Papers of James Mann, fl.1885, warehouseman, Glasgow, Scotland

Scope and Content

  • Plans of University Avenue 1892-1895;
  • Business correspondence concerning work to be done in University Gardens 1885-1927;
  • Correspondence re: the sale of Mr Mann‰??s house at 4 University Gardens 1907-1927;
  • Large document concerning the Notes and Titles of the Estate of Castlecraig 1905;
  • Collection of postcards of different house estates and grounds 1905;
  • Estimates and valuations of work to be completed at University Gardens 1885-1927;
  • Copies of the conditions of the VII bond loan given to St Petersburg Municipal Council, with a coupon sheet, written in French, English and Russian 1913.

Administrative / Biographical History

James Mann was a warehouseman, and purchased the property of 4 University Gardens, Glasgow, in 1885  . He then sold the house to Diarmid Noel Paton, a professor of Physiology at the University of Glasgow , Scotland in 1907  , when Mann retired to Peebleshire.

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Description compiled in line with the following international standards: International Council on Archives,ISAD(G) Second Edition, September 1999 and National Council on Archives,Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names

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Fonds level description compiled by Andrew Thomson, Hub Project Archivist, 22 October 2004.

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