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Major accessions to repositories in 2013 relating to Scottish History

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Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Old Aberdeen House Branch

  • Banff Pipe Band: minute book 1921-1969 (ACC1835)
  • General Commissioners for Income Tax Tribunal, Kincardine Division: minute book 1855-2003 (ACC1832)
  • Inverurie Burgh: additional charter register books 1783-1964 (ACC1838)

Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives: Town House branch

  • James Fenton Wyness, architect and local historian: research notes and papers for his publications 20th cent (Accession 1828)
  • Craigens, solicitors, Aberdeen: chartularies and feu records of properties in the City of Aberdeen 19th cent-20th cent (DD1816)
  • Aberdeen Children's Theatre: records 1944-2011 (Accession 1810)
  • Ashley Road School, Aberdeen: additional records 1968-1995 (Accession 1806)
  • Skene Square School, Aberdeen: lefts registers 1948-1999 (Accession 1812)
  • Smithfield School, Aberdeen: records 20th cent (Accession 1825)

Dumfries and Galloway Archives

  • Houston's Garage, Lockerbie: day book, ledger and taxi day book for Houston's Garage, with profit and loss accounts and index of cars sold 1929-34 1924-1978 (GGD716)
  • Andrew Hunter, surgeon, Tynron: diary 1781 (GGD729/2)
  • David Walker, farmer, Castle Douglas: diary 1848-1849 (GGD722)
  • Dumfries and District Radio Society: minutes, accounts, receipts 1923-1925 (GGD728)
  • Gretna Public and Springfield schools: log books and admission registers 1872-1913 (ED5/98)
  • Southern Scottish Counties Burns Association, Dumfries: AGM minutes, other records 1937-1971 (GGD715)
  • Tundergarth Primary School: log book, admission and attendance registers 1879-2002 (ED5/222)

Dundee City Archives

  • Ron Gazzard, photographer, Dundee: journals, negatives, prints, albums of studio work, other records c1965-2010 (GD/Ga)
  • Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland, Lodge Progress No 967, Dundee: minute books, attendance books, petition books, roll books, financial records, other records 1903-1959 (GD/ML/P)
  • Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland, Lodge Dalhousie No 679, Carnoustie: minutes, petition books 1882-2007 (GD/ML/D)
  • Dundee and District Master Butchers Association: minutes 1912-1991 (GD/HF/MBA)
  • Friends of the Caird Hall Organ, Dundee: minutes, corresp, other records c1980-2011 (GD/FCHO)
  • Royal Arch Chapter Victory No 449, Monifieth: minute books, petition books 1919-1952 (GD/RA/CV)

East Dunbartonshire Archives: Bearsden

  • Rotary Club of Allander: additional records 2004-2013 (2013/17)

East Dunbartonshire Leisure & Culture Trust

  • Craigton Primary School, Milngavie: log books 1873-1989 (2013/14)
  • Kirkintilloch Temperance Hall Board minutes 1945-1956 and Freeland Place Social Club minutes 1953-1959 1945-1959 (2013/8)
  • Townhead School, Kirkintilloch: admission register and log book 1952-1981 (2013/15)

Edinburgh City Archives

  • J & A Hastie, solicitors, Edinburgh: letter book (Accession 918)
  • J & G Laidlaw, builders and joiners, Leith: letter book and ledger 1878-1894 (Accession 920)
  • Leith Harbour & Docks Commissioners, dry dock owners: rough notebooks kept by the docking foreman noting the vessel and technical docking details 1943-2003 (Accession 914)
  • Smith & Bowman, dispensing chemists, Edinburgh: sales ledger 1896-1906 (Accession 931)
  • Drummond Place Garden Association, Edinburgh: charter, minute books, abstract of accounts, wages books 1823-2008 (Accession 911)
  • Edinburgh Royal Choral Union: records incl minutes, financial records, corresp, other records 1866-2004 (Accession 933)
  • Lothian and Borders Fire and Rescue Service: records incl station log books, service record books, press cuttings, plans and photographs 1824-2000 (Accession 915)
  • Preston Street Primary School, Edinburgh: log books, admission registers, other records (Accession 912)
  • Trinity Academy, Edinburgh: log books, debating society minutes 1893-1997 (Accession 922)

Glasgow City Archives

  • Geoffrey Grogan, theologian: corresp and papers c1970-2011 (TD1895)
  • A & J McLellan & Co Ltd, haulage contractors, Glasgow: minute book, private ledger, family photograph albums 1890-1970 (TD1892)
  • Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd, general merchants and manufacturers: additional records (CWS)
  • Wilson, Hamilton & Wilson, architects, Glasgow: architectural and cost surveys of Woodside 1968 (TD1885)
  • Allander Inner Wheel Club, Lochgilphead Inner Wheel Club, Queen's Park Inner Wheel Club: minutes and papers c1951-2006 (TD1806)
  • Battlefield Primary School, Glasgow: additional admission registers and log book 1945-1996 (SR10/3/553)
  • Church Street School, Glasgow: additional log book 1918-1950 (D-ED7/43)
  • Dalrymple Archaeological Fund: trustees' minute book 1936-2007 (TD1891)
  • Glasgow Philological and Literary Society: minute books, photograph album, other records 1873-1983 (TD1896)
  • Greyfriars United Presbyterian Church, Glasgow: additional kirk session minutes 19th cent (CH3/469)
  • Scottish Cremation Society Ltd: cash books 1890-1981 (TD1887)
  • St Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church, Helensburgh: vestry minute books, corresp, accounts, magazines and papers 1849-1996 (TD1898)
  • Victoria Park Allotment Association, Glasgow: minute book 1981-1996 (T-AL)

Highland Archives

  • Muirtown Nurseries Ltd, Inverness: stock book, architect's plans, newspapers, photographs c1951-1977 (D1372)
  • A Taylor & Son, general store, Munlochy: day books, ledgers and indexes (D1371)
  • Glenurquhart Rural Community Association: records 1949-2011 (D1387)
  • Hi-Arts, cultural development agency, Inverness: records 1990-2013 (D1390)
  • Inverness High School: registers 1883-1937 (CI/5/3/161)
  • Kilmorack Heritage Association: records 2000-2013 (D1405)
  • Rotary Club of Inverness: additional records 1928-2012 (D716)
  • Royal British Legion, Inverness branch: minutes, corresp, financial records, photographs, newspaper cuttings c1921-2005 (D1375 and D1327)
  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Dulnain Bridge branch: minutes, financial records, photographs, press-cuttings, other records 1961-2008 (D1384)
  • Sutherland Floral Art Club: minute books, proceedings, programmes, photographs, other records c1960-2010 (D1379)
  • Wester Ross Farmers' Club: transactions register, minute book, cine-films c1819-1949 (D1394)

Highland Archives: Caithness Archive Centre

  • Sinclair Macdonald & Son, architects, Thurso: additional plans 20th cent (P801)
  • Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Scotland, St Peter's Operative Lodge No 284, Thurso: additional minute books 1867-1902 (P789)
  • Dounreay Retirement Fellowship: papers 1976-2011 (P788)

Highland Archives: Lochaber Archive Centre

  • Cameron family of Lochiel: further papers 1624-1996 (CL)
  • Nicholson family of Arisaig: estate papers c1870-1969 (L/D130)
  • Macfarlane & Son, chemists, Fort William: additional prescription books 1926-1948 (L/D114)

Highland Archives: Skye and Lochalsh Archive Centre

  • Macdonald family of Waternish: Waternish estate papers c1790-1989 (SL/D266)
  • Glenvicaskill farm, Bracadale: account book 1925-1950 (SL/D275)
  • Borrodale School: log books and registers 1909-2004 (SL/CI)
  • Dunvegan School: log book and admission register 1932-1999 (SL/CI)
  • Edinbane School: log books, admission register 1895-1997 (SL/CI)
  • Portree Golf Club: account book and register of members 1915-1938 (SL/D60)

Midlothian Council Archives

  • Ian Macdougall, social historian and author: transcripts of interviews with former Penicuik paper mill workers c2000 (LSA112)
  • Lasswade Community High School: records c1914-2013 (LSA 115 & 120)
  • National and Local Government Officers Association, Midlothian branch: records c1947-1961 (LSA121)

Moray Council Local Heritage Centre

  • Findochty Harbour: photograph album of its construction c1900
  • St Andrew's Primary School, Lhanbryde: log book 1914-1973

North Lanarkshire Archives

  • Associated Iron, Steel and Brass Dressers of Scotland, Newmains District: minute book 1910-1943 (ACC/CNL0002)
  • Calder Primary School, Motherwell: log books, admission books, other records 1907-2001 (ACC/1919)
  • Chryston Primary School: log books, lefts registers, marks registers, admission register 1869-1994 (ACC/1916)
  • Coatbridge Sabbath School Union: minute book, cash book 1908-1964 (ACC/0100N)
  • Drumpark School, Coatbridge: log books, photographs c1950-1999 (ACC/CNL0004)
  • Soroptimist International, Motherwell and Wishaw branch: records c1970-2012 (ACC/CNL0003)
  • Stepps Primary School: admissions and lefts registers 1911-1975 (ACC/1917)

Oldham Local Studies & Archives

  • Oldham Scottish Association: minutes and other records 1950-2013 (OSA)

Orkney Archive

  • Gunnie Moberg, Swedish photographer, painter and designer: papers
  • Sylvia Wishart, landscape painter: papers c1960-2009 (AccNo: 1835)
  • Nicol Spence & Son, ships agent and chandler, Kirkwall: additional ledger 1956-1988 (D57)
  • Girlguiding Orkney: records incl minutes 1978-2010 (AccNo: 1808)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Aberfeldy and District Junior Agricultural Club: additional records 1995-2012 (13/12)
  • Blairgowrie, Rattray and District Old People's Welfare Committee: records 1953-2012 (13/41)
  • Kinnoull Primary School, Perth: log books, registers, other records 1873-2004 (13/15 & CC1/5)
  • Moncreiffe Bowling Club, Perth: minutes and cash books 1965-2013 (13/72)
  • Mountain Bothies Association: records c1930-2012 (MS325)
  • The New [whist] Club, Perth: minutes, ledgers, photographs, membership records, other records 1915-2012 (13/04)
  • Perth Burgh Insurance Committee: minutes 1912-1948 (12/61)
  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Fearnan and District branch: records incl minutes c1968-2009 (MS319)
  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Blairgowrie branch: additional records 1973-2012 (MS198)
  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Forgandenny branch: records 1939-2013 (13/63)
  • CD containing images of the 2012 Olympics torch relay and behind the scenes activity by the Perth and Kinross Leisure team 2012 (13/59)

Scottish Borders Archive and Local History Centre

  • William Lonie, university teacher and archaeologist: day books, notes and journals, corresp, maps and plans 1970-2010 (SBA/564)
  • D Ballantyne Brothers & Co Ltd, woollen manufacturers, Innerleithen: corresp files, samples, marketing materials, photographs c1990 (SBA/577)
  • Blackwood & Smith, solicitors and estate agents, Peebles: clients' papers c1359-19th cent (SBA/581)
  • James Cossar & Son, drapers, Lauder: records incl day books, ledger, invoices and tailor's records of transactions (A/13/7)
  • Sanderson & Paterson, builders and timber merchants, Galashiels: account book 1826-1844 (SBA/565)
  • RT Smith, bakers, Hawick: records c1950-1959 (SBA/582)
  • Forest Club, Selkirk, dining and coursing club: minutes, coursing rules, accounts, wine accounts and coursing winners 1788-1992 (SBA/584)
  • Wilton Primary School, Hawick: log books, admission registers and plans 1874-2000 (SBA/615)

South Lanarkshire Council, Finance and Corporate Resources (Council Archives)

  • Clydesdale International Twinning Association: minutes, membership details, accounts, reports of visits (Acc 125)
  • Kittoch School, East Kilbride: log books, admission registers, senior management team meeting minutes (Acc 127)

Watt Library Archives

  • Archibald C Fletcher, plumbers, Greenock: sales ledger 1913-1922 (BG62)
  • Inner Wheel Club of Greenock: minutes 1956-2011 (CS107)
  • Scottish Retired Teachers Association, Inverclyde and District branch: records 1976-2010 (CS108)
  • Victoria Bowling Club, Greenock: minutes, membership records, other records 1897-1951 (CS117)
  • Diary of journey from Glasgow to Brisbane on the emigrant ship Otago 1884 (HR/4/1/1/2)

West Dunbartonshire Council Archive Services: Clydebank Library

  • Duntocher Curling Club: minutes, accounts and membership rolls 1832-2001 (GDC6)

National

Lothian Health Services Archive

  • Roger Davidson, medical historian: papers used in the preparation of 'Dangerous Liaisons: A Social History of VD in 20th Century Scotland' 20th cent (Acc 13/040)
  • National Childbirth Trust: papers c1950-1982 (Acc 13/045)
  • NHS Lothian: directorate papers c1985-2013 (Acc 13/039)
  • Oor Mad History, community history project: records c1970-2009 (Acc 13/015)
  • Royal Edinburgh Hospital: papers rel to the setting up of the Orchard Clinic c1995-2003 (Acc 13/002)
  • Royal National Institute for the Blind: RNIB Scotland records 1858-2005 (Acc 13/017)
  • Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: anaesthetic records incl ward registers and operation books c1923-1993 (Acc 13/041)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • Gladstone family, baronets, of Fasque: family papers incl those of Sir Thomas Gladstone (1804-1889) 1822-1929 (Acc.13414)
  • Alison Fell, poet and novelist: further literary papers c1991-2012 (Acc.13438)
  • Ron Butlin, writer and journalist: additional literary papers 2001-2012 (Acc.13400)
  • Joyce Gunn Cairns, portrait painter: additional corresp (Acc.13395)
  • Regi Claire, author: literary papers 1995-2012 (Acc.13397)
  • Jo Clifford, playwright: personal and literary papers 1966-2013 (Acc.13458)
  • Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of General Armstrong Custer: diary of a visit to Scotland 1891 (Acc.13382)
  • Gavin Buchanan Ewart, poet: further literary papers c1932-1995 (Acc.13410)
  • Ian Hamilton Finlay, poet: corresp and art work 1970-2006 (Acc.13394)
  • Alec Finlay, artist, poet and publisher: further records of Studio Alec Finlay 2000-2012 (Acc.13459)
  • Alasdair James Gray, author and artist: further literary papers c1989-2012 (Acc.13416)
  • Andrew Greig, author and mountaineer: further literary papers 2000-2013 (Acc.13460)
  • James Halliday, author, historian and politician: political papers incl minute books of the National Party of Scotland 1928-1934 and of the Scottish National Party 1956-1968 1928-2005 (Acc.13417)
  • James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, MP: further papers 1947-1994 (Acc.13405)
  • William Hannan, politician: misc papers c1945-1974 (Acc. 13391)
  • Peter Hodgkiss, mountaineer and publisher: climbing journals, corresp and working papers incl material rel to the Ernest Press 1965-2009 (Acc.13345)
  • Sue Innes, writer and feminist campaigner: further papers (Acc.13434)
  • Angela Lemaire, artist, author and poet: additional literary papers and artwork 1965-2011 (Acc.13375)
  • Lady Henrietta Liston, wife of Sir Robert Liston: letters to James Jackson 1796-1802 (Acc.13465)
  • James Ramsay MacDonald, statesman: corresp with Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow c1895-1938 (Acc.13461)
  • Ian McKee, physician and politician: digital diaries 2007-2011 (Acc.13378)
  • Colonel George Miller, 95th Rifles: letters 1804-1828 (Acc.13463)
  • Joseph Moffett, minister of Crown Court Church of Scotland, Covent Garden: papers 1867-1980 (Acc.13467)
  • Major William Baird Ogilvy, Royal Artillery: diaries 1851-1881 (Acc.13415)
  • Richard Price, literary editor and poet: letters to Edwin Morgan 2003-2009 (Acc.13384)
  • Sir Walter Scott, poet and novelist: annotated draft of 'The Pibroch of Donuil Dhu' 1816 (Acc.13426)
  • Janet Buchanan Adam Smith, author and journalist: letters from Beatrix Heelis Potter, Osbert Lancaster, John Masefield and others 1933-1988 (Acc.13396)
  • Samuel Robin Spark, artist: papers incl letters of his mother Muriel Spark 1961-2006 (Acc.13443)
  • James Sutherland, missionary in Nyasaland: journal 1880-1885 (Acc.13411)
  • Ruth Thomas, author: literary papers c1990-2012 (Acc.13389)
  • Sylvia Thompson, friend of William Sydney Graham: literary papers c1966-2008 (Acc.13390)
  • Gael Lundin Turnbull, poet and doctor: letters from Basil Bunting 1957-1985 (Acc.13429)
  • John Wilson, author as Christopher North: family corresp, diary and verse 1798-1854 (Acc.13436)
  • Monks of St Giles, literary society, Edinburgh: records 1852-1964 (Acc.13470)

Special

Aberdeen Medico-Chirurgical Society

  • Morrison's Pharmacy, Inverurie: pharmacy ledgers c1950-1979 (Acc no 18)

Glasgow Women's Library

  • Delphine Dallison, artist: business cards containing 100 stories about women in Glasgow, designed for her Glasgow School of Art degree show 2013 (2013-43)

Royal College of Nursing Archives

  • Royal College of Nursing, Scottish Board: minutes and papers [CLOSED] 1916-2013 (RCNS)

Wellcome Library

  • Brook Advisory Centres: records rel to local Brook branches in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland and further administrative files 1960s-2000s (SA/BRO)

University

Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre

  • Douglas and Davidson families of Inchmarlo: papers (extracted from the Kintore papers) 18th cent-19th cent (Acc No 689)
  • Farquharson family of Finzean: papers 16th-20th cent (Acc No 667)
  • Samuel Michael David Alexander, industrial trainer and amateur ornithologist: papers c1940-2010 (Acc No 679)
  • Alexander Bain, psychologist, logician and writer on education: lecture notes on logic, taken down by an unknown student 1860-1861 (MS 3863)
  • Jim Buchan, local historian: papers 1709-2012 (Acc No 699)
  • James Reid Coull, senior lecturer in geography, Aberdeen University: papers c1950-2010 (Acc No 676)
  • Gavin Greig, folk song collector and teacher: additional notebooks and related material 19th cent-1996 (Acc No 686)
  • James Cruickshank Hutchieson, poet: notebook c1870 (Acc No 703)
  • John Leslie, ship's husband: memoirs 19th cent (Acc No 694)
  • Sir William Robertson Nicoll, journalist: additional family papers 1923-2013 (MS 3518)
  • Adam Watson, ecologist: notebooks on grouse behaviour 1959-1977 (Acc No 680)
  • Glasgow-Aberdeen Universities' Golfing Society: papers 1891-2011 (Acc No 672)
  • Stonehaven Northern Oil Wives Club (SNOW): records c1970-2012 (Acc No 702)

Dundee University Archive, Records Management and Museum Services

  • Alex Coupar, photographer: photographic collection incl work diaries c1950-2010 (2013/551)
  • Alexander Hannay, theatre proprietor: papers rel to the Prince of Wales/Grand Theatre, Glasgow; legal, financial and trust papers 1841-1957 (MS 354)
  • Sir Terence Mervyn Rattigan, playwright: scripts of "The VIPs" 1962 (2013/572)
  • James Frederic Riley, surgeon: further corresp and papers 1933-1976 (2013/548)
  • Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club: meet books, hut books, membership lists, account books, circulars and newsletters, corresp, other records 1949-2013 (2013/580)
  • Dundee Royal Infirmary: additional records 1939-1974 (2013/558)
  • Dundee University Rucksack Club: Corrour Bothy visitors books 1971-1998 (2013/566)
  • Ninewells Cancer Campaign, Dundee: corresp and papers c1991-2008 (2013/552)
  • Perth Royal Infirmary and Bridge of Earn Hospital: theatre ledgers 1966-2010 (2013/603)
  • Sapphire Project (Scottish Archive of Print and Publishing History): material created and collected by the project incl administrative records, oral history recordings and archives (in particular archives of Thomas Nelson, publishers) 20th cent-21st cent (2013/586)
  • Scottish Episcopal, Brechin Diocese: additional records incl bundle of letters of Bishop Forbes 19th cent c1860-2010 (2013/609)

Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections

  • Roger Davidson, medical historian: papers rel to published work 1927-1982 (Coll-1497)
  • Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, singer: additional corresp 20th cent (Coll-1433)
  • Iain Hamilton, journalist, author and poet: papers rel to work on Arthur Koestler 1941-1998 (Coll-1479)
  • Hamish Henderson, poet, songwriter, soldier and intellectual: personal papers 1900-2002 (Coll-1438)
  • Sir John Jackson, civil engineer: papers and photographs 1838-1914 (Coll-1490)
  • Eric Lucey, scientific film pioneer: papers 20th cent (Coll-1484)
  • John Macmurray, philosopher: additional papers 20th cent (Coll-35)
  • Yolanda Sonnabend, theatre designer, artist: artwork 1969-1977 (Coll-1461)
  • Reginald Augustus Warren, landowner: personal diary 1848 (Coll-1465)
  • Royal Scottish Forestry Society, Edinburgh: records and photographs 20th cent (Coll-1380)

Glasgow University Archive Services

  • David Fyfe Anderson, obstetrician and gynaecologist: further papers incl diaries (1929-1988), collections of verse, photographs, visitors' book c1880-1988 (ACCN 3792)
  • Murdo Ewen Macdonald, Church of Scotland minister and theologian: papers 20th cent (ACCN 3794)
  • Ben Line Ship Management Ltd, Edinburgh: records incl corresp, staff records, ships' articles, official log books, press cuttings, plans, photographs 18th cent-20th cent (ACCN 3744, ACCN 3773)
  • Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow: minutes 1955-1968 (UGD 124)
  • Harrisons (Clyde) Ltd, ship owners, Glasgow: additional records 20th cent (ACCN 3802)

Heriot-Watt University, Heritage and Information Governance

  • J & H Brown & Co, woollen manufacturers, Galashiels: Henry Brown's account books 1824-1832 (JHB)

King's College London: Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

  • Michael Anthony Ormus Biddulph, Commander: midshipman's journals rel to service in HMS Royal Sovereign, 1 Battle Squadron, Atlantic Fleet in the Mediterranean and off the coast of Scotland 1919-1920 (Biddulph)

Strathclyde University Archives

  • Malcolm Baird, chemical engineer: technical memoirs, entitled 'From the white suit to the hard hat' , incl sections about Malcolm Baird's father, John Logie Baird, pioneer of television 21st cent (T-MIN/34)
  • George Mackie Ltd, dispensing chemists, Glasgow: prescription registers 1874-1958 (Acc 1419)
  • Turner & Newall Ltd, manufacturer of asbestos products, Manchester: copy of part of the archives of Turner & Newall, made by Chase Manhattan Bank as part of the discovery process during legal proceedings against Turner & Newall begun in 1987 c1920-1989 (Acc 1410)