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Family correspondence

(1) Postcards, the majority sent by John [Alex] to his parents, containing news of school and his photography projects, about his travels around Europe, and news whilst working on his first and subsequent assignments 1950-1970
(2) Letter from Marianne Low [nee Wenzel] to ‘Mama and Papa’ describing the house she and John [Alex] have just moved into, 1962, with 3 postcards sent while visiting Germany, 1960-1966
(3) Letter to his parents describing Alex’s assignment around India, 1965
(4) Letter to his parents from Alex in Buenos Aires describing his assignment in Argentina, and his plan to do stories in the USA, 1970
(5) 2 postcards, written in German, but signed by eldest daughter Melanie and addressed to 'Familie Alexander Low', 1972
(6) Home-made Valentine’s card, nd

Family photographs

(1) Album of loose studio portraits of Alex JS Low as a baby and boy, some with sister, Jean Mary Lindesay Low, 1930s
(2) Bundle of photographs and photocards of Alex as a baby and toddler, some annotated, 1930s
(3) Photographs of Alex as a baby and young boy, 1930s, mounted on decorated cards [5] with personal messages and sent to Anna Philpott in 2004
(4) Seaford College, Worthing: annotated photos of buildings, with photo of pupils, and note of where Alex is seated, 1948 [needs flattened]
(5) ‘AJSL Dorlo in 1949 & sea scout & dogs cross country & orchard & plane’ album of annotated snapshots, 1940s
(6) Bundle of photographs, many annotated, charting Alex’s life from prep school, featuring his family home Dorlo House, his RAF National Service and travelling in Europe, in his MG car, his wedding day to Marianne Wenzel, and as photo-journalist, 1940s-1960s
(7) Melanie Low: photographs as Melanie as a baby, including one with Alex H Low and her mother Marianne, 1962, with snapshots of her as a toddler, some with her mother, 1963
(8) Family group, annotated as showing Marianne, daughter Melanie Low, Alexander JS Low, their son Alexander JC Low, and Alex’s parents, AH Low and DL Low, c1969
(9) Charlie Low [Alex’s younger son]: photo of Charlie with Alex on a beach, 1976, with photo of Charlie with Graham Harrison by coast-breaker, c1979, school French credit certificate, 1988, photos of Charlie horse-jumping, c1988 and with the UK Pony Club team, 1992. Also email print-out from Charlie with news of his health and competitions, 2008
(10) Mandy Low [Alex’s youngest daughter]: photographs and contact sheets by Bert Hardy of Mandy at Coombe Farm, 1981, school photograph, c1990, studio photograph of Mandy with her husband and children, c2008, photograph of Myles Cowling, Mandy’s son, c2008
(11) Alexander JC Low [Alex’s elder son]: 2 photographs of AJC Low and female, 1989, with email message re iCards, 2008
(12) Photographs of Alex, with some copies, at his home and on the coast of Devon, fishing on the River Yealm and the south Deveon coast, sailing at the Isle of Man, and at Plymouth Sound, 2002-2016
(13) Photographs of Alex with Anna Philpott on the beach, at a house, and in Alaska, 2006-2007
(14) Photographs of Alex, with his two daughters and grandchildren, 2017

Financial papers

(1) Page from Financial Review for Investors with article on wills and bequests, 1908
(2) National Bank of Scotland bank books [2] showing Annie Low’s income and expenditure, 1921-1933
(3) Account showing final distribution of funds under the will of Sir Edward J Harland with accompanying letter to Mrs Low, 1922
(4) Receipts relating to 46 Gunnersbury Avenue, Ealing, 1942
(5) Bundle of stamped cheques, 1943-1944

Financial papers

(1) Business accounts ledger, 1873
(2) Costs of marriage settlement of Charles Watson Low, 1900
(3) Inventory and valuation of 23 Wellington Court, Hyde Park, London W9, 1904, with balance sheets of values, and blank visiting card, 1904-1915 [volume cover has mould damage} with photocopy
(4) Bundle of share certificates, some in the name of VA Low, c1906-c1945
(5) Revised schedule of items for insurance with accompanying letter, 1907
(6) Personal accounts ledgers [2] for CW and VA Low, 1910-1925
(7) Insurance valuations, mainly of jewellery, 1919-1925 with list, possibly noting which family members are to receive items, nd
(8) Letter re temporary share certificates, 1925
(9) Scrap of doctors account, 1926
(10) Inventory & Valuation of property and effects of CW Low, 1928
(11) Correspondence, mainly to Violet, concerning duty and payments on her husband's estate, 1928-1929
(12) Account and receipt for the funeral of CW Low, 1929
(13) Receipts for payment of CW Low’s legacies, 1929

Financial papers

(1) Valuation of jewellery, 1919
(2) List of insured jewellery and values, 1926
(3) National Bank of Scotland account book, 1929
(4) Bills, receipts, shares, statements, other financial related papers, many as a result of CW Low’s death, 1928-1930
(5) Letters [one partial] between Violet and Alick [AG Low] about financial matters, 1929
(6) Receipts and letters to VA Low and AG Low regarding burial and gravestone of CW Low at St James cemetery, Highgate, 1929-1931
(7) Solicitor’s correspondence, mostly to AH Low, relating to Violet’s finances, and to her estate, 1929-1933
(8) Papers relating to Violet’s estate, dealt with by AH Low, including valuations and inventory of jewellery and property, AA valuation of a Rolls Royce, and receipts and letters about duty paid, 1928-1933
(9) Receipts and invoices relating to Violet’s funeral, 1931
(10) Catalogue for furniture of 20 Cleveland Gardens, Bayswater, with letter and lists, most addressed to AH Low, 1931

Financial papers

(1) Bundle of personal bills, 1870s- 1900
(2) Letter and receipt from military outfitters, 1890-1891
(3) Wellington College fees for pupil GJEA West, 1892
(4) Stamped receipt for term fees, 1895
(5) Letter to Colonel West regarding his India Office annuity, 1898
(6) Letters and receipts for payment concerning debts incurred by GA West, 1898-1899

Financial papers

(1) Letters, receipts and and statement of account for EA Elliott, 1868-1874
(2) Cheques, shares and business letters, 1870s – 1909
(3) Letters relating to financial and business matters, including those of her son and of her husband, of shares, of the Elliot Trust, West’s Estate, club memberships, with letters and statements of accounts relating to the Hallow Estate, 1875-1928
(4) Invoices, receipts, cards and letters of personal and domestic expenditure, including Mr & Mrs West’s collection of silver storage bills from Dixon’s Depository, 1879-1931
(5) Letters, receipts, and invoices relating to debts and payments to be made on behalf of Lieutenant GA West, including Trustees account, letter and receipt relating to costs, 1897-1912
(6) Solicitor statement of costs [damaged] concerning EA West’s will, 1918
(7) Charges as to appointment in favour of Capt. GEJA West, 1927

Financial papers

(1) Receipt for the administration of Alexander Hally’s will, 1847
(2) Notice of legacy duties to pay under Alexander Hally’s will, 1849
(3) Engraver’s receipts [2] for jewellery, 1861
(4) Note, copied from ‘The Times’, 1866 of the death of Major Kirkpatrick and his assets, nd
(5) Letter from Alexander Easton relating to an unknown payment, 1867
(6) Copy statement of assets of deceased Joseph Cragg with accompanying letter with accompanying note, 1868
(7) Stock exchange receipts with and notes of stock and related letter, 1869
(8) Letters [2] concerning buying and selling of shares, 1870
(9) Letters {2} between Dr Halley and ‘JSGK’ about risky shares, 1870

Financial papers

(1) Account book, annotated ‘AG Low Vol III June 18 1872 London’
(2) Letter of credit authorising payment of £500 to Alexander Graham Low, 1877
(3) Domestic and personal bills, 1887-1931
(4) Letter authorising sale of shares, from the marriage settlement of AG and Annie Low, with notes on reverse, 1891
(5) Bill of charges for marriage settlement of AG Low with Annie Halley, 1891
(6) National Bank of Scotland letter of indication and list of correspondents, signed AG Low, 1891
(7) AG Low’s notebook containing financial and Trust notes, draft wills and draft of JC Low’s marriage settlement, with lose papers, 1891-1919
(8) Receipt for moneys paid to AG Low as executor of Mrs [Jessie/Janet] Paris [nee Low] of Dundee, 1895
(9) Share certificates and associated letters including Nundydroog Mines, Ltd, 1921, 1895-1936, Coolgardie Gold Fields, 1896, 1899 , Port Curtis Land Company, 1896-1906, Dharwar Gold Mines, 1903-1921
(10) Triple notebook of cashflow and business notes, 1898-1900
(11) Receipt for AG Low membership and 2 x letters of West Middlesex Golf Club, 1903 *
(12) Insurance docket for goods shipped from Yokohama to London, 1909
(13) Letter concerning claim for Super Tax on shares issued by the Vulcan Foundry, 1920
(14) Outline of insurance policy taken under Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923
(15) National Bank of Scotland notebooks of AG Low’s income and expenditure, 1927-1934
(16) Letters to AG and KG Low concerning funding for the care of Captain [GEA] West 1932
(17) Bundle of notices of sales of shares of AG Low deceased, 1936-1937 with receipt of bonds sold by executors of AG Low, 1939

Financial papers

(1) Specifications of works, invoices and receipts for 84 Westbourne Terrace, Paddington, [bought on the family's return from Mexico] including list of articles bought at the De la Rue’s sale, 1866-1899
(2) Insurance certificate for the ‘Christina’, sailing from Rangoon to the UK, 1877
(3) George Stewart & Co payment receipts [3] to AF Low, 1891-1899
(4) Receipt for donation by AF Low to Paddington Green Children’s Hospital, 1895

Frank Buchanan Low (1905-1973)

(1) Mounted photographs of Frank as a child with his sisters, 1905
(2) Photographs [4] and one framed of Frank alone and with family, c1908-1920
(3) Letters and card from Frank to his parents and brother containing personal and school news, and while on service in Belfast. Also postcard from Elsie to her mother-in-law, c1912-1928
(4) Receipts addressed to AG Low and Frank regarding a legacy and his Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve uniforms, 1919-1930
(5) Photograph of Geraldine Elsie, wife of Frank, 1930s with copies
(6) Envelope with list of places and dates relevant to Frank
Genealogical research material

Genealogical research material

(1) 'The Little Red Town & JMB' by Sandra Affleck, 1990 including postcard from the author offering some help and slips of notes, 2008
(2) ‘The World Book of Lows’ with accompanying letters from the publisher to Alex Low, and heraldic shield, 1992
(3) Copies of Alex and Jean’s lineage, with genealogy print outs of Alexander Halley Low, Alexander John Stewart Low and Alex’s London research timetable, 2006-2012
(4) Album of annotated photographs of places associated with members of the Low, Halley, Harland, Pierson and Richardson families, [c2008]
(5) Bundle of draft and finished genealogies of the Halley, Harland, Chabot, Richardson, Gregory and Young, Harpin/Harpham and Low families, [c2008]
(6) Sheets of mounted and annotated photographs of family members [some copies elsewhere in collection], including Alexander Fairweather Low, Emily Jane Halley, Alexander Graham Low, Annie Low and their children, members of the Gregory family, Alexander Halley Low, Philip Victor Low, Gerald H Low, Dorothy Lindesay Low and Alexander JS Low as a child and young man. Also features photographs by Alexander Halley Low while in Canada, 19th century- 1950s
(7) Copies of 19th maps of parts of Dundee, Forfarshire and Perthshire, [c2008]
(8) Mounted extracts of birth certificates for Harriet Mary Low, 1882; Robert Fairweather Low,1900 & 1918; Alexander Halley Low [1892; Harriet Mary Low, 1893; Gerald Harland Low, 1895; Philip Victor Chabot Low, 1916; Kenneth Graham Low, 1902; David Septimus Low, 1908; Margaret Annie, 1910 also mounted marriage certificate extract for AG Low and Annie Halley, 1891, loose marriage certificate extract for AH Low and Dorothy Lindesay Gregory, 1933 and loose copy certificate for the death of Annie Low, 1946

Genealogical research material

(1) ‘Scots in Latin America’ by David Dobson, 2003
(2) Copies of baptism registers, print-outs and leaflets about Kirriemuir, copies of Kirriemuir parish teind roll, Dundee and Kirriemuir directories, with modern notes, [2010]
(3) Lists of AF Low and his family, with photocopies of his residency certificates in Mexico covering 1844-1866
(4) Genealogy print out of Alexander Fairweather Low (1811-1898) Cotton Manufacturer at Tizapan, Mexico City and his family, 2010
(5) Highlighted photocopy of MS 458/1/20/3(3)
(6) Modern list of companies as stamped on MS 458/1/20/4(2)
(7) Reprint of 1866 ‘Across Mexico in 1864-5’ compiled by William Henry Hall, 2010
(8) Copy of 1928 sketch of La Hormiga Cotton factory and print out of 1863 painting of the factory

Gerald Harland Low (1895-1914)

(1) Photograph of three children, possibly Gerald, Alex H and Harriet Low, [1899?]
(2) Letters with personal news from Gerald to his parents while at school, on holiday with his siblings and in Salzburg and Lausanne where he writes he is not suited for ‘a learned profession’ and has decided to go into business, 1900-1913, with cheque from his father, 1913 and letter from Sam Eggar to Alec [AG] Low offering help with Gerald’s future career, 1913 with modern notes
(3) Photograph of Gerald as a boy with his mother and siblings, [c1903]
(4) Watercolour sketches [2] of buildings around Dunster, nd
(5) Sketchbooks, inscribed ‘GH Low’ but containing at least one sketch, 1930, by AG Low, 1906-1907
(6) Cartoon sketch of servant carrying a crown, initialled ‘GHL 1909’
(7) Postcard album with note ‘Old postcards Switzerland inc pics of 1/7/1912 to GH Low of Spiez’, c1912
(8) Single and double frame photographs of GH Low in army uniform, 1914
(9) Mounted and loose photographs, mostly copies, of GH Low in army uniform, 1914
(10) Card, noting Private Gerald Harland Low went missing 31 October at Messines [written in Dutch and Flemish], 1914
(11) Sketch map of Messines 31 October 1914
(12) Certification that as Pte Gerald Harland Low has been missing since 1 November 1914, he is presumed dead, 1916,
(13) News cutting about the 1914 star, 1919
(14) Letter enclosing GH Low’s clasp to his 1914 star, 1921
(15) Verses by CJ Hamilton, ‘It tells of weary watching Of sorrow, grief, & pain’, nd,
(16) Probate papers for Gerald’s death including papers relating Mrs Halley’s estate, 1915-1916
(17) WW1 memorial poster, commemorating the death of Pte Gerald Harland Low, 1 November 1914, aged 19, 1918
(18) ‘Introduction to the registers of the Ypres (Menin Gate) and Tyne Cot, Passchendaele, Memorials Belgium’, with copy of the ‘Memorial Register 29- Part XXV Soldiers from the United Kingdom Knight-Loynton’, 1926
(19) Imperial War Graves Commission order form for their report, 1927
(20) Map of Military cemeteries, listed by allied countries, [c1927?]
(21) Photographs of Indian schoolgirls, including portraits of one [early 20C] , with modern notes speculating she was sponsored in memory of Gerald
(22) Copy of Jack Robson’s war experiences in 1914, with accompanying letter explaining how the description of fighting at Messines Bridge would have been experienced by GH Low, 1930

Hally and Halley genealogical, research and other original papers

(1) File, ‘Halley’ containing copies of genealogy pages, statistical accounts, art cards and history booklets and notes, all relating to Alexander Hally (1733-1795) Rector of Lundie & Fowlis, his family and his Knight relatives, c2007-2008.

Alexander Hally, Madeira:
(2) Envelope ‘Photographic views of Madeira by W.A Stewart’, nd [‘WA Stewart was a partner of William Grant, Funchal who died 1866 & ran business until 1871. W Grant (1788-1866) m Mary Innes of Funchal 1803. A Hally & his sister Marion were sponsors at her baptism. William Grant worked with Alexander Hally of Madeira’. Source: Low/Philpott]
(3) ‘The Beneficent Usurpers: A history of the British in Maderia’, Desmond Gregory (1988)
(4) ‘Casemate’, featuring photograph of Forte de São José, da Pothina, 2007
(5) CD, ‘influência Britânica’, c 2008
(6) 'A Madeira entre 1820 e 1842: relações de poder e influência Britânica', Paulo Migue Rodrigues (2008)
(7) Photographs of Alessandro Hally 1830’s consul documents
(8) Copies of documents, maps and photographs relating to Alexander Hally and Funchal, with transcript of visit to Madeira, 2010 and copy of ‘The Invalid’s Guide to Madeira, 1840’
(9) Tourist map of Madeira, c2010
(10) Copies of ‘H’ pages from [Dundee Directory 1850s] with David and Henry Hazeel marked, with modern sketch family tree of with Alexander highlighted

Dr AH Halley:
(11) Genealogy print-outs, modern notes and copy of Dr Halley’s obituary, with sketch family tree of Alexander and Emily Jane Halley
(12) Copy of 1907 ‘Introduction’ on clan societies,
(13) 'A Tale of Three Cities', ed LS Jacyna, 1989 with places marked where Dr Halley mentioned
(14) Photograph of Alexander Halley’s 1830 membership certificate of the Highland Society

(15) Print outs of genealogy pages and biography of Rev Alexander Hay Halley, 2012

Other Halley family members:
(16) Copies of 1871 and 1901 census pages with annotations relating to Harriet and Dr William Halley
(17) Print outs of William Halley (b1863) WW1 medal card with modern note and other WW1 material relating to Edward Harland Halley, with 1917 and 1919 news cuttings.
(18) War graves printout and snapshot of man in uniform, annotated as Peter Harland Halley, d.1940
(19) Annotated copy of marriage index highlighting Halleys
(20) Modern notes on Robert WO Halley
(21) Photograph of man, woman and dog, with message on revers and annotated as parents of Constance Halley, 1896
(22) Photograph of woman and child on bicycle, annotated as Constance Halley, c1900

Harriet Chabot, nee Beek (c1780-1850)

(1) Duplicate copy of Mrs Chabot of Mexico’s will, 1847 and proved in Doctor’s Commons, 1854
(2) Statement re burial of James Chabot in Mexico, 1850
(3) Copy of Power of Attorney of Harriet Chabot, with letter, 1851
(4) Legal verification of translation of notary documents confirming Felipe Jacobo Chabot and Carlos Tilstone Beke as executors and heirs of Dona Enriqueta Beck de Chabot, with original and letters questioning the documents, 1851-1854

Harriet Mary (Molly) Low (1893-1976)

(1) Letters and postcards between Harriet, family members and friends, 1902-1939, with modern notes
(2) Portrait photograph of Harriet as a baby with her mother and brother, Alex, 1893
(3) Portrait photographs of Harriet as a young woman, c1907
(4) Snapshots of Harriet as a child, alone and with her family, 1900s
(5) Portrait photographs of Harriet as a young woman, and in her Red Cross Uniform, c1916
(6) Annotated snapshots of Harriet with her adopted children, Michael and Betty, 1930s
(7) Snapshots [colour] of house, [The Parks, Minehead?], c2007
(8) Annotated photocopy of family group photograph with modern genealogy note
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