Family papers
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:
Family Correspondence of Archibald and Andrew Dalzel
Fonds — Box Dk.7.52
Identifier: Coll-2230
Scope and Contents
Family correspondence (110 letters), 1762-1807. Letters mainly about Prof. Andrew Dalzel [also known as Dalzell, or Dalziel] and Archibald Dalzel.
96 letters of Archibald Dalzel to his brother Andrew Dalzel;
2 letters Archibald Dalzel to his brother William Dalzel;
1 letter Archibald Dalzel to his sister Elizabeth;
3 letters Archibald Dalzel to Sir...
Dates:
1762-1807
Items relating to Dr John Brown of Edinburgh and his family
Fonds — Box Dk.7.54-64
Identifier: Coll-2238
Scope and Contents
Dr John Brown, M.D. Author of Rab and his friends (1859). Letters of, photos, and other items relating to John Brown and his father, his son and his cousin who all named John Brown. Also letter of Lord Lister. 1853-1920s, 1951.
3 letters of Dr John Brown to his cousin Dr John Brown of Burnley and the latter's wife Mary. 1879-1880, n.d. 6 ff. 12^o.
2...
Dates:
1853-1882
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
Papers of Joseph Joachim and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1711
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of letters, notes, newspaper clippings, photographs, concert programmes and music scores mainly relating to Joseph Joachim. Most of the records date from the later part of his life and after his death. Other members of his family are mentioned too, in particular his wife Amalie Joachim and his nephew Harold Henry Joachim, as well as his grand-nieces Jelly d'Arányi and Adila Fachiri.The collection contains descriptions of Joseph Joachim’s character by his...
Dates:
19th-20th century
Papers of Rev. Earle Monteith Macphail
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-91
Scope and Contents
The papers at shelfmark Gen. 2044-2073 consist of notebooks of notes from lectures at Edinburgh University and in India, 1878-1890.At MSS 2592-2593 there are personal papers including correspondence, a school notebook of handwriting dated 1875, and a school fees receipt dated 1869; photographs; notes of Natural Philosophy classes, 1879; and, essays, 1879. There is material marking celebrations of Edinburgh University Tercentenary; material of the Dialectic Society and the...
Dates:
circa 1869-1930
Papers of Richard Bright and James Franck Bright
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-344
Scope and Contents
The papers are composed of an accumulation of manuscript letters to both Richard Bright and his son James Franck Bright and letters between other correspondents. The letters collected by the daughters of the Bright family include those from Roget, Lord Salisbury, Oscar Wilde, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Elizabeth Fry, and Robert Browning and many other nineteenth century notables. The collection includes a manuscript fragment - or leaf - from the Origin of the...
Dates:
19th century - 20th century
Papers of Sir William Turner and family
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1937
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists mostly of certificates, diplomas, letters, and official documents related to Sir William Turner (1832-1916), to his son William Aldren Turner (1864-1945), and his grandson John William Aldren Turner (1911-1980). It also includes documents related to John Aymers MacDougall (1844-1928), and a significant number of family photographs which seemingly belonged to Arthur Patrick Logan Turner (fl 1940s-1970s).
Dates:
1850s-1970s