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Papers of or concerning the Rev James Smith and his family.
File
Identifier: Acc.11527
Dates:
1803-1856.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith, with some papers of his wife, Hazel.
File
Identifier: Acc.12874
Dates:
circa 1970-1979.
Papers of the Abbey School, Stirling.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5555
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. log book, 1905-1928
2. attendance certificate book, 1911-1924
3. requisition book and account book, 1927, 1931.
Dates:
1905-1931.
Papers of the Boyd family, connected with the publishing firm of Oliver and Boyd.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9544
Dates:
1752-1950.
Papers of the family of Holden of Baldovie.
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Identifier: Acc.11272-is now MS.50266
Dates:
1717-1822.
Papers of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13593
Scope and Contents
Papers, c.1910-1970s, of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.Werner Bienert was born in Thale Am Harz, Germany in1902 to a sawmill owner. His early life until 1922 was spent working in the timber trade in Germany and Holland before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1924 on a year’s visa. There he met his future wife, Rose Tinney, with whom he had three children. They were married in 1925 before Bienert was forced to move back to Germany, settling in Hamburg. The...
Dates:
c.1903-1979
Personal and political papers of Eustace George Willis, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, with some photographs and memorabilia.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13208
Scope and Contents
Personal and political papers, memorabilia and photographs, 1911–1976, of Labour politician Eustace George Willis (1903–1987). Willis was educated at the City of Norwich Secondary School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1919 until 1930. He was a bookseller and lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges from 1932 until 1964. Willis was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North in the 1945 General Election but was defeated in 1950. He contested again Edinburgh...
Dates:
1911-1976.
Photocopies of papers concerning the career and death of Robert Livingstone in the United States Army.
File
Identifier: Acc.11304
Dates:
1864-1865.
Photograph of certificate of membership of the United Joiners of Glasgow and West of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4240
Dates:
19th century.
Photograph of the marriage contract of Joseph Home of Ninewells and Katherine Falconer, parents of David Hume.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5015
Dates:
1708.
Photograph, undated, of a membership certificate, 1833, of the West of Scotland Power Loom Female Weavers` Society in the name of Ellen Riely; with another photograph, 1911, of a group of female delegates at the Annual Congress of the Scottish T U C.
File
Identifier: Acc.5445
Dates:
1833, 1911.
Photographs of the Dobson family, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.12288
Scope and Contents
Includes two letters and a certificate.
Dates:
circa 1900-1952.
Record books of Peter Coldray, Seaman.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13408
Scope and Contents
Record books and certificates of discharge, 1949-1954, of Peter Coldray, Seaman. The record books include stamps recording ships on which Coldray served, and are accompanied by a brief letter of reference from a commander of one of the vessels on which he served.
Dates:
1949-1954
Seaman`s books, 1973-1985, of David Campbleton, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12376
Scope and Contents
Includes papers, 1947-1973, of Alex McCorkindale, Dalkeith, relating to his service in the Merchant Navy.
Dates:
1947-1985.
Seven diplomas and certificates awarded to Tom J Honeyman.
File
Identifier: Acc.11290
Dates:
1916-1964.
Six certificates of John Lyall.
File
Identifier: Acc.9332
Scope and Contents
From the Scottish Education Departmant, University of Glasgow, the Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, and the Territorial Army.
Dates:
1926-1937.
Three documents concerning the family of Boyd of Knockson and to the farm of Knockson, near Ayr.
File
Identifier: Acc.5275
Dates:
1845, 1859-1860.