Copies of papers and photographs relating to Mr William Allan during his time in India working for Andrew Yule & Co. and then as mill manager in the Dalhousie and Northbrook mills.
Correspondence 1944-1955; miscellanea 1943-1945; photographic collection of c 130,000 original and copy prints, transparencies and glass plate and film negatives.
Correspondence between David J MacDonald, the Duke of Atholl and others discussing conferences, meetings and plans relating to post-war employment. Refers to ex-servicemen apprenticeships, small local industries, particularly in rural areas, and the Lord Roberts workshop.
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.
Notebook belonging to John Grant, Spinning Department, Angus Jute Works, West Bengal describing the spinning department and detailing spindles, drives, machinery and production; Essentials of Colloquial Hindustani by Mohiuddin Ahmad, owned and annotated by John Grant
The collection has been arranged into the following sub-fonds: MS 66/I Thomas Bell & Sons (of Dundee) Ltd 1812-1942 MS 66/II Cox Brothers Ltd c 1791-2002 MS 66/III Gilroy Sons & Co Ltd 1849-1933 MS 66/IV J & A D Grimond Ltd 1863-1953 MS 66/V John N Kyd & Co Ltd 1850-1961 MS 66/VI Harry Walker & Sons Ltd 1847-c 1960 MS 66/VII F S Stewart Sandeman & Sons Ltd 1903-1936 MS 66/VIII John Lowson Jnr & Co Ltd 1874-1955 MS 66/IX Boase Spinning Co Ltd 1862-1987 MS 66/X Sidlaw Industries Ltd 1887-2003 MS 66/XI Miscellaneous associated, affiliated and subsidiary companies of Jute Industries Ltd MS 66/XII Miscellaneous and Unidentified Papers 1884-c.1950
Minutes and Charters Incorported 1875, Reports 1901-1972, Patients' Records 1906-1993, Staff Records 1912-1990, Financial Records 1889-c1990, Administration Records c1950-1998, Exhibition Records c 1962, Publications 1925-1989, Photographs (Glass Plate Negatives) c1910-1960. (N.B. A series for Minutes has been allocated as further accruals are expected, however none have yet been received.)
Interviews recorded of members of the public who gave accounts of their experiences of living and working in India prior to 1960, in addition to photographs and publications donated to the project relating to life in India.
Professor Swinfen, History Department of the University of Dundee
Material pertaining to the employment of William Norrie in the Barnagore Jute Mill Company in India between 1949 and 1952, where he was employed as a Mill Mechanic. Items relating to Mr Norrie's employment in India
Material pertaining to the employment of Alexander Brown, a Mill clerk for Andrew Yule and Co., who lived in Calcutta with his wife between 1946 and 1963.
Collection of various papers and photographs relating to Mr John Falconer and his employment both in Scotland and New Zealand, but mainly concerning his employment in India, between 1901 and 1910
Correspondence and accounts 1923-1939, reports and memos relating to finance and property 1923-1927, despatch books 1969 1975; work study records c 1970 1983.
Minutes 1900-1978; register of members, transfers, shares and annual summaries 1900-1978; financial papers 1874-1979; wages records 1957-1968; stock books, jute purchases and sales 1926-1979; news cuttings, mainly from the Kidderminster Shuttle, relating to the British jute industry 1900-1932.
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.
Minutes 1948-1971; Staff Records 1893-1974; Patients' Records 1929-1974; Visitors Books 1948-1991; Administration Records 1964-1981; Financial Records 1964-1967; Legal Records 1963-1964; Newspaper Cuttings 1967; Microfilm Records 1935-1991; East Poor House Hospital Records 1903-1950; Photographs, 1953.
Reports, the Board of Directors and the Board of Lunacy. 1865-1948 Financial Records. 1906-1944 Patient Records. 1864-1985 Staff Records. 1829-1949 Records relating to asylum grounds and farm. 1939-1966 Publications. 1838-1963 Photographs and paintings. 1838-c 1960 Maps and Plans. 1864-1958
Minutes of Executive Committee 1936-1947; Minutes of Management Committee 1875-1893; 1894-1908; 1909-1915, 1916- 1945; 1946-1997; Minutes book of the Ladies Committee, 1886; Indexed staff records including training dates, sick days, annual leave, 1957-1970