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NORTH AMERICAN
STUDIES GROUP
RESOURCES
FOR AMERICAN AND CANADIAN STUDIES IN SCOTTISH UNIVERSITY AND RESEARCH
LIBRARIES
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Mitchell Library
Manuscripts
& archives
Manuscript collections
held by the Mitchell Library include:
- American Red
Cross Service Club, Glasgow, visitors' book, 1943-45
- Stephen Mitchell:
account book, 1839 [Mitchell was a tobacco merchant and founder of the Mitchell
Library]
- Dunlops of Garnkirk
and Tollcross Papers, 1682-1701 [including 16 items relating mainly to a trading
voyage to New York and the West Indies by John Dunlop in 1682-4]
- Campbell of
Hallyard Papers [contain references to the tobacco trade]
- Glasgow Chamber
of Commerce Correspondence, 1778-1812 [contain references to the tobacco trade]
- Adam Montgomery
Letterbook [contains references to the tobacco trade]
- Shawfield Papers,
1691-1714 [extensive collection of items relating to the Glasgow merchant
Daniel Campbell, much of whose trading was done with America, which he visited
in the 1690s]
- Bogle Papers,
1725-80 [letter-book and correspondence of the firm Bogle & Scott, tobacco
merchants]
- James Johnston
of Bishopriggs: Log and receipt, 1766, 1779 [log of the Betsy, from Glasgow
to Virginia, 1766, and receipt for 3 slaves bought at Savannah, 1779]
- Jean Barclay
Letter, 1774 [refers to financial arrangements for son's tour of America]
- Daniel Mackay:
Journal [autobiographical journal of Mackay (1758-1839), who sailed to New
York in 1779, spent time as a prisoner of war thereand later spent 40 years
in the West Indies]
- Robert Henderson
Papers, 1781-89 [correspondence and papers of Henderson, a merchant of Glasgow
and Philadelphia]
- William Smeal
Collection, c.1833-76 [manuscripts and printed items connected to the antislavery
movement, especially in 19th-century Glasgow. Includes: Glasgow Emancipation
Society minute-books, 1833-76, cash book, 1833-76 and subscription book, 1833;
Glasgow Freedmen's Aid Society minute-book, 1864-7; and a large number of
anti-slavery papers, pamphlets, posters, reports and books realting to anti-slavery
activities in Glasgow, c.1833-76]
- Glasgow Female
Anti-Slavery Society Reports, 1843-51 [the annual reports, for 1843, 1845,
1846 and 1851 contain extracts of letters from the Female Anti-Slavery Society
in Boston, MA, and a copy of a letter from William LLoyd Garrison on Christianity]
- Alfred Morton:
Diaries, 1854-82 [volume 48 of the diaries concerns Morton's American experiences,
1871-82]
- Clyde Screw
Steam Packet Co., 1850s [contains c.30 items concerned with Glasgow-New York
runs in 1854, 1856 and 1857]
Manuscipts and
related items held by the Glasgow City Archives include: USA
- Spiers of Elderslie
family and estate papers [including material relating to tobacco trade and
relations with America, 1776]
- Xerox copies
of three letter books of James Robinson, General Superintendent and principal
factor for Messrs Andrew Cochrane in Virginia, 1767-1777 [originals in Scottish
Record Office]
- Maxwells of
Pollok family papers [including correspondence from Boston concerning King
Philip's War, late 17th cent.]
- Xerox copies
of the letterbook of Alexander Henderson, 1758-1765 [from the Cazenove G.
Lee Collection, Alexandria Public Library, Virginia; includes letters addressed
to John Glassford and Co., Glasgow, by Alexander Henderson, their factor at
Colchester and Occoquan Store, Virginia]
- Xerox copies
of documents in the Public Record Office relating to the tobacco trade
- Research notes
of Mr R.F. Dell, Glasgow City Archivist, concerning the tobacco trade [including
a 'Report on the location of Archives relating to the Glasgow tobacco trade
in the USA' and the 'Clyde tobacco fleet']
- References to
the supply of ministers to the Presbytery of South Carolina in the minutes
of Glasgow Presbytery
- Report of visits
of American ministers to Glasgow, 1869, 1877
- Records of Mitchells,
Johnston, solicitors, Glasgow [contains papers of a number of clients with
USA connections, including the following:
- Ledger marked
'J.L.' [John Leitch], [including accounts with Virginia companies and some
payments for tobacco, 1798-1805]
- Exectury papers
of Gavin White, late merchant in Glasgow [including an invoice book of goods
shipped aboard specified vessels for destinations to Virginia and elsewhere,
1761-1763]
- Papers relating
to Virginia [including references to various firms, 1780-1802; 1 bundle]
- Papers in respect
of lawsuit, James Ritchie of Busby, merchant in Glasgow, against Alexander
Houston & Co., [concerning the quality of Virginian and West Indian tobacco,
1779]
- Gillespie, Colin
& Co., merchants in Glasgow [draft affidavit and certificate respecting a
bond for the ship Sarah of New York, 1808]
- Trust of Robert
Walkinshaw, Santa Clara, 1858-1949
- Two letters
concerning bond of £500 sent by Allan, Robert & Co. to John Craig and William
Steel, New York [in respect of goods seized from the Lucy by the US government,
1810]
- Letter from
D. McVicar, Carolina and New York, 1765
- Papers of Boyd
of Penkill, Ayrshire [including correspondence from Thomas Boyd, King and
Queen Co., Virginia, 18th cent.]
- Legal and other
papers of Kippen, Glassford & Co. (John Glassford & Co.), merchants [in respect
of trade with New York, 1750-1760]
- Trust of James
Gilmour, Solano, California, 1878-1900
- Reports of trade
with, 1781-1795
- Cotton trade
in 1860s
- Stirling of
Keir family papers [including letters from various correspondents concerning
US literature and politics, 19th cent.]
- Smith of Jordanhill
family papers [including letters from family members visiting the USA]
- Lennox of Woodhead
family papers [including letters from J. Kincaid, Georgetown, Columbia, 1825]
- Correspondence
of merchant in New York, 1783-1815
- 2 letters from
Fergusson family of Goose Creek, Winchester, South County, Tennessee concerning
agricultural prosperity of area, 1815 and 1839]
- 'A Tale of Two
Cities' (Glasgow and New York) [on occasion of visit of council members to
New York, 1939]
- Visit of Lord
Provost, Glasgow, to New York, 1939
- Handbook for
Carnegie Steel Co., Pittsburgh, USA, n.d.
- Plan of the
lands of Pittsylvania, USA, 3070 acres divided into plots. Endorsed 'Robert
Pollok Morris, American property', n.d.
- Records of various
shipbuilders, including records of 'blockade runners', 19th cent. CANADA
- Minute book
of Glasgow meetings of shareholders in the city of Hamilton (West Canada)
Water Works, 1862
- Records of various
shipbuilding companies, including records of ships built for the Canadian
government and the (Canadian) Pacific Steam Company, 19th-20th century
- Records of the
Free Importation of Canadian Cattle Association, 1905-1933
- Papers of Pollok,
Gilmore & Co., in respect of New Brunswick and Quebec, 1822-1861
- Grand Trunk
Pacific Railway Co., [correspondence re municipal ownership and operation]
- Smith of Jordanhill
family papers, [including letters from various members of the family visiting
Canada: from Montreal, 1846-1847; from Amherstburg, 1849; from Guelph, Ontario,
1890; from Halifax, 1893-1894]
- Stirling of
Keir family papers, [including correspondence of Lord Napier as Governor General,
19th cent.]
- Letter from
Quebec, Canada, 1818 [with description of voyage out]
- Correspondence
of William Macgregor, Governor, with George Houston, 1904-1907
- Newspaper extracts,1897
[relating to the efforts made in Glasgow to alleviate the distress occasioned
by the fire in St John's, Newfoundland]
- Formation of
Glasgow Relief Fund for the distress caused by the Ottawa Fire, 1900
- Emigration by
poor law children
- Survey of the
rapids, ST Lawrence River, 1854, and map of proposed ship canal, 1856
- Plan of the
area east of River St Clair, Lambton, Canada, c. 1900
- Papers of Harold
M. Ford, Commercial Secretary of the Clyde Navigation Trust [including campaign
material to increase trade with Scotland, Commonwealth tours and pamphlets,
20th cent.]
- Plan of estates
of Canadian Oil Works Corporation Ltd at Lambton, n.d.
- Records of the
Clyde and Donaldson Lines [including voyages to Canada, 19th-20th cent.]
- Records of Blythswood
Estate [35 items, including watercolour sketches by Lord Blythswood of his
military service in Canada, 1862]
Official publications
Holdings include:
- The Annals
of Congress (1789-91; 1808-09)
- The Abridgements
of Debates (with gaps)
- The Congressional
Globe (23rd-40th Congresses, 1854-67)
- The Congressional
Record (1881-1937, with gaps)
- Journals, Documents
and Reports of the House and Senate (c.1910-1937)
- Executive and
Miscellaneous Documents of the House and Senate (1860s-1880s)
- Hearings of
the House Committee on Education and Labour (some)
- Foreign relations
of the US (1872-1941, with gaps)
- Industrial
Commission Reports (3, 5-19, 1900-02)
- Decennial census
(7th (1850)-15th (1930), with increasingly complete coverage)
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