Papers of Sir William Robertson Nicoll and his family, Old Manse, Lumsden The papers included in the deposit are mainly personal papers of William Robertson Nicoll (1851 - 1923), his second wife Catherine Robertson Nicoll nee Pollard (1863-1960) and his daughter, Mildred Robertson Nicoll (1898 - 1995). They comprise correspondence, interviews and records of conversations with leading political figures, newspaper cuttings, diaries and miscellaneous papers, photographs, drawings, and plans. Correspondence includes family letters, buisness papers, letters on religious and theological topics. Newspaper cuttings from the British Weekly and various cuttings about William Robertson Nicoll. Diaries and miscellenous papers belonging to William Robertson Nicoll and Catherine Robertson Nicoll. The collections also has photographs of members of the family and significant figures in British politics. Correspondents represented in the collection include Herbert Asquith, Thomas J. Barratt, J.M. Barrie, Alister Birnie, John Buchan, James Denney, Professor Cameron Hazlehurst, Arthur Conan Doyle, Marcus Dods, P.T. Forsyth, Edmund Goss, Thomas Hardy, Beatrice Harraden, Dr. Jones, David Lloyd George, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Lord Milner, Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, Lord George Riddell, Lord Rosebery, Annie S. Swan, John Watson, and Winston Churchill. The collection also includes registers of Auchindoir Parish school from 1835 to 1841, as part of the papers of Rev. Harry Nicoll. 1715-2000s