Forfar. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland. County. Longitude: -2.9167. Latitude: 56.6667.
Subject
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
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.
Item
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.
Slides showing Arthur Wallace Donaldson during political campaigning in Scotland for the Scottish National Party, with slides relating to his time in local government.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12811/1-2
Scope and Contents
All of the slides were collected, and almost all were taken, by Arthur Wallace Donaldson (13 December 1901-18 January 1993) and his wife Violet Glenday Donaldson (24 June 1907-13 February 2007). Arthur Donaldson was leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) from 1960 to 1969, and both he and his wife were members from 1928 until their respective deaths.Most of the slides dates from the 1950s and 1960s, a period during which Arthur Donaldson and Violet Donaldson both travelled...
Dates:
Circa 1950-1969.