Certificates
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 131 Collections and/or Records:
Papers concerning Thomas Jones, Edmund Morse Jones and George Sinclair Williamson.
File
Identifier: Acc.3181
Dates:
1786-1855.
Papers, including some unpublished manuscripts, of John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12329
Dates:
1898-1940.
Papers of Adam Elder, emigrant to Australia.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13214
Scope and Contents
Papers, 1902–1927, of Adam Elder (1879-1961), emigrant to Australia. Adam Elder was born in Hawick, Scotland, in 1879. After serving an apprenticeship to the joiner trade, he moved to Glasgow where he acquired significant knowledge of building construction and trained in sanitary science. In 1903 he was appointed Assistant Sanitary Inspector of the Burgh of Port Glasgow and in 1906 he became Sanitary Inspector and Inspector of Cleansing of the same authority. Adam Elder emigrated to...
Dates:
1902-1927.
Papers of and concerning A J McNeill Reid and his family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6925
Scope and Contents
Including correspondence concerning a biography of Alexander Reid.
Dates:
1866-1968.
Papers of and concerning John Mackinnon.
File
Identifier: Acc.7428
Scope and Contents
Seven documents:
will, 1807, of Roderick Mackinnon
two letters, 1838, of Major Macdonald, 93rd Highlanders, in Halifax, Nova Scotia
furlough, 1835, containing physical description of John Mackinnon
pay list, 1839, of a recruiting party at Stornoway
discharge certificate, 1842, of John Mackinnon
certificate of pledge, 1849, of the Marine Temperance Society of New York.
Dates:
1807-1849.
Papers of and concerning the Sidey family.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9521
Scope and Contents
Includes certificates, obituaries, photographs and other papers of and concerning Dr Charles Sidey and Dr James A Sidey.
With early photograph of the Scottish rugby team.
Collection also contains a silver coloured coin promoting the abolition movement.
Dates:
1817-1886.
Papers of and concerning William Murray.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7323
Scope and Contents
Including photographs and copies of letters concerning Murray`s military service in the First World War.
The papers were received in three installments.
Dates:
1911-1977 and undated.
Papers of Handel Kay, municipal engineer.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10350
Scope and Contents
Papers concern Kay`s professional career and the town of Denholm, Roxburghshire.
Dates:
1919-1979.
Papers of James Haldane Stewart Lockhart, concerning administration in Wei Hai Wei, and Chinese art and literature.
Collection
Identifier: Dep.83- is now Acc.4138.
Dates:
1859-1937.
Papers of James Lauder Davidson.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13567
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises several manuscript and typescript diaries which illustrate James Lauder Davidson’s experiences during his time in Burma, before and after WWII, and his military involvement in the conflict. Of particular interest are the earlier and later diaries, as well as the diary charting his escape into China. The collection also includes two photographic albums. The first one (item 2 in the collection) includes original photographs taken by Davidson. Most of them include...
Dates:
1938-1947
Papers of or concerning the Rev James Smith and his family.
File
Identifier: Acc.11527
Dates:
1803-1856.
Papers of Sydney Goodsir Smith, with some papers of his wife, Hazel.
File
Identifier: Acc.12874
Dates:
circa 1970-1979.
Papers of the Abbey School, Stirling.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.5555
Scope and Contents
Comprising:
1. log book, 1905-1928
2. attendance certificate book, 1911-1924
3. requisition book and account book, 1927, 1931.
Dates:
1905-1931.
Papers of the Boyd family, connected with the publishing firm of Oliver and Boyd.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.9544
Dates:
1752-1950.
Papers of the family of Holden of Baldovie.
...
Identifier: Acc.11272-is now MS.50266
Dates:
1717-1822.
Papers of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13593
Scope and Contents
Papers, c.1910-1970s, of Werner Bienert, migrant from Germany to Scotland.Werner Bienert was born in Thale Am Harz, Germany in1902 to a sawmill owner. His early life until 1922 was spent working in the timber trade in Germany and Holland before moving to Edinburgh, Scotland in 1924 on a year’s visa. There he met his future wife, Rose Tinney, with whom he had three children. They were married in 1925 before Bienert was forced to move back to Germany, settling in Hamburg. The...
Dates:
c.1903-1979
Papers relating to the military and technical training, and subsequent regimental service, of James Johnston., 1959-1967
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/9-50
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Major-General James Johnston was born in Edinburgh in August 1939. He was educated at George’s Watson’s College, Welbeck College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, from which he was commissioned in July 1959 into the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. He underwent postgraduate training at the Royal Military Academy of science and REME Officers School.
His training was completed by 1965 and he served several appointments as commanding officer within Germany and the United...
Dates:
1959-1967
Personal and political papers of Eustace George Willis, Labour MP and Minister of State for Scotland, with some photographs and memorabilia.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13208
Scope and Contents
Personal and political papers, memorabilia and photographs, 1911–1976, of Labour politician Eustace George Willis (1903–1987). Willis was educated at the City of Norwich Secondary School. He served in the Royal Navy from 1919 until 1930. He was a bookseller and lecturer for the National Council of Labour Colleges from 1932 until 1964. Willis was elected as Member of Parliament for Edinburgh North in the 1945 General Election but was defeated in 1950. He contested again Edinburgh...
Dates:
1911-1976.
Photograph of certificate of membership of the United Joiners of Glasgow and West of Scotland.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4240
Dates:
19th century.
Photograph, undated, of a membership certificate, 1833, of the West of Scotland Power Loom Female Weavers` Society in the name of Ellen Riely; with another photograph, 1911, of a group of female delegates at the Annual Congress of the Scottish T U C.
File
Identifier: Acc.5445
Dates:
1833, 1911.
Photographs of the Dobson family, Edinburgh.
File
Identifier: Acc.12288
Scope and Contents
Includes two letters and a certificate.
Dates:
circa 1900-1952.