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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 15 Collections and/or Records:

27 letters to J Scott.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8147
Scope and Contents

Concerning the Fife potato trade.

Dates: 1840-1841.

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.

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.

 File
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.