Family papers.
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Personal papers of members of a single family; usually of parents and their children, but sometimes including papers of spouses and their families as well.
Found in 301 Collections and/or Records:
Estate, legal and family papers of the family of Menzies of Menzies, including some of the families of Edmonstoune and Buchanan.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.9941-9981
Dates:
1545-1927.
Estate, legal and family papers, of the military family of Graeme of Inchbraikie and Aberuthven.
Series
Identifier: MSS.19590-19599
Dates:
1555-1918.
Family and genealogical papers of the family of Mackintosh of Farr.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9853-9855
Dates:
1799-1937, undated.
Family and miscellaneous papers of Charles Murray., 1866-?1941, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.27285
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows. (i) Family papers of the Murray and Robbie families, 1866-1926, undated (folio 1). They include genealogical material and a few family letters. (ii) Miscellaneous papers of Charles Murray, 1890-?1941, undated (folio l9).
Dates:
1866-?1941, undated.
Family, business and estate papers of the Borthwicks of Crookston.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.13699/1-20
Dates:
1779-1868, undated.
Family correspondence, 1978-2016
Series
Identifier: MSS.50828-50830
Scope and Contents
Correspondence files are arranged alphabetically by the surname or corporate name of the correspondents. The majority of correspondents represent family members or members of the extended Mackay/Roe families. In some instances the artist has also included family acquaintances in this sub-series, who share family connections.
Dates:
1978-2016
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1550-1764.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.7105-7107
Scope and Contents
The papers include, in one chronological sequence, formal legal documents such as bonds and contracts (except those too large to be bound, which have been treated as charters), informal legal notes, personal accounts, and estate accounts and papers.
Dates:
1550-1764.
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1550-1674.
File
Identifier: MS.7105
Dates:
1550-1674.
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1675-1700.
File
Identifier: MS.7106
Dates:
1675-1700.
Family legal and financial papers of the Marquesses of Tweeddale., 1707-1764.
File
Identifier: MS.7107
Dates:
1707-1764.
Family papers and correspondence of and concerning Hugh Miller., 1650-1864, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.7516
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Legal papers, 1717-1803, concerning the Feddes and Wright families, Cromarty (ancestors of Hugh Miller) (folio 1);(ii) Legal papers, 1855-1857, undated, concerning Hugh Miller and his dependents (folio 14);(iii) Fragment of an abusive article on Hugh Miller, undated (folio 38);(iv) Four letters, 1650-1758, including one of George Monck, the others relating to the family of Forbes of Culloden (folio 40);...
Dates:
1650-1864, undated.
Family papers and miscellaneous documents chiefly concerning the Elliots and Thomsons, relations of the Shortreeds, arranged in chronological order, followed by family letters of the Shortreeds., ?Early 19th century.
File
Identifier: MS.8994
Family papers, chiefly eighteenth to nineteenth century, of the Grahams of Airth.
Fonds
Identifier: MSS.10801-10969
Scope and Contents
The papers concern all the normal features of the domestic life and estate management of a Scottish family. They cover mainly the period from 1717, when James Graham, Judge Admiral, first acquired the lands, until the 1840s, when William Graham, his great-grandson, ceased to run the estate himself, but they also contain both earlier and later material. Most of the material concerns William Graham (succeeded 1746, died 1790), and his son Thomas Graham Stirling (succeeded 1806, died 1836). The...
Dates:
1668-1897, undated.
Family papers, chiefly of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, of the Robertsons (a branch of the Robertsons of Strowan), the Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart, and, on the marriage in 1799 of Margaretta Macdonald of Kinlochmoidart with Lieutenant-Colonel David Robertson, son of Principal Robertson, the Robertson-Macdonalds of Kinlochmoidart.
Series
Identifier: MSS.3942-3988
Scope and Contents
Among the papers of the Robertsons the chief correspondents are Principal William Robertson, the historian, and his son William, a Senator of the College of Justice. The correspondence of the Principal includes letters of scholars, British and foreign (Voltaire among others), about his works, information on the American Indians, 1774-1777, and threats regarding his attitude to Roman Catholics, 1778-1779. That of Lord Robertson deals with his legal and political activities and the publication...
Dates:
1608-1913, undated.
Family papers, chiefly of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, of the Stuarts of Castlemilk and the Stuarts of Torrance.
Series
Identifier: MSS.5320-5404
Scope and Contents
Both families were descended from Archibald Stuart of Castlemilk and Fynart (died 1660).
Dates:
Late 15th century-Early 20th century.
Family papers of Henry William Meikle., 1794-1960, undated.
Series
Identifier: Acc.3421/148-154
Dates:
1794-1960, undated.
Family Papers of Lucinda Mackay, 1941-2022
Series
Identifier: MSS.50828-50839
Scope and Contents
This series contains correspondence, ephemera, research notes, and personal photograph albums documenting Lucinda Mackay's family life, from birth to the present day. It also includes preparatory drafts and notes towards an as-yet-unpublished memoir entitled 'My Life as an Artist.'
Dates:
1941-2022
Family papers of Sir Herbert John Clifford Grierson., 1844-1954, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9338-9347
Family papers of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale., 1591-1658, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14474-14476
Family papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale., 1643-1697, undated.
Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.14481-14482
Family papers of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale., 1643-1697, undated.
File
Identifier: MS.14481
Scope and Contents
The contents are as follows:(i) Papers, 1643-1666, of transactions between the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale and his mother, the Countess of Glencairn (folio 1);(ii) Papers, 1648-1659, undated, concerning the executry of the 1st Earl of Tweeddale’s will by William Hay of Aberlady (see also Ch.10858-10864) (folio 90);(iii) Commission, 1654, of the 1st Marquess of Tweeddale to his wife, Jean, Countess of Tweeddale (folio 125);(iv) Papers, 1654-1697,...
Dates:
1643-1697, undated.
Family papers of the Douglas family of Springwood Park., 1778-1924.
Series
Identifier: MSS.8100-8120
Family papers of the family of Menzies of Menzies., 1690-1915, undated.
Series
Identifier: MSS.9968-9977
Family papers of the Frasers of Belladrum, 1563-1786; including a copy of one earlier document 1203x1222 concerning Brice De Douglas, Bishop of Moray and John Bisset of Lovat.
File
Identifier: Acc.11244
Dates:
1563-1786.