Papers of the Berwickshire Liberal Association, mostly concerning parliamentary elections but also including broader administrative and financial information.
Scope and Contents
Including papers, circulars, correspondence and accounts.
Concerning the association and the orgranisation of paliamentary elections in the county.
The papers particularly refer to Edward Marjoribanks, 2nd Baron Tweedmouth (1849-1909), Liberal M.P. for Berwickshire, Harold John Tennant (1865-1935), Liberal M.P. for Berwickshire (1894-1918) and John Bertram Kellie of Duns, their main election agent.
Dates
- Creation: 1873-1920, undated.
Creator
- Berwickshire Liberal Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
20 Consultation units
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
The parts were previously numbered sequentially through the papers. The numbers are now recorded in square brackets after the relevant reference number, arranged as follows:
/1 [1-7] Election Material, 1885
/2 [8-14] Election Material, 1886
/3 [15-31] Election Material, 1892
/4 [32-44] Election Material, 1894
/5 [45-59] Election Material, 1895
/6 [60-76] Election Material, 1900
/7 [77-78] Election Material, 1906
/8 [79-87] Election Material, 1910
/9 [88] Election Material, 1918
/10-11 [89-90]Correspondence
/12 [91-92] Legal
/13-15 [93-95] Membership
/16 [96] Minutes
/17 [97] Accounts
/18-19 [98-99] Newspaper Clippings
/20 [100] Miscellaneous
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented, 1976, P I C Payne, Minehead.
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
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