Description
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This consists of the following material:- Box 1 General Correspondence 1913-39
Box 2 General Correspondence 1940-54
Box 3 General Correspondence 1955-58
Box 4 General Correspondence 1959-70
Box 5 General Correspondence 1971-75, n.d.
Box 6 Letters to Seton Gordon from: a. Charles, Prince of Wales 1965-72 Philip, Duke of Edinburgh 1964-74 Private secretaries and others 1931-74 b. Edward, Prince of Wales 1913-25, 1970 c. Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Cantenbury 1936-42 d. Francis Jay Underhill 1935-7 e. Ralph Shirley 1939-41 f. Hugh Lewen 1935-42, n.d. g. Rubert 1936-42 h. Official war-time correspondence 1939-41
Box 7 Family Correspondence, letters of Catriona Seton Gordon 1936-40
Box 8 Family Correspondence, letters of Catriona Seton Gordon 1941-3
Box 9 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon 1934-9
Box 10 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon 1940-3
Box 11 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon 1944-7
Box 12 Family Correspondence, letters of Alistair Seton Gordon 1948-50
Box 13 Family Correspondence, letters of Bridie Seton Gordon 1935-9
Box 14 a. Family Correspondence, letters of Bridie Seton Gordon 1940-3 b. Family Correspondence, letters of S.G. to his wife 1939-41, 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, 1914-16 2. Memorials to Captain Cuthbert Pease, 1916 3. Letters of condolence, 1916-17 c. School Reports and related correspondence concerning D A Seton Gordon (Alasdair, son of Seton Gordon) 1934-43 d. Letters to Audrey Pease (later Mrs Seton Gordon) 1913-18, 1944, n.d. (including two letters from Edward, Prince of Wales, 1913) e. Letters, press-cuttings etc relating to the Gordon and Pease families, 1902-40 f. Certificate and correspondence relating to the C.B.E. award to Seton Gordon, 1939
Box 16 Diaries of Seton Gordon, 1905-7, 1912-15, 1919-39
Box 17 Diaries of Seton Gordon, 1940-70
Box 18 Diaries and notebooks of Audrey Seton Gordon, 1950-50
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, 1958. 8. 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, 1914 11. Manuscript article, Bernera of Lismore, n.d. 12. Typescript, Golden Eagle Notes, 1957 13. 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, 1938 17. 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, 1962 24. Typescript, Some Aspects of Highland Pipe Music by Archibald Campbell Esq, of Kilberry, n.d.
Folder 2 Notes on History and Legend Folder 3 Notes on Pipers and Piping Folder 4 Notes on Birds Folder 5 Notes on Gaelic Place Names and Gaelic Names of Birds and Animals
Folder 6 Miscellaneous notes
Box 20 1. Papers and correspondence concerning publication of Seton Gordon's books by William Collins and Cassell and Co 1914-70 2. Papers and correspondence relating to the Reay Forest Estate, 1952 3. Papers and correspondence relating to the British Trust for Ornithology, 1970 4. Reviews of in Search of Northern Birds, 1942 5. Reviews of A Highland Year, 1945 6. Reviews of Afoot in the Hebrides, 1950 7. Reviews of The Highlands of Scotland 1952 8. Reviews of The Golden Eagle, 1955-6 9. Reviews of Highland Days, 1963-4 10. Miscellaneous press-cuttings 11. Programmes, Menus, Invitation Cards, Address Cards etc.
Box 21 Miscellaneous Printed Items 1. An Comunn Gaidhealach, 74th Annual Report, 1964-5 2. The Scottish Pipers' Society, Rules and Bye-Laws, 1934 3. The Royal Scottish Pipers' Society, Report to the A.G.M. 1938 4. The Royal Scottish Pipers' Society, List of Members, 1950 5. The Scottish Piping Society of London, 7th Annual Report, 1939 6. The Piobaireachd Society, Report by the Music Committee, 1933 7. The Northern Meeting Piping Competitions, Rules and Notes, 1953 8. Report of a Natural History Expedition to Pabbay, an island in the Sound of Harris by Bryan Milner (Darwen Grammar School) 1959 9. Information booklet for the Scottish Bird-Islands Study Cruise 1966 10. Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover by Eric Gregeen. Reprinted from Scottish Studies, 1959 11. Notes on the Islet of Gasker by Robert Atkinson and Brian Roberts. Reprinted from The Scottish Naturalist, 1952 12. 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. 15. The Breeding Biology of the Ivory Gull in Spitzbergen by P.B.G. Bateson and R.C. Plowright. Reprinted from British Birds, 1959 16. Skokholm Bird Observatory, Report for 1937 17. On the Breeding Habits of Leach's Fork-Tailed Petrel by John A Ainslie and robert Atkinson. Reprinted from British Birds, 1937 18. North Rona: A North Atlantic Island by F. Fraser Darling, 1939 19. The Annual Report of the Oundle School Natural History Society 1938 20. Atlantic Seals and their West Highland Home by F. Fraser Darling. Reprinted from the Geographical Magazine, 1938 21. On the Wild Goat in Scotland by Hugh Boyd Watt. Reprinted from The Journal of Animal Ecology, 1937 22. Photographs of Iceland 23. Natural History Magazine, October 1930 24. The Renovation of Kippen Parish Church, 1924-65 25. Bend Or. A tribute to the late Duke of Westminster by Seton Gordon, 1953 26. Official Guide to the Priory of Inchmahome, 1937 27. A Wartime prayer to Our Lady by Duncan Campbell, n.d. 28. Oxfordshire and District Folklore Society Annual Record, 1956 29. Precognitive Dreams in Celtic Legend by E. Ettlinger. Offprint from Folk-Lore, September 1948 30. A Breton Tradition by E. Ettlinger. Offprint from Folk-Lore, December 1952 31. Light: A Journal of Spiritualism, February 1942 32. 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, 1930 35. The Late Fr. Allam McDonald, Miss Goodrich Freer and Hebridean Folklore by J L Campbell. Reprinted from Scottish Studies, 1958 36. Christianity and Paganism in the Isles by the Revd Donald Mackinnon, 1939 37. British Policy Today: General Smut's Survey. Reprinted from The Times November 14, 1934 38. The 1745 Association and National Military History Society Quarterly Notes 1970 39. Letter of Application of Charles Richard Cammell, candidate for the Watson Gordon Chair of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh, 1934 40. Entry for Seton Gordon in Kelly's Handbook, 1977 41. 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 1930-58
Box 23 Photographs n.d.
Box 24 Negatives
Box 25 Framed Photographs
Box 26 Notebooks etc. 1. Pocket Register for Climatological Observations Jan 1948-March 1950 2. Programme for the Volunteer Bazaar, Aberdeen, 1887 3. Upper Duntuilm Farm Account Book, 1933-6 4. Farm and garden Account and Record Book, 1937-8 5. Farm and garden Account and Record Book, 1939-40
Box 27 Notebooks etc 1. Car Record Book, 1957-8 2. The Simplex Motor Car Register, 1932-41 (8 volumes) 3. Notebook with miscellaneous notes on Gaelic words 4. Address Book 5. Notes on the Oxford University Expedition to Spitzbergen, 1921 6. 1. Papers and correspondence relating to car insurance etc 1930-1 2. Notes for Income Tax Returns, 1956-60
Volumes of Photographs, Press-Cuttings etc 1. Photograph Album 1908-9 2. Photograph Album 1920-1 3. Photograph Album 1921 4. Photograph Album 1921 5. Photograph Album 1923 6. Wartime Scrapbook 1914-18 7. Press cuttings 1894-1905 8. Press cuttings 1907-13 9. Press cuttings 1913-21 10. Press cuttings 1914-16 11. Press cuttings 1920-4 12. Press cuttings 1920-35 13. Press cuttings 1921-7 14. Press cuttings 1925-8 15. Press cuttings 1928-32 16. Press cuttings 1933-7 17. Press cuttings 1937-46 18. Press cuttings 1946-56 19. Press cuttings 1957-70 20. Press cuttings n.d. 21. Diary of Coastguard Activities, 1918-19
Miscellaneous Items 1. Fragments of an Aircraft which crashed on Ben Macdhui, August, 1942 2. Certificates a. Certificate of Merit awarded to Mr and Mrs Seton Gordon at the International Exhibition of Nature Photography, 1935-6 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, 1947 3. Framed Photograph signed Albert and Elizabeth 1933
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