Country Code
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GB
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Repository Code
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231
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Repository
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University of Aberdeen
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Reference
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GB231/MS 3518
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Title
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Papers of William Robertson Nicoll and his family, Old Manse, Lumsden
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Dates
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1867-1995
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Access Status
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Open, subject to signature accepting conditions of use at reader registration sheet
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Access Conditions
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Subject to the condition of the original, copies may be supplied for private research use only on receipt of a signed undertaking to comply with current copyright legislation. Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from the Head of Special Libraries and Archives (e-mail: [email protected]) and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. Where possible, assistance will be given in identifying copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
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Description
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Papers from the Old Manse, Lumsden, family home of the Nicoll family, 1867 - 1995. The papers included in the deposit are mainly personal papers of William Robertson Nicoll (1851 - 1923) and his daughter, Mildred Robertson Nicoll (1898 - 1995). They comprise correspondence, newspaper cuttings, diaries and miscellaneous papers, including letters of sympathy to Lady Robertson Nicoll on the death of Sir William Robertson Nicoll, 1923; William Barclay articles; copies of Anthroposophical Quarterly , 1956 - 1978; photograph album containing George Washington Wilson postcards, literary and church photographs; pictures; local pamphlets; Annie S. Swan related material; and academic certificates. Correspondents represented in the collection include Asquith, Thomas J. Barratt, J.M. Barrie, Alister Birnie, James Denney, Professor Cameron Hazlehurst, Arthur Conan Doyle, Marcus Dods, P.T. Forsyth, Edmund Goss, Thomas Hardy, Beatrice Harraden, Dr. Jones, David Lloyd George, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Lord Milner, Quiller-Couch, Lord George Riddell, Lord Rosebery, John Watson.
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Level
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Fonds
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Extent
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30 boxes; 2 folders; 2 rolls; 13 framed items
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Finding Aids
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Very brief collection level description available on Aberdeen University Library Catalogue, accessible online http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/
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Related Material
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Papers of and relating to Annie S. Swan (1859 - 1943), alias David Lyall and Mrs Burnett Smith, novelist, 1900 - 1946 (GB 0231 MS 3517) The Nicoll family library, from the Old Manse, Lumsden, extending to some 100 m, mainly accumulated by Rev. Harry Nicoll (1812 - 1891), Free Church minister of Auchindoir, Aberdeenshire, with nevertheless considerable additions by Sir William Robertson Nicoll (1851 - 1923), his wife Catherine, their daughter Mildred (1898 - 1995), and successive member of the family, was given to the University of Aberdeen in 1996, where it is held as one of the named special collections of printed books (shelfmark ref. Nicoll). The content is largely theological, but includes works on a wide variety of subjects reflecting the various personal interests of members of the family.
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Associated Persons
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ABD205 | Mildred Robertson Nicoll | ABD147 | Sir William Robertson Nicoll |
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