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Correspondence and papers of A H E L Holt.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.8756
Scope and Contents

Concerning chiefly Holt`s work as a railway engineer in Iraq, 1916-1932 and undated, and as a soil consultant in Sudan, 1952-1958.

Also includes:

papers and notebooks, 1884-1929 and undated, of his father-in-law, the Reverend E M Macphail

papers, 1880-1907 and undated, concerning the claim by Stewart Soutar Johnstone to the Marquesate of Annandale.

Dates: 1880-1958 and undated.

Correspondence and papers of and concerning the family of Anderson of St. Germains and their descendants, being chiefly the correspondence of Warren Hastings Anderson (died 1875), son of David Anderson of St. Germains (1751-1825).

 Series
Identifier: MSS.14842-14847
Scope and Contents

Warren Hastings Anderson entered the merchant house of his uncle, Robert Anderson and Company, St. Andrew's Square, Edinburgh, in 1813, becoming a partner in 1818. From then until the 1850s he spent most of his life in Italy and France engaged in trade, finally retiring to Bowerhouse near Dunbar. Family, personal and legal material predominates in this collection.

Dates: 1792-mid 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of General Sir George Murray.

 Collection
Identifier: Adv.MSS.46.1.1-46.10.2
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of letters, orders, reports, and maps relating to Murray’s military career, to his official and diplomatic duties and to his literary activities. It is arranged in nearly chronological order illustrating the various periods of his career.

Dates: 1793-1846.

Correspondence and papers of James Mackay, Baron MacKay of Clashfern.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12280
Scope and Contents

Papers mostly concern Lord Mackay`s period of office as Lord Chancellor of Great Britain.

Dates: late 20th century.

Correspondence and papers of Sir Alexander Gray.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11897
Scope and Contents

Includes journals, broadcast scripts and tapes.

Dates: circa 1918-1975.

Correspondence and papers of the Campbell family of Inverneill.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14395
Content Description

The archive of the Campbell family of Inverneill formerly kept in Canna House, Isle of Canna. It comprises correspondence and papers mainly of the 18th century, including he the business correspondence of various family members in military or government positions. There is also a component of estate papers concerning estates around Kintyre.

Dates: 18th-19th century, the bulk dating from the 18th century.

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.

Correspondence, diaries, articles and other papers of or collected by William Laird McKinlay concerning the Canadian National Arctic Expedition and the expedition of the 'Karluk' to Wrangel Island, Russia.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.12696/1-67
Scope and Contents

The bulk of the papers in this collection relate to the Canadian National Arctic Expedition, 1913-1918, and the part played in it by William McKinlay and the expedition leader, Vilhjalmur Stefansson. McKinlay's account of his experiences, especially those of being shipwrecked and marooned on Wrangel Island, off the coast of Siberia, were published by him in 'Karluk: the great untold story of Arctic expedition'.

Dates: Circa 1903-1982, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, business, and genealogical papers chiefly of the Richards family of Gardiner, Maine, and of the Ashburner family.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.20351-20400
Scope and Contents The Richards family of Horndean in Hampshire began its connection with America in the early 19th century when John Richards opened a business in Boston, Massachusetts. Although his son, Francis Richards, established a manufacturing business in Gardiner, Maine, the family retained strong European ties. The constant coming and going across the Atlantic gives the collection a very cosmopolitan outlook enhanced by the marriage in 1878 of Francis Gardiner Richards to Anne Ashburner whose family...
Dates: 1773-1933, undated.

Correspondence, diaries, notebooks, literary papers, filmscripts, photographs and personal papers of Tom Weir, explorer, journalist and photographer.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13059/1-500
Scope and Contents Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: circa 1916-2006.

Correspondence, diaries, speeches, library and music inventories, and electronic database of Sir Lewis Robertson.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13065/1-76
Scope and Contents The collection reflects Sir Lewis Robertson`s personal and business activities during the later years of his life. The correspondence files, 2003-2008, and letter books, 2004-2008, show his active involvement in many charitable and cultural bodies until his death in November 2008. Of particular interest are several volumes of speeches and interviews, 1989-2003, and three diaries, 1978-1980, dated during his time as Director of the Scottish Development Agency. Sir Lewis Robertson kept an...
Dates: Circa 1940-2008.

Correspondence, estate, financial, and legal papers of the Hunters of Glencarse and Seaside.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.19711-19733
Scope and Contents

The contents consist chiefly of the papers of Charles Hunter, Cadet, of Seaside and relating in particular to the sale of his estates in 1848. Also papers of his son, Andrew Hunter, Coffee Planter, Ceylon. Andrew Hunter's papers are of considerable interest providing some useful material for plantation management and colonial life in the Ceylon of the early 1860's.

Dates: 1685-1890, undated.

Correspondence, speeches, diaries, photographs and papers of Alastair Trevor Clark, mostly relating to his work as a civil servant in Nigeria, Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12598/1-56
Scope and Contents

The papers concern Alastair Trevor Clark’s writing and colonial duties from the beginning of his career in 1949 until the end of his professional career in 1990. They relate to colonial relations within Nigeria and other countries including Hong Kong and the Solomon Islands. The papers comprise letters, manuscript, articles, printed material, maps, government documents, despatches, press cuttings, photographs and reprints of articles.

Dates: [1923]-2005, undated.

Diaries, financial and administrative papers of Barberfield Farm, near Pencaitland, East Lothian; with some personal correspondence and papers of the Blythe family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11021/1-223
Scope and Contents Correspondence, accounts, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, 1861-1993, largely of and relating to Barberfield Farm, near Haddington, East Lothian. With personal correspondence, accounts, and photographs of Charles Blythe, Farmer, and his family, 1861-1993.Charles Blythe became tenant of Barberfield Farm in 1904 in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Millar, Draper, Tranent. In 1928, Blythe took on the lease of the neighbouring Heatheryhall Farm. Previously, he had been...
Dates: 1859-1993.

Diaries of Bessie Stone and her sister.

 File
Identifier: Acc.6800
Scope and Contents

With notebook containing an anonymous translation of the first part of Alphonse Daudet, "Le Petit Chose".

Dates: 1903-1904, 1907.

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Diaries. 74
Correspondence. 45
Press cuttings. Information artifacts. 21
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Typescripts. 18
Copies. Derivative objects. 17
Manuscripts. 17
Poetry. 17
Letters. Correspondence. 15
Documents. 12
Legal documents. 12
Accounts. 10
Articles. 10
Microfilms. 10
Lectures. 9
Translations. Documents. 8
Sketches. 7
Maps. Cartographic materials. 6
Scripts. Documents 6
Travel journals. 6
Excerpts. 5
Reports 5
Account books. 4
Autobiographies. 4
Genealogies. 4
Histories. 4
Lists. 4
Novels. 4
Obituaries. 4
Publications. 4
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Estate records. 3
Family papers. 3
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Language
English 47
Undetermined 27
French 1
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Names
Buchan, John Norman Stuart, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, 1911-1996 2
Buchan, Priscilla Jean Fortesque, Baroness Tweedsmuir of Belhelvie, politician, née Thomson, then Grant, 1915-1978 2
Whyte, Christopher, poet and novelist, b 1952 2
Allan, Michael, Stirling, fl 1975-1990 1
Amman, Alexander, Polish Army, fl 1939-1942 1
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Annandale and Eskdale Regiment of Local Militia 1
Army, Great Britain and Ireland, 37th (North Hampshire) Regiment of Foot 1
Bloxham, family, Banbury 1
Blythe, Charles, farmer, d 1949 1
Broom, John L, librarian, d 1992 1
Buchan, John, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, author, publisher, Governor-General of Canada, 1875-1940 1
Burns Begg, family of Isabella Begg, sister of Robert Burns, poet 1
Cairns, David, Professor of Practical Theology, University of Aberdeen, 1904-1992 1
Calder, Peter Ritchie, Baron Ritchie-Calder, author and journalist, 1906-1982 1
Campbell family, of Inverneill 1
Campbell, John Lorne, scholar of Scottish Gaelic folklore, 1906-1996 1
Clark, Alastair Trevor (colonial civil servant, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Solomon Islands) 1
Daudet, Alphonse, novelist, 1840-1897 1
Davie, Cedric Thorpe, composer, 1913-1983 1
Dowden, John, Bishop of Edinburgh, 1840-1910 1
Farquhar, George Taylor Shillito, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1857-1927 1
Fell, Alison, poet and novelist, b 1944 1
Fermor, Joan Leigh (photographer, née Eyres Monsell, formerly Rayner) 1
Fermor, Patrick Michael Leigh, Sir, knight (travel writer and soldier) 1
Fidler, Kathleen Annie (afterwards Goldie, author and headmistress) 1
Gibb, Andrew Dewar, Professor of Law, University of Glasgow, 1888-1974 1
Gray, John, broadcaster, 1918-2006 1
Gray, Sir Alexander, Knight, Professor of Political Economy, University of Edinburgh, 1882-1968 1
Grimond, Joseph, Baron Grimond, politician, 1913-1993 1
Hamilton, James Alexander Douglas-, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, solicitor and politician, b 1942 1
Harper, James Walker, Dean of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1859-1938 1
Holt, A H E L, Major, fl 1916-1958 1
Home, John (minister, soldier and author) 1
Hume, David, philosopher, 1711-1776 1
Jamie, Kathleen, poet, b 1962 1
Johnstone, Stewart Soutar, claimant to Marquessate of Annandale, d 1846 1
Johnstone, William, painter and art educationist, 1897-1981 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967 1
Kemp, Robert, playwright and broadcaster, 1908-1967: recipient 1
Lockhart, Sir James Haldane Stewart, Knight, colonial official and art collector, 1858-1937 1
Mackay, James Peter Hymers, Baron Mackay of Clashfern, Lord Clerk Register of Scotland and Keeper of the Signet, b 1927 1
Mackenzie, Henry, author of "The Man of Feeling", 1745-1831 1
Mackintosh, John Pitcairn, political scientist and politician, 1929-1978 1
Macphail, Earle Monteith, Principal of Madras Christian College, 1861-1937 1
Mavor, Osborne Henry, playwright, pseudonym James Bridie, 1888-1951 1
Maxwell, John, of Baillieston, fl 1868-1871 1
Maxwell, Steven, recipient of Burgess Ticket of Rutherglen, fl 1766: recipient 1
McKinlay, William Laird, scientist on Canadian National Arctic Expedition, teacher, 1888-1983 1
Mossman, Robert Cockburn, meteorologist, 1870-1940 1
Mure, family, of Caldwell 1
Robertson, Sir Lewis, Knight, administrator and industrialist, 1922-2008: former owner 1
Royal Society of Edinburgh 1
Scottish Episcopal Church 1
Scottish Episcopal Church, Diocese of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane 1
Sellar, Robert James Batchen, playwright and author, b 1893 1
Smith, Iain Crichton (poet and author) 1
Spark, Muriel Sarah, Dame (née Camberg, author) 1
St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth 1
Stone, Bessie, Broughty Ferry, fl 1903-1907 1
Sutherland Estates 1
Tods, Murray and Jamieson, Edinburgh, WS 1
Torrance, David (journalist, author, and historian.) 1
Weir, Thomas [Tom] (explorer, journalist and photographer) 1
Wilkinson, George Howard, Scottish Episcopal bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld, and Dunblane, 1833-1907 1
Wolff, Rainer, refugee from Nazi Germany, 1924-2002 1
Wordsworth, Charles, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, 1806-1892 1
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