Records of Ballater Mutual Improvement Association

Scope and Content

Minute book of Ballater Mutual Improvement Association, 1889 - 1914 and 1919 - 1927; and Syllabus for session 1925 - 1926, with list of office-bearers

Administrative / Biographical History

Ballater Mutual Association was reconstituted in 1889, and a new rule book printed at this time. Members met at various venues in the town, for essays, debates and concerts.

Arrangement

Single item, with enclosures

Access Information

Open, subject to signature accepting conditions of use at reader registration sheet

Acquisition Information

Gifted to the University in 1968, by Alan Small

Other Finding Aids

Very brief collection level description available on Aberdeen University Library Catalogue, accessible online http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/library/

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Related Material

Robert Farquharson. Triumphant democracy versus undefeated monarchy: A lecture delivered to the Ballater Mutual Improvement Association, on January 7th, 1902 (Aberdeen: Rosemount, 1902) (deposited in the University pamphlet collection: ref. p Lambda Farquharson R t)

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