Family papers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 24 Collections and/or Records:
Booth Family Papers
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1780
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of:
Letters from Joseph Booth, Annie Booth, Lillian Booth, and Emily Booth Langworthy to Mary ("Babs") Booth (later Sales). The letters describe the Booths’ deportation from Basutholand, their struggle to find work in England during the war, and Booth’s illness during the 1920s. The final letters in the group are addressed to "Dot" (Emily). 2 files, 1914-1927.
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Dates:
1895-1927
Collection of pamphlets on the Earldom of Mar
Collection
Identifier: Coll-1973
Scope and Contents
Scrapbook entitled 'A Collection of pamphlets etc. on the Earldom of Mar' containing pamphlets, letters, reports, transcripts, and newspaper cuttings related to the controversy regarding the Earl of Mar title that took place during the years 1875-1885, opposing Walter Henry Erskine, Earl of Kellie, and John Francis Goodeve-Erskine, Earl of Mar. The texts collected in this scrapbook clearly defend the latter.The dispute spanned over 10 years, and was between Walter Henry Erskine,...
Dates:
1875-1885
Coltness Papers
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-17
Scope and Contents
The collection of Coltness Papers contains letters, family documents, commonplace books, accounts, historical and bioraphical manuscripts, and certificates dating mainly from the 17th-19th centuries, and relating to the Steuart family. See the box list fore more details.
Dates:
1623-1994
Correspondence from family to Marjorie Rackstraw, 1908-1934
File
Identifier: Coll-705/5/6
Scope and Contents
This file contains correspondence from fer family to Marjorie Rackstraw, and is largely unsorted.
Dates:
1908-1934
Correspondence of Armand Leslie
Fonds — Box Dk.2.15
Identifier: Coll-2148
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers relating to Armand Leslie, M.R.C.S., surgeon and Chief Medical Officer who died in Sudan under the command of Charles George Baker. This collection includes many letters to him, some from his sister Jane Young Elvira Leslie and his brother John Leslie, as well as further correspondence after his death between Elvira, John Leslie, and others.Some material (newspaper cuttings, parts of a rough diary, and correspondence, including two letters from...
Dates:
1824-1900
Correspondence of Joseph Black V: Family Letters, 1746-1799
Series
Identifier: Coll-16/V
Scope and Contents
Joseph Black exchanged a lot of correspondence with his family, particularly his brother George, and also with his brother Thomas, his father John, and his nephew George.
64 letters, chronologically arranged (1746-1799).
Dates:
1746-1799
Cunningham Family Correspondence
Fonds — Box Dk.7.46
Identifier: Coll-2226
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and Papers (154 items) of the Cunningham family of Glenwood Flour Mills, Belfast, 1785-1875, including letters (34) of Thomas Cunningham M.D. (Edinburgh) which contain some account of his medical career in Edinburgh and of his association with professor J. Y. Simpson, 1840-1858.
Dates:
1785-1875
Lorimer family letters, bulk: 1860s-1930s
box
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS.2482)
Scope and Contents
Lorimer family letters. See inventory for a detailed listing.The letters have been listed as they were found, and therefore they are not arranged in a perfect chronological order. However, they can be browsed by sender, by clicking on the "Creator"'s name included in each description (when known).The main correspondents present in this collection of letters include:
- James...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1860s-1930s
Lorimer family letters, bulk: 1890s-1900s
box
Identifier: Coll-27 (MS.2483)
Scope and Contents
Lorimer family letters. See inventory for a detailed listing.The letters have been listed as they were found, and therefore they are not arranged in a perfect chronological order. However, they can be browsed by sender, by clicking on the "Creator"'s name included in each description (when known).The main correspondents present in this collection of letters include:
- Hannah...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890s-1900s
Papers of Frederick Couper and family
Fonds — Box CLX-A-372
Identifier: Coll-1870
Scope and Contents
Correspondence
Frederick Couper's testimonials
Notes and documents relating to genealogy and family history
Legal documents
Photographs of Frederick Couper
Bookkeeping notebook
A substantial archive of original manuscript correspondence, documents, photographs and printed material relating to...
Dates:
1530-1935