Acc.4714 February 2008

Inventory

Acc.4714

Scottish National War Memorial

National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected]

© Trustees of the National Library of Scotland Papers of the Duke and Duchess of Atholl concerning the Scottish National War Memorial.

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1. Scottish National War Memorial Committee. Reports and correspondence.

(i) Correspondence, 15 January 1919 – 28 January 1955 (35 letters). (ii) Reports on the buildings on Castle Rock, utilisation of Edinburgh Castle, etc. (iii) List of members of the Committee.

2. Papers on raising funds for the memorial.

(i) Six letters, 6 September 1919 – 22 September 1922. (ii) Reports on the Memorial and schemes to raise funds. (iii) Draft accounts, 16 October 1918 – 30 December 1922.

3. Reports on the Memorial, 1919-48.

(i) Official report on the utilisation of Edinburgh Castle for purposes of a Scottish National War Memorial. (ii) Official guide to the SNWM. (iii) Report by Sir Robert Lorimer, architect, 28 April 1919. (iv) Narrative of the SNWM scheme from its inception, by the Chairman, 1923. (v) Reports by the Committee, 1931-48.

4. (i) Correspondence, 3 February 1920 – 3 September 1923, including letters to Lord Stamfordham, Sir Francis Davis and the War Office. (10 letters) (ii) Telegram to the Press, ?December 1922. (iii) Report by eight members of the Committee, 1918.

5. Correspondence, 7 Oct 1917 – 28 Dec 1919, consisting of replies to the proposals for the Memorial. The writers include Bonar Law, A.J. Balfour, Winston Churchill and Asquith. (36 letters)

6. Correspondence concerning the appeal for finance, 11 October 1917 – 28 September 1922. (16 letters)

7. (i) Five letters, 22 February 1919 – 16 August 1919. (ii) Press cuttings, 1919.

8. (i) Press cuttings, mostly of letters, December 1922 – January 1923. (ii) Twelve telegrams, 17 January 1923, 19 April 1923. (iii) Newspaper photographs of the Castle. (iv) The Duchess of Atholl's analysis of correspondence in the Scotsman, 1922.

9. Press cuttings, 1919-20.

10. Correspondence concerning the report to the Secretary of State for Scotland, 19 January 1923 – 8 August 1923. (12 letters)

11. Papers concerning Captain George Swinton.

(i) Correspondence, 28 June 1917 – 19 July 1927 (57 letters). (ii) Part of Swinton's memoirs.

12. Correspondence with the Office of Works, 5 November 1920 – 24 November 1926. (78 letters).

13. Correspondence on financial matters with A A Gibb, 18 April 1923 – 26 April 1927 (16 letters).

14. Correspondence on financial matters with William Craig, 5 December 1925 – 19 December 1941, with abstracts of accounts. (182 letters).

15. (i) Letters concerning the financial upkeep of the Memorial, 23 May 1929 – 13 October 1941. (50 letters). (ii) Letters concerning donations, 7 May – 16 June 1936, including the Duke's correspondence with Sir Archibald Lyle. (7 letters).

16. Correspondence with Captain Colledge concerning the Memorial and Museum, 10 October – 17 November 1932. (71 letters).

17. (i) Financial correspondence with William Craig, 5 January – 29 November 1938. (ii) Correspondence with Captain Colledge, 9 December 1937 – 28 March 1938. (21 letters). (iii) Correspondence with Major Mackay Scobie, 20 February – 2 October 1938. (17 letters). (iv) Correspondence with the British Legion and others, 30 April 1937 – 2 February 1938. (38 letters).

18. Correspondence with the Office of Works, 21 June 1917 – 7 May 1932, with reports from the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland, and a report on the probable cost of the Memorial. (61 letters).

19. Correspondence with Sir Robert Lorimer, 16 April 1919 – 4 March 1929, with a drawing of the Castle. (276 letters).

20. Correspondence with Pilkington Jackson, the sculptor, 7 January 1927 – 28 June 1955, and a copy of The Scottish military satuettes at the RBA Galleries, 1933. (49 letters).

21. Correspondence concerning a memorial to Earl Haig, 11 February – 1 August 1928. (16 letters).

22. Correspondence with and concerning artists. 20 November 1926 – 2 December 1933. (20 letters).

23. Opening of the SNWM, July 1927.

(i) Correspondence, 28 February 1927 – 6 July 1928. (153 letters). (ii) Newspaper cuttings.

24. Orders concerning the opening ceremony, 15-28 June 1927. (19 documents and 2 letters).

25. Opening ceremony.

(i) Correspondence, 25 April – 11 July 1927. (41 letters). (ii) Lists of guests. (iii) Plan of the Castle. (iv) Programme.

26. Correspondence on Yeomanry memorials, 7 December 1926 – 4 April 1928. (43 letters).

27. (i) Miscellaneous regimental correspondence, 19 June 1925 – 26 January 1927. (26 letters). (ii) Lists of Scottish regiments and their colours.

28. Correspondence regarding Lord Rosebery, 11 August 1917 – 23 March 1953. (27 letters).

29. Correspondence and press-cuttings concerning the Cockburn Association, 9 January 1923 – 18 February 1953. (44 letters).

30. Criticisms by Alexander S Blair, 31 December 1924 – 8 October 1930. (3 letters).

31. Correspondence on the completion of the Memorial, 30 April 1928 – 30 January 1930. (15 letters).

32. Correspondence concerning the annual ceremony at the Memorial, 10 May 1928 – 6 June 1929. (21 letters).

33. Recollections, 26 June 1917 – 8 October 1930. (3 letters and a leaflet).

34. Letters of appreciation, 9 October 1922 – 8 July 1933. (85 letters).

35. Reports of the SNWM executive and finance committee, 1954-8. (18 reports).

36. Miscellaneous correspondence, 28 June 1917 – 11 February 1920. (66 letters).

Scottish Regimental Museum

37. Correspondence concerning the War Memorial Museum, 26 June 1917 – 9 August 1933. (112 letters).

38. Correspondence with the Office of Works (Sir Lionel Earle), 17 April 1926 – 12 January 1935. (43 letters).

39. Correspondence and press-cuttings concerning the opening of the museums, 7 August 1927 – 3 February 1930. (7 letters).

40. Correspondence concerning donations for upkeep, 18 February 1927 – 2 August 1927. (27 letters).

41 (i) Correspondence concerning the evacuation of the colours and other material during the war, 6 September 1939 – 22 October 1941. (23 (letters). (ii) Curator's report for 1948-50.

42. Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Scotland on future responsibility for the Memorial and the Museum, 27 November 1935 – 29 June 1936. (14 letters and a report).

43. (i) Correspondence concerning aeroplane relics, 11 December 1918 – 24 April 1919. (10 letters and 2 reports). (ii) Two copies of the Duke of Atholl's Speech in Glasgow, 22 February 1920. (iii) Lists of possible donors, etc. (iv) Promises of subscriptions, 23 August 1919 – 19 January 1920. (15 letters). (v) Correspondence concerning donations to the Fund, 13 August 1919 – 12 March 1920. (28 letters). (vi) Criticisms and suggestions, 15 May – 13 August 1919. (4 letters).

44. Two drawings of memorials.