Professional papers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents amassed in the course of the execution of a vocation, career, or occupation, including correspondence, memos, official forms, etc.
Found in 479 Collections and/or Records:
Papers relating to the literary and other creative works of Ian Rankin., 1978-2018, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.50310-50533
Scope and Contents
This series contains manuscripts and typescripts of, and associated working papers for, novels, short stories, and other creative works by Ian Rankin. With these are papers relating to Rankin’s interactions with his publishers and agents, including administrative papers and other evidence of the process of publication, particularly editorial engagement.
Dates:
1978-2018, undated.
Papers relating to the Liturgy Committee., 1965.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5239/11
Papers relating to the Medical Work Group., 1964-1965.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5239/5
Dates:
1964-1965.
Papers relating to the Women's Work Group., 1965.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5239/14
Papers relating to the Work Group on education., 1965.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5239/12
Papers relating to the Work Group on lay training., 1965.
Item
Identifier: Acc.5239/15
Personal and literary papers of Seton Gordon.
Record Group
Identifier: Acc.5640/1-30
Scope and Contents
Includes manuscripts and typescripts of some works of Seton Gordon, along with correspondence (including letters from David Young Cameron, Neville Chamberlain and Ramsay MacDonald) and other personal papers and photographs.
Dates:
1906-1971.
Personal and literary papers of Wendy Wood, including notes, correspondence, diaries, corrected typescripts of autobiographical work, records of the Scottish Patriots, and associated press cuttings.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.7980/1-54
Dates:
1920-1980, undated.
Personal and professional papers of Roland Eugene Muirhead, including correspondence, diaries, notebooks and related material.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6052/1-157
Scope and Contents
Concerning personal, business and political matters.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1803-1957, undated.
Policy papers including correspondence, factors' meeting minutes, factors' notebooks and reports., 1816-1920, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10853/3-262
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Titles, policy papers, leases, rentals, registers of demands, specifications for building works and other papers, largely 1772-1923, of the Sutherland Estates.The papers described here form the second deposit of Sutherland Estates papers for the years 1861-1921, although there is some later material. The main series of estates papers for these years have been deposited as Acc.10225. Included here are the Rentals for the Dunrobin Management previously thought to have been lost....
Dates:
1816-1920, undated.
Political correspondence and papers., 1930-1956.
Sub-Series
Identifier: Acc.4826/3-7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
P.C, K.T, trade unionist, Labour M.P for Edinburgh West 1929-1931, West Lothian 1935-1951, Scottish Labour Whip 1935-1945, and Deputy Chief Whip 1945-1946, and Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland 1946-48, 1951.
Dates:
1930-1956.
Political correspondence and papers of Archibald Philip Primrose (1847-1929), 5th Earl of Rosebery, statesman and author.
Series
Identifier: MSS.10001-10216
Scope and Contents
Rosebery, styled Lord Dalmeny from the death of his father in 1851 until he succeeded his grandfather in the earldom in 1868, held various public offices including those of Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, 1881-1883, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, February to July 1886, and again in 1892-1894, and was Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury from 5 March 1894 to 25 June 1895, remaining leader of the Liberal party till 1898.The papers consist chiefly...
Dates:
1860-1927, undated.
Political correspondence and papers of Dr Gordon Wilson, former leader of the Scottish National Party and MP for Dundee East.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13099/1-109
Scope and Contents
Dr Gordon Wilson, Scottish Nationalist politician and lawyer, was born in 1938. He was co-founder of Radio Free Scotland and Secretary of the Scottish National Party during the 1960s. Dr Wilson was a Member of Parliament for the Dundee East constituency (1974-1987). He was senior Vice-Chairman of the SNP (1973-1974) and parliamentary energy spokesman. He was Vice-Chairman for Oil (1972-1973), Director of the ‘It’s Scotland’s Oil’ Campaign (1972-1976), Senior Vice-Chairman of the SNP...
Dates:
1944-2000.
Political papers and correspondence chiefly of Patrick Chalmers (died 1854)., 1784-1841.
Series
Identifier: MSS.15467-15469
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Auldbar was bought in 1753 by William Chalmers, a Gibraltar merchant whose family had owned land in Aberdeenshire, at Federate and Hazlehead. His father and brother were physicians in Aberdeen, and the papers as arranged below begin with medical records of these men. An important section concerns the trade and administration of Gibraltar in the second quarter of the 18th century, and there is also much mercantile correspondence of the 18th and early 19th centuries. As with the rest of this...
Dates:
1784-1841.
Political papers, including correspondence, press cuttings, and minutes, of Frank Yeaman, with some personal and miscellaneous papers. Also included is material relating to the early days of the Scottish National Party.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.12944/1-41
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of a mixture of personal (1931-1942) and political papers (1935-1985). The political papers reflect his activity as SNP candidate for East Edinburgh at the 1945 general election as well as his involvement in nationalist politics in Scotland and particularly in Edinburgh. It also contains material relating to the early days of the SNP, including organizational records of the party and an interesting group of newsletters and nationalist literature dealing with a broad...
Dates:
Circa 1930-1985.
Political papers of Donald James Stewart.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13100/1-5
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and related papers including ephemera and press clippings related to the political career of former president of the Scottish National Party and MP for the Western Isles, Donald James Stewart.
Dates:
Circa 1930-1986.
Political papers of Edward Ellice (died 1865)., [Circa 1828]- [circa 1860.]
File
Identifier: MS.15103
Scope and Contents
The papers concern Edward Ellice’s office as Secretary of War, 1835-1836 (folio 1), currency, [circa 1828] (folio 85), proposals for a Liberal newspaper, 1855 (folio 107) and colonial administration, [circa 1860] (folio 117).
Dates:
[Circa 1828]- [circa 1860.]
Found in:
National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
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Correspondence and papers of Edward Ellice (died 1863) of Invergarry and of his son Edward Ellice (died 1880) of Invergarry, and of other members of the Ellice family descended from Alexander Ellice, 'America and West Indies Merchant', London, who died at Bath in 1805.
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Papers concerned with politics and publication of the Ellice papers.
Political papers of Patrick Chalmers of Auldbar (died 1854), who contested Montrose district of burghs unsuccessfully in 1832, and was returned as Member of Parliament for the constituency at the next election in 1835, resigning in 1842., 1830-1836.
File
Identifier: MS.15467
Scope and Contents
The volume contains:
(i) Election papers and addresses, 1832 (folio 1);
(ii) Printed parliamentary papers with manuscript notes, including lists of members; copies of Acts etc. (folio 21);
(iii) Papers concerning reform (folio 75);
(iv) Papers, 1836, concerning the Scotch Municipal Bill (folio 84);
(v) Papers, 1831-1836, concerning the Hypothec Bill (folio 88);
(vi) Papers, 1836-1837, concerning the Salmon Fisheries Bill (folios 162);
(vii) Papers concerning prisons (folio 178);
(viii)...
Dates:
1830-1836.
Professional and business correspondence and papers of John Norman Stuart Buchan, 2nd Baron Tweedsmuir, containing some material on overseas travel., 1930-1995, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.11628/50-165
Dates:
1930-1995, undated.
Professional and personal correspondence of John and Helen Kirk; with reports and notes relating to the professional and research activities of John Kirk., Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
Series
Identifier: Acc.9942/1-20
Scope and Contents
Largely original correspondence, but also containing some copies. Includes research material related to Bibi Salimah, and the manuscript 'Arab History of Kilwa'.
Dates:
Majority of material found within Circa 1856-1925, 1965.
Professional papers of Henry William Meikle, mostly concerning his research and work at the National Library of Scotland; with related personal and family papers, and papers of Jessie Meikle née McLetchie.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.3421/1-165
Scope and Contents
Including notebooks, lectures, poetry and personal papers.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1793-1960, undated.
Professional papers of Robert Blair Wilkie, mostly concerning organisations, clubs and societies, including the Old Glasgow Museum and Scottish National Party., 1870-1998.
Series
Identifier: Acc.12765/1-19
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:
1870-1998.
Published pamphlets, papers and articles of Peter Ritchie Calder., Undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.10318/59-60
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes press cuttings and correspondence.
Dates:
Undated.
Research and professional papers of Annie Isabella Dunlop, including notebooks, lectures, articles and correspondence.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.6568/1-68
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1801, 1917-1969, undated.
Research notes, lecture notes, correspondence, and other academic and professional papers of Francis Ian Gregory Rawlins, physicist.
Fonds
Identifier: Acc.10067/1-68
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks and scientific and personal papers.
Dates:
1916-1975.