:
[Circa 1735]-1948, undated.