James W Auld

• Reference:GB 559 MS/69
• Dates of Creation:1811-1989
• Physical Description:
  1 box Loose pages

• Scope and Content

  Family and local history research by James W Auld focusing on his grandfather James Auld (1778-1862), schoolmaster in Kippen, a village in Stirlingshire. The collection includes research material created by James W Auld and original nineteenth century documents relating to James Auld and Kippen.

  Includes: Schoolmaster's certificate, 1873; photographs, c 1890-1920; cash book with miscellaneous financial notes concerning Kippen, 1819-1861; correspondence and manuscript of lectures on 'The Dominie of Kippen 1810-1862', 1912-c 1950; schoolmaster's accounts, Kippen, 1812-1824; censuses of Parish of Kippen, 1811-1821.

• Access Information

  Open

• Note

  The collection was donated to the University Library by Jenny Auld in 1989. The names James W. Auld and James Auld are used to describe both the grandfather and grandson, and change across instances. The record will be consistent with what name that the material uses.