Notes entitled 'Co-operation in Dundee c 1790-1940' by William Duncan concerning labour relations and co-operative societies in Dundee, Broughty Ferry and Monifieth and including biographical notes with bibliography and index, 1940-1942. Volume of notes concerning labour relations in general and the co-operative societies in Dundee, Broughty Ferry, and Monifieth, in particular includes biographical notes on John Barrow, W.H. Crooks, John Leese, Robert Martin, William Phillips, James Wilkie. Includes bibliography and index. [113pp] [Copy typescript] 1940-1942 pp1-23 political and social conditions in Dundee, 19th and 20th centuries; with bibliography. pp25-35 notes from Dundee Year Books, 1878-1916, mainly concerning labour relations. pp36-73 notes on the origins of the co-operative movement in general and on the co-operative societies in Dundee, in particular includes food price lists 1882 and 1904. pp73-110 notes on co-operation in Dundee 1918-1939 from press reports.
/1 Glass plate negative of Anne Rettie [known as Isabel] and Jennetta Rettie [known as Winnie], c1910; /2 Mounted print of nurses and patients, 'Lochee Red Cross Hospital. 14-18 Mar' c1916; /3 Menu: '25 Thomson Street, 28th July 1885' [this is William Low's address]
Essay entitled The Law of Trust concerning the history and legality of trust laws in Scotland and England, 1856; Biographical notes on David Peter Chalmers, undated.
A Century of Service. (1861-1961). Wilson & Sons (Dundee) Ltd, animal foodstuff manufacturers, Caledonian Oil Mills, Dundee. A brief history of the firm illustrated with photographs.
To "Dear Sister & Brother & Family". Gives account of everyday life of a Scottish immigrant family during the American Civil War, and refers to the Emancipation Bill 1863. [Photocopy: ]
Photocopies of correspondence and personal documents relating to the death of James Milton Robb and the search for his journal, c 1944-1947; Journal of 1st Lieutenant James Milton Robb entitled 'Carry On!' kept during imprisonment at Japanese prisoner-of-war camp in the Philippines, 1941-1944; Copy of newspaper report of death of Monica Cowles Robb
The Scots Language Resource Centre gathers material in or on Scots. The Centre works with other organisations to develop new teaching resources and it acts as an information exchange for folk organisations and material concerning the Scots tongue. The SLRC is funded by the Scottish Arts Council and Perth and Kinross Council and gets additional money from members and people that support the Scots tongue. The Centre is in the AK Bell library in Perth and is staffed every day. The SLRC is a member of the European Bureau of Lesser Used Language (EBLUL) and takes part in the meetings of the Scottish Parliament's cross party group on the Scots language.
Volume containing notes relating to miscellaneous subjects including Russian flax, alphabetical index of companies and organisations, list of opinions regarding sundry firms, lists of roses 'Briars Season', inventory of household goods, cuttings about coin sales.
Papers relating to Dundee University Library, Library Committee and Management Committee, 1972-1995; AUT journals, 1963-1994; correspondence and notes relating to the history of the University, 1974-1993; records and research material relating to exhibitions, 1977-1979; papers relating to the Dundee Civic Trust, 1970-1994.
Photocopied letters from Australia to Joan Auld, Dundee University Archivist, relating to the ship 'Ellengowan' used by missionaries sailing to Australia in the late 19th century, 1991, 1994.
Records concerning the centenary of the birth of Sir Robert Alexander Watson-Watt (1892-1973), including photographs, articles, typescript of lecture and video of tribute 'The Watson-Watt Centenary: a Tribute by Professor R. Hanbury Brown to Sir Robert Watson-Watt, The Father of Radar', 1912-1993.
Photocopies of correspondence of Alexander Bell, F.R.C.S. (1776-1852), surgeon in Dundee, concerning business, family, military and medical matters, 1803-1834.
Memoranda, 1889, 1885; Pay list of mechanics, 1895; Wages records, 1893, 1922; Comparisons of reductions and advances, Dundee and Montrose, 1873-1892; Photograph of machinery, undated.
Records concerning the life and adventures of Mary Eleanor Bowes (1749-1800) with correspondence from Robert Maxtone Graham concerning the Maxtone Graham family, 1776-1993. These records were transferred from Dundee University Library in 1993. They were found enclosed in a copy of 'The Confessions of the Countess of Strathmore, Written by Herself' (London, 1793). Mary Eleanor Bowes (1749-1800), Countess of Strathmore, was born in 1749, the only child of George Bowes (1701-1767) and Mary Gilbert. In 1767 she inherited her father's estate and on 24 February married John Lyon (later Bowes-Lyon), Earl of Strathmore. He died in 1776 and in the same year she married Andrew Stoney whom she later divorced in 1789 following his mistreatment of her. She died on 28 April 1800 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. Her love affairs were published in 'The confessions of the Countess of Strathmore, written by herself' (London, 1793).
Camperdown Masonic Lodge, no. 317: The Book of the Bazaar, Kinnaird Hall, Dundee, 28-30 March, 1901. Includes advertisements, poems, recipes and articles including: Sketch of the history of Masonic Lodge Camperdown, No. 317, Dundee. Thomas Hood and Dundee, Norval Scrymgeour, M.J.I. Fashion Notes for both Sexes, Frances K. Scrymgeour. Freemasonry, Bro. D. Crawford, F.S.A. (Scotl.) Lodge Camperdown Bazaar (poem), Bro. A.M. Soutar, Bard, Lodge Panmure No. 299. The Story of the World's Shipping, "A.C." Neevie-neevie-nick-nack. (A Ballad of Bairnhood dedicated to the Auld Folk). William Harvey, Stirling Royal Arch No. 76. Robert Burns as a Freemason, Bro. William Harvey, Stirling Royal Arch, No. 76. Masonic Hymn, words by Bro. A.M. Soutar, Bard, Lodge Panmure, No. 299, tune, St Oswald. The Bazaar Book that failed, "D.C.M.G". London.
Kelly Castle by Arbroath: A Conservation Report on the Architectural Drawings for the 1864 Restoration' by Anna Spackman, including history and pictures of the castle and an account of the drawings and their conservation, with photographs, [1980]; Photocopies of National Monuments Record of Scotland photographs of the castle including interiors, dovecot and ground plan, undated; Prospectus for sale of castle, 1980.