University of Dundee Archives

MS 457
Collection
2001

Biography of Mr Joseph Millar, written for his grandson, Jamie. Details stories from WW2, describes his parent's lives in the 1940s and 1950s, family relationships, childhood friends and games, school, and Dundee street life. Also stories around the cinema, dancehalls, buster stalls and holidays. Details his employment, his married and family life, and his career as a darts player.

Joseph Millar

Kinnear Local Collection of Books

KLoc
Collection
18th - 21st century

Collection of publications about the local area , including people and places of Dundee, Forfarshire (Angus), Perthshire and north Fife. Subjects include geography, local authority reports, poetry and literature, biographies, music, history, tourism publications, and some newspapers

Charles Lorimer papers

MS 286
Collection
1955-1962

Material relating to Charles Lorimer's employment in India as an employee of the Northbrook and Kinnison Jute Mill Companies

Mr Charles Lorimer

Abertay Historical Society

MS 21
Collection
1935-2012

Constitution, rules and related papers 1948-1978; minute books of Council and general meetings with related material 1947-2004; financial records 1947-1998; Programme Secretary files 1973-1998; Publication Secretary files 1952-2000; Archaeological Section reports, correspondence and notices, questionnaires and schedules relating to the Society's excursions, correspondence between Abertay Historical Society and various agencies, 1973-1996; correspondence relating to the Abertay Archaeological Section and other archaeological organisations 1959-1970; miscellaneous photographs, letters and notes 1960-c.1975; miscellaneous photographs and publications c.1972-2000; research conducted by former members 20th century; miscellaneous material. 1957-1988

Abertay Historical Society

Alfred McDougall WWI papers

MS 385
Collection
1916-1950s

/1 Alfred McDougall portrait on postcard, in army uniform, nd /2 Box with inscription '2187 Dundee Alfred J.G McDougall', contains 1 Special Constabulary Service medal; 1 British War Medal 1914-1918; 1 Allied Victory Medal /3 Discharge certificate, 1916 /4 Character cerificate, including reason for discharge and date, 1916 /5 Army Injury Report on McDougall, describing gunshot to the head and chest, 26th July 1918 /6 Army Injury Report on McDougall, describing his hospitalisation for bronchial pneumonia, 22nd October 1918 /7 Army Injury Report on McDougall, describing his hospitalisation for seborrhoea, 30th December 1918 /8 Protection Certificate and Certificate of Identity, 1919 /9 Soldier's Demobilization Account, 1919 /10 Certificate of Transfer to Reserve on Demobilization, 21st March 1919 /11 War Savings Association book, 1920s-1930s /12 Preservation of health on field service booklet, nd /13 Document holder for discharged soliders /14 Ration book, 1953-1954

Alfred McDougall

Aberfeldy District Cottage Hospital

THB 33
Collection
1850-1983

Aberfeldy District Cottage Hospital

Tayside Health Board

Alan Sharp papers

MS 454
Collection
c1965-c2013

Screenplays, inc shooting scripts, handwritten drafts by Sharp and print outs. Partial manuscripts of unpublished novels. Notebooks containing journal entries and ideas and notes. Personal letters between Sharp, his family and friends, and professional correspondence

Alan Sharp

First World War Collection

MS 106
Collection
1914-1993

Miscellaneous documents relating to World War I and in particular to Private James Braid, Captain Patrick Duncan, William Cuthill and Captain John (Jack) Macqueen, including war poetry, correspondence, military documents, photographs, maps and plans, 1915-1919.

Spear; Hilda (1926-2014); Dr

Rental of Dunbog Estate

MS 175
Collection
1767

Rental of Dunbog Estate; [the property of Sir Lawrence Dundas, nr Newburgh, Fife], crop 1767. Lists tenants, rents, livestock and crop produced. [1p].

Dundas Family, Marquesses of Zetland

Loose pages from statutory factory register

MS 186
Collection
1915-1927

Loose pages that have come free from the statutory factory register

Sydney Scroggie

MS 273
Collection
1896-2004

Writings of Sydney Scroggie, 1954-2004; Correspondence, 1929-2004; Newspapers, 1896-1992; Publications, 1978-1995.

Sydney Scroggie

David Paterson Collection

MS 276
Collection
1911-2013

Copies of correspondence, newspaper cuttings, film and photographs relating to Kinniston Jute Mill and to David Paterson Jnr and Snr's time in India.

David Paterson

Dundee Clinical Club

MS 62
Collection
1894-1917

Minute books 1894-1917.

Dundee Clinical Club

Corstorphine/Taylor Collection

MS 27
Collection
c 1860-1993

Manuscripts of, notes for, and correspondence relating to a proposed Flora of Angus by Robert Henry Corstorphine and Mrs Margaret Corstorphine, continued by [Sir] George Taylor, mainly c.1910-1960. [See also: papers retained by Department of Biological Sciences].

George Taylor and Margaret Corstorphine

Dundee Royal Infirmary

THB 1
Collection
1793-1998

Charters, Bye-laws and Regulations 1878-1899, Reports 1826-1946, Minutes 1793- 1974, Financial Records 1894 -1975, Patients' Records 1842-1970, Staff Records 1865-1991, Dundee Convalescent Home 1872-1948, Legal Documents 1848-1969, Administration Records 1931-1991, Leisure and Recreation 1933-1963, Records of Other Hospitals (East Poor House Hospital) 1909-1946, Publications c 1946-1985, Microfilms and Microfiche c 1840-1999, Photographs c 1920-1923, Plans 1925-1949.

Dundee Royal Infirmary

Dundee Medical Society

MS 63
Collection
1864-1987

Minutes 1864-1871; roll of members 1864; 'Dundee Medical Club: A Short History' c 1987.

Dundee Medical Society

College and Collegiate Church of The Holy Spirit, Isle of Cumbrae

MS 54
Collection
1832-1929

Sermons, prayers, orders of service, etc. c.1854-1900; constitution and statutes 1851-c.1901; calendars 1865-1878; presentations, collations, ordinations, etc., mainly diocese of Argyll and The Isles 1826-1926; correspondence including letters from George Frederick Boyle, 1832-1929.

College and Collegiate Church of The Holy Spirit

Papers regarding Clementina Stirling Graham

MS 113
Collection
1863 - 1875

Photocopies and transcripts made in the 1990s by Henny King of personal correspondence of Clementina Stirling Graham c.1863 - 1875; play written by Henny King on the life of Clementina Stirling Graham entitled 'Mystifications'

Henny King

Dundee Naturalists Society

MS 80
Collection
1876-1983

Annual Reports 1876-1882; syllabuses, programmes and tickets 1880-1938 and 1982-1983; proceedings and transactions 1912-1915; miscellaneous 1895-1950; Photocopies of various records of the Dundee Naturalists' Society 1877-1937.

Dundee Naturalists Society

Joseph Johnston Lee

MS 88
Collection
1898-2007

Journals kept by Joseph Lee while a prisoner of war in Germany 1916-1918 and in later years when a journalist in London, which include sketches, photographs and miscellanea; also includes sketches of figures drawn by Lee at the Slade School of Art 1898-1948; local magazines edited by Lee 1907-1913; miscellaneous papers and correspondence relating to poetry, including correspondence with Robert Bridges 1914-1948; correspondence relating to his period of captivity in Karlsruhe Prisoner-of-War camp 1917-1918; miscellaneous correspondence 1913-1919; photographs 1914-1948; miscellaneous Material. c 1914 - 2007.

Joseph Johnston Lee

Dundee University Operatic Society

RU 109
Collection
1975-2002

Students' Asscociation society: includes correspondence, minutes of general annual meeting and committee meetings. Programme booklets for productions, 'The Boyfriend', 'The Gondoliers', 'Mikado', 'Kiss me Kate', 'Iolanthe', 'Orpheus in the Underworld', 'Godspell', 'Guys and Dolls', 'Oklahoma', 'The Merry Widow'.

Dundee University Operatic Society

Bert Barnett photographic collection

UR-STU 8
Collection
1964-1968

CD of digital photographs of Bert Barnett and fellow architecture students including those taken in the Art College, 1967-1968, canteen, miscellaneous images 1964-1966 and 'Sleepy People' , a college band at rehearsals featuring Ric Russell and Dick Cannon amongst others; 2 printed emails giving a brief history of Bert's time at Art College and a list of captions for the photographs.

Bert Barnett

Strathmartine Hospital

THB 8
Collection
1853-1999

Charters, Bye-Laws and Regulations 1911-1944; Reports 1855-1985; Minutes 1853-1987; Patients' Records 1854-1991; Chromatographic Unit Records 1962-1985; Financial Records 1929-1993; Staff Records 1915-1983; Visitors' Books 1916-1966; Legal Records 1863-1924; Administration Records 1901-1976; Property Records 1901-1964; Associations and Clubs 1965-1985; Todhill Farm Training Home 1945-1958; Newspaper Cuttings 1929-1971; Publications and Histories c 1894-1999; Mental Health & Education Acts and Regulations 1913-1960; Photographs c1923-1973; Audio Cassettes 1985; Plans 1897-1967.

Strathmartine Hospital (Baldovan Institute)

A & S Henry & Co Ltd

MS 86
Collection
1853-1987

MS 86/I Samnugger Jute Factory Co Ltd MS 86/II Victoria Jute Factory Co Ltd MS 86/III Titaghur Jute Factory Co Ltd MS 86/IV Angus Company Ltd MS 86/V Thomas Duff & Co Ltd MS 86/VI Hardie and Smith Ltd MS 86/VII The Dundee Brattice Cloth and Waterproofing Co Ltd MS 86/VIII Victoria Road Calendering Co MS 86/IX Moore & Weinberg (Dundee) Ltd MS 86/X Jaffe Brothers Co (Dundee) Ltd MS 86/XI Cargill & Co Ltd MS 86/XII William Watson (Dundee) Ltd MS 86/XIII James Stiven Ltd MS 86/XIV English Spinners Ltd MS 86/XV Arctic Leather Goods Company, Dundee MS 86/XVI E Carr & Sons Ltd, London MS 86/XVII Joseph Grave & Co Ltd, Manchester MS 86/XVIII Hillbank Bag Factory, Dundee MS 86/XIX A & S Henry & Co (Dundee) Ltd MS 86/XX A & S Henry & Co MS 86/XXI United Kingdom Jute Goods Association Ltd MS 86/XXII Indian Jute Mills Association MS 86/XXIII Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry MS 86/XXIV British Jute Trade Research Association MS 86/XXV Miscellaneous Records MS 86/XXVI Miscellaneous Photographs MS 86/XXVII Tay Spinners Ltd

A & S Henry & Co Ltd

Charles Tennant Collection of Maps and Plans

MS 51
Collection
1782-1835

Maps and plans of Angus, Perthshire, St Phillips, Minorca and Gibraltar. Some of these plans correlate with legal documents held in MS 105 Shiell & Small Collection

Charles Tennant

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