Papers of the Anderson, Urquhart and Graham Families
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, diaries, legal documents, inventories, student notes, sermons, and business accounts relating to the members of the Anderson, Urquhart, and Graham families (all related). The material covers the 18th and 19th centuries and relates to subjects as varied as ironmongery, sea travel, study of humanities in the 1820s, preaching and sermons, school teaching, etc. This collection provides an excellent insight into the daily life in Edinburgh in the late 1700s and in the 1800s.
Dates
- Creation: 1761-1979
Creator
- Urquhart (Perth) (Family)
Language of Materials
Mostly English, with a few texts in Ancient Greek and Latin in John Urquhart's papers, and in Italian in Signor Ferretti's papers.
Conditions Governing Access
Open, but please contact the repository in advance.
Biographical / Historical
The members of the Anderson, Graham, and Urquhart families represented in this collection were all part of the same family tree and were connected by blood relationship, marriage, partnership and friendship. Many of them were born and lived in Edinburgh. Amongst them were ironmongers and businessmen, a surgeon, travellers, preachers, a theologian, school teachers, students, etc. More detailed biographical information on each individual can be found in their own agent record.
Extent
5 boxes
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by members of the families, or individuals linked to them.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Papers purchased as one single collection in September 2017.
Accession no SC-Acc-2017-0201.
Separated Materials
Two printed books have been separated from the manuscripts and given their own references. See the papers of William Graham (coll-1835/3) and the papers of William Anderson (coll-1835/8).
Processing Information
Catalogued by Aline Brodin in October-November 2017.
Creator
- Urquhart (Perth) (Family)
- Graham (Edinburgh) (Family)
- Anderson (Edinburgh) (Family)
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk