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Speeches. Documents.

 Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Scope Note: Documents containing the text of any public address or talk.

Found in 922 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of Alexander Christie, Provost of Montrose, and other material relating to the affairs of the town, with discussions of Christie's religious and political views, copied by Christie.

 Series
Identifier: MSS.3701-3703
Scope and Contents

The correspondents are mainly notables of Angus, divines, political thinkers, and merchants, and include Alexander Christie's brother William, the Unitarian writer, his son Thomas, the political writer, Sir David Carnegie, Baronet, George Dempster of Dunnichen, David Scott of Dunninald, the Reverend William Dalrymple (subject of "The Kirk's Alarm"), T F Palmer, the reformer, Robertson, the historian, and Walter Scott, Writer to the Signet.

Dates: 1781, 1789-1793.

Correspondence of and concerning James Augustus Grant's sons, James Augustus junior, and Alister Grant., 1867-1918, undated.

 File
Identifier: MS.17930
Scope and Contents The contents include, letters of James Augustus Grant to his elder son James Augustus, 1885-1891, undated (folio 1); letters of James Augustus Grant junior to his parents, 1874-1891, undated (folio 89); letters to and concerning James Augustus junior and Alister Grant, and some other letters, 1889-1918, undated (folio 149); school reports and other certificates of James Augustus Grant junior, 1867-1891 (folio 203); and drafts of letters and speeches by James Augustus Grant junior, undated...
Dates: 1867-1918, undated.

Correspondence, papers, cuttings and photographs of David Steel, Baron Steel of Aikwood, mostly relating to his political career.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.13477/1-278
Scope and Contents The collection comprises school papers, 1943-1959, and material relating to his time at Edinburgh University, 1957-1962; files relating to elections, 1961-circa 1990s; political papers, 1954-1981, mainly concerning constituency politics; manuscript diary of the Lib-Lab Pact, 1977-1978; files relating to his involvement in the Scottish Constitutional Convention, 1988-1998, including minutes of meetings and related correspondence; files relating to Scottish politics, 1992-1999, including...
Dates: 1895-2012.

Correspondence, papers, press cuttings and photographs of Margo MacDonald, mostly concerning her political career and causes.

 Record Group
Identifier: Acc.13638/1-62
Scope and Contents

The papers reflect Margo MacDonald`s life as a politician and broadcaster. Although somewhat miscellaneous, they provide an insight into her relationship with the Scottish National Party leadership throughout her life, and into some of the causes she advocated during her life, including independence and assisted suicide for terminally ill patients.

Dates: 1955-2014.