Mary Robertson Sinclair papers
- Reference:GB 241 D30
- Dates of Creation:1820-1950
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- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.26 Linear Metres
Scope and Content
Papers of James Sinclair including: albums of James Sinclair containing various mementoes including press-cuttings from The Orcadian, The Orkney Herald and The People’s Friend; rules of Kirkwall Young Men’s Literary and Scientific Association; orders of service and other papers concerning celebratory church services, 1897-1918; menus for celebratory and memorial dinners, 1898-1904; invitation to James Sinclair for the ceremony granting the Freedom of Kirkwall to Andrew Carnegie, 1909; papers and photographs relating to Wideford Hill waterworks on the occasion of its opening, 1911; various photographs including those of members of the Sinclair family, c1900-1937, the opening of the Orkney Golf Club, 1902, Kirkwall bankers football team, 1911-1912; postcards of the pageant enacted at the octocentenary celebrations of St Magnus Cathedral, 1937; letters to James Sinclair from his brother Robert from St Margaret’s Hope, Liverpool and Melbourne, Australia, 1874-1875; engagement diary of James Sinclair, 1875; letters and other papers relating to the engagement and marriage of James Sinclair to Mary Allan, 1891-1892; letters of appointment to James Sinclair from the Union Bank of Scotland, 1888-1894; letter to James Sinclair in relation to him acting as a Justice of the Peace, 1909; trust disposition and settlement by James Sinclair, 1925; papers relating to the death of James Sinclair, 1925-1926; copies of The Orcadian, 1854-1919; printed articles on Orkney by G MacGregor, 1911-1917. Papers of children of James Sinclair including: essays on banking possibly written by George Herbert Sinclair, c1928; family correspondence, 1895; local passes and permit book, 1916-1917; programme for concert at US Naval base in Kirkwall, 1919; press cutting concerning appointment of George Herbert Sinclair to Union Bank of Scotland in Braemar, c1926; certificates awarded to Mary and Dorothy, 1904-1908; testimonial concerning Dorothy’s aptitude as a teacher, 1918; death notice of George Herbert Sinclair, 1950; published children’s volumes, 1872-1904.Early Sinclair family papers relating to church and family matters, 1820-1861.Papers relating to genealogy of Kennedy family, 1912-1923.Water colour of St Margaret’s Hope, 1854.
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Item level catalogue in typescript form held by Orkney Archives.