A persons index to correspondence in older GD collections is available in the Historical Search Room.
Published Sources
Please note that in older publications our holdings will be listed under Scottish Record Office or National Archives of Scotland.
- 'Lists of gifts and deposits in the Scottish Record Office' (two volumes) provides details of collections GD4 to GD96.
- 'Tracing your Scottish ancestors: the official guide' and 'Tracing Scottish local history' provide advice about use of the records for family and local history.
- 'List of American documents' includes references to American material in private records.
- 'Historic Manuscripts Commission (HMC) guides to sources for British history: Principal family and estate collections' (London, 1999)
- Chris Cook, 'Sources in British political history, 1900 - 1951', volumes 1-6 (London, 1975-85). Volume six contains a guide to papers of organisations, societies and pressure groups.
- J M Hartley, 'A guide to archives and manuscripts relating to Russia and the Soviet Union' (London, 1987)
- N Matthews and M D Wainwright, 'A guide to manuscripts and documents in the British Isles relating to Africa' (London, 1971)
- N Matthews and M D Wainwright, 'A guide to archives and manuscripts relating to the Far East' (London, 1977)
- J D Pearson, 'A guide to archives and manuscripts relating to South and South East Asia', vol.2 (London, 1990)
- J W Raimo, 'A guide to archives relating to America in Great Britain and Ireland' (USA, 1979)
- P Walme, 'A guide to manuscripts sources for the history of Latin America and the Caribbean in the British Isles' (London, 1973)
- B G Wilson and A Burdett, 'Manuscripts and government documents in the United Kingdom and Ireland relating to Canada' (Ottawa, 1992)
- Anne Thurston, 'A guide to archives and manuscripts relating to Kenya and East Africa in the United Kingdom' (London, 1991)
Business history
- J Imrie, 'National archive sources for business history' in 'Studies in Scottish business history', edited by P L Payne (London, 1967) provides an overview of business records in the National Archives, with a useful, if out of date, summary of business records tucked away in family collections. Records of businesses are also described in chapter 14 of 'Tracing Scottish Local History'. A source list of business records in private collections is available in our search rooms.
- 'Dictionary of Scottish business biography, 1860 - 1960', edited by Anthony Slaven and Sydney Checkland in 2 volumes covering the staple industries and the processing, distribution and service industries (Aberdeen, 1986 and 1990).
- Historic Manuscripts Commissions' 'Records of British business and industry 1760 - 1914: textiles and leather' (Guides to Sources for British History 8: London, 1990).
