Address books. Reference sources.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Books listing names with residences, usually in alphabetical order.
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Address book, undated, of James Leslie Mitchell., Early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.26068
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
James Leslie Mitchell is best known for his Scottish novels, ‘Sunset song’ (London, 1932), ‘Cloud Howe’ (London, 1933) and ‘Grey granite’ (London, 1934), published under the pseudonym 'Lewis Grassic Gibbon', but he also wrote essays, biographies, and a study of South American history, ‘The conquest of the Maya’ (London, 1934).
Dates:
Early 20th century.
Address Book, undated, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Frederick Oliver., [1921-1944.]
Item
Identifier: MS.24672
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
[1921-1944.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
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Papers of and concerning Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver.
Address book, undated, of Ruthven Todd., [1958-1977.]
Item
Identifier: MS.26874
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
[1958-1977.]
Address book, undated, of Sir Charles Dalrymple., Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.25664
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Sir Charles Dalrymple (1839-1916), formerly Fergusson, was the youngest son of Sir Charles Dalrymple Fergusson, 5th Baronet, of Kilkerran. He succeeded to the estates of Hailes on the death of his father in 1849, when he assumed the name of Dalrymple. He was created a baronet in 1887, and a Privy Councillor in 1905. Sir Charles married in 1874, Alice Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Hunter Blair, 4th Baronet, of Blairquhan. She died in 1884.
Sir Charles at first seemed destined for a legal...
Dates:
Late 19th century-early 20th century.
Address book, undated, of Thomas Telford., Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Item
Identifier: MS.19976
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The papers consist of business correspondence, draft reports, accounts and other papers relating to Thomas Telford's professional activities for the last decade of his life, as well as correspondence and some drafts relating to the 'Life of Thomas Telford civil engineer' itself. The business papers relate mainly to Scottish undertakings and to harbours, canals and fen drainage, with some personal and professional accounts.
The collection is roughly half of the material which survived in John...
Dates:
Late 18th century-early 19th century.
Address books and notebook of Elizabeth Oliver., 1938-1945, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24718-24720
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
1938-1945, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
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Papers of and concerning Elizabeth Oliver.
Address books belonging to James Johnston detailing the contact information for his friends and colleagues., ?1964-1996.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.13818/488-493
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...
Dates:
?1964-1996.
Address books of Christopher Murray Grieve, 'Hugh MacDiarmid'., [Circa 1955], [Circa 1960], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.27209-27211
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:
[Circa 1955], [Circa 1960], undated.
Address books of Ethel Bassin., 1959, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 3(38)-(40)
Dates:
1959, undated.
Address books of Katy Horseman., 1943-1949, 1982, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11787/67-69
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1943-1949, 1982, undated.
Address books of Ruthven Todd., [Circa 1960]-[circa 1973], undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.26871-26874
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Ruthven Todd was born and educated in Edinburgh, and from 1932 to 1934 worked as a farm labourer in Mull before moving to London where he joined the Bohemian world of writers and artists in Fitzrovia. In 1947, he left for the United States where he eventually settled in Martha's Vineyard and became an American citizen. From 1960 until his death, he lived in the Balearic island of Majorca.Most of the papers date from Todd's Majorcan period, but because he based much of his work on...
Dates:
[Circa 1960]-[circa 1973], undated.
Address books of William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn., Circa 1930-circa 1960.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50106-50107
Scope and Contents
The entries within each address book are arranged alphabetically. The contacts include: Fairbairn`s family, friends and acquaintances; professional contacts, including other psychoanalysts and Fairbairn`s private patients; and tradesmen, such as a china repairer and Fairbairn`s gardener.
Dates:
Circa 1930-circa 1960.
Address books, undated, of Elizabeth Oliver., [1905-1946.]
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.24718-24719
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Peter Oliver served with Coke's Rifles during the Second World War until his death on active service in Burma in 1945. Included here are papers relating to his army career. However, he is better known as a mountaineer, and particularly as a member of two unsuccessful Everest expeditions in 1936 and 1938. Climbing regularly in the Himalayas and to a lesser extent in the Alps during the 1930s, Oliver's papers are noteworthy for his detailed climbing journals, his articles on mountaineering,...
Dates:
[1905-1946.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence, diaries, literary papers, and photographs, of Lieutenant-Colonel Peter Roderick Oliver, 1921-1944, together with diaries and miscellaneous papers of his mother, Elizabeth Oliver, wife of Major Edward Oliver, Veterinary Advisor to the Indian government, 1905-1946, undated.
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Papers of and concerning Elizabeth Oliver.
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Address books and notebook of Elizabeth Oliver.
Addresses of Clerks of the Chapel., 1874-1922.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4395/28
Adress book of the 7:84 Theatre Company (Scotland)., Undated.
File
Identifier: Acc.10893/366
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes material concerning productions, administration and publicity.
Dates:
Undated.
Appointment diaries and 'Memo calendars' of Ethel Bassin., 1931, 1952-1974.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.7040 Box 4(1)-(29)
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1931, 1952-1974.
Catalogues, inventories, order books, correspondence and other business records of William Brown, booksellers, Edinburgh.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7926/1-61
Dates:
1581-1961.
Correspondence and papers of Arthur Murray, who succeeded as Viscount Elibank in 1951., 1909-1962, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8805-8824
Diaries, notebooks and address books of Esther Barbara Chalmers., 1910-1982, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.8695/38-54
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:
1910-1982, undated.
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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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.
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Personal papers and correspondence of Esther Barbara Chalmers, including some of her sisters and friends.
Family magazines and other papers of Olive Wyon., 1901, 1927, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.5261/1-6
Dates:
1901, 1927, undated.
Four pocket diaries and one address book., 1887, 1894, 1896, 1926.
Item
Identifier: Acc.4886/6
Dates:
1887, 1894, 1896, 1926.
Journal, "Record of the Braids Schoolboys` Meeting. May 1911"., 1911-1914.
Item
Identifier: MS.50245
Scope and Contents
The Braids Schoolboys` Meeting was a combined chapel meeting group for pupils of the five preparatory academies of greater Edinburgh, including Merchiston Castle School, which William Ronald Dodds Fairbairn had attended.The journal is divided into the following sections:Names and addresses of Boys. Folios 2-7.Braids Schoolboys` committee, 1913-1914. Folio 3.Committees. Folios 10-12.Record of meetings. Folios 24-26.Record...
Dates:
1911-1914.
Literary papers of Fanny Bullock Workman and William Hunter Workman., 1876, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9893/43-45
Members' address book, ca. 1891., ca. 1891
Item
Identifier: Acc.13695/69
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The archive of An Comunn Gàidhealach, consisting of minutes, financial records, commemorative volumes and scrapbooks, and a miscellany of music and prose. Most of the contents of the archive date from the foundation of An Comunn Gàidhealach in 1891 to the 1970s, with a few sections dating from more recent times.
Dates:
ca. 1891
Members` Address Book of the 1st Company of the Edinburgh Volunteer Rifle Battalion (for use when leaving Edinburgh)., 1859.
Item
Identifier: Adv.MS.81.2.18
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Company, recruited mainly from the Faculty of Advocates, was raised in 1859, as part of the general Volunteer mobilisation in that year. The majority of the papers belong to that and the immediately following years.
Dates:
1859.