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Annotated photocopy, 1989, of xerox copy of map of Orkney in 1931, in two parts.
Item
Identifier: Acc.9965
Scope and Contents
Annotations by Peter MacDonald indicate World War II military installations, together with explanatory correspondence, 1989.
Dates:
1931-1989.
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.
Letters, manuscripts, maps, and other papers of and concerning David Livingstone, being the material formerly stored in the David Livingstone Centre at Blantyre, Lanarkshire, and photocopies of material permanently exhibited there.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10707-10756
Dates:
1792-1874, undated.
Personal and literary papers and correspondence of Sir Patrick Leigh Fermor, with some personal papers and correspondence of Joan Leigh Fermor.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13338/1-687
Scope and Contents
The archive consists of extensive correspondence from fans, friends and associates, including the poet Sir John Betjeman, painter Nikos Hadjikyriakos-Ghika, and Leigh Fermor's principal publisher John 'Jock' Murray. There are also literary manuscripts and typescripts, often with numerous annotations and revisions, diaries, notebooks, photographs, articles and research papers concerning most aspects of his and Joan's life, work and interests, including wide-ranging material on the war, in...
Dates:
1818-2011, undated.
Photocopies of "A Book of Maps of Finlayston Estate", 1770, and plans, 18th century to 19th century, of Ayrshire estates.
File
Identifier: Acc.4229
Dates:
18th century to 19th century.
Photocopies of items of David Livingstone belonging to his grandson Dr H F Wilson.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10757-10765
Dates:
1854-1873.
Photocopies of plans of Argyll estates in the Inveraray district.
File
Identifier: Acc.4225
Dates:
late 18th century.
Photocopies of plans of the Ladykirk estate.
File
Identifier: Acc.4186
Dates:
circa 1830-circa 1840.
Photocopy of Jeffrey C Stone`s work on the Pont and Gordon maps.
File
Identifier: Acc.6755
Dates:
1976.
Photocopy of plan of battle fought near Quebec by British and French, by Pat McKellar.
Item
Identifier: Acc.6376
Dates:
28 April 1760.
Positive and negative photostats of an estate plan of Carriden, West Lothian, by G Grey.
File
Identifier: Acc.7781
Dates:
1757.