Correspondence

MS 2/1/1-75 Correspondence of Patrick W. Anderson relating to his uncle, Lieutenant Patrick Wright Anderson, student of University College, Dundee, and Lieutenant in the Black Watch. The correspondence is with archivists, publishers, and librarians. 1988-2013. The correspondence includes newspaper cuttings, articles and other relevant items. The collection also includes material relating to the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle, and the Roll of Honour at St Andrews Officer Training Corps in St Andrews. The correspondence is divided into 68 items corresponding to Mr Anderson's correspondence and enclosures.
Includes:
MS 2/1/1 [Letter of 13 August 1988]. Includes photograph of Patrick Wright Anderson in Black Watch uniform. c.1917.
MS 2/1/15 [Letter of 10 August 1989]. Includes photograph of officers at Bristol. 1914-1915.
MS 2/1/31 [Letter of 5 January 1996]. "Lt P.W. Anderson, The Black Watch (Royal Highlanders), RFC & RAF" by Patrick W. Anderson. Article from Cross and Cockade International Journal: The First World War Aviation Historical Society. Vol. 26 No. 4 1995. Photographs [3] of the Tayforth Universities Officers Training Corp St Andrews detachment, exterior and two interior shots.
MS 2/1/47 [Letter of 7 June 1997]. "Patrick Wright Anderson, Lt, Black Watch, R.F.C., R.A.F." by Patrick W. Anderson. Article from Dispatch: The Journal of the Scottish Military Historical Society. No. 142, 1996. "Call to Arms: Lieutenant Patrick W. Anderson, Black Watch, RFC and RAF" by Patrick W. Anderson. Article from The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society. Volume 47, No. 187, February 1997
MS 2/1/51 [Letter of 16 November 1999]. "A Forfarshire Soldier of the Great War: Lt P.W. Anderson, Black Watch (RHR), RFC & RAF" by Patrick Anderson. Printed in Forfar and District Historical Society, Journal. Number 10, 1999
MS 2/1/54 [Letter of 12 November 2000]. "William Stewart Robertson, M.C. Black Watch" by Patrick W. Anderson. Printed in The Scottish Genealogist. September 2000. "'In memory of his services with the British Forces during the Great War': Lieutenant P.W. Anderson" by Patrick W. Anderson. Printed in "The Orders and Medals Research Society. Winter 1992
MS 2/1/55 [Letter of 29 May 2005] Family Tree Magazine with cover photograph of Lieutenant Patrick W. Anderson in his Black Watch uniform, with some notes in inside cover. "Lieutenant J. B. Pattison, Black Watch" by Patrick W. Anderson. Printed in Fife Family History Society Journal. New Series. No.3. Spring 2005. "Lieutenant J. B. Pattison, 7th Battalion The Black Watch" by Patrick W. Anderson. Printed in Journal of the Scottish Genealogy Society. Vol LI No.1. March 2004
MS 2/1/56 Correspondence and miscellaneous cuttings relating to the Arbroath High School Roll of Honor. 1915-2007. MS 2/1/57 [Letter of 2 April 2011] Letter enclosing copy of Behind the Parapet, the newsletter of the Scottish Branches of the Western Front Association, March 2011. Includes article by Patrick Anderson on original University College, Dundee War Memorial. 2011. [See also Recs A/869]
MS 2/1/58 [Letter of 23 November 2011] Letter enclosing copy of article on original University College, Dundee War Memorial that appeared in Behind the Parapet, the newsletter of the Scottish Branches of the Western Front Association, March 2011 and article on the missing role of honour and oak case of Arbroath High School from Behind the Parapet, September 2011. 2011
MS 2/1/59 [Letter of 3 August 2006] Letter to Michael Bolik enclosing photocopies of The Western Front Association New Zealand Branch Newsletter, February 2006, with report of talk given by Patrick Anderson on his uncle and a piece on The Scots Magazine (June, 2006) on the Black Watch Memorial at Aberfeldy. Also includes part of a print out of an article featuring Patrick Anderson from the online edition of The Courier 30 July, 2004
MS 2/1/60 [Letter of 14 March 2013] Letter enclosing the following additional material and articles relating to Lt Patrick Wright Anderson, 2012-2013:
(1) Letter from Lt Col Binks Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh Castle with copies of certificates and Black Watch Officers page from the Roll of Honour. 2012
(2) Article from The Courier and Advertiser 15th May 2012
(3) Article form The Abroath Herald 18th May 2012
(4) Article from Tay Valley History Society Journal No 93, October 2012
(5) Behind the Parapet, the newsletter of the Scottish Branches of the Western Front Association, September 2012
(6) The Red Hackle - 42nd & 73rd No 122, November 2012 pp. 4-5
(7) Article from Tay Valley History Society Journal No 94, February 2013
MS 2/1/61 Various copies of articles and certificates sent to Michael Bolik by Patrick W. Anderson at various dates c 2011-2012
MS 2/1/62 [Letter 5 October 2013] Letter giving corrections to biographical details and enclosing:
(1) Article on Officer training Corps Camp at Ilkley by Patrick William Anderson in Behind the Parapet, the newsletter of the Scottish Branches of the Western Front Association, September 2013
(2) Photocopy of article from The Courier and Advertiser 12 December 1998 on Patrick William Andersons' retirement from the police and his return to Angus
MS 2/1/63 [Letter 11 May 2014] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing:
(1) Photocopy of article in The Courier and Advertiser 9 April 2014 on J B Salmond editing Hydra with Wilfred Owen
(2) Photocopy of article in Arbroath Herald on J B Salmond and Hydra
(3) Photocopy of article in Scots Magazine Article June 2006 on J B Salmond and P W Anderson
(4) Photocopy of article in Arbroath Herald 4 January 1918
(5) Photocopy of article in Arbroath Herald 3 July 1918
(6) Letter re Black Watch Heritage Appeal and Certificate in Memory of Lt P W Anderson, the Black Watch
(7) Article on Officer training Corps Camp at Ilkley by Patrick William Anderson in Behind the Parapet, the newsletter of the Scottish Branches of the Western Front Association, September 2013
(8) Photocopy of article Arbroath Guide 28 June 1913
(9) Photocopy of article Arbroath Guide 5 July 1913
(10) Photocopy of article in St Mary's Episcopal Church Arbroath December 1921 - Lt P W Anderson's Obituary
(11) Photocopy of article Arbroath United cricket photos 1909 and 1911
(12) Copy of War Office Letter to next of kin of P W Anderson (Francis Carse Anderson - PWA's Brother) on application for his brother's medals
(13) Digital copy of picture of Arbroath High School medals role
(14) Miscellaneous photographs
MS 2/1/64 [Letter 15 August 2015] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing:
(1) Photocopy of article War heroes feature in early yearbook from Arbroath Herald 24 July 2015. Concerns drawings of Dorothy Marshall in Gerturde Marshall's autograph book which include Patrick Wright Anderson
(2) Article from The Courier 21 July 2015 on Gertrude Marshall's autograph book. With picture of Patrick William Anderson and book
(3) Photocopy of drawing signed by Patrick W Anderson on 27th January 1909
(4) Reproduction of photograph of framed 1914-2014 ceramic poppy 'from Windsor Castle' in Memory of Patrick Wright Anderson
(5) Copy of article on Captain J. B. Salmond by Patrick William Anderson from Journal of Tay Valley Family History Society No 99 October 2014
(6) Copy of articles on Lt James B Salmond, by Patrick William Anderson from Behind the Parapet, the Western Front Association Scottish Branches Newsletter, March 2015
(7) Photocopy of photograph of Arbroath high School Football Club 1st XI 1907-1908. Includes Patrick Wright Anderson
MS 2/1/65 E-mail to Kenneth Baxter 1 September 2015 concerning medals of J B Salmond
MS 2/1/66 Memorandum from R. Seaton, Secretary, University of Dundee, to Mrs J. Auld, Archivist enclosing a letter from Patrick William Anderson sent with article about Patrick Wright Anderson and suggesting the possibility of creating a University College Roll of Honour. 1993-1994
MS 2/1/67 [Letter 11 September 2017] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing article "Capt J B Salmond, Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) & Poppies" from articles on Lt James B Salmond, by Patrick William Anderson from Behind the Parapet, the Western Front Association Scottish Branches Newsletter, September 2017
MS 2/1/68 [[Letter 12 November 2017] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing biography of J. B. Salmond from Scottish Poetry Library; Forfar Dispatch (extract) 9 November 2017 & Courier (extract) 11th November, containing letters from Patrick William Anderson about J B Salmond and featuring his poem 'Forfar Bus'; Grapevine, the Magazine of the Diocese of Brechin No 113 Autumn 2017 featuring article by Patrick William Anderson on St Mary's Church Arbroath and Casualties of war which mentions Patrick Wright Anderson
MS 2/1/69 [Letter 7 January 2018] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing photographs (listed separately as MS 2/3/3), Army lists and service details for Patrick Wright Anderson and J B Salmond, digital photographs on paper of Black Watch Roll of Honour and Arbroath Book of Remembrance records for Patrick Wright Anderson, drawing by Patrick Wright Anderson in Album of Gertrude Marshall (Held by Signal Tower Museum) and Arbroath High School Science Duxes board, photocopies of 1915 War Diary mentioning Patrick Wright Anderson, War Office letter accompanying War Medals awarded to Patrick Wright Anderson, and parts of articles featuring photographs that include Patrick Wright Anderson
MS 2/1/70 [Letter 14 April 2018] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing extracts from The Courier 30 March 2018 including piece in Craigie Column, along with e-mail sent by Mr Anderson to the Craigie Column
MS 2/1/71 [Letter 10 September 2018] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing, Behind the Parapet, the Western Front Association Scottish Branches Newsletter September 2018 articles by Patrick William Anderson on Arbroath poet and Soldier James Bell Salmond and 100 years of the RAF, Cross & Cockade International, Summer 2018 Farbic Queries and Feedback, Air Force List corrected 3 July 1919 re Patrick Wright Anderson, extracts from newspapers in1916 re Lt Anderson's thanks items for Black Watch in Salonika, newspaper reports of Patrick Wright Anderson's wounding and death 1918-1921, copy of certificate awarded to Patrick William Anderson by West Yorkshire Police, 1999
MS 2/1/72 [Letter 28 October 2018] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing, extracts from The Historian the 11th edition of the Journal of the Tay Valley Family History Society, including article on Captain James Bell Salmond by Patrick William Anderson, Arbroath's Muster Roll from Arbroath Herald , 3 March 1916 including J B Salmond, extract from Arbroath's Muster Roll from Arbroath Herald , 3 December 1915, including Patrick Wright Anderson, article from Arbroath Herald, 5 November 1915 re St Mary's Church Roll of Honour, which included Patrick Wright Anderson, Arbroath's Muster Roll from Arbroath Herald , 4 December 1914, including Patrick Wright Anderson, extract from Arbroath Herald , 7 August 1914, recording Patrick Wright Anderson in cricket team, material relating to W. A. Anderson, youngest brother of Patrick Wright Anderson, including obituary
MS 2/1/73 [Letter 2 January 2019] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing photocopies of invitation to the Unveiling of the Scottish War Poets Memorial at Makars' Court, November 2018, article from The Courier 19 November 2018 on Patrick Anderson attending unveiling of Scottish War Poets' Memorial, article from Arbroath Herald 14 December 2018 on Patrick Anderson attending unveiling of Scottish War Poets' Memorial, piece on War Poets Memorial from Craigie Column, The Courier 4th December 2018, piece on J B Salmond and war poets from Craigie Column, The Courier 14th December 2018. Also included with letter was copy of Scottish Poets of the First World War (put in MS 2/2/5)
MS 2/1/74 [Letter 16 June 2019] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing copy material relating to Cecil James Sim Addison, Assistant Lecturer in Humanity at University College Dundee, 1946-1947 and then rector of the Nicholson Institute, Stornoway. Includes register of birth and newspaper cuttings 1908-1947.
MS 2/1/75 [Letter 5 October 2020] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing copies of articles from The Courier and Wind in the Wires relating to Patrick Wright Anderson and furlough he was sent on to south of France by Officers Association.
MS 2/1/76 [Letter 12 November 2021] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing copies of articles that appeared in the Craigie page of the Courier relating to Patrick Wright Anderson
MS 2/1/77 L[Letter 26 February 2023] from Patrick William Anderson to Kenneth Baxter enclosing copy of article on Patrick Wright Anderson that appeared in the Tay Valley family History Society Journal in 2023 along with copy of a photograph of Patrick Wright Anderson and copies of Newspaper cutting from Arbroath Herald, 7 April 1916, documents relating to Patrick Wright Anderson's inclusion on the Scottish National War Memorial and reproductions of his Royal Air Force casualty cards

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Paper and some photographs

Description compiled by Jennifer Johnstone, Archive Trainee, April 2009. Updated by Kenneth Baxter, April 2011, March 2013, October 2013, May 2014, August-September 2015, July-November 2017, January-April and September-November 2018, January and June 2019, March and November 2021 and February 2023.

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