Showing Browse Resources: 51 - 75 of 84
Papers of James Ramsay Macdonald and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13461
Scope and Contents
The papers provide an insight into the personal and political relationship between James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937) and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow (fl.1860-1942) over a period of nearly three decades. They also illustrate the development of the early Socialist movement in Scotland, trade unionism and Glasgow local politics. As well as letters of James Ramsay Macdonald, the archive includes correspondence of prominent Socialists such as John and Katherine Bruce Glasier and leading...
Dates:
1895-1970s.
Papers of John A. Douglas, private in the Black Watch during the First World War.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14143/1-6
Dates:
1917-1919.
Papers of Majorie Shaw, journalist and teacher, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.12250
Dates:
circa 1916-1977.
Papers of Robert di Falco, St Andrews.
File
Identifier: Acc.12028
Scope and Contents
Includes field diary, memoirs and photographs concerning di Falco`s service in the Italian Army, 1918-1921. Also includes Italian war service medals (framed) and material concerning Gabriele d`Annunzio`s seizure of Fiume, 1919.
Dates:
1918-1947
Papers of Samuel Robin Spark.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13443
Scope and Contents
Family and personal papers, circa 1900-2007, of Samuel Robin Spark. Comprising mainly letters of his mother, Muriel Spark, to her son and to her mother, Sarah Camberg. The correspondence includes some letters of Penelope Jardine; also letters of Martin Stannard, Muriel Spark`s biographer. In 1981, Robin Spark began keeping copies of his outgoing letters to his mother; these are filed into the chronological sequence. With family papers, correspondence and documents gathered by Robin Spark in...
Dates:
1961-2006.
Papers of the National Council of Labour Colleges.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5120 Box 1(1)—[Additional] Box 20(20)
Dates:
1900-1977, undated.
Papers of Thomas Hannan of Maryhill, relating to his conscientious objection during the First World War, and subsequent imprisonment in Dartmoor.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13388
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to the conscientious objection of Thomas Hannan of Maryhill, Glasgow, 1916-1926. Included are papers relating to his tribunal hearings and subsequent imprisonment, including a letter written from HM Prison Wormwood Scrubs, a letter detailing his removal to Dartmoor prison, programmes relating to concert productions by inmates at Dartmoor, postcards sent from the prison to Hannan’s family, and his military discharge certificate. Particularly poignant are the letters between...
Dates:
1916-1926.
Personal and political papers of John McDiarmid Airlie with printed papers and photographs of Robert McGregor Airlie and some printed songbooks and music.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13203
Scope and Contents
Personal and political papers, 1899-1953, of John McDiarmid Airlie (1886-19), Labour Councillor and Parliamentary candidate to Ayr Burghs, related to his involvement in the Trade Union and Labour movement.The collection includes some interesting correspondence from Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (1866-1937) and from Labour Ministers of Fuel and Power Hugh Gaitskell (1906-1963) and Philip Noel-Baker, Baron Noel-Baker (1889-1982). It also includes some printed papers and...
Dates:
1899-1960.
Photocopies of 41 letters and postcards of E M Forster to Lionel Jackson.
File
Identifier: Acc.6797
Scope and Contents
On personal and literary matters.
Dates:
1951-1961.
Photocopy of a postcard of James Scott Skinner to Tom MacDonald.
Item
Identifier: Acc.7887
Scope and Contents
Containing a score by Scott Skinner of the tune, "The Weeping Birches of Kilmorack".
Dates:
1909.
Photograph album, photographs and postcards of Mr and Mrs John Hirons, Birmingham, of holidays in Scotland, England and North America.
File
Identifier: Acc.12505
Dates:
1952-1967.
Photographs of works of Charles d'Orville Pilkington Jackson, sculptor, with related papers, cuttings and correspondence.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.8542/1-61
Dates:
1907-1978.
Postcard, 1899, of G Paris to A Piaget, and letter, 1901, of C Coudere to Paris, forwarded by him to Piaget.
File
Identifier: Acc.4882
Dates:
1899-1901.
Postcard, 1937, to and notes, undated, of Guido Verga.
File
Identifier: Acc.5208
Dates:
1937 and undated.
Postcard and letter of C K Scott Moncrieff to Catharine Scott Moncrieff.
File
Identifier: Acc.8082
Scope and Contents
On personal and family matters.
Dates:
1924-1929.
Postcard and letter of Sir James A H Murray.
File
Identifier: Acc.8251
Scope and Contents
Concerning words in his dictionary.
Dates:
1894-1896.
Postcard of George P Johnston to a member of Edinburgh Bibliographical Society.
Item
Identifier: Acc.10700
Scope and Contents
Concerns a booklet on Walter Biggar Blaikie.
Dates:
1929.
Postcard of William K Dickson and letter of Thomas J Wise both to R W Chapman.
File
Identifier: Acc.4998
Scope and Contents
Concerning Scott`s translation of "Goetz von Berlichingen".
Dates:
1930.
Postcard photograph of John Bird.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4731
Scope and Contents
Postcard photograph of John Bird, leader of militant Fife miners on horseback with the caption 'Souvenir of the Great Strike 1926' and 'On Patrol'. The card also has a facsimile signature of John Bird.
Dates:
1926.
Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, photographs and proofs of and relating to Isobel Wylie Hutchison.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13681
Scope and Contents
1). Postcards, christmas card, typescript verse, press-cuttings and proofs, 1896-ca.1960, undated.i. Postcards, 1896-1903, undated.ii. Christmas card, early 20th century.iii. Typescript verse of Isobel Wylie Hutchison, undated.iv. Press-cuttings, 1949, undated.v. Proofs, 1956, of `Literary Landmarks of Scotland`, articles by Isobel Wylie Hutchison for the `National Geographic` magazine.2. Photographs, ca.1900-1962,...
Dates:
1896-1962, undated.
Records of the Scottish Youth Hostels Association
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13372
Scope and Contents
Annual Reports, minutes, correspondence, reports, property records and photographs, 1931-2012, undated, of and relating to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.Following preliminary meetings in 1930s, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association was formed in Edinburgh in1931at a public meeting chaired by Lord Salvesen ‘To help all, but especially young people of limited means living and working in industrial and other areas, to know use and appreciate the Scottish countryside and...
Dates:
1931-2000
Seven postcards of Malcolm MacDonald, whilst in America, to his father and sisters.
File
Identifier: Acc.11205
Dates:
1925.