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Personal papers.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Private documents belonging to an individual. For records kept by public officials or other persons for their private or personal use but relating to their official duties, use "office files."

Found in 302 Collections and/or Records:

Photographs, films, notebooks and associated papers of Rev Dr Archibald Clive Irvine, relating to his military service and missionary work in Kenya.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.12016/1-23
Scope and Contents

Dr Irvine trained as a surgeon at Aberdeen before seeing wartime service in Africa with the Royal Army Medical Corps from 1917-1919. In 1919, he was appointed medical missionary to the new Church of Scotland mission to Chogoria. He took up his post in 1922 and remained at Chogoria until his retirement in 1961. He was ordained in 1933 and died in Nairobi in 1974.

The photographs, films and papers represent Dr Irvine's working and family life.

Dates: 1917-1996, undated.

Photographs, press cuttings, school reports and other papers chiefly of or concerning Dora Tertia Liebenthal., 1893-1969, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.21571
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows: (i) Photographs, 1910-1969, undated, of Miss Liebenthal, and of musicians and artists with whom she was associated (folio 1); (ii) School reports and other papers, 1893-1910, of Miss Liebenthal, her brother Lewis, and her sister Elma (folio 24); (iii) Press cuttings, 1960-1966, concerning Miss Liebenthal's life and work (folio 48).

Dates: 1893-1969, undated.

Poems, books and correspondence of William Soutar.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.4592/1-6
Dates: Majority of material found within 1928, 1934-1943, 1960, undated.

Political papers, including correspondence, press cuttings, and minutes, of Frank Yeaman, with some personal and miscellaneous papers. Also included is material relating to the early days of the Scottish National Party.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12944/1-41
Scope and Contents The collection consists of a mixture of personal (1931-1942) and political papers (1935-1985). The political papers reflect his activity as SNP candidate for East Edinburgh at the 1945 general election as well as his involvement in nationalist politics in Scotland and particularly in Edinburgh. It also contains material relating to the early days of the SNP, including organizational records of the party and an interesting group of newsletters and nationalist literature dealing with a broad...
Dates: Circa 1930-1985.

Political papers of Donald James Stewart.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13100/1-5
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and related papers including ephemera and press clippings related to the political career of former president of the Scottish National Party and MP for the Western Isles, Donald James Stewart.

Dates: Circa 1930-1986.

Professional and personal correspondence of John and Helen Kirk; with reports and notes relating to the professional and research activities of John Kirk., Circa 1856-1925, 1965.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-20
Scope and Contents

Largely original correspondence, but also containing some copies. Includes research material related to Bibi Salimah, and the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'.

Dates: Majority of material found within Circa 1856-1925, 1965.

Professional papers of Henry William Meikle, mostly concerning his research and work at the National Library of Scotland; with related personal and family papers, and papers of Jessie Meikle née McLetchie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3421/1-165
Scope and Contents

Including notebooks, lectures, poetry and personal papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1793-1960, undated.