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1 Acc.4714 February 2008 Inventory Acc.4714 Scottish National War Memorial National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: Fax: Trustees of the National Library of Scotland

2 Papers of the Duke and Duchess of Atholl concerning the Scottish National War Memorial. Folder 1. Scottish National War Memorial Committee. Reports and correspondence. (iii) Correspondence, 15 January January 1955 (35 Reports on the buildings on Castle Rock, utilisation of Edinburgh Castle, etc. List of members of the Committee. 2. Papers on raising funds for the memorial. Six letters, 6 September September Reports on the Memorial and schemes to raise funds. (iii) Draft accounts, 16 October December Reports on the Memorial, Official report on the utilisation of Edinburgh Castle for purposes of a Scottish National War Memorial. Official guide to the SNWM. (iii) Report by Sir Robert Lorimer, architect, 28 April (iv) Narrative of the SNWM scheme from its inception, by the Chairman, (v) Reports by the Committee, Correspondence, 3 February September 1923, including letters to Lord Stamfordham, Sir Francis Davis and the War Office. (10 letters) Telegram to the Press,?December (iii) Report by eight members of the Committee, Correspondence, 7 Oct 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 September (16 letters) 7. Five letters, 22 February August Press cuttings, Press cuttings, mostly of letters, December 1922 January Twelve telegrams, 17 January 1923, 19 April (iii) Newspaper photographs of the Castle. (iv) The Duchess of Atholl's analysis of correspondence in the Scotsman, 1922.

3 9. Press cuttings, Correspondence concerning the report to the Secretary of State for Scotland, 19 January August (12 letters) 11. Papers concerning Captain George Swinton. Correspondence, 28 June July 1927 (57 Part of Swinton's memoirs. 12. Correspondence with the Office of Works, 5 November November ( Correspondence on financial matters with A A Gibb, 18 April April 1927 ( Correspondence on financial matters with William Craig, 5 December December 1941, with abstracts of accounts. ( Letters concerning the financial upkeep of the Memorial, 23 May October (50 Letters concerning donations, 7 May 16 June 1936, including the Duke's correspondence with Sir Archibald Lyle. (7 16. Correspondence with Captain Colledge concerning the Memorial and Museum, 10 October 17 November ( Financial correspondence with William Craig, 5 January 29 November Correspondence with Captain Colledge, 9 December March (21 (iii) Correspondence with Major Mackay Scobie, 20 February 2 October (17 (iv) Correspondence with the British Legion and others, 30 April February ( Correspondence with the Office of Works, 21 June May 1932, with reports from the Ancient Monuments Board for Scotland, and a report on the probable cost of the Memorial. ( Correspondence with Sir Robert Lorimer, 16 April March 1929, with a drawing of the Castle. ( Correspondence with Pilkington Jackson, the sculptor, 7 January June 1955, and a copy of The Scottish military satuettes at the RBA Galleries, ( Correspondence concerning a memorial to Earl Haig, 11 February 1 August (16

4 22. Correspondence with and concerning artists. 20 November December ( Opening of the SNWM, July Correspondence, 28 February July (153 Newspaper cuttings. 24. Orders concerning the opening ceremony, June (19 documents and Opening ceremony. (iii) (iv) Correspondence, 25 April 11 July (41 Lists of guests. Plan of the Castle. Programme. 26. Correspondence on Yeomanry memorials, 7 December April ( Miscellaneous regimental correspondence, 19 June January (26 Lists of Scottish regiments and their colours. 28. Correspondence regarding Lord Rosebery, 11 August March ( Correspondence and press-cuttings concerning the Cockburn Association, 9 January February ( Criticisms by Alexander S Blair, 31 December October (3 31. Correspondence on the completion of the Memorial, 30 April January ( Correspondence concerning the annual ceremony at the Memorial, 10 May June ( Recollections, 26 June October (3 letters and a leaflet). 34. Letters of appreciation, 9 October July ( Reports of the SNWM executive and finance committee, (18 reports). 36. Miscellaneous correspondence, 28 June February (66

5 Scottish Regimental Museum 37. Correspondence concerning the War Memorial Museum, 26 June August ( Correspondence with the Office of Works (Sir Lionel Earle), 17 April January ( Correspondence and press-cuttings concerning the opening of the museums, 7 August February (7 40. Correspondence concerning donations for upkeep, 18 February August (27 41 Correspondence concerning the evacuation of the colours and other material during the war, 6 September October (23 ( Curator's report for Correspondence with the Secretary of State for Scotland on future responsibility for the Memorial and the Museum, 27 November June (14 letters and a report). 43. Correspondence concerning aeroplane relics, 11 December April (10 letters and 2 reports). Two copies of the Duke of Atholl's Speech in Glasgow, 22 February (iii) Lists of possible donors, etc. (iv) Promises of subscriptions, 23 August January (15 (v) Correspondence concerning donations to the Fund, 13 August March (28 (vi) Criticisms and suggestions, 15 May 13 August (4 44. Two drawings of memorials.