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William Graham
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Scotsman, The
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Stewart, Duncan (Bonnybridge) Ltd.
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Hamilton, P & C
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RCAHMS
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The Royal Commission on Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) was established in 1908 by Royal Warrant to make a list or Inventory of the surviving heritage from earliest times up to the year 1707. In 1948 this was extended to include the built heritage after 1707. In 1966 the Scottish National Buildings Record was transferred to RCAHMS, thereby creating the National Monuments Record of Scotland (NMRS), along with the responsibility for the recording of threatened buildings. In 2008 SCRAN (Scottish Cultural Resources network) became part of RCAHMS.Also in 2008 the Aerial Reconnaissance Archive became part of RCAHMS, forming the National Collection of Aerial Photography (NCAP).
In 2015 RCAHMS merged with Historic Scotland to form a new organisation called Historic Environment Scotland. |
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Tuttle & Co
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William Nutting Tuttle and Co. was a commercial photographic firm active in Australia in the 1880s and 1890s. The firm had various studios and were active in a variety of areas: Sydney 1883-91; Goulburn 1895; Brisbane 1885-95; Charters Towers 1888; Adelaide 1882-89; Melbourne 1881-94; Hawthorn 1888-89; Perth 1892, Fremantle 1892; Coolgardie 1895-96.
Source: Royal Commonwealth Society Photograph Collection Project, Cambridge University website, accessed 17/1/17 http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rcs_photographers/entry.php?id=458 |
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James Thomson
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Architect
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Falkirk Town Council. Sanitary Inspector
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Sanitary Inspectors were appointed by local authorities from the 1850s. Sanitary Inspectors reported on the environmental conditions that affect health , such as sewerage, removal of nuisances, adulteration of food, etc. Falkirk Town Council appointed a Sanitary Inspector from at least 1852. Prior to 1918 responsibility for refuse collection lay with the Roads Surveyor & Cleansing Inspector. By 1921 the departments were re-organised and the Sanitary Inspector was also the Cleansing Inspector (and from 1950 given the new title of Sanitary Inspector and Director of Cleansing). In 1975 the responsibilities were transferred to the Director of Cleansing of Falkirk District Council. The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (60 & 61 Vict., c.38) gave the Local Government Board for Scotland supervisory powers over local authorities with regard to the regulation of medical officers and sanitary inspectors.
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Adam Baptie
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Adam Baptie (c1905-1990) lived in Grangemouth and was an amateur photographer. He worked for Grangemouth Town Council in the Rent Office for many years and he was the Gardening and Nature Correspondent for the Grangemouth Advertiser for over 40 years. He built up an extensive collection of slide photographs of local buildings and towns and of plants, trees and local landscapes which were donated to Falkirk Museums in 1990.
Adam Baptie was a member of Kerse Church, the RSPB, the Youth Hostel Association and the Probus Club. He was married to Agnes and they had one son, Peter. [Source : obituary in Grangemouth Advertiser] Along with A G Fyfe, and other Grangemouth residents he had a strong interest in Grangemouth local history and was helpful to Falkirk Museums during the Grangemouth Heritage projects based at the Workshop and Store, Abbotsinch. He was active in the local photography club. [Source: J M Sanderson] |
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James Robertson
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Simpson, McMichael & Davidson
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Falkirk Museums
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Falkirk Museums was first established by Falkirk Town Council as Falkirk Burgh Museum in 1926. It went into abeyance in the 1960s and then was re-established in 1972. After local government re-organisation a service was established for the whole district with museums at Falkirk (1975), Kinneil (1977) and Grangemouth (1979) and Museum Stores in Grangemouth (1978?). In 1994 Falkirk Museum was re-located to Callendar House. In 1996 the remit was formally extended to include the archives service for Falkirk Council.
Falkirk Museums was originally located in Arnotdale House. It was run by volunteers and supported by the Arnotdale Foundation. Doreen Hunter acted as Curator during the 1950s. After she left, the collection was put in storage until the appointment of Jack Sanderson as Curator in 1972 and premises in Orchard Street, Falkirk, became Falkirk Museum. In 1975 with local government re-organisation Falkirk Museum became part of the Department of Libraries and Museums, and branch museums were opened at Kinneil in 1977 and Grangemouth in c.1979. An archaeologist and education staff were appointed in the 1970s. Manpower Service Commission schemes enabled the establishment of the Museum Workshop and Stores in an industrial unit in Grangemouth and the collection of oral history, natural history and industrial objects. In 1988 Callendar House was designated for renovation and development as a visitor attraction and Falkirk Museums became a section of the Leisure Department (an amalgamation of Libraries & Museums with Amenity & Recreation). Additional posts included an Assistant Curator. The remit was extended to include archives, with the appointment of an Archivist in 1992. The Orchard Street premises were closed in 1994 and the existing staff and the archive collections transferred to Callendar House; while additional posts were created for the larger service, including costumed interpreters, shop assistants, security staff and administrative staff. In 1996 at local government re-organisation responsibility for the local authority archives service was transferred to Falkirk Museums (from the former Central Regional Archives). Several restructures of the parent department (Leisure, Community and Environment, Community) added Arts & Entertainment into the Museum Manager's portfollio, eventually resulting in the establishment of a Heritage section with the museum, archives and archaeology functions alongside education/learning and buildings/security functions. In 2011 Heritage was transferred into Falkirk Community Trust. |
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William H Scott
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Architect
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Harris & Ewing
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George W. Harris, a news photographer, and Martha Ewing, an artist and colourist, opened their photographic studio in 1905 in 1311 F Street NW, Washington D.C. They moved to larger premises at 1313 F Street NW in 1924. The studio was known for formal, elegantly finished portraiture of the powerful, rich and eminent of Washington D.C. elite.
In the late 1930s Harris & Ewing was the largest photographic studio in the United States; at its peak, it had five studios, 120 employees, a news photo service and employed large numbers of freelance photographers. Harris bought out Ewing's share of the company in 1915, but she continued to assist, especially through her social connections. The news service was sold in 1945. Harris was the primary photographer until 1955, when he retired. On his retirement, Harris gave some 700,000 glass and film negatives to the Library of Congress, which preserves them as the Harris & Ewing Collection in the Prints and Photographs Division. Harris died in 1964 at age 92. Harris & Ewing closed in 1977 as a result of the financial collapse of its New York-based parent company, American Photograph Corp. Information gathered from Washington Post article, 2nd February 1977. |
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John Taylor
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Architect
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Falkirk Town Council. Burgh Architect
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Rennie Family
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James Rennie was a Miller and owner of Grahamston Mills. He married Mary Cook, daughter of John Cook. They had three children: John Cook Rennie, who became a grain merchant, Mary Gaff Rennie who married John Russel (later Provost John Russel, of Russel & Aitken), and Margaret Walker Rennie. James Rennie died in 1855 and his widow died in 1874.
His sister, Helen Rennie married Thomas Walker of Cloybank, near Denny, and they had one daughter, Margaret. Thomas Walker died in 1868 after some months of illness and disputes over his executry produced most of the papers in this collection. His nephew in law, Hugh MacPherson of Slafarquhar, farmer and cattle dealer, (husband of Margaret Kirkwood, Thomas’s niece) was Executor Nominate, but Thomas’s widow, Helen, acted against MacPherson’s wishes and Macpherson took out a court action against her. She died in 1869 and her nephew John Cook Rennie of Gowanbank was Executor of her estate. Robert Campbell Writer, Stirling, acted for Hugh MacPherson while Russel & Aitken acted for Helen Walker. There was also a second dispute involving Thomas Walker’s estate. William Harley, another nephew of Helen Walker, looked after Thomas Walker as personal attendant for several months before his death and made a claim on estate for wages. William Harley claimed that Hugh MacPherson of Slafarquhar as Executor Nominate of the deceased Thomas Walker owed and refused to pay him the sum of 23 pounds eight shillings per account. |
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Falkirk Council: Roughmute Environmental Liaison Group
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Torwood Scout Group
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Scottish Transport Group
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