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...

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...

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Contains:

(i) Nineteen photographs depicting scenes from Boer War campaigns.

(ii) Twenty-two photographs of views of the Niagara Falls.

(iii) Two photographs taken in Ireland, one of the ruins of Dunluce Castle, and one of Pleaskin Head, Co Antrim.

(iv) One photograph of The Irish Lady, Land's End, Cornwall.

(v) One photograph showing the rocky coast of the Isle of Man.

(vi) Photograph of a lady looking in a mirror.

Scope and Contents Contains: a. Chart of the Calf Sound, Shewing the Navigable track between the Calf and Isle of Man, surveyed in 1835 by David Stevenson (printed).b. Article on Chicken Rock lighthouse, ?1870c. Plan of the new approach to the City of Edinburgh by a Bridge over Calton Street by Robert Stevenson, 1814 (printed).d. Printed leaflet Lighthouse on the Clyde with plans of ground floor, side and front elevation and a description.e. Printed pamphlet...

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Papers concern the affairs of Thomas Scott, brother of Sir Walter, his family, and particularly his son-in-law Colonel Thomas Huxley.

Includes nine letters of Sir Walter Scott, and manuscript concerning the Isle of Man compiled by Thomas Scott, used by Walter Scott in `Peveril of the Peak`.

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...