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Kellie Castle. Europe - United Kingdom - Scotland - Fife. Building. Longitude: -2.7758. Latitude: 56.2372.

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:

Articles concerning Kellie Castle, Pittenweem, Fife, and its takeover by the National Trust for Scotland., 1966-1979.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/333
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1966-1979.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Press cuttings, mostly relating to Lorimer and Chalmers families, with some concerning current affairs and international relations.

Extracts taken by Esther Barbara Chalmers from Lorimer family letters concerning the renovation of Kellie Castle in 1878 and subsequent improvements to it., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.8695/79
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Notes and drafts of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning family history. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning the history of the Lorimer family.

Letters of Esther Barbara Chalmers to officials of the National Trust of Scotland, after its takeover of Kellie Castle, near Pittenweem, Fife., 1970-1982.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/18
Scope and Contents

Esther Barbara Chalmers was involved in funding certain restoration work in Kellie Castle and its gardens, and in writing the script of an audio-visual show about her grandparents, Professor James and Hannah Lorimer, who renovated and re-occupied the Castle in 1878, with their family.

Dates: 1970-1982.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, her family, friends and colleagues. / Letters and postcards of Esther Barbara Chalmers.

Letters of officials of the National Trust for Scotland to Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning the takeover of Kellie Castle by the National Trust., 1970-1982.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/34
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1970-1982.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, her family, friends and colleagues. / Letters of friends and colleagues of Esther Barbara Chalmers in Britain, Belgium and America.

Letters to Esther Barbara Chalmers from guests at a preview of the Kellie Castle audio-visual show., 1976.

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Identifier: Acc.8695/37
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1976.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, her family, friends and colleagues. / Letters of friends and colleagues of Esther Barbara Chalmers in Britain, Belgium and America.

Miscellaneous papers and notes of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning the history of Kellie Castle, intended for a lecture given by her on the centenary of the renovation of the Castle and its first occupation by the Lorimer family in 1878., Circa 1978.

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Identifier: Acc.8695/89
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: Circa 1978.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Notes and drafts of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning family history. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning the history of the Lorimer family. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning Kellie Castle.

Miscellaneous photographs showing the newly restored Gyles House, home of J H Lorimer in Pittenweem, Fife; Kellie Castle; the Main Street of Georgetown, British Guiana; and a view of Glencoe., 1930, undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/182
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1930, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Photographs relating to the Chalmers and Lorimer families, including friends, colleagues and notable buildings and places.

Notes, drafts and other papers concerning Kellie Castle., Circa 1978, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8695/86-89
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: Circa 1978, undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Notes and drafts of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning family history. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning the history of the Lorimer family.

Notes of Esther Barbara Chalmers from family correspondence concerning the move into Kellie Castle in 1878 and later years spent there, with notes concerning its earlier history before being leased to the Lorimer family., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/87
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Notes and drafts of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning family history. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning the history of the Lorimer family. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning Kellie Castle.

Photographs of a family group taken at Kellie Castle, near Pittenweem, Fife, showing Esther Barbara Chalmers, her mother and grandmother, brothers, a sister, two uncles and possibly an aunt., 1897.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/149
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: 1897.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Photographs relating to the Chalmers and Lorimer families, including friends, colleagues and notable buildings and places.

Photographs showing Sir Robert Lorimer, J H Lorimer and Patrick Chalmers, eldest brother of Esther Barbara Chalmers, and one showing an interior, possibly of Kellie Castle., ?1897.

 File
Identifier: Acc.8695/150
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection, while primarily composed of the letters and papers of Esther Chalmers herself, and reflecting her own life and activities, also reflects those of her family, from her grandparents to her nieces and nephews, and of her friends, both in Britain and abroad. The papers concern mostly her own life and her association with Lucie Dejardin, the Belgian socialist, with papers concerning her kinfolk the Lorimers of Kellie (particularly James Lorimer and J H Lorimer) and her father Sir...
Dates: ?1897.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Photographs relating to the Chalmers and Lorimer families, including friends, colleagues and notable buildings and places.

Rough notes and typescript drafts of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning the history of her family connections with Kellie Castle, Pittenweem; with related notes concerning her grandfather Professor James Lorimer, his academic colleagues and friends., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.8695/86
Scope and Contents

Includes: Rough notes concerning other members of the family. Notes concerning significant dates in the life of Professor Lorimer and the history of Kellie Castle. Typescript memoir, undated, by Hannah H Campbell of Kellie Castle in the 1880s and 1890s.

Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Notes and drafts of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning family history. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning the history of the Lorimer family. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning Kellie Castle.

Two first draft versions of 'The ghosts of Kellie Castle', a second version and a shortened version of it; with two copies of a script for an audio-visual show at Kellie Castle., Undated.

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Identifier: Acc.8695/88
Scope and Contents

'The ghosts of Kellie Castle' was written by Esther Barbara Chalmers for publication and to be sold at Kellie Castle to National Trust visitors. The audio-visual show was developed from this work, giving a short account of the characters and interests of the family of Professor James Lorimer.

Dates: Undated.
Found in: National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division / Papers, correspondence, cuttings and photographs of Esther Barbara Chalmers and the extended Chalmers and Lorimer families, including research notes and drafts concerning the histories of the families. / Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends. / Notes and drafts of Esther Barbara Chalmers concerning family history. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning the history of the Lorimer family. / Notes, drafts and other papers concerning Kellie Castle.

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