Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Includes research notes, typescripts and proofs of novels, correspondence, and papers concerning her involvement in cultural and business organisations.This archive includes papers relating to the following published works:'Games of kings' (1961)"Queens' play" (1964)'The disorderly knights' (1966)'Dolly and the singing bird' (1968)'Pawn in frankincense' (1969)'Dolly and the cookie bird' (1970)'The...

Scope and Contents Letter, 1805- of Elizabeth Carmichael to Hercules Ross concerning the death of Lord Nelson (folio 1).Letters, 1820-1831, of John Lindsay and John Low to Horatio Ross concerning a dispute about a Spanish prize and requests for patronage (folios 3-11).Facsimile of letter, 1 September 1780, of Horatio Nelson to Hercules Ross concerning Nelson’s return to England (folio 13).Copy letter, 7 November 1801, of Henrietta Ross to Lord Nelson, concerning Horatio Ross...

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The George Adam Smith Archive, comprising correspondence and papers, 1859-1949, of the Very Rev Sir George Adam Smith (1856-1942), theologian, Moderator of the United Free Church General Assembly, 1916, and Principal of Aberdeen University, 1910-35; of his wife Lilian, née Buchanan (1866-1949) and her family; and of their family, particularly George Buchanan Smith (d.1915) and Robert Dunlop Smith (d.1917).

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The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers of George Rennie, engineer, 1821-1863 (folio 1); (ii) Papers relating to the sale in 1850 of John Rennie's library by his sons, including annotated sale catalogues etc. (folio 186); (iii) Copy, 1893, of George Rennie's marriage certificate, 1828 (folio 240); (iv) Letters to James Watt junior, passed on to George Rennie, on the subject of John Rennie's life and work, 1821 (folio 241).

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows.(i) Letter, 1896, of Herbert Grierson to Mary Ogston, his future wife. (Folio 1.)(ii) Letters, 1912, of Grierson to his wife describing a tour he made of the Burns country. (Folio 3.)(iii) Letters, 1942-1943, of Grierson to his daughter Flora, concerning family and personal matters; also two letters, 1942, of Molly Dickins to her sister Flora Grierson. (Folio 11).(iv) Letters, 1930-1936, undated, of Mary Grierson to...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The charters of the Minto family include titles to all the lands owned by the family in Roxburghshire, Fife, and Angus. The Roxburghshire titles include a few from the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries but they and the Angus titles are not numerous until the seventeenth century. The earliest Fife titles however go back to the twelfth century, and the series is virtually complete from then until modern times.The lands of Headshaw were acquired by Sir Gilbert Elliot, 1st Baronet,...

Scope and Contents (i) The Marriage Articles, 1558, of Mary Queen of Scots and François II of France, signed by Jacques Bourdin, Cosme Clausse, and Claude de l`Aubespine. This is the official and attested copy of the articles read and signed on the day of the betrothal. The articles are printed in ‘Acts of the Parliament of Scotland’, volume 2, pages 511-513.(ii) `Memoire des affaires d`escosse pour diceulx estre escript a n[?]e s[?] pere le pape de la part du Roy daulphin [François II] et Royne...

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(a) Two certificates of Promotion issued to Thomas Huxley for the positions of Ensign, 1799, and Major, 1819.

(b) Award of Fleur de Lys, 1815, with medal.

(c) Authorization of Sir Peregrine Maitland, Major General, for Thomas Huxley and Jessie Scott to marry.

(d) confirmation of marriage by Army Chaplin, 1822.

Scope and Contents The contents are as follows:(i) Press cuttings, February 1875, of the 10th Marquess of Tweeddale’s speeches concerning marine electric telegraphs (folio 1);(ii) Papers in Africaans, 1892-1900, largely administrative and military, including many signed by Benjamin Johanis Viljoen, Assistant Commandant- General, Transvaal Burgher Forces (see MS.14466, folios 201, 206-208) (folio 8);(iii) 'Proposal for loan of £3120 over the estate of Glenogil in the parish...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Correspondence, accounts, diaries, and miscellaneous papers, 1861-1993, largely of and relating to Barberfield Farm, near Haddington, East Lothian. With personal correspondence, accounts, and photographs of Charles Blythe, Farmer, and his family, 1861-1993.Charles Blythe became tenant of Barberfield Farm in 1904 in partnership with his brother-in-law, William Millar, Draper, Tranent. In 1928, Blythe took on the lease of the neighbouring Heatheryhall Farm. Previously, he had been...

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These papers include the birth certificates of John Rennie's children, typescript copies of some early family letters (photocopies of the originals are in MS.19966, folios 12-52), papers concerning the possible purchase of Phantassie, 1896, 1912, and a history of the firm of J and G Rennie from its foundation to its dissolution in 1862.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: These papers provide a very full and extensive record of the political and public career of Lady Tweedsmuir, particularly of Scottish politics from 1945 to 1974, and of foreign policy in the early 1970s in her areas of responsibility as Minister of State, for example, the 'Cod War' dispute with Iceland. Business papers include some relating to her directorship of the transatlantic Cunard Line, and the construction and launching of RMS ‘Queen Elizabeth 2’. Some papers of Lord Tweedsmuir,...

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The papers include personal documents such as marriage and baptismal certificates, and others marking important events in the careers of various Pauls, such as the elder Robert's indenture to a banking firm in 1804, and the younger Robert's semi-jubilee in 1895 as Free Church minister at Dollar.

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The archive contains the correspondence of the members of the Brown family from 1810-1899. The letters reflect the personal lives of the Brown family and provide a stark insight into the lives of early settlers who travelled to the Victorian colonies in Southern Australia to reap the benefits of the quartz mines and the gold fields. The collection also contains documents that complement the narrative portrayed within the family’s correspondence.

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...

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Includes personal documents, publishing agreements, royalty statements and related correspondence. These papers are mostly concerned with the administration of James Leslie Mitchell's (Lewis Grassic Gibbon) literary estate following his death in 1935, firstly by his wife, Ray Mitchell, and subsequently by his daughter, Rhea Martin.