Papers of John Blythe Kinross, containing business papers, private correspondence and diaries.
Scope and Contents
Containing correspondence, memorandums, diaries and other papers.
The main interest of the collection lies in the material to the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation (ICFC), to the financing of small businesses, and in general to Kinross’s activities in the City of London from 1928 to the present day. In addition to formal business, the papers contain a significant quantity of private correspondence, and some interest diaries. All the papers carry useful and sometimes lengthy annotations by Kinross himself. The papers were used extensively for his autobiography 'Fifty years in the city', 1982.
Dates
- Creation: circa 1925-1980.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply from 17 January 1991.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
58 Consultation units
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1984, by J B Kinross, London.
Subject
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
Archives and Manuscript Division
National Library of Scotland
George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1EJ
0131 623 3700
manuscripts@nls.uk