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Membership cards.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Cards issued to individual members of an organization attesting to the fact of their membership, typically wallet-sized and carrying the name of the member and the name or logo of the organization.

Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:

Album entitled Bird Life II compiled by John P. Ritchie., 1923-1974.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13663/2
Scope and Contents

Album consisting largely of letters, press-cuttings and printed notices on lectures on ornithology given by John P. Ritchie and letters concerning his film of the evacuation of St Kilda. With family invitations, notices and press cuttings.

Dates: 1923-1974.

Clubs and societies papers of Robert Blair Wilkie., 1945-1998.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.12765/6-8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of correspondence, publications and papers of Robert Blair Wilkie (1913–1998) and his family. Robert Blair Wilkie was the curator of the Old Glasgow Museum 1965-1998 (formerly known as the People’s Palace Museum). Active member of the Scottish Nationalist movement (joined Scottish Nationalist Association under John MacCormick in 1937), in 1945 he was the SNP candidate in West Renfrewshire, and in the following year he was appointed editor of the Scots Independent...
Dates: 1945-1998.

Ephemera., 1980-1996, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.14596/238-240
Scope and Contents From the Record Group: This archive contains literary and personal papers of George Mackay Brown, the celebrated Orcadian poet and novelist. At the heart of this collection is the vast amount of correspondence received by George Mackay Brown throughout his life from friends, fans, editors, publishers and others. These letters, postcards and greetings cards give a unique insight into the breadth of attention that his work drew, as well as the connections he made with correspondents from across the world, all from...
Dates: 1980-1996, undated.

Membership cards of Tom Weir, with invitations dinner menus, event memorabilia and business cards of others., Undated.

 File
Identifier: Acc.13059/492
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Tom Weir is probably best known for his long-running STV series ‘Weir’s Way’. He was born in Glasgow and served in the Royal Artillery during World War II. He worked as a surveyor for the Ordnance Survey before embarking on the career that was to make him a household name. Tom Weir is also notable as a mountaineer. He was a member of the first post-war Himalayan expedition and a number of important exploratory expeditions in Nepal in the early 1950s. He became a...
Dates: Undated.

Miscellaneous papers of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1933-?1979, undated.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.27178-27214
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.

Dates: 1933-?1979, undated.

Miscellaneous printed items., 1915-1958, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8695/300-304
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: 1915-1958, undated.

Papers concerning membership of the Saltire Society, including correspondence, membership lists and related material., 1947-1976, undated.

 Series
Identifier: Acc.9393/785-797
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Records of the Saltire Society including minutes, reports and correspondence. The Society's aims are the strengthening and preservation of Scottish culture and tradition, and its archives reflect its numerous activities in these fields.

Dates: 1947-1976, undated.

Personal ephemera and memorabilia., 1953-1997.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13477/96-99
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates: 1953-1997.

Political papers of and concerning Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., 1942-1978, undated.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27203-27204
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers consist chiefly of Christopher Murray Grieve’s literary papers, but there is also material relating to his family and affairs.

Dates: 1942-1978, undated.

Wallet containing membership cards of alpine clubs and notes., 1935-1940, 1968.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.6334/28
Scope and Contents From the Record Group:

Concerning his mountaineering expeditions in the British Isles, the Alps and Canada.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1935-1940, 1968.