Minutes 1835-1882; letter books 1844-1883; shareholding records 1860-1879; contract book 1846-1848; conveyance books 1846-1863; day book 1850-1853; miscellaneous correspondence, financial, legal and parliamentary papers relating to affairs of the company, particularly Railway Bills, and including some relating to Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company 1838-1864 - subjects covered include various actions against the company, railway bridge at Perth 1844-1848, station at Perth c.1846, Dundee harbour 1847-1851, accidents at Pilmore Bridge 1848 and Montrose 1849; also includes correspondence between Shiell and Small and Co and J K Brunel 1849, carriage of H M Mails, 1842-1848, subscription contracts 1846-1847
Summary MS 66/10/1 Minute books, memorandum and material relating to the firm's history. 1920-1985 MS 66/10/2 Shareholding records. 1920-1974 MS 66/10/3 Accounts ledgers and journals. 1887-1958 MS 66/10/4 Miscellaneous financial. 1920-1949 MS 66/10/5 Wages and salaries records. 1904-1963 MS 66/10/6 Order and sales books. 1900-1948 MS 66/10/7 Jute stock books. 1941-1951 MS 66/10/8 Miscellaneous raw jute records. 1939-1954 MS 66/10/9 Delivery books. 1939-1940 MS 66/10/10 Agreements. 1921-1940 MS 66/10/11 Correspondence and miscellaneous. 1913-1949 MS 66/10/12 Photographs and artefacts. 1892-1986 MS 66/10/13 Valuations. 1931-1954 MS 66/10/14 Plans. 1955-1979 MS 66/10/15 Publications, pamphlets and press cuttings. 1922-2003
Diaries 1923-1981; financial records 1922-1972; correspondence 1933-1975; Red Cross records 1939-1975; press cuttings 1868-1939; ephemera [1930s]-[1940s]; maps and travel guides 1927-[1940s]; art 1923-1947; publications [1940s]; photographs c 1875-c 1960.