Business accounts of Hamish A. N. McKenzie, M.A., C.A. Edinburgh

The papers are composed of 11 business accounts books of McKenzie and Co. and are those starting:

• February 1976
• April 1979
• August 1980
• May 1982
• March 1984
• August 1985
• May 1988
• May 1991
• May 1993
• December 1995
• March 1999

The accounts books have columns such as: Clients; Comm; Banked; Date; Inv. No; Cheque no; Staty; Equip; Sub-contract; Petrol; Motor; Misc; VAT; Salaries; PC; H.M; A.S; Cash; Cheque; Credit. Some books differ.

There are some samples of McKenzie and Co. letter-headings from various business locations.

Hamish A. N. McKenzie was educated in Edinburgh. He became an apprentice chartered accountant in 1953 - an apprenticeship which lasted five years. On sitting his finals he began a degree course in English Literature at Dundee University (then part of St. Andrews University), though he transferred to Edinburgh University from which he was awarded the degree of MA (Hons) in 1967.

McKenzie then worked for a chartered accountancy firm in Edinburgh, but took the opportunity of becoming a self-employed chartered accountant in 1975/1976. He bought an office in Corstorphine in 1980, employing two persons, and his firm - called McKenzie and Co. - grew gradually. In 1985 the firm moved to Palmerston Place.

Hamish McKenzie retired in 1999 and his junior partner continued the business.

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Material acquired July 2013. Accession no: E2013.49.

Catalogued by Graeme D. Eddie 19 August 2013