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Carnoustie Golf Club

  • Corporate body
  • 1842-

Carnoustie Golf Club was formally established in 1842 and is based at what has been described as one of the toughest links courses in the world. Golf is known to have been played at Carnoustie from as early as the 1500s and the club is known to have been in existence for some time before its formal foundation. The club is believed to be among the ten oldest surviving golf clubs in the world.

The Club has produced several first class players and in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century many Carnoustie golfers went to the United States where they became professionals. These included the famed Smith brothers. When the Professional Golfers' Association of America was founded in 1916, nearly half of the 82 professional members were from Carnoustie.

A golf course was first laid out at Carnoustie in the 1830s by the publisher Robert Chalmers. The current course was designed by Allan Robertson and Old Tom Morris in the 1850s and was modified and extended by Morris in the 1860s and redesigned by James Braid in the 1920s. The course has staged the Open Championships several times including in 1999 when Scotland's Paul Lawrie won one of the most dramatic championships. The clubhouse dates from 1898.

Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club

  • Corporate body
  • 1949-
The Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club originated due to ex-service men and women's ongoing enthusiasm for outdoor life. It was founded in 1949 in Forfar, because it was easy for members to cycle or bus to Glen Clova. Carn Dearg translated from Gaelic is 'Red Hills' i.e. the Red Craigs of Glen Clova. Its base was later moved to Dundee but members are spread across Scotland and England. Throughout the year the Society runs monthly and weekend trips to Scotland's most spectacular mountain areas. It caters for all forms of mountaineering activity and membership allows users to have access to members-only mountaineering bothies. The club today (2014) has approximately 80 members of all ages and abilities. Carn Dearg Mountaineering Club website http://www.carndearg.org/

Cargill & Co Ltd

Cargill & Co Ltd were a firm of Dundee bleachers established prior to 1853 at 21 St Andrew's Street and at Midmill (Dundee Bleachfield). In 1969 the company was bought out completely by William Watson (Dundee) Ltd. The company ceased trading and their whole assets and liabilities were transferred to the holding company. In 1976 Cargill & Co Ltd went into voluntary liquidation, but the activities at Midmill Works were continued by William Watson (Dundee) Ltd.

Cardean Estate

The estate of Cardean was formerly called Cardean and Baikie. In 1785 Cardean, which was in the possession of the Earl of Strathmore, was purchased by Patrick Murray, from Berwickshire. Patrick Murray died in 1842 and his daughters succeeded to the estate. In 1878 Cardean was sold to James Cox, jute manufacturer, Dundee and 20 years later the family purchased the estate of Drumkilbo form Lord Wharncliffe In 1882 the family removed to Lochee to Lyndhurst, which Edward Cox had built alongside Clement Park, the home of his parents. They continued to live there until 1890, when they made their home at Cardean. Following the death of Edward Cox, both estates passed to his trustees. On the death of his widow, Cardean Estate fell to Dr J Ernest Cox, of Methven Castle, and subsequently to his trustees; while Drumkilbo Estate, on the death of Mrs Edward Cox, became the property of Mr John EC Cox. In 1951 the adjoining estates of Cardean and Drumkilbo, near Meigle, were sold. Lord Elphinstone, brother-in-law of the Queen, purchased the mansion-houses of Cardean and Drumkilbo, the policies, three farms on Cardean and two on Drumkilbo on behalf of himself and his son, the Master of Elphinstone. The area of Cardean Estate covered approximately 1179 acres and included Braidestone Mill, Blackhill and Baitland. Drumkilbo included the farms of Arnbog and Langlogie.

Captain William Newsam McClean

The collection was created by Captain William Newsam McClean, a freelance hydrologist. Born in 1874 he was educated at Rugby and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained a first in Mechanical Sciences in 1895. In 1908 he became Director and Chairman of the Cannock Chase Colliery Company and was also in charge of subsidiary railway and electric companies as well as privately providing an engineering consultancy. During the First World War he served time with the Royal Engineers, the Australian Corps and the 9th Corps, retiring with the rank of Captain. He returned to the Cannock Chase Colliery Company as Chairman and Managing Director; however, of particular significance was his role from 1919 as a director of the River Flow Records organisation. McClean was especially interested in the theoretical and practical aspects of hydrology and this aspect of his life grew in importance as time went on. Even as early as 1912 he was one of the first people in Britain to measure river flow using a current-meter instrument, and in 1913 had initiated the first systematic approach to river gauging on the River Garry at Invergarry. Because of his commercial activities he had become quite affluent and thus was able to spend a large percentage of his own fortune gathering scientific data on river flows. One of his aims in later life was to convince the government that the heavy rainfall in Scotland meant that harnessing and exploiting Scotland's water power was a viable possibility. In 1929 he began to measure river flow on the River Dee, installing a gauge at Cairnton, and later installed gauges on the River Spey. Indeed, his pioneering work in developing a database of river flow measurements later proved of great value in the planning and development of hydro-electric schemes for the rivers Garry, Moriston, Foyers and Spey. He died in 1968.

Canongate Publishers

Canongate was founded by Stephanie and Angus Wolfe Murray in 1973. After a period of turbulent trade, the Company was purchased by Publisher and Managing Director, Jamie Byng in 1994. Under Byng's leadership, the independent publishing company re-emerged as one of the UK's most dynamic and successful publishing companies. Canongate has a strong international outlook and continues to publish and support new literary talent sourced from across the globe. Canongate's offices are based in Edinburgh and London. The company also have business partners in New York and Melbourne.

Camperdown Pressing Company Ltd

Camperdown Pressing Co Ltd, Calcutta (1923-1942) was the local agency of Cox Bros. Ltd (Dundee) and corresponded with Jute Industries Ltd, Dundee Office. A history of the Cox Agency is an item in the collection. Jute Industries Ltd had its own facilities in Calcutta, Agency No 4., (1909-1946) and these records form a major part of the collection. There were also more easterly connections, through Jute Industries (Proprietary) Ltd, Australia (1922-1951).

Cameron Thomson

  • Person
Cameron Thomson attended Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art from where he graduated in 1968. He has had exhibitions in Dundee, London and New York. He was a teacher of Art for six years. He married and was later divorced from Eileidh Campbell one of the best students of textile design at D of J. In 1978 he founded the Seer Centre which is dedicated to promoting rural regeneration, sustainable agriculture and organic products. He married Moira, another Duncan of Jordanstone graduate.

Calum Laird

  • Person
  • fl 1979-
Calum started working for DC Thomson in 1979. He worked on Jackie, Blue Jeans, Commando, Etcetra, Classic Legends, Dandy and in the Syndication Dept. In 2015 he was editor of the Commando. He did a Masters and then by 2018 gained a PhD in Comics at the University of Dundee

Callander and Oban Railway Company

The Callander and Oban Railway Company was incorporated in July 1865 with the support of the Caledonian Railway, the result of many years of speculation about the opening up of the mineral resources of the Highlands. Construction work was slow, with funds running out completely for a time, but the line eventually opened in July 1880 and remained independent until it was absorbed by the London, Midland and Scottish Railway in 1923. The line closed in March 1966.
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