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Administrative records.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Records that relate to budget, personnel, supply, and similar facilitative operations within an organization.

Found in 559 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence and papers of Dr Alastair M Dunnett.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10464
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with Lord Thomson of Fleet, the directors of the Thomson Organisation, Armand Hammer and Presidents of Ocidental Petroleum.

With minutes and papers of the Publicity, Environment and Planning Committee of the Occidental North Sea Consortium.

Dates: 1977-1987.

Correspondence and papers of Major-General James Stuart, younger brother of Andrew Stuart., 1775-1791.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.8326-8455
Scope and Contents The papers chiefly refer to James Stuart's stay in India as an officer (later Commander-in-Chief) of the forces of the East India Company based at Fort St George (Madras). The most detailed portions of the papers cover the year immediately prior to Stuart's dismissal from the Company's service in 1783. Stuart appears to have retained these papers as justification of his actions and as a defence against accusations of inefficiency. He made different sets of copies of much of his...
Dates: 1775-1791.

Correspondence and papers of the 1st Earl of Minto., 1781-1786, 1793, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.11198
Scope and Contents

The contents are as follows. (i) Correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Penitentiary Act, 1781-1786, 1793, undated (folio 1); (ii) Correspondence and papers concerning experiments on the growing of tobacco in Scotland and the duty on home-grown tobacco, 1781-1785 (folio 86).

Dates: 1781-1786, 1793, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee and Jewish, Colonial and Continental Mission Committees.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.7548/A/1-G/99
Scope and Contents

The archive of the Church of Scotland Foreign Mission Committee, 1929-64, together with much 19th and earlier 20th century material, and some items relating to Jewish and Continental Missions.

Dates: 1796-1991, undated.

Correspondence and papers of the Church of Scotland Overseas Council, mostly concerning missions and churches in Africa and Jamaica.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.9638/[A]1-23-[B]1-155
Scope and Contents

The African section of the archive of the Church of Scotland Overseas Council, 1965-75 (with some earlier material). This deposit also includes material relevant to Jamaica (1938-1966).

Dates: 1935-1977.

Correspondence and papers of the Edinburgh International Festival Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11779
Scope and Contents

Includes administrative papers and photographs.

Dates: circa 1956-1998.

Correspondence and papers of the Elliot family of Minto.

 Fonds
Identifier: MSS.11001-13496
Scope and Contents The founder of the family was Gilbert Elliot (1651-1718), a younger son of Gavin Elliot of Midlem Mill. Gilbert Elliot was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1688, created a baronet in 1700, and appointed a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1705; he acquired the lands of Headshaw in Roxburghshire in 1696, and added Minto to his property in 1703. Sir Gilbert Elliot, 2nd Baronet (1693-1766), likewise had a distinguished legal career, becoming a Lord of Session as Lord Minto in 1726, a...
Dates: 17th century-20th century.

Correspondence and papers of the Secretary, Scottish Labour History Society.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7554
Scope and Contents

Largely in connection with the Society`s records preservation and cataloguing projects.

Dates: 1963-1978

Correspondence, drafts, proofs and other papers relating to the publication of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia of the laws of Scotland'; with proofs of "Scotland under 'Jus Commune'", by Gero Dolezalek.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11261/1-368
Scope and Contents Includes minutes, correspondence, administrative papers and drafts of the 'Stair memorial encyclopedia'. Note that no attempt has been made 'to weed' the various drafts; this is to allow researchers to compare draft against draft and so follow each expert’s 'train of thought' in particular fields. For any particular area of interest, all the folders/files relating to the subject should be consulted. In items 322-366, particularly, there are extensive drafts and re-drafts of titles with...
Dates: 1981-1996, 2010.