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Scottish local history
This collection contains items on the people, places, events, businesses, institutions, natural history, and topography related to specific communities and regions.
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The Donaldson Line: a century of shipping 1854-1954
Jackson Son & Company
1960
A history of the Glasgow shipping line. Limited edition of 1000.
The British Linen Company 1745-1775
Scottish History Society
1996
A history of the pre-cursor to the British Linen Bank, and one of the most significant companies in the Scottish economy in the mid seventeenth century.
Protocol book of John Foular 1528-1534
Scottish Record Society
1985
A transcription of the final protocol book of a sixteenth century Edinburgh notary.
The Solway Junction Railway
Oakwood Press
1990
A history of the origins, construction and impact of this small railway that spanned the Solway Firth.
Edinburgh: the making of a capital city
Edinburgh University Press
2005
A collection of contributions on the making and re-making of Scotland's capital city.
Glimpses of modern Burntisland: a series of impressions and reminiscences
Strachan & Livingston, Ltd.
1929
A compilation of articles that appeared in the Fife Free Press.
Old Anstruther
Stenlake Publishing Limited
2008
A pictorial record, with commentary, of the village of Anstruther in Fife.
Tillicoultry: a centenary history 1871-1971
Burgh of Tillicoultry
1972
A history of the Clackmannanshire village.
Byways of the Scottish border: a pedestrian pilgrimage
James Lewis
1893
A record of ten days of wanderings through the Scottish Borders.
The Foulis Press and the Foulis Academy: Glasgow's eighteenth century school of art and design
Glasgow Art Index in association with the Friends of Glasgow University Library
2001
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Mitchell Library.
Up oor close: memories of domestic life in Glasgow tenements, 1910-1945
White Cockade in association with Springburn Museum Trust
1995
Based on the memories of tenement dwellers highlighting the challenges of living in cramped accommodation.
Scottish family histories
National Library of Scotland
1986
A listing of Scottish family histories held by Scottish libraries.
A new town's heritage: an introduction to the story of Glenrothes
Glenrothes Development Corporation
1982
A history of Glenrothes from its origins as a small village to its development as one of Scotland's new towns.
The North Berwick story
Royal Burgh of North Berwick Community Council
1980
A history of North Berwick from the early days of St Baldred in the eighth century.
Old Leslie
Stenlake Publishing Limited
2007
A look back at the Fife town through postcards and photographs.
The Lothians
Collins
1960
A guide to notable people, places and events in the lands surrounding Edinburgh.
Guide to St Andrews
J. & G. Innes, Ltd.
1968
A guide to places of note, based on Hay Fleming's standard history of the town.
The old ludgings of Stirling: being the ancient residences of the nobility, clergy, and civic dignitaries not hitherto delineated and described
Eneas Mackay
1897
A guide to selected old buildings in Stirling.
More old Blairgowrie and Rattray
Stenlake Publishing
2003
A pictorial record, with commentary, of two Perthshire towns.
The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 1670-1979
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
1970
Published to mark the tercentenary of the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden.
Tinderbox heroes: commemorating the Cheapside Street disaster and the extreme challenges faced by Glasgow's postwar fire service
Strathclyde Fire & Rescue Retired Employee's Association
2010
An account of the major fires in Glasgow one of which cost the lives of 14 firemen and 5 salvage corps members.
A history of the Nairnshire farming Society
Nairnshire Farming Society
1998
A brief history written to mark the bi-centennial of the society.
