Transport Source List

Reference: MS 11D/27
Collection: BAXTER BROTHERS & CO.LTD,DUNDEE
Date: 1866
Description: Artistic view of Lower Dens Mill,Dundee. Depicts in foreground arrival of 'imports'and departure of 'exports'by horse and cart.

Reference: MS 11/7/7
Collection: BAXTER BROTHERS & CO.LTD,DUNDEE
Date: c.1914
Description: Photograph of exterior view of works and street scenes with tramcars,horse-drawn carts,pedestrians.

Reference: MS 11D/73
Collection: BAXTER BROTHERS & CO.LTD,DUNDEE
Date: (c.1930)
Description: Perspective view of Riverside Works,J.T.Inglis & Sons,Dundee with artistic impression of ships on Tay,railway and street scenes with early motor vehicles.

Reference: MS 11D/74
Collection: BAXTER BROTHERS & CO.LTD,DUNDEE
Date: (c.1930)
Description: Perspective view of East Port Works Co.,Dundee with artistic impression of factories in background and street scenes with early motor vehicles.

Reference: MS 11D/75
Collection: BAXTER BROTHERS & CO.LTD,DUNDEE
Date: (c.1930)
Description: Perspective view of Eagle Jute mills,Low & Bonar Ltd.,Dundee with artistic impression of background and street scenes with early motor vehicles.

Reference: MS 11D/76
Collection: BAXTER BROTHERS & CO.LTD,DUNDEE
Date: (c.1930)
Description: Perspective view of Eagle Jute mills,Low & Bonar Ltd.,Dundee with artistic impression of background and street scenes with early motor vehicles.

Reference: MS 15/3
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1835-1845
Description: Account Book of Dundee and Newtyle Railway Company.

Reference: MS 15/33(2)
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1922
Description: "A Northern Town".Poem by Joseph Johnston Lee about a train journey,King's Cross to Dundee.For main Joseph Lee collection see MS.88.

Reference: MS 15/52(7)
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1866
Description: Card Scottish North Eastern Railway Company.Notice of meeting of Caledonian Amalgamation Committee to meet deputation of Aberdeen Town Council and Caledonian Directors.

Reference: MS 15/56/1
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1833
Description: List of parishes(in St.Andrews District of Fife),with a statement and measurement of the Roads or parts of roads situated within each of them.

Reference: MS 15/56/3
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1815
Description: Abstract from the Turnpike Acts for the County of Fife.Tolls and duties leviable at the toll-gates,from and after Martinmas 1815.Also gives exemptions from payment of tolls and penalties for offences such as destroying turnpike gates.

Reference: MS 15/97
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: c.1897
Description: Henderson Family photograph album,includes:photograph of first Tay Rail Bridge with trains.

Reference: MS 15/167
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1879
Description: Copy of North British Railway,Dundee and Arbroath Joint Line Act,1879.See also MS.17/3.

Reference: MS 15/181
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1966
Description: Pamphlet 'Tay Bridges and the New Road to Dundee'by David A. MacMurchie.

Reference: MS 17/1
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1861-1891
Description: Miscellaneous Papers,includes:Bills and Parliamentary papers relating to Newport Railway,The North British Railway,The Caledonian Railway."The Fifth Schedule",part of agreement between North British Railway Co.and Newport Railway Co.1888.Also includes:Petitions by Dundee Harbour Trustees and Perth Town Council,relatinng to the North British Railway Bill,1888. The Scottish Central Railway (stations)Act,1864.

Reference: MS 17/2
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1846-1902
Description: Miscellaneous Papers,includes:Correspondence relating to the Dundee Extension and Improvement Act,1892."The Amalgamation Bill"(North British Railway Co.and Glasgow and South Western Railway Co.),1890.Also includes:Copy of the North British Railway Co.(General Powers)Act,1895.Papers and correspondence relating to the Springfield Accident,1885.Tay Bridge Enquiry and Tay Bridge Bill,1869-1888.

Reference: MS 17/3
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1851-1903
Description: Miscellaneous Papers,includes:The Dundee and Arbroath Railway (Dundee Station)Act,1851.Draft Precognition and other legal papers relating to the Kirkaldy and District Railways Bill, 1891.

Reference: MS 17/4
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1821-1901
Description: Miscellaneous personal and estate papers and correspondence of Kerr and Anderson families,Grange Estate,includes:Receipt of payment by Miss(?)Anderson of subscription to the Dundee and District Coachman's Club,1901.Also includes:Report by Town Clerk of Dundee 'Upon the Power ofthe Road Trustees Regarding Width of Roads Passing Through Unenclosed Ground,1880.

Reference: MS 17/11/11
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1896-1897
Description: Letters(14)from the Anglo-French Motor Carriage Co.Ltd., relating to J.& A.D.Grimond's order for a lorry and particularily to delays in delivery of same.

Reference: MS 17/11/12
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1897-1899
Description: Correspondence,copy patent,copy specification,accounts relatingto a patent for improvements in brakes for vehicles,invented byWilliam Huggins,Foreman Patternmaker,Dundee and Daniel McCallum,Brassfounder,Dundee.

Reference: MS 17/11/13
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: c.1916
Description: Printed Description of "Improved Multiple Brake for Railway Wagons,(Huggins Patent)",unidentified journal,n.d.Inventory andvaluation of stock,working plant,etc.,of Dundee Carriage Co., September,1916.Also includes:Copy of Application I.C.relating to the North British Rubber Co.Ltd.,v.the Dundee Carriage Building Co., September,1916.

Reference: MS 17/12/1
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1836-1837
Description: Copy Book Street Road accounts,with miscellaneous handwritten notes.

Reference: MS 17/12/3
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: n.d.
Description: Written statements concerning-new routes and services,Dundee trams.-Mr(?)Proposed Tramway through Bleaching Green.-Tramways Narrow place.

Reference: MS 17/13/1
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1843
Description: Schedule of statute labour roads in the Dundee district under repair,with figures referring to plan.(see MS.17P/62).

Reference: MS 17/13/3
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1857
Description: Book of Reference to the plans of Alyth Railway. (see MS.17P/171).

Reference: MS 17/13/4
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1865
Description: Book of Reference to the plans of the railways and works of theNewport Railway.[see MS.17P/96].

Reference: MS 17/13/5
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1866
Description: Book of Reference to the plans of a deviation railway on the Newport Railway.Includes related printed notice of Parliamentary Bill.

Reference: MS 17/13/6
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1866
Description: List of turnpike and statute labour roads within the burgh of Dundee.

Reference: MS 17/13/16
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1896
Description: Book of Reference to plans of part of Carmyllie branch railway to be worked as a light railway.[see MS.17P/24].

Reference: MS 17/13/19
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1858
Description: Alyth Railway and subscription contract,with list of subscribers and their share holdings.

Reference: MS 17/13/20
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1858
Description: Alyth Railway subscription contract.

Reference: MS 17/13/21
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1859-1860
Description: Alyth Railway supplementary subscription contract.

Reference: MS 17/13/22
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1872
Description: Newport Railway Co.subscription contract.

Reference: MS 17/13/23
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1873
Description: Newport Railway Co.subscribers agreement.

Reference: MS 17P/222
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: n.d.
Description: The Commercial Map of Great Britain showing all the railways and stations,canals,navigable rivers,principal roads,steam packet routes,distances etc..Also has insets of the East of Scotland,Manchester,Liverpool, Birmingham,Leeds and London,with explanation to the colours anddetails of railways.

Reference: MS 17P [Railways continued]
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1835-1906
Description: Maps,plans,sections.Also includes:North Wales Narrow Gauge Railway;North Western Railway of Montivideo,Uruguay;Scottish Central Railway;Scottish North Eastern Railway;Somerset and Dorset Railway Extension;Tay Bridge and Dundee Union Railway;West of Fife Railway.

Reference: MS 17P [Roads]
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1794-1870
Description: Maps and sketch plans,includes:Map of turnpike and statute labour roads in the district of Dundee,1843;sketch plan of Hillbank Estate,Dundee,to fix width of proposed new road. (colour).Also includes:Map of the county of Forfar or Angusshire,1794, shows open,enclosed and turnpike roads,line of canal from Arbroath to Forfar and notes relevant to proposed canal from Arbroath to Perth.

Reference: MS 17P [Railways]
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1835-1906
Description: Maps,plans,sections.Includes:Alyth Railway;Arbroath and Forfar Railway;Bedford and Northampton Railway;Caledonian Railway; Carmyllie Branch Railway;Cornwall Minerals Railway;Dundee and Arbroath Joint Railway;Dundee and Newtyle Railway;Dundee and Northern Junction Railway;Dundee and Perth Railway; Dundee Harbour Rail Links;Dundee High Level Circular Railway; Dundee Hilltown Railway;Dundee Suburban Railway;East and West Junction Railway;East London Railways;Edinburgh,Perth and Dundee Railway;Great Northern Railway;GreatNorth of Scotland and Highland Railway;London and South WesternRailway;Louth and Lincoln Railway;Midlands Railway;Newburgh to Dundee Railway;Newport Railway;North British Railway.

Reference: MS17P [Trams]
Collection: THORNTON COLLECTION OF PLANS AND MANUSCRIPTS
Date: 1878-1900
Description: Section,plans,sketch maps.Includes:Dundee Street Tramways,Draftplan (tracings);Dundee Corporation plan of intended street works and tramways;plan of proposed tramway through Bleaching Green,Dundee.Also includes:Police Improvement Plans (4),1887;Dundee Gas, Tramways and Extension,Tramway no.8,shows tramway along Perth Road,1899.

Reference: MS 29/1(23)
Collection: RUGGLES BEQUEST
Date: c.1865
Description: Drawing of unidentified American house with steam train in foreground.

Reference: MS 30
Collection: TAY BRIDGE COLLECTION
Date: 1979
Description: Display material used in commemorative exhibition Dec/Jan,1979/1980,of the centenary of the Tay Bridge Disaster and marks the career of Sir Thomas Bouch,engineer of the first Tay Bridge.Includes:Mounted Photocopies;drawings,articles and prints aboutthe old and new Tay Bridges;diagram showing design of Forth Bridge,with original design also indicated.etc..

Reference: MS 35
Collection: ARBROATH HORSE HIRING CO.LTD,ARBROATH
Date: 1895-1934
Description: Minute book and Register of Shareholders.This company later traded under the name of the Arbroath Motor Company.

Reference: MS 38
Collection: THE TORRANCE COLLECTION
Date: 1884-1971
Description: Glass Slides,Slides,Photographs and Postcards taken mainly by Dr.H.W.Torrance in Denmark,India,Israel,Jordan,Malaysia and Palestine.Includes:aeroplanes,boats,bridges,camels,cars,carts,donkeys, flying boats,funicular railway,horses,hydrofoil,lorries, rickshaw,roads and trains. (see Index).

Reference: MS 41/28(2),(3)
Collection: DAVID SMALL & SONS,SEEDSMEN,BRECHIN
Date: C.1910
Description: Photographs (with negs)(2),horse and carts being loaded with sacks outside premises and (3)carts fully laden outside premises.

Reference: MS 42/13(2)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1887
Description: Copy sketch plan showing property belonging to Aberdeen RailwayCompany at Stobscross,Arbroath.

Reference: MS 42/13(4)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1886
Description: Draft Minute of agreement between Caledonian Railway Company and North British Railway Company and Douglas Fraser & Sons Ltdregarding the erection of a bridge connecting mill property.

Reference: MS 42/13(22)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1895
Description: Extract minute of a meeting of the Paving and Improvement Committee of Commissioners of the Royal Burgh of Arbroath. Discussing alterations and improvements at Stobscross Lane as affecting Douglas Fraser & Sons Ltd.

Reference: MS 42/15(16)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1885
Description: Acceptance by Henry Clark of an offer of a horse,harness and van for twelve pounds from Douglas Fraser & Sons Ltd.

Reference: MS 42/17(1-11)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1907
Description: Copy legal papers and correspondence centred on a dispute between Douglas Fraser & Sons Ltd,Arbroath town council and North British Railway Company,concerning rights and responsibilities to land in Arbroath.

Reference: MS 42/18(7)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1942
Description: Agreement between the Ministry of Aircraft Production and Douglas Fraser & Sons.With additional memorandum,1944.Concerns increasing capacity for the production of aircraft components at a factory in Arbroath.

Reference: MS 42/20(4)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: c.1919-1930
Description: Photograph of exterior of office of Indian Jute Shoe Co.,with company car and Indian chauffeur.

Reference: MS 42/20(7)
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: c.1920-1930
Description: Photograph of street scene,group of men beside an 'Alco'lorry belonging to S.A.Fabrico Argentino de Alpargatas,Beunos Aires.

Reference: MS 42/21
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1951-1963
Description: Photograph album,mainly showing industrial and social scenes connected with business of Douglas Fraser & Sons Ltd.Includes photographs of Mr.and Mrs.Fraser beside their car in India and Japan and one of them in their car,which is in turn in a wagon on a train!

Reference: MS 42P/3
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS-FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1915
Description: Plan of the lands at Stobscross,Angus,coloured to show land leased by the Scottish North Eastern Railway Company to DouglasFraser.

Reference: MS 42P/18
Collection: GIDDINGS AND LEWIS FRASER LTD.INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER AND SONS LTD,ENGINEERS,ARBROATH
Date: 1904
Description: Plan and elevation of new frontage line on north gable of Westburn foundry,Arbroath and section showing proposed wideningof Guthrie Port Bridge.

Reference: MS 45/1/18-21
Collection: LEWIS C.GRANT LTD,ENGINEERS,DYSART,INCORPORATING DOUGLAS AND GRANT LTD.
Date: 1883
Description: Papers relating to 'The Alloa,Dunfermline and Kirkaldy Railway Act,1883'.

Reference: MS 45/6(46)
Collection: LEWIS C.GRANT LTD,ENGINEERS,DYSART,INCORPORATING DOUGLAS AND GRANT LTD.
Date: 1932
Description: Catalogue.Petters Ltd.,Engineers,Yeovil."Oil Engines and Aircraft".

Reference: MS 45/9/19
Collection: LEWIS C.GRANT LTD,ENGINEERS,DYSART,INCORPORATING DOUGLAS AND GRANT LTD.
Date: 1930
Description: Newspaper article,Daily Mail,"Why this gloom?"by Sir William Morris,motor car manufacturer,on the contemporary economy and politics of Great Britain.

Reference: MS 49/1/4
Collection: HUGH STANNUS STANNUS,(1877-1957)
Date: c.1905-1918
Description: Glass negatives of unidentified views (15).Includes a photograph of part of a train of the Shire Highland Railways.

Reference: MS 50/3(73)
Collection: SIR ROBERT ROBERTSON,(1869-1946)
Date: 1935
Description: Reprint of Melchett Lecture,by Harry R.Ricardo,'The Progress ofthe internal combustion engine and its fuel'.

Reference: MS 50/4(124)
Collection: SIR ROBERT ROBERTSON,(1869-1946)
Date: 1901
Description: 'Metals as fuels',by Sir W.Robert Austen.A paper given at a weekly meeting of the Royal Institute of Great Britain.

Reference: MS 50/8(260)
Collection: SIR ROBERT ROBERTSON,(1869-1946)
Date: 1934
Description: 'Bringing science into the road traffic problem',by Mervyn O' Gorman.A lecture read to a meeting in the Royal Society of Arts.

Reference: MS 50/11(466)
Collection: SIR ROBERT ROBERTSON,(1869-1946)
Date: 1938
Description: 'The progress of the internal combustion engine over the last twenty years',by H.R.Ricardo.

Reference: MS 50/17(28)
Collection: SIR ROBERT ROBERTSON,(1869-1946)
Date: 1934
Description: Letter-[Alwyn Douglas]Crow,London to Sir Robert Robertson. Thanks him for agreeing to support him in his application for the post of Director of Research with the Institute ofAutomobile Engineers.With a copy of Sir Robert's testimonial.

Reference: MS 50/18(99/2)
Collection: SIR ROBERT ROBERTSON,(1869-1946)
Date: 1930
Description: Letter-[Robert Robertson],Cupar,Fife,to[Sir]Robert [Robertson].Asks for support with an application for the post of chairman of traffic commissioners for the northern area of Scotland.Witha copy of the application.

Reference: MS 51P/1
Collection: MR.CHARLES TENNANT(MAPS AND PLANS)
Date: 1803
Description: Plan of proposed road between Blairgowrie and Blacklaw, Perthshire,with unsigned letter.

Reference: MS 51P/3
Collection: MR.CHARLES TENNANT(MAPS AND PLANS)
Date: 1825
Description: Plan and section of the proposed railway from Dundee to Newtyle.(Colour).

Reference: MS 51P/6
Collection: MR.CHARLES TENNANT(MAPS AND PLANS)
Date: 1835
Description: Section of the Strathmore railway from Newtyle to Whitehills, West March.(Colour).

Reference: MS 51P/7
Collection: MR.CHARLES TENNANT(MAPS AND PLANS)
Date: 1835
Description: Section of the Stathmore railway from Whitehills,West March to Coupar[Angus].(Colour).

Reference: MS 52/3/19
Collection: WEST HIGHLAND SALMON FISHERIES CO.LTD.
Date: 1954
Description: Incoming letter;including picture postcard advertising a firm, Slingsby,"First to export trucks by air".

Reference: MS 57/1/5
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1897
Description: Tracings-plan of Bowden's stable,Dundee,with list of offers.

Reference: MS 57/1/6(9)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1877
Description: Memorandum as to agreement proposed to be entered into between the trustees of the Dundee and Coupar Angus road and the PoliceCommissioners of Dundee.

Reference: MS 57/1/6(20)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1879
Description: Copy of state of debts on the Dundee and Coupar Angus turnpike roads at Whitsunday 1820 and Whitsunday 1830.

Reference: MS 57/1/6(21)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1879
Description: Executry Papers showing annual interest applied on annual investments in Coupar Angus Road Trust Bonds in favour of Miss C.S.Graham.1837-1878.

Reference: MS 57/4/10(5)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1847
Description: Printed letter to John Ogilvie from Glasgow,Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway,offering five shares in the Glasgow,Dumfries and Carlisle Railway Company at a reduced rate in "proportion to your stock in this company".

Reference: MS 57/4/10(1)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1847
Description: Two letters from Andrew Ogilvie,Liverpool to father James Ogilvie,Dundee,in one of which he describes his journey from Dundee to Liverpool by road,steamer and rail.

Reference: MS 57/4/10(3)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1869
Description: Amended memorandum from the Tay Bridge Railway upon the terms upon which the proposed stock is to be issued and of the security for the payment of the dividends.

Reference: MS 57/4/10(4)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1846
Description: Printed request to shareholders in the Dundee and Perth RailwayCompany for an extra call of Five Pounds per share.

Reference: MS 57/4/10(6)
Collection: DUNTRUNE ESTATE,DUNDEE
Date: 1847
Description: Printed letter from Chas Davidson,Secretary of the North British Railway,to John Ogilvie which accompanied certificates for 70 shares held in the company.

Reference: MS 57P/3(1)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1847
Description: Dundee and Perth Railway.Plan of railway line through the landsof Mylnefield.Coloured to show railway line at [Kingoodie].

Reference: MS 57P/3(2)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1849
Description: Dundee and Perth Railway.Plan of railway line through the landsof Mylnefield.Coloured to show line of railway throughInvergowrie Bay and steadings etc..

Reference: MS 57P/21
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1906
Description: Set of plans and sections(3,bound) of North British Railways sofar as relate to the burgh of Leven.

Reference: MS 57P/25(3)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1856
Description: Ordnance Survey plan of the parish of Inverkeithing.Coloured toshow the boundaries of Cruiks estate and the railway running from Dunfermline to Gallow Bank.

Reference: MS 57P/54
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: n.d.
Description: Plan of proposed road between Springhill and Craigie,Dundee. Coloured to show the new roads.

Reference: MS 57P/89
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1871
Description: Plan of approaches to new bridge at Dalnabrook,Perthshire over the River Ardle and new road connecting East Dalnabrook with new bridge.

Reference: MS 57P/95
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1873
Description: Ordnance Survey plan of Cathcart and East Kilbride,Lanarkshire.Coloured to show proposed railway line and stations from Kirktonholm to [Paisley].

Reference: MS 57P/102
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1836
Description: Plan of the exchange of lands between Belmont,Couston and Davidson,Perthshire.Coloured to show old and new boundaries. Shows new road to turnpike.Reference table.

Reference: MS 57P/113
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: n.d.
Description: Plan of the lands around the cities of Perth and Guildford, Australia.Landowners named and acreages given.Shows River Swan and roads to various places.(Colour).

Reference: MS 57P/120(1)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: n.d.
Description: Composite Ordnance Survey plan of the lands of Meathie,Angus. Coloured to show steadings and roads.

Reference: MS 57P/120(4)-(7)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1859-1863
Description: Ordnance Survey plans of the lands around Fotheringham Hill andLeadenford,Angus.Ordnance Survey plans of part of Inverarity and Kinettles,Angus.Coloured to show steadings and roads.

Reference: MS 57P/121(1)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1877
Description: Plan of the lands around Kingoodie,Perthshire.Dundee to Perth Railway marked.

Reference: MS 57P/121(2)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: n.d.
Description: Plan of the ground at Mylnefield,Perthshire.Dundee and Perth turnpike road marked.(Part missing).

Reference: MS 57P/128(1)
Collection: OGILVIE,COWAN & CO.,SOLICITORS,DUNDEE
Date: 1863
Description: Ordnance Survey plan of Eassie and Nevay,Angus.Coloured to showsteadings,roads and water.

Reference: MS 61/1(17)
Collection: BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;DUNDEE BRANCH
Date: 1895
Description: Newspaper cutting,[Dundee Advertiser].Announces a grant to the Dundee Ambulancce Association from the Local Taxation Grant.

Reference: MS 61/1(37),(38)
Collection: BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;DUNDEE BRANCH
Date: 1896
Description: Copy Correspondence R.C.Buist and James Thomson,Caledonian Railway Company.Concerns the testing of vision and colour senseof railway employees.

Reference: MS 61/1(40)
Collection: BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;DUNDEE BRANCH
Date: 1896
Description: Sample of schedule to be completed by an applicant for a post with the Caledonian Railway.

Reference: MS 61/1(47)
Collection: BRITISH MEDICAL ASSOCIATION;DUNDEE BRANCH
Date: 1896
Description: Letter-William Gillespie,Perth to Dr Buist.Certificate of health for the Caledonian Railway enclosed.

Reference: MS 65
Collection: PROFESSOR GEORGE HOWARD BELL,(1905-1986)
Date: [1950-1978]
Description: Collection of photographs and slides,covering a wide variety ofsubjects over a wide geographical area.(See BELL database).

Reference: MS 66/II/10/24
Collection: COX BROTHERS LTD.
Date: 1904-1908
Description: Correspondence mainly between Cox Bros Ltd.and the Caledonian Railway Company,Glasgow.Legal disputes over property owned by Cox Bros Ltd.,at Wellbank Cottage and Harefield Road,Lochee.

Reference: MS 66/II/10/47
Collection: COX BROTHERS LTD.
Date: 1900-1904
Description: Correspondence and papers relating to the ground at Marchbanks and rail transport of goods from Lochee Station by theCaledonian Railway Company.

Reference: MS 66/II/12/2(15)
Collection: COX BROTHERS LTD.
Date: n.d.
Description: Part of plan showing Loons Road,Kinscross Road and Caledonian Railway;Drawing No.A38(part two)(print and negative).

Reference: MS 66/IV/8/48
Collection: J.& A.D.GRIMOND LTD.
Date: 1825-1902
Description: Title deeds and other legal papers relating to subjects in Maxwelltown.Includes,Plan of junction of public roads at Clepington showing proposed alteration,n.d.Also includes,Plan showing alteration proposed to the bridge near Clepington and the Dens Commutation Road.1857.

Reference: MS 66/X/12/1
Collection: SIDLAW INDUSTRIES LTD.
Date: 1922-1923
Description: Aerial views of works belonging to Jute Industries Ltd.,by Imperial Aerial Photos Co.,Manchester.Includes,(11)and(15).1923.Tay Works(Jute spinning and weaving),Dudhope Works,Ward Foundry,tram depot,electricity works,sherrifcourt and prison,drill hall and Dudhope Technical Museum.

Reference: MS 68/1/37
Collection: DR.WILLIAM CHRISTIE,(c.1903-1979)
Date: c.1955-1958
Description: From a collection of Dr.Christie's files of newspaper cuttings-"R-misc.",miscellaneous cuttings,mainly relating to railway closures and Mr.J.M.Rollo's "splendid work."

Reference: MS 75P/19
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS PLANS
Date: 1832
Description: Photograph (b+w) of plan belonging to Dr.John Berry,Tayfield, Newport;plan of Cupar District of roads.

Reference: MS 75P/20
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS PLANS
Date: 1833
Description: Photograph (b+w) of plan belonging to Dr.John Berry,Tayfield, Newport;plan of St.Andrews [roads] District of Fife,with a delineation of the turnpike and statute labour roads.(see also MS.15/56/1).

Reference: MS 75P/21
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS PLANS
Date: [1832]
Description: Photograph (b+w) of plan belonging to Dr.John Berry,Tayfield, Newport;exhibiting the length of the turnpike and statute labour roads in the District of Cupar,with the distance in eachparish.[with 75P/19].

Reference: MS 75P/43
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS PLANS
Date: 1836
Description: Plan of Dundee Harbour,showing extension eastward and the site of projected dock areas.Includes sites of possible building work,route of Dock Street,course of a dock railway line. (colour).

Reference: MS 75P/44,75P/45
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS PLANS
Date: 1836
Description: Plan for laying out the Dundee and Newtyle Railway Company's ground on the south side of the Nethergate.Shows area to Yeaman's Shore./45-Plan similar to /44.Shows area between Yeaman's Shore and the Overgate.

Reference: MS 77/1
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS
Date: c.1890
Description: Print of Dock Street,Dundee by Edwin Law.Shows East Station, Green Market and Shore Terrace,Custom House Buildings,Victoria Arch and Earl Grey Dock.

Reference: MS 77/8
Collection: MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOGRAPHS AND PRINTS
Date: n.d.
Description: A.Caird & Sons,Outfitters,promotional postcard entitled,"We arecoming to see you soon",showing delivery van and insets of A. Caird and Son.Addressed to J.Milne.

Reference: MS 82/2/7(1)
Collection: WILSON FAMILY PAPERS
Date: 1916-1917
Description: Three folders of letters from James Blackburn Wilson,Folder II includes,"British Ambulance Work:Through Peril and Privation",areprinted article of the Morning Post,4 Oct.1916.

Reference: MS 82/3(9)
Collection: WILSON FAMILY PAPERS
Date: n.d.
Description: Notebook containing diary of journey in Japan,Osaka, Kyoto, Nagoya,Tokyo, Nikko,Yokohama, Kamakura, Miyanoshita and Hakone. Includes details of prices paid for food, transport and accommodation, together with some reciepts and bills in Japanese

Reference: MS 82/26
Collection: WILSON FAMILY PAPERS
Date: c.1916
Description: Papers and Photographs of James Blackburn Wilson relating to his medical and military service during World War 1.Includes photographs of motor ambulances,Red Cross trains,bicycles, horses,horse-drawn light artillery piece.Also includes:-Smashed aeroplane,Troop Camions,camouflaged armoured train,Observation balloon,toll-booth on stone-built bridge,wreck of shot down Zeppelin and horse-drawn ambulances and machine gun carriers.

Reference: MS 82P/4
Collection: WILSON FAMILY PAPERS
Date: [1915]
Description: Carte Taride No.2.Road Map of North East France.

Reference: MS 83/14/28
Collection: THE JUTE IMPORTERS ASSOCIATION
Date: 1974
Description: From Miscellaneous correspondence and memoranda with no common factor. Includes: Riverside Airstrip Upgrading. Report by the Director of Development, Dundee Corporation.

Reference: MS 84/5/2(1)
Collection: THE ASSOCIATION OF JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
Date: 1924-1931
Description: [Transfer Book].Contains minutes of meetings of various sub- committees.Includes:-Transport.

Reference: MS 84/5/4(11)
Collection: THE ASSOCIATION OF JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
Date: 1936-1952
Description: [Transfer Book].'Miscellaneous Section'.Among committees and various sub-committees in this section,'Motormen's Wages Sub Committee,is included.

Reference: MS 84/9/1
Collection: THE ASSOCIATION OF JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
Date: 1953-1964
Description: Minutes of meetings of various miscellaneous sub-committees of the Wages and Hours Section.Including;Transport,Holidays etc..

Reference: MS 84/18/3(7)
Collection: THE ASSOCIATION OF JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
Date: n.d.
Description: From miscellaneous papers from files of Lewis F.Robertson, Managing Director of Unijute Ltd.,included:note on allowance included in co-ordination prices for freight (road,rail or steamer).

Reference: MS 84/31/27
Collection: THE ASSOCIATION OF JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
Date: 1951-1966
Description: Folder containing miscellaneous agreements between A.J.S.M.and various unions.Including;Transport and General Workers Union.

Reference: MS 86/I/11(87)
Collection: A.& S.HENRY & CO.LTD.
Date: 1894
Description: Statement of cost of suit,1891-1893(claim against Eastern Bengal State Railway per Bill No.229 of 1891).Thomas Duff & Co.,for the Samnuggur Jute Factory Co.Ltd.

Reference: MS 86/I/D/2
Collection: A.& S.HENRY & CO.LTD.
Date: n.d.
Description: Technical Drawing-River Hooghly from Ballee to Kanchrapara, showing East India and Bengal Eastern Railways.[2 copies].

Reference: MS 86/I/D/56
Collection: A.& S.HENRY & CO.LTD.
Date: 1889
Description: Technical Drawing-Samnuggur;plan showing the branch railway; also shows Dunbar old and new mills and notes on riverencroachment.

Reference: MS 86/IV/11/1
Collection: A.& S.HENRY & CO.LTD.
Date: 1928
Description: Plans (10)and description of'Improvements in and relating to Steam Distribution for locomotives',made by Hugo Lentz and Charles Bellens.

Reference: MS 86/XXVI/35
Collection: A.& S.HENRY & CO.LTD.
Date: 1969
Description: Photographs (16,one aerial).The Witney Blanket Co.Ltd., Buttercross Works,Witney;Fire Services fighting major fire at the works,also views of reconstruction and workers in new factory.Photographers;Standard Newspapers,Cirencester;Oxford Mail and Times;T.M.Newton & Co.,Witney;T.A.Titherington,Witney.

Reference: MS 87/6
Collection: MRS.ALISON ROBERTSON:BROWN FAMILY PAPERS
Date: 1825
Description: From Miscellaneous Papers;Part of account of a voyage from Dundee to St.Petersburg,lasting 3 weeks and 4 days.

Reference: MS 88/1/1(208)
Collection: JOSEPH JOHNSTON LEE,(1876-1949)
Date: 1918
Description: Pen and Ink drawing of an ox and cart with a load of parcels,byJoseph Lee.

Reference: MS 88/1/1(312)
Collection: JOSEPH JOHNSTON LEE,(1876-1949)
Date: [c.1918]
Description: Map of part of France,showing'Motor Traffic Circuits'.

Reference: MS 88/1/3(235)
Collection: JOSEPH JOHNSTON LEE,(1876-1949)
Date: 1918
Description: Two rail tickets,one being for journey from Berlin to Beeskow.

Reference: MS 88/1/3(253A)
Collection: JOSEPH JOHNSTON LEE,(1876-1949)
Date: 1918
Description: Railway warrant made out for 2 Lt.J.J.Lee from Ripon to Aberdeen.

Reference: MS 88/1/3(254)
Collection: JOSEPH JOHNSTON LEE,(1876-1949)
Date: [c.1918]
Description: Tram?Ticket for a return fare of 25Pfennig.[German].

Reference: MS 92/15/3
Collection: BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.TAYSIDE AND FIFE BRANCH
Date: 1976
Description: Symposia:publicity material,programmes,correspondence,press reports etc..includes:Transport Today,Dundee,Nov.1976.

Reference: MS 92/16/8
Collection: BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.TAYSIDE AND FIFE BRANCH
Date: 1981
Description: Midwinter Meetings.Includes:Visit to Tayside Fire Brigade Headquarters.

Reference: MS 93/4/9
Collection: D.J.MACDONALD LTD.
Date: 1884-1885
Description: Dundee Mechanical Society;membership certificate in the name ofD.J.MacDonald.Certificate depicts the new Tay Rail Bridge and Forth Bridge,neither completed by this date.

Reference: MS 93/5(114)
Collection: D.J.MACDONALD LTD.
Date: n.d.[Pre-1930]
Description: Photograph-Saint Roques Garage,Ward Road,Dundee,before the fireof 1930.

Reference: MS 93/5(115)
Collection: D.J.MACDONALD LTD.
Date: n.d.[c.1920's]
Description: Photograph-Automobile;Swinton and Sons,Dundee(prepared for use in half-tone block),block mounted.

Reference: MS 93/5(124)
Collection: D.J.MACDONALD LTD.
Date: n.d.[c.1914-1918]
Description: Photograph-Group of Royal Flying Corps personnel photographed in front of aeroplanes and hangars.(block mounted).

Reference: MS 93/5(125)
Collection: D.J.MACDONALD LTD.
Date: n.d.[c.1914-1917]
Description: Photograph-[Member of MacDonald family]pictured in Royal FlyingCorps uniform.(block mounted).[MacDonald(David)].

Reference: MS 93/5(126)
Collection: D.J.MACDONALD LTD.
Date: n.d.[1917]
Description: Photograph-Group of army (Royal Artillery)personnel (officers and other ranks)photographed in front of shed("gun shed and mobilization equipment VI Brigade H.Battery").(block mounted). [MacDonald (David)].

Reference: MS 93/5(127)
Collection: D.J.MACDONALD LTD.
Date: n.d.[1917]
Description: Photograph-Group of army (Royal Artillery)officers photographedin front of shed("gun shed and mobilization equipment VI Brigade H.Battery").(block mounted).[MacDonald (David)].

Reference: MS 94/VI(19)
Collection: THOMAS C.KEAY LTD.
Date: c.1920
Description: Photograph-Northern Machine Works,Ogilvie Street,Dundee.Workersloading machinery crates into carts.

Reference: MS 94/VI(24)
Collection: THOMAS C.KEAY LTD.
Date: c.1920
Description: Photograph-Exterior Northern Machine Works (?)with workers lifting timber with crane.(mounted with copy).

Reference: MS 97/5/4(3)
Collection: JAMES BALLANTYNE HANNAY,(1855-1931)
Date: 1891
Description: Letter from File:"Hannay Trust for Mrs. Hannay",Mackay and McIntosh writers to Messrs Maclean,Peattie and Macintyre, writers,concerning removal of œ1400 at present deposited in the Colonial Bank to some other bank.Letter also concerns transfer of shares in Caledonian Railway Company.

Reference: MS 98/5/1
Collection: H.& A.SCOTT.TEXTILE MANUFACTURERS,DUNDEE
Date: n.d.
Description: Files of H.G.Scott mainly relating to charities,includes:St. Andrew's Ambulance Association;Tay Road Bridge.

Reference: MS 100/I/9/1
Collection: DON BROTHERS,BUIST & CO.LTD,SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS,DUNDEE AND FORFAR
Date: 1881
Description: Minute of agreement between Caledonian Railway Company and Don Brothers,Buist & Co.for building of sidings at Station Works Forfar,with plan attached.

Reference: MS 100/P/31
Collection: DON BROTHERS,BUIST & CO.LTD,SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS,DUNDEE AND FORFAR
Date: 1908
Description: Plan of bleach works,stables warehouse,railway sidings and goods shed,Station Works,Forfar showing layout of machinery.

Reference: MS 101/11/1
Collection: WM.R.STEWART & SONS (HACKLEMAKERS)LTD.
Date: 1961-1965
Description: Repair Invoices-Caravans.

MS 105 has still to be added to this source list. There are summaries of the various parts in the Railways subject list.

Reference: RECS C1/1
Collection: MAJOR-GENERAL DOUGLAS NEIL WIMBERLEY,(1896-1983),PRINCIPAL OF UNIVERSITY COLLEGE,DUNDEE,19
Date: 1954
Description: From Major-General Wimberley's papers and files,Chapter 26- Extra-mural and other activities in the first half of 1954. Includes;Our motor car and accidents.

Reference: RECS C3/1
Collection: JOHN EDWARD ALOYSIUS STEGGALL,(1855-1935)
Date: 1882-1930
Description: Manuscript addresses,lectures and notes on a variety of subjects,includes:'Amenities of Dundee'.Notes on the poor planning of buildings and roads in Dundee,1901;'Railways'n.d.Also includes notes on Roads,1925;Lecture on 'lighthouses',1887

Reference: Recs C 15/3/15
Collection: PROFESSOR ARCHIBALD DUNCAN CAMPBELL,(1920-1975)
Date: 1953
Description: Newspaper article on new Rolls Royce factory at East Kilbride. (Glasgow Herald).

Reference: Recs C 15/3/41
Collection: PROFESSOR ARCHIBALD DUNCAN CAMPBELL,(1920-1975)
Date: n.d.
Description: From four folders containing photocopies of cuttings from-DailyExpress,Daily Mail,Daily Record and others;includes-'Greater Glasgow Transportation Study Press Notice.'

Reference: Recs C 15/10/5
Collection: PROFESSOR ARCHIBALD DUNCAN CAMPBELL,(1920-1975)
Date: 1972
Description: Typescript of lecture given by A.D.Campbell at Dundee University,'Government Contracts etc..Ferranti and the Ministryof Aviation.'

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