Scope and Contents Eight diary volumes, 1894-1902, of William Kirkwood, merchant mariner. Kirkwood was born in Greenock in 1876, third son of William Kirkwood, a builder. The first diary begins with 17-year old Kirkwood, apprenticed to the `Hiddekel`, setting sail from New York bound for Hong Kong. Kirkwood describes life onboard for a young 2nd mate, including observations on his shipmates, diet and discipline, the weather, marine life, and sightings of land. He expresses frustration that, having...

Scope and Contents Letters of William Summers Sutherland, to his family on a visit to Bhutan, along with related papers, 1914-1919.The letters were written by Sutherland during his second visit to Bhutan in 1919, at which time he accompanied Rev Dr John Anderson Graham to the country. The file contains papers relating to both visits made by Sutherland to Bhutan, including letters of permission and frontier passes to allow entry into the country, and some discuss Bhutanese attitudes towards the...

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Letters of William Summers Sutherland to his wife, Annabella, and daughter, Marion, describing his journey and experiences on reaching Bhutan, October 1917.

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These notes have been compiled from earlier travel journals.

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Notes of William Summers Sutherland relating to his visits to Bhutan, undated.

Notes made in preparation for Sutherland`s visits to Bhutan in 1917 and 1919. Subjects include the route from Kalimpong, descriptions of villages, schools, vegetation and other aspects of the region.

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The papers comprise a scrapbook containing statements of bank accounts and miscellaneous financial records, 1944-1946, concerning his service during WWII; two photographic albums, 1949, of a student debating tour in India with some news cuttings and other papers explaining the purpose of the visit; an auto-biography of Stanley Jenkins, one of McLellan’s fellow students during his Indian journey; Alexander McLellan`s curriculum vitae and obituary.

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Photograph album of William Summers Sutherland, recording his visits to Bhutan in 1917 and 1919.

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Loose photographs and a photograph album of William Summers Sutherland, and his wife Annabella, c.1890-1920.

Loose photographs include studio portraits taken in Scotland, apparently of members of the family of Annabella Sutherland, and later images of Kalimpong, c.1890-1920. The album records a visit to Bhutan made by William Summers Sutherland, c.1917-1919.

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Travel diary of a visit made by William Summers Sutherland, accompanied by his wife Annabella and daughter, Marion, from Kalimpong to Kupup and Jelap La, India, May 1918.

Scope and Contents An extract from the travel diary of James Simson, Commissioner of Allahabad with the Bengal Civil Service, on a trip to Palestine. This extract is taken from a more extensive diary written by James Simson when, on his return to Scotland from India on furlough in 1876, he broke his journey with a visit to Palestine. He records visits to Baalbek, Damascus, Ephesus and Corinth, and then the outline of his sea trip to Constantinople, before travelling on to Scotland by train.The...