Inventory. Acc Papers and Correspondence of Seton Gordon CBE

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1 Acc.7451 December 2006 Inventory Acc.7451 Papers and Correspondence of Seton Gordon CBE National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: Fax: Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

2 Box 1 General Correspondence Box 2 General Correspondence Box 3 General Correspondence Box 4 General Correspondence Box 5 Box 6 General Correspondence , n.d. Letters to Seton Gordon from: a. Charles, Prince of Wales Philip, Duke of Edinburgh Private secretaries and others b. Edward, Prince of Wales , 1970 c. Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Cantenbury d. Francis Jay Underhill e. Ralph Shirley f. Hugh Lewen , n.d. g. Rubert h. Official war-time correspondence Box 7 Family Correspondence, letters of Catriona Seton Gordon Box 8 Family Correspondence, letters of Catriona Seton Gordon Box 9 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon Box 10 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon Box 11 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon Box 12 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon Box 13 Family Correspondence, letters of Bridie Seton Gordon Box 14 a. Family Correspondence, letters of Bridie Seton Gordon b. Family Correspondence, letters of S.G. to his wife , n.d. c. early letters of the children Box 15 Family correspondence and papers a. Printed, typescript and manuscript copies of poems and songs by Ella Mary Gordon, mother of Seton Gordon. b. 1. Letters to Audrey Pease (later Mrs Seton Gordon) from her brother, Cuthbert, Memorials to Captain Cuthbert Pease, Letters of condolence, c. School Reports and related correspondence concerning D A Seton Gordon

3 (Alasdair, son of Seton Gordon) d. Letters to Audrey Pease (later Mrs Seton Gordon) , 1944, n.d. (including two letters from Edward, Prince of Wales, 1913) e. Letters, press-cuttings etc relating to the Gordon and Pease families, f. Certificate and correspondence relating to the C.B.E. award to Seton Gordon, 1939 Box 16 Diaries of Seton Gordon, , , Box 17 Diaries of Seton Gordon, Box 18 Diaries and notebooks of Audrey Seton Gordon, Box 19 Manuscripts, typescripts and miscellaneous notes of Seton Gordon. Folder 1 1. Manuscript article on the Isle of Mull, n.d. 2. Typescript article on birdwatching, n.d. 3. Typescript article on the Story of the Lockharts of Lee and Carnwath (signed S.F.M.L.) 4. Typescript article Historic Cairn of the MacCrimmons. 5. Manuscript article (untitled) on the land and wildlife around the Dornoch Firth, n.d. 6. Manuscript article on the birds of Scotland, n.d. 7. Typescript diary extract, Aurora Display, Evening of September 4, Corrected typescript, The Butt of Lewis (1936) 9. Manuscript article, Lambay, Island of May (1920) 10. Manuscript article, With a Tent in the Ptarmigan Country, Manuscript article, Bernera of Lismore, n.d. 12. Typescript, Golden Eagle Notes, Typescript foreword, Fear Liath Mór, n.d. 14. Typescript article, Summer Shielings, n.d. 15. Typescript article, A Day on the Shin, n.d. 16. Typescript, A Record of Wednesday, September 28, Corrected typescript, The Land of the Spirit, n.d. 18. Typescript, Nature Study, n.d. (for schools) 19. Corrected typescript, The Isle of Skye: its Associations with Prince Charlie, n.d. (for New English Review) 20. Typescript, The Cairngorms and Their Birds (1920) 21. Corrected typescript, The Charm of Winchester, n.d. 22. Typescript, Notes on the Life of Flora Macdonald, n.d. 23. Typescript, Bird-notes - visit to Torrin 9th - 18th June, Typescript, Some Aspects of Highland Pipe Music by Archibald Campbell Esq, of Kilberry, n.d. Folder 2 Notes on History and Legend

4 Folder 3 Notes on Pipers and Piping Folder 4 Folder 5 Notes on Birds Notes on Gaelic Place Names and Gaelic Names of Birds and Animals Folder 6 Miscellaneous notes Box 20 Box Papers and correspondence concerning publication of Seton Gordon's books by William Collins and Cassell and Co Papers and correspondence relating to the Reay Forest Estate, Papers and correspondence relating to the British Trust for Ornithology, Reviews of in Search of Northern Birds, Reviews of A Highland Year, Reviews of Afoot in the Hebrides, Reviews of The Highlands of Scotland Reviews of The Golden Eagle, Reviews of Highland Days, Miscellaneous press-cuttings 11. Programmes, Menus, Invitation Cards, Address Cards etc. Miscellaneous Printed Items 1. An Comunn Gaidhealach, 74th Annual Report, The Scottish Pipers' Society, Rules and Bye-Laws, The Royal Scottish Pipers' Society, Report to the A.G.M The Royal Scottish Pipers' Society, List of Members, The Scottish Piping Society of London, 7th Annual Report, The Piobaireachd Society, Report by the Music Committee, The Northern Meeting Piping Competitions, Rules and Notes, Report of a Natural History Expedition to Pabbay, an island in the Sound of Harris by Bryan Milner (Darwen Grammar School) Information booklet for the Scottish Bird-Islands Study Cruise Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover by Eric Gregeen. Reprinted from Scottish Studies, Notes on the Islet of Gasker by Robert Atkinson and Brian Roberts. Reprinted from The Scottish Naturalist, Studies of Some Species Rarely Photographed. Reprinted from British Birds, n.d. 13. Some Recent Photographic Studies of the Golden Eagle, Reprinted from British Birds, n.d. 14. Voyage to Rockall by James Fisher. Reprinted from Bird Notes, n.d.

5 15. The Breeding Biology of the Ivory Gull in Spitzbergen by P.B.G. Bateson and R.C. Plowright. Reprinted from British Birds, Skokholm Bird Observatory, Report for On the Breeding Habits of Leach's Fork-Tailed Petrel by John A Ainslie and robert Atkinson. Reprinted from British Birds, North Rona: A North Atlantic Island by F. Fraser Darling, The Annual Report of the Oundle School Natural History Society Atlantic Seals and their West Highland Home by F. Fraser Darling. Reprinted from the Geographical Magazine, On the Wild Goat in Scotland by Hugh Boyd Watt. Reprinted from The Journal of Animal Ecology, Photographs of Iceland 23. Natural History Magazine, October The Renovation of Kippen Parish Church, Bend Or. A tribute to the late Duke of Westminster by Seton Gordon, Official Guide to the Priory of Inchmahome, A Wartime prayer to Our Lady by Duncan Campbell, n.d. 28. Oxfordshire and District Folklore Society Annual Record, Precognitive Dreams in Celtic Legend by E. Ettlinger. Offprint from Folk- Lore, September A Breton Tradition by E. Ettlinger. Offprint from Folk-Lore, December Light: A Journal of Spiritualism, February Perth: The Ancient Capital of Scotland. British Rail brochure 33. Glossary of Gaelic and Norse Words in the Place-Names of Scotland, published by John Bartholomew and Son, Ltd. n.d. 34. Some Place-Names of the North by William J Watson, published for the Highland Exhibition, Inverness, The Late Fr. Allam McDonald, Miss Goodrich Freer and Hebridean Folklore by J L Campbell. Reprinted from Scottish Studies, Christianity and Paganism in the Isles by the Revd Donald Mackinnon, British Policy Today: General Smut's Survey. Reprinted from The Times November 14, The 1745 Association and National Military History Society Quarterly Notes Letter of Application of Charles Richard Cammell, candidate for the Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh, Entry for Seton Gordon in Kelly's Handbook, Collection of Scandinavian, Russian, French, Italian, Dutch periodicals and reprints 42. Alginates, booklet produced by Alginate Industries Ltd, n.d. 43. The Heart is Highland, 1954 Box 22 Photographs Box 23 Box 24 Photographs n.d. Negatives

6 Box 25 Box 26 Framed Photographs Notebooks etc. 1. Pocket Register for Climatological Observations Jan 1948-March Programme for the Volunteer Bazaar, Aberdeen, Upper Duntuilm Farm Account Book, Farm and garden Account and Record Book, Farm and garden Account and Record Book, Box 27 Notebooks etc 1. Car Record Book, The Simplex Motor Car Register, (8 volumes) 3. Notebook with miscellaneous notes on Gaelic words 4. Address Book 5. Notes on the Oxford University Expedition to Spitzbergen, Papers and correspondence relating to car insurance etc Notes for Income Tax Returns, Volumes of Photographs, Press-Cuttings etc 1. Photograph Album Photograph Album Photograph Album Photograph Album Photograph Album Wartime Scrapbook Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings Press cuttings n.d. 21. Diary of Coastguard Activities, Miscellaneous Items 1. Fragments of an Aircraft which crashed on Ben Macdhui, August, Certificates a. Certificate of Merit awarded to Mr and Mrs Seton Gordon at the International Exhibition of Nature Photography,

7 b. Certificate of Merit awarded to Mr and Mrs Seton Gordon at the International Exhibition of Wild Life Photography, 1950 c. Diplome Commemoratif décèrne á Seton Gordon à l'exposition Internationale des Arts et des Techniques, Paris, 1937 d. Appointment as Serving Brother of the Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem, Framed Photograph signed Albert and Elizabeth 1933

Inventory. Acc Papers of Dr Sue Innes ( )

Inventory. Acc Papers of Dr Sue Innes ( ) Acc.12633 February 2008 Inventory Acc.12633 Papers of Dr Sue Innes (1948-2005) National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811