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Family papers

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 22 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. ...
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

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

Papers of John V. Stuart Duncan

 Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-2002
Content Description This fonds consists of students records, correspondence, diaries, photographs, and training books formerly belonging to Flying Officer John V. Stuart Duncan RAFVR, killed aged 20 on active service in Weston Zoyland, Somerset, on 30 May 1943. School and University records; Diaries (one marked vol. 2, one small diary); Letters during his time in the UK; while training in...
Dates: c 1920s-c 1940s