Box CLX-A-378

Scope and Contents 1 folder: Letter, typescript, from Irene Young to Mr. John Major (UK Prime Minister), on the matter of a tribunal judgement, 9 April 1994. Irene expresses concern about payments to former servicewomen dismissed on grounds of pregnancy, namely, the case of the hearing of the Glasgow tribunal's judgment in favour of Mrs. Helen Homewood in her claim for compensation on grounds of sex discrimination. Irene also expresses concern about war widows and war pensions received.There is...

Scope and Contents This folder contains eleven cards and letters sent from "Sir John and Lady Clerk of Penicuik" (Sir John Dutton Clerk and Evelyn Elizabeth Robertson) to Irene J. Young, between 1976 and 2010. They write with thanks for being hosted by Irene for dinner, Christmas greetings, condolence for the death of Reginald Brown, a letter expressing thanks and enjoyment for Irene's 80th birthday party in 1999 and later Iain Gordon Brown's wedding (2006), various postcards of thanks for different occasions...

Scope and Contents This folder contains the letters of Robert Simonds (Yale) and Sarah Simonds (Cornell), met and befriended by Irene J. Young when they were on a school exchange at George Watson's College, Edinburgh, in 1961-62 and when they attended Mayfield Church. The letters express thanks for the hospitality of Irene J. Young and Reginald Brown as well as later condolences after the death of Samuel Young (Irene's father) and later Agathe Young (Irene's grandmother), to which Robert attached a typed...

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This folder contains letters to Irene J. Young from Flora Christina MacRaild, MA Hons (English), University of Edinburgh 1942 (died 1997), who was one of Irene's closest friends. She was the widow of Angus Matheson (1912-62), Professor of Celtic in the University of Glasgow.

Scope and Contents This folder contains the letters of Roźa Niedźwiedź, a Polish exile whom Irene had tutored in English towards the end of the war, who became one of Irene's closest friends. In the folder, a note from Iain Gordon Brown explains that Roźa was Jewish and lost members of her family in concentration camps. She took a second degree at Edinburgh. Roźa's post-war career was varied. Ultimately she became assistant to the economic adviser to Rio Tinto Zinc. Roźa became a naturalized British subject as...

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Printout of correspondence concerning a donation to the "Better Together" campaign (against Scottish independence) in June 2014, accompanied by the story of Irene Young.

Scope and Contents One letter and two cards sent to Iain Gordon Brown, mentioning Irene Young: from Peter Stammers, dated 2014; from Joseph Halligan, dated 19 June 2023; and from "Pattie", dated 26 February 2026.File of documents collected by Iain Gordon Brown, containing biographical information on "three distinguished post-war friends [of Irene Young] at Crosby Hall, Chelsea": Dina Johanna (Hanna) Kohlbrugge (1911-1999), Hebe Charlotte Kohlbrugge (1914-2016), and Gertrud Seidmann (1919-2013)....

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A letter from Barbara (Cuttle?) to Irene J. Young in 26 February 2009, wishing Irene well after her 90th birthday and giving family updates.

An email from Iain Gordon Brown to Barbara (Cuttle?) on 25 January 2011, providing updates about Irene Young's health, a series of injuries and her transferal to a nursing home.

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Letter from Sidney Constantinidis 18 February 1970, thanking her for a Christmas card, discussing Iain’s intention to become an archaeologist and the weather in Athens.

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Letter from Denis Roberts (Librarian and Secretary to the Board of Trustees, National Library of Scotland) on 17 March 1986, about a successful appeal for funds to bring the Scott manuscripts (including the lost interleaved working copies of his Waverley Novels, the "Magnum Opus") back to Scotland from the Pforzheimer Library in New York.