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...

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Indcludes manuscripts and corrected typescripts of novels, short stories, and plays, architectural notes and drawings and correspondence.

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Includes architectural drawings, sketches, watercolours and photographs.

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Includes titles, minutes, rentals, maps and architectural drawings. Also includes Cromartie Estate correspondence, 1887-1894.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Lord Milton was responsible for the 3rd Duke of Argyll's personal and household expenses in Scotland; and had a general oversight of his Scottish estates, collaborating with his Edinburgh lawyer, Archibald Campbell of Succoth, Writer to the Signet. The earlier papers are mainly personal and household accounts, and papers concerning the property of The Whim in Peeblesshire; after his succession to the Dukedom in 1743 the family estates in Argyllshire, Stirlingshire, and Dumbartonshire are...

Scope and Contents From the Series: The papers catalogued here are especially rich in political material, 17th century-19th century, in estate and local affairs correspondence and papers, 16th century-20th century, in financial and legal material, 15th century-20th century, and in personal, household and estate accounts, 17th century-19th century. There is material concerning India in the correspondence and papers of the 8th, 9th and 10th Marquesses of Tweeddale, and concerning the Peninsular War in the correspondence and...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover the period from 1750 to 1945, but the bulk of the collection belongs to the lifetime of Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, 4th Baronet, who succeeded his father as a minor in 1836 and died in 1885. During his minority and absences abroad with the army, his affairs were in the hands of a trustee, but after his return in 1851, Sir George took a keen interest in the running of his estates, as is evident from the long series of detailed factory accounts and correspondence....

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover the period from 1750 to 1945, but the bulk of the collection belongs to the lifetime of Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, 4th Baronet, who succeeded his father as a minor in 1836 and died in 1885. During his minority and absences abroad with the army, his affairs were in the hands of a trustee, but after his return in 1851, Sir George took a keen interest in the running of his estates, as is evident from the long series of detailed factory accounts and correspondence....

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers cover the period from 1750 to 1945, but the bulk of the collection belongs to the lifetime of Sir George Henry Scott-Douglas, 4th Baronet, who succeeded his father as a minor in 1836 and died in 1885. During his minority and absences abroad with the army, his affairs were in the hands of a trustee, but after his return in 1851, Sir George took a keen interest in the running of his estates, as is evident from the long series of detailed factory accounts and correspondence....

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The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

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The Mure of Caldwell papers are chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Some of the earlier papers belonged to the Mures of Glanderston, the two families having been united in 1710 by the succession of William, 4th Laird of Glanderston, to the Caldwell estates.

Scope and Contents Annual Reports, minutes, correspondence, reports, property records and photographs, 1931-2012, undated, of and relating to the Scottish Youth Hostels Association.Following preliminary meetings in 1930s, the Scottish Youth Hostels Association was formed in Edinburgh in1931at a public meeting chaired by Lord Salvesen ‘To help all, but especially young people of limited means living and working in industrial and other areas, to know use and appreciate the Scottish countryside and...

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The collection consists of administrative records of the Society as well as papers, reports and related documents charting the different activities of the Saltire Society.

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A group of about 2500 plans, chiefly made by Messrs Stevenson. Their business was concerned chiefly with sea-works, lighthouses, harbours, canals and river courses, and the plans reflect this interest, although there are some items relating to railways and bridges.

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The artist made most of his sketches in August and September 1791, when he travelled from Elgin to Fort Augustus, Aviemore, and Cullen. There are also sketches of Edinburgh and of a few scenes in Ireland, and architectural drawings with measurements, mostly of Elgin Cathedral.