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Business and legal papers of James Gentleman, merchant, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12184
Scope and Contents
Papers largely concern Gentleman`s Leith shipping interests; includes unrelated legal papers.
Dates:
1838-1893.
Business books of Archibald Constable & Company, Robert Cadell & Company, and Robert Cadell.
Series
Identifier: MSS.789-802
Dates:
1814-1847.
Business papers of James Dickson and Co.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9500
Scope and Contents
Includes letter book, stock inventories, account books and price book.
Dates:
1818-1932.
Business records, 1694-1943, of J and G Cox, Ltd., glue manufacturers, Gorgie, Edinburgh; with miscellaneous papers, 16th century-19th century, of the Cox family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4944/1-54
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1550-1603, 1694-1943, undated.
Business records of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12235/1-522
Scope and Contents
The business records, 1768-2002, of George Waterston and Sons, Ltd, Edinburgh, specialist printers, manufacturing and retail stationers, and sealing wax manufacturers. The papers also include material relating more particularly to the Waterston family.In addition to business records, the collection includes papers relating to the Waterston family or to the history of the business collected by various family directors, series of family and business photographs, sample specimens of...
Dates:
1752-2002, undated.
Business records of R and R Clark Ltd, printers, including six boxes of George Bernard Shaw's letters to the firm, and related printed material by Shaw.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.229
Dates:
1900-1965.
Catalogues, inventories, order books, correspondence and other business records of William Brown, booksellers, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7926/1-61
Dates:
1581-1961.
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.
Financial records and correspondence relating to the administration of the estate of the Maxwells of Monreith.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8816/1-159
Dates:
1804-1950.
Letter-books, stock-books, publication day-books and cash-books of Messrs W and R Chambers, publishers.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.341
Dates:
Circa 1900-1950.
Order books of the Faculty of Advocates Library.
Series
Identifier: F.R.436-F.R.438
Dates:
1965-1982.
Papers concerning McEwen and Company, perambulator manufacturers.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5552
Scope and Contents
Including cashbook, orderbook, brass plates and advertising literature.
Dates:
circa 1891-circa 1915.
Papers of "Cencrastus".
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9164
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts, corrected typescripts and proofs of prose and poetry contributions, editorial correspondence and business records, including accounts and minute books.
Dates:
1979-1985.
Papers of Studio Alec Finlay.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13459
Scope and Contents
Papers, circa 2000-2012, of Studio Alec Finlay, comprising mainly project files and published material including artist books.
Dates:
circa 2000-2012
Papers of the firm of John Grant, Edinburgh bookseller and publisher.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10406
Dates:
1841-1926.
Papers of the Scottish Association for the Speaking of Verse.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3435
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. two minute books, 1923-1949
2. sederunt book, 1932-1949
3. lists, 1924-1949, of officer bearers.
Dates:
1923-1950.
Papers of William Blackwood and Sons, consisting mainly of book publication files, circa 1920-1970, with earlier items including publishing contracts, literary manuscripts, business correspondence , stock books, 1882-1934, and miscellaneous documents supplementing earlier gifts, purchases and deposits.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.309- is now part of Acc.9462.
Dates:
1816-circa 1970.
Sample books and other records of the Raymond Press, Cullen, Banffshire.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12322
Dates:
1967-1997.
Stock-book of James Dickson, wholesale stationer, Edinburgh.
Item
Identifier: Acc.11149
Dates:
1804-1807.
Surviving office books of the fishing, fish curing, and shipping enterprise of the Richardson family of Pitfour; with two ledgers of Pitfour estate and some Richardson family papers.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20801-20987
Scope and Contents
The firm of John Richardson and Company, of Perth, was already well established by 1760 with a wide business, chiefly in salmon, both locally and throughout Europe. The books consist of letter books and various account books, and show the whole process from the acquisition of the fish to its sale either raw at home or pickled as far afield as Italy and Spain. The salmon business was precarious, and to offset losses Richardson frequently entered into partnership with local merchants, notably...
Dates:
1760-1820.