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Fife. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. Longitude: -3.0333. Latitude: 56.2500.

 Subject
Subject Source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

Found in 26 Collections and/or Records:

27 letters to J Scott.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8147
Scope and Contents

Concerning the Fife potato trade.

Dates: 1840-1841.

Correspondence concerning propaganda for Fife., Summer 1926.

 File
Identifier: Acc.3721/182/1
Scope and Contents From the Series: Files of correspondnce and papers, circa 1918-1929, with related materia, 1930-1935, kept by Roland Muirhead in his capacity as General secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) and representing the bulk of the surviving archive of the Association. In 1928 Muirhead associated himself with the new National Party of Scotland (NPS) while continuing briefly as secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association, resulting of an overlap of some NPS material into SHRA fils for...
Dates: Summer 1926.

Correspondence concerning propaganda for Fife and other East of Scotland areas, including Arbroath and Penicuik., Summer 1927.

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Identifier: Acc.3721/182/3
Scope and Contents From the Series: Files of correspondnce and papers, circa 1918-1929, with related materia, 1930-1935, kept by Roland Muirhead in his capacity as General secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) and representing the bulk of the surviving archive of the Association. In 1928 Muirhead associated himself with the new National Party of Scotland (NPS) while continuing briefly as secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association, resulting of an overlap of some NPS material into SHRA fils for...
Dates: Summer 1927.

Correspondence of the Scottish Home Rule Association with local secretaries in Fife., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.3721/170/3
Scope and Contents From the Series: Files of correspondnce and papers, circa 1918-1929, with related materia, 1930-1935, kept by Roland Muirhead in his capacity as General secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) and representing the bulk of the surviving archive of the Association. In 1928 Muirhead associated himself with the new National Party of Scotland (NPS) while continuing briefly as secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association, resulting of an overlap of some NPS material into SHRA fils for...
Dates: Undated.

Fife propaganda., Winter 1926-1927.

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Identifier: Acc.3721/182/2
Scope and Contents From the Series: Files of correspondnce and papers, circa 1918-1929, with related materia, 1930-1935, kept by Roland Muirhead in his capacity as General secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association (SHRA) and representing the bulk of the surviving archive of the Association. In 1928 Muirhead associated himself with the new National Party of Scotland (NPS) while continuing briefly as secretary of the Scottish Home Rule Association, resulting of an overlap of some NPS material into SHRA fils for...
Dates: Winter 1926-1927.

Letters of George Willis, minister in Fife.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13421
Scope and Contents

Six letters, 1798-1802, of George Willis, Church of Scotland minister in Leslie, Fife. All letters are addressed to Thomas Adams, and in the earliest letter dated 3rd December 1798, Willis complains bitterly about the growing influence of Methodism within the Church of Scotland. Later letters cover a range of topics, not least Willis`s son, his debts, and attempts to find him suitable employment in the East India Company or the Army.

12 ff.

Dates: 1798-1802

Papers concerning the Roxburghshire Estate of the Minto family.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10912
Scope and Contents

Includes title deeds, 1492-1956, to lands which came into the possession of the Minto family in Roxburgshire and one deed, 1781, concerning land in Fife. With other papers, 1751-1975, on the administration of the family`s estates, family trust and settlement papers, bonds, inventories, valuations, probate records and plans.

Dates: 1492-1975.

Papers of Archibald Shiells, merchant in Edinburgh, and his family.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.12591
Scope and Contents

Includes papers of, and relating to, the family of Wilsone of Murrayshall, Stirlingshire, 1701-1925; and Scottish charters and other legal and administrative documents, mainly from Fife.

Dates: 1529-1925.

Papers of the Earls of Crawford and Balcarres.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9769
Scope and Contents

Concerns principally their estates in Fife and Lancashire, but includes material concerning the creation of the "Bibliotheca Lindesiana", the management of estates in Jamaica, and the literary, diplomatic, and political activities of the family.

Dates: 14th century to 20th century.

Plan and section of proposed improvements to the present railway between Port St David and the Fordel Colliery., 1828.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.10706/451 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates: 1828.

Scrapbook, 1986-1989, of the International Brigades Committee 1936-1986 containing letters, ephemera and photographs relating to `A Tribute to Democracy` and the Spanish Civil War.

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Identifier: Acc.13158
Scope and Contents

The scrapbook contains some correspondence and mostly ephemeral material relating to the organisation of several public events, lectures, the publication of a booklet and other activities by the International Brigade Committee 1936-1986 to promote knowledge and understanding of the Spanish Civil War in its 50th anniversary.

Dates: 1986-1989.

Sketch plan of the shires of Kincardine, Forfar, Perth, Fife, Stirling, Selkirk and Peebles with sections showing several lines of railway or canal surveyed or levelled between the years 1817 and 1820 by Robert Stevenson., 1817-1820.

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Identifier: Acc.10706/460 [Map Library]
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers contain the business archive of the Stevensons from the late 18th century to the mid 20th century. They consist mainly of letterbooks, incoming correspondence, reports, memoranda, maps and plans, with a large number of printed pamphlets and reports by the Stevensons and others, concerning all the civil engineering works with which the family was involved. The main interest lies in the material relating to harbours and to lighthouse construction, and to the work of the Northern...
Dates: 1817-1820.

The East Part of Fife, by John Adair., 1684.

 Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.70.2.11(7)
Scope and Contents

Scale statements read "four [common miles]" 4 = 151 mm. ; "six thousand passus" 6 = 151 mm. Relief shown pictorially. Features include compass rose; estates and settlements; trees; ships; lochs, rivers and tributaries; anchorages; rocky areas. Mounted on cotton. Has gridlines.

Dates: 1684.