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A Short Family History.

A Short Family History. Being an Account of a family of Lawson their Progenitors and Kinsmen by W. Fraser Mitchell. Other family names discussed include: Burnett, Carnegie, Johnson, Kinnear, Laing, Mitchell, Petrie, Watson, Wood. [See also [p.43] for outline biography of W. Fraser Mitchell].

Cassette tape: Schola Clara: The High School of Dundee, 1911-1918, spoken by W. Fraser Mitchell.

Gives brief outline of history, duties and running of the school and names of masters and staff. Includes personal reminiscences by the author, of important local and national personalities and events during this period, in particular the founding of the English Association by Easton S. Valentine; Rev. George Gilfillan and Rachel Annand Taylor; Captain Scott's Antarctic Expedition, and the sinking of the ship 'Titanic'.

Letter, 11 November 1977. W. Fraser Mitchell to A.F. Meredith.

Includes: Notes and anecdotes concerning women in Universities, University College Dundee staff, Dundee personalities and some Dundee buildings including St. John's (Roseangle Parish Church), Botanical Gardens. Also includes reference to Hilda Lorimer, Dr Robert Roger, Juliet Ogilvie, Dr R.C. Buist; [?A.E.] Morgan (Principal of University College, Hull), Rev. David Morison Ross, Dr ? [A.C.] Ewing; Frederick Wainwright

Notes for proposed illustrated talk: A Century of Dundee Life, 1865-1965

Recollections of Mrs W.F. Mitchell (1861-1948) and her son Professor W. Fraser Mitchell (1900- ). Includes: List of suggested illustrative material. [Originally compiled as "a possible contribution to Mr Jackson's occasional serial descriptions of Dundee given under the title of 'Peter Jackson's Dundee', with collaboration of Mr Boyd of the Dundee Art Galleries and Museum Service"].