Description | Papers re Highlands and Islands Development Board, 1965-2001 including Papers re Mr Durham's involvement with the Board, 1965-2000; Reports and Board Papers, 1965-1971; Publications, 1965-2001 Papers re Scottish Development Department, 1973-1980 Papers re Highland Development, 1961-1984 Papers re Industrial Development in the Highlands, 1947-1981 Papers re British Aluminium Company, 1970-1982 Papers re Cromarty Petroleum Company, 1974-1977 Papers re Planning in Easter Ross, 1966-2001 Papers re John Robertson, 1966-1979 Papers re Railways and Transport, 1958-1969 Papers re Farming, 1843-1995 including Annual Accounts 1952-1995; Correspondence, legal documents and notes, 1843-1936; Miscellaneous papers, 1952-1987; Publications, 1964-1965 Papers re Royal Navy, 1935-2000 including papers re 'The Fuhrer Led but We Overtook Him' by Philip Durham, 1996-1999; Correspondence and other documents, 1941-2000; Publications, 1938-1999; Programmes, 1935-1945; Charts, 1935; Newspaper cuttings, c.1989-c.1998; Photographs and Prints, c.1937-1998 Personal papers, 1859-2001 Papers re Donald Corbett, 1859-1992 Miscellaneous papers, 1970-1983 Photographs, 1903-c.1990 Publications, 1935-c.1973 |
Administrative History | This collection comprises a diverse collection of papers relating to Mr Durham's involvement in issues about industrial development in the Highlands and Easter Ross in particular, his association with the Highlands and Islands Development Board in the late 1960s, his farm at Scotsburn, his naval career (as a cadet at Dartmouth Naval College and in the Royal Navy Submarine service during World War II), publication of his books about the Highlands and Islands Development Board, and his submarine career |