Title P452: Local history material deposited by Alan McIvor of Thurso
RECORDS’ IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference number: P452
Alternative reference number:
Title: Local history material collected by Alan McIvor of Thurso
Dates of creation: 1907 - 2018
Level of description: Fonds
Extent: 1 box
Format: Paper, printed material
RECORDS’ CONTEXT
Name of creators:
Administrative history: Material collected by depositor
Custodial history:
RECORDS’ CONTENT
Description: Primary sources (billheads); printed material, book and calendar
Appraisal:
Accruals: Acc. 466, Acc. 502, Acc. 513 Acc. 571, Acc. 726, Acc.1237 (formerly Acc. 2037)
RECORDS’ CONDITION OF ACCESS AND USE
Access:
Closed until:
Access conditions: Available within the Archive searchroom.
Copying: Copying permitted within standard Copyright Act parameters
Finding aids: Available in Archive searchroom
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archive 1
Publication:
Notes:
Date of catalogue: 31 January 2012
Ref. Description Dates
P452/1 Billheads
P452/1/1 Pulteney Distillery, Wick, to James Henderson & Co., 1907 distillers [1 document]
P452/1/2 James Wilson, John O’Groat Aerated Water Factory, 1908 Wick & Brora [1 document]
P452/1/3 James E. Harper, auctioneer and fish salesman, Wick 1923 [1 document]
P452/2 Printed Material
P452/2/1 “Memories of Thurso Volume One”, ed. Alan McIvor; 2011 transcript of anonymous series of articles originally published weekly in 1911, recounting Thurso and its people as it was in the 1870s and onwards. [1 document]
P452/2/2 Thurso Heritage Society 30th Anniversary 2012 2012 Calendar [1 document]
P452/2/3 Notes on the Coble at Thurso by Alan McIvor [1 item] n.d.
P452/2/4 “A Caithness Kist” by James P Campbell and Donald c.1950 Omand, a pictorial survey of the county [1 volume]
P452/2/5 “Thurso: Northernmost Town in Scotland, in c.1960 Caithness, County of Contrasts” [1 booklet]
P452/2/6 Thurso Official Guide, published by Thurso Town c.1960 Council [1 booklet]
P452/2/7 The Burgh of Thurso: Official Street Plan [1 folded c.1970 plan]
P452/2/8 Thurso Academicals Football Club Centenary: 18 Jul 1998 programme for Centenary Challenge Match against Inverness Caledonian Thistle at Sir George’s Park, Thurso [1 booklet]
P452/2/9 The Story of the Thurso Lifeboats by Jeff Morris [1 1991 booklet] Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archive 2
P452/2/10 More Legends of the Pentland Firth by Henrietta 1979 Munro, illustrated by Barbara Myatt [1 booklet]
P452/2/11 A Guide to the Parish of Durness and North West 1988 Sutherland, published by Sutherland Tourist Board [1 booklet]
P452/2/12 Jacobite Activities In and Around Inverness 1688- c.1970 1746 by Barrie Robertson [1 booklet]
P452/2/13 The Wild Flowers of Caithness: A Checklist, 1977 published by the Caithness Field Club [1 booklet]
P452/2/14 Photocopies of pages from a volume relating to n.d. Timothy Pont’s map of Caithness [2 sheets]
P452/2/15 The first Newsletter of the Clan Gunn Society [1 Jan 1986 sheet]
P452/2/16 Thurso Communion Tokens in the possession of Alan n.d. McIvor, Thurso: I colour sheet showing front and back views of tokens [2 sheets]
P452/2/17 Thurso’s Heritage – Reminiscing with a Thirsa Loon, n.d. written for the Caithness Courier/John O’ Groat Journal [9 sheets]
P452/2/18 Alan’s Archives Part One: On Visiting the Castle of n.d. “Girnigo” poem by James Traill Calder, by Alan R. McIvor Alan’s Archives Part Two: Ancient History of Orkney, Caithness, & the North by Thormodus Torfaeus, by Alan R. McIvor Alan’s Archives Part Three: Twenty-Eighth Annual Report of Her Majesty’s Inspector of Constabulary of Scotland 1886, by Alan R. McIvor Alan’s Archives Part Four: William Bremner Funeral Letter, By Alan R. McIvor Alan’s Archives Part Five: Deed of Nomination of Magistrates & Disposition in favour of the Inhabitants of Thurso 1866, by Alan R. McIvor Written for the Caithness Family History Journal [15 sheets]
P452/2/19 Brief History of Thurso’s Brewery by Alan McIvor 2007 A Market Day in Thurso by Alan McIvor 150th Anniversary of Laying of the Foundation Stone for Thurso Town Hall by Thirsa Loon (Alan McIvor) [7 sheets]
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P452/2/20 Liberties of the Town of Thurso, transcribed by Alan 2003 McIvor [4 sheets]
P452/2/21 True Detective: The Scot who hunted Jack the Ripper 14th Aug. 2014 [5 sheets]
P452/2/22 Nicolas Boyes Stone Conservation: Ulbster & Skinnet July 2006 Pictish Stones, Thurso Museum Conservation Assessment Report & Installation Proposal [12 sheets]
P452/2/23 Caithness: Its Former Flagstone Industry and its Autumn 2003 Fossil Fish by Alan Saxon, take from the Bath Geological Society Journal [16 sheets]
P452/2/24 The Herring Girls [5 sheets] n.d.
P452/2/25 Fourth Report of the Commissioners of Religious 20th Jul. 1835 Instruction, Scotland [25 sheets]
P452/2/26 Board of Agriculture for Scotland Report for the Week 7th May 1919 ending 7th May 1919 [4 sheets]
P452/2/27 Advisory Report and Cover Letter from Historic 10th Jun. 2011 Scotland to Thurso Heritage Society on Old St. Peter’s Church, Thurso [10 sheets]
P452/2/28 Scotch Divorce Case: Trouble between Sir J.G. 29th June Tollemache Sinclair and Lady Sinclair- Alleged Bad Behaviour of the Lady, from the Glasgow Times [1 sheet]
P452/2/29 An Introduction to the Caithness Flagstone Industry n.d. by John Porter [15 sheets]
P452/2/30 A Glossary of Scottish Dialect Fish and Trade Names n.d. by Robert A. Watt, Pamphlet by Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland [26 sheets]
P452/2/31 Limited Edition 2019 Charity Calendar by Thurso 2018 Heritage Society on ‘Shades of the Past A Tribute to Hetty Munro’ [1 calendar]
P452/2/32 ‘The Chairs of Sutherland and Caithness: A Northern 1987 Tradition in Highland Chair-Making?’ by R. Ross Noble. Reprinted from Regional Furniture, The Journal of the Regional Furniture Society Vol 1. [5 sheets]
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