Identity area
Reference code
GB 249 T-MIN/18/1
Title
Barony MS Magazines
Date(s)
- 1863 - 1875 (Creation)
Level of description
Series
Extent and medium
6 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
(Built 1889)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscript magazines issued under the auspices of the Barony Mutual Improvement Society, later the Barony Young Men's Association. Subjects include religion, local history, natural history, travel, natural philosophy, mechanics. The editors were Thomas Martin, Archibald Campbell, John Goldie, Edward Railton Catterns, George Smeaton Rodger, W. Ferrie Anderson and James Meek. The contributions were bound on the premises of Robert Nelson, Princes Court, Buchanan Street. All volumes carry the bookplate of the Barony Association's Library.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English