Professional papers.
Found in 479 Collections and/or Records:
Papers of John Rennie (1761-1821), engineer.
Papers of Joseph Macleod, including manuscripts of prose, poetry and plays; with diaries, correspondence and other personal papers.
Papers of Michael M Stuart.
Papers of Michael Moncrieff Staurt, CIE OBE concerning his career in India and East Pakistan, 1927-1950, and his research into the Scottish Nabobs and other matters concerning the history of India, circa 1950-1986.
Papers of Michael Roberts, including some later papers of Janet Adam Smith concerning Michael Roberts.
Papers of Peter Ritchie Calder, Baron Ritchie-Calder.
Includes press cuttings and correspondence.
Papers of Peter Ritchie Calder, containing correspondence, typescripts and miscellaneous papers., 1945-1980.
Includes press cuttings and correspondence.
Papers of Robert John Graham Boothby, Baron Boothby, including correspondence, typescripts, manuscripts, newspaper cuttings and speeches.
Papers of Sir John Kirk and Lady Helen Kirk.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston, diplomatist.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his career as tutor to the sons of Sir Gilbert Elliot, 3rd Baronet, of Minto, to the beginning of his diplomatic career in Munich and Ratisbon., 1756-1776.
The papers concern: Robert Liston's career as tutor to the sons of Sir Gilbert Elliot; the period from 1771 to 1773 which he spent in applying, unsuccessfully, for various posts; his assisting Gilbert Stuart in editing 'The London Magazine'; and the beginning of his diplomatic career, as secretary to Hugh Elliot in Munich and as Chargé d'Affaires to the Imperial Diet in Ratisbon, 1774-1776.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston from his second embassy to Constantinople., 1810-1820.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Constantinople., 1794-1795, undated.
Robert Liston's earliest dispatches report the outbreak of trouble between the Jews and the British members of the East India Company's factory at Bassera; but his main preoccupation was the predominance of French influence at the Turkish court. A series of letters discusses the question of tariffs paid by Russian merchants in Turkey, which Liston persuaded the Turks not to raise.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Copenhagen., 1803-1804.
Robert Liston was sent on an extraordinary mission to Denmark empowered to sign a convention with Denmark and Russia guaranteeing that peace would not be concluded with France until any territories Denmark lost had been restored to her. After the closing by the British of the Elbe and the Weser, any prospect of a rapprochement with Denmark faded and Liston was recalled.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at Stockholm., 1789-1792.
Robert Liston's general instructions were to report on the progress of the Russo-Swedish war, and the official papers contain copies of reports from Swedish generals. His reports also deal with the internal structure of the Swedish government, and with economic affairs. There is a long memorandum on economics drawn up by a Swedish statesman for Sir John Sinclair, who had asked Liston to secure such a report for him.
Papers of Sir Robert Liston while British Representative at the Hague., 1802-1803.
In 1802 Robert Liston was instructed to put the relations between the new Republic and Britain on a good footing. After the outbreak of hostilities between France and Britain in 1803, he received orders to return immediately if France would not give guarantees to respect Batavian neutrality by withdrawing her troops.
Papers of the 9th, 10th and 11th Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1865-1915, undated.
Papers of the Earl of Rosebery concerning the breeding and supply of horses, 1871-1873, undated; together with letters and telegrams from Cecil Rhodes, 1891-1901, papers concerning the Rhodes Trust, 1891-1917., 1871-1917.
Papers of the Earl of Rosebery concerning the Mar Peerage Case, 1884-1885, which culminated in a bill confirming the ancient title to John Goodeve-Erskine, Earl of Mar; and concerning the administration and preservation of Epsom Commons, 1884-1892., 1884-1892.
Papers of the Earl of Rosebery, including many drafts and notes in his hand, concerning the reform of the House of Lords., 1806, 1885-1895, undated.
Papers of the Scottish Mothers' Union.
Papers of the Very Reverend Andrew Nevile Davidson.
Papers of three members of the Hamilton Dickson family: Robert Douglas Hamilton; James Douglas Hamilton Dickson; and John Douglas Hamilton Dickson.
Included are correspondence, manuscripts of scientific works, and other personal papers.
Papers on evangelism., 1965.
Papers relating to the life and works of Michael Roberts., 1941-1997.
Correspondence, personal and literary papers, published articles and reviews, mountaineering papers, and photographs, circa 1911-2013, of Janet Adam Smith (1905-1999), author, journalist and mountaineer.