Family papers.
Found in 301 Collections and/or Records:
Miscellaneous papers chiefly of the Douglas and Campbell families.
Miscellaneous papers of and concerning Patrick Geddes., 1808-1954, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of Charles Murray., 1866-?1941, undated.
Born in Aberdeenshire, Charles Murray went to South Africa in 1888, where he rose to be Deputy-Inspector of Mines for the Transvaal (1901) and Secretary for Public Works in the Union of South Africa (1910). He never lost touch with Scotland, and many of his poems are in the dialect of the north east.
Miscellaneous papers of Duncan MacKinnon., 1808-1878.
Miscellaneous papers of the Dunlop family., 1797-mid 20th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the family of Spottiswoode of Spottiswoode.
Miscellaneous papers of the Hannah and McLellan families., 1854-1962, undated.
Robert McLellan (1907-1985) was born near Lanark and educated at Bearsden and Glasgow University. In 1938 he married and moved to Arran, where he spent the rest of his life, except for a period of service in the Royal Artillery, 1940-1946. His most important literary works were plays, but he also wrote poetry, short stories, and books on Arran.
Miscellaneous papers of the Murray family., 1644-1904, undated.
Miscellaneous papers of the Murray family., 1644-1891, undated.
Included are a pole, 1695, of the parish of Fowlis Easter; papers, 1703, concerning the purchase of Monzievaird; household inventories of 1763, 1800 and 1861 for Ochtertyre and of 1884 for Ravelston.
Miscellaneous papers of the Oswald family., 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Richards family., 1778, 19th century.
Miscellaneous papers of the Richardson family., 1749-1778.
Miscellaneous papers, relating chiefly to lands and families of Angus, several accompanied by modern transcripts.
Miscellaneous papers relating to other branches of the Boswell family., 1606-1667.
The papers relate in particular to the difficulties of Patrick Kinninmond (d 1701), the last laird of that name.
Miscellaneous personal and business papers and family photographs of Robert Garioch Sutherland., 1916-1977, undated.
Robert Sutherland (1909-1981) who wrote under the name 'Robert Garioch', was educated in Edinburgh and, after the war of 1939-1945 when he was a prisoner in Italy and Germany, became a schoolteacher in Kent. He returned to Edinburgh in 1959, where he taught and worked for the School of Scottish Studies in the University.
Miscellaneous Traill family papers., 1670-1863, undated.
The papers include geographical notes and tables; a list of guests at the wedding of Robert Omond and Mary Eliza Traill, 1838; extracts from the journal of Thomas Rickman, the architect, concerning Professor Thomas Stewart Traill, 1811-1819; papers of Traill's executors, 1862-1863; and notes by Traill on fossil fishes found at Skaill, Orkney, published in ‘Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh’, volume XV, part 1, 1841.
Miscellaneous volume of family and service correspondence and papers of Sir Alexander and Sir Thomas Cochrane., 1779-1847, 1855-1856.
Mitchell of Balbardie., 1687-1702, 1733.
The papers relate in particular to the difficulties of Patrick Kinninmond (d 1701), the last laird of that name.
Moultray of Roscobie, 1680-1725, with an inventory, 1748., 1680-1725, 1748.
This group consists mainly of discharges, and records the clearances of incumbrances on the estate of Roscobie.
Moultray of Roscobie, 1710, 1727, with inventories, 1710, 1741, 1748., 1710-1748.
The papers relate in particular to the difficulties of Patrick Kinninmond (d 1701), the last laird of that name.
Murray family papers, including correspondence, financial papers, diaries, journals, notebooks and passports., 1826-1953.
The principal Murray family members are John Murray III (1808-1892), Sir John Murray IV (1851-1928), Alexander Henry Hallam Murray (1854-1934) known as Hallam, brother of John, Murray IV, resigned from the firm in 1908, Katherine Evelyn Murray nee Leslie (1878-1938) known as Evie, wife of John Murray IV and Sir John Murray V (1884-1967) known as Jack.
Narrative of Robert Landess of Robroyston, Minister of Blantyre, in his autograph, with related material.
Papers, 1598-circa 1802, of the family of Ogilvie of Barras, with many concerning the preservation of the Scottish Regalia in 1651., 1598-1893.
Also included is correspondence, 1892-1893, on the restoration of the belt of the Sword of State by the Reverend Samuel Ogilvy Baker (folios 1-7 verso).
Papers and correspondence of James Miller.
With documents, 1782-1930, concerning his family.