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Ledgers. Account books.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Volumes of final entry in accounting in which are entered debits, credits, and all other money transactions under each individual account or heading.

Found in 596 Collections and/or Records:

Pitfour estate business ledgers, including some household and personal accounts, together with accounts of John Richardson’s estate at Kinnaird., 1795-1812.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.20982-20983
Scope and Contents

John Richardson purchased Pitfour near Perth in 1781. Frequent references to the estate are to be found throughout the firm’s office books and especially in MS.20850 where the estate accounts for 1787-1795 are recorded alongside those of the business.

Dates: 1795-1812.

Private Ledgers of John Murray, publishers., 1961-72

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1510-1511
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series of business papers contains records that provide evidence of the administrative, production, legal, and business operations of John Murray, publishers. Records include manuscript and publication books, financial papers, staff employment and pension records, and legal papers.

Dates: 1961-72

Private ledgers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'., 1858-1950.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/30-35
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1858-1950.

Private ledgers of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch', also containing biannual summary of payments., 1858-1950.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/30-36
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1858-1950.

Property records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', and 'Edinburgh Evening Dispatch'., 1821-1955.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/197-204
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1821-1955.

Publication and manuscript books, and associated papers, of John Murray, publishers., 1931-2003

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13328/1497-1509
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series of business papers contains records that provide evidence of the administrative, production, legal, and business operations of John Murray, publishers. Records include manuscript and publication books, financial papers, staff employment and pension records, and legal papers.

Dates: 1931-2003

Publication Dates Books of John Murray, publishers., 1931-1967; 1976-2002

 File
Identifier: Acc.13328/1497-1498
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series of business papers contains records that provide evidence of the administrative, production, legal, and business operations of John Murray, publishers. Records include manuscript and publication books, financial papers, staff employment and pension records, and legal papers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1931-1967; 1976-2002

‘Record of Subscriptions & Payments in the County of Berwick in aid of Government towards the Defence of the Country', a ledger kept by Alexander Christie of Grueldykes.

 File
Identifier: MS.964
Scope and Contents

The ledger contains subscription-lists of the various parishes and copies of relevant correspondence 1798-1802, with loose letters, 1799-1803, 1810-1811.

Dates: 1798-1811.

Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'Evening Dispatch and Sports Dispatch'., 1924-1953.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/129-134
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1924-1953.

Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'The Scotsman'., 1858-1953.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/96-121
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1858-1953.

Records of contributors, containing ledgers and day books of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman', 'Evening Dispatch', and 'Evening Dispatch and Sports Dispatch'., 1858-1953.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/96-134
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1858-1953.

Records of East Edinburgh Unionist Association.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13285
Scope and Contents

Minute books, membership registers, financial records and related papers, 1921 – 2001, of the East Edinburgh Unionist Association.

Dates: 1921 - 2001

Records of the firm of M J Brown, Son and Co, WS, consisting of letterbooks, ledgers and journals, with eight bundles of loose papers.

 Fonds
Identifier: Dep.212
Scope and Contents

The collection also includes some earlier documents.

Dates: Circa 1880-1964.

Records of the National Party of Scotland, Scottish Convention, Scottish Covenant Association and Scottish National Party.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7295/1-34
Scope and Contents

Minutes, letters and papers, with miscellaneous printed political leaflets and ephemera retained with the collection, from the Edinburgh Headquarters of the Scottish National Party. Included are records of other organizations of the national movement.

Dates: 1932-1974, undated.

Records of the Scottish Iron Dressers' Union (later Associated Iron, Steel, and Brass Dressers of Scotland), containing minutes and related papers., 1856-1867, 1917-1944.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.5010/154-158
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Comprising the archives of:

1. Scottish Iron Moulders’ Union (retitled in 1869 Associated Iron Moulders of Scotland)

2. Central Ironmoulders’ Association (retitled in 1926 Ironfounding Workers’ Association)

3. Scottish Iron Dressers’ Union (later Associated Iron, Steel, and Brass Dressers of Scotland)

4. National Union of Foundry Workers.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1856-1867, 1917-1944.

Registers and ledgers of J G Thomson and Co, Ltd., 1885-1946.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9416/1-8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.

Dates: 1885-1946.

Rent ledgers of North Bridge buildings., 1940-1955.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.11812/199-200
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The surviving business records of 'The Scotsman', 'The Weekly Scotsman' and 'The Evening Dispatch', consisting largely of financial records, 1832 to 1964. Other records have survived only sporadically. These include minutes of directors, 1868-1880, and for the 1940s and 1950s, records of debenture stock, office diaries for 1915 and 1941, and papers of libel cases brought against the newspaper.The second part of the archive consists of titles and other administrative records,...
Dates: 1940-1955.

Sample ledgers., 1978-1981.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.9416/62-64
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Associated companies and other organisations represented in the records include: The Carfraemill Hotel Co, Ltd; The Barnton Hotel Ltd; Barclay Perkins and Co, and Messrs Cockburn and Murray; The Littlemill Distillery Co; and the Scottish Wholesale Wine Distributors' Association.

Dates: 1978-1981.